"..."
"..."
"Quick! Someone come quickly! Hurry and take uncle down to change his pants!!" Vivian screamed.
"No need," Arnold panted, raising his hand to stop them:
"Such a minor matter, I can evaporate it quickly with holy power, leaving no trace. Besides, holy power has a purifying effect - any filth will be cleansed."
Suddenly, a pleasant fragrance filled the entire hall.
Vivian was dumbfounded.
At that moment, a guard outside reported in.
The guard stepped forward, struck his chest firmly, and knelt on one knee:
"Report to Lady Vivian, the Griffin Knight Order and Raptor Knights Order have arrived. The commanders are waiting outside for your audience!"
Vivian was immediately overjoyed.
She quickly said: "Quick! Please invite the commanders in!"
Vivian was especially delighted, her eyes full of hope.
As the only remaining descendant of the Great Lord of Violet, after her father's death, Moonlily City had become her everything.
This time she had mobilized every resource at her disposal to invite several renowned knight orders from the Xiyue Kingdom, hoping they would help her fight against the impending abyssal invasion.
Because just a week ago,
She had discovered traces of Abyssal Mage activity near Moonlily City.
And multiple pieces of evidence suggested that abyssal monsters were likely to launch an attack on Moonlily City soon.
As a descendant of the great Great Lord of Violet, she would absolutely not allow this city to be invaded by monsters!
Click—
The door opened.
But the next moment, the jubilant Vivian froze.
She saw that,
All those renowned commanders she had worked so hard to invite were now listless and disheveled, being carried in by their subordinates.
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.
Thump, thump, thump, thump—
Four chairs.
All four commanders were placed in chairs, their eyes vacant and spirits low.
If one didn't know better, they might think they had fought for many nights and their bodies had just been completely drained.
Vivian stammered: "What... what's going on here..."
The knights who carried them in all wore bitter expressions and said:
"We apologize, City Lord, but our commanders all encountered some... situations on the way... Please understand..."
Howard, the weakened Griffin Knight commander, pale-lipped and frail, raised his trembling hand and said weakly:
"Lady Vivian... there was no need... really no need..."
"We have all received favors from your House Violet before, helping is only natural... There was no need for such a show of force..."
The Raptor Knights commander also said blankly: "Indeed... even if you wanted to intimidate us old folks... there was no need to use a Law God..."
"We would have been perfectly fine with just talking things through..."
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
Vivian's mind went completely blank.
Clearly, there had been another misunderstanding...
While House Violet was indeed the oldest family in this world, ever since the Great Lord of Violet's death, her family had fallen from grace...
Where would she get a Law God from?!
Looking at the four exhausted commanders, Arnold frowned and said:
"Everyone... did you also feel that gaze?"
At these words,
The four commanders all started, looking at Arnold in surprise:
"Could it be that you also..."
Arnold frowned: "Was it at the 500-meter mark of Chenghua Avenue, in the busy district?"
The four commanders exclaimed in shock: "Exactly!"
Arnold's frown deepened as he said: "Did you suddenly feel like you were being watched, your whole body going cold, your heart stopping, feeling like death was imminent?"
The four commanders exclaimed: "Yes!"
Arnold took a deep breath and said seriously: "Then it seems clear, we all encountered the same thing."
"Could it be that Senior Arnold also fell there?" Howard asked in surprise.
Arnold smiled slightly: "Just a step ahead of you all."
"As expected of Senior Arnold, what a coincidence, what a coincidence!" The four commanders were overjoyed, all cupping their hands in respect to this senior of their knight orders.
Arnold smiled faintly: "Just a coincidence, nothing special. Though sharing such an experience with four legendary commanders could be considered fortunate!"
The four commanders all agreed, exclaiming: "Indeed! Indeed!"
Then, silence fell over the surroundings.
"..."
"..."
They suddenly realized that all falling in the same place...
Didn't seem like something they should be so happy about...
"Of course not!!"
Vivian was about to lose it.
Why had things suddenly developed in such a strange direction?!
Five legendary Sky Knights falling in the same place - no matter how you looked at it, it seemed extremely suspicious!
"If this wasn't arranged by you, Vivian..." Arnold pondered:
"Then it's very likely that a Law God-level powerhouse is currently hiding in this city. With such power, I cannot imagine what their purpose might be!"
Howard's expression also darkened as he said: "Indeed, and they clearly weren't pleased about our arrival. If this being is plotting something, the consequences would be unthinkable."
The other commanders also expressed their concerns.
For a moment,
The surroundings fell silent again.
Just thinking about that terrifying sensation of being watched made them shudder.
If such a being truly wanted to make a move against Moonlily City, even all of them combined probably couldn't harm a single hair on their head.
Vivian swallowed and asked worriedly: "Uncle Knights, if this Law God really exists, what do you think they're doing right now?"
Everyone fell silent.
But in their minds, they all pictured the same scene.
A lofty, ethereal being, standing in the clouds or another dimension, coldly looking down at all of Moonlily City, viewing all the ant-like beings within.
In their eyes, everything was so tiny, everything was dispensable.
...
Meanwhile,
At a certain dessert shop.
"Ahhm~~"
Nanako sat in her chair, staring at Lynn across from her.
Opening her mouth wide, she ate the spoonful of ice cream he fed her in one bite.
If others saw this scene, they would surely find it harmonious, probably thinking it was a handsome noble youth sharing a sweet moment with his cute girlfriend.
"So what's really going on?" Nanako mused while chewing the ice cream, resting one cheek on her palm thoughtfully.
"It's the flower festival today, yet so many Sky Knights suddenly arrived. Could there be a war coming?"
Nanako glanced at Lynn, who was focused on feeding her ice cream.
[It's different now, the ice cream tastes clearly different from when I brought the recipe a thousand years ago...]
[Artificial sweeteners, they're actually using artificial sweeteners. It has strawberry flavor but no strawberries, probably using food coloring and some unhealthy flavoring...]
[Damn it, I knew it. No matter which world, there are always such despicable merchants. Eating too much of this stuff might lead to senile dementia?!]
[I definitely won't eat this stuff!]
Lynn scooped up another large spoonful of ice cream and brought it to Nanako's mouth again, opening his mouth:
"Master, aah—"
Nanako: "..."
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
