Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"Just a guess," Ye Ge said. "By the way, although Long Hai is dead, he still has considerable influence among the court officials, as well as your brothers and sisters in the royal family. They have connections with many high-ranking officials in the capital, and they certainly won't give up their fight for the throne."

Long Ying looked at Ye Ge and suddenly said gently, "Don't worry, I haven't just been burying myself in training at the War Academy all these years. If I can't even handle them, wouldn't all your investment in me have been wasted?"

She paused, looked at Long Hai's corpse on the ground, and then said, "However, I am now worried about something else."

"what's up?"

"I killed my father with my own hands," Long Ying said. "My older brothers and sisters will definitely use this to their advantage, to coerce the ministers and officials in the capital into rebelling against me..."

"Oh, don't worry, I've already made arrangements for this." Ye Ge said leisurely, "At the Ye family banquet at noon, I announced to the public that Emperor Long Hai was bewitched by a demon before his death, and his mental state was in trouble. He was close to being demonized, and his consciousness was completely controlled by the demons. And you discovered this, so you were forced to kill him."

Ye Ge recounted the events of noon in detail: "In this way, even if the whole world knows that you personally murdered your father, no one can say anything."

Ye Ge did this out of consideration for his grandfather's relationship with the late emperor, to give Long Hai a final moment of dignity.

At least if he dies like this, everyone will think that Long Hai did such a foolish thing simply because he was controlled by the demons.

It's much better than telling the world that Long Hai was killed by his daughter because he wanted to give her to that old monster Lai Chu.

The fact that the 93rd-ranked human race was controlled by the 2nd-ranked demon race was not considered too shameful by anyone.

After hearing these words, Long Ying stared at Ye Ge in a daze for a long time.

It turns out he had arranged all of this.

This man is truly meticulous; he's considered everything.

It's truly admirable...

I probably... will never be able to surpass him...

Ye Ge sensed the quiet and turned to see Long Ying staring blankly at her. She couldn't help but chuckle, "What's wrong? Do you think your husband is too handsome? Why are you staring at my face?"

“I…” Long Ying’s cheeks flushed red.

The word "husband" made her feel a little embarrassed.

Ye Ge then looked at Long Ying's clothes.

She is still wearing her wedding dress.

"This outfit is really nice, it suits you well," Ye Ge commented.

Long Ying: "Is...is that so?...?"

“Yes,” Ye Ge said, when a system notification popped up in front of him.

[System notification: Congratulations, player!]

[You have achieved the world achievement: Eliminate the Second Emperor, Long Hai!]

[The story's timeline has undergone a major shift because of you!]

You have been granted one chance to randomly draw a demigod-quality equipment.

You can randomly select a weapon, equipment, or item from the following job categories: Martial Arts, Archer, Mechanic, Mage, Psychic, Cultivator, Beast Tamer, Support, Mutant, and Ghost Tamer!

[Click to draw now]

Ye Ge's eyes lit up.

Is it possible to directly draw a demigod-level weapon?

The god-level weapon he had exchanged for the system points he had accumulated over more than a decade—Godslayer Dark Justice—was indeed incredibly powerful, opening his eyes to its true might.

But this time, I didn't expect to be able to draw one directly?

Although this time it's only at the demigod level, it's still at least at the gold quality level, isn't it?

Night Song clicked on "Draw Now".

[System: Extracting data...]

On the screen, one item after another flashed across the lottery box...

It finally settled on an icon.

Congratulations! You've drawn the top-tier Mech for the Mechanic class—Mech Destroyer Dragon (Demigod-level)!

[Automatically added to your system inventory!]

Ye Ge stroked his chin.

Is it a mechanic?

It looks pretty good, actually.

So Ye Ge waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can clean up the mess yourself now. You're busy, I'm leaving." With that, he turned and walked away.

“…” Long Ying stared at Ye Ge’s retreating figure, her mouth slightly agape.

She almost asked, "Now that everything is over, should our wedding... still go on?"

'Oh dear! What am I thinking?'

Long Ying pinched her brow.

My father, the emperor of the empire, has just passed away. It would be inappropriate to continue the wedding at this time!

Thankfully, I didn't say it out loud, or I would have lost face in front of Ye Ge!

Long Ying watched Ye Ge's departing figure and smiled slightly.

Oh well...

There is ample time.

......

Using the portal, Ye Ge quickly returned to Night City from Kyoto.

"Ye Ge, you're back!" When Xia Xiyao saw Ye Ge return, she jumped onto him like a koala and hugged him happily.

"Hmm." Ye Ge rubbed her head: "But why are you suddenly so enthusiastic?"

Xia Xiyao: "Hehe, I'm happy that your wedding didn't happen."

Night Song: "..."

"Lord Night Song, our magic-exploding missiles are truly formidable. The armies of those dark races have all retreated to their territories."

Li Shuying tilted her head and asked in confusion, "But speaking of which, since we have such powerful weapons, why did we only blow up Long Hai's royal army back then, instead of simply blowing up all the dark race armies outside the Great Wall as well?"

Ye Ge scratched his head: "You think those magic explosion missiles are as cheap as cabbage? Xue'er only recently developed them, and there aren't many of them yet. Plus, they're incredibly expensive. It hurt my heart to blow one up... We've already used up all of our reserves by blasting Long Hai's 300,000 Golden Armor Army to smithereens."

Li Shuying was taken aback: "So that's how it is... In that case, why don't we use them more sparingly? It feels like a waste to use all those magic-explosive missiles on just 300,000 golden-armored troops, given their immense power..."

Ye Ge smiled faintly: "Because only if we are willing to spend money lavishly will the dark races be unable to fathom our true strength."

In fact, relying solely on those magic-explosive missiles would be far from sufficient to counter the invasion of those dozen or so dark races.

Putting aside everything else, that kind of weapon would be completely ineffective against the Black Sun Demon Lord, who was at the Soul Emperor realm.

Even against the demonic beings of the Holy Realm, it would require a wide-range, high-output firepower to inflict effective damage.

But it was precisely because of these magical explosive missiles, which no one had ever seen before, that these dark races hesitated.

Firstly, a direct assault under saturation missile fire would inflict too much damage on the military.

Nobody wants to kill a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of their own.

Secondly, even the Black Sun Demon Lord had no idea whether the Night Clan possessed any other, even more powerful weapons besides these magic-explosive missiles...

The unknown is what is most frightening, and that's the point.