Chapter 988: Why Wouldnt I (1/2)
But in time, Salas and Wasir chose to stand with Han Shuo, while Ossora had betrayed him and died, only to quickly be followed by Logue and Tyre. In a short decade, three of the five Sovereigns had perished with the other two having submitted.
The Fringe had seen many years of war, but from today onwards, nobody else could threaten the House of Han any longer. The gigantic avatar formed from six types of energies returned to the Cauldron of Myriad Demons. Han Shuo looked below and looked at the remnants. ”Tyre and Logue have died. You guys should scatter now.”
Slank and Karp bowed respectfully. ”Since the Godhunter Alliance is still in the Fringe, we should be serving you temporarily to fight against them. Why did you ask us to leave?”
It wasn't just them; even Logue and Tyre's men were hesitant about leaving. As far as they were aware, they should be subordinating themselves to Han Shuo right now as he was the biggest player in the Fringe. Any other Sovereign in this situation would be demanding their allegiance and assimilate them into his army, so they didn't understand why Han Shuo was doing the exact opposite.
Smiling coldly, he said, ”Pandemonium is more than enough to deal with the Godhunter Alliance, so you don't have to waste your energy. The Godhunter Alliance is to be allowed to exist for a reason. When they leave later, you should not stop them. Just let them pass. There are many other powerhouses watching for them outside of the Fringe, after all.”
”Is... is there anything we can do?” Slank said with a look of embarrassment. He felt as tiny as an ant before someone like Han Shuo. It didn't seem like Han Shuo was the least bit worried about the Godhunter Alliance's threat against the Fringe.
”What can you do?” Han Shuo shook his head with a smile and said, ”All you need to do is to live well in the Fringe. Omphalos will stabilize in time and you may spread the word to the merchants of Omphalos that have gone into hiding that they are free to return after this passes.”
The next moment, he disappeared from their sight.
”The Five Sovereigns no longer exist from today onwards...” Slank said blankly. ”Lord Bryan is far more powerful than they ever were. As long as he stays in the Fringe, it will be his.”
”That isn't bad either. With the Fringe being controlled by a single person, there will no longer be endless war,” Karp said after thinking it over. ”No matter what, this Lord Bryan seems quite decent to his own men. It would be nice if we would be able to serve under his house one day.”
”We have to do our best to earn Lord Bryan's favor and become one of them!” Karp said. Han Shuo had them fully convinced of his position as the strongest in the Fringe after defeating Logue and Tyre.
By now, Han Shuo had returned to Omphalos. The loud explosion had reduced Tyre's part of Omphalos to rubble. Only the godhunters there perished, with Tuckamore and Asser managing to survive but suffering heavy injuries in the process. They could barely even move.
During the explosion, the two of them happened to be in that area and weren't able to escape in time before they were swallowed up in the blast. Thankfully, only a part of Omphalos had blown up. If the zones of all five Sovereigns blew up at the same time, the explosion would be at least ten times more powerful. Asser and Tuckamore would've probably perished instantly in that case.
When Han Shuo arrived, he noticed that the remaining Hegemons were rapidly leaving Omphalos. The first explosion was so powerful that they didn't dare risk staying in the other parts in case there were more explosions waiting to go off.