Emperor's Reckoning

Zeth furrowed his eyebrows before he looked back to the source of the crashing sound. Beyond the closed gate, the smoke produced by the collapsing of half of the palace was visible. (They're inside already?!).

When he came to the battlefield he managed to scout and dispatch his team orderly. On the way, he didn't manage to see the two strongest enemies but now it was all clear. They were inside all along.

(But how?....?!) He realized that the only being that could do that sort of thing was obviously the young man he was looking for. The very goal of this joint operation.

*boom

The gate was wrecked as Zeth made his way toward the castle.

Jugen immediately chased him before Parriot pulled him back.

"What are you doing?" asked Jugen. The enemy was going to the place where his queen was at.

"Stopping you for interfering, there is no need for you to go and chased him, us three will be waiting here," said Parriot.

He knew where the enemy was going, and there was no hope of him leaving there alive if he met the two of the most feared women in the labyrinth. If the three of them had gone in, they would only be getting in their way.

"With that monster there, there is no need for you to worry about the queen's safety."

(Besides, the queen herself has significant power that's dwelling inside her) thought Parriot as he recollected the scene where Lyon fought against the black-haired queen.

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"Hmm, it looks like my job here is done," said the monk as he bowed against Vale.

Vale crossed his arm as he said, "Oh, c'mon, giving up already? My reinforcement will arrive soon,"

The monk laughed before he shook his bald head, "You must be joking, how many bones inside my body have you broken?"

He even felt pain when he cupped his hands, there was no chance if he were to against the entire army.

"This is goodbye for now, hahaha," laughed the monk before he flickered a jade stone and crushed it.

He was instantly encapsulated by mana before turning him into a dot light then flew away at blinding speed.

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Dina smiled as the middle-aged man was in the right position to be pincered.

However, the man expressionlessly pulled out the same jade stone where the monk had just used. Without even looking at his enemies he crushed it and flee the scene. Leaving the trio dumbstruck.

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Tristan furrowed his eyebrows as he saw two jade lights shooting out to the sky. (What the)

He raised his eyebrows as he realized what's going on, "As if I would let you!"

*crack

The cloaked enemies crushed their stones and left the same way as the others.

"Tch! Too late," said Tristan as he watched them flee.

He looked up once more and realized that, by the trajectories, they were all going in different ways.

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The four women get off from their horses as before Sylviana led them to the dumbstruck king.

"It's over Drake," said the queen with a crossed arm.

"To think that a low-class kingdom such as yours dared to speak my name without my title, are you really certain that you already won the war?" said the king of Heaven's Dawn.

"The result is shown to you right under your very eyes," said Sylviana as she gestured him to look at the two hundred thousand corpses laying on the empty street.

Drake gritted his teeth before he said, "You are just a lucky lass! You have no skills nor heart to govern a kingdom from the start!"

"I know I am lucky, and I'm eternally grateful, but if one were blessed, would you throw it away?"

Her response caught his silence. The king knew that he too would use the power if it were given to him.

"You shall not have my kingdom!" screamed the king as he roughly took the transparent stone.

"Ancestor, help us!" shouted the king as he pricked his finger and stained the stone with his blood.

*flash

The stone enlightened as Fei immediately took a step forward to shield her queen.

An old existence that Deo ever witnessed before finally resurfaced. Many youngsters had forgotten his name but the feat he left was observable to the masses. The frightening power that made Heaven's Dawn a kingdom to be reckoned with, its first king.

Though the figure looked like a middle-aged man, its unbelievable presence put pressure on the entire kingdom.

*thud

The king kowtowed as he yelled out, "Great ancestor! Please protect us from destruction!"

The figure stood emotionlessly as if he didn't hear the desperate wail of his descendant. Slowly, his feet left the soil as he floated in the air.

Ryona readied herself as the fight was about to begin, "Interesting, you are at least a peak Divine Realm cultivator if you can do that."

The king smiled as he said, "Hah, your victory is nothing but an illusion you make for yourselves, not even the entire Luderia could have hope to even hit my ancestor!"

"I guess it's my turn then," said Kyoko with a smile. Her red and blue eyes were mesmerizing as always.

"Hmph! Be as arrogant as you- WHAT!?"

Kyoko's feet lightly left the soil as she calmly faced the first king.

"I-Impossible! How could this be?!" said the king as he stumbled backward. He always thought that his ancestor was the peak existence in Deo but now the reality was not such.

"Nothing is impossible for an overseer, though I am jealous, I wish I could fly like that," said Ryona dejected.

"Fufufu, you can obtain this ability if you didn't slack off your training," said Kyoko with a chuckle.

The first king stood emotionlessly still as if he didn't have any kind of feelings. His eyes were dead as if there was no focus but the power he exuded was real. The skin was not pale like a corpse, in fact, it was vigorous.

Kyoko furrowed her eyebrows before she noticed what's going on, "I see, this is only a remnant of your true power left behind for your descendants, I wonder if the real you is still alive or not."