Chapter 439 - Big City Go Boom
(MC POV)
I teleported myself to Queen Guiying's location, which just happens to be a tent out in some field.
Unfortunately, the Queen was in the middle of changing out of her clothes with Alpha helping her.
I thought they would start screaming about an intruder but instead, Queen Guiying had rushed up and hugged me while Alpha actually broke into tears.
"Waahhh!! Master!! You're alright!!" Queen Guiying cried, hugging me tightly.
I was a little confused but I patted her head, "Of course I'm alright. This is part of the plan, isn't it?"
She looked up at me, her face now also marred with tears, "Sniff… Sniff... Plan?"
Now I'm worried, "The plan to get a peace treaty with Dong and stop them from coming after us?"
Queen Guiying frowned, wiping away her tears, "That plan… Did not involve Master being captured though?"
Huh?
"Wait, wait, wait… Wasn't the plan for me to piss the king off so that they will put me in prison? I would then break the ring to show that it was successful and let myself be mistreated to give you a bigger incentive to get them to sign a peace treaty?"
She looked at me, "Master… You were supposed to just seek peace and open up possibilities for negotiations… Not to get yourself captured…"
"Then… What was the ring for?"
"Exactly what it was supposed to be… A contingency plan just in case the Dongs were uncooperative… and sought to harm you instead of listening to you… We never wanted Master to be captured..."
Oh…
I may or may not have tried my best to be an insufferable asshole during my meeting with their king…
Oh come on, you can't blame me!
That's usually how things go for these types of events right? I mean, that was precisely what I got used for by that Spiritual Family's Matriarch back then.
At least that was one of the times where I can avoid her torture sessions. Whatever country she sent me to, their torturers couldn't even come close to what she did to me so it was like a vacation of sorts.
Then she would use the fact that they mistreated her 'precious envoy' as a casus belli to threaten war and get the enemy to concede. She really was that big of a deviant.
Was my common sense wrong?
"Master…" Alpha cried, her hands grasping at the hem of my clothes. "Please… Don't subject your Divine self to such things ever again…"
Ah… I guess unlike before, I actually have people who worry about my well-being… I can't believe it took me this long to realise that…
"I… I see… I'm sorry for worrying all of you…" I apologised, patting their heads.
Queen Guiying shook her head, "No, it is us who are sorry for asking such a thing from Master. Master only held our best interests at heart. We should not have involved Master in such a task."
"Umu… It's no big deal… But what should we do about this war then? I don't think we can just turn around and head back after doing all that, can we?"
Queen Guiying paused for a moment before breaking into a bright smile, looking up at me with a sparkle in her eyes, "Umm… Is Master interested in becoming an Emperor?"
I blinked.
"What?"
"I can make Master an Emperor," She repeated, giving me the sweetest smile I have ever seen on her.
Again, "What?"
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*Meanwhile, above the skies in Dong's capital city*
(Cai Hong POV)
"Rainbow zero one, this is Big Bomb zero one of the Junkers J-U-eighty-eight Squadron, we've got eyes on target location, over."
Cai Hong picked up the little round thingy, "'Rwainbwo' zero one~ We make bad men go boom boom?"
"Roger that, Rainbow zero one, beginning descent for bombing run. ETA eighty seconds."
The big 'pwanes' above Cai Hong tilted and went down below the fluffy clouds, the big bad city in front of us.
"Lieutenant Cai Hong, what are our orders?" One of Cai Hong's useless maggots asked.
"Umm… Support big 'pwanes'! Bad men come, bad men go boom! If you get hit, Cai Hong make you go boom!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Cai Hong's old men followed big 'pwanes' down below the fluffy clouds, Cai Hong could see from up here there were a lot of bad people walking around in the big bad city.
Big 'pwanes' went over the big bad city and dropped little bomby thingies and the big bad city went boom boom!
So pwetty! All the bad people go boom!
Mnn? There are some bad men flying up towards Cai Hong's useless maggots and big 'pwanes'.
"'Bwig' bomb zero one, bad, bad men coming up~ 'Rwainbwo' zero one going to make them go boom! Be careful?"
"Roger that Rainbow zero one, staying clear of the impact zone. You're free to engage."
Cai Hong held big 'rwifle' and pointed it at the bad men.
E̵̠͔̱͗̈́̀̕ͅn̴̨͕̳̭̣͗̈́̇̾e̷̬͋̉̒m̸̟͓̮͉̳̏i̶͇͑̂̐̍͜ͅȩ̷̲̳͈̄͌̈́̔͊ş̸͙͈̭̞͝ ̶͙̘̤̤̟͊͐̀͛͊ộ̵̭̞̚͘͘͝f̵͕͈̩̹͛́́̉̔ ̸̛̟̐̇̒m̵̡͖̼̼̤̆̓͐̇͒ỳ̴͖͔̬̜͙ͅ ̴̢͍̬̬̱̭̓̓́͝g̴̗͚̭͛ḻ̸̡̥̘̪͔̔̑̆̍̒͘ŏ̵̡̼̣̪̻̻̄́̐r̶̹̉͐i̷̧̘̺̦̰̓̚ỏ̶̧̡̰͚̱̯͒̽ų̴̦͉̪̌s̷͙̃͆̀̋̽ ̸̹͙̹̯͕̃̆̂͜͝F̴̺̻͆̅̃̄a̴̜͈̜̓̆ṭ̶̡̞̘̖̂̀͘h̵̨͍̖̓͌͛̈̎e̸̲͇͕̼̐̀̀̔r̷͕͍̖͈͒̃́̏̓ ̷͈̗͕̠̎̕̕͘s̸͉̓́͌̓̅ḩ̴͔̘̐͆̌a̸̢̰͚͔̫̝͛͌̀͝l̶̡̯̣̭̳̈́̌͛̓̔͝l̶̢͖͎̞̹̙̊͑ ̴̟́͛͂́͘p̸̨͉͑͒̔ě̶̯͇͕̻͔͋̅̍̕r̸̰̲̤̜̥͌́̓̔͜i̵͔̘̚͠s̷͉̈́̊h̶̺̩̭̗̃̌̄̈͘
I lowered the rifle and lined up my sights to the group of enemy Practitioners, aiming at who I assume to be their leader.
"Honored Father, glory be to your name. Grant thine daughter strength to cleanse the world of sins. Shine your glorious light upon these heathens and bring them salvation, the advent of thine kingdom shall come and save the devouts. Let me be the instrument of your cleansing flame and burn the sinful away."
With the prayer to Father complete, I pulled the trigger of my weapon, firing the bullet I charged with Quarks directly into the centre of the enemy Practitioner group.
My own team of useless maggots focused on materialising their shields, all of them already familiar with what was going to happen next.
The bullet pierced through the head of the lead Practitioner, the man dying almost instantly before knowing what hit him.
His own team only had the time to notice him falling before the air sucked them in to where the dead body was.
Everything went silent for a second before a massive explosion materialised at the dead body, engulfing the entire group in a giant fireball.
The ensuing shockwave reached even the city below, shattering glass and blowing people off their feet. A crater formed in the city streets directly below the explosion, any thing that was there was also disintegrated into ashes.
I double checked with my senses and every one of the Practitioners inside that explosion had been obliterated with no survivors, all of them having been incinerated by the heat.
Ą̵̣̟̈͌͠s̸̱̖͚̿͜ ̶̭̙͛į̶̹͎̮͊ẗ̴͔͖́ ̵̘̱̱͌̓s̵͔͔̃͗̎͝ḧ̵̟͗o̵̳̞̍̒u̴̗̱͖̾l̸̡̩̩̲͊̎̇̿d̷̼̀ ̸̧͊̈́̉̚b̵̢̰̊e̴̮̒͊̅̎.̷̺̮͒̈́̀̿
Cai Hong picked up the little round thingy, "Bad men go big 'bwoom'! Safe, safe?"
"Copy that, Rainbow zero one. Resuming our bombing run. Thanks for the assist!"
Big sis Elaria said after big bad city go boom, Papa will come back.
Cai Hong hope Papa will come back soon...