Before dying, being able to answer this insignificant question in my heart felt pretty damn good.

Wait… why haven't I kicked the bucket yet?

I felt my chest and then my… well, everything. Nope, nothing wrong here?

"Could it be that I'm already dead? Am I in heaven now?"

"Bullshit! Get your ass moving, I can't hold on much longer!" A delicate shout brought me back to my senses. Whoa? My empress? No! This is the angel who saved my life!

Lin Mo’s face fell into a bitter expression. This power was really no joke. Hmm, I'll have Kaka analyze this later; I wonder if it can be put on the Zai Zai.

Imagine the blade insect Zai Zai filled with high-energy magic elements, then activating this explosive mage technique. That would be quite exciting!

It would have the feel of a portable nuclear weapon.

However, the main problem now is what to do about this? Of course, holding up the Sovereign's Shield is easy, but, but it's so bright that the Empress’s eyes are about to be blinded! ๐·°(৹˃̵﹏˂̵৹)°·๐

No use, even sunglasses don't work. The penetrating power is too strong.

With a bitter little face, the Empress is very unhappy now, but the reason she's unhappy is caused by herself, and there's nowhere to vent her anger.

How infuriating!

"Your Majesty?"

"What!"

"Uh, is there anything your subordinate can do?"

"Get out of here now, I don't know... Huh? Is it over already?"

The leader of the Seventeenth Legion just watched Lin Mo's face light up with joy, and then a small white figure appeared next to him.

From a distance, it didn't feel like much, but now it looks like the Empress is really petite, just a little thing. Except for the unhappy expression on her face, everything else is perfect!

But thinking of the rumored bloodthirsty demoness – impossible! The Empress is so cute, how could she do such disgusting things! The Empress is an angel!

"Hey! What are you looking at! Your eyes are disgusting!" Lin Mo pouted impatiently. His eyes were already glowing green as he looked at me!

And he’s in a daze, isn’t it obvious what he’s thinking in his head!

He's definitely having some bad fantasies about me!

"Ah?! Oh, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I lost my composure."

"If you know, then hurry up and get lost!"

"Cough!"

His eyes widened. What's going on? No way, it must be an illusion. How could an angel be so violent? Could there be some chaotic magic element field that hasn't been cleaned up here?

The Empress must have chased me away because she was afraid I would get hurt!

That's it! That must be it!

Wuwuwu, the Empress is so thoughtful.

He secretly made up his mind that no matter what happens in the future, his Seventeenth Legion will never leave the Empress, and will be the Empress's most solid backup!

The poor child has already forgotten who almost wiped them all out~

"Your Majesty! I'm fine! I'll take care of those little things. There are no weaklings in our Seventeenth Legion. We're all people who have died once! Our lives belong to Your Majesty!"

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Mo to say anything, he immediately summoned his subordinates to leave the city to clean up the remaining magic element field.

Lin Mo's expression was strange, "Kaka, has something hit his brain?"

"Well… Your Majesty, I think it's very likely that this is the legendary ‘brain-filling monster.’ He has already decided on the image of Your Majesty, and no matter what you say, he will automatically beautify your words into things he wants to hear, things that fit his beliefs…"

"It's like, it's like those fanatical believers."

"Forget it, let's go take a look at that trebuchet!"

"Uh…"

Kaka just followed the Empress over. Just kidding, the charm of this kind of large machinery, in Lin Mo’s heart, exceeds that of Da Lailai!

Da Lailai is nothing in front of machinery! (๑＞︶＜)

……

In the scorched pit, the center of the explosion was right at the main gate of the Seventeenth Fortress. It could be said that after this, the Seventeenth Fortress directly had a perfect moat.

Except for a fan-shaped area behind the fortress, the other positions have been burned into black soil.

Wide enough, deep enough, and the bottom has been sintered, so even digging a tunnel wouldn't be easy.

"Hurry up! How can we let our Empress do this kind of work herself! Let’s speed up!"

"No, Captain, this is really too difficult to clean up. This stuff is poisonous!"

Of course, under high temperature and pressure, the passively solidified soil has now become as hard as an alloy, and even feels like the soil layer is more solid than their own fortress.

Moreover, it’s not just that. The very center of the explosion, the still-uncooled lava-like substance, is emitting high temperatures, which is really a bit difficult to deal with.

"Wuhu!~"

"Huh? What sound? Did you hear it?"

"Yeah, it sounds like a girl's voice, but where did the girl come from here… Wait! The Empress?"

Looking up, sure enough, isn't that their own Empress being launched into the air by the trebuchet?

Looking again, the operator on the tower with an embarrassed face has already been tied up with black ropes, and even his mouth has been stuffed, only able to make a muffled sound.

"What's going on?"

"This, the Empress must be playing with that…"

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a heavy blow to the head. "Ouch, Captain, what are you doing!"

"Shut your mouth. How could our Empress play with that? She's obviously going to rescue our neighboring fortress! Her own travel speed is too slow, so she's taking the risk and using this method! To guard our territory!"

"Uh… is that so?"

The others looked at each other in confusion, feeling that their boss seemed to be a little strange. Did the Empress feed him some kind of medicine?

Wait! Could it be that their boss is the legendary lolicon? Holy crap! Thinking about it, the captain is already in his thirties, so it's reasonable to like little lolis!

Moreover, the Empress looks so cute, hiss! That's right!

"What are you looking at! Hurry up and clean up!"

Whoosh—

Accompanied by the girl's cheerful little voice, Baroque flapped his wings and brought Lin Mo back. After a while, along with a series of sobs from upstairs that sounded like rejections, a white object was thrown out.

Hmm, it seems to be a white dog.

Before they could finish their shock, another white figure flew out, the Empress?

Almost subconsciously, everyone's eyes fell on the Seventeenth Legion Commander again, looking expectantly as if waiting for his explanation.

"…Maybe? Perhaps? Maybe the Empress just flew in the wrong position?"

"…"

In fact, there was no doubt in his heart, the Empress is doing this! There must be her intentions! It's just that he is ignorant and hasn't been able to see the Empress's intentions!