Emperor's Reckoning

Back in Afurnae, Lyon was looking at his wife that had just ended the siblings. The clouds had not yet darkened and no drop of rain was visible.

Felicia was laying on the ground and her eyelids were half-closed. Her eyes were vacant and her complexion grow paler with each second. She was dead, along with his brother who told her to run away. 

They stood no chance against the massively superior of Lyon's group, however, the one that ended her was his wife, Cecile Auburn.

Lyon looked at her wife with a slight disbelieve in his eyes.

(I guess this is why she is an empress huh) said Lyon inwardly before he gulped. That auburn hair as he saw it was beautiful, more beautiful than anything else, but her heart was also flaming of the same color. She didn't hesitate to kill her even though the brother said to leave him alone to his death.

Cecile turned around before she meekly smiled at her husband. The latter was still in his adolescent years and she knew that very well. 

Even though the siblings died, the chaos still continued. Wailed cultivators could be heard as the two remaining generals didn't let a single one escape. Dissipating roar of Golden Dragons, whether they were elite or not, nor the experts from the Pala Kingdoms could stand a chance.

"P-Please spare us!" shouted one cultivator before his heart was crushed by Kesya. 

"Please I have a chi—" She didn't show mercy.

As if there was nothing that could satiate her bloodlust, she looked at everyone with a hint of small craze. Her dark-elf blood was boiling. She kills and kills without stopping. Golden Dragons were supposed to be a beast that deserve respect and honor, but in front of her, it was nothing more than deer and she was the hunter.

"That's enough," said Lyon as he raised his hand.

Kesya had her eyes opened wide slightly before the colors shifted back to her normal blue. She immediately regained her sanity before she turned around and saw her emperor was standing beside the butler, Assid. 

Her gaze fell on the thing that was dangling by Assid's hand. It was the head of the king that she had just launched with a kick toward a nearby mountain.

The remaining crowd was stunned as they saw yet another leader had died, this time, it was the most powerful king of the four. His head was severed and fresh blood still dripping off of his neck.

"The king is dead," said Lyon under the cold atmosphere. "There is no need to continue on killing."

Cecile snorted with a smile on her face. (He is still soft).

"Your kings are dead, your princes are dead, your queens are dead," said Lyon after he took the center stage.

"The Golden Dragon Kingdom and the Pala Kingdom are no more," said Lyon before he turned around and looked at the remaining kingdoms of the four.

The crowd gulped.

"He, he is not going after Bolg and the Sverine Kingdom, is he?" said one of the cultivators among the crowd.

"Please don't! There is no way that we would be able to survive their onslaught, I should have left when I got the chance, dammit!" replied another.

Everyone was thinking the same thing. Lyon's group had suffered zero losses whilst First Heaven had lost the top two kingdoms in less than a day. It was an unprecedented upheaval of power. They never thought coming here they would watch a historic moment, let alone being a part of it.

"Hmm," hummed Tael. "This is something that not even I can fathom, he just comes here and then poofs! Not one but two kingdoms gone."

Carius was holding his ribs as he said whilst looking at the youth. "This is not something we should pry our nose on. I know he is powerful but this... this is just monstrous. Bah! At least our Mortal World won't be bullied anymore."

"That's for sure," Tael nodded. "Their accumulated bad karma had returned with a bang, a really loud bang."

The matriarch from the Yuki Clan looked at her most prized disciple. The latter had her eyebrows furrowed and her hands balled into a fist. 

"Ivy..." the matriarch muttered.

Ivy didn't answer her matriarch's call. She only looked at Lyon furiously.

"I know that things had escalated to something that is beyond your scope of imagination, in fact, it's beyond mine too. Who would have thought that he would be able to topple two kingdoms at once, in Afurnae theless," muttered the matriarch. "But don't lose your self-control, just because that the tournament ended, probably for good, doesn't mean that you wouldn't get to enjoy the lavish perks that the top ten winners had. In fact, things might go better, especially with Mortal World will be in their conversation from now on."

"Ivy, if anything, we should be grateful that Lyon is in the Mortal World's side. Now, you can get to whatever that you strive for all these years. You have endured rigorous training, blatant humiliation, it's time for you to pluck off the fruit, and Lyon brought you the stairs to climb the tree and reached it easily."

Ivy let out a breath after hearing her consolation. Her balled fist soon relaxed before she nodded.

"Good girl," the matriarch smiled under veil before she averted her glance toward the youngster (With that said, who is he? Those three are monstrously powerful, they probably could render First Heaven into their backyard, and all of them bowed to his words without delay)

Queen Wanda smiled at the youngster. She could feel from his gaze that he meant no harm, after all, she had declared to be Lyon's ally rather than foe right before the king of the Golden Dragon rallied his attack.

Hilde gulped as she looked at the man from the Mortal World. He was perhaps the most dangerous person to deal with as of now. He came out of nowhere and ransacked the foundation of the four kingdoms.

The balance of power was no more, and even if the kings of both fallen kingdoms were no more in the world of the living, their actual kingdom was still intact. Their resources were still valuable and their neat geographic location could be used to enhance the rest of the surviving kingdoms greatly.

However, who would get them, or better yet, do either of them even get something out of this. 

Even though Sverine was taking the initiative to side with Lyon, Hilde was the one that approached him first. Even though Sverine was his ally, they didn't even do anything as the battle happened. The victory was purely by Lyon and his group alone. If anything, the First Heaven might see the first kingdom ruled by mortals from the Mortal World.

"What do you want, Lyon?" asked Queen Wanda as she crossed her arms with a smile. "I doubt that you want to take my head?"

Lyon snorted before he shook his head with a smile. "I'm not in the mood to see more blood, this beautiful city has its fair share of corpses for the day."

Some of the locals gritted their teeth. The word beautiful that was spoken out of his mouth was contradictory to reality. He had destroyed most of the buildings and turned Afurnae into some unrecognizable land. However, they could only complain inside their own thoughts.

"Then, what do you want?" asked Queen Wanda. "Our alliance still holds true, even though, our aid was not necessarily needed in the previous battle."

"I'm thinking about the resources of the Golden Dragon Kingdom and the Pala Kingdom, I will not take any of it!"

Queen Wanda and the rest of the crowd were stunned by his declaration. It was one of the most absurd things that they had ever heard. Lyon had earned a golden opportunity to make the Mortal World be recognized and made a fortified pillar for the next generation to come.

"Lyon! Are you mad?!" exclaimed Carius. His eyes were opened wide in disbelief. "Think about the future! Your own children! Wouldn't they have an even brighter future if you could set a stone in First Heaven?!"

"G-Grandfather?!" Porealus was immediately frightened before he pulled his old grandfather and said lowly, "What are you doing?! Do you want to die?!"

"Shut up old man," said Lyon. (This old crap! Stop giving my women ideas! I'm still nineteen!)

"T-Then, what will you do, Lyon?" asked Queen Wanda as she tried to force a smile. The resources that the Pala Kingdom had were enormous. It would be superbly beneficial to her growing kingdom.

Lyon sighed before his daunting aura shifted in a blink of an eye. "Do whatever you want, split it, not split it, I don't care, I'm going back to the inn."

Everyone was petrified as Lyon walked away from the arena through the gate. He suddenly turned aloof like his usual self but the people won't fall for that impression that he gave. 

"Oh right," he muttered after he left the scene and got out to the other side. Hardly any buildings were left standing in his view.. "It's destroyed."