MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 135 - 131: News about Nono

Chapter 135: Chapter 131: News about Nono

Outside the Black Guard Dungeon was the Imperial City of Jinrui City, exactly the same as when Lu Hong had visited before; there was no sign that the Eight Great Families had once occupied it.

Under Hegel’s guidance, Lu Hong arrived at Xuan Chen Hall, which was also where Lu Hong met the Great Emperor Konstantin for the first time.

"Are you here?" Hearing the announcement outside the door, Konstantin did not look up and continued to read the document in his hand seriously.

Kneeling on one knee, Hegel said, "Your Majesty, Tu-Ku-Lu has been brought here." He glanced at Lu Hong beside him and quickly whispered reproachfully, "Why aren’t you kneeling upon seeing His Majesty?!"

"Enough, Hegel, you can step back now." Before Lu Hong could answer, Konstantin intervened first, dismissing Hegel and the guards to the sides.

"Have a seat." Konstantin smiled at his nephew, and once Lu Hong was seated, he continued, "Tu-Ku-Lu, I really didn’t expect you to return alive from hell, and to have safely gotten through the rebellion of the Eight Great Families. However, I’m curious, how did you end up joining forces with the barbarians?"

Lu Hong didn’t answer Konstantin’s question, but asked instead, "Your Majesty, could you first tell me where Xiu Si is buried?"

"Xiu Si is buried in the primary plane of the Gold Family, the Yuan Hua Plane."

"I would like to pay my respects." The old man had accompanied Lu Hong through the initial period, and having interacted with Lu Hong like family, the old man’s death deeply saddened Lu Hong.

"I’m afraid that’s not possible; the Yuan Hua Plane is still under the control of the Gold Family." Konstantin shook his head, "The place where Xiu Si is buried has long been reclaimed by the Gold Family, and you cannot go there."

"Why not bring Xiu Si’s body back?" Lu Hong frowned slightly, clearly dissatisfied with where Xiu Si was buried.

"At the time, we had already launched a full assault on the Gold Family. The Yuan Hua Plane was supposed to be taken. However, unexpectedly, the Silver White Family abandoned their own main plane and collectively teleported to the Yuan Hua Plane. Although both families were just remnants of defeated troops, together they still caused us a headache. The territories we had previously conquered were all lost; the move by the Silver White Family completely caught us off-guard," Konstantin patiently explained. "But don’t worry, I won’t let the Gold Family or the Silver White Family continue to exist in this world. Our campaign against the Yuan Hua Plane is ongoing."

"Count me in," Lu Hong made his request. "Let me join the campaign against the Yuan Hua Plane. I want to bring Xiu Si’s body back."

"Good," Konstantin nodded. "Actually, even if you hadn’t said anything, I would have allowed you to go since Fina Noro is currently in the Yuan Hua Plane, commanding the war."

"Nono in Yuan Hua? Shouldn’t she have returned to the Summerholt Family?" Lu Hong was stunned, "How did she end up going back to the Yuan Hua Plane?"

Konstantin stood up, stretched comfortably, and said, "Yes, Nono first returned to the Summerholt Family, but she is still very young. Many elders of the Summerholt Family think that Nono is not yet qualified to be queen, so they discussed with me about assigning the task of conquering the Gold Family to her, to show the Summerholt Family elders her capabilities."

"How old is she? Where has she learned anything about leading troops in battle?" Lu Hong was extremely dissatisfied. Isn’t Lai Li with her? Why would they let Nono agree to such a foolish decision?

"That’s why, I heard that in the academy, you and her got along very well. Now that your close friend is in trouble, I think you will do everything you can to help her, right?" Konstantin walked a circle within the great hall, then went straight back to his desk, waved his hand bigly, and wrote down an imperial decree.

"This is the role I’ve arranged for you, Centurion. You can draft a hundred people from any location to form your squad," Konstantin said as he stamped the imperial seal onto the appointment letter and handed it to Lu Hong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Hong took the appointment letter, already contemplating who to choose to accompany him.

"Although the Yuan Hua Plane is the main plane of the Gold Family, in reality, the level suppression is also extremely severe, only two levels higher than the wilderness, that is, Second Transition Level Six," Konstantin reevaluated Lu Hong before continuing, "It seems you’ve also advanced to the Second Transition. But don’t be too careless; despite it being a Second Transition plane, there are still numerous Third Transition powerhouses hidden among the remnants of the Gold Family, whose strength is not to be underestimated even under level suppression."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Lu Hong nodded, although he didn’t understand why Konstantin was so particularly concerned about him, his current actions were all well-intentioned, and Lu Hong had no reason to refuse.

As they were speaking, a Black Guard knelt outside the door holding a memorial and said, "Your Majesty, the intelligence from the wilderness has been compiled. Would you like to review it now?"

"Oh? Bring it here!" Konstantin sat back down and took the memorial the Black Guard handed over, then read it carefully.

He then asked Lu Hong, "It says here you were the last person to come out of the wilderness. Do you know where the Heavenly God went?"

"When I left, it seemed I saw Qi Zong and Zhu Jian, two Heavenly Gods descending. The Heavenly God probably went to battle with them," Lu Hong replied honestly, "The wilderness is now collapsing, and the massive deaths of the Red Nation people are likely related to the Origin Blood."

"Hmm." Konstantin nodded, "Indeed, after investigation, people who have died in the Sacred Empire had all taken Origin Blood. It seems this matter is indeed related to the Demon Tribe’s Heavenly God."

"Alright, you may step down for now. When you are ready, you can find Hegel; he will lead you into the Yuan Hua Plane." Konstantin did not keep Lu Hong any longer.

Once Lu Hong had left, Konstantin lazily leaned on his throne and murmured, "My dear nephew, you’ve evaded two traps I set. If you return safely from this trip to Yuan Hua, I promise I won’t make a move against you a fourth time."

Originally, the trip to hell was not only meant to wipe out all hopes of the Eight Great Families but equally important was to ensure Nono perished there; Konstantin had long wanted to eliminate this independent descendant of the Summerholt lineage on the northern frontier. Using the scheme in hell was meant to kill two birds with one stone—or rather, three, including dealing with Lu Hong, the mixed-blood abomination.

However, to Konstantin’s disappointment, he only accomplished the first. Lu Hong, drawing on his experience from the games, immediately got Nono out of the dangerous situation and also safely made it through himself.

Konstantin was extremely dissatisfied that he did not manage to kill Lu Hong and Nono during the trip to hell. Hence, during the subsequent rebellion of the Eight Great Families, he continued to schemed. Lu Hong escaped rapidly, causing Konstantin to temporarily lose track of him. He could only hope that the chaos would kill him, but Nono still received special attention, and the capture of Nono by the Hell Sect was arranged by Konstantin himself, although Lando did not comply with Konstantin’s wishes.

Lu Hong had managed to save Nono and had also caused Konstantin to lose track of Nono’s whereabouts.

If it weren’t for Nono voluntarily leaving Adventurer Town and returning to the Xiahe family, Konstantin wouldn’t have planned this third scheme.

Yes, Nono’s mission to the Gold family in the Mandarin Duck plane was secretly orchestrated by Konstantin. The Xiahe family had long been infiltrated by Konstantin. After using the Hell Sect to deal with the queen’s lineage, Konstantin was already close to taking control of the entire Xiahe family.

But Nono, the one person Konstantin hadn’t disposed of from the beginning, left a hidden danger. As long as Nono lived, the elders of the Xiahe family would not fully submit to Konstantin, hence the main lineage must be severed!

In this campaign in the Mandarin Duck plane, the forces provided to Nono by Konstantin had only mediocre fighting strength, and powerful warriors of the Third Transition were few and poorly obedient; they might even act against the battle plans under Konstantin’s secret instructions.

All of this was to ensure Nono died in a seemingly reasonable and honorable manner on the Mandarin Duck plane—killing two birds with one stone. After getting information about Lu Hong from the black guards, Konstantin continued to scheme, sending Lu Hong to the Mandarin Duck plane as well. If both Nono and Lu Hong could die there, that would be the most satisfactory outcome for Konstantin.

Of course, Lu Hong did not know about Konstantin’s schemes. He left Xuan Chen Hall and saw Hazel waiting.

Upon seeing Lu Hong emerge, Hazel stepped forward and said, "Lord Tulukru, His Majesty has already instructed earlier, please command anything you need."

"First, take me to see a few of my friends." Now holding the power to recruit soldiers, the three Luo Yi siblings would definitely be of great assistance on the journey to the Mandarin Duck plane—oh, except Luo Bolun, who still harbored hostility towards him.

"Alright, please follow me." Hazel led Lu Hong to a high-end restaurant outside the Imperial Palace.

"Are they here?"

Hazel nodded, "Yes, after learning about the situation in the wilderness, they said they were hungry, so I had my men take them out for some food."

Speaking of eating, ever since his advancement to the Second Transition, Lu Hong hardly felt the need to eat as his vitality was sufficient to keep him from feeling hungry. Of course, the Luo siblings couldn’t do what Lu Hong did; after all, they weren’t the same profession.

When Lu Hong entered the private room, the three Luo siblings were comfortably lying on the sofa, surrounded by leftover food.

"Ah, Tulukru, you’re here? Want to order more? This place actually tastes pretty good," Qi Rong was the first to open his eyes, clearly satisfied with Hazel’s arrangements.

"Enough, I have something I’d like you to help with, if you’re willing?"

"Of course, why even ask?" Luo Yi agreed without a question; Luo Bolun gave Lu Hong a displeased look, but for the sake of staying with his sister, he didn’t say anything.

Qi Rong asked, "Anyway, now that the Qi Family is gone, I’m all by myself. Perhaps following you might not be a bad idea."

"I need to go to the Mandarin Duck plane to help Nono. Are you coming?"

"The Mandarin Duck is the main plane of the Gold family," Luo Yi directly asked, "When do we leave?"

"The sooner, the better."

"Let’s leave immediately then." Qi Rong patted his stomach and sprang up from the sofa.

"Let’s go." Lu Hong turned around and was just about to leave when Hazel stopped them.

Faced with Hazel’s obstruction, Lu Hong asked in confusion, "Is there something else?"

"Um..." Hazel was embarrassed and said, "Could you settle the bill?"

Was that the big issue?

Lu Hong, annoyed, told the three behind him, "Pay the bill."

"Money?" Qi Rong waved his hands, "I have none; I’ve never carried such things. I, Qi Rong, in the Red Nation—everyone knows me, and I never need to pay."

Luo Bolun chuckled, "I’m someone who hardly leaves home. You’re asking me for money? Where would I get it?"

Then everyone’s gaze turned to Luo Yi, who spun around: "You see, I don’t even have pockets. Where would I get money?"

"You ate without money!" Facing the hefty bill presented by Hazel, Lu Hong, who was also short of money, had to negotiate with Hazel, "Lord Hazel, could you please cover us for now?"

Hazel: ... (speechless)