"Ahh

Aurelian straightened up, opened her eyes, and woke up.

She gasped twice, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

Looking down, she found herself kneeling on a gorgeous, soft carpet.

"Are you asleep......

Aurelian held her forehead, feeling a little dizzy in her head.

Just now, she seemed to hear something.

Aurelian caressed her chest, feeling her heart pounding, her brows furrowed, and a hint of unease rose in her heart.

She longed to know what was really going on in the outside world. However, she remembered her father's advice-

No matter what happens in the outside world, she has to stay here.

Aurelian could not fully understand the intentions of her father, Oberly, but since she was the Emperor, she decided to follow this order.

After that, just ask again.

Then she stood up, her eyes scanning the silence.

This is the basement level of the Royal Palace.

When her father brought her here, he told her that only the heirs of each generation could enter.

At first, she hadn't paid much attention to the underground room.

Now that I wake up, I can just take a look at it.

In the room, the hard black rock floor covered every corner, and only the faint candle flame was lit in the grotto.

She slowly raised her head and stared ahead of the grotto.

On either side of the grotto, seven towering statues line them.

The base of each statue supports a large stone body.

At the top of these bodies are carved a solemn face.

With curiosity and awe, Aurelian walked towards the seven statues.

Her steps were light, but they reverberated in the grotto with great clarity.

On the base of the statue, seven names are inscribed.

Aurelian's gaze fell on the statue on the far left—

Saul I.

She looked up and saw the majestic face on the stone statue, carved by the traces of time and the erosion of time.

She vividly remembered that the emperor was the founder of the Calencian Empire, the first monarch of the country to be called the 'Emperor'.

Aurelian's gaze swept over the other statues, eventually resting on the last one.

It was an old man in a robe with a wrinkled face.

His pedestal is engraved with the identity - Saul VII.

This is Aurelian's grandfather whom she has never met.

And in the hollow of the grotto after this old man, there is also a stone statue that has been halfway built and has not been completed.

The imposing stone body is covered in a layer of golden armor.

Although the statue's head has not yet been completed, the cast gold helmet rests on top of its body.

The shape of the glittering golden armor seemed to resemble that of Aurelian's eldest brother, Orbney.

But Aurelian knew exactly who had built the statue in front of her.

Aurelian walked lightly past the majestic statues, and she turned again.

With a new curiosity and awe in his eyebrows, he set his eyes on the high platform.

In the center of the high platform, a crown flowing with a holy golden light sits quietly.

The crown looks brand new, and the sparkle on it seems to suggest that it is a gift that was born not so long ago.

Pearl-like gemstones of different colors are set on the surface of the trembling crown, as if a mysterious and wonderful starlight flows between them.

Looking at the magnificent and mysterious crown in front of her, Aurelian suddenly remembered a past incident.

She once asked her father why she had to inherit the throne?

……

"After I leave, only you are qualified to inherit this position."

In the garden, where the birds sang jubilantly, Oberly reclined on a chaise longue with a soft mattress and swayed gently.

Look at the raised petals and whisper.

He held the azure pendant in his hand, and the crystal light of the pendant was like a quiet tear.

He looked at the pendant cautiously, his long finger brushing its edge.

Those affectionate and vicissitudes of life are full of monstrous nostalgia.

Once upon a time, Aurelian could not understand her father's deep love for her mother.

But at this moment, this torrent of emotions that seemed to warm her brought her all the answers.

The love between the two has long transcended words, and only connects silently in the depths of their hearts.

That love that transcends time and space shines proudly in their memories.

She froze in place, unable to find the right words to express her inner feelings.

And Oberly still gently stroked the pendant in his hand, and whispered to her:

"I used to say, kid."

"You have a talent that no one can match."

He handed the pendant back to Aurelian.

And that sentence seemed to be carried into Aurelian's heart by many rumors, constantly echoing.

Looking at the pendant in her hand, Aurelian also remembered everything she had seen when she was in the Kingdom of Kante.

She thought about it.

This is a relic of her mother, and perhaps her father likes it more than her.

She was about to say something, but Oberly had already read her thoughts.

"It's a gift from your mother."

"Let me see you put it on."

Aurelian stared at the azure pendant with deep eyes, but didn't immediately reach out to take it.

His lips pursed, with a slight hesitation.

But in the end, she raised her head, nodded firmly at Oberly, and took the pendant.

She unfastened the necklace joint, wrapped the pendant around her neck, and put her hands back to slowly tie it up.

After doing all this, Aurelian gently lowered her hands, the azure pendant lying on her chest shimmering softly in the sunlight.

It is as if there is a babbling blue stream flowing through the interior, giving people an unfathomable sense of mystery.

Oberly nodded with deep satisfaction, his eyes filled with nostalgia and pity.

And more, it is full of attention and expectation:

"The golden crown puts you above all else."

"So, when disaster strikes, you must also surpass the crowd."

"Be the one who holds off all the golden hope for the people."

Aurelian listened to all this, a little moved.

The golden sunlight fell on her countenance, and the ignorant face was full of light.

"Son, I have high hopes for you."

"I firmly believe that your arrival will bring new glory to the empire."

……

A deafening sharp roar pierced the sky, and the space above the royal capital seemed to explode at this moment.

It was as if the severed air streaked across the land, creating a violent tremor that stirred up the atmosphere to the extreme.

The terrifying tearing force spread hundreds of miles away, and the dust splattered into the sky.

With endless power, it crashed into the flickering laser that poured down.

The invisible force field seemed to tear the space apart, engulfing everything, revealing the dark nothingness, leaving various fragments to fall to the ground.

The expanded and shattered air seemed to be oppressed to the extreme, and at this moment of shattering, it completely exploded, sweeping through the entire space.

Everything that happened on the land of the royal capital was enough to make everyone present remember it for a lifetime.

Shattered, pale chasms mixed with nothingness entered their eyes, and the terrifying power shook everyone's hearts.

The explosions roared and shook the waves, but there was no sound around them.

The air cracked, and even the transmission of that sound was blocked.

A silent explosion pierced through the space above the royal capital and reached into the clouds.

Hermes watched as the pale cracks streaked through everything, tearing the sky apart.

The countless airships suspended beneath the clouds were torn apart like fragile dead leaves.

Transformed into a jumble of steel shards, undergoing more dense tearing in the air.

Without the support of the airship, the sky, which carried all the light of hope, became shattered in an instant.

In an instant, the sky of the royal capital became fragmented.

The boundless light swallowed everything, and everything was shattered.

……

The heavy dust raised obscured the sky like an opaque curtain.

Even the blazing sun high in the sky was hidden behind the earthy brown mist.

The surrounding ruins shattered to the ground, and the rubble was scattered in the wind, even piercing into the shattered walls around it.

A strong shock wave shook the land in all directions of the royal capital, and the ruins of the city far away on the edge of the palace were not spared.

Like a raging beast, the wave swept through countless ruins, cutting and blasting them in the blink of an eye, turning them into countless pieces of dust.

The scene of space shattering and steel crumbling was imprinted in the depths of Levi's eyes like a picture of destruction.

It wasn't until the sky-high light faded that Levi woke up from a dream and saw the deep, hazy sky through the dust.

His pupils trembled slightly, recalling the terrifying power set off by the land of the royal capital just now, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Amazing destructive power."

"Shhh...... Oh, yes. ”

Beside him, a different voice was heard.

Vladimir stood on the side of the Rivi with a similar emotion on his face.

After the two were silent for a while, Vladimir suddenly burst out laughing:

"Hahahaha, I couldn't beat him before, but now that I'm old, I'm retired."

"But he's fiercer than before."

Alas.

Vladimir sighed, looked at Rivi with a sigh on his face, and the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh relaxedly.

Like, as long as this emperor makes a move.

No matter what kind of difficulties and obstacles, it seems that they can be easily solved in the eyes of others.

……

Similarly, Claudia, far away in the northern part of the city, stands on top of the ruined masonry.

She raised her head and looked high into the sky covered by countless spatial shocks.

Looking at the sun obscured by the earth-colored mist, and the countless steel fragments falling from the sky, a faint nostalgia welled up in my heart.

Such a terrifying power ....

In retrospect, when she was found infiltrating the palace, Oberly had left her alone.

Eventually, the light in Claudia's scarlet pupils gradually faded, and he looked at the sky, his heart slightly moved:

"Oberly."

"You will always be the most powerful emperor."