Chapter 1556: Final Chapter (1/2)
Safilos’ secret art had matured. He looked at the magic projection in front of Lex in the tower. Everything in the city was in the projection, including the underground part.
Both sides had been prepared for the revolt for a long time, and it seemed that they wanted it to happen.
The Golden Plains refused to let go, which they deemed to be foolish. The world was no longer what it used to be, but those people still wanted to conquer the world.
They wondered how many mages would side with the Golden Plains, but even if the number was huge, they would not have done so due to their levels. Only those who had little chance for the future would have sided with Golden Plains.
High-level mages were treated very well in Metatrin, so much so that they would have found other places intolerable. Low-level mages had all been taken by Lex, which robbed the Golden Plains of a way to expand their forces and develop in the long run. While the forces of the Golden Plains had been considerably expanded in the past 100 years or so, they had only been able to buy a good number of mercenaries.
“We are all Grukos, and I don’t want to do this, but it seems things are more severe than what you expected it to be,” Safilos said grumpily.
“Heh, since when did you become so soft, Uncle? I’ll leave within two to three years. Regardless if Saleen is alive or dead, I have no intention of remaining an empress. I’ve had enough.”
“I haven’t gone soft, Lex. People die in wars, and if Saleen is not around, I can’t mobilize the demon army. I would need to rely on my forces to fight the war.”
“So now you realize how useful Saleen is?” Lex jabbed sarcastically at her uncle, but without all the past enmity that would have been in her voice a few years ago.
“I have thought that he was useful for a long time. It’s just that it never occurred to me that a puny mage like him all those years ago would have grown to become who he is now.”
“If you had known in advance, would you have gotten rid of him early?”
“Hahaha, what do you take me for? Even if I were inferior to Saleen, I would’ve never done such a thing.”
A team of magic infantry charged at the gates of the palace when the two of them talked. Most of the magic equipment they had had been purchased from Saleen. It was then modified and given to their army. Doing so was somewhat cheaper than Golden Plains manufacturing their own.
“Get on with it, prince, and be quick with it. I knew how many who betrayed us anyway.” Lex was in no mood to see what was going on any further. While the revolt was indeed a serious one, it was also an easy one to quell.
The Dragonslayer Army was still within the palace. With a level 16 forcemaster like Gusion in charge and some mages that had come with him to Holy Rock City at his side, such a revolt would be easy to handle.
Even if the enemy had something else up their sleeves, there was still Safilos’ blade to deal with.
Safilos’ secret art was rather terrifying. If her father had still been alive, he might have been able to take Safilos on. Lex herself would not be a match for her uncle with the God’s Ring.
However, practicing such a secret art came with the cost of being unable to extend one’s lifespan, but Safilos hardly cared. To him, a shorter life would be acceptable, so long as said life was a glorious one.
Ten thousand Rebels stormed the royal palace. There was no light in the night, but since all rebels were equipped with magic equipment, they did not need illumination.
A huge thing fell from above at that moment. The Floating City appeared.
Everyone thought the Floating City had left alongside Saleen, and none of them expected that he had never taken the massive thing with him to his battles.
Safilos looked like a purple sun when he appeared in the night. His blade was brought down straight from above, shrouding an area over 1,000 kilometers.
It was a single-target attack, but it messed up the enemy’s formations.
“You have one minute to put down your weapons and await punishment outside my residence. Anyone who stays will be cut down!”
“Don’t listen to what he says!” A general shouted. Safilos cast his purple eyes at that man and brought his blade down again. Safilos had impeccable control with that move, as the general remained unscathed while hundreds of soldiers by his side were reduced to dust from that one attack.
“Yap away if you will. I’ll keep my blade away from you. But if anyone who heed your orders, I’ll make sure to kill every last one of them,” Safilos then said cruelly.
That line hit the weakness of the human psyche. That general would not have to suffer any consequences regardless of how he shouted, but any who dared follow his orders would have to suffer instead. Even people with rebellious thoughts were not willing to serve as cannon fodder and that threw the rebels into chaos.
“You!” That general was incredibly frustrated and glared at Safilos, who was in the air.
“Fool.” Safilos waved and thousands of magic cannons were deployed right under the Floating City, which all aimed at the ground. If all of the cannons fired at the same time, they would have probably ended up destroying the entire royal palace.
The rebels did not think their lives were a joke. The mages from Golden Plains were frightened to the core. They wondered if Saleen had returned, seeing that the Floating City was back.
Saleen’s silhouette was seen on the Floating City, just to verify the mages’ thoughts, which then flew to Safilos’ side and nodded.
All of the revolting mages lost the guts to resist immediately. They all knew Saleen was someone who fought a level 18 god, and he managed to come out on top.
Hundreds of mages chose to run without a second thought. Thousands of magic cannons from the Floating City fired, shooting down over 100 mages right away.
“Cast your equipment aside and walk. Wait for your turn outside the prince’s residence.” Safilos’ voice became even colder and more brutal.
He hated the mages from Golden Plains more than anything else. Soldiers, on the other hand, simply followed orders from above, given that it was their duty.