The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 279 - 255: You Still Can’t Hold Your Grandchild

Watching his daughter leave, Akelie sighed lightly, shook his head, and then went straight to Lynn’s temporary residence.

By the time he arrived, Natasha had just returned from the dining hall with breakfast.

After going out yesterday, Lynn temporarily decided not to go out again. He wasn’t keen to wander around being surrounded by people showering him with flattery, and Sifrin had just left his room looking miserable today. If he went out now, he might be caught and thanked tearfully for his service to the public.

Master Lynn is kind-hearted and can’t bear to see such a touching scene.

So on Natasha’s advice, he decided to stay in his room today to study the art of cooking eggs until there’s a real need for him to appear. For now, he planned to engage in some trivial matters.

As for Akelie’s visit, Lynn had actually anticipated it long ago.

After all, his daughter had just spent the night in his room, needing the wall to support herself when she left. Anyone would feel the need to ask about that.

The only thing that surprised Lynn was that after Akelie was let in by Natasha, he exchanged only a few pleasantries before cutting straight to the point, but the topic was different from what Lynn expected.

Akelie didn’t even mention Sifrin’s name, but talked about the campaign to reclaim the Divine Protection Continent.

To be honest, apart from the initial period of "Miracle" when Lynn was active on the Divine Protection Continent, he hadn’t returned since it fell to the Demon Race. So many years have passed, and he knew nothing about the current state of the Divine Protection Continent, far less than the Light Legion, which had already been garrisoning there for nearly a year.

However, the Newbie Village and the main cities of various countries on the Divine Protection Continent were replicated 1:1 from the original Divine Protection Continent, otherwise players who joined only after the third anniversary of "Miracle" wouldn’t even know where to start.

But as the game progressed and the versions updated, the invading Demon Race grew ever more powerful, and for later players, even the initial monsters like Slimes and Goblins became unbeatable. After a bit of struggle, the game company simply gave up on recruiting new players, and all updates were catered solely to old players.

So, if Lynn hadn’t been an early player, he might never have even seen the Divine Protection Continent.

But although he was indeed an old player of "Miracle," he didn’t have a deep emotional connection to the Divine Protection Continent because everything he was familiar with there had been relocated en masse to the Divine Protection Continent following the massive "Migration" during the third-anniversary version update. He wasn’t a local of the Divine Protection Continent, and everything around him hadn’t changed much, so its downfall felt like just a map change after an update to him.

However, this was only the case for Lynn personally. For the Divine Protection Continent, aside from children under twelve, most people found it hard to forget.

After all, only eight years had passed since the Divine Protection Continent was completely overrun and people strategically relocated to the Divine Protection Continent. Essentially, the younger, middle-aged, and older generations all grew up on the Divine Protection Continent, especially for long-living races such as the Dragon Race and Elves, who might feel like they were just recently still living there...

Akelie was the true leader who commanded the United Army of the Divine Protection Continent to drive out the Demon Race invaders and recapture half of the Divine Protection Continent while Lynn was in slumber. Now, planning to recover the remaining half of the Divine Protection Continent, he could only provide some advice; the role of joint commander was no longer an option for him.

But he didn’t feel anything wrong with this. Since he also knew in his heart that the battles a year ago to expel the invaders and reclaim lost lands weren’t won by his prowess or extraordinary command skills.

In the situation back then, where the Demon Race’s elite forces were mostly annihilated, and the mid and lower-level Demon Race soldiers were terrified, any Emperor or Saint Emperor could have been chosen as the commander and mostly won those battles, oh... except for the Celestial Mandate Emperor.

Back then, the victory over the Demon Race relied on the lingering might of Master Lynn’s wrathful slaying of the Demon Dragon Emperor. These days, life has improved so much that they now depend on Master Lynn’s genuine divine power, not just a lingering impact.

Regarding the important matter of reclaiming the entire Divine Protection Continent, Akelie and Lynn talked for a long time. Before Akelie arrived, Lynn had thought of things very simply.

It would simply be a matter of using the Demon Mirror to communicate, having the Demon King wives from the Demon Realm gather the deserving death-sentence Demon Race members at the Divine Protection Continent’s station, then leading a cheerleading squad to smash them, and afterward, the Divine Protection Continent would be restored, worthy of celebration.

This didn’t seem difficult, merely a simplified version of the engagements outside the Demon Realm.

But listening to the various suggestions Akelie brought up now, Lynn scratched his head.

Why is there a need for post-war reconstruction? Restoring farmland? Population relocation?

Even building cities, attracting business, managing water resources, mining mineral veins...

These things Lynn hasn’t completely avoided encountering, but they’ve only been content in those idle side quests—no serious player would be familiar with these things...

Wait, even life-simulating players might not necessarily understand. Just because someone can dig a pit doesn’t mean they can organize mining; being able to brew potions doesn’t mean they can manage a hospital; someone who can forge weapons might not be able to supply military provisions.

All these things were never intended for players; they were parts of the game system fast-forwarded through in those cutscenes.