This self-crowned Blood Ring Emperor never intended to cure his daughter. Instead, he seeks to use his wife’s research and his daughter’s body to develop the Blood Ring Curse, forging a powerful Blood Ring Empire!

This is the root of the estrangement between Qin and Gustav.

“Prime Minister, may I ask you a question? Why do you follow Emperor Gustav?” Bai Pu asked.

Oxensterna coldly replied, “His Majesty’s extraordinary talent and foresight are beyond your imagination. Only by following him can the Kingdom of Sweden—no, the Swedish Empire—dominate Europe!”

“Before I came, indeed, no one could stop Gustav’s expansion. But now…”

Bai Pu lightly tapped his chest as the fluctuations of his Primordial Heart spread outward in waves. The Blood Ring Curse Seals on the surrounding Blood Ring Elite Soldiers dissipated, three times faster than those of the two Blood Ring Generals!

Oxensterna also felt his Blood Ring Curse weakening rapidly, yet he felt no joy in regaining freedom and merely coldly stared at Bai Pu.

He knew he was no match—perhaps against Bai Pu he had a fighting chance, but with Qin added, he had no hope of winning!

The Blood Ring Elites he brought were useless before the bearer of the Primordial Heart—Oxensterna could drive them to attack fearlessly because of the Blood Ring Curse, but Bai Pu, with the Primordial Heart, could easily dispel the curse’s control!

“But now, do you still believe Gustav can dominate Europe?”

Bai Pu stopped the fluctuations of his Primordial Heart and coldly said, “The situation is now clear, Gustav’s failure is inevitable! His forcibly conscripted Blood Ring Mutant army will fall apart and even turn against him! He will become a complete failure.”

“There are many like me, who cherish the grand ambition of reviving Northern Europe’s glory. Even if the curse is lifted, we will still unite around His Majesty the Emperor until our last breath!”

In Oxensterna’s palm, a small blood-colored whirlwind howled, as if he had made up his mind to fight Bai Pu and Qin to the death, even if it meant dying gloriously!

“John.”

Qin suddenly spoke, “Reviving Northern Europe’s glory doesn’t necessarily mean following Gustav.”

When Qin spoke, there was no trace of her usual flirtatious charm. She appeared solemn and poised. If she shed her black robe and donned a lace-up corset with a standing collar and a drum-shaped cover skirt, she would be the authentic Queen of Sweden!

Before Oxensterna could object, Qin continued:

“Now, Mr. Dior Fulri—the foreigner before you—has become the new mother of the Flesh and Blood Plague. As you can see, he has handled it better than the young Christina, able to control the evolution of the Flesh and Blood Plague with ease!

“And I was the leading figure in the original research on the Blood Ring Curse. Imagine what the combination of Dior and me means?”

Oxensterna’s expression changed, but he barely managed to say, “The Vasa Dynasty is the true Northern European lineage. This foreigner seeks to usurp, and he will get no support from the Northern European nobility! The resistance you face will not be trivial!”

But he was wrong about this. If Bai Pu were truly a local, legitimacy wouldn’t matter. By forcibly conquering the peninsula, subduing all the defiant Northern European nobles, establishing a new Fu Lei Dynasty wouldn’t be hard.

However, Bai Pu is an Awakener, and the time he can reside in this world is limited.

Now Bai Pu is at Level 5. With his efficiency in discovering and completing high-difficulty tasks, his rank advanced rapidly, reaching Level 7 and becoming an Advanced Awakener is within sight.

Bai Pu certainly couldn’t stay in the world of the Flesh and Blood Plague to establish a kingdom.

Qin smiled and said, “Dior told me he has no interest in the Swedish throne. John, you seem to forget… we have a legitimate heir of the Vasa Dynasty.”

“You mean…” Prime Minister Oxensterna’s face suddenly changed, showing a trace of shock in his eyes.

Bai Pu stepped into the bunker; when he reappeared, a girl with straw-colored hair and a gaunt figure was sitting on his broad shoulder, like an ugly duckling.

“As you can see, the warlike King Gustav Adolf will become a part of history; the benevolent Queen Christina, her name will echo across the European continent!”

Bai Pu’s words were sonorous and forceful.

“I… I don’t believe you can give up the throne at your fingertips, unless you swear to the Almighty! You will never lay a hand on the Vasa Dynasty throne!” Oxensterna trembled as he spoke.

Bai Pu double-checked.

The local phrase “swear to the Almighty” actually meant swearing in the presence of the Spirit Realm Will.

If Bai Pu were bluffing, Oxensterna, being a spiritually talented Enhanced Leader with enough perception ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, wouldn’t believe him—

Just like in the Three Kingdoms: Chibi scenario, where many scholars had the ability of “Observing Facial Expressions and Reading Moods.”

Bai Pu indeed had no desire to claim the throne, at least not in this mid-level Spirit Realm where he had no interest, and thus, he made the vow under the certification of the Spirit Realm Will.

The vow Bai Pu made had no loopholes to exploit; he fully respected the wisdom of Oxensterna, this “greatest politician of 17th-century Europe.”

His sincerity finally won the recognition of the former Prime Minister of the Blood Ring Empire.

Why did Bai Pu and Qin go through the effort to recruit Prime Minister Oxensterna instead of just killing him?

The reason is simple. The Prime Minister holds the curse seals of a vast number of Stockholm’s Blood Ring Guards and the Blood Ring Fleet! Because of the layered control characteristics of the Blood Ring Pyramid, once the Prime Minister was recruited, it was equivalent to controlling most of Stockholm’s Blood Ring Mutant Legion.

Next, having the Prime Minister gather the Mutant Legion, Bai Pu could erase their previous Blood Ring Curse Seals with maximum efficiency and have Qin re-imprint the seals on them!

Completing this step would effectively transform the core stronghold of the Blood Ring Fortress into their own rearguard!

If Prime Minister Oxensterna was not enlightened, Bai Pu and Qin would have no choice but to kill him, then slowly find the dispersed Blood Ring Mutant troops and convert them one by one.

The inefficiency of such an operation is self-evident!

After the Prime Minister’s defection, Bai Pu and Qin, along with the Princess, Harvey, Yvette, and the injured Guardian Knight Gawain, boarded the Blood Ring Warship and returned to Stockholm.

Only Alchemy Master Noel declined Bai Pu’s offer. He admitted that he had already repaid Bai Pu’s kindness and that he was weary of the world filled with the Flesh and Blood Plague.

Next, Master Noel would seek a secluded place to live in seclusion, studying traditional alchemy, with no further involvement in worldly affairs.

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