The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 1000 - 512: The author encounters a thief, this is a duplicate - _2

Chapter 1000: Chapter 512: The author encounters a thief, this is a duplicate Chapter_2

’Either Louis XI’s injuries are not severe, or the national laws are no longer strongly linked to the safety of the King and The Emperor,’ Ivita thought. ’Louis XI claims to be the nation himself, but I fear the future of this country is increasingly becoming irrelevant to him.’

’Has he not realized this yet?!’

Ivita lifted her head to look into the distance, only to see changes occurring once again in the sky where The Great Lord of Black Death had been.

The Great Lord of Black Death, which used to be like a collection of tentacles, had now transformed into a massive beehive, swarming with countless alien insects. Anything that came into contact with it received an even more severe flesh curse.

In the past, only man-made objects such as clothing and furniture would turn into living creatures under the curse of the Black Death, but now soil, trees, and even oxygen were metamorphosing into peculiar insects from the radiation of the Black Death.

The Hearthstone Witch, upon seeing the massive insect nest in the distance, screamed in terror. In her senses, she had never encountered something so filled with destructive power.

"How has The Great Lord of Black Death become such an ugly sight? What has the Kingdom of Frank done to it?"

"Even the very nature of The Great Lord of Black Death’s power has been altered."

"My God. Its power, already enough to destroy the world, has grown even stronger."

Ivita looked down to see a group of Knights in the forest below, fleeing in a panic. He used space magic to descend, standing on the mountain path amidst the dense woods, blocking the way of the group of refugees.

"Who..." The refugees were extremely sensitive. As soon as they saw Ivita appear before them, they instantly raised their weapons, evil Qi emerging.

However, Ivita seemed not to notice their angry stares. "I have come here to ask you all, why The Great Lord of Black Death in the sky has changed so drastically in appearance and the nature of its power has been altered. Most importantly, the spirit of The Great Lord of Black Death, once powerful enough to influence the world’s operation, has now fragmented. So, strictly speaking, The Great Lord of Black Death appears to have been broken into spiritual fragmentation. It seems to be related to you; what exactly has happened? Please, tell me."

The refugees looked at Ivita with eyes filled with anger, but none of them spoke. They merely gripped their weapons tighter as if looking at a monster, fearing that Ivita might attack them in the next moment.

Some, out of fear, contemplated attacking Ivita several times.

The Knights were protecting someone in their midst, "Don’t come any closer, this lady is the heir to Aquidan, Miss Gulolina."

"The Duke of Aquidan is dead; Gulolina is now the new Duke of Aquidan. Her status and position are noble. Do not act rashly. Stand aside immediately and let us leave this damned place."

Ivita smiled without saying a word.

Having been the monarch of four countries, he certainly held a noble status and could not lay hands on anyone so lightly, lest he regress.

The Hearthstone Witch landed on the ground from the sky and sneered immediately. "Duke of Aquidan, oh, the old Duchy Level power that has been annexed by Frank, what’s there to be proud of? Besides a local ducal council, there isn’t much left for you. The person standing before you is the monarch of the Alsace Kingdom, the sovereign of four nations, whom you should answer promptly to His Majesty’s questions."

The refugee Knights’ faces changed time and again.

The monarch’s status is a rank in itself. To these Knights, who had received traditional chivalric education and came from noble families, Ivita’s high status was enough to move them and win their favor.

Suddenly, the Knights lowered their weapons.

Some knights muttered, "We are sorry, we are not trying to impede a noble monarch. But please leave with us, Your Majesty. Ahead is hell, a nightmare, a place no one wants to reach. Forget about The Great Lord of Black Death. This world is doomed."

"The Emperor of Frank is mean and conceited. His plan failed, and he created something uncontrollable, that..."

"Don’t talk like that, we’ve already been involved in his plan, we will forever be sinners. But do not mention such a disgraceful thing in front of His Majesty, we have nothing left, once this matter is revealed, letting His Majesty know what we were planning, then we will not have even a shred of honor left."

Hearthstone Witch chuckled. "Your Majesty, for this bunch, killing them all would be nothing more than the blink of an eye."

"Since they’re mumbling and not saying anything, let me send them on their way."

Ivita interjected, "Don’t do that, we are no longer peasants, we are civilized people."

Despite saying this, Ivita had already summoned the Light Soul, ready to erase the existence of everyone present, to cast them out of this world in an instant.

But from among the crowd, a girl with a frail body, a pale face like paper, and an originally somewhat comely face now bearing some sort of mushroom-like growth approached. Gulolina coughed, "Cough cough cough... We didn’t mean to offend you on purpose. The reason everyone is hesitating is because... Your Majesty... it might actually be good for you to know about this."

"My family is the Aquidan Family, the leader among the twelve original noble families of Frank, but the former Law King gained control of our lands through his own marriage. The current Law King is related by blood to our family. In short, our family has been bound to the rise of Frank, we have been exploited, offering up the Aquidan orb to the Emperor of Frank, the vessel for the laws of Aquidan... But..."

Ivita raised an eyebrow. "What exactly did that fool Louis XI do to the Great Lord of the Black Death?"

Gulolina hesitated before speaking, "He originally gathered us under the pretext of fighting the Great Lord of the Black Death, but just before setting out on the campaign, he suddenly told us that weakening the Great Lord of the Black Death was pointless."

"For a thousand years, countless monarchs from different countries have attempted to kill the Great Lord of the Black Death gradually through weakening, but he has revived and returned time and time again. The Great Lord of the Black Death obtained an immortal spark of divinity in a special way, achieving the state of undying."

After pondering for a moment, Ivita realized, so that was why the Black Death could not be eradicated.

Gulolina said, "So he suggested we use the strengthening method, to infuse perishable parts into the body of the Great Lord of the Black Death, and he had us... mix a bunch of Duchy Level and below-Duchy Level laws into the body of the Great Lord of the Black Death."

"Only later did we realize that he wanted to create a strain of the Black Death that could selectively kill the population of a certain country. His idea seemed brilliant, but he overestimated his own abilities."

"Just a moment ago, there was suddenly an explosion."

"The Great Lord of the Black Death went out of control, becoming the way he is now; even the Emperor of Frank is no match for his remaining sanity. Too terrifying, too powerful. The laws of Frank have nearly approached the strength of the universal law, yet they cannot even stop the Black Death. The world is going to be destroyed, the Black Death will infect everything, and I have been infected too."

Ivita noticed that, in fact, everyone present had been infected, it’s just that Gulolina was infected the most deeply.

’The new strain of Black Death seems to no longer be airborne but spreads through bloodlines and karma, its mode of transmission has become more advanced. The Black Death in Gulolina is the most serious because she was infected from her father.’

Ivita quickly understood the true situation at hand. "It’s not like that, the current Great Lord of Black Death, though powerful, is still under the universal law. It’s just that the national laws are gradually becoming unrelated to the monarch; the King of Frank is increasingly unable to command the national laws."

Ivita suddenly realized, once they enter the era of nation-states, the rights of kings in various countries would gradually be subverted by their nations, and it was probable that a republican system would become the more common regime.

Of course, a constitutional monarchy could also enable a king to adapt to the nation-state, to find a place within the nation-state.

Ivita said, "Since you’ve run into me, you might as well come with me."

"Hearthstone Witch, take them back and imprison them in the deepest part of the dungeon, make sure they don’t contact anyone else."

These pieces of evidence, held in hand, might be useful someday.