Can't I develop my own character?

"Rather than that, I'm planning to ask Mr. Hainuo to come over and go back to Baron with me."

"Vice President Hainuo?"

Echo was shocked.

The vice-president of St. Marian College, Heino Antlia, is a seventh-rank Holy Word Master. It was he who taught Kasradi the Holy Word Mastership.

When Casradi left the academy, the vice-president asked if he needed help. He knew that she wanted to compete for the throne, but Casradi did not want to expose Hainuo's existence so quickly.

After all, a seventh-rank Holy Word Mage is a well-known figure in the Northern Continent, and Hainuo has many connections that can bring her a great advantage in battle.

Now she is going back to the imperial capital. Although logically she shouldn't encounter any danger, but... there are always exceptions, right?

At critical moments, the teacher can at least protect her.

"Is she willing to come?" Aiko was a little worried. After all, the whole empire now knows that our princess is a candidate for the last place.

"I've asked before, and the teacher agreed. I'll write her a letter later."

Casradi hadn't given up yet. She felt she could still fight, so her strategy now was... to survive! As long as she lived, the territory in the south would nominally be hers. When Ryan expanded his territory, who could say she wasn't qualified to be empress?

So, please Ryan!

......

Grandpa Ryan is reading the report.

If you ask him what his first kiss with 'Charlie' tasted like, it was sweeter than chocolate.

But 'Charlie' didn't suffer any loss either, this was Ryan's first kiss that he had saved for two lifetimes. Who said that only a girl's virginity was precious and a boy's was not?

Um... Speaking of which, 'Charlie,' could you please be a little more...in-character next time? Your battlefield-like aura is making me feel a little uneasy.

Sure enough, it was still a problem of character setting. Ryan felt that 'Ina' and 'Vine' should be much better in this regard, but then again, who said that one has to be shy when doing this?

What about dating her, making her shy, and then saving the world? That doesn't exist.

Go back and find 'Lin Qi' to see what it is like. A quiet sister, wait, is this a bit too much for a sister to do? Something is wrong... Ryan quickly shook his head and threw away the strange idea.

Although my first kiss is gone, but 'Lin Qi', your position as my first wife in my heart will never change!

so...

Keep reading the report.

After putting on a good show with Charlie in front of Casladi, Ryan went straight to the mayor's office to deal with the problems left by Ina these days.

After all, it is the acting mayor position, and Ina can decide most things. Some things that cannot be decided will be left for Ryan to come.

"Well done Ina."

It took Ryan less than an hour to finish the job at hand.

It's only been an hour! It took so many days. That's amazing! Ina, you're my favorite!

Don't underestimate the mayor's job. Only incompetent lords will spend their days drunken and partying. If you want to develop your territory well, hard work is essential.

"And you two did a great job too. I'll give you a raise later."

'Ina' has two secretaries with her.

They were all promoted by "Ina" later. As for the original ones, the two of them were not very capable and had no faults. They were okay for other things, but they were not qualified to be mayor's secretaries.

"Thank you, Lord Ryan."

The two secretaries went out to do their work. After a while, Charlie came in and Ryan and the other two discussed the future development of Kosovo.

After the discussion, Ryan suddenly realized a problem - why should I discuss with myself?

"It's mainly because some things can be explained face to face... Well, that's it."

The situation in Berman City has basically stabilized. How to develop Kosotoya after reconstruction is a problem. The population loss is too great, and the income and investment are not proportional in a short period of time. Even with "Xia Li", the God of War in the South, it will be difficult.

As for Nad City...it's time to take over that place. Although Lord Nick has always been obedient, I will never feel at ease if he is not one of my own, and the main thing is that his ability is too poor.

It makes no difference whether he is there or not, just like putting a pig there.

Ryan thought about it and decided to give Nick a decent way to leave. He turned around and asked 'Xia Li' to talk to him and buy the other party's title for 100 gold coins.

He who knows the times is a hero. I believe Lord Nick is also a hero, otherwise Ryan can only find a way to make the other party passive and decent.

"I'll do it right away."

'Charlie' took the job decisively. She had plenty of money now. She had not spent all the gold coins she had just brought back from the Kingdom of Cainte. If she really didn't have any, she would go to Nad City to get some for Nick. There are always more solutions than problems.

However, who will be the lord of Nad City is also a problem. That place is actually not important, and there is no need to waste a small account to bind it. Ryan's idea is to promote "Ina" to the position of "General Manager", and all the official affairs of these territories in the southern border will be handed over to her in the future.

Ryan didn't plan to do it himself anyway.

He had played a game in his previous life in which a character known as a genius made a lot of puppets of himself and then left all the work to the puppets. Ryan felt that this was what a smart person should do.

How can you just pick up a gun and go into battle every day and do everything yourself?

"Huh? Why am I so stupid? Why not just ask Wei Nei for someone?"

Ryan slapped his head and then remembered "Weinei". Using the spiritual system to recruit loyal ministers is always a sure thing. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged talents.

"Let me see... From Kyles, to here, and then here... If we can take down these ten cities, the situation in the entire southern border will basically be stable." Ryan studied the map for a while.

In fact, the biggest problem is not how to conquer the territory, but the fact that the empire's legal protection of the nobles is too biased. The death of any noble will definitely attract attention, so Ryan thought of buying the title to completely take over the city of Nad.

But what about other places? There must be many people from the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince's factions around. If you touch them, you will probably be discovered. Assassination is even worse. If one person dies, it will attract attention. If two or three people die, even a fool can guess that it must be Ryan who wants to expand his power.

Rising from humble beginnings, it's really not that easy to break the impasse... Ryan stroked his chin, his eyes falling on the territory to the right of Kelce.

That was the territory of Earl Lanster, who was the mastermind behind letting Thomas seize the title. However, Lanster belonged to the Fourth Prince's faction, and the real mastermind was the Fourth Prince.

Unfortunately, the funds in the hands of that unlucky guy will soon be snatched away by the old emperor... Speaking of which, if the old emperor does this, these filial children will definitely have some ideas, right?

If you don't inherit your old father's property, are you going to keep it and put it in the coffin?

However, Ryan doubted whether the old emperor had found some way to prolong his life. After all, there were a lot of people who lived long lives in this world. If you were the chosen one of God and became a being close to God, it would be difficult for you to die.

If this is true, then the Augustus Empire will be interesting. Not to mention that if everyone unites to deal with the old emperor, Casradi will have a chance.

The fuck princess stood up. Is she going to stand up from the kids’ table?

"Let Wei Nei give it a try later. If we can take this territory without fighting, half of the southern border will be mine."

Ryan was thinking about the next plan. These things could be left to them, and he had another important thing to do - take the princess to Saint Gro City to find 'Lin Qi'.

...

The situation in the Western Territory has basically stabilized. There is no news from the Imperial Capital for the time being, but that has nothing to do with Lin Qi. She just needs to get Maganna to agree to a ceasefire.

As for the old emperor, there will naturally be someone else to take charge.

So Lin Qi will soon return to the Gate of Janus. Ryan wants to take advantage of Casradi's last chance to go there and take a look.

This matter also received the consent of Casladi. In fact, the latter not only considered wanting to use the power of the Janus Gate, but also because St. Marian College was in Saint Gro City. She had originally planned to bring her teacher with her when she returned. This time she was going to meet "Lin Qi", so she might as well take the opportunity to go back to the college.

Although St. Marian's College is ostensibly an aristocratic school in the center of the continent, it is actually a secret institution for cultivating "superhumans". There is an inner courtyard inside, and only those with superhuman qualifications will be accepted and cultivated by the college.

Her old father probably wouldn't have anything to say if she used the excuse of going to St. Mary's College to delay for a few days.

However, Casladi received a magic letter from the academy that day, in which the people in the academy told her that Hainuo had gone on a long trip and would not be back for a few days. So she decided not to rush and decided to deal with the "aftermath" in Berman City first.

Casradi was still considering how to help Ryan consolidate his position in the South after he left. If the title hadn't been approved, why not just buy it? But who would dare to sell it if the old emperor didn't agree?

After thinking about it, Kasradi suddenly had an idea and thought of Maganna.

Originally, she had sent Ryan over to recruit forces from the Western Territory, but the resurrection of the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke completely disrupted the rhythm. She really didn't dare to cooperate with the rebels.

But now, hasn't the Janus Gate intervened? Although the hatred still exists, at least in name, the Western Territory is still Augustus's territory. Casladi thought about having Ryan secretly agree to Maganna's recruitment.

In this way, with the Western forces helping Ryan to defend the area, even if there are any problems, they can be easily solved.

"Magna is capable, but she is too blindly confident and always thinks she can conquer everyone. Unfortunately... Ryan is destined to be loyal to me." Kasradi thought this plan was perfect. Magna tried every means to help Ryan solve the obstacles in the south, but in fact she was working for her.

Thinking of this, Casladi felt much better.

the other side.

Grandpa Ryan also leaned comfortably on the sofa, asked his secretary to pour him a cup of coffee, and then opened the game.

What a rare afternoon tea time.

There was no dwarf grand duke to bother him, and no princess to ask for help. All the work was left to Ina, and he just needed to relax.

The game starts and switches to the character interface of 'Weinei'.

The last time I looked at the AFK records, 'Weinei' seemed to have found a very special place.

"I'm level 29 now. It's really fast to solo."

After taking a look at the character's attributes, I found that his level was steadily increasing, much faster than Lin Qi's at the beginning.

You know, 'Xia Li' is only level 32 now...but the upgrade speed is indeed much slower after the third level. The main reason why 'Lin Qi' can soar is because she became a saint.

at this time.

In the cracks of the other world.

'Vene' stood on a scorched hillside holding the Staff of Exhaustion. Beside her stood six tall one-horned demons with blood-red skin, hideous faces, and terrifyingly sharp claws.

[Chaos Demon of War 'Exile'. Elite lv30]

Six level 30 elite monsters!

Further away, there was a group of demons stationed there. Ryan then saw a pop-up prompt on the game interface:

【You discovered the war altar.】

"what?"

“It’s actually this thing.”

The altar is a kind of sacrificial site in the game. The altars of different Outer Gods will be preceded by their representative words, such as the Blood God's is called the "War Altar" and the Death God's is called the "Dark Altar".

Different from the one that 'Xia Li' encountered in Cazorla, the one in the Chaos Space is the original version, and the ones created by the pagans are all imitations.

Naturally, in a place that is closest to the Outer Gods, the war altar often brings more terrifying power.

The reason why the altars in the game are of interest to players is that "big demons" often appear in such places. After defeating them, there is a certain probability of obtaining good things, and even unlocking clues to hidden professions.

Some players prefer to take the wrong path, disdaining Janus and the Sun God. This world will eventually fall under the rule of the Other Gods! — Ulla!

Of the four Outer Gods, the Blood God and the Desire God are the most popular. The former is a profession that enjoys combat, while the latter...

Because many of the hidden professions in the Desire Faith path have the ability to boost the character's favorability and "sensitivity", and then a special hidden CG will appear, the Desire God is also called the "God of Lust", and those who switch to the Desire profession are called "Old Lechers" by players.

"I don't know what's in here."

Ryan was quite interested in this thing. The things in the war altar were naturally related to the Blood God. He didn't have much expectation for the hidden profession. That thing was not that easy to obtain, but it was also quite good to be able to get some good stuff.

Soon, 'Weinei' led six of his men towards the war altar.

"A level 35 monster, that's a bit high."

There were many demons from the Blood God Legion wandering around in the altar. Fortunately, the minions that "Weinei" had subdued were all level 30. She advanced little by little from the outside, using six elite monsters to form a defensive wall in front.

Ryan discovered that the demons of the Blood God Legion had a characteristic, which was that they loved the thrill of battle and didn't think much. The six elite Exiles attracted all the firepower, and the little guy 'Vene' hid in the back and no one paid any attention to him.

It took half an hour to clear out the monsters around the war altar.

The blood of the dead demons flowed on the ground, gradually gathered in the groove of the altar, and finally outlined a mysterious pattern.

[The great Blood God's follower, the bloody-handed butcher Barton...]

A prompt popped up in the game, but it was not a text prompt from the system, but was chanted directly by "Weinei".

It was also the first time that Ryan knew that she could actually sing the sacrificial words, so the soul singer is also a singer...

Wait, why can the Soul Singer of the Death Path preside over the Blood God Path's sacrifices?

Ryan felt as if he had been shot in the head, and then things became strange. As the chanting continued, blood-colored mist gushed out from the altar, and it seemed as if blood could drip out of the thick air.

This process lasted for nearly ten minutes before it stopped, and then a huge figure appeared in the blood mist.

This is a bloated fat man with bloody stitches all over his body. One of his eyes is rotten, and he has a mouthful of rotten teeth that makes people lose their sanity. What's even more frightening is that this guy's big belly actually also has a mouth full of sharp teeth!

He held a knife in his right hand and an iron chain in his left hand, and his whole body was bathed in a blood mist.

Ryan saw this guy's information through the system prompt.

[Bloodhand Butcher 'Shadow of Patton'. Lord lv35]

"It's just a clone or something like that." Ryan was not surprised. The Bloody Butcher was one of the four great demons in the Blood God Legion. It would be weird if his altar could appear among a group of level 35 monsters.