The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 280 - 255: You Still Can’t Hold Your Grandchild_2

"Alright, I understand everything now. As the Miracle Saint Emperor, I hereby appoint you as the deputy commander of the coalition forces. Everything apart from the specific task of exterminating the Demon Race will be entrusted to you. Handle both domestic affairs and military matters. As for me, I’m just going to charge at the Demon Race whenever I see them and cut them down."

After hearing Akelie talk for quite a while, Lynn was already feeling a bit dizzy. This wasn’t his thing; he was only good at charging in with brute strength. When it came to domestic management and military command, he was out of his depth. In fact, even if Akelie hadn’t come this time and said all this to him, he would have thrown these matters at him to handle before the expedition began.

This was indeed a case of utilizing everyone’s strengths. After all, even though the Demon Race was in its weakest state historically, beaten and fragmented by frequent assaults, their power levels had mysteriously surged once and still maintained some momentum. So, even the remnants of their forces were not something that the strong individuals and armies of Miracle World could easily handle.

To truly annihilate the Demon Race, they still needed his intervention. Other people, even those with the title of Saint Emperor, were probably just at the level of vanguard officers on such a battlefield and couldn’t accomplish anything significant.

"I’m sorry, Lord Lynn. We’re just too weak. On the battlefield, we can only hold off the enemy’s lower-level troops and disrupt their formations. Beyond that, we really can’t help much. The strong ones among the Demon Race, we’ll leave them entirely to you to handle."

Hearing Lynn appoint him as deputy commander, Akelie felt a bit ashamed. With his current strength, even though he had taken on such a deputy leadership role, he could only deal with trivial tasks and couldn’t be of any help in actual combat. On the Divine Protection Continent, he was the most powerful and pinnacle Saint Emperor. But at the same level, in the context of the war between gods and demons, he couldn’t even rank.

Even any legion commander from the Demon Race had strength comparable to his. Although, as the Pope of the Light Church Court and the foremost follower of the Light God King, he possessed many divine artifacts, which allowed him to overwhelm Demon Race legion commanders of the same level. However, he was the only Divine King Pope on the Divine Protection Continent, while the Demon Race had plenty of legion commanders.

Moreover, legion commanders were not even the strongest among the Demon Race. Although all their demigod-level strong ones had died, some peak Saint Tier experts might still remain.

"Rest assured, I’ll find a way to seal off the retreat route for the enemy demons and encage their powerful ones in a specific area. You just focus on clearing out the weaker ones."

Lynn wasn’t going to give dangerous tasks to the coalition forces of the Divine Protection Continent, because they wouldn’t be able to complete them anyway...

The power disparity between Miracle World and the Demon Realm was that immense. In the past, they could only barely resist the Demon Race’s invasion with the presence of players who had an unlimited resurrection mechanic.

Now, without the strong support of the fourth calamity, the native strength of Miracle World was utterly insignificant.

If not for the world’s lasting divine protection, it probably wouldn’t have been any different from those completely annihilated by the Demon Race.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Lynn."

Akelie said solemnly as he saluted.

The discussion had reached this point, and there wasn’t much left to say.

However, after saluting and bidding farewell to Lynn, Akelie didn’t seem like he was ready to leave, but instead, he kept looking at Lynn with an expression of hesitation.

"If it’s about Sifrin, then you don’t need to ask. I can only tell you that I didn’t touch her. You won’t be holding a grandchild anytime soon."

Akelie was still Akelie, not allowing any distractions when handling business. Even if he cared about something deeply, he’d only delicately probe after the official matters were done.

"I believe, Lord Lynn, that you wouldn’t lie about such things."

Akelie simply sought confirmation to corroborate his and Sifrin’s accounts.

He wasn’t concerned whether Lynn stayed in his temporary residence or ventured out on a mission or a romantic meeting the night before, as long as nothing transpired between him and Sifrin...

First and foremost as the foremost fanatic follower of the Light God King, he had utmost respect for the Light Divine Envoy.

But no matter how much he respected Lynn, he wouldn’t willingly offer his daughter unless there was genuine mutual attraction between Sifrin and Lynn.

It didn’t matter if it was a mutual affection. However, if it was pure lust-driven desire, then no apologies, even if you are the Light Divine Envoy, I have the right to demand an explanation.

Of course, it’s just an explanation. Since he is the Pope of the Light God King, and Lynn is the Divine Envoy, he has neither the authority nor the capability to punish him, nor does he even intend to do so.

He simply disagreed and disapproved of such actions, but if it did happen, he would just express his disapproval and leave it at that.

So-called demanding an explanation means if you admit it, I’ll respond with how it’s inappropriate and then let it go.

Lynn had no clue about Akelie’s inexplicable thoughts. Otherwise, he would certainly sigh, seeing how fanatic followers indeed had somewhat abnormal thinking.

Their worldview was heavily influenced by faith. Whenever intersecting personal matters with faith, their minds would twist into knots...

"I have already disturbed you for long, Divine Envoy. Now, Akelie will take his leave, please rest well."

Having received the answer he sought, Akelie wasted no time staying. After bidding farewell to Lynn, he promptly exited Lynn’s chamber.

After Akelie left, Natasha, who had been merely a background during the conversation, finally had the chance to be with Lynn alone, cheerfully approaching.

"Lord Lynn, you’ll ride me into battle, right? Even though I might not be able to boost your combat power, riding a giant dragon at least looks impressive, doesn’t it? And if someone uses a Memory Stone to capture your gallantry, it’ll look much better this way."

Even though Lynn was the closest to her, correcting her mode of address, Natasha still couldn’t help but curry favor with him. Her deep-seated memories would often result in respectful titles slipping out.

Yet she quite enjoyed this dynamic. The more she elevated Lynn in her perception to the highest possible level, the more she delighted in being his steed, be it a literal or figurative ride...

"You and Catherine should stick to mowing down the lesser Demon Race troops. Out there, grinding monsters with you is fine, but this battlefield is far too high-level for you. Even if I had the power to protect you and crush enemy demons simultaneously, I wouldn’t do it, as they aren’t negligible elite foes. If they band together with fierce resolve, they might inflict significant damage on me..."

In Miracle World, Lynn’s wives rivaled the Demon Realm wives in beauty, but not in power level. The Demon King sisters started with levels over 700+, advancing further through leveling up, experience from the Demon God, rebel suppression, and encircling demonic demigod squads, scaling rapidly like a rocket.

On the Miracle World side, besides Helena and Natasha who surged to a high-level Saint Tier from Lynn’s divine ascension experience, only Vivian received slightly more training from him.

It’s not that he was unwilling to help the Miracle World wives soar like the Demon Realm ones, but most of the experience packets were on the Demon Realm side. He couldn’t very well take Vivian Xiya and them gallivanting into the Demon Realm, could he?

The mission to reclaim the Divine Protection Continent was indeed a prime power-leveling opportunity for them. However, they lacked the foundation to crush Demon Race legion commanders or confront Demon King level foes like his Demon Realm wives. Truly bringing them to the Divine Protection Continent, they couldn’t partake in high-end engagements, merely spectating at the sidelines for shared experience.

Shared experience...

Crap!

Lynn suddenly snapped to attention, recalling his own level status.