A Villain's Way of Taming Heroines
Chapter 242 - 242: Hydral's Dilemma - II

Ansel's eyes narrowed slightly: "That's quite a wild imagination, but I won't let that happen."

"But the empress can make anything happen."

"That doesn't matter either." The current Hydral chuckled, speaking in the tone of a mature elder helping a young person solve a minor problem, "I will kill Ephesande in advance, she has lost her spirit, she won't be my opponent."

"The problem lies there, Lord Flamelle."

While conversing with Flamelle, Ravenna was still staring at Seraphina. Although it was clearly disrespectful, it had to be said... Seraphina was already quite irritated by her gaze, full of anger, but with nowhere to vent.

"Do you really intend to deal with the empress's problem yourself?" she asked.

"…Hmm?" Flamelle raised his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that you, young lady, don't have much confidence in me."

"Lord Flamelle, even you, can you ensure that you kill the empress at the first opportunity?"

Ravenna countered: "If you have to fight the empress, you will definitely bring all the pact heads, and at that time..."

Her gaze shifted to Ansel: "Who will ensure Lord Ansel's safety? He can kill one fifth-stage, two, three, or even more... but ten, twenty, thirty?"

In the silence, the woman spoke with an indifferent voice, uttering audacious words that offended the gods:

"I think, any fifth-stage extraordinary being in this world, is extremely eager to destroy the gods that tower above their heads."

The end of the Heavenly Road is currently only the fifth stage, and no one has ever explored the path to the sixth stage.

And the four divine species that are destined to be dominated by madness, with their completely overwhelming life levels and power, have arbitrarily used, played with, and controlled them for nearly a thousand years.

As long as the divine species die, these fifth-stage transcendent beings... will be the new gods of this land.

Which extraordinary being who has reached this realm is willing to be used by those madmen, and his life dominated by their joy and anger, and which one of them ... can resist the temptation to become such a "god"?

It's just that they never had the chance. The emperor's offspring are not limited, but the appearance of a sixth-stage bloodline is random; while Hydral only produces offspring at the end of life, so their periods of madness are often staggered — either a young emperor has the ability to end the terrifying beast at the end, or a mature Hydral has the ability to end the twilight king.

Regardless of the situation, it can ensure that one of the divine species can still dominate this continent, this empire for decades after solving the other, enough for them to kill all the fifth-stage extraordinary beings who try to cut off the bloodline inheritance thousands of times.

Even the emperor and Hydral fighting each other, which is the worst case, this major event has only happened twice in the history of the empire, in other cases, the emperor and Hydral voluntarily step into the end, passing on the power to the next generation.

And now... the empire is in the most special period since its founding.

—The empress who is unwilling to die has fallen into madness, and Hydral, who should have been able to maintain rationality for a longer time, is also running out of time due to unknown reasons.

Theoretically, the day of Flamelle's death battle with the empress will come, and after the decisive battle, Flamelle's soul will be closer to self-destruction under the erosion of infinite information, and he will definitely not live long.

As long as the bloodlines of the empress and Hydral are cut off at the same time, and one can endure Flamelle's final madness in a short period of time…

The empire... will change hands again, and there will be no more gods.

As for what Hydral's madness will destroy the empire into... what does it matter?

As long as these fifth-stage crowns can survive, they can't do what the founding emperor did in the silence after the destruction of the Sky Conquering Dynasty?

In a few words, Ravenna revealed a very serious fact—that is, neither Ansel nor Hydral is safe at all.

"I remain uncertain as to when that particular moment will eventually arrive," Ravenna stated.

"However, I believe that Lord Ansel should be prepared for it.

Therefore, if you, Lord Ansel, ask for my opinion of Miss Marlowe, I can only point out this — no matter how much preparation you have made," she continued, her voice as cold and mechanical as the tools hammering materials in the alchemy workshop, "you, who cannot control your emotions or even your strength, are undoubtedly the most significant unstable factor."

Seraphina bit her lip hard, her heaving chest revealing her current surge of anger. Yet her silence and slightly trembling body proved that she had no way to refute Ravenna's words.

What if... what if Ansel is really in such danger? Can I handle everything? Can I ensure that I won't harm him out of impulse? Can I...

Ansel placed his hand over Seraphina's, not saying much, just gently prying open her tightly clenched fist, intertwining his fingers with hers.

"Ravenna."

As Seraphina gradually calmed down, Ansel looked at the intelligent and rational person still trapped in the puppet.

Yesterday, he and Seraphina had tormented Ravenna until the early hours of the morning. Ravenna should have been, as Seraphina thought, still paralyzed on the sofa in Ansel's bedroom. But Ansel woke her up with a potion, gave her clear rationality, and let her figure out what she should do in just a few hours.

"Your words," he said with a light laugh, "are undoubtedly telling me one thing. You believe that you are the one who will absolutely not affect my plan, a person who is infinitely more stable than the unstable Seraphina, right?"

"Yes."

"So," the young Hydral stared at those gorgeous yet cold and lonely purple eyes, and sighed, "this is your answer, your choice?"

Ansel gave her two paths.

Either continue to try to reject him, to fight against him; or choose temporary submission and cooperation, until the final moment comes, then find a way to eliminate the last obstacle to realizing her ideal.

Ravenna chose the latter. Just as she could see that Hydral's situation was not optimistic, she knew even more clearly... after the Tower of Babel fell into Ansel's hands, she no longer had a choice.

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