Far away.

A sandy field in the middle of the empire.

"No!" Chancellor Friedrich falls from the sky. He rushed to the portal like crazy, but the portal collapsed and disappeared in front of him.

"Nope! No! No! He desperately tried to open the spatial passage to the pure white city, but to no avail......

"Why me?" The prime minister slammed his fist on the sand beneath him, and the fine sand flowed through his fingertips, "Why me?" No, I shouldn't have survived, Dieterford! No! ”

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The city of pure white.

The obsidian falcon is surrounded by wind and thunder.

"It's ridiculous," the Falcon's thunderous voice echoed between heaven and earth, "Dietford, you and your family will always be so stupid. ”

"We're just the luckiest of thousands of warriors, Nicholas." The Emperor said.

"The difference in strength between you and me is by no means something that can be made up by willpower," the giant falcon stared at the two wounds on the body of the "Golden Rider" that had been torn open by himself, "You think I will be merciful and give you a peaceful death?" Ridiculous......"

The falcon jerked.

At this time, the obsidian falcon was shrouded in blue-purple thunder. Nicholas is a monster with no shortcomings, but what he is best at is "space", "life and death" and "thunder".

"Kill." The golden rider also pounced.

The obsidian falcon's wings rolled up in a pitch-black wind, turning into a dark phantom that was difficult for the naked eye to see. One move and one style, all of which are attached to his strongest thunder spell.

With every claw strike or wing slash, the obsidian falcon leaves a scar on the golden rider. However, the Golden Rider's finger spear could hardly hit the obsidian falcon blessed by the wind elemental arcane.

……

On the ground, the warriors of Elrios are still fighting. The Okadian army had taken control of more than half of the city and was attacking several squares where citizens gathered.

Anxious people looked up at the sky.

Black falcons and golden giants are fighting fiercely in the sky. In a short time, the Falcon had the upper hand, and the Golden Giant was covered in bruises.

……

"Are you stalling, Dietford?" Obsidian Falcon's voice was sharp, "Even if you delay until my 'Obsidian Falcon' transformation is lifted, you won't have any chance of winning. ”

The bloodied golden rider did not speak.

How long has it been since he took the throne that he has suffered such a serious injury? The last time I experienced this kind of battle was when I went on an adventure with Fred and Lichenda.

"Are you waiting for your wife?" Nicholas said, "She won't ......"

"She's not coming back."

An indifferent voice rang out.

Ionia, with a goatee, flew towards the center of the battlefield.

"I've killed Lichenda." Ionia said.

"What about her soul?" Nicholas asked. If he does not completely destroy the soul of his enemy, he will never feel at ease.

"Her tricks are so strange that I didn't dare get too close until the end," Ionia explained, "but I've shot her down into the sea of clouds...... There are no bones left. ”

"Forget it." Nicholas shook his head.

"Do you need my help, Nicholas?" Ionia looked playfully at the seriously injured Blue Golden Rider.

"Just look at it." Nicholas said softly.

He carefully studied the expression of the golden rider. He wanted to use the confusion control spell to read the other party's emotions, but he couldn't. The eyes of the golden rider can see through all illusions, and the resistance of the soul of the golden rider to the control of confusion is also extremely amazing.

The Golden Rider stood there.

It was as if the news that Ionia had just said had dealt him a heavy blow.

……

Nicholas didn't know that there was a special connection between the legendary secret warriors of the empire, who could sense each other's life and death.

The Emperor could feel it clearly......

It is true that the wife is much weaker. But she's still alive.

She may have been defeated in the battle with Ionia. However, I don't know what means Lichenda used to hide from Ionia's ears and eyes, so that the cunning old leader of the hand of the sea of clouds mistakenly thought that she was dead.

…… Then what you have to do is very clear.

Nicholas and Ionia could not be allowed to find out that their wives were still there.

They have to show their grief that their wife is dead—so they think that her is really dead.

This is the only way for him to protect his wife at this moment.

……

The golden giant's face showed a fearless smile.

"The Golden Rider". As a noble giant, he is willing to give everything for countless ordinary people and become their pillar of optimism.

This is the advent of Dieterford's Buddha-figure and his way of being.

Maybe he shouldn't have been this emperor in the first place. Day after day, holding a shelf that you are not used to is really exhausting.

It's a pity that no one can pick up this burden except himself, right?

In the end, it came to this. Even if he is unwilling, exchanging his life for the lives of Licenta and Friedrich will be the last "deal" in his life.

……

The clouds that covered the wind over the pure white city gradually dissipated.

The sunlight shone through the cracks in the black clouds and fell on the golden giant. The golden rider with large and small wounds on his body is still majestic.

The giant stretched out his right hand. Oddly enough, he no longer bleeds.

"Not good!" Nicholas suddenly understood.

A spear that was purely condensed by light and identical to the "Heavenly Instrument" appeared in the hands of the Golden Rider. The spear was like a dream, with a nobility that seemed to exist in the world.

It is the so-called "majesty of heaven".

Ordinary people just saw that light from a distance, and they couldn't help but want to bow down.

And Nicholas and Ionia in front of the giant could clearly feel it...... What an incredible energy is contained in that white light.

"Does he want to die together?" Ionia roared, he didn't want to expose his hole cards in front of Nicholas, but he didn't want to be crushed under the emperor's desperate fight, "Nicholas, revoke the space blockade!" He can't run. We don't have to ......."

The Golden Rider still had the strength to use such an attack. He must have paid a huge price, maybe it was his own vitality. As a mage, there is really no need to confront this kind of ...... head-on

"Nicholas?"

The falcon did not answer. It still faced the golden rider head-on, without flinching in the slightest.

The obsidian falcon's body trembled slightly. Transfiguration spells can last for a few minutes. Use all known means of reinforcement to enhance the body formed by the "Liberation of the Self" to the extreme. Doing so would cause the obsidian falcon to disintegrate prematurely - but it doesn't matter now.

Earth, fire, water, and wind, the four elements surged on the obsidian falcon's wings. The claws are directly disintegrating, and the obsidian falcon concentrates all its power on its strongest point.

Its beak.

Nicholas himself preferred to fight with claws and wings. But the Falcon's strongest weapon is its mouth, which can tear through everything.

Summons the strongest thunder spell in his life and attaches to the obsidian falcon's beak. With all abilities put into play, this blow will reach the extreme of Nicholas's destructive power. After a single blow, the Obsidian Falcon's transformation ends.

"I will smash your pathetic glory to the death knell of the Empire," said Nicholas, "and it is your honor, Dietford." ”

"I think you're crazy too." Mr. Ionia didn't care about anything else, and directly turned into a black shadow form and flew into the distance. He's the type who can regenerate even after his body is finished, but a fool would be caught up in this kind of attack.

"Your 'thunder' and my 'light' ......," the golden giant nodded slightly.

Since the other party is willing to use the method of the secret warrior to duel the victory.

That self will naturally appreciate the "kindness" of the other party.

The obsidian falcon, with its beak wrapped in blue-purple thunder and lightning in the air, flew towards the giant, stabbing it straight into the giant's heart.

The Golden Rider also threw his spear of light at the head of the Giant Falcon.

……

This collision did not set off a storm

There wasn't even any sound.

But those who witnessed the collision from afar will always remember it.

In that moment.

The light of the earth - it was as if a second sun had risen in the day.

……

Ionia was the only one who could see what was happening at the center of the explosion. His dark shadow body faltered, but finally held on.

The blue-purple thunder pierced through the chest of the golden rider.

The pale spear of light also shattered half of the obsidian falcon's wings.

The "Buddha-figure advent" and the "liberation of the true self" began to collapse at the same time. Huge ancient creatures that began to transform back into Dietford and Nicholas at the same time.

A bloody hole appeared in Dietford's chest, and he was already dying. Nicholas's left arm and shoulder were also missing.

And yet—

Nicholas had words in his mouth. He saved himself from a near-fatal wound.

"The touch of blood."

The lost blood, madly poured back into Nicholas's body.

"Call for the Alchemy Arm."

There was a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, but he was not slow to cast spells.

"Replace the ** official structure. Necromantic Life ...... Siphon. ”

Arcane cannot be directly healed. However, through a combination of necromancy, spells, and shapeshifting, there are countless ways to stop injuries without losing half of one's body, let alone a single arm.

Nicholas's momentum did not diminish in the slightest. The legendary arcane spellcaster, once again, embodies his terrifyingness.

"It's Nicholas...... Won. Ionia sighed softly.

……

Dietford was in a near-death state, his bloodied body slowly falling from the sky.

Nicholas was no longer bleeding. A flawless bronze alchemy arm appeared on the gray "shoulder" he had just generated. The shoulders generated by necromancy are not flexible enough, and long-term use will cause the whole body to gradually decay, but it is more than enough as an emergency.

With time, or if healed by a high-level spellcaster, his true shoulders and arms can still grow.

"It's over, Dieterford."

Nicholas's voice was cold.

Okad's Speaker flew towards the unconscious Emperor.

He wanted to capture the emperor's soul.

The Imperial Chancellor fled. Several of the Empire's heirs, Dimi, Bina, and Lina, also don't know if they have escaped the scope of the space blockade.

It is much more cost-effective to blackmail the remnants of the Empire by simply destroying Dietford's body and imprisoning his soul than to kill him outright. Maybe you can win without a fight.

But......

"This soul ......," Nicholas frowned.

Through the alchemy arm that could touch the soul, Nicholas could clearly feel that the emperor's soul was slowly dissipating irrepressibly. Even if it is sent to the "Palm of the Underworld...... This soul didn't last long.

Even if that move just now needed to burn the soul a little, it wouldn't damage-

"This guy ......"

Nicholas suddenly understood.

"...... realize that the attack just now couldn't defeat me, and that your soul spontaneously combusted to the point of no repair?"

I'd rather die irreversibly.

The emperor of the empire did not want to be a hostage of the enemy.

"It's ridiculous. I'll grant your last wish, Dieterford. Don't be too painful...... I'll have your kids with you soon. ”

A cruel smile appeared on Nicholas' face. His alchemy arm strained slightly. The emperor's weakened soul was shattered and never existed.

Emperor Dietford III...... Fall!

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