The Heron Empire.
The imperial palace of the capital.
“William, what do you think?”
The Sage King deactivated the recording statue and turned to look at his Imperial Prime Minister, asking the question.
William stood behind the Sage King and lowered his head respectfully.
“Burns V's revival will have a significant impact on the empire's southern coast.”
“He was highly ambitious during his lifetime. Now that he has revived, once he realizes that the Heron Empire and the Nightmare Empire are too busy with their war to pay attention to him, he will definitely expand the influence of the Burns Court on a massive scale...”
“But none of that is important.”
“What is important is that Burns V's revival is a warning signal. As the Gray Fog gradually expands, I fear more long-hidden relics of the past will also reappear in the world...”
The Sage King nodded slightly. A mere relic from the Burns Court of a thousand years ago was nothing to fear.
Not only had Burns V just revived and not yet recovered his strength, but even if he returned to his peak power, in this modern era of rapidly developing transcendent methods, he might not even be able to defeat an ordinary Legend Rank expert.
What the Sage King worried about was not Burns V's emergence, but rather that his appearance would trigger other powerhouses from a thousand years ago—or even survivors from the previous era who had survived to this day through various means—to emerge one after another.
When that time came, it would inevitably have an incredibly massive impact on the current situation.
Therefore...
“Before these relics of the past all emerge, the Nightmare Empire must be destroyed!” A cold light flashed in the Sage King's eyes.
The Heron Empire's advance against the Nightmare Empire was too slow. They could no longer afford to drag things out!
“Send word,” the Sage King's voice echoed through the palace.
“Mobilize General Sophia and Minister Blaise. Order them to drop everything they are doing and head to the northeastern battlefield of the empire to assist General Magnus in crusading against the Nightmare Empire's Nightmare Army!”
“In addition, send a message to Neeko in the Nightmare Empire. Order her to detonate the Cold-Blood Gu in the imperial capital!”
“Finally, send orders to Pope Maxwell. Command him to dispatch the Saint Geles Choir to the front lines of the battlefield to assist General Magnus in slaying the enemy!”
Beneath the massive stone pillars of the palace, a firm voice rang out, “Understood, Your Majesty.”
With a flicker of shadows, the figure beneath the pillar suddenly vanished from the palace.
Inside the palace, having finished giving his orders, the Sage King turned his gaze back to Prime Minister William. Changing the subject, he asked:
“William, what do you think of my children?”
Hearing the Sage King's sudden change of topic, William's expression remained calm. He replied:
“Prince Guilliman is mature and stable, Prince Aaron is quick-witted and intelligent, and Princess Sienna is strong and unyielding...”
The Sage King listened calmly, then asked, “Oh? Nothing but praise? Do they have no flaws at all?”
William instantly fell silent.
Even if William knew of their flaws, he naturally wouldn't speak of them.
As the Prime Minister, he could discuss state affairs, but he could not gossip about the royal family's private matters.
Even though William knew that the Sage King didn't mind.
Seeing that William remained silent when faced with a difficult question, the Sage King did not press him further. Instead, he said:
“In my eyes, Guilliman is envious and conceited. Aaron, though clever, is inevitably weak and flighty. As for Sienna, she seems strong on the surface, but in truth, she harbors a deep fear of others...”
The Sage King looked at William and sighed with emotion. “If you ask me, your second son is still the best. In terms of character, talent, and temperament, he far surpasses any of my offspring.”
“Your Majesty flatters him,” William said, bowing his head even lower in respect.
After sighing in contemplation for a moment, the Sage King said, “Very well, you may leave.”
“Understood.” William quickly walked out of the palace.
Watching the Prime Minister leave the palace, the Sage King turned his gaze toward the northeastern sky. That was where the Heron Empire and the Nightmare Empire clashed, the front line where Crown Prince Guilliman was personally leading the campaign.
The Sage King let out a rare sigh.
“Weakness can be corrected, but envy is hard to change...”
...
The southern border of the empire.
Jellyfish Town.
“So restless! We just finished dealing with those mermen not long ago, and now another Merman King jumps out!”
After watching the recording on the statue, Leon was completely speechless.
He had just finished dealing with a few of the Merman Court's bratty young princes, and now a thousand-year-old geezer of a Merman King had popped up.
Was it written in the stars that trouble would follow him wherever he went?
Each and every one of them just had to disturb his low-profile development. Were they really trying to force him to wipe them all out?!
Leon looked at Doncic and asked, “What is the strength of this Burns V? And what about the generals under his command?”
“Legendary...”
“What?!” Leon's eyes widened as he stared at Doncic.
“Legendary? You mean you want me to deal with a Legend Rank?!”
They wanted him, a plain and ordinary Silver priest, to fight a Legend Rank powerhouse?
What a joke!
Doncic quickly explained, “No, no. This Burns V was a Legend Rank powerhouse a thousand years ago. However, after sleeping for a thousand years, his strength has dropped significantly. Right now, he only has peak Diamond Rank strength and needs to recover slowly...”
“Even peak Diamond Rank is not something we can handle!” Leon had absolutely no intention of fighting such a peak Diamond Rank powerhouse, let alone one who was slowly recovering his strength!
Leon spoke rapidly.
“Quick, report this to His Majesty. Ask His Majesty to have him killed before he can recover his peak strength...”
Facing this kind of relic from the old era, Leon felt that there was no need for modern transcendents to play fair. Just strike immediately!
While he hadn't recovered his peak strength yet, they should get the empire's Legend Rank experts to make a move, using their superior power to crush him and wipe Burns V out directly.
In fact, this couldn't even be called bullying a weaker opponent. After all, strictly speaking, Burns V was over a thousand years old. If their current Legend Rank powerhouses attacked Burns V, it would be juniors attacking an esteemed senior.
If anything, it was Burns V who was taking advantage of the younger generation!
Doncic said:
“...Though Burns V is a necromancer, he is still, after all, a mage.”
“And his magic tower is the former site of the Burns Court...”
Leon: “...”
A mage who possessed a magic tower had a combat strength several times greater than an ordinary mage.
Burns V was previously a Legend Rank powerhouse. Even if he had now fallen to peak Diamond Rank, the power he could exert with his magic tower would far exceed that of a Diamond-rank mage with an ordinary magic tower.
Furthermore, although Burns V's strength had fallen, his two Legend-grade magic items—the 【Deep Sea Whale Robe】 and the 【Burns Storage Crown】—still retained their power.
In other words, even if the empire's Legend Rank experts arrived in person, it would be extremely difficult to quickly kill Burns V.
What's more, if the Heron Empire dispatched its Legend Rank experts and failed to kill Burns V quickly, getting dragged into a stalemate instead, the Nightmare Empire's Legend Rank experts would likely arrive as well...
“So in the end, I'm the only one left to tank this?”
Leon suddenly suspected that the old geezer of a Sage King had long guessed that Burns V would revive. Was that why he had sent him to the Dusk Sea to tank this former Legend Rank powerhouse?
“No, probably not...” Although Leon had no expectations of the old Sage King's moral character, he had confidence in the talent he had displayed.
With his value in the Sage King's eyes, it was impossible for the king to send him to his death.
Allowing him to be casually killed by a former Legend Rank powerhouse would be a massive waste of resources for the Sage King.
“Actually, the situation isn't that grim...” Seeing Leon's eyes darting around, Doncic tried to reassure him. “The Burns Court is very far from the southern coastline of the empire. He shouldn't...”
“Stop, stop, stop!” Leon quickly cut off the death flag Doncic was about to raise.
He still had lingering fears about death flags and really didn't dare to casually raise one.
“With Burns V's emergence, the Dusk Sea will no longer be peaceful. I must quickly advance to the Gold rank...”
Leon thought to himself.
After the Walking Meditation technique upgraded, his speed in expanding his Sea of Mental Power through meditation had increased tremendously.
Originally, it would have taken him three to four months to fill his Sea of Mental Power and reach the peak of the Silver rank.
Now, Leon estimated it would only take a little over half a month...
With that in mind, Leon stopped paying attention to Doncic, who was still trying to persuade him, and quickly went to find the Gramophone Golem.
Time to milk the system and grind experience points!
He needed to raise both his Divine Art levels on the panel and his own rank!
Rate on N.U.
