After hearing Nguyen Thanh An's words, the believers finally realized the truth, and then—due to their weakness, they all fainted.
Seeing that the die was cast and the foolish believers had fallen unconscious, Lucas finally released his hand from his arm and looked at Nguyen Thanh An, as he felt the power of faith ceasing to flow into his body.
"Dolores, I'm really angry this time."
"Yeah?"
Ruan Qing'an raised an eyebrow slightly and retorted, "Too bad, I'll only make you angrier. Stop hiding your true colors. Since you call yourself an envoy, then don't act like a shadowy rat."
"You're right, aren't you, Lucas?"
These words caused an uproar throughout the room. Even the church members who had remained calm until now were stunned upon hearing this—they all knew who Lucas was.
He was the Lancaster family's butler and Dolores's representative, but now, how could this be...?
After a brief silence, feeling the surprised gazes falling upon him, Lucas remained calm. He pulled down the hood of his cloak and looked up at Ruan Qing'an: "Is this what you meant by making me angrier? Dolores, this disappoints me."
The moment Lucas's true identity was revealed, the atmosphere fell into complete silence. Even the members of the Church of Light who had been following behind calling him "Your Excellency the Messenger" did not expect that it really was Lucas.
But the three people in the standoff ignored them.
Ruan Qing'an looked at him coldly, then suddenly a smile appeared on her lips: "No, I just can't stand your evasiveness."
As for what made you angry—
She paused, then smiled radiantly: "Take your disgusting god and yourself, and get out of the continent of Hilar immediately."
Along with these words, before anyone knew it, Ruan Qing'an had already grasped the dark gold rose scepter, and unexpectedly, a magic circle glowing with fire appeared at Lucas's feet.
In an instant, barbs appeared!
Lucas immediately stepped back, dodging her attack, and stared intently at Nguyen Thanh An: "Dolores, you'll regret this."
As he retreated, Lucas leaped high into the air. The blood from his pierced arm had stopped flowing. He stood in mid-air with his arms outstretched, enveloped in black power of death and curse, causing him to slowly float in mid-air.
With his uninjured hand, he raised his staff high, and the concentrated attack shattered the platform. In the instant the platform shattered, as if a mechanism had been triggered, a teleportation array appeared.
In an instant, light shone everywhere!
Lucas sneered, "You think I wasn't prepared, Dolores? My leniency towards you isn't a bargaining chip for you to use against me. You two really think you can turn the world upside down?!"
"What, do you think you're the god?"
Although Ruan Qing'an mocked mercilessly, his eyes were fixed on the teleportation array, not daring to relax for even a moment.
Following the burst of light, more and more figures appeared within the massive teleportation array. Among them were members of the Lancaster family and royalty; most were warriors, with a smaller number being mages—
When they are combined, they are a force to be reckoned with!
After everyone was teleported out, Lucas stood in mid-air, his cloak fluttering without wind, and said loudly, "I told you, you have no chance, Dolores, after you 'die'."
"Everything you possess will vanish. Even your prized talent and strength are nothing but a joke to me!"
“I have controlled the Lancaster family for many years, and the royal family has also given me their full support. Dolores, I advise you not to push me too far. I don’t want to be too cruel to you.”
"...Managed for many years?"
Ruan Qing'an asked in a low voice, his gaze falling on the group of Lancaster family servants who had appeared inside the teleportation array.
Thinking Ruan Qing'an was incredulous, Lucas said again, "Of course, if you 'die,' I can strip the entire Lancaster family of its power, and even if you don't die, the same thing will happen!"
Faced with such a situation where the enemy outnumbers us.
Aldridge's gaze involuntarily turned to Nguyen Thanh An: "Do you need me to help, Master? There are too many of them."
"No need, just charge up your power. You have your own people to deal with."
Ruan Qing'an calmly clapped his hands at the Lancaster family members and said, "Now, get over here."
The thorn rose pattern encased in the scepter and longsword blossomed at Ruan Qing'an's feet as she spoke, a unique way the Lancaster family identified her.
Seeing this, Lucas smiled: "Dolores, you—"
He had intended to mock Nguyen Thanh An's overestimation of her abilities. Within the Lancaster family, Lucas had long since sidelined her. However, before Lucas could even finish speaking, the servants who had been teleported over switched sides the moment they saw Nguyen Thanh An.
They follow their true master almost instinctively.
"Miss."
The servants bowed and respectfully called out their master's name.
On the open ground, they all stood behind Ruan Qingan, as loyal as silent guards.
Lucas, who thought he had successfully sidelined Lucas, looked grim.
They didn't ask why news of Dolores's death had come earlier, nor why Lucas, the butler and spokesperson, had suddenly betrayed them. All they needed to know was—
Obey Dolores's orders.
Ruan Qingan glanced at the servants behind him and laughed: "Lucas, only you are a born rebel."
Seeing this, Lucas frowned, slammed his staff into the ground again, and the teleportation array shone brightly. Behind the dazzling light, more and more people appeared.
Lucas said coldly, "Isn't she just a servant of the Lancaster family? Dolores, do you really think I have no other options?"
Ruan Qingan remained silent, standing with his arms crossed, waiting.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, accompanied by the long neighing of horses. A nobleman dressed in gorgeous clothes rode a white horse, and even the horse's mane was tied with gold thread.
The nobles rode in from the end of the street.
"Members of the Smith family, sever ties with the royal family!"
"Those belonging to the Brown family, sever ties with the royal family!"
"Those belonging to the Davis family are to renounce the royal family!"
...
More and more nobles came, one after another loudly announcing that these families were the top noble families of the Lycas Empire, but now they were announcing their separation from the royal family one after another.
Moreover, after they spoke, groups of people who were originally standing inside the teleportation array on Lucas's side switched sides and came to stand behind the nobles.
The nobles stood behind Nguyen Thanh An.
In the Lycas Empire, the royal family only had guards. Other warriors and mages who could be mobilized, although nominally members of the royal family, actually came from different families. Therefore, when the nobles announced their separation from the royal family, the empire instantly disintegrated.
Seeing this, Lucas immediately stopped the teleportation array and stared intently at Ruan Qing'an: "Doro, Lis, it was you who did this, wasn't it?!"
Ruan Qingan chuckled and stepped forward.
Her leaden eyes held a chilling mockery: "Didn't you say I lost everything after faking my death? Sorry, as long as Dolores Lancaster stands here, then—"
"I represent everything."
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