Chapter 624 End of the Synder Empire
Blake sat in silence with his gaze pinned on Azkelwart who drank his tea in silence. As soon as he had emptied the content of his teacup, Azkelwart put the cup aside and turned his attention to Blake.
"Becoming the All-Father," He responded to Blake's question.
"What?!" Blake exclaimed in shock as he couldn't believe his ears.
Blake's body jolted in shock as soon as he heard those words. His mind was prepared for numerous possible responses, but never did it cross his mind this would be Azkelwart's answer to his question.
"We have only one chance to do it, so we have to make it count," Azkelwart said, seemingly completely unaware of the turmoil in Blake's mind.
"Doesn't that mean…" Blake's eyebrows furrowed as he spoke, but Azkelwart cut him off.
"Cassius will relinquish his role as the all-father when the time comes, so you don't have to worry about him," Azkelwart chuckled since he understood Blake's worries.
Only after hearing this did Blake let out a sigh of relief. At this point, his mind drifted back to Azkelwart's initial words about him combining the second and third stages.
"What did you mean when you said I must combine the second and third stages?" Blake asked.
"To become the All-Father, you have to prove to the Mother-Stream that you are worthy," Azkelwart explained. "To do this you have to help the inhabitants of the realm,"
"The first stage would be freeing the human race from its unjust captivity." Azkelwart continued. "This alone would go a long way as it involves the entire realm,"
As Blake listened to Azkelwart's explanation, he understood the reason behind the first task.
"With that, once you enter the main realm you would continue to prove your worth to the Mother Stream while in search of Gods and their inheritances," Azkelwart said and Blake nodded in understanding.
Blake silently mulled over Azkelwart's words, and he understood this would not be an easy task. He was tasked with saving the human race from prison and defeating Gods for their inheritance. If this wasn't related to the survival of the infinite realm, Blake was certain he would have politely declined.
"Ooh, remember that there would be some traitors also vying for the position of the All-Father, so it won't be an easy mission," Azkelwart added and Blake laughed bitterly in his heart.
Even without the traitors getting involved, this could be considered a very dangerous task. With the traitors included, it was not only dangerous but tricky as well.
However, he understood that if a traitor became the All-Father, they would do the same thing as Valerius. This was the worst-case scenario Blake was determined to prevent at all costs.
At that moment the door to the room opened and Zultra walked in, his appearance was a carbon copy of Azkelwart. As if in response to his return, Fury's voice echoed across the room, and this got Blake's attention.
"Welcome back home…"
"Nice to hear your voice again, Fury," Zultra responded with a light chuckle. "Long time no see Zultra or should I call you Professor Hoffenheim?" Blake said with a smirk.
Hearing that name, Zultra couldn't help but smile deeply.
"My favorite student!" He exclaimed excitedly. "I heard about all the wonders you were doing," Zultra said.
Although he had stayed in the Synder empire for years, he never saw it as his home. Because of this, he wasn't bothered when Blake turned rogue, instead, he was fascinated by his accomplishments.
"It's nothing much," Blake responded earnestly. "To be honest, it's all thanks to Ebony and Ivory."
Saying those words, Blake smiled at the two puppy-sized wolves and patted their heads, causing them to bark joyfully while they wagged their tails.
"By the way, thanks for the gift," Blake said to Zultra. "It saved my life"
Hearing this, Zultra simply smiled and patted Ebony and Ivory's heads as well.
"It's nothing much, I am really glad it was useful," he said.
He then turned his attention to Azekelwart, and a bright smile bloomed on his face.
"Glad to see you, Dad…" Zultra said.
… Meanwhile…
Dorian appeared in the sky, in his right hand was a beating heart and some distance away from him was Emperor Synder who stood like a statue with a look of shock on his face.
His armour was battered and broken, and his face was covered in blood. There was a gaping hole on his chest and if one looked carefully they would be able to see primordial darkness dancing within him, eating away his insides.
The emperor swayed a bit in midair, with a reddened face, as he struggled for the very last time. His vision of Dorian wielding his heart became blurrier, and he instinctively reached for it.
Bam!
Dorian clenched his fist and crushed the heart. The dying Emperor flashed a final look with a face mixed with pain, hatred and denial before falling off the sky.
At that moment, Cassius appeared, but his condition was worse than Dorian's. His body was riddled with bruises and some spots on his attire were soaked in black blood. His body swayed back and forth as it struggled to remain afloat. Seeing this, Dorian appeared by his side and quickly supported Cassius. Dorian's pensive gaze glanced around in hopes of finding the corpses of Cassius' foes, but after searching, he realized that nothing had come out with Cassius because the bodies of the two deities had been destroyed.
The appearance of these two could only mean one thing, the Synder empire had lost! Their Gods and Emperor had been defeated, this shattered the fighting spirit of the forces of the Synder empire.
With no choice left, they quickly surrendered, even though Cassius was clearly hurt from his battle. They all knew, that even in this condition, they still didn't stand a chance.
They understood that the difference between a being like Cassius and them was just too great.
Weapons began being dismissed from the hands of the Synder empire soldiers. They all knew that with the conclusion of this war, the glorious age of the Synder empire had come to an end.
AN: End of Volume Three, two more to go!!!
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