After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King

In this world, to become a king, to maintain the stability of the nation... as the "king," what kind of "talent" is necessary?

Each king would give a different answer.

However, looking across all nations, excluding the empire—an exception that tends to instability and internal strife—the other "nations" seem to have a common point, which is—"strength."

A king requires a battle profession of sufficient strength for support.

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Before Isabella ascended the throne, although old nobles like Caligula indeed had different political views compared to Yila, under Yose's suppression, they still maintained a superficial cooperation... and wouldn't stab him in the back.

Of course, it couldn't be helped that these old nobles would curse behind his back.

Yose also did not have his own faction. Even the "personal guard" was something Yila helped Isabella organize... but during Yose's leadership, the process was quite stable.

Yila and Yose trusted each other, yet they maintained the reserved boundaries of a monarch and minister... If Yose had not died, it would have only taken a little more time to clear the empire's hidden troubles and even move towards global ambitions.

After Yose's death, Yila fell into disarray.

In terms of talent in battle professions, Isabella was not completely clueless, but she could at least be considered extremely unskilled... and precisely because of this, Yila had to find another way for Isabella to govern with wisdom.

Isabella was not lazy, but...

Had she possessed even a bit of talent in the battle profession, any slight improvement would have sufficed.

So, since Isabella had to take an unconventional path, this naturally sparked curiosity... What degree of power did Isabella's father, Yose's good friend—King Yose, possess?

In the simplest terms, to describe it in an easily understandable way, it was "Legendary," to the extent that even stripping away his kingly title, he could still make a name for himself and be legendary.

Among the stronger legends, Yose could defeat the empire's legion commanders and solo kill the legendary mages of the Three Towers... He was qualified to teach Yila battlefield knowledge and tactics, swordsmanship, and armored warfare techniques.

Although in today's terms, with new standards of combat power such as "outliers," "gods," "calamities," and "world destructions," the legendary level seemed less prestigious.

However, the title "Legendary" was already a mark of power.

In other words... Yose was very strong.

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At this time, another crucial existence had to be mentioned... Although everyone knew that the "governor," who had shone brightly on the battlefield in recent years, was the empire's top combat strength.

Yes, at least for non-humanoids, the governor was the top combat strength.

But before the appearance of the governor, the empire was still one of the top nations in the world, driven by the most decisive core strength in conventional understanding—the "Knight Corps" and the "Mage Corps."

There were no extraneous professions and vocational roles.

It was merely the most basic knights and mages... Whether it was foot knights or knights on horseback, whether it was academic mages like Yila from academies or wild mages who specialized.

There were no rangers, stalkers, or alchemy series professions—at least the empire itself did not provide public battle profession inheritance.

From "squire knights" slowly progressing to become "square formation knights" and "royal knights," from "mage apprentices" continually studying and being promoted to positions, becoming "archmages" and "royal mages"...

Specialization represented the perfection of inheritance.

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The calamity of the "resurrection of the dead" did not abandon the dead and their original social relations. In its judgment, it still understood what "cooperation" meant, and it did not mind utilizing this point.

To be able to destroy the world, the resurrection of the dead would carefully arrange resurrection locations, do everything it could with some Mana, and inherit the connections of the dead from their lives.

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Speaking of so many seemingly unrelated points, for some reasons, they were entangled together, transforming into groups of spiritual bodies appearing on the Main Plane, appearing on the land outside the empire.

Reproducing the once powerful force—

"Royal First Warband"

And leading them was...

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"King..."

Called lowly by his subordinate knights, a knight dressed in bright armor, with a cloak thick as a quilt on his back, and a helmet adorned with conspicuous decorations.

The helmeted knight removed the identity-symbolizing helmet, revealing a resolute face and short golden hair. Riding a warhorse on his way to the empire, he looked at the subordinate who inquired of him.

"What is it, Blake White?"

*Yose said this while sensing his current body... The body temporarily condensed by the power of calamity was as good as his body in life, even though he was compelled to carry out the action of world destruction.*

*But he could still decide on many things, such as the proportion of combat output and the specifics of plan formulation, hence... he could totally hold back considerably.*

And the knight named "Blake White," whom Yose questioned, looked back at their knight corps and said, "I want to leave the battle group and go do something on my own."

*This was a request, and Yose had no reason to disapprove.*

"Of course you may."

Yose said, looking at the knight who nodded in thanks, then glanced around and said, "Whether knight or mage, if there's something you wish to do, someone you wish to speak with, then go ahead and do it."

"Just like how I would go see Isabella, find Yila, and later the Fairy King for a chat, everyone should place their personal matters first! Go ahead! Hahaha!"

*As Yose laughed heartily, after a few knights and mages gave their thanks, they went in different directions... the very reason Yose was a respected king.*

*Souls that did not wish to return to the Main Plane were not sent back senselessly, nor could those with no justifiable reason return... Under such circumstances, even with the power of calamity, there were many things the resurrection of the dead found difficult to manage.*

*In other words, the calamity became a tool for reuniting old friends and family.*

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In the Demon King Territory, Blake Black, who was training the Black Knights, seemed to sense something... He abruptly raised his head, looking in the direction of the empire, gripping his greatsword tightly.