Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 617 - 329: Protecting the Princess of My Family, But Didn’t Say to Only Protect the First Wife_2

Louis understood.

That leaves envy, lust, and greed as the only options.

Beatrice mused, "You can't choose greed either."

"Hmm?" Louis was taken aback, remembering that the greed experiment should have started earlier than Lokeshi's side.

The cardinal of the God of Glory and Justice recalled something and smiled:

"Although the greed experiment project at the White Tower started late, it was said to have received considerable experimental data from the Great Forest, as big countries had been working on it before."

Louis suddenly understood.

This explanation made sense.

The last generation of the Elf King from the Elf Realm was mainly active in the persona of the Great Sin · Greed. The elves surely had no lack of understanding of the Great Sin · Greed.

The relevant research probably far surpassed other countries.

Although it's unclear why the Great Forest decisively abandoned this project, Ense's side took after the Great Forest, directly inheriting its experimental data from the start and pushing it forward.

No one thought they could surpass the progress of the elves when it was in the hands of the Great Forest.

Once Ense possessed it, those who wanted to catch up lost their zeal for research when they realized Ense had already mirrored the Great Forest.

Pride, gluttony, wrath, and sloth all had their patrons.

Greed was already studied, and the progress far surpassed other nations.

So only envy and lust were left to choose, correct?

Louis became angry.

Why not choose lust?

Lust is much more stable than envy!

Perhaps noticing the subtle change in Louis' expression, Tal snorted coldly and said:

"Lokeshi has not yet fallen to the point of needing numerous female citizens to appease a great sin."

A healer who had been quietly observing suddenly said: "Then women could become the great sin, couldn't they?"

He regretted it as soon as he spoke.

Tal immediately plastered the top healer against the wall, saying fiercely:

"Is there a difference whether it's a man or a woman?"

The pained healer struggled and crawled out, saying:

"All right, why so angry, my old friend? I was just curious."

Tal's brow twitched, seemingly tempted to move again, and only then did the healer fall silent.

Tal turned to Louis and said:

"So do you understand? From the beginning, only envy met our needs."

"So you cultivated the Great Sin · Envy?"

"Sort of."

"Sort of?"

Louis pondered the term, finding it intriguing.

Tal didn't hide it, saying directly: "We successfully made one of the artificially cultivated beings into a vessel for the Great Sin · Envy, but he lost control."

"It was a completely irrational and uncontrollable artificial being."

"To protect our precious experiment, we put considerable effort into cultivating him for years, from 25 years ago to 13 years ago."

"But we couldn't stop envy's self-destruction no matter what we tried."

"His body was unable to resist the erosion of the Great Sin · Envy."

"So, 13 years ago, the dying envy broke out under the guidance of an Abyssal Church spy."

Everyone was stunned.

Especially Beatrice, who exclaimed: "The [Death Sacrifice] that Demia Jean stopped?"

Louis pondered for a moment, quickly finding the relevant material on [Death Sacrifice] in his memory banks.

This part of the literature had been discovered when he was investigating the past and present of the Land of Confusion. It concerned a village within the Empire that had been blood-sacrificed by the Abyssal Church.

At that time, the imperial documents cited various sacrifices initiated by the Abyssal Church in different countries and regions over the years.

Among them was Lokeshi's [Death Sacrifice].

In this battle, the Purgatory Dragon King Demia Jean of the Jean Family perished, and the outer circle of Lokeshi Imperial Capital was engulfed in flames.

Tal said sorrowfully:

"In that battle, the Jean Family lost its strongest demigod. Before dying, the demigod chose a young man named Kane Jean to inherit his cursed blood, making him the next generation seed of the family."

Louis could only feel that the world was vast, yet small.

For the Little Dragon Emperor Kane, whom he treated before, to also be one of the subsequent influences of the Great Sin · Envy's rampage was unexpected.

Tal sighed deeply: "After this incident, we realized that we couldn't allow envy to continue."

"We chose to kill envy and terminate this experiment."

"But now there's a very deadly problem... Did you know that when one Great Sin kills another, they not only acquire the other's power through shared gluttony but also directly attain the other's already-formed authority skills?"

Louis' pupils constricted, saying in shock:

"You mean..."

Tal nodded and said: "The Great Sin experiment we killed back then possessed these authority skills..."

"First, with the passage of time, the Envy's Devour that temporarily plunders others' skills and powers. Those marked by Envy's Devour will gradually lose memories and powers over time. If they can't defeat it quickly and instead lose, they will permanently lose some skills and powers."

A booming sound echoed.

In the room, an explosion rang out.

Jino's eyes turned red, and he took several deep breaths to suppress his anger.

It was exactly the same situation that his master encountered.

Tal said nothing but sighed again before continuing:

"Second, Envy's Hunt that allows consuming the corpses of other beings to gain most of their abilities directly."

Louis narrowed his eyes, recalling the Master of Fury who was devoured completely.

"Third, Envy's Ascendancy enhances various metrics in an all-around aspect for those with a higher professional level than itself."

Louis was deep in thought.

These abilities of the Great Sin · Envy were extremely extreme.

They felt designed entirely for the purpose of slaughter.

This series of skills was meant completely for killing opponents and plundering their powers.

There was a very key issue in this...

Louis looked at Tal and said: "Your Majesty, if as you say, your implication is that the current Great Sin · Envy's powers might be similar to those of the experiment of envy you killed years ago?"

Tal nodded and said: "In theory, the corpse of the Great Sin · Envy should have been destroyed by us, but its abilities appeared in someone else."

"The most probable scenario is that it is a Great Sin cultivated by the Abyssal Church, the still unborn Great Sin · Lust. And one of us might be a mole, preserved the corpse of the Great Sin · Envy, allowing it to be consumed by the Great Sin · Lust."

Louis instinctively nodded; the reasoning was quite sound.

Half a second later...

"No, that's not right!"

Louis reacted quickly, coughing as he said: "A friendly reminder, he definitely can't be the Great Sin · Lust."

"Hmm?"

The audience focused on Louis after hearing this, eyes glinting with a strange light.

Louis remained unfazed: "I'm not joking, Lust is on our side."

Tal's expression became more subtle, recalling the massive explosion outside the Imperial Capital before.

The destructive power was undoubtedly demigod level.

Lokeshi had already sent people to investigate the site.

In that abyssal-monster-like area of destruction, traces of different Great Sins remained.

Clearly, the person who acted was this Prince of the Empire.

He managed a forced smile and said: "It seems the Prince of Ense is even stronger than any of us imagined."

Louis narrowed his eyes: "If not strong enough, how could we protect our princess?"

"Indeed, it seems the Regent King is even better at choosing than we thought."

What Tal didn't notice was that when Louis mentioned "protecting our princess," he glanced at Beatrice on one side... and Olivia hiding behind his primary wife.

Olivia internally scoffed.

This guy, still so improper with so many people watching.

Louis, however, was fearless.

Protect our princess, meaning not only the primary wife.