I survived by drawing cards after being transported to One-Punch Man.

Outside the magnificent palace, the young emperor was clearly angry, his face dark, and he pointed at the kneeling captain of the guards.

"Didn't you hear my order? Arrest him immediately and throw him in the dungeon!"

The young emperor's voice echoed clearly in the quiet night.

However, the guards around him remained kneeling on the ground, no one daring to move, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The captain of the guards broke out in a cold sweat. He realized the seriousness of the situation. The emperor's anger and his subordinates' indifference might mean that the emperor's authority was now merely nominal, but it was not yet time for that.

He whispered to his deputy, "Idiot, subdue me now."

The deputy was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered.

"Your Majesty, are you ordering the arrest of Captain Miao Bi? I was too shocked to hear your command clearly. Please forgive me."

The deputy looked up at the young monarch.

"That's right, arrest him."

The young emperor was relieved.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The deputy immediately stood up, and the other guards also seemed to wake from a dream, hurriedly subduing the captain of the guards.

"Your Majesty, I was confused. Please forgive me. I was just too worried about Your Majesty's safety," the captain of the guard pleaded.

"Wait, do you really think so?" The young emperor seemed to waver.

"Of course, Your Majesty. Do you remember five years ago when I guarded your palace and an assassin attacked? I risked my life to save you."

The captain of the guards was in tears, his face full of remorse.

Lin Yu witnessed all of this from the side. "6, how do you make your expression change so naturally?"

"Hmm, it seems like that happened." The young emperor seemed a little hesitant, as he was too young at the time and had no memory of it.

"Well... I'll let it go this time, but don't let it happen again."

Huh? Shouldn't you sentence him to death?

You're the emperor, not some commoner on the street.

The captain of the guards, his deputy, and even Lin Yu were stunned. This young emperor was far too naive, to the point of being stupid. It seemed that the ministers had used very effective methods.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The captain of the guard was moved to tears, but his eyes showed unusual disdain.

Lin Yu stopped as he passed the captain of the guards.

"If you don't want to die, wait outside. This is the order of General Esdeath and General Bud. The situation in the capital is critical, and the Supreme Imperial Arms may be activated at any time."

Upon hearing this, the captain of the guards was startled, realizing Lin Yu's identity and purpose.

"Thanks for reminding me, I almost got into trouble."

"It's alright. We are all serving the empire. As long as His Majesty doesn't pursue the matter tonight, I will pretend I didn't see it."

The captain of the guards, with a broad smile, quietly handed Lin Yu a bag of gold coins.

"Good brother, this is just a small token of my appreciation."

"Ok!"

Lin Yu's tone became more forceful.

"Oh...oh, sorry, I forgot, I forgot."

The captain of the guard quickly smiled apologetically. Everyone in the palace knew that Esdeath's subordinates did not accept bribes because they simply didn't care.

"Then I would be honored to have the pleasure of going out for drinks and entertainment tomorrow, and then... hehe..."

The captain of the guards gave a meaningful, wicked smile.

"Yes, as long as you're still alive tomorrow."

"...Thank you for your kind words..."

Lin Yu continued forward, while the young emperor had already walked some distance.

The captain of the guards looked at Lin Yu's retreating figure with a gloomy expression.

"Damn it, Esdeath's men are all lunatics."

He grew angrier the more he thought about it, and glared fiercely at his deputy.

"Snapped!"

The captain of the guards slapped his deputy across the face with considerable force, leaving the deputy dizzy, disoriented, and collapsing to the ground, spitting blood.

"You brainless idiot, are you trying to kill me?"

The captain of the guards kicked his deputy away, who rolled several times on the ground.

"I'll kill you and feed you to the dogs today..." The captain of the guard drew his sword, ready to strike.

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong, please spare my life," the deputy pleaded, his cheek swollen.

The captain of the guard's hand trembled as he gripped the knife; if it weren't for his sister, his deputy would have been dead long ago.

"Get lost, just seeing you annoys me."

The captain of the guards angrily dismissed his deputy, and the surrounding guards fell silent in fear.

……

Inside the shrine, Lin Yu sensed the chaos outside. He hadn't expected the young emperor's power to have been weakened to this extent. If it weren't for the fact that activating the Supreme Imperial Arms required the young emperor, he would probably be dead by now.

"Your name is Lin Yu, right?"

The young emperor's voice trembled.

"what happened?"

"Am I a useless emperor?"

The young emperor seems to have realized his status.

"No."

The young emperor turned to look at Lin Yu, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

"You're incredibly useless."

“Utterly useless…” The young emperor looked at the memorial tablets around him, which were all his ancestors.

Initially, the empire was just a small tribe on a piece of land, relying on farming for survival. The ancestors of the young emperor started from here and gradually grew stronger.

Our ancestors, with their wisdom and courage, established a kingdom that developed rapidly, based on agriculture.

Over two centuries, the kingdom grew from a small kingdom into a medium-sized one.

Four centuries later, this kingdom conquered the most resource-rich and beautiful region of the continent and established the empire that exists today.

Five centuries later, the empire reached its golden age, when its rulers, both wise and ambitious, began a full-scale hunt for extremely dangerous creatures.

After sacrificing a million soldiers, the Empire acquired body materials from some extremely dangerous creatures.

The empire invested huge sums of money to collect rare materials (such as Orichalcos) and brought together the world's top craftsmen from all fields.

Thus, the empire mobilized the entire nation's resources to create forty-eight Imperial Arms. Each Imperial Arm possessed the power to threaten small kingdoms, while others had the power to destroy the empire itself.

These forty-eight Imperial Arms became the pillars of the Empire, and the forty-eight warriors who used these Imperial Arms were called "Children of God" and were also known as "Gods among Mortals" by other countries.

For the next two centuries, the surrounding kingdoms lived in fear, dreading a collective attack from these "gods." (Western kingdoms, southern islands, northern tundra, and uncivilized island nations)

However, as time went on, successive victories and fertile lands made the empire's nobles arrogant and complacent.

Five hundred years after the establishment of the empire, five of the forty-eight Imperial Arms were lost.

A thousand years later, only twenty of the forty-eight Imperial Arms remained. The country was surrounded by powerful enemies and plagued by internal turmoil.

During the reign of the young emperor, more than five more Imperial Arms were lost, a trend that was only stopped by the appearance of Esdeath.

Esdeath's appearance can be said to have forcibly extended the life of the empire, rekindling the extinguished flames. Without ministers, Esdeath alone could have sustained the empire until her death.

The predecessors planted trees so that the successors could enjoy the shade, but the young emperor was no longer enjoying the shade; he was eating the trees, eating them in large gulps.

"I'm incredibly useless..."

The young emperor walked ahead, looking utterly dejected...

"Lin Yu, what are you doing here...?"