Chapter 620: The Building is About to Collapse (Seeking Monthly Votes!)
Current World.
Tresor Empire, Royal City Bixie Crost.
In the clear blue sky, as if a layer of semi-transparent "filament" was torn apart, the clouds were pushed away by an invisible strength, leaving a bright circular area.
Directly below it was the royal city built along the mountains.
At this moment, a ray of light suddenly poured down from the high sky, as if the light source came from another world.
Countless residents looked up, puzzled, at the strange celestial phenomenon.
Then came the second ray, the third, the fourth...
Until a brilliant light showered down, the residents of the royal city couldn't help but exclaim.
"What on earth is that?!"
"A... second sun?!"
"Oh, Father of Light above! This, this is unbelievable!"
However, this so-called "second sun" in the mouths of ordinary people was radiating a terrible high temperature, resembling a golden stellar body, slowly emerging from "another world," then suddenly plummeting!
"It's falling, it's falling!"
"Be careful!"
"Ah!!"
Women screamed in terror, children cried, chaos ensued in both the upper and lower districts of the royal city, people were frantic, horses galloped in panic, and from time to time, loud noises could be heard from the ends of the streets.
The nobles of the central district, even the clergy of the Seven Gods Church, all looked upward, gaping at the golden-red stellar body, like a meteor, or a massive fireball, growing larger in their sight...
Church leaders such as Nun Olmido were deeply shocked, for those of high status recognized at a glance—
It was not a "second sun," nor any natural phenomenon.
But rather...
Sun King Andre Tresor!
More precisely, it was His remains!
"How can this be?!"
"The Sun King has... fallen?!"
"What on earth happened?!"
The high-ranking witnesses were all astounded, their emotions filled with disbelief.
Their scalps tingled.
Emperor Andre, who ended the wars at the end of The Fourth Era, unified the continent, and inaugurated The Fifth Era, had fallen so suddenly!
Why did He die?
Who killed Him?!
Confusion mixed with shock lingered in the minds of the high-ranking individuals.
In the uniform gaze, they could clearly see the surface of the stellar body, radiating high temperature and golden light, was also covered in a thick layer of azure crystallization.
"That is..."
"The power of the King in Azure!"
"Could it be that His Majesty the Sun King died at the hands of the King in Azure?!"
"It's chaos! Order is in chaos!!"
"Even Emperor Andre couldn't stop Him..."
Amongst the exclamations of countless people.
The enormous golden stellar body appeared slow, yet quickly and straightly smashed onto the highest point of the royal city.
There, it was the end of the white marble staircase, the location of the Sun Palace!
Boom!!
Accompanied by a loud noise, the entire royal city shook like an earthquake.
In the boiling atmosphere of panic, millions of residents of the royal city were at a loss, their eyes looking toward the mountain peak's Sun Palace, which had long turned into a sea of flames!
"The palace is gone..."
"Oh God! Why is this happening?!"
"Is the Father of Light no longer protecting the Tresor Empire?"
The crowd panicked, the hearts of the royal city residents nervous and uneasy.
The fire at the mountain peak grew increasingly fierce, beginning to spread downward, the terrifying pollution spreading along with the light and heat, causing many residents to feel nauseated and dizzy from a distance, collapsing and vomiting, some even self-immolating on the spot.
The official response was swift, but conventional means were already useless.
The departments of security and disaster relief were at a loss, and surviving royal family members immediately sought help from the Hailing Group's chapel district, but the chief priest Camacho there declared himself powerless.
Even seeing the giant golden stellar body at the mountain peak from afar terrified Him, let alone approaching and using sequence ability to extinguish the fire...
That was sheer fantasy!
Even a Saint wouldn't dare approach without dying!
As the fire spread, the central district was almost turned into ruins.
The square burned relentlessly in the flames, trees groaned and fell, the once lush flowerbeds turned into a sea of red flames, the streets charred, magnificent and exquisite buildings collapsed one after another...
Countless residents perished here, but more survivors dragged their families and headed for the great lift.
The crowd, blocking carriages with an impassable flow of people, accompanied by screams and roars and the ceaseless chaotic noise, played out a symphony named Panic.
Due to the excessive number of escapees, the great lift was overloaded, causing commotion at its entrances, even the guardians of the Security Office found it difficult to maintain order.
Chaos, noise, fear...
Everything had lost its former serenity.
In mid-air.
Princess Anna Tresor was surrounded by seven Bathing Light Holy Guard, using Their great strength to float in the sky, staring blankly at the royal city below.
She saw the once prosperous and solemn city now enveloped in flames and dread.
The glaring stellar body crushed the mountain peak.
The once majestic and grand golden palace was in ruins, leaving only a huge pit.
The stellar body lay in the center, endlessly consuming and exhaling light and heat.
"Father King... truly fallen?!"
Anna's voice trembled uncontrollably.
Behind her, a Bathing Light Holy Guard, with a face of pain, hoarsely said:
"Your Highness, please take heart... According to the latest intelligence from the Sun Church, His Majesty the Sun King personally pursued the King in Azure and in the Spirit World, a divine war occurred, with the King of Slaughter, Three Ladies of Pain, Dagon, and the Cat God, among twelve angels appearing one after the other, even Lady Rose, Miss Holy Tree, and the True Gods such as the Father of Light descended with miracles!"
He paused briefly, hesitating for a moment, but finally said:
"His Majesty the Sun King fell under the sword of the King in Azure, who was later killed by the True Father's punishment... During this period, Prince Arno appeared and unfortunately perished!"
Princess Anna's body shook violently.
Her face turned pallid, eyes hollow.
"Father King, and Brother, both..."
"Your Highness, Princess! Please pull yourself together!"
Another Holy Guard of Light spoke solemnly.
"Currently, only you in the Sun Royal Family have the qualification to take power, to maintain nearly collapsing order... Beelzebub, Byron, and Shuoli are battling the Empire on three fronts, and domestically, chaos from the pollution of the King in Azure, is unsettling everywhere. If your leadership is lost, the Empire is in grave danger!"
Anna Tresor did not reply.
She seemed lost, staring blankly at the chaotic Royal City.
Mumbling:
"Why did Jack have to kill Father King, was he really corrupted by darkness? Now his death leaves no answers... Brother Arno, I will never see him again either..."
Behind her, seven Holy Guards glanced at each other.
They saw deep worries etched on their companions' faces.
The Sun King's corpse fell from the Spirit World into the real world directly obliterating the Central District of the Royal City, countless royal family members perished in this sudden calamity, and presently, only Princess Anna possessed direct lineage with inheritance rights to the Empire.
If she falls into despair, the leaderless Empire might very well be divided among the three kingdoms, undermining the order Emperor Andre presided over for millennia.
Anna's eyes could not hold back the falling tears.
Crystal-clear droplets fell, evaporating mid-air by the fearsome fire.
Suddenly, a subtle crackling sound emerged from below...
Anna and the Holy Guards froze.
A golden star body gradually cooled, transforming into a massive wonder creation with a surface covered in crystals resembling red agate.
Billowing smoke rose, and in the big pit, patches of azure crystals continuously spread outwards, visibly covering the entire Royal City...
"The strength of the King in Azure still remains in His Majesty's corpse, now combining to become a horrifying wonder equivalent to a dark pollution source... Your Majesty Anna, the Royal City can no longer stay, soon Bixie Crost will become a forbidden zone!"
A Holy Guard urgently spoke.
Anna gazed intently downward, overlooking the azure-transformed Royal City.
After a while.
She wiped her tears, resolve flashing in her eyes.
"Help me contact the Sun Church, I want to borrow the 'Obelisk of Daylight', to announce Father King's death throughout the Empire... And under the name of Queen Anna, lead them to repel the invasion! Rebuild our home!"
She softly spoke.
The Holy Guards' expressions straightened, hope flickered in their eyes.
Lastly, Princess Anna pointed to the deep red star below, declaring sorrowfully and solemnly:
"Furthermore, under my name, relocate the Royal City, officially abandon Bixie Crost, designate it as a forbidden zone, within a thousand-mile radius no entry... This is Father King's burial ground, also eternally warning Tresor with the 'Agate King's Monument'!"
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Spirit World.
Beneath the fragmented sky.
Upon the torn earth.
All around is bleak white.
The True Father still stretched across, overshadowing the view, constantly shedding white light.
The angels had not yet departed, standing in confrontation, silent.
Proud Sun Arno, the King in Azure, and his nun followers successively died under the True Father's punishment, the pale beam first broke their bodies, then pierced the Spirit World barrier.
The Sun King's corpse fell through the opening into the real world.
Before this, the [Sunlight Spear] and the two unique divinities extracted from the Sun Path were all picked up by the three robed angels.
No one made a move to stop this process.
Until the robed angels planned to further take Proud Sun's two unique divinities, and the three cards left after the King in Azure's death, the Cat God Maggie finally stood up furiously.
But the next second, white light suddenly fell.
The Cat God retreated in fear, daring not take another step forward.
Only eyes filled with unwillingness and sorrow stared intently at the Sun.
It was the True Father's warning.
No one present dared covet these "spoils"...
The three robed angels were about to bend down to continue picking up.
But at this moment.
They all froze.
The angels' expressions also transformed dramatically.
For within everyone's gaze, a middle-aged man clad in a velvet robe appeared unknowingly.
He picked up the Sun's unique divinity and cards on the ground without acknowledgment.
Straightening again, revealing his true visage.
The man had short black hair, an air of erudition, features deep, a high nose with round-frame glasses perched, eyes vast like the universe.
"True Magic God, Mr. Jing Yao..."
Astonishment filled the hearts of the angels.
Though they knew Mr. Jing Yao was not truly lost, this True God had disappeared for over ten thousand years, never reappearing since The Fourth Era... It was said that after failing to hunt the Mud Monarch, he pursued the source of knowledge towards the outer universe and never returned.
Unexpectedly he would appear here!
"Kingsley Huzzworth, everything should be done in moderation, this truth, you should understand better than anyone."
Mr. Jing Yao clasped his hands behind, gazing upwards.
The white light persisted, the True Father did not respond.
But the next second, the three robed angels seemed to receive some message, shivered, then silently stepped back, rising with the white light, gradually vanishing from the Spirit World.
The angels suddenly realized.
The True Father, He compromised...