Chapter 1073 Pride Goes Before Destruction [Part 2]
"Lux…" Emperor Andreas muttered as he looked at the Half-Elf whose name had given him sleepless nights for the past few days.
His spies had informed him about the commotion that took place in the Fynn Kingdom, and it filled him with dread.
Because of this, he immediately assembled an emergency meeting with his ministers and advisers. Their goal was to think of how they would act if the Half-Elf were to order the army of the Fynn Kingdom to march towards his empire.
He was no longer that weak child that they had bullied in the past.
The Half-Elf was now someone that could move unhindered across the land.
They already knew that a battle against Lux was hopeless, but seeing him now, they realized that they had severely underestimated his strength.
Three Supremes, hundreds of Saints, and a Flying Battleship that was big enough to block the sun and shroud their capital city in darkness.
Taking a deep breath in hopes of preventing his entire body from shaking, Emperor Andreas forcefully calmed his wildly beating heart as he looked at the Half-Elf, whose lips were curled up into a sneer.
He knew that his day of reckoning would come, and yet, he was not prepared to face it so soon.
"What must I do for you to spare my Empire?" Emperor Andreas asked. "What must I do for you to forg—"
"One moment," Lux cut off Emperor Andreas before he could finish whatever he was going to say.
The Half-Elf raised his hand, and immediately, dozens of Saints descended upon the Capital City.
Emperor Andreas panicked because he thought that these Saints were going to kill him, but it didn't take long before he realized that he wasn't their target.
The Saints apprehended the Four Saints of the Vahan Empire and dragged them towards the flying Bone Ship, where their Master was waiting.
"Avery," Eiko stated. "Do it!"
"Yes, Your Highness," Avery replied in a respectful tone.
With a wave of his hand, four Bone Spears flew towards the Four Saints and pierced their chests.
Emperor Andreas, who watched this scene, felt as if his chest was also pierced by the Bone Spears that were now firmly embedded in the bodies of the Protectors of his Empire.
A moment later, a Black Coffin materialized in front of one of the Saints and opened its lid.
Dozens of black hands emerged from it and latched onto the Saint, who no longer had the strength to resist.
The three remaining Saints, as well as the High-Rankers of the Vahan Empire who had now arrived at the scene, watched as the Black Coffin devoured one of their Saints with looks of horror on their faces.
"W-Wait…," Emperor Andreas tried to gather his voice, and courage to speak out. "Please… Stop."
His once commanding tone that made his subordinates and enemies fall in line was nowhere to be heard.
Emperor Andreas had lost the edge of his voice. His tone no longer sounded like a ruler in power, but more like a beggar desperately pleading for coins.
One by one, the Saints of the Vahan Empire were devoured by Blackfire. After devouring the last Saint, it flew back towards the Bone Ship and hovered beside Lux.
"Um, you can continue now," Lux said as he shifted his attention to Emperor Andreas. "What were you trying to say earlier?"
"Continue!" Eiko glared at the Emperor who once bullied her Papa.
Emperor Andreas shifted his attention back to Lux. However, this time, he felt lost, as if he had forgotten what he was about to say earlier.
"I-I… I," Emperor Andreas stuttered as his mind tried to process everything that had happened.
The Four Saints, who served as the Protectors of his kingdom were now gone, and he was left alone facing the person whom he had wronged in the past.
Only a minute had passed since the last Saint had been devoured, and yet, in that span of a minute, the Emperor Andreas seemed to have aged more than thirty years.
Aron gritted his teeth and flew towards his Emperor in order to offer his assistance.
Lux eyed the High-Ranker but didn't make any move to stop him from reaching the Emperor.
"Your Majesty," Aron said as he supported the body of the King, who seemed to have lost the strength in his body. "Are you okay?"
The moment this question escaped Aron's lips, he almost had the strong urge to slap himself for asking a stupid question.
How could his Emperor be okay after everything that had happened?
The worst part was that Aron believed that their misery had just only begun.
Knowing that they could not turn back, he glared at Lux and raised his voice.
"What do you want?!" Aron asked. "What must we do so that you will spare our Empire?!"
He had thrown his caution to the wind, for he knew that even if he addressed Lux in a respectful manner, nothing would change.
Emperor Andreas had done that from the very start, and the end result was still the same.
The Half-Elf and the Baby Slime didn't come to the Vahan Empire to hear their flattery. They had come for revenge, and Aron knew this with every fiber of his being.
"For starters, we have come here for two things," Lux said as he raised two of his fingers. "Eiko, tell them what we want."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Eiko replied, jumping in place.
"You heard her." Lux smiled. "We want things to go Boom!"
As soon as he finished saying his words, some of the cannons of the Battleship, Poseidon, aimed at the Grand Coliseum in the distance.
This was where Lux had fought in order to gain the certification that would allow him to create his guild in the Vahan Empire.
However, they unreasonably made things difficult for him.
This even forced Vera to prematurely appear in order to save Lux despite the fact that she was still in the middle of her recovery inside Blackfire.
A thunderous roar reverberated in the skies of the Vahan Empire, followed by a loud explosion that made the Capital City shake.
Emperor Andreas and Aron looked at the Grand Coliseum, which was one of the symbols of the Vahan Empire.
The Coliseum was completely destroyed, and only a dense black smoke rising up to the heavens could be seen in its location.
"That's one Boom," Lux stated.
"Second Boom Boom!" Eiko stated. "Fire!"
The cannons of her Battleship moved to target the Royal Palace of the once-formidable empire in the region.
Another thunderous roar erupted, and the land shook once again as the Royal Palace was instantly obliterated by an attack that could turn a Saint into meat paste.
"Now, for the last Boom," Lux eyed the Emperor of the Vahan Empire with a smirk on his face.
"Last Boom! Boom! Boom!" Eiko shouted.
This time, all the cannons aimed at Emperor Andreas and Aron, making both of them feel as if their legs were about to give way.
Lux raised his hand and imitated a gun, aiming it at the two people, whose faces turned as white as a candle.
"Bang!" Lux made a gesture as if firing the gun, making Emperor Andreas faint.
Eiko, who was perched on top of her Papa's head, giggled after seeing that the Emperor had been scared sh*tless.
"If the Vahan Empire rebuilds their Coliseum, as well as their Royal Palace, we will return," Lux declared, his voice reaching every corner of the Vahan Empire. "And at that time, you can be assured that it will also be the day when this Empire will cease to exist."
The Half-Elf smiled evilly. This sight and the Ultimatum that Lux had given them made Aron feel as if all the hairs on the back of his neck were standing on end.
"Go back!" Eiko ordered. "Fei Fei, let's go!"
"Aye, Captain!" Fei Fei replied, jumping on the steering wheel, making the Bone Ship turn to fly towards the Fynn Kingdom.
All the Saints that were hovering above the skies of the Capital City returned to the deck of the ship, leaving Emperor Andreas and Aron behind.
The right-hand man of the Emperor watched until the Flying Bone Ship disappeared into the horizon before shuddering.
'It's over,' Aron thought. 'My Emperor's dreams are now over.'
Although their Empire had been spared, he knew that, without a doubt, the Vahan Empire would never be the same again.
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