Overgeared

“This...”

A sudden change in weather—the cleared up sky became dark like night again, and the faces of the magicians staring at the sky turned pale. The higher the level of the magician, the more they started sweating. They realized the cause of the darkness was powerful demonic energy. It was much more powerful than the demonic energy of Botis, who appeared in the middle of the capital. It meant a great demon ranked higher than Botis had appeared near the capital.

‘Where?’

The empire was clearly strong. The weakness was that they distributed their power in order to protect such a large territory. The army stationed at the capital was less than a tenth of the entire imperial army. Among those guarding the capital, the strongest one was Lightning God Kyle. Excluding him, the continent-level talents were two magicians belonging to the 10 great magicians and three single digit knights. Many of the Red Knights were scattered throughout the empire and dukes such as Rachel and Morse usually defended their territory.

If Grid hadn’t visited Titan today—

If Rachel and Morse hadn’t rushed over after hearing about Grid’s visit—

The capital Titan probably would’ve been crushed by Botis. In a severe situation, Basara might’ve had to abandon the capital and run away. The forced escape meant she would become the worst figure in the history of the empire. That’s right. The 17th Great Demon, Botis, was one who put Titan in a crisis. Now a higher ranked great demon had appeared. It was the worst.

The good news was that unlike Botis, it didn’t appear in the middle of the city. There was some time to prepare.

“Your Majesty, I’m sorry but there seems to be a new great demon. Have the people evacuate quickly and summon troops to protect the imperial palace.”

A person who confronted Goldhit, who called herself the Magician King—the one who spoke was Ricilia, one of the continent’s 10 great magicians and the master of the white tower. A loyalist who already served three emperors, he was also the sage who noticed the experiments taking place in the Tower of Eternity and insisted that it be closed. The other magicians were agitated.

“In this situation, you want Her Majesty to defend the imperial palace? Who will take responsibility if something happens to Her Majesty?”

“I’m saying we need Her Majesty’s strength to fight against the great demon. Her Majesty’s red energy and appearance will boost the morale of the soldiers and increase the skills of the knights. Her Majesty must stay if the imperial palace is to be protected.”

“Don’t speak nonsense!

“There are less than 200,000 troops stationed in the capital, including 500 knights and 300 magicians! How can we fight against a great demon?”

“Correct! We must have the soldiers set up barriers to buy time. During this period, Her Majesty will take refuge!”

a moment of crisis, the officials revealed their true natures. They expressed their desire to run away, using the empress as an excuse. Ricilia stared like they were pathetic as they tried their best to

Why are you talking about old cases when

yelling with excitement felt something wrong and shut his mouth. Benoit might’ve committed a crime and was trapped in the Abyss, but he

him and continued speaking, “There is Sir Kyle in the imperial palace. If we join forces with Sir Kyle, then there is enough of a chance, even if

power of a single digit great demon. This didn’t mean it was a groundless hope. It was

the empire for three generations, believed in the power of the empire. He believed that the power of the capital alone could fight and win against the great demons. There was

will Sir

2nd Prince Dulandal’s subordinate. Dulandal was the only one who could move Kyle. Would Dulandal lend Kyle to assist Basara when

Basara was killed by the great demon. It happened as

mouth from where he had been sitting down with a dissatisfied expression as always. He stood up and spoke to everyone, “If you are an official,

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ambitions and destabilized the situation of his homeland was talking about the duty of officials. The officials scoffed. “Sir Kyle will naturally help Your Majesty. If Your Majesty says to fight without running away, then Kyle and all the Black Knights will remain

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the officials widened at Dulandal’s unexpected words. What was Dulandal’s attitude? Rachel, Morse, and 1st Prince Roland were also shocked. Basara was the only one who smiled. Dulandal ordered Resh, who was

saw his master. Now he was thrilled by the changed

punish Dulandal. She steadily cultivated the affection of blood

crisis, he is finally

a brute, but fortunately, this wasn’t the case. Resh left with a bright expression and rushed to Kyle’s palace. He managed to persuade the

“You called me.”

officials, including Rachel and Morse, and he didn’t even bow to Empress Basara. The same

officials had to rely on him. There were no idiots in this place who

already noticed it? A new

know. It has a higher ranking than

showed no signs of acting. What was Kyle thinking when he watched Botis raging in the middle of the capital?Was this person really a man of the empire? Could he be

but he couldn’t trust Kyle. He hadn’t even heard the pledge of allegiance. Dulandal was able to gain Kyle because he gave a lot of wealth. It might be due to Dulandal’s promise that if he was made emperor, he would make Kyle the supreme power in