631 A Storm is Coming (2/2)
Her eyes had turned to golden dragon's eyes. She did not appear to be looking at Ye Qingxuan, but at somewhere far beyond him.
She raised her eyebrows.
Christine unconsciously gripped the hilt of the sword beneath the driver's seat and shielded Mary behind her.
”What's wrong, Your Majesty?”
Mary did not respond, only looking at Ye Qingxuan. ”Do you feel something, Mr. Ye?”
A look of doubt crept over Ye Qingxuan's face. He immediately closed his eyes and tapped the Staff of Fate on the ground. A distant echo came from the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth.
A ripple swept out from the city in the reflection and scattered into the distance.
Ye Qingxuan's senses rested in the moon shadow in the void, then flew outward along Mary's line of site. In a flash, it had travelled thousands of miles. At that point, a huge aether fluctuation was spreading out
It was like the blazing sun had suddenly emerged from the darkness and been placed in the center of the sky.
The fluctuation spread far, giving rise to frightful crashing waves of aether. The Sea of Aether had up until this point been turbulent, and the waves scattered out in all directions. The nine levels of the Sea of Aether were filled with regular, loud crashing noises.
The aftermath was as terrible as that of an earthquake.
The scale of the power unleashed instantly surpassed that of a Master Musician, and had entered the realm of Scepter Musicians. And it kept climbing...bursting through level after level.
Finally, it got to a point where Ye Qingxuan could no longer sense it.
His senses returned. He shakily opened his eyes.
Something had appeared somewhere far away, though not far from Anglo territorial waters. It didn't seem to be human, but the power hidden within it was equivalent to that of the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth!
What could it be?
Mary forced a laugh and looked at him helplessly. ”It looks like our date is over.”
”Matters of state must come first.”
Ye Qingxuan nodded and put his fishing gear to the side. ”You should be getting back, Your Majesty. I'll see you later at the Privy Council meeting.”
”Alright.”
Mary glanced at him, then dejectedly looked away and closed the carriage door.
”Let's go, Christine.”
Christine nodded farewell to Ye Qingxuan, climbed up onto the carriage and spurred the horses on. Before long they were far away.
Ye Qingxuan's gaze followed the carriage as it sped towards the palace. He felt his ball of aether vibrate wildly.
Shi Dong's voice came from within. ”Your Excellency, you must have felt that? What was it?”
”I'm not sure.”
Ye Qingxuan shook his head. ”The Inquisition has made first-rate preparations for war, and the Anglo Kingdom will soon enter a state of emergency. I hope that wasn't a newborn catastrophe.”
”No, according to our analysis of the readings from the instruments of harmonious melody it probably wasn't a catastrophe.” Shi Dong sighed, ”But I fear it might be even worse.”
”I'm going to meet with the Privy Council. You're responsible for things while I'm gone. The Witch Hammer of Avalon and the Knights of the Round Table will ensure public safety for a while. If I have any orders, Lola will bring them to you.”
”I understand.”
Shi Dong ended the transmission.
He lifted his eyes, and saw a black carriage speeding towards him from the end of the street. It stopped before him, and the messenger onboard saluted him.
”Your Highness, the Privy Council is about to meet! Greenwich observatory sent...”
”I know.”
Ye Qingxuan waved at him, indicating that he did not have to go any further. He climbed into the carriage. ”Let's go, quickly.”
The carriage once more headed uptown.
Along the road, he could hear the gloomy and powerful echoes of armored knights running around in the distance.
Ye Qingxuan gazed out the window at the dark clouds gradually rising over the sea. He tapped the Staff of Destiny with his finger.
Right now, a hurricane was screaming towards them from far away, bringing with it a faint roar from a distant sea, and thick amounts of moisture.
A storm was coming.
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As the rain poured down from the sky, covering the entire city, all of the important people of the Anglo Kingdom had converged in the throne room.
The Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Privy Council and the Keeper of the Seal, Tristan, the former Deputy of the Round Table who had already left office and been about to leave Avalon...
All of these people had been brought to the throne room in just a few minutes, and it fell to a Musician from Greenwich Observatory, who were responsible for monitoring Aether waves all around the world, to explain to them what had happened.
”Twenty minutes ago there was a great seaquake in the south section of Anglo territorial waters. This was followed by an Aether wave that surpassed the Scepter level. The realm of Aether caved in for unknown reasons, and there was turbulence in the Sea of Aether. The repercussions spread out all over the world. I'm afraid that now not only us, but all the nations have placed themselves on a war footing.”
The Secretary of Defense interrupted him, asking him directly, ”Is this a new catastrophe or not? It happened so close to our borders, is it a threat to us?”
The presenter looked pained. ”At present our territorial waters are still in a state of chaos. We had no way of monitoring what happened. But the likelihood of a catastrophe is extremely high. If it is a catastrophe, for it to just appear like that would be terrifying, and I'm afraid it would constitute a grave threat...”
An urgent buzzing came from Ye Qingxuan.
It was the ball of aether.
Everyone looked at him, and he looked at the Queen.
”News from the court.”
Mary waved her hand, indicating that he should proceed.
Immediately, Shi Dong's voice came from within.
”We've done a wave frequency comparison, and have identified the object. It's not a catastrophe.”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Shi Dong's next words made them freeze in shock.
”Your Excellency, it's 'The Ultimate.'”
”...the Ultimate has appeared by using the ruins of catastrophes!”