Inside the palace of the imperial capital, groups of court beastmasters entered and were methodically cleaning up the messy scene, as well as the traitors who had been turned into ashes by the black flames released by Char.
There was even a beastmaster who summoned a necromancy pet, the Lich King.
The Lich King stretched out his shriveled fingers, with a faint green glow lingering on his dry and skinny knuckles. Facing the pale ashes mixed together on the ground of the palace, he activated the necromancy skill "Remains Perception".
Using this necromancy perception skill, he could discern the identity of the original owner from among the mixed pale embers.
Then, using the telekinesis unique to undead creatures, the originally mixed ashes were divided into several small piles according to their different owners.
"This pile belongs to a 40-year-old five-ring beastmaster. Um, bald head, about 1.9 meters tall..."
The beastmaster of the Lich Lord closed his eyes and described the original appearance of the owner of the ashes based on the images transmitted back by his pet through the soul contract.
"Zijin Family, Elder Bright."
Soon someone found the corresponding person from the banquet list, and the Lich Lord used telekinesis to put the small handful of ashes into the urn held by a Black Eagle Guard.
...
...
"Send the urn to the Zijin family and say that the banquet was attacked by a cult. These are all we found when we arrived at the scene."
"By the way, let's ask their family to pay for the cremation."
"Yes, sir."
The Black Eagle Guard quickly took the order and left with a determined look on his face.
…
What a hell of a joke.
As the confidant of the Empress Isadella of the Empire, Diris, who was commanding the overall situation on the spot, looked at the scene in front of him, and this word popped up in his mind.
There's no way around it. It seems that anyone who has come into contact with Char will unconsciously develop the bad habit of using these trendy terms.
"The empire is now completely stable."
She looked at the teams of Black Eagle Guards rushing towards various places in the imperial capital.
The relationship between the royal family and the great nobles is very complicated.
Especially the eight sworn families, after all, they were engraved into the imperial emblem at the beginning of the founding of the country.
If no concrete evidence is found, even if the royal family has the upper hand now, they will not be able to target them deliberately.
For example, in the previous incident involving the Borgia family, only the Borgia family itself was sanctioned and suppressed, but those other families who were just sitting on the sidelines were not dealt with.
This time, the connection between the cult and many nobles had already been secretly investigated, and the evidence was conclusive.
Both the royal family and the great nobles knew that this was a huge gamble.
If the bet is won, and the divine descent and backstab that those evil cults have invented can really defeat the combination of Isadela's throne-level beastmaster and the holy sword, then they will naturally be the emancipated serfs singing, and can divide and annex a large amount of the empire's heritage.
After that, whether to establish an independent new country or to support a puppet emperor to take the throne are both excellent options.
If you lose the bet, you will naturally lose everything.
Even though the royal family will not completely exterminate these traitorous families for the purpose of maintaining stability and calming the people's hearts, they will certainly cut off all their power.
And now, the results are in.
However, as the winner of this bet, Diris did not feel the slightest bit of excitement or joy in her heart at this moment.
She just looked at the night sky in the distance in silence, with a worried look on her face.
Diris did not forget what Char said before he left.
We must allow those evil gods to complete their descent, and then deal with them.
That is the body of a true God descending, and it also carries part of the deity's divinity...
If there is even the slightest mistake, Char will face a tragic end of being torn to pieces.
However--
The next moment.
Her eyes suddenly widened.
"Is this... a meteor shower?"
Diris suddenly felt something and looked up at the night sky outside the window.
One after another, bright meteors streaked across the silent and dark sky.
The dazzling stars illuminate the dome shrouded in darkness.
Stars fall like rain.
As the last royal family of the Abyss Succubus race, Diris actually knows a lot.
After all, that is the entire civilizational heritage of an entire race.
He even knew some of the secrets of the old era that were buried in the dust of history several eras ago when the god looked down upon the world.
According to the records in ancient books:
Every time a meteor streaks across the sky, it means that a mythical creature has fallen, and its lost divinity turns into fragments of a star cup, falling from the sky to the earth.
only.
Nearly ten thousand years have passed since the old era when the gods looked down upon the world and saints and demigods walked the earth.
In this era, let alone the gods, even the demigods have disappeared for a long time.
As a result, the meteors in the sky have not been seen for hundreds of years.
At this moment, the instigator of this falling star rain——
Naturally, there is only one person.
…
It's not just Deris.
At this moment, countless people throughout the Western Continent raised their heads and saw the starlight falling from the end of the sky.
For most civilians who are unaware of the truth, they can only marvel at the beauty of such a spectacular sight as the meteor shower.
However, for those viewers who are aware of the mystical connotations, its meaning is completely different.
The falling of stars.
The tragic song of the divine realm.
Whether it is a divine body that carries part of the true god's divinity, or a demigod, they have indeed set foot in the divine realm.
But at this moment, so many people who touched the divine realm fell at the same time.
Then think of the recent undercurrents and gathering storms in the imperial capital, as well as the frequent mobilization and gatherings of various cult groups in the Lost Realm.
"Is the Foresta Empire really going to be revived like the Knight King did in the past?"
…
Silent Forest.
Augustina, who was wearing a layered but simple black dress, suddenly raised her eyes and looked towards the south of the continent, which was the location of the most prosperous country of mankind - the Foresta Empire.
"Are you back?"
The falling meteor shower above the night sky was reflected in those red-gold eyes, as brilliant as a galaxy of stars.
Although this place is extremely far away from the Foresta Empire, separated by an entire Grant Sea.
However, Augustina spoke softly to herself as if she had witnessed the scene.
"He just came back and he caused such a big commotion."
"Your personality of liking to show off in front of others really hasn't changed at all."
"but……"
She paused for a moment, a faint smile forming at the corner of her mouth.
"If you weren't like this, you wouldn't be able to be my dragon knight."
…
"Why are you shaking?"
"Do I look that evil?"
On the outskirts of the imperial city, Char's mental power also moved slightly, and he saw the falling meteor shower.
Come to think of it, he really didn't know how many gods he had killed, and he was actually rewarded with such a cool killing effect.
However, at this moment he is conquering people with virtue, no, he is conquering snakes with virtue. Such a cool background can also add a bit of persuasiveness to him.
I can only say that the special effects team did a great job and they deserve a thumbs up.
“Look…”
Char continued to touch the little mercury snake's head kindly.
"What a beautiful shooting star."
"I just wanted to talk to you and ask you some questions."
"You don't want to be one of those shooting stars, do you?"
"Gu, kill me."
The little mercury snake shrank even more, but kept repeating the same words over and over again.
This also made Xia feel helpless.
He was indeed quite curious about this little mercury snake.
After all, although he had dealt with many true gods in the past, he was basically on the opposite side.
Those evil gods on the abyss side would spit fire from their eyes when they saw me, and they would want to kill my entire family. It was impossible for me to communicate normally with them.
He had no chance to find out any secrets of the Age of Gods.
And now we have finally caught a living mythical creature, and it seems to be mentally normal. Perhaps it is the kind that the Order side can communicate with.
Then Char would naturally take advantage of him.
However, for some reason, this little snake kept repeating the same thing over and over again: "Kill me."
Xia naturally didn't believe the little snake's nonsense.
He did not think that these mythical creatures were truly fearless of death. Otherwise, they would not have been able to survive from the First Age to the present.
There is a high probability that even if I kill the other party's physical body now, he still has some kind of trump card to come back to life.
It's as if the other true gods are still trapped deep in the astral realm, and if they want to do anything in the world they can only rely on their believers and sects, and it's extremely difficult for them to descend.
But only this little snake quietly relied on several remnants of the angel family who were not even at the fourth ring level, and appeared in the main material plane in its real physical form.
However, it is obviously not easy to find evidence against the Mercury Snake.
Fortunately, although Char himself didn't know, there was naturally someone who knew, no, it was the cup.
If Abei doesn’t work, the worst that can happen is that I can go ask the teacher.
Judging from the cowardly reaction when Vermillion Moon first saw her teacher, her golden elf master must be the nemesis of these mythical creatures.
I don’t know if Hathaway’s name has the effect of stopping the crying of young mythical creatures.
…
As he was thinking this, Char heard light footsteps coming from behind him.
The high heels stepped on the desolate broken tiles and walked towards her step by step.
"Finished?"
A cool and pleasant voice rang in Char's ears.
"Um."
Xia nodded, put the mercury snake into his space pocket, and turned to look at the silver-haired queen behind him.
“Really…”
"As reliable as ever."
Isadela stretched out her slender fingers, smoothed the messy silver hair on her forehead, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
Different from the worried Diris, there are also those nobles who are fence-sitters, jumping back and forth between loyalty and breaking crutches.
From beginning to end, Isadella never doubted Char's victory.
Although, such trust seems very emotional and illogical.
However, Isadella always believed in her heart.
It has been like this ever since Char appeared before him in Camelot under the blood moon.
Even after a thousand years, it has never changed.
Isadella stretched slightly, and a lazy curve was outlined under her dark military uniform.
As the second princess of the empire, Isadella has been the subject of countless people's expectations and attention since she was diagnosed with the talent of a beastmaster because of her extraordinary talent.
Supporters hoped that she would become an excellent queen and lead the empire to become great again.
And her opponents continued to observe and study her every word and action day after day, year after year.
He wanted to find her flaws and mental loopholes, and then kill this young candidate for the throne with one blow.
So in order to meet the expectations of others, Isadella has always held herself to the most stringent standards.
While other noble girls were gathered together, discussing popular dress styles and the latest romance novels in the Royal Book Club, Isadella was wandering between the military, the Administrative Bureau and the Adventurer's Guild, experiencing the most demanding imperial education.
What accompanied her day and night were not the teddy bears, flowers and beautiful clothes that other children of her age had, but cold military books and a cold and dazzling practice sword.
Give up the leisure time to chant Butterfly Loves Flower.
Give up the love between you and me.
She doesn’t have close friends like other girls of the same age—
Because a so-called "ideal king" who perfectly meets the expectations of ministers and the emperor should not have such a weak mental flaw of relying on others.
but.
Now think about it——
Isadella glanced sideways.
It fell on the back of the black-haired and black-eyed figure in front of him.
At this moment, the memories that had been buried deep in her heart suddenly flooded into Isadella's heart like a tide.
That is a memory from a long, long time ago.
It was so long ago that her mother had not yet passed away due to illness, and she was only seven or eight years old, a carefree little girl in the palace.
The mother, whose image had become blurred, was holding the young Isadela in her arms, swaying slightly on the shabby swing in the palace garden.
"The results of your mental power test are out. They are excellent. They have broken the royal record and are a talent that is comparable to that of the Knight King who founded the empire."
"Both your father and the ministers are very happy. The dean of the Beast Taming Academy even said that he would train a perfect black-scaled Asian dragon cub specifically for you to sign a contract with when you are promoted to Legend."
"But, I don't like you being like that..."
"As a mother, I just hope that you can grow up safely and happily..."
"And if you are in danger and stuck in a quagmire, it would be great if there is someone of the opposite sex who can pull you out of the abyss by the hand."
"I fell in love with him because your father saved me from a group of bandits. Being with him is the happiness of my life."
"Even though I married into the royal family, it also meant being at the center of power and conspiracy. Every step had to be treading on thin ice, guarding against plots from all sides... I have never regretted it."
"Little Issa."
The gentle mother gently stroked the little girl's head.
"Hopefully one day."
"You can also meet someone by chance, and that is your own happiness..."
My own...
Are you happy?
Mother, at that time, I still didn't quite understand what you meant -
"But I think..."
“Now I have found it.”
The evening breeze carried away Isadella's mumblings, and no one heard them.
At the end of the distant skyline, a few faint rays of sunlight appeared.
The night fades away and dawn breaks.
What is coming is a brand new chapter.
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