“This… This is the place.”Leon stuttered, looking at the old building in front of them.He had no idea how old it was, but almost no one came here anymore. As far as he remembered, this building was here for a very long time. “Let’s go.”He was about to take a step when the woman walked past him. The other followed her, ignoring his presence. For a moment, Leon didn’t know what he should do. He wanted to rush back, but he also wanted to see what these people were up to. They easily brought him out of the palace without any effort. He thought he would be held as a hostage, but they seemed to be uninterested in him.‘If they are truly that powerful, why do they even have to care?’He knew the threat was still there. If these people were actually 10th-tier magicians, the entire continent had no way to defend against them.‘Maybe… Central kingdoms might have a way. But….’He didn’t know what would happen when the news about these visitors circulated to the other kingdoms. He was sure t
“The Church of the Dawn? I never heard of it.” He doesn't remember hearing about a Church with such a name. Even during his time in the central academy, he never learned of such a name. “We thought so too, Your Highness. The Church of the Dawn had no known records about the Eastern islands. So it was kind of obvious.” Leon realised the man was still smiling. He seemed to be unbothered by the fact that his religion wasn’t in this place. “You are not unhappy about it? You can’t bring your Church’s authority here.” He couldn’t believe what he just witnessed. Even when he thought about it, Leon felt he could still hear the howling of the wolves. “Not really. Even if there was a church, we don’t know what exactly happened. No one knows where the lady of the Dawn is. It is not like the Church of Darkness.” “Ah, I understand.” He didn’t really understand what this elf was talking about. He had no idea if they could know if a god was alive or not. “Wait. What is the Church of Darkn
“Any news from the Black Dragon Empire?”“Nothing except for what we all know. They are gathering the villagers and clearing out the bandits and scattered soldiers. The cities trapped between the East coast and Dragon’s Keep are trying to negotiate, but the process seems to be slow. I heard some people are directly leaving the city, looking for a refuge.”“It is happening. There was a team of Empire Knights and a couple of Guardian Knights in the trading area of the Dwarven Kingdom.”It was the secret place where seven rulers of the northern kingdoms gathered. However, today it had a grim atmosphere. “So… The flags and those words aren’t a lie. They are collaborating with the Crimson Empire.”“We should teach them a lesson.”“Teach how? Attack? Do it yourself, I lost enough men already.”It was the king of the Blood Baron Kingdom. He suffered the most because of the recent events. Losing noble families could be advantageous, but he didn’t lose entire families. What he lost was mostly
“Your Eminence… What….”“Sigh. Prepare to land. Instruct everyone to stay out of trouble. We don’t want to mess with them.”“Your Eminence….”“What is it?”“Some soldiers are getting restless. And some are thinking that….”“That?”“That the way we behave is cowardly.”“Mark my words clearly to everyone. If anyone starts trouble here and drags the Crimson Empire into it, I will kill them myself.”Jonathan was not going to let this escalate. He couldn’t afford it in the first place. Already he felt the aura of three 10th-tier powerhouses from above. He was the only one for their entire fleet.He was even ashamed to call it a fleet. They had three ships, and they looked nothing in comparison to the impressive fleet of the Crimson Empire. He was sure they had been here for a while now, in this unknown port. When they reached the only other island before they reached here, the Crimson Empire had already claimed the land. Not only that, by the time they reached there, they saw a new fort t
“Commander. Welcome!”Leon didn’t pay attention to his father and the commander Sakura. Rather, he kept his eyes on the changing face of the Bishop of the Church of Light. There were clear signs of worry on that face. He also felt surprised by the sudden response from the people of the Crimson Empire. They immediately arrived at the palace right at that moment. Usually, those people didn't leave their fleet unless they were visiting the Church of Darkness. ‘How do they even live inside like that?.’It had been more than two months since these people came to their empire. Since they had to conduct a long-term negotiation, the fleet never left. These people never came out to seek food or any other thing. He thought those massive ships should be comfortable enough, but they didn’t have a chance to visit and witness what was inside those shells. Everything for the past two months made him too busy for anything, and their small kingdom didn’t have many reliable representatives. First,
“Welcome to the Crimson Pride, Your Highness.”“It is an honour, commander.”Leon nodded in satisfaction after making sure Jia safely climbed into the ship. Even though the steel stairs were safer than a slippery wood, he instinctively made sure his wife was safe. This was the first time this massive ship came this close to the pier. It was specifically to let him and the others enter and observe 7this impressive ship.“Welcome everyone. This is Crimson Pride. Her Majesty’s flagship and the largest combat ship in the world.”Leon nodded his head, lightly touching Jia’s hand. He felt happy when she returned his grip. However, his eyes darted toward the two massive ships in the distance. The rest of the ships didn’t come close, yet he thought there were two ships much bigger than this one.“Those are our troop transport ship and the supply ship, Your Highness. Compared to the Crismon Pried, both of them are slower and have fewer weapons.”“Fewer weapons?”Behind him, one of his army ca
“How about it, Your Highness? What do you think about my ship?”“It is excellent!”The ride indeed satisfied Leon. They sailed to the deep sea and returned to the Kingdom of Markarth before the ship took its usual position in the formation as the first ship. Throughout the entire duration, they felt like standing on solid ground as the ship was extremely steady. It was a wonderful experience for him.“Shall we go and see the rest of the ship?”“Yes, we are indeed honoured, commander.”This ship was something unimaginable to them, and he wanted to see more. However, Leon had a feeling they might never be able to build something similar to the Crimson Pride.…“Commander!”The man sitting in the lone room brought his arm to his chest when he saw the superior entering the cannon room.“Cannoneer, Smith.”Leon saw a bright smile on the middle-aged man's face when the commander called him by his name. It was obvious he was very happy to see his commander knowing his name. This also gave h
“This is all for our supply ship. Is there anything else you would like to ask, Your Highness?”“Hm…?”Leon failed to understand her words for a few seconds.“Ah… No.”There were so many thoughts in his mind.Everything here was beyond their knowledge and understanding. They saw what these people called the engine room. The place where they used boiling water to rotate those blades that moved the ship. Then he saw the place they called the water pumping room. There was another machine that worked from the boiling water that actually bought water from the sea into the ship. Another large stove boiled this water until it was steaming and then they collected this steam and made pure water. From there they sent the water to the top of the ship and sent it to every part of the ship. He knew they were not even close to the level of knowledge and capability these people had. His last suspicion was gone when he saw this supply ship.They crossed from the Crimson Pride to this massive ship
“Amazing.”Despite her words, the older girl saw several teardrops in the eyes of her little sister, and she didn’t say anything about that. The story was sweet and sour. She picked her up and held her against her chest. Their mother and father were talking with some other families in the distance. Many pilgrims and worshipers walked around them, and some were telling the same story as her. It was the story of a legend. “That is the story of the Great Blood Wolf.” The older girl ended the story, holding her younger sister’s hand in front of the massive statue of their Grand Empress and Her Consort. The Blood Wolf. “Oh….” Her little sister looked elated, looking at the massive statue of the couple. The greatest rulers of the world. She knew her sister would ask about this story again and again, but she was happy to see her little tail swinging in excitement. “Are you happy?” “Yes. I am very happy. I want to be as strong as the Grand Empress in the future.” “Of Course, you
“Grandfather?” The old man shook when he heard this call. He wanted to strangle this thing to death, but first, he needed an answer. “Why did you do that? Why did you kill my Grandson?” His face looked tired and battered. Time was not a concept for him, and he hoped to see his Grandchild someday. He came here because he almost felt the presence of his little boy. However, it wasn’t him. He looked at Chaos. He remembered the day when he first saw the two-headed infant drifting across the universe. Their first meeting wasn’t a good one. The first time he met him, this kid attacked him and even injured him. However, he treated Chaos as a child and even adopted him into the family. He grew up together with his only Grandson. They were great friends and family. His Grandson never treated Chaos badly. That was the reason he permitted Chaos to go with his Grandson when he left to become the first Guardian of the universe. He was the one who even granted this power to his Grandson on
Adam crashed onto the ground with full force. He didn’t want to slow down when he saw the hideous figure standing on the beach. He knew what it was. He gritted his teeth to ignore the head-splitting pain that came with the memories. He was finally looking at the nemesis of this world; Chaos. Adam wished he could end this thing with one blow. Because it was something that shouldn’t exist. He was betting the lives of too many people, and the life of the Empress. If he failed right now, he would fail the entire world forever. His punch landed inches away from his target, but that thing moved several metres away with ease. The ground shattered under his blow, and the foul stench of the chaos entered his nose. He finally understood why the world and Mahisha failed to access this ground. Because it was contaminated by Chaos. He already created armour around his body and coated his sword with the aura of the Abyss. He didn’t have a reason to drag this. ‘This is not going to be
“Still nothing, commander.” “What exactly is going on?” Morga Steelbeard was lost. Not in the sea, but in his own thoughts. After two long months in the sea, they finally found their destination. As the second fleet commander of the Crimson Empire, he had an army of his own. Although it was still not at the level of Sakura’s fleet with twelve warships and two supply ships; his seven-shipped fleet was the second powerhouse of the sea. The land was just ahead of them, but they failed to find anything even after searching for two days. The western continent looked desolate and abandoned. There were not even large animals. This was too alarming for him. They saw birds and small rodents, but nothing bigger than that. The forest looked untainted for generations. He didn’t even think about sending a landing party. The risk was too much. ‘What exactly is happening?’ They passed through the so-called barrier about a week back, and there was nothing in between the northern continent an
“We should leave!” “Yes, Your Majesty.” Adam smiled, looking at the Empress. He wondered how many changes she made within the day to the castle. “I changed the 12th floor entirely. You should go and see.” “I will, Your Majesty.” He was sure it would be a combination of blue, shades of blue, and some gold, white and silver, and more shades of blue. There was nothing more to think, but he knew way better than to voice it out. ‘It is a good thing I have Mahisha to help her.’ He wouldn’t get any time to train his powers if he had to change the Abyss castle by himself. He sometimes felt the Empress was playing with the castle because it could be changed based on her simple thoughts. He didn’t care much at all. As long as she was happy with it. When she came here for the first time, she had a lot of complaints about the dull colours and the bad choice of material. In the end, he had no choice but to let her handle the decorations and colours as she pleased. “Not now. We have
Adam moved fast and landed in the area he saw the camps. He simply nodded at the people who started greeting him,He already found Alex, and he didn’t seem to be alright. “My Lord!!”Adam nodded at David before entering the tent. Already, there were several healers around the bed, including Mila. ‘Not good.’He felt Alex’s breathing wasn’t stable. “What happened?”The people made way for him with ease.“My Lord. There seemed to be a weird poison.”“Poison?”He didn’t smell any poison, but he realised Alex was unstable. Someone had removed the clothes from his upper body. His veins could be seen on his chest and there was a back lump on his chest. The wound was gone, but he wasn't getting any better. “Hm… Divine power.”He didn’t expect the enemy to use such a weapon. If it was before, he would have had a hard time dealing with this, but not anymore. The divine power was just another source of power restricted to this world. Although it was the most powerful, it wasn’t powerful en
“Are you alright?”“Yes, Your Majesty.”Adam sat with the Empress, looking at the two girls playing on the beach.To him, knowing the truth didn’t hurt much. Rather, he felt relieved to know the truth. ‘Am I angry?’He couldn’t say no. He was angry. If he didn’t lose his father, things would have been much different for them. Maybe… Just Maybe… His mother could have survived. Of course, it would have changed many aspects of his life, including moving to the West Coast, but he wished his mother to be alive. However, knowing the Church of Light might be behind his father’s death didn’t sting as he thought it would. As for how he knew his father was dead; that was because of what he saw in the underground of the church. There were hundreds of dead bodies being held there, draining the liquids from the,He didn’t know what was the exact process, but he saw the so-called Life potion coming out of that facility. Besides, Helen confirmed this matter. ‘If not for Amy and Zafira, I would ha
“We have to run!” Oliver heard someone yelling, but he didn’t know what to do. “He followed the orders of the king, coming here to destroy the Summer Palace city. The reason was to simply buy them more time. According to the information they received, the army was led by the infamous three Generals of the Crimson Empire. Since the main army was already divided into three, there shouldn’t be enough power to fight against twenty 10th-tier powerhouses at the same time. Besides, the Crimson Empire army should have more than enough Dwarven machines to face them. However, there shouldn't be enough time to move them for a defensive battle or to mount them on a wall. In a sense, there was no way this city could stand against them. What really worried him was the results. They were doing all these things based on the assumption that the owner of the taboo name wasn’t as powerful as they said. However, he didn’t understand why they were underestimating the revenge of the Crimson Empi
Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h