574 The Emperor and the Smuggler Association (1/2)

”In three seconds, I will start to kill everyone on my sight. One...”

Just after Yale spoke, the order of retreat reached the army, which made it seem like if their Emperor feared Yale to the point to obey what he said.

They might disregard Yale's words, but they would never doubt their Emperor, so they all started to run as fast as they could.

The only one that knew the truth was the leader, but he was the first to flee. After all, a potential God was far scarier than whatever the others were thinking.

However, no matter how fast they fled, they couldn't go out of Yale's reach in just three seconds.

Yale might be in problems facing them all simultaneously, but if they were focused on fleeing, he would be able to kill several.

Even the members of the army knew that a lot of them would die, but they just hoped that it would be someone else who was chased by Yale since he was only one person, and they were fleeing to different directions.

”Three.”

Once Yale finished to speak, he reached in an instant the nearest member of the army and cut him down together with space itself.

That was something that just put more fear on all the other fleeing members because they knew how difficult it was.

Those fleeing in different directions than Yale's fist target thought that they were already safe, but then, they saw countless ice wolves pursuing them.

Each of them wasn't too strong, but their number was just too overwhelming, so they didn't dare to face them directly, or Yale would have time to catch them later.

When Yale finally lost the trace of the rest of the army, more than half of it had been killed, which was a big hit to the military power of the universe.

When the news of those deaths spread, even against the Emperor's will, the day was known by everyone as the Ninth Level Immortal Tragedy.

The Emperor was angry, but he knew that there was no way to hide the deaths of so many ninth level immortals.

On the other hand, despite his anger, he didn't want to antagonize Yale, if possible. His army surrounded him first, so he could understand that Yale was cruel against them.

If Yale had just let them flee, the Emperor would have doubted of Yale's strength. The fact that he gave them three seconds was already enough mercy to show that he didn't want to become their enemy, but he shouldn't be provoked.

That was how the Emperor interpreted those three seconds, so he believed that it was possible to reach a deal with Yale instead of an all-out fight.

He didn't know if he could kill Yale or not with the difference of numbers, but he was sure that even if he could, most of the army he prepared so carefully for so many years would disappear, and he didn't want that to happen unless there was no other way.

”Spread the face of this person. Whoever sees him has to report it to me and, if possible, tell him that I invite him to the palace. Remember, under any circumstance, you can anger him, he is almost as strong as me. I can deal with him, but you all can't. He probably is the Emperor of some other universe that came for a visit to speak about cooperation in the invasion, but we surrounded him with a part of our army, which should have left him with a bad impression, we need to think more in our multiverse politics.”

The Emperor wouldn't admit that Yale was stronger than him, but he didn't want that any of his subordinated thought that they could offend him just because the Emperor was behind them.

Everyone believed the Emperor without any doubt, he lied so much to the whole universe in the past that he acquired the Minor Lie Divinity long ago, although he wasn't conscious of it.

There was a huge stir in the universe due to that information being spread, but they just admired how far-sighted was the Emperor to start to think about the relationship with other universes, which seemed important given that they would participate in an invasion together with several other universes.

”If the worst happens, I guess that I would need to contact those higher universe's smugglers again. Those scammers had good services, but their prices are way too high, if it weren't because that Minor God and my father weren't people I could kill on my own, I would have never wasted so much. However, the same happens with this guy. If he doesn't plan to harm my plans, I can save the resources, but if he turns into a nuisance, I will need to pay the high price again.”

As a great coward, the Emperor didn't discard that maybe Yale had bad intentions, but the situation didn't let him any other choice than invite him friendly, so he was starting to think if contacting those smugglers again.

”Let's wait a bit first. Probably I won't need the smugglers at all.”

He was a coward, but he was also greedy, and he didn't want to waste so many resources just for a vague possibility.

To deal with Yale, he believed that without contracting a Minor God that descended restraining its strength, it wouldn't be possible. Smugglers also dealt with bodyguard jobs and killing, but they were far more expensive. He still felt pain when he thought how expensive it had been contracting someone to kill his brother's mother.