Seeing that the demons decided to retreat, the First Legion Commander, unseen for a long time, ran over, his expression excited, and asked, "Your Highness, should we pursue?"
He hadn't had a battle by the sea for a long time and was about to go crazy. Today, he was seeing red.
"No need, let the air force return!"
Xiao Xun did not order a pursuit.
Delvana walked up to Xiao Xun, covered in wounds, "We haven't seen each other for days, and upon meeting, you've given me such a great gift."
Xiao Xun looked at her, "Are your injuries serious?"
"It's fine, compared to that King of Fear, it's far worse."
Xiao Xun looked at the crowded people. The entire border fortress was filled, and the latest fighter jets were still hovering in the sky.
"I asked Baiyang to tell you to bring people to support, and you brought your entire force? Aren't you afraid of the Deep Sea Legion taking the opportunity to sneak attack?"
"How could it be so coincidental? Besides, I've placed so many sea mines in the water, and there are a few submarines patrolling nearby. It's fine."
Then Delvana punched Xiao Xun in the chest, "You, after winning, you find fault with me. If Baiyang hadn't said that the King of Pride was leading the team personally, and I was afraid I couldn't win, I wouldn't have gathered people so quickly in the middle of the night. And you're still unhappy."
Xiao Xun felt he was grasping Delvana's back, "Alright, I was wrong, can I apologize to you?"
"That's more like it. But speaking of which, that King of Pride isn't as formidable as the rumors say! He's missing a finger on his right hand. How can such a person be a Demon King? Are they hereditary too?"
"Let's not talk about that. The crisis is lifted, and there are urgent matters in the capital. I'll send you back!"
Delvana frowned, "You're leaving as soon as you arrive! There's nothing wrong with the capital, the enemy has been driven away, and the crisis has been resolved."
Xiao Xun lowered his head and said, "But His Majesty is going to war with the Orcs. You know, at this juncture..."
"Then fight! Although they are called Orcs, they don't do anything related to being human. Should I lead the team this time?"
Xiao Xun took a breath, "You have the same idea?"
"Isn't that right? They joined forces with the undead to attack us first!"
"Could there be a misunderstanding in this?"
"If it were another country, perhaps, but Orcs? Unlikely."
Xiao Xun nodded with a sense of helplessness, "I understand."
Then Xiao Xun ordered the First Legion Commander and the Second Legion Commander to lead their troops to stay, while the Fourth Legion and the remaining troops returned to the coastal fortress.
Vincent's Fearless Vanguard was stationed here by Sailepeisi, and Xiao Xun could not arbitrarily dispatch them.
After doing all this, Xiao Xun had Scorpio and Virgo rush to the capital, and he returned with Baiyang.
All arrangements were made, and he returned to the capital using a spatial ring.
Here, it was in ruins, a clear sign of having undergone a brutal battle. Although it had been several days, the bodies could not be cleared completely. The air was filled with the smell of burning corpses.
Xiao Xun first went to the Fire Shield Divine King Palace, and Sailepeisi was indeed there.
She had a pale face and dark circles under her eyes, clearly exhausted.
"Are you alright!"
Sailepeisi suppressed her emotions and said coldly, "We'll talk when we get back."
Xiao Xun nodded. His next sentence was to ask Sailepeisi to withdraw the order to attack the Orcs, but at this moment, the ministers all stood up and respectfully greeted him. After all, if it weren't for the facilities Xiao Xun had set up, they would have lost their lives long ago.
Facing this situation, Xiao Xun also calmed himself down.
"Your Majesty, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"
He looked at Sailepeisi, "Why don't we go back now, and I'll cook for you myself?"
The surrounding ministers also advised the Empress to go back and rest. She had been working too hard for days.
Since the invasion, the Empress had established a special department to catch spies. Anyone who was not human was to be expelled from the capital.
Humans also began to implement an identification system. Those without housing locally were not allowed into many places. Since this incident, the core focus of the country had slowly shifted from Her Majesty the Queen to Xiao Xun. The entire nation believed that only he could bring security to the common people.
Back in the bedroom of the castle, Mu Jiahe, after removing her disguise, threw herself into Xiao Xun's arms and cried. She was the First Empress of the Holy Dawn Dynasty, but she was also a woman.
Xiao Xun, seeing such a super-capable woman as Mu Jiahe cry for the first time, couldn't help but comfort her, "It's okay, I'm back. With me here, no one will be able to hurt you."
Mu Jiahe gently wiped away her tears and said to Xiao Xun, "Thank you. I didn't expect you to do so much for me. If it weren't for you, Saintiroman might have really been destroyed."
Xiao Xun hugged Mu Jiahe's waist and used her sleeve to wipe away her tear stains, "Isn't this what I should be doing!"
He suddenly thought of something, "Jiahe, can you not attack the Orcs? This matter clearly has nothing to do with them."
Mu Jiahe gently pushed Xiao Xun away, then walked to the window, pushed it open, and pointed outside, "Look at that."
Xiao Xun walked over and looked at the billowing black smoke rising from the distant raging fires, shaking his head, "I don't know."
"Those are all my Saintiroman citizens. Do you know that we in Saintiroman do not practice cremation? But now that the weather is warming up, corpses easily rot and decay. If not dealt with promptly, it will cause an epidemic. Moreover, these corpses are all undead soldiers. Can you imagine the pain of having your loved ones turn into zombies and attack you with knives? The citizens of the Saintiroman capital have all experienced it."
"But how does this relate to the Orcs..."
Mu Jiahe shouted, "Xiao Xun, don't you understand? It's not that I want to attack the Orcs, it's these civilians who want to vent their anger. They want to attack, and their anger cannot be suppressed. If I don't order an attack on the Orcs, this country might elect a new king tomorrow, the Holy Dawn Dynasty will disappear into the long river of history at this moment."
Xiao Xun was speechless for a moment. He knew that anything he said would be futile.
Mu Jiahe continued, "I know you have your principles as a person, but you are not from Saintiroman. You don't understand their pain."
Xiao Xun clenched his fists, "How can I not understand? How can I not be from Saintiroman? The people outside are living beings like me. They call me Your Highness, they respect me, and they support me. Their deaths also pain me deeply. If I am not from Saintiroman, why would I risk my life to enter the Arctic to slay the King of Pride? If I am not from Saintiroman, why would I conquer the south and fight in the north? What did I do all this for? For the honorary title of Duke? I'm not a warmonger, and I don't like fighting. I do all this because I am willing to be a part of Saintiroman. As a part of it, don't I want to see this country in trouble?"
Mu Jiahe's tone instantly turned cold, "Then don't mention conquering the Orcs anymore."
"But this country is in trouble, and as a part of Saintiroman, I don't want to see it destroyed."
Mu Jiahe unleashed her aura, glaring at Xiao Xun, "You mean, if I attack the Orcs, this country will be finished, is that it?"
Xiao Xun said decisively, "Yes! Have you ever thought that now is a time when various races on the entire planet are united against the invaders? If you are now going to exterminate the Orcs, it will cause a chain reaction. Firstly, the neighboring country of the Orcs, Winter, will definitely not agree. It's possible that before the Orcs are eliminated, you will first fight an army formed by the Orcs and Winter."