Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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“See you tomorrow, both of you,” Shinash said, as if he were the host bidding farewell to his guests.

Chapter 722 Opposition: True or False, Let's Proceed as Planned

After leaving the forest, Ambrina used her summoning space to send a message, and soon Ronan and Dinia reunited with them.

Kate was also there, and the spaceship was deployed in the wild.

After dinner, Ronan told Ambrina and the others about the whole incident, his own speculations, and his and Dinia's decision.

“I disagree,” Ambrina said. “It’s not that I think we should avoid it, and we can’t avoid it anyway. I just think it’s too dangerous to go directly. That Indian monk is at the seventh level, and so is Rabelais. If that Kate’s kind is still alive, he’ll be about the same level. That makes three of them. Besides those three, there should be others, and they can’t be weak either. In the face of such a situation, why should we confront them head-on?”

As she questioned her, Ambrina looked at Dinia.

“Anli, this is what happened…” Ronan had just started to speak when Ambrina suddenly kicked him in a fit of rage, interrupting him.

"Shut up!" Ambrina shouted.

Zhao Yingqi was terrified; she had never seen Ambrina so angry.

Astrid, who had originally wanted to participate, later turned to burying her head in the sand. The last time she had seen Ambrina so angry was more than a decade ago when Ina and Lucien, the two princesses and princes, were fooling around outside.

Dinia was slightly surprised, but quickly regained her composure and pleaded, "You have to believe me."

"I believe you, but can you consider my feelings? That time you went to the Vatican, did you really think that my silence before and after meant I condoned your recklessness? Ronan's strength and reaction time were just a little off; it wouldn't have been as simple as having his hand chopped off. As Prime Minister, you had one idea today and another tomorrow, which was no big deal. But you insisted on taking him along to risk his life, so I couldn't just stay silent."

Ambrina was not only addressing the current issue, but also dredging up old grievances and venting long-simmering resentment.

“Alright then, let’s deal with this like magicians,” Dinia said, choosing to back down in the face of Ambrina’s questioning.

The so-called magician's way is to use any means necessary to achieve their goal.

“Let’s start with Rabelais,” Isabel said.

“He went back to Hachipō-ji,” Ashley said.

“Okay, Didi and I will handle it. You guys be ready to take cover at any time,” Ronan said, then stood up.

Dinia jumped off the boat without hesitation, saying, "No need, he came by himself."

In an instant, Ambrina and Isabel quickly pulled people away, leaving only Ronan and Dinia on the spaceship side.

Rabelais, bald, with a short, silver-white beard, wearing an orange-red monk's robe and straw sandals, appeared before the two.

"Did you get it?" Ronan asked.

“Got it,” Rabelais replied.

"Are you still you now?" Ronan asked again.

"It was before, and it wasn't, and it still is now," Rabelais replied, with a hint of cryptic meaning.

But it's not that hard to understand.

Ronan already knew the basic situation. First, after becoming the destined person for the corresponding "remnant limb", one's mental consciousness would be affected by Nigan, but not completely controlled. Now that the body is whole again and Nigan has been resurrected, this influence has actually weakened.

Rabelais then made a startling statement: "He lived, but it was as if he didn't live."

"What do you mean?" Ronan and Dinia asked at the same time.

"I can't give a definitive answer, but I have some guesses. These fragmented bodies might not be his bodies, but rather carriers of fragmented memories. Once activated, these memory fragments are transmitted to the consciousness of the person who activated them, causing some effects. Now, the reunion of the bodies has indeed formed a new life, but his mind is like that of a child of a few years old. We, the so-called destined ones, are not sacrifices, nor subordinates, but rather the teachers he chose for his new life before his death."

Rabelais offered his guess.

It seems that, just as Kate said, Nigan is really dead. He couldn't fool Lo and Lavigne to fake his death. The reborn Nigan is not himself at all on a conscious level.

"Teachers? How many?" Ronan asked.

Rabelais sighed and replied in a low voice, "Three."

Dinia's expression shifted slightly, and Ronan unconsciously pinched his chin. "Three?"

Rabelais was a destined person, as was Shinash. Besides the two of them, there was one more, which is a fairly normal number.

After all, Nigan died 1,700 years ago, and the bodies he created to carry fragments of his memories were scattered throughout India. Over such a long period, destined individuals should have appeared one after another. However, even a top-tier superhuman's maximum lifespan is around 150 years, and that's in the present day. In the past, superhumans, whether at the top level or the average level, were much weaker than in the present day. For example, the so-called first seventh-tier being was evenly matched with the combined power of fourth-tier Ronan and fifth-tier Dinia, and they eventually wore him down to death.

The top extraordinary individuals from a thousand years ago probably wouldn't have lived to be 150 years old; they would have naturally died of old age.

Hinash is probably not young anymore.

"Are you sure he's mentally like a child?" Ronan asked.

“Such things cannot be determined,” Rabelais replied.

At this point, Ronan could no longer discern whether Rabelais was telling the truth or lying. Everything he said might be false, just one of Niggen's tricks, but what was the point of such a trick? Ronan couldn't understand its significance. It was also possible that Rabelais was telling the truth, and that before, Ronan had merely been playing a game of wits with thin air.

“If you can’t come up with a solution, then give up thinking about it,” Dinia said to Ronan. “Anyway, let’s stick to our original plan.”

Ronan nodded and looked at Rabelais. "You have two choices now: stand still and let us drain your mana, or we'll incapacitate you first and then drain your mana."

Rabelais clasped his hands together, stood still, and unveiled his own defensive membrane.

With a wave of her hand, Dinia unleashed hundreds of mycelial tendrils, resembling snakes, that crawled all over Rabelais's body and began to absorb magic.

After nearly ten minutes, with Rabelais offering no resistance, his magic was finally about to run out.

This is also why Dinia almost never uses this move when facing strong enemies; it's too slow.

Having absorbed enough magic, Dinia reached out, and snake-like mycelial tentacles split like threads, rapidly coiling and intertwining, quickly enveloping Rabelai in a cocoon. This cocoon could continuously absorb magic and life force; however, without Dinia's own spellcasting, the absorption speed couldn't keep up with the recovery speed of a transcendent being of Rabelai's level. But that didn't matter; she could do it again before setting off tomorrow.

After Rabelais was controlled, Ambrina and Isabel emerged from the spatial magic after a while.

Ronan explained their respective tasks.

Ashley and Faith went to scout ahead, while Dinia suggested setting up positions in the surrounding area.

Kate and Ronan stayed behind to watch over the "cocoon" in case of any accidents, and also to analyze the current situation. The others, who were less capable and lacked specialized skills, simply stayed on the sidelines, mindful of their positions, and remained vigilant.

Chapter 723 What a kid! So arrogant. Having superpowers doesn't make him any special.

The following day, in the afternoon, on the riverbank, Dinia, who had already merged Ronan into her body and completed the fusion, arrived at the agreed location carrying the cocoon that wrapped Rabelais.

Soon, three more people came into Dinia's view.

On the left, there was a man with dark wheat-colored skin, a high-caste appearance, white hair, a white beard, thin but not withered and hunched, with few wrinkles, exuding a refined and restrained aura, yet incredibly imposing—a Shinash. On the right, there was a girl who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, with fair skin, black hair, wearing a golden viper headdress, a red dot between her brows, thick, slightly bushy black eyebrows, long, thick, curled eyelashes, amber vertical pupils, a high nose, full red lips, a tight-fitting long shirt, a golden sleeveless breastplate, two snake swords hanging at her waist, loose-fitting trousers, and golden armored boots.

Judging from her aura, she is at the third rank. Strong? If her age matches her appearance, then she is considered strong among her peers.

In the very center was a child, his skin not very fair, his features handsome yet cute, his eyes extremely arrogant, holding a two-meter-long double-headed spear. Unsurprisingly, he was the new Nigan.

Little Nigan brandished his gun, pointing the tip at Dinia, "So you're the woman who's going to stop me from conquering the world?"

Dinia paused for a moment, "Conquer the world? What the hell?" She looked at Shinash, who remained silent. She then looked at the girl on her right, who seemed a little nervous and also didn't speak.

"Hey, why aren't you answering?" Little Nigan asked Dinia angrily.

Dinia sighed helplessly, "You should educate this child properly; we have important things to do." This child was clearly not very bright.

"How dare you! I am a divine messenger!" the child rebuked angrily, then smirked. "Although you are just a detestable woman, I don't mind making you the starting point of my great journey."

Dinia disliked children, especially unruly ones. She looked at Shinash and the girl, "Aren't you going to stop them?"

Hinash remained calm, while the girl seemed somewhat helpless and at a loss.

Dinia let out a sigh of relief, his warhammer appeared, and he looked at Little Nigan, "Then let's beat you up first."

"Heh, you're finished." Little Nigan, holding a long spear, flashed to Dinia's side.

Just as the spear tip was about to touch the combined Roddy's throat, a loud bang rang out, and the child flew horizontally to the left like a cannonball. He splashed across the wide river like a stone skipping across water, creating dozens of bursts of water. He crossed the river, carving a long trench in the ground on the opposite bank, and crashed into several large trees before coming to a stop. Just as he was about to get up, the ground around him suddenly exploded within a hundred meters, with flames shooting upwards. The child instinctively leaped up and dodged the flames that were several meters high. Almost simultaneously, thousands of thunderbolts struck from above.

Xiao Nigan's figure flashed continuously, dodging the overwhelming lightning strikes, but he failed to notice the appearance of a sphere within the lightning array. Just as the lightning's intensity weakened slightly, the sphere suddenly opened, and a magic-suppressing domain unfolded.

Caught off guard, Xiao Nigan was hit. Although his body and magic base were strong enough that he was not suppressed by the anti-magic field, his magic power was still briefly affected and fell into chaos. Just then, three purple lights suddenly shot out from the sphere. Xiao Nigan was hit by three super-large bullets that looked like short spears. His body was shaken back three times. The defensive membrane that was already unable to deploy properly due to the anti-magic field collapsed directly under the three hits. At that moment, countless threads suddenly appeared and locked him in place.

Xiao Nigan was filled with rage, his magic power surged, shattering the silk threads binding him. He then twisted his body, made a sudden dash in the air, broke free of the ambush, and landed on the river surface, standing firmly while quickly restoring his defensive membrane.

Just as he stopped, Dinia appeared before him and asked, "Is that enough?"

"Heh, is that all?" Little Nigan asked with a cold laugh. He looked a little disheveled, but he wasn't actually injured.

“Normally, you wouldn’t be able to stand up now,” Dinia said calmly.

The previous attack was designed to deal with a group of people, with the intention of severely injuring one or two first. The hypothetical enemies were characters like Hinash and Rabelais. The role of Ambrina and the others was to provide some control and apply some negative status effects. Normally, Dinia would have "Destructive Power" from the first attack and would continue to attack in between, instead of just landing one blow and then ignoring it like this.

Xiao Nigan was very indignant. "I was careless and didn't dodge. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to hit me, and even if you had, I wouldn't have fallen into your despicable trap."

“Normally, the first hit won’t hit the person in the intended position, because the first hit is to test the feel. The second hit will knock the person in that direction, but the goal isn’t to hit them in that position. The third hit is to ensure they enter the trap’s range. Do you understand? If you don’t understand, just know that I overestimated your skill level,” Dinia said calmly.

As soon as she finished speaking, two short guns suddenly leaped out of the water from the left and right sides and attacked Dinia. With Dinia's reaction and speed, she could have easily dodged them, but she was still hit. The two guns pierced deeply into her waist from both sides.

"Didn't you notice my gun was gone? Don't you understand why you couldn't dodge it, you stupid woman!" Little Nigan shouted triumphantly and arrogantly, while leaping high into the air and punching Dinia in the face, intending to twist that damned face three times over.

However, in that instant, Dinia struck first, grabbing Little Nigan's wrist with one hand and pulling him down. With a follow-up knee strike, she caused Little Nigan's abdomen to cave in. Then, she pulled him back again, and with the destructive power of two fingers of her other hand, she gouged out his eyes. Then, she delivered a straight kick to his groin, splitting his hip and sending him flying.

"It's just mind interference, perception control stuff." It wasn't Dinia who spoke, but Ronan.

The five senses are being manipulated? Just switch consciousnesses to take over the body. This kind of thing is useless against Ronan and Dinia who have merged.

Little Nigan scrambled to his feet, his blood-soaked eyes opening and closing, revealing their intact state once more. At the same time, his nearly shattered hip was repaired and regenerated. "I'm going to kill you, you damned transvestite!" Before he finished speaking, the spear flew back into his hand, and he charged towards the merged Roddy.

Dinia took control of her body again and charged forward to meet the attack.

Xiao Nigan himself has very high overall attributes. He has no weaknesses in strength, speed, resistance, mana, etc., and all of them are above the standard sixth rank. His martial arts skills are also extremely strong. It was only his first time fighting. In the battle, his martial arts skills gradually awakened and he became stronger and stronger.

In addition, he has two other superpowers. The first is the kind of mental control that can affect consciousness and perception, which is called the merged Roddy. If someone is a level weaker than him, they might be completely controlled. Although Ronan and Dinia are not completely controlled, they still have to switch control back and forth constantly.

Secondly, once he enters a state of readiness, his own fighting spirit will influence the surrounding free magic, which can both form materialized magic to mimic his attack methods and attack his target, and also repair himself.

Chapter 724 Crushing Victory, the Plan, How Prudent!

Nigan's overall attributes are above rank 6 but below rank 7. His martial arts skills are superb, and his close combat ability surpasses that of a typical rank 7, rivaling even Rabelais in his prime. Coupled with his abilities of mind control and manipulating surrounding magic, he is undoubtedly stronger than Ketterbeller, and in terms of pure combat, he is at the rank 7 level.

Compared to a true seventh-tier being, he was still missing one thing.

For mages, the transition from third to fourth rank and from fifth to sixth rank can only be described as a quantitative change leading to a qualitative change, while the transition from sixth to seventh rank represents a leap forward, which is the true will that begins to influence the world.

And this is especially true of Dinia.

"The Crimson World has arrived."

The sky began to be eroded by red, and it continued to expand. On the ground, red fungal carpets grew and spread outwards.

All living things rapidly age and die, and then quickly regenerate in another form.

The power of the seventh tier, the power of "destruction" and "rebirth", combined with the power of the original species and the methods of magic usage recorded in Lavini's legacy, can create the Crimson World that can spread infinitely. If it does not stop, it will eventually erode this entire planet and reshape the ecology.

In the Crimson World, this world is Dinia, and Dinia is this world; she is omnipresent.

Apart from the already deceased Lavigne and another "Ronan," there is no known person in the world whom she considers a threat in terms of military force.

In the sky, Dinia pulled Ronan out of her body, tossed him aside, and beckoned to Little Nigan with her finger, "Come on, didn't you want to conquer the world?"

He was arrogant, but Dinya was even more arrogant, abandoning all means of dealing with mind control.

On the ground, Xiao Nigan showed no sign of backing down. The ground beneath his feet suddenly shattered and cracked, and he rose up into the sky.

The next instant, the spear swept across, but failed to hit Dinia.

The next instant, Little Nigan had already fallen to the ground, creating a huge crater.

"How could this be?" He couldn't understand why his mind control had failed, why his magic attack driven by his fighting spirit hadn't hit, and what was worse, the rate at which he activated his magic regeneration had also decreased significantly.

As if she could read minds, Dinia saw through Little Nigan's doubts. "Because I have no fighting consciousness, all my actions and reactions are the world's response to your behavior. I can't attack you because I am there and I am not there. As for your regeneration, it's very simple. This space is already under my control. You can regenerate because I don't want to kill you in one go."

Little Nigan gritted his teeth in resentment. He was clearly so strong. The old man said that there were few people in the world who could beat him, and the woman said that she was also very strong among her peers, but he could defeat her with just one finger.

Why is it that he has absolutely no power to resist this woman?

No, it can't be like this.

The next moment, Dinia was already in front of him, kicking him away. While he was still in the air, Dinia flew above him and slammed him into the ground with a downward kick. Before he could react, Dinia had already kneed him in the chest and punched him again and again. In less than a second, he had turned his head into a bloody pulp.

As Dinia stood up, she tore him in two with one hand and one foot, then threw him away. Two red light cannons blasted the two halves of his body to pieces.

Dinia ripped off her hand, which was covered in blood, bone fragments, and brain matter, threw it aside, and regenerated a new one, looking at the two pieces of flesh.

"Still want to conquer the world?"

"Dinia asked."

The two small nigans, which were already in the state of two piles of minced meat, wriggled and reorganized like countless tiny worms, and moved closer to each other.

After a long few minutes, enough for Dinia to kill her tens or hundreds of thousands of times, little Nigan finally regenerated and took on a human form again.

Should she challenge him again if she's still not convinced, or simply admit defeat? Dinia wasn't sure.

The next moment, Dinia was shocked by what she saw. Little Nigan knelt down with a thud and kowtowed so hard that the ground cracked. "Teacher, please take me as your disciple! Those two guys are liars! They said I have unparalleled talent and could teach me to achieve super strength. Bullshit! They're not even as good as a single white hair of yours, Teacher. Not only that, they even tried to trick me into conquering the world! I'm just a child! I was deceived by them! I'm innocent!"

Ronan was stunned. Could people really be this shameless?