Chapter 625: Nameless 'Gift'
The nameless intelligent machines fell from the sky like dead insects.
They couldn't get close to the Queen, not even within three meters of her.
It was as if those three meters were an absolute restricted area and no one could break in.
Wuming tried many methods and launched various attacks one after another, but to little effect. The Queen didn't even move her feet.
"What's wrong? My lovely brother, don't you have any other tricks?"
The queen, holding the scepter and never leaving her seat from beginning to end, tilted her head and looked at Wuming with a smile.
The eyes under the mask flickered, and Wuming felt that he had underestimated his imperial sister again.
The Queen was extremely talented, having reached the ninth level of strength in less than a hundred years. Furthermore, she had not taken action since she personally put down a rebellion twenty years ago.
Twenty years have passed, and no one knows how strong she is now.
In fact, for a strong man, and a ninth-level strong man at that, twenty years is really just a blink of an eye. It is generally difficult to improve one's strength in such a short period of time.
It is normal for many veteran ninth-level masters to be completely stuck at a certain small stage within this phase and to die without being able to break through.
But geniuses like the Queen and Zelia are not included.
Before reaching the absolute barrier that all consciousness practitioners will encounter, they are getting stronger almost every moment! Twenty years is enough for their strength to change dramatically.
The previous judgment of the Queen's strength can no longer serve as the standard today.
Wuming actually knew this, he was just wondering how powerful the Queen was now.
"To be honest, I didn't want to go this far. After all, I still have to leave suitable talents for the empire, but..."
Wuming sighed softly, and his eyes under the mask became more determined: "But if I can make you regret it, then there is nothing to worry about."
Wuming finished speaking, raised his right hand high, and a larger space ring appeared. The light emitted from it broke through the sky and flew into the universe! In other words, the next moment after Wuming sent out the "signal", a huge magic circle suddenly appeared and covered the entire Emperor Star. No matter where you are on the Emperor Star, as long as you are in a wide and unobstructed place, as long as you look up, you can see the magic circle covering the entire Emperor Star!
The appearance of the magic circle also moved the Queen slightly.
A normal magic circle would never cause the Queen to have such a reaction, and the magic circle that could change the Queen's expression was obviously not a local magic circle.
"It turned out to be the super-level magic of the Realm of the Gods. My lovely brother, please don't tell me that you are involved with people from the outside world. If this is true... even I am afraid that I can't protect you."
The Queen's smile faded a little, and there was a bit more seriousness in her eyes as she looked at Wuming.
Although the seven realms seem to be at peace on the surface, in reality everyone assumes that they are in a state of hostility towards each other.
Having connections with people from other worlds is, in a sense, treason. If one sits idly by and watches this happen, even if the Queen is the Emperor of the Empire, there is nothing the Queen can do to help Wuming.
But Wuming no longer cared about these things at the moment. He controlled the signal flying into the sky, making it more conspicuous and stronger, and then said to the Queen:
"Guess what, my respected sister."
As soon as the words fell, a signal shot straight into the sky and suddenly exploded. After receiving this signal, many sages in the periphery also mobilized their own magic power and tried their best to activate the magic circle covering the Imperial Star.
The Queen then stood up, picked up the scepter, and sighed softly:
"No matter what, you've gone too far this time..."
"I don't care."
"You should care."
As the queen spoke, she raised the scepter in her hand high, and a dazzling light spread out in all directions from the scepter.
Against the backdrop of the light, the already glowing queen seemed to become even more illusory and transparent, standing there like a real goddess, the pressure she exuded made the people around her unable to help but worship her.
Even some people with weaker cultivation base had already knelt on the ground.
After Wuming appeared, the second prince Grisis hid behind and waited for the fight between the two to end.
One of his trump cards is Wuming. Apart from that, most of the people in the force he created will serve him after his coup is successful.
Moreover, most of them did not come here for the purpose. Their purpose was to clear all obstacles for Grisis in their respective families.
So after the second prince Grisis handed over his last trump cards, Wanshen and Wuming, he had no more cards to play.
The rest depends entirely on the confrontation between Wuming and the Queen.
Originally, after Wuming appeared, he was able to fight on equal terms with the Queen with his own mechanical fleet and various backup plans.
But now that he felt the Queen's power, Grisis felt something was wrong.
Wuming... can he really kill the queen? Grisis couldn't help but wonder.
The development of events at the scene did not stop because of Grisis's thinking. The light covering the Queen's Scepter seemed to activate something on the Imperial Star.
Countless rays of light shot into the sky and entangled with the magic circle above.
In Grisis's eyes, countless rules were colliding with each other, and the climate and temperature on the Imperial Star began to become chaotic.
And it was at this moment that the Queen's gentle voice came: "[Kneel]."
The sound was not loud, but it had an unusual magical power.
After hearing this, the eighth-level Grisis knelt on the ground without any resistance! He was not the only one who did this. The group of people who belonged to the "rebels" present, as well as the Renaissance Society and the Martial Alliance who were fighting against the imperial army outside, all knelt down.
Those who fell from the sky fell to the ground, and those who were on the ground knelt on the ground without any resistance! Just one sentence... no, just one word, and countless people died because of it! Is this... the power of the queen? Grixis stared at his mother with wide eyes, and only reacted when he saw the scepter in her hand.
No! This is not the Queen's own power! At least it's not just the Queen's power!
That scepter!
That scepter that every emperor has held as a symbol of status! There is something wrong with it!!
"…power."
Wuming, the only ninth-level warrior still standing in the field, slowly read out the method used by the Queen at this moment.
The scepter that only the emperor of the empire can hold actually contains the power of authority. This is the first time Wuming knows this.
The Queen walked down from the platform holding the scepter and walked slowly towards Wuming:
"You only know that the empire has stood for thousands of years because the emperors of each generation have worked hard to govern the country. But among so many emperors, there will always be some mediocre people who have no talent, no power, and no political skills...
"But why can they still live peacefully until they abdicate?"
The Queen raised her scepter and pointed it at Wuming: "You seem to have never considered this issue, brother."
"I have considered it...at least I once considered it." Wuming replied, his eyes falling on the scepter: "...but I later forgot about it."
“This is not normal.”
"That's right."
"But you didn't think deeply about it."
The Queen laughed.
Wuming's only response was silence.
The Queen then walked past Wuming and towards Grisis behind him, saying, "This is the difference between you and me, brother. You are more easily swayed by your emotions, while I... am more rational."
And even more cruel...
Wuming didn't say this.
He knew what the Queen was going to do to Grisis, but he no longer cared about Grisis.
The queen walked towards Grisis, looked at him kneeling on the ground, and first waved her scepter to project the scene outside here.
Then he looked at the projection, where countless people turned into monsters like meat balls, with wailing sounds everywhere, and lifted Grisius's chin with his scepter: "Grisius, in fact, I can forgive you for anything you do, including your rebellion. If you can succeed, I can abdicate, even if I die."
"Mother... Queen Mother..."
Perhaps knowing what he was about to face, Grisis's body began to tremble, and fear was revealed in his eyes, which were similar to those of the Queen.
The Queen's expression became even more loving, her eyes full of love and pity: "But you shouldn't do such a cruel thing to the people. As an emperor, you should protect your people instead of letting them suffer."
“Mother Queen…! I…I know I was wrong…Give me another chance! Next time I will definitely—!”
Before Grisis could finish his words, his head had already fallen from his neck.
There was no blood spurting out from the broken gap; all the blood was gathered in the body. However, the more this happened, the more terrifying the scene seemed.
As an eighth-rank mecha master, even if Grisis's head was broken, he could still maintain consciousness for a long time.
He could also hear the Queen's words: "There will be no next time in the power struggle. Once you fail, there is no recovery. You are not as smart as your brother, Grisis...Rest in peace."
After hearing what the Queen said, Grisis vaguely realized why his brother, who obviously had a better chance of successfully seizing power, the eldest prince who was vaguely regarded as the 'crown prince', had never done anything out of line.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to.
He doesn't dare.
"This is not... this is not fair... Mother Queen..." Grisis shed tears: "You know very well... I am not your biological child, why are you unwilling to give me more chances...!"
"I gave you chances." The queen replied, "When you were trying to win over the children of other families, and when you attacked me, I gave you many chances, but opportunities are limited, and you didn't seize them."
"It's not fair...it's not fair...it's not fair..."
Grisis was not satisfied with the result. With his remaining life remaining, he fell to the ground and repeated this sentence like a tape recorder.
In his opinion, this was indeed unfair. He did not have the power of the eldest prince, nor did he have the "glory" of being born by the queen mother. He had to rely on himself for everything.
But in the end it ended up like this... Was he too impatient?
No.
The Queen will abdicate in less than ten years. If Grithis does nothing, the eldest prince will definitely succeed her.
But Grisis's own power is already saturated, and he can't expand his power organization, even a little bit! So he can only take risks! This is not Grisis's fault, and Grisis will not admit that it is his fault! It's the Queen Mother! The Queen Mother has never been fair! It has always been like this! Grisis' heart is full of resentment and anger, but at this moment, neither the Queen nor Wuming pays attention to him anymore.
The Queen didn't seem to have much reaction to killing her own child herself, as if she had just done something insignificant.
Wuming sighed softly, took out a ball from his arms, and said softly:
"It has come to this. I had no intention of using it."
The Queen said nothing, but turned and looked at him.
Wuming looked back at the Queen, flipped his hand and threw the ball to the ground, then said to the Queen: "I lost this time, but you didn't win either. See you next time, sister."
After he finished speaking, the sphere that fell to the ground suddenly burst out with powerful energy! The energy seemed to be some kind of coordinate, causing a reaction from some forces outside the planet.
Magic circles, annihilation cannons, and various extremely powerful attack energies gathered together and surged towards the core of the Imperial Star!
This is Wuming's final attack.
He wants to destroy the entire imperial star!
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
