64. The Fallen Imperial Household (1)

All of the folks regarded up on the sky on the phrases that the Apocalypse had began. It was not simply these within the capital who regarded up; folks everywhere in the continent may hear the system converse too. 

[The Apocalypse has started.]

These phrases struck terror into all of the residents of the empire, sending them right into a panic. 

[The protective shield placed over the continent by God is now being removed. Starting now, all sleeping ancient races will awaken, and all external gods who have met the conditions to descend can now live on the continent.]

The system’s phrases threw everybody into despair. If all the traditional species and exterior gods have been to get up, then that may spell the extinction of humankind. Solely these people who had made contracts with the traditional or exterior gods could be keep alive, residing out the remainder of their days like slaves. All the pieces the system mentioned made them despondent. 

“Ahhh……”

“Is that this the start of our finish?”

“We’re all going to die! We’ll all die!”

Proper because the residents have been wailing in anguish, the pillar of sunshine over the palace precipitated the constructing to break down, and a few factor started rising up the beam of sunshine. 

“Your… Your Majesty?”

A human type was rising by way of the sunshine. 

It was the physique of the useless emperor. The ministers stared blankly on the determine whereas muttering to themselves. 

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!! This can’t be! Heuk heuk… Your Majesty! You’ll be able to’t depart like this!”

In a single nook, the chamberlain plopped onto the bottom as he sobbed. 

The pillar of sunshine may need been far-off for some, however all of the residents may distinctly see the emperor’s physique because it rose up the pillar. It wasn’t that their imaginative and prescient had all of the sudden improved, however in some way everybody within the capital may see the horrible state of his physique, along with his left arm and chest lacking because of the dragon’s assault. 

[The Hildenburg royal family has fulfilled the promise they made with the Lord to protect the God’s Orb till the end. Due to the last emperor’s noble sacrifice, the Lord God’s power will now begin spreading over the continent.]

-The Lord’s energy can be manifested everywhere in the continent, with a view to fulfill the traditional contract between God and people. 

-The situations for exterior gods to descend on the continent can be restricted, they usually won’t be able to descend fully. 

-It is going to take a very long time for the traditional races to get better their energy. 

-There’ll now be restrictions on demons and corrupted races coming over. 

Because the system continued talking, all of the folks stared vacantly on the sky. The pillar of sunshine over the palace started emitting a definite mana wavelength, and the sunshine’s energy started spreading over the continent. As if all of the happenings up until that second had been anticipated, the Lord God’s energy coated the whole continent, and suppressed the facility of the corrupted races that had come to the continent. 

-How is that this……

One of many dragonfolk frowned as he felt the divine energy suppress his personal energy. As soon as the Apocalypse began, the protecting protect had clearly disappeared and he had undoubtedly felt the energy of dragon blood in him blossom. However barely a couple of minutes had handed and it was being suppressed once more. 

Probably the most hateful factor on this planet was having one thing be given to you after which it being taken away once more. 

All of the dragonfolk and hatchlings who had skilled the dragon blood energy move freely by way of them solely a second in the past instantly grew to become agitated. 

However, hope started to develop within the eyes of the residents of the empire. The system’s voice rang out once more, intensifying that hope. 

[The start of the Apocalypse has brought a great crisis to humankind. The Lord who protects the world here bestows a present on humans.]

-Any more, all people will awaken their mana. 

-All who’ve beforehand woke up their mana can be granted an extra profit. With one exception. Those that have made contracts with historical gods or exterior gods can be dominated out. 

-Beginning now, everytime an woke up particular person kills an historical race or exterior forces, they are going to obtain immense energy. 

The second the system completed talking, mild started to shine from the our bodies of everybody within the capital. Numerous folks woke up their mana, and an excellent preventing spirit started to blaze within the eyes of those that had run away or hid themselves in worry. A quest window appeared in entrance of them, they usually started showcasing particular expertise. 

On the similar time, they encircled all of the dragonfolk who had jumped over the town partitions or flown into the capital, and commenced utilizing their new-found powers to kill as many dragonfolk as they might. 

“Die!”

“How dare you contact our empire!”

“You killed our emperor!”

The enraged residents dumped all their fury that they had gathered till that second on the dragonfolk. Seeing the people who have been charging at them with reddened eyes, the dragonfolk who had infiltrated the capital fell into confusion. 

-These… these vermin!

Anger surged by way of the dragonfolk as they noticed these issues that have been weaker than ants rush to kill them. They who had inherited the blood of the dragon tribe!

Nonetheless, their anger remained that: simply anger. Slowly, the scenario started to look unfavorable for the dragonfolk, in addition to for the hatchlings. Issues have been already not wanting good for them when the drake knights and airship fleets attacked them beforehand, and now that they had even woke up their mana. The battle grew to become tougher for the dragonfolk to deal with. 

-Everybody retreat!

The dragon, who had modified from his human type in some unspecified time in the future, flew as much as the sky and ordered all of the dragonfolk and hatchlings to withdraw. 

However the troopers would by no means allow them to off similar to that, particularly the 2 commanders who had arrived unexpectedly by way of the warp gate. The central military commander and the southern commander clenched their enamel, and used all their energy to cease the escaping dragon. 

“You thought you might simply run off after murdering the emperor?!”

“You made a large number of the capital, and should now pay along with your life!”

Leopold, the central commander, and the southern commander, David Fieldran, joined forces and blocked the entrance of the traditional dragon. An enormous thunderbolt struck the dragon as he tried to flee, inflicting it to plunge to the bottom. Leopold struck him mercilessly along with his large aura blade. 

-How dare you, you filthy issues!

Seeing the people he had handled as lower than crawling worms through the historical occasions now deal with him like an insignificant plaything, the dragon’s anger flared. On the similar time, he started pondering laborious about how he may free himself from the damaging scenario. 

Even within the historical days, masters had been troublesome opponents to battle in opposition to. Solely the dragon lord was capable of fully defeat them in a combat. 

Increase! Increase!

-Rooaaarrr!

The angered dragon launched his breath in each path, however the thunderbolt’s energy extinguished it, whereas he acquired extreme accidents from the aura blade. The dragon’s magic was completely obstructed by the master-level southern commander’s magic. The magic grasp’s magic was sturdy sufficient to destroy the dragon’s historical magic. 

It was thought that people’ magic had declined over the previous centuries, however that was false. 

As data of historical magic decreased over time, people established a brand new system of magic, which was now on par with historical magic. The identical had occurred with swordsmanship and martial arts as effectively. 

Historic sword strategies and the highly effective energy from the legendary occasions have been so formidable they might be known as calamitous. But it surely didn’t imply that people have been weak both. All those that have been known as masters had reached the height of martial artwork, whether or not by historical or fashionable phrases. 

All it meant was that historical beings used their historical strategies, whereas the fashionable ones had their fashionable methods as effectively. [1]

-If solely I had all my energy…

“I don’t assume that may have made any distinction…”

The southern commander regarded on the historical dragon with a leisurely expression. Though the dragon had lived for a very long time and had an excessive amount of expertise, his energy was not a lot that it may simply  prevail over a magic grasp. Afterall, magic masters have been the personification of good human energy. The one issues the dragon surpassed magic masters in have been his exceedingly lengthy life and the nice mana he had constructed up over time. 

However now, the Lord God had given magic masters new energy. 

Crackle!

The dragon’s face froze on the spark that rose from the commander’s hand. The spark regarded so ungainly and weak for one thing made by a grasp. But it surely meant one thing totally different to the dragon who may inform what was contained in the spark. 

“Pure lightning with out mana.”

The southern commander smiled brightly as he spoke. 

He had been caught on the similar stage for a very long time after he grew to become a magic grasp. However that was now the inspiration for him to achieve new energy and change into even stronger. 

In fact, the identical held true for Leopold, the central commander. The extra he used his sword, each his clan’s esoteric sword approach and his personal particular expertise amplified. 

-Are you taking part in me like some toy?

The 2 commanders chuckled on the dragon’s phrases. Sure, that they had deliberately fought with the dragon with a view to take a look at out their newly acquired powers. 

In his present state, unable to make use of all his unique powers, the energy the dragon at the moment had was undoubtedly inadequate to take care of the 2 commanders. 

“Let’s put an finish to this now.”

As soon as Leopold spoke, David nodded barely in settlement. 

Having determined to complete the dragon, they each launched their master-level energy. As if to show that earlier than that they had been taking part in round with the dragon simply to check drive their powers, an amazing energy pressed down on the dragon. 

The dragon expended an unlimited quantity of mana to face up to that energy and tried to fly off once more. He gathered his highest defensive mana and launched his dragon breath on the two commanders. In any case, he had accomplished his important purpose; all he needed to do now was escape from this place. All these hatchlings and dragonfolk have been disposables that would all the time be recreated now that the dragon king had began awakening. He, then again, was not. 

-I’ve to return to assist the dragon king…

Having risen into the air, the dragon thought that he had escaped the ordeal. However earlier than he may end talking, he crashed to the bottom. A big lightning spear had penetrated his defensive mana protect and skewered an enormous chunk of his flesh.

-Roooaaarrr!

“You’re fairly noisy.”

Because the dragon set free a horrible shriek, Leopold swung his sword with all his may, and like an phantasm, despatched the dragon’s head tumbling off his neck. 

A clear shot. 

Along with his energy amplified to the max, Leopold’s tenacious sword had lower off the dragon’s head with one swipe. 

-This could’t be……

The dragonfolk instantly started panicking as they noticed the dragon who had led them die. 

As bedlam arose among the many hatchlings and dragonfolk, Leopold gave an order to everybody within the capital in a peaceful voice. 

“Kill all these criminals who murdered the emperor. Their sin is just too nice to point out any mercy, so they need to all face capital punishment.”

All of the capital guards, in addition to all of the woke up folks, rushed on the dragonfolk in a single swarm as soon as Leopold gave his orders. Regardless of their lack of expertise, having simply been woke up, that they had extra numbers, permitting them to overpower the dragonfolk simply. The dragonfolk, unable to defend themselves in opposition to the onslaught, died one after the opposite. 

Every time one in all them died, the individuals who had woke up their mana grew to become even stronger. Their elevated energy demonstrated the profit that that they had been granted by the Lord God: an influence enhance each time they killed any beings of an historical race or corrupted creatures. 

Nonetheless, in some unspecified time in the future, killing the dragonfolk went previous restoring the empire’s damaged satisfaction and have become a way of creating their energy enhance. 

Hasn’t it been mentioned that there is no such thing as a restrict to human greed?

The people resembled demons as their eyes glistened with greed to extend their energy by killing the dragonfolk. 

“Die!”

“This one is mine!”

“F*** out of right here!”

The folks within the capital ran round killing one another first, as if that they had gone mad. Because the variety of people was giant and that of the dragonfolk too few, the probabilities to extend their energy was restricted. That was why they paid no thoughts to the variations between their energy and that of the dragonfolk, and simply charged in. For individuals who noticed others getting elevated powers, their eyes shone with much more avarice. 

Perhaps it was because of that. It solely took three hours to scrub out all of the dragonfolk who had been within the capital. 

Notes: 

[1] The expression used right here is 벽을 뚫다, that means to drill by way of a wall. A direct translation could be that each historical and fashionable beings/folks would drill by way of a wall in their very own methods.