An attitude?
Recalling what Lin Que had just said, an expression of understanding appeared on Esdeath's face.
"I have lost, you are the victor."
"Just as I said before, the victor can take everything from me."
"I won't stop you from doing anything you want, and I can even personally help."
Lin Que raised an eyebrow: "No need for all that trouble, just run some errands and warm my bed."
Although he came out to play this time, he was prepared to stay here for a few more days to change his mood.
But if Esdeath were to truly take action, it would be a matter of at least a month.
Even if Lin Que didn't care, the rabbit at home would probably get anxious.
"Speaking of which, that area is the territory of the Northern Barbarians, and also your target for this northern expedition, right?"
As if thinking of something "three-six-three", Lin Que raised a finger and pointed in the direction behind Esdeath.
"If they are wiped out, you should be able to gain a lot of World Reputation. Do you want it?"
Esdeath shook her head: "No need."
As a native resident of this world, staying here doesn't cost her time.
With her strength, maxing out World Reputation is only a matter of time; there's no need to rush.
"If you want to earn World Reputation, just go ahead and do it."
"With your strength, eliminating those guys shouldn't take much effort."
"Oh? You're quite generous."
Lin Que glanced at Esdeath with a hint of surprise.
As a Transmigrator, he naturally knew that Esdeath's relatives in her childhood tribe were annihilated by the army of the Northern Barbarians.
It was precisely because of this that he proactively asked Esdeath if she wanted this opportunity.
"Since you've given up the opportunity, I won't be polite."
Lin Que half-squatted, skillfully rubbed the snowflakes from under his feet, and molded them into a snowball.
After casually tossing it twice and feeling that the grip was good, Lin Que nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad, looks like my skills haven't deteriorated."
Esdeath, who was standing by, didn't observe the dynamic operation and became somewhat puzzled: "What are you... doing?"
"Making a weapon, of course~"
Lin Que aimed slightly: "There are two Northern Barbarian cities left in total. This direction should be able to hit both at once."
Boom—!
A sonic boom sounded, and a wave of air rushed forward, blowing Esdeath's long blue hair high up.
Her eyes widened in surprise as she watched the snowball disappear into the horizon.
Before she could ponder what this meant, two roars suddenly came from afar, and the ground shook violently.
Finally, the chat group's notification sound rang in her ears.
[Group member 'Sea King' has eliminated all cities of the Northern Barbarians and 95% of their population. World Reputation increased by 300 points, rewarding 90,000 group points.]
"Alright, it's done."
Lin Que lazily stretched his back: "I've already worked hard to earn 720 World Reputation points on my first day here. I've really worked hard."
"As a reward, I've decided to give myself a day off!"
Esdeath: "..."
Hard work? What hard work?
Does he mean hitting her around with one hand, then molding a snowball and wiping out the Northern Barbarians as if playing a snowball fight?
Looking at Lin Que before her, Esdeath, who previously had no real sense of his true strength, gained a preliminary understanding for the first time.
"Stop spacing out, let's go."
Lin Que waved his hand in front of her, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.
"I said it's a holiday, and as my spoils of war, you have to play with me properly today."
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Imperial Capital, deepest part of the Imperial Palace.
Clang~!
"What did you say?"
Ignoring the rice bowl that had fallen to the ground, Minister Honest looked at the intelligence officer in front of him with an expression of disbelief.
"Say what you just said again?"
"General Esdeath sent word that the Northern Barbarians have been successfully eliminated."
At Minister Honest's request, the intelligence officer quickly repeated himself.
"In addition, General Esdeath said she has an urgent matter to discuss with you and will return to the Imperial Capital a day earlier tomorrow."
Minister Honest: "..."
Listening to the almost fantastical news, Minister Honest, uncharacteristically, fell silent. ...
There were simply too many questions, so many that he didn't know which one to ponder first.
Unless he had senile dementia, he remembered Esdeath only setting off north with her army half a month ago.
Acting alone is different from leading an army; traveling on the road alone takes a lot of time.
Subtracting the travel time, Esdeath would have only been fighting the Northern Barbarians for at most a week.
In less than a week, she had utterly crushed the Northern Barbarians?
While he knew Esdeath was incredibly strong, wasn't this a bit too exaggerated?
Could Esdeath be afraid he was too bored and just sent a random message to tease him?
"What about our people? Has the news been confirmed?"
"Not yet. General Esdeath's message was urgently sent back via a special class Danger Beast."
"Although we have our people in General Esdeath's army, it will likely take them longer to send back news."
"When?"
"They should arrive the day after tomorrow."
"That's a bit slow."
Minister Honest narrowed his eyes: "That Esdeath, she's returning tomorrow."
Annihilating the Northern Barbarians in half a month, then sending word of an urgent matter, and returning to the Imperial Capital tomorrow to see him.
If there wasn't something fishy going on, Minister Honest certainly wouldn't believe it.
"I need to prepare a backup plan."
After silently pondering for 1.7 seconds, Minister Honest seemed to think of something and suddenly asked.
"I remember Shura seemingly sent a message a few days ago, saying that his recent travels had ended and he had returned to wander various parts of the Empire, right?"
"Yes, Lord Shura is currently leading several subordinates he met during his travels abroad and is operating in the western part of the Empire."
Minister Honest's face showed satisfaction: "That's good."
Shura possessed the Spatial Imperial Arm, [Shangri-La].
With him present, even Esdeath wouldn't be able to easily approach him.
"Send word, call Shura back."
Minister Honest commanded: "If I don't see him tomorrow, you don't need to appear before me either."
"Yes!"
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