Chapter 595: Chapter 574 Queen i
“Jiang Qiao…”
After Wan Xiang returned to her original world from the ti point of the original Devouring God, she stood still, unsure how to communicate with Jiang Qiao.
The information revealed by the original Devouring God was more than enough. Even if Wan Xiang were slow to catch on, she would have guessed Jiang Qiao’s identity, but Wan Xiang was not dense, especially after piecing together the intelligence told by Alma.
Jiang Qiao… perhaps…
“The things you guessed are all correct.”
Jiang Qiao’s mind was now a ss, tangled because the original Devouring God, before dissipating, had implanted many coordinates of ti points into Jiang Qiao’s mind.
These coordinates were all located in their respective different parallel universes, and to visit these coordinates, specific people had to be brought along.
Firstly, to go to the realm where Queen i beca the Devouring God, they had to take Miss Cat from his own ho.
“Wan Xiang, after adding milk there are a few more instances of ti travel, do you want to co along?”
As Jiang Qiao inquired, the two girls who were deep in thought quickly adjusted their emotions and gave Jiang Qiao a thumbs-up to indicate no problem.
Wan Xiang gently pulled at the hem of Jiang Qiao’s clothes, showing her agreent.
“Chairman, where is Hai Lan?” After coming to her senses, the one not adding cost noticed that Hai Lan had disappeared upon returning.
“She needs so ti to adjust her emotions, let’s go to Biland Island first.”
Jiang Qiao opened the portal to Biland Island.
At Biland Island’s initial base, the recovered Queen i was still diligently performing her duties as Miss Cat.
Because the conflicts in Biland Island were tending toward peace, Queen i’s recent days were very laid-back; usually, when she got tired of standing guard, she would sit down and play a ga or two of Mahjong with the players.
Today was different, Queen i was playing Fight the Landlord with the players.
At the initial base, the small ga function developed by Jiang Qiao was very well-advanced, even including ranks, and Queen i’s Fight the Landlord rank was not low.
“You guys might not understand what having these seventeen cards in hand ans for Queen i, but I’m betting on Her Majesty to win this round.”
The players spectating outside imdiately started a betting round, and this ti Queen i was the Landlord.
Unfortunately, Her Majesty’s luck was not good. She did not have seventeen cards to instantly defeat the opponents, which led to Her Majesty losing a large amount of Gold Coins.
Jiang Qiao felt it wasn’t the right mont to approach and talk to Queen i, so he directly sent a ssage in private chat to Her Majesty.
‘Do you have ti?’
‘Agent? I’m sorry, I organized this event to thank everyone… for helping cure my Void Erosion, so it definitely isn’t considered slacking.’
When Queen i saw the ssage from Jiang Qiao, her hands holding the cards trembled because she knew the current special period, when the Void Erosion had spread from her to the axe-wielding man.
She herself was very anxious, but as Miss Cat returned to the initial base, the players and her mood were the sa, all wondering where Her Majesty had been during this ti.
To soothe the players’ emotions, Queen i decided to host this small-ga-style event.
‘Then as soon as possible, there’s sothing I want to talk to you about.’
‘What is it? Agent, just say it in the chat, it won’t interfere.’ Queen i replied quickly.
Jiang Qiao directly told Queen i about the tiline and so matters of the parallel universes. When Queen i clearly saw the world line where she could go… ‘Her kingdom had not perished, her people had not died, but instead had beco more and more prosperous.’
Queen i’s hand holding the poker trembled slightly.
“Your Majesty, what is wrong?”
The player next to Queen i was Chen ng, who had exerted a great deal of effort to join the sa table as Queen i. However, Queen i suddenly stopped moving.
“Chen ng, can we do this another ti?” Queen i placed her poker cards on the stump table and said, “I have so matters to attend to.”
“What’s wrong with Miss Cat?”
“Damn… you won’t even give my brother a face to sit down at the table?”
The surrounding players were watching Chen ng’s live stream and saw the scene where Queen i suddenly put down her poker cards and decided not to continue. The worst part for Chen ng was that she had waited in a long line just to play this round with Queen i.
“Everyone shut up! No, I an, guys, I have an ergency too.” Chen ng imdiately shouted to her online supporters. Then, looking at Queen i, who had an apologetic expression on her headgear, it seed she understood sothing, “Go ahead, Your Majesty, no matter when, I will always wait for your return.”
Chen ng had wanted to say that line for a very long ti!
“…Thank you.”
Queen i gently embraced this player… the only one among the players whom she had personally acknowledged as a Knight, and then she disappeared from the initial base under the watchful eyes of all the players there.
At that mont, Jiang Qiao returned to the Astral Tower, and it was still Queen i, dressed as Miss Cat, who took off her headgear.
“Agent, what exactly are you talking about with that world line?” Queen i still seed to find it hard to believe Jiang Qiao’s words.
“It’s about one of the multitude of worlds where a version of you beca the Devouring God, which prevented your nation from destruction. Instead, it beca increasingly powerful on the star chart, just like the current players,” Jiang Qiao said.
“So… Agent, for you to ask to go to that world… isn’t it too cruel?”
Queen i’s expression beca extrely bitter. Although the joyful emotions among the players had already filled the gaps in her heart, the collapse of her own country… and the powerless feeling that she couldn’t save any of her citizens… still ford an unresolved knot in her heart.
What Jiang Qiao was doing now was like showing her sothing beautiful, then brutally shattering it.
“To pinpoint that world line, you, and one of your Knights, are needed,” Jiang Qiao said. “So, Queen i… please help .”
“Knight?”
“Hawkeye Knight.”
Jiang Qiao knew he was taking Queen i to a dangerous place and had to bring one of the top five Knights. The Hawkeye Knight was the best choice, as she used to be Queen i’s personal guard, the covert kind.
“I understand.”
Despite her reluctance, Queen i made her decision, then summoned the Hawkeye Knight from the instance lord’s residence. The Knight also harbored great skepticism toward the parallel world Jiang Qiao spoke of, given that they had already traversed countless realms on the star chart.
“It’s starting.”
Jiang Qiao led both the queen and the Hawkeye Knight to the statue of the Ti God. When the statue started moving again, the portal was instantly opened.
Queen i and the Hawkeye Knight were the first to walk into the portal. When Jiang Qiao, followed by Wan Xiang and others, entered the portal… the scene changed from the Astral Tower to a noisy street.
“This is… the scent of mustard flowers.”
Standing in a side alley of the street, Queen i incredulously slled the fragrance perating the street.
“How long it has been,” murmured the Hawkeye Knight as well.
The two of them stepped out of the alley, and the scene in front of them… still left them in disbelief.
Upon arriving on the street, Jiang Qiao imdiately recognized… this was the instance of the first Divine Fragnt War, Queen i’s royal city.
Unlike the instance filled with the scenes of death and silence, the streets here were bustling with a lively market and vibrant residents.
“Your Majesty,” the Hawkeye Knight looked at Queen i who was wearing a hood.
The expression on Queen i’s face shifted from blank to joy and relief, and finally turned into sadness.
“This is not our city. Lead the agent to et this world’s ,” Queen i said, gently clutching her chest, trying hard to control her emotions.
“Yes, agent, this way,”
As soon as the Hawkeye Knight arrived in this world, she realized that the architecture of this city was identical to Queen i’s royal city. As a royal spy, she knew how to reach the palace faster than Jiang Qiao.
It wasn’t long before the Hawkeye Knight led Jiang Qiao toward the palace covertly, when suddenly, the people on the streets burst into a cheer.
This made Jiang Qiao and his companions stop in their tracks.
“Queen Majesty!”
The surrounding crowd shouted this title, and Queen i imdiately reacted, thinking they were calling her. However, the crowd’s gazes were not directed at her but at a figure standing on the inner city’s wall.
This made Queen i look up toward the top of the wall, where a young girl with light golden hair was standing on the wall, waving at the people.
“That is… the of this world.” Queen i watched this scene, srized, but Jiang Qiao gently patted her on the shoulder.
“Stop envying others. Don’t the Holy Spirits call you ‘Your Majesty’ too?”
This comnt made Queen i freeze.
“And isn’t Miss Cat adorable too?” i Steen added teasingly from the side.
“Sothing is off,” but the Hawkeye Knight, looking at the Queen i on the wall, had other thoughts.
“How is it off?”
“That’s not the Queen! Or… not the Queen i of this world,” the Hawkeye Knight said.
“Then who is she? Queen’s twin sister?” Jiang Qiao, looking from afar at the Queen i standing on the wall, could see she looked exactly like the Queen i standing beside him.
“It’s .”
The Hawkeye Knight took off her mask, revealing a face that resembled Queen i’s by seventy to eighty percent and said,
“It’s my disguised form. In the past, due to a mission, I repeatedly acted as the Queen’s double!”
These words plunged Jiang Qiao and i Steen into silence.
“Should we do sothing?” Wan Xiang, holding a telescope, observed the Hawkeye Knight on the wall impersonating Queen i.
“Why would you impersonate Queen i in this world line? It couldn’t be that the Five Knights have rebelled?”
“Watch your words! Agent… we would never betray Her Majesty in any world line,” the Hawkeye Knight did not appreciate Jiang Qiao’s speculation.
“Alright… let’s not sweat it and just greet them at the palace,”
Jiang Qiao didn’t want to argue with the Hawkeye Knight, and under her lead, they successfully sneaked into the inner part of the palace.
Jiang Qiao had been here during the initial Divine Fragnt War; they were approaching the Boss battle room where Queen i resided.
But before they could advance much further, Wan Xiang suddenly loaded her Death’s Song, but it was already too late for the Hawkeye Knight to issue a warning.
A dagger was pressed against Jiang Qiao’s neck, and a cold voice asked everyone present.
“Who are you?”
The Wasp Knight had disguised herself as Queen i… er, let’s use a different na—let’s call her by her real na, Troy.
Dressed in a royal robe, Troy held a dagger against Jiang Qiao’s neck as she faced the group of intruders.
“Damn, my stealth skills in this tiline are stronger than I imagined!” It was no longer possible for the Wasp Knight to save Jiang Qiao.
“Are you praising yourself?” Jiang Qiao had already lost count of how many tis he had been taken hostage.
“Who are you! Answer !” Troy didn’t like listening to Jiang Qiao and her other self from a different tiline chattering.
At that mont, Queen i suddenly turned around and took off the hood on her head.
“Stay calm, Troy,” she said, looking behind Jiang Qiao… at another Wasp Knight, Troy, who looked almost exactly like herself. “We an no harm.”
“Queen… Your Majesty?”
But when that Troy saw Queen i’s face clearly, she froze on the spot, even dropping the dagger to the ground.
She slowly walked toward Queen i. The Wasp Knight wanted to block her, but Queen i raised her hand to keep the Wasp Knight from getting nervous.
“Is it really you—are you resurrected?”
She seed unsettled in front of Queen i, but her words made everyone feel sowhat uneasy.
“Resurrected?”
“No, you’re not the Queen I know, but you are indeed i Steen. Could it be…”
After calming down, she recognized that the i Steen in front of her was not hers. This Wasp Knight was also very quick-thinking. After taking a glance at another version of herself standing next to i Steen, she imdiately understood what was going on.
“Co with ,” Troy led everyone as she pushed open the grand doors of Queen i’s chamber.
As Jiang Qiao walked into this familiar scene from the final boss battle of the Divine War, he saw another all-too-familiar scene.
It was Queen i, drenched in blood, silently sitting on the throne, seemingly asleep.
The difference was that this Queen i wouldn’t move; she was truly dead.
“In our tiline, Her Majesty had passed away when she inherited the divinity of the Devouring God, but we fulfilled her last will and continued to run the kingdom as if she were still ruling,” Troy said as she turned and walked over to the body of Queen i on the throne, looking down at the people below.
“If she were still alive, she would be very happy to hear this,” Queen i said.
“…You are here for the Divine Fragnt, aren’t you?” Troy seed to have known that Jiang Qiao would co, holding out a pale blue Divine Fragnt. “This is a fragnt extended from the divinity of the Devouring God. I can give it to you, but there is one condition.”
“What condition?”
“That is, Her Majesty… must stay in this world,” Troy said as the grand doors suddenly closed behind her with a bang.
When Jiang Qiao turned to look behind him, he noticed that the other four knights of this world had already taken their positions at the door.
The Lion Heart Knight, the Wolf Knight, the Black Ash Knight, and the Hawkeye Knight!
“I knew this would happen,” Jiang Qiao said as the fire belonging to the Fire Spirit was instantly ignited in his hand.
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