Return of The Unrivaled Spear Knight

continent.
Just for some meaningless woman… kekeke.”

The Duke ’s eyes widened in surprise.

“What… What do you mean, Your Majesty?”

“The day Rigveda returned to the Imperial Palace, he beheaded King Kunir, who was clearly shocked.
He became the first Emperor under the pretext of punishing the tyrant for threatening peace.”

That was the founding of Avalon.

“After becoming the Emperor, the first thing he did was make the wife of the previous king his own.
Keke.
Such a terrible thing that it’s not even funny.
If he had at least continued his conquest of the whole continent…”

“Then—”

“Ah, you came back just in time,” the Emperor mumbled.

Someone had walked in through the open entrance.

Duke Tremblin couldn’t contain his astonishment once he saw who it was.

“Princess—!”

“Serciarin, did you meet him?”

Serciarin bowed slightly.

“That woman was correct,” she replied to the Emperor.

“Hmm?”

“Duke Agnus, he… he definitely has other intentions, Your Majesty.”

Serciarin noticed the Emperor’s gaze on her.

“Moreover,” she immediately continued, “Duke Agnus didn ’t appear to be aware that she was already gone.”

Emperor Marcus immediately froze; an odd smile graced his face.

“Lucia… no, where is Asiru?”

“I have led her to a different palace.”

“Heaven itself has helped me.
I’ve finally found her whereabouts, hahahahaha!”

Emperor Marcus licked his lips.

“Y-Your Majesty? What is…”

“You see, one of my sisters that I couldn’t kill is still alive.”

“…!”

“Aden has kept her under him for years now.”

Duke Tremblin hadn’t thought there could be anything else he would be surprised by, but he was wrong.

“Aden had his way with her, and she gave birth to a bastard, Joshua Sanders.”

“My God…” Duke Tremblin gaped in disbelief.

“A few days ago, when Aden was away, she came to me and begged for help to save her child.
A brother who’s only treated his sister badly… At the very least, I should listen to her request, right? Hahahaha!”

Emperor Marcus laughed for a long time, and after he had his fill, he stopped.

“Aden is a scary man.
He’s been hiding his dark intentions for years now just, all for his revenge.”

“….”

“Maybe he has been thinking about this for a long time now, punishing the Brittens who made his mother like that.
Maybe he wanted us to pay the same way….
Just like Rigveda…” the Emperor mumbled to himself.
“But what is he going to do now? I know everything.”

“….”

“I’m sure he thought everything was prepared.
He was probably banking on having his son finish if he failed.
Ha… Aden, is that why you pretended you didn’t want war when you secretly did want it to happen?”

“Your Majesty…”

“GWAHAHAHAHAHA!” Emperor Marcus laughed maniacally.
“I’ll take this opportunity to show you that the name Agnus will never be as special as Britten! In the Great Plains of Kraden, the reign of the Dark God will disappear into the annals of history!”

Emperor Marcus’s voice rang throughout the Great Hall.

***

With a deafening rumble, the Tower that seemed to stab the clouds began to tilt.

The Tower of Trials had been made so long ago that no one even knew how it had come into being.

Theta stared in disbelief as the structure swayed precariously, threatening to topple over at any minute.

“I can’t… believe it,” he said, slack-jawed.

The Tower of Trials could weather any attack.
But what was happening right now?

– Is this the time to climb the Tower ever so calmly, Child of Elenburs, and the Master of the Sole Darkness?

“…!” Joshua and the others looked up toward the sky in the direction of the voice.

Iceline was the first to speak.
“That can’t…”

Iceline thought it was nighttime when she first came out of the Tower, but it was clear to her then that it wasn’t night at all.
The being covered the entire sky; that shadowy figure in the sky was responsible for the darkness.

“A d-dragon?” she stuttered.

“Krevas…” Ash’s fist clenched, slightly trembling.

– Even now, no one is allowed to reach the peak of this structure.

Joshua stepped forward, wearing a grimace.

“Who made that call?”

– I don’t think this is the time for you to be fighting with me.

“Huh?”

– Go back to where you belong.

“What do you mean”

– The entire continent is going to be a sea of blood soon.
Places like the human settlements or Elven Forest where you spent your childhood won’t be safe from it.

“…!”

– Joshua Sanders.

“You—”

– If you wish to ascend the Tower again later, I won ’t stand in your way.

After Krevas saw that Joshua kept his mouth shut, he began to flap his wings.

– We will talk in the future, Master of the Sole Darkness.

“….”

– Choose between ignoring my counsel and resuming your ascent of the Tower, or returning to where we were and continuing our relationship as it was.

Joshua remained silent for some time before he finally responded to Krevas.

“I—”