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Chapter 115
Chapter 115 Sustaining Breath
When they arrived at the encampment outside the city, the moment everyone saw Lord Duke patrolling everywhere with a pipe clenched between his teeth, they all put down the work in their hands and quickly gathered around.
It truly had not been easy. Lord Duke had once again returned from the dead!
As expected, Lord Duke would never leave them.
Facing everyone’s enthusiasm, Oswald greeted them cheerfully. “Go on and get back to work. Winter will be here very soon. Everyone, put in a bit more effort and strive to have a warm winter.”
Е̌ nu̇ ṁа̃. і̀ d
Oswald was unwilling to say too much about the condition of his body, lest they worry about him for no reason.
The matter of the goddess was even more impossible to speak of. Created beings... Oswald sighed inwardly. Sometimes, humans might not even compare to robots.
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Robots were highly intelligent existences. After they were born, they would definitely understand the purpose for which humans had created them. But most of the humans in this world were still piously praying to the goddess even now.
That included the period when he had been unconscious. They must have been praying in their hearts too, praying for the goddess to bless their lord.
This world was actually very simple. After nature formed, the world evolved life. The Goddess of Nature copied that example and learned to grasp the divine authority over life, only to be defeated by the Goddess of Life in the divine war.
Then the Goddess of Life used the races she had created to continuously seize control of the world. Even the dragon race, overawed by the goddess’ authority, had been forced to leave the continent and settle overseas.
W̊е̂.b̌nоvӗl Ě nu m̄ а
The cruel part was that perhaps only after death would these created beings realize that what the goddess had given them was only flesh, while souls flowed throughout the entire universe.
They were born free.
In this world, only the ancient dragon race knew some secrets about souls, but they called the place where the Systems resided the Land of the End. They knew that all souls that had lost their lives would sleep there and wait there.
It was just that the goddess would not care about living beings digging to the root of the matter. She only cared whether the world remained under control.
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Laws, nature, life.
According to the deductions of the sages back in Oswald’s homeland, once the Three Powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man were all present, there was already no foothold left for gods in the world.
Еnũm̊а. і d
And what was the result? He, a transmigrator who constantly helped people live better lives, had been tortured by the goddess in all sorts of changing ways.
Goddamn goddess. Was she trying to coax me into becoming a placenta back then? She actually even used such a filthy, underhanded trick!
The more Oswald thought about it, the angrier he became. He had decided. He would enslave every race created by the goddess, force them generation after generation to build a great civilization founded on the twenty-four-character maxim, and finally kick them all onto spaceships, leaving behind only a lonely god with no one to support her in old age.
After reassuring the people, Oswald continued nonstop to inspect the progress of the projects and check the state of their supplies. This time, with the new residents moving in, Broad Valley City faced the greatest pressure and bore the heaviest task.
Three hundred thousand new residents, along with several thousand dwarves, had gathered here. At a glance, it looked even more prosperous than Ice City.
The dwarves were very excited to see Lord Duke awake. They bounced over and, one after another, asked him for hugs. Oswald had no choice but to crouch down and satisfy their requests.
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After they exchanged greetings, Kindem was pushed out by the dwarves as their representative, and he made the dwarves’ shared request to Oswald.
Kindem rubbed his large beard, lowered his head, and said with embarrassment, “We really like that dungeon. We hope Lord Duke can grant that place to us.”
“Mm, all right.” Oswald had thought it was something serious, so he agreed without even thinking.
In the future, the number of dwarves in the Northern Territory would definitely increase more and more. They needed a city of their own.
As it happened, the magical beasts and boss in the dungeon had already been cleared out, and dwarves also liked excavating underground. They could absolutely use the dungeon as their core settlement area.
“Pay attention to safety. Our Northern Territory does not have any soil that can heal broken legs. Before you start excavating, you must make proper safety preparations.”
W̄еb̊ nov̄е̂ l̇ Еn ü m̆а
After patting Kindem’s large head and giving them a few reminders, the dwarves left in high spirits.
Seeing their short legs moving so quickly, Oswald could only shake his head with a bitter smile.
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When those dwarven slaves had first arrived in the Northern Territory, they had only known how to huddle tightly together and warily watch their surroundings. Now, they had become cheerful again and had begun proactively making plans for the future.
After making a full inspection and confirming that the migration plan was proceeding steadily, Oswald was very satisfied. Facts proved that the world would not stop turning after anyone’s absence. What was truly frightening was having no successors to carry things forward.
After returning to Broad Valley City with Eileen, Oswald stood on the city wall with a map in hand. In the distance, he could already see the figures of the cement-road construction team. Comparing it against the map, he asked as if making casual conversation, “Are you in a hurry to go back?”
Eileen jolted. She secretly glanced a few times at Lord Duke’s back, and only after a long while did she speak. “My lord, I...”
Еńũ m̆а̃.ї d̀
“If you’re not busy, stay with me for a while.” Oswald smiled somewhat sheepishly. Perhaps he was far less strong than he imagined himself to be.
“Later, send someone to notify Luna. Have her submit her assignments once every three days. If there’s anything you’re worried about, you can write it to her as well.”
“Yes, my lord.”
Eileen agreed joyfully. She had already inspected it before. The city lord’s manor in Broad Valley City had very good sound insulation.
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However, she soon noticed Lord Duke’s low mood. After finishing his work, Oswald was clearly somewhat dazed, as if after finally breathing a sigh of relief, he did not know how to continue onward.
Eileen stepped forward and hugged Oswald tightly from behind.
Ẽ n̆ u m̄а
“My lord, are you afraid?”
“Yes.” Oswald put down the map he had looked over several times. “Eileen, I’m afraid I’ll forget all of this and return to the past...”
“I’m sorry, my lord. I was too greedy and willful. I just... I just didn’t want to leave you.” Eileen buried her head against his back, only to discover that Oswald had already turned around. As though he had predicted it precisely, he raised his hand and wiped away the tears dripping down her face.
The tacit understanding between the two of them required no secrets to be spoken.
Oswald lowered his head, and his voice softened. “As long as you do not hate me, I am already completely satisfied.”
Hearing that, Eileen could no longer hold back her tears and threw herself into his arms.
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Ever since she was young, Eileen had firmly believed that in the future, she would not waver in the slightest because of emotion. But that heart-wrenching pain was something she did not want to experience a second time.
Every step of her path had been difficult. Life at the academy had not changed in the slightest because of her excellence. On the contrary, after a powerless and fallen noble became first at the academy, she only suffered even more obstruction.
For a princess to become first was only natural. For a baron’s daughter to become first meant she was a bookworm, an existence no one liked.
Eileen gritted her teeth and persevered. After graduation, she could not find work in the Royal Capital. To make a living, she went alone to the Northern Territory, a place students of Central Academy were unwilling to go.
The old Duke warmly welcomed her arrival and even offered her a salary she could not refuse. Aside from the fact that the Duke’s son was a lunatic and forced her to work as his personal maid, she was quite satisfied with everything else.
But the good times did not last long. The old Duke and the King died on the battlefield, and the Northern Territory swiftly declined.
Ẇе b̊ṅ о̌ ṽ е l Е ñŭm̌ā
The young Duke took his position, and very soon, he changed from a lunatic into a madman.
The young Duke had a violent temper and acted with ruthless cruelty, as if everyone around him was his enemy. Perhaps because he still needed Eileen’s help, Eileen became one of the few people who did not suffer physical violence from him, but his verbal humiliation was equally unbearable.
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For the sake of money, Eileen always thought she would endure a while longer. Once she achieved financial freedom, she would go to a distant town and live an isolated life.
But she could not tolerate the fact that even though the territory’s people were already living in deep misery, the Duke still intensified his wealth extraction and oppressed them as if sucking marrow from their bones.
The pressure of work, the Duke’s brutality, the shattered territory, the desperate territory residents...
In the end, she decided to abandon all of it. Even if it meant failing the old Duke’s appreciation of her, she had to leave the Northern Territory.
Е n̊u m̀а̂
Even though she knew the chances of escaping were almost nonexistent.
But the day before she packed her luggage and prepared to leave the Duke’s Estate, she discovered that the Duke had suddenly changed.
It was a winter night with light snow falling. After a long, busy day, she encountered the Duke standing barefoot in the corridor, looking at everything around him with a curious gaze.
That scene had truly been eerie, especially after the Duke scratched his head and stood dazed in place for several minutes. Then, as though he had suddenly remembered who she was, he revealed a friendly smile to her for the first time.
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“Oh, you’re the one who was captured and made into a personal maid. I understand. Go rest early. Don’t mind me. Let me walk around by myself.”
At that time, Eileen only felt a chill run down her spine. She followed him and watched as the Duke walked onto the open-air balcony, where the thin layer of snow melted beneath his feet.
Énů m̈ а
He gazed at Ice City, pointed ahead, and—whether he was talking to himself or not—said with compassion on his face, “They have suffered too much.”
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