Chapter 248: When the wall falls, everyone pushes it.

"You..." Joseph knelt on the ground, holding his broken arm tightly. The severe pain almost suffocated him.

When had he ever felt such pain? Even when Li Er cut off his arm last time, he lost consciousness because of the ice barrier. But now.

The dark red blood magic power continued to erode the wound on his broken arm. He could only continuously release magic power to resist, but the process of resistance was extremely painful.

Ever since he became a superb wizard and obtained a seat in parliament, Joseph has become high and mighty.

No matter what the occasion, as long as he used powerful spells, he would amaze most people. He spent most of his time studying fire spells and did not pay much attention to actual combat.

High-level professionals cannot break through his arcane shield. As for extraordinary professionals, there are not many in the entire Kingdom of Kalia. Who will come to fight him?

Joseph had indulged himself in his pride of supernatural power, and now his pride had cost him.

"This is my punishment for you." The Blood King not far away said calmly, as if cutting off Joseph's arm was just a casual act.

Such an opponent is not worthy of any attention. He has the power of an extraordinary wizard but lacks the combat ability to match it, just like those academic wizards.

"I have cooperated with your Speaker, and the Blood Cult is about to build a temple in the Royal City of Kalia, so I forgive your rudeness." The Blood King spoke again, his tone still as domineering and condescending.

The mages around looked at each other when they heard this. Some of them were angry, some were panicked, but no one spoke.

Lareina heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. She didn't think the Blood King in front of her was arrogant at all.

She had witnessed the battle between the Blood King and the incarnation of the Golden Goddess with her own eyes. She was already very grateful that such a ruthless man could spare Joseph's life.

She remembered her guess again and glanced at Lear standing in the corner without leaving a trace.

Lear did not move at all, as if he was watching a good show.

Lareina frowned, remained silent for several seconds, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Let's go." The Blood King glanced at Joseph, who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling all over. He put away the Flame Heart in front of him, and then called out to the Flame Spirit.

"Yes! My great king!" The Flame Spirit returned to the Blood King. Its huge body shrank and finally became the size of an ordinary adult. It completely lost its majestic and domineering posture.

He no longer had the slightest resistance to submitting to the Blood King. He did not break the arcane barrier released by Lareina, but the Blood King simply released a long sword condensed with blood magic power to pierce through it.

The gap between the two is not a little bit.

A bright red portal appeared in the night sky, and the Blood King walked straight in. After a brief hesitation, the Flame Spirit gritted his teeth and followed.

Only the mages of the Arcane Council remained in the ruins.

The flames have stopped, but the Flame Hand Mage Tower has been burned to ashes. In the ruins, the energy core of the Flame Hand Mage Tower still emits a faint light.

Lareina flew to the energy core and picked it up.

This is a gift from the Goddess of Arcane. Fortunately, it is still intact, but a lot of its power has been consumed, and it will take a long time to recover.

After putting away the energy core, Lareina turned around and found that all the mages were looking at her, as if they were dissatisfied with her for letting the Blood King go.

Lalena sighed and looked at Joseph who was kneeling on the ground. "You shouldn't have acted impulsively against Mr. Monger."

Hearing this, Joseph was stunned for a moment. Not only Joseph, but even the mages around him frowned.

"What did you say?" Joseph looked at Lalena with a twisted expression. "I had one arm cut off by a heretic, and you didn't help me. Now you're telling me not to be impulsive?"

"Didn't you ask for your arm to be cut off?" Lalena responded coldly.

"What's going on with that fire demon? I'd like to ask you, why would a heretic fire demon appear in your wizard tower?" Lalena continued, "That fire demon said that it was his heart that helped you achieve transcendence!"

"Senator Joseph, shouldn't you explain yourself?"

Lalena's voice was so powerful that Joseph was stunned. The Flame Heart was his biggest secret, and now it was exposed, but he couldn't admit it.

His reputation in Parliament is that of a diligent man who achieves excellence through hard work, and he cannot become a cheater who achieves excellence through heresy.

After a few seconds of angry silence, Joseph said sharply: "None of this is important. What is important is that I am a member of the parliament and you are the speaker of the parliament. You should assist me from the standpoint of the parliament instead of accusing me for a heresy!"

Joseph tried to change the subject, but the mockery on Lalena's face became even stronger.

"It's because I stand on the parliament's side that I reprimand you!" Lareina said coldly.

"What did you say?" Joseph was stunned.

"Do you know who the Blood King is?" Lalena continued, "He is the ruler of the Blood Cult, a professional of extraordinary level, and has cooperated with the War Church. Even the War Pope has to show respect to him."

"Half a year ago, he built a temple in the capital of Knox. Three extraordinary professionals from the Golden Church wanted to purge heresy but were easily defeated by him. At that time, even the incarnation of the Golden Goddess appeared, but was still defeated by the Blood King!"

"That's a being that can go head-to-head with the incarnation of the Goddess of Golden Law. Do you want the parliament to declare war on such a strong being just for you?"

"Besides, this conflict was originally started by you. That fire demon must be something you hid, right? If that demon wreaks havoc in the Kalia King City, can you stop it?"

Lareina's voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears, and many people understood what kind of existence the Blood King was just now.

Can you go head-to-head with the incarnation of the Golden Goddess? Is this possible? How can mortals fight against gods?

Some people showed doubtful expressions.

"What Lalena said is true." At this moment, an old voice sounded.

An old man wearing a monocle slowly walked out of the crowd.

"Master Archer?" someone said the old wizard's name.

"Uncle Archer." Lareina also recognized the visitor.

Archer Isaacs, the extraordinary wizard who once commanded the Council's Flame Legion, retired more than ten years ago.

"Lareina girl, I'm glad that you can stand up and reorganize this corrupt parliament." Archer bluntly stated the current situation of the parliament, and while speaking he glanced at Joseph on the ground.

Hearing Archer's words, Lareina was stunned for a moment, a guilty look on her face. The parliament is indeed too corrupt now.

This was due to Joseph and others, as well as her own reasons.

As the Speaker of the Parliament, she ignored the Parliament and should have stopped Joseph's behavior.

"Mr. Archer, do you think what Speaker Lareina said just now is true? Do you have any evidence for this?" A wizard raised the question.

The other wizards also looked at Archer. It was obvious that the affairs of the Blood King were more important to them than the affairs of the parliament.

Archer didn't hesitate and took out a crystal from the storage props. It was a photo crystal, a prop for recording images.

"This is the evidence I obtained in the royal city of Knox. It records the entire process of the Blood King's battle with the Goddess of Golden Law after he established the Blood Temple." Archer said lightly.

After saying that, he opened the photo stone.

A huge picture was projected into the night sky, and the figure of the Blood King appeared in front of everyone.

The scene played, and soon the Goddess of Golden Law arrived, but the target of her sword was another person.

Lear Stuart!

Some people recognized the people in the picture, and all eyes fell on Lear in the corner.

"Lil Stuart, you are the heir of the Border Duke of the Kingdom of Brayfield, a special executive of the Church of War, and a transcendent professional who possesses both war and arcane laws. Your wife is also a transcendent professional who believes in the Law of the Morning Star."

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"She does not follow the laws of the three major orthodox religions, but she is very powerful and once easily defeated the former Saint of the Golden Church."

"You even have more than two laws on you. You can also use your wife's Morning Star Law."

Archer also turned his gaze to Lear, and told him little by little all the details that Lear had exposed.

The old wizard had stripped Lear almost naked, except for the Blood King's priest.

After hearing the old wizard's words, all the wizards were stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lear with horror.

A super professional of the Three Laws? This is simply a fantasy.

"Old sir, you know me quite well." Lear was stunned for a moment and looked at the old wizard with some surprise.

"When Lareina announced that you would become the new senator a few months ago, I went to the royal city of Knox to investigate you. After all, I couldn't let just anyone deceive Lareina." Archer said lightly.

"Do you think I deceived Speaker Lareina?" Li Er raised his eyebrows.

"No, your strength is beyond doubt, and you may even be no weaker than that Blood King. If you want to attack Lareina, no one in the parliament should be able to stop you." Archer shook his head, "But you can get the gift of the goddess, so you are one of us."

Out of his belief in the gods, Lear, who was blessed by the goddess of arcane, was obviously regarded as a security guard by Archer.

Everyone had a new understanding of Lear, and their eyes looking at Lear became respectful.

Joseph and Ian on the side had ugly expressions on their faces. If what Archer said was true, then Joseph's provocation to Lear was just like that of a clown.

They had seen how powerful the Blood King was, but was Lear not weaker than him? The scene in the photo gave them the answer.

After seeing that Lear was fighting against the incarnation of the Goddess of Golden Law without losing, the wizards looked at Lear differently.

The images continued to play, and soon it was the Blood King's turn to appear. As the oppressive scarlet incarnation of corruption descended, the night became silent.

Archer and Lareina also looked at the hideous demon in the picture. Even though they had seen it before, watching it again still made them feel afraid.

Lareina couldn't help but look at Lear again. Is Lear really the horrible demon in the picture?

She took a deep breath. She couldn't be sure whether Lear was the Blood King, although all signs and her woman's intuition told her that they were the same person.

The video was played in silence.

The silence lasted for a long time before being broken. "Is that demon the Blood King from before?"

"What kind of monster is that?"

"Fortunately, we didn't really have a falling out with that monster."

In just a moment, all the dissatisfaction towards Lareina disappeared, and what was left was only the fear of the Blood King and the dissatisfaction with Joseph.

All eyes fell on Joseph. Was Joseph actually provoking a dispute with that monster? Actually, the Blood King had not done anything excessive. It was just that the heretic creature that Joseph had hidden had appeared, and the Fire Demon had burned down the Mage Tower.

The Blood King only came to subdue the Fire Demon, and to be honest he helped the parliament a lot.

After all, that fire demon looks like someone who is not easy to mess with.

"Does anyone still think that Lareina should help Joseph fight the Blood King?" Archer turned around and looked at the many wizards present.

"No, the Speaker's decision is absolutely correct!"

"That's right. It's all Senator Joseph's fault! We should hold Senator Joseph accountable. And also about the matter of the fire demon. Why did that demon appear in the Flame Hand Mage Tower?"

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There is endless condemnation. As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it. Joseph, who was in the limelight with 60% support in the Speaker election not long ago, is now being condemned by everyone.

Joseph's face was gloomy, but he was unable to refute.

"I think Congressman Joseph may not be suitable to be the new Speaker elect." Another wizard spoke up.

Hearing this, Joseph finally couldn't help but raise his head. He had worked so hard for the Speaker election for so long, but was he going to fail here?

"Let's talk about this later. Now let's seal off this place and see if there are any survivors." Larena glanced at Joseph. She finally tried hard, but before she could make a move, Joseph fell down.

Even if it means retaining Joseph's eligibility for the election as speaker, Lalena feels that she has won! "Well, there is also the matter of the Flaming Hand Mage Tower. If it needs to be rebuilt, you will have to pay for it yourself, Joseph." Lalena added, "The parliament will pay to help you build the Mage Tower, but only once. I will keep the energy core of the Mage Tower and replace it after you have rebuilt it."

The energy core of the Mage Tower belongs to the Parliament, even after the Mage Tower is built. The parliamentarians only have the right to use the energy core of the Mage Tower, not the right of ownership.

After Lareina gave the order, the mages took action. They began to clean up the ruins of the mage tower. Not long after, a lavender protective shield was dug out from the ruins.

Inside was Freddy, Joseph's son, whose body was extensively burned.

(End of this chapter)