lerbook #729 - Chapter 729 The Nature of Power
#729 - Chapter 729 The Nature of Power
“Shi Xuan?”
“This guy, isn't he the traitor who previously supported the Golden Silver Mountain Alliance, the one who supported that lord named Xue Jingsong?”
Since Wu Wei attacked Xue Jingsong, Shi Xuan had already left his territory.
So Wu Wei didn't see Shi Xuan himself at the time.
However, based on his understanding of Xue Jingsong, Wu Wei noticed something unusual.
That is, if Shi Xuan really understood faith and divinity, then Wu Wei had clearly misunderstood the relationship between Xue Jingsong and Shi Xuan.
Before, he thought that Shi Xuan was connected with Xue Jingsong because Shi Xuan needed Xue Jingsong's financial support.
But now it's different.
Now, Wu Wei believes that the reason Xue Jingsong contacted Shi Xuan was entirely because Shi Xuan wanted him to be able to contact himself.
“Then how strong is she in terms of faith?”
Hearing Wu Wei's question, Shi Renjun frowned.
“Not sure.”
“Because she does a very good job in terms of intelligence.”
“Except for a few lords, very few lords can directly contact her.”
“So her specific strength is still a mystery.”
“However, because my own intelligence network recently contacted a lord who was connected to her, I am sure that she has broken through some kind of faith technology and reached the point where she can mass-produce and control Children of God!”
Hearing that Children of God could be mass-produced, Wu Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Because the strength of the Children of God cannot be measured by ordinary legendary demigod ranks.
However, because Wu Wei had encountered several Children of God in the Beast Ancestor's Back Garden Plane before, in Wu Wei's mind, these "incarnations" exuding the stench of the gods were still very powerful.
After all, even the weakest Child of God can become a genuine powerhouse by obtaining divine grace from the gods.
In addition, once the gods need it, any Child of God can also detonate their own sea of souls through the manipulation of the gods, becoming a living bomb in the true sense.
And when these characteristics are added together, Wu Wei's attitude towards any Child of God he encounters is basically extremely vigilant.
And when Wu Wei heard that Princess Shi Xuan had the ability to mass-produce terrifying Children of God, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.
Seeming to see Wu Wei's troubles, Prince Shi Renjun smiled.
“However, Wu Wei, you don't need to worry about this now.”
“Because...”
“Although Shi Xuan is also vying for the throne.”
“But she is not our main enemy.”
“Our biggest enemies at the moment are only two.”
“One is Shi Yinuo, who has the second highest score and is about to succeed in a marriage alliance with the family.”
“And the other is the current Second Prince of the Empire, who is my brother from the same father and mother.”
“The former has too high a score, and the latter.....”
Shi Renjun rubbed his temples and said helplessly.
“The latter's psychology is not normal!”
“He's like you, also a madman.”
“It's just that, because he has power that you don't have, the fear he causes to other lords is far greater than yours.”
“Basically, all the lords who belong to him have great fear of him!”
“By the way, Wu Wei, the guild called 【Dark Contract】 that you encountered when you were hostile to the Golden Silver Mountain Alliance is his subordinate!”
“In addition, he also holds a large amount of guild resources.”
“The number and quality of the guilds he controls are at least ten times that of mine.”
“Oh?”
Wu Wei raised his eyebrows.
“That's not right.”
“Your Highness, didn't you just say that your brother is a madman.”
“Then why does he still have so many subordinates?”
“Don't these guys run away from him because of his madness?”
Hearing Wu Wei say this, Shi Renjun laughed.
“No no no.”
“Wu Wei, you are very wrong to understand it this way.”
“Because you haven't figured out what the essence of power is!”
“The so-called essence of power is not what you want to do, you can do!”
“The best way to use power is not benevolent governance, but fear!”
“From the moment a regime appeared on our world, power has been deeply tied to fear!”
“Do ministers obey the emperor, gather around the emperor, and advise him because they know that the monarch they serve has far surpassed their own great talents?”
“No!”
“Many kings are as stupid as pigs and don't understand anything at all.”
“The reason why these ministers obey him is only because of their fear of power!”
“They fear that the king who has power will kill them, will deprive them of their existing status and wealth, so they will advise these kings!”
“Those ordinary citizens, those ordinary people, are they afraid of their respective lords because of their loyalty?”
“Impossible!”
“The reason why they obey is only because they are afraid of the force held by these lords!”
“Fear is deeply implanted in the hearts of every creature shrouded in power.”
“Even me!”
“Wu Wei, do you really think that the reason why I am now obediently the Great Prince of the Empire, instead of the Emperor of the Human Empire, is because I like to obey my father?”
“No, I have to do this because of fear!”
“After all, every emperor of the empire holds the power to kill us at any time....”
Suddenly, realizing that he had slipped up, Shi Renjun suddenly covered his mouth, looking terrified.
Such an abnormal phenomenon naturally attracted Wu Wei's attention.
However, Wu Wei was very smart and didn't say anything, just looked at the complaining prince in front of him with a normal expression.
“In short, Wu Wei, any regime, no matter how much it boasts of its greatness, is actually just a tool for spreading fear to the outside world.”
“The more others fear an individual, the greater the power of that individual.”
“And my brother, the Second Prince, is such a monster who is good at infiltrating fear into the hearts of every subordinate!”
“Oh, by the way.”
“Wu Wei, I intercepted a piece of information before that you might be interested in.”
“What information?”
“I remember, not long ago, didn't you and Su Yingxue sell a certain racial treasure to the outside world together?”
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“Yes, how did you know?”
“It's simple, because the female lord who was called over to trade with you is in my intelligence network, and she is one of his favorite playthings!”
“So, when you sold that racial treasure, my dear brother seemed to have tampered with Su Yingxue's territory during the transaction.”
“He may be plotting something in secret!”
The next second, Prince Shi Renjun noticed that the scarlet vertical pupils he was facing revealed extremely ominous killing intent.