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Chapter 696 - 214: Princess Lani’s Grand Strategy! (In-depth analysis of game plot, strongly recommend skipping if subscribed)_2

Chapter 696: Chapter 214: Princess Lani’s Grand Strategy! (In-depth analysis of game plot, strongly recommend skipping if subscribed)_2

"Apart from these external factors, the Supreme Will’s selection of an heir is also extremely demanding. Let’s take a look at what the Supreme Will has done in terms of selecting an heir."

"Since It demands absolute order and ultimate purity."

"Then among the three sons born to the First Ring King Gefrei, the Omen Twins do not meet Its selection criteria."

"As for the eldest son, ’Golden King’ Gedwin, as described in the game text, he has absolute loyalty, swearing fealty to the Golden Family unto death."

"At a time of crisis in King City, when Gefrei marched south, and Marika transformed into a goose to honeymoon in the Calia royal household, King City was without a true king to guard it."

"Having suffered an attack from the Gu Long clan, Gedwin saved King City from disaster and reconciled with the Gu Long clan."

"Such a person is naturally very much to the liking of the Supreme Will."

"The title ’Golden King’ was also bestowed upon him then."

"You should know, during the Golden Age, among the eight demigods, only Gedwin and Mikaila had ’Golden’ in their titles, but Mikaila had not yet been born at that time."

"This shows that the Supreme Will once groomed Gedwin to be the future successor of the Golden Rule."

"But perhaps to play it safe, the Supreme Will also identified several other candidates who could take up the mantle of the Magic Ring in the future."

Deng looked left and right, contemplating among the several children of his spokesperson."

On the G family’s side, three children."

The eldest, who was most hopeful and had already been enthroned, while the Omen Twins had the ancestral phenomenon of the Furnace Hundred Forms and were not pure enough."

Pass.

Let’s look at the distant R family then.

Big brother Ratan.

Every day, for no reason, he would ride his broken horse around fighting wars."

Fighting was something that only needed to be done when gathering territory in the past."

Now that the world is united under one rule, you’re still so belligerent."

Not conducive to the sustainable development of the future Golden Rule."

Not pure enough, nor perfect enough."

Pass.

Let’s look at the second brother, Lakade then.

Every day, his mouth is full of ’Desecrate’ and ’I’ll desecrate you all!’

This one, at a glance, is a complete lost cause."

Decisively give up.

That leaves only the younger sister, Lani."

Lani is beautiful and has a sweet voice, her thoughts are meticulous, and she has inherited her mother Renara’s excellent magic talent."

Then it’s you! We appoint you as the next successor to our Golden Rule!

In case something unforeseen happens to your brother, Gedwin."

Then this position will be yours to take, Lani!

But as soon as the title ’God-man’ was bestowed upon her,

Lani rebelled!

She had her cousin, Gedwin, assassinated...

It turns out, Lani had long been dissatisfied with the perfection emphasized by the Golden Rule."

The rule she believed in was one without jurisdiction."

That is, allowing the borderlands to return to the ownerless situations of the prior Furnace era."

Letting everyone do what they want, believe in what they want, live if they want to live, die if they want to die."

Without rules, that is the highest rule!

Highlighting a free-spirited love of freedom.

However, for Lani to achieve this goal,

she must become the primary spokesperson for the borderlands.

Therefore, her elder cousin, Gedwin, who was most likely to become the heir, had to die."

And then she could take over.

To spread her own rule.

Of course, the Supreme Will is not some fool.

Being able to start from the roots in the borderlands, grow into a towering tree, and forcibly unite the borderlands,

the Supreme Will, Deng, also had some tricks up his sleeve.

Deng played his hand carefully.

The Supreme Will perhaps foresaw that among its appointed candidates, there could be cases of rebellion."

Especially with this little girl, Lani.

She may look quiet and obedient, but the quieter such people are, the less you know what they’re thinking."

It’s said that when children are too quiet, it’s either because they’re dead or up to mischief."

So Deng gave Lani a backup in the form of Second Finger and also provided her with a Shadow Beast."

These two, ostensibly to assist her, actually served to monitor her, to prevent her from messing around."

Second Finger doesn’t have much power, its main duty is surveillance.

Upon detecting any anomaly, it would immediately report to the celestial court."

As for the Shadow Beast, it is like an executioner, possessing tremendous strength."

If Deng were to give the word, the Shadow Beast would directly execute a decisive action against Lani!

In this way, the possibility of Lani’s rebellion was completely blocked off."

"But, how can we not say that our first wife is astoundingly clever, even having her own unique ending?"

"Faced with various seemingly insoluble problems, our first wife still thought of a method."

"If the ultimate fate of apostasy is death, then wouldn’t dying beforehand solve everything?" As soon as Yuan uttered these words,

A barrage of comments like ’Huh???’ ’Genius!’ ’Flawless logic, straight out of the hospital!’ flew across the screen."

Although Yuan needs to maintain a sense of humor in his commentary, and so will often use a humorous tone to explain,

his words regarding Lani’s choice are not said in jest.

Lani indeed died once.

To break free from the Supreme Will’s surveillance.

Originally, to ensure the enduring and stable future of the Golden Rule, Deng would naturally consider the issue of the demigods’ lifespans,

and directly descended a divine decree of Blessing, granting demigods infinite lifespans, preventing natural death.

Moreover, even if they were to die due to external factors, they would have a chance at resurrection.

This buff is known as the ’Initial Dead’ buff. (The definition of ’Initial Dead’ is rather vague in the game text; I’ve looked through a lot of materials and couldn’t find a definitive conclusion, but it feels like it could be summed up as: the first death of the first demigod.)