Armipotent

Tang Shaoyang felt so exhausted even though he did not do anything related to physical activity. However, he felt so exhausted addressing the issue of his affair with Ava. After taking the oath and securing the Elven Kingdom's loyalty, he had to explain everything to Wei Xi and the others. Everything included the oath he took in front of the three siblings.

Tang Shaoyang took this seriously because he might lose his subordinate's trust, especially for his subordinate with a wife. He did not want them to fear that their wives would be taken by him. That was not something he wanted to happen, so he assured them what would happen to him if he broke the oath.

If he broke the oath, then he would have to abdicate his position and leave Earth. If he did not do so, then death was his next punishment. That was an assurance, not just for Virion, but for Wei Xi and the others too. He put his status as emperor, even his life, on the line.

Thanks to Virion's request, Tang Shaoyang resolved his subordinate's concern. If he broke the oath, he would lose everything. That was enough to assure his subordinates.

Tang Shaoyang slumped on his seat, looking exhausted. He watched Wei Xi, Lu An, Marshal Alton, and the other high-ranking people leave the conference room. It was more exhausting than fighting monsters, for sure.

"You have done well to recover and maintain their trust in you," Zhang Mengyao stayed behind and smiled at him.

"The guilt haunts me when I remember Ava's child's face," Tang Shaoyang shook his head, "I think I need to distract myself from getting my head straight before anything else."

Zhang Mengyao fell silent. There was nothing she could do to comfort Tang Shaoyang. If she comforted him, she was afraid that he would repeat the same mistake. She felt Tang Shaoyang must be aware that he made a big mistake, so he felt remorse and would not make the same mistake again. If he got it off too easily, she was afraid he would repeat it again, and he might lose his life for that.

"I think I will go to the eleventh floor of the Dimensional Tower alone to check it out myself," Tang Shaoyang straightened his back and faced Zhang Mengyao, "The rules say that we can go back anytime from the eleventh floor and above, right? I don't need to clear any mission or quest to return, so I will scout the eleventh floor by myself."

Zhang Mengyao furrowed her brows. She felt like it was still reckless to explore the eleventh floor alone. However, she did not have a good reason to oppose the idea. If the strongest individual had a hard time surviving on the eleventh floor, bringing more people was the same as suicide.

"I think that's a good idea, but I have one condition," Zhang Mengyao raised her finger, "You must return at most in one month. We will wait for a month, and if you don't return, then I will send a team to investigate the eleventh floor!"

She could not stop Tang Shaoyang from entering the eleventh floor, but she was smart enough to give him a time limit. Regardless of what happened, Tang Shaoyang would return in one month. She did not want Tang Shaoyang to force himself in order to distract himself.

"One month...." Tang Shaoyang nodded, "I will stay one month at the longest. In the meantime, please stay with Ava. I don't want her to be stressed out. That's not good for her and the baby."

"You don't need to worry about that. I don't want to lose our first child. You can trust Ava to us," Zhang Mengyao assured.

Even though the baby was not her blood, it was still the first child of the Tang Household. The baby was also her child, so she would make sure that Ava was safe and stress-free. Especially after knowing it would be hard for Tang Shaoyang to have children with women, the baby in Ava's womb was the precious treasure of the Tang Empire.

Tang Shaoyang truly felt grateful that all his women had the same reaction as Zhang Mengyao. All of them were supportive and accepted the child as their own child. Even Elinova took a leave from her office job to take care of Ava's diet. Viona also took a leave from the Intelligence Division to be Ava's bodyguard, and Kang Xue stayed near Ava to check the baby's health. The former Doctor decided to use her experience to guard the baby.

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"In the end, I failed to have a date with everyone," Tang Shaoyang let out a chuckle as he stood in front of the entrance to the Dimensional Tower. He made a promise to himself to take all his women on a date after he finished the ten floors, but it went south because of the God of the Undead, Antorias.

"Not just the eleventh floor. I need to find out what Antorias means that Earth will become a battlefield. I hope I will find the answer on the eleventh floor or maybe further above."

Tang Shaoyang let out a sigh and entered the gate. It was very early in the morning, and the sun was not even up yet, so no one saw the Emperor of the Tang Empire enter the Dimensional Tower. He purposely avoided the onlookers from the other guilds so he did not have to face the bothersome inquiry from them.

It was the same experience when he entered the first floor or any other floor in the Dimensional Tower. The difference was that it took longer for him to arrive at his destination. Usually, it was an instant teleportation, but it took around twenty seconds before he felt that he had stepped on the ground instead of floating in the void.

Tang Shaoyang opened his eyes and found himself in a hall. He looked down and realized that he was on the top of a stone platform with intricate symbols on it. He looked around, but there was nothing to look at aside from the pillars that sustained the building. Pillar, smooth stone floor, that was it. He did not find a single living being; he was alone in this hall.