[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-672":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846842,2449,"Chapter 675: End","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-672",672,"\u003Cp>Proofread by Thomas F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solivos Yark\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She destroyed the Death Fire Lance that Lomos sent at her and came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glittering fire even reduced the bone shards to dust. They were ashes as they reached her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fire had become too strong in the past minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had called him to help me deal with this bitch; she had transformed into a demon, with the bloody mist circling around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended against her blade, pushing all the aura I had to stop the fire from coming at me while I took rapid steps back to manage the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She came at me again; Lomos attacked her, but she destroyed his spell as she destroyed the Bone Wall between us before attacking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more, I defended the attack before taking a rapid step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to follow me when she suddenly stopped and swung her saber back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blava became visible and leaped back in the air; she didn't even dare to engage against the flaming blade. Heritage skills or not, it is extremely dangerous to clash directly against that glittering saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless she has an aura like me or an artifact like the demon in front of me has.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lomos used this opportunity to launch the attack, and the black lightning shot toward her. Appearing in front of her in the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swung her saber at it, crushing the lightning, but found my spear coming toward her, charged with my powerful skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She defended, sending me back once more before swinging her saber to the right at Blava, who once more dodged the attack before dodging the Death Fire Lance from Lomos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was already in front of her and attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hate calling for the help, but now that I did, I wanted to kill the bitch. It is no longer about the artifact or the ego; it is basic desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be bad if I lost the battle. I have to win, and that could only happen by killing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She defended, sending me back, before attacking and dodging Blava's attack and crushing Lomos's spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This bitch is powerful,' said Blava. 'It's the artifact,' I replied. It is only because of that artifact that she could fight all three of us together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she didn't have that, I would have killed her within a minute of the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She defended, dodged, and crushed any attack that came at her. No matter what we do, we can't seem to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget killing her; we couldn't even land a blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had come here declaring that I would win the battle overwhelmingly, but here I am struggling; my men are struggling against the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, I had asked for help. Which I thought I would never do in this battle, but here I am doing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt my pride badly. So, I have to kill her; I wouldn't be able to face myself if I didn't, but my current strength is far from enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artifact had given her too much power. If I want to kill her, I will have to go beyond my limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's very hard and not without a cost, but what choice do I have? If I didn't kill her, I would become a laughingstock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I pushed beyond the limit for more power, disregarding the potential consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, there was nothing. So, I gritted my teeth and dug even deeper before finally finding something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's not enough!' I said, seeing the little bit of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I pushed even deeper and came across the wall. I tried to get through it, but it wouldn't break. So, I tried, using everything I had, every bit of emotion I was feeling, and every desire; I had to win this battle at any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the wall cracking, and it was blasting apart. As it did, the torturous pain filled me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain made me scream, but it also provided me with power. I could feel more aura filling me; it was beyond what I had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned through the pain and looked at the demon that I was going to slay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die bitch!\" I cursed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I pushed this new tide of power into Spearman's Surge and moved. The speed was so fast that it had turned everything blurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I appeared in front of the demon, like I had teleported, and swung my spear at her, pushing the tide into the Skewerstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened in surprise, but her glittering saber moved immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our weapons clashed, and for the first time in a while, I saw her. It was a faint shake, but a shake nonetheless. It made her eyes widen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The artifact is really powerful despite such a powerful attack. I was only able to shake this demon a little, but I was not disappointed; this was just the first attack of the Skewerstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weakest; from now on, every attack would be more potent than it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>General Azalia\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diamond fire on the blade burned through thousands of tiny bone needles, turning them into ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were attacking me constantly, and the mage's attack had intensified as Yark stopped in his place. I am moving toward him to finish him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I kill him, the battle will be over, but the mage and the assassins are attacking me intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There would have been more mages, but my people are holding them back. However, they won't be able to do it for long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am also nearing my limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This power isn't without a cost; the tsunami of draconic emotion wants to swallow me up. I cannot let that happen; I cannot become an instrument of its will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I have to finish them off, with Yark being the most important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I harnessed more power, feeling the tide of draconic emotions and energy it was sending inside me, getting stronger. It is overwhelming, but I need that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I destroyed the spell that came at me and burned it to ashes before swinging my saber toward the assassin attacking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaped back halfway, avoiding the saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin of Night Manor is really good. She is lower level than me, and I have an artifact, but despite that, I wasn't able to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to have that instinct about the danger. It's not a skill, which is easily recognizable; this is an instinct that has let her avoid my attacks numerous times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single one of them would have been enough to finish her off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, if she had been alone, I would have killed her ten times already, despite all the instinct she has.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to chase her, but another spell came at me. I destroyed it and was about to move at Yark, when I stopped, sensing a tsunami of aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhhh!\" he screamed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck!' I cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been warned about this by Lord Silver. It has a terrible cost but provides immense power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Sliver has used such power against the bandit, who was at a higher level than him, and using the artifact I am holding. Overdrafting, the power from the artifact, like I am doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference between the two conditions is that. Bandit was a higher level than Lord Silver, while I am a lower level than Yark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die bitch!\" he roared and came at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His speed surprised me; it was fast, blurringly fast, that he had appeared in front of me in an instant before attacking me with his spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It moved faster than it had ever before, and even with my artifact-enhanced eyes, I could not see the movement perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I swung my saber toward it unhesitatingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My saber clashed against his spear, and I felt the blow. It was powerful, so much that it shook me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shocked me. I had expected it to be powerful, but not this powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just the beginning,\" he said and attacked again. I could feel it being more powerful than earlier. I could sense he was using that skill again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one that makes his next attack stronger than the previous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended, barely, but saw a spell coming toward me and the assassin from behind, along with his attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't want to do it, but I harnessed more power, and this time it did something. It moves the fire from the blade, covering my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire didn't burn me like regular fire, but it started to create a charring layer on my skin while giving me torturous pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire covering me is next-level of bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the last level of power I could harness. If I harnessed more, my mind would break; it is already at the edge of breaking, but any more and it will break without a doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't survive for long after that, but in the time I will live after that, I will be a mindless monster that kills both enemies and allies without any conscience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire surprised Yark, but he didn't stop his attack, but the assassin did. With the fire, she couldn't do anything against me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fire is different from a normal fire, and she knows what would happen if she were to touch it. She is using an artifact that will offer protection, but it will still pose a risk to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended against the third attack while moving to dodge the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodged it, but not perfectly. The burning spear cut through my arm before burning to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, I thought you would die without a fight,\" he said before attacking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang, Clang, Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I defended the attack, but more came one after another; I defended while dodging the spells. I tried to attack, but his attacks didn't give me a chance, and the mage was playing spoilsport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin is hovering behind me. If she sees the chance, she will attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds passed as he attacked, and I defended, with his attacks getting stronger with every attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I could defend myself sufficiently with the power I had harnessed, but soon I began to shake again. Every attack is making me shake harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is he not spent?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Silver had said that holding this power every second is hell, but he seemed to have no problem with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I could feel him harnessing more and more power with every attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am counting on him to be spent first or even weaken; it is the only way I could win this, but there is no hint that it is happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our weapons clashed with great force, sending powerful shockwaves. So strong that even the assassin who was hovering behind me couldn't dodge them anymore and retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the mage began to have problems sending his spells at me, as most of them would be crushed by the shockwaves instead of my efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attacked once more, and I knew immediately this was the most dangerous attack I had faced. I used every bit of power I harnessed in my counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed my skills as much as I could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our weapons reached close and were about to clash when his spear curved and came at me like a snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved back immediately to dodge, knowing. I couldn't defend against the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade cut through my chest, giving me an extended cut across it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a long cut, reaching to my ribs. If I hadn't dodged on time, it would have gone through me, shredding my heart apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I missed,\" he said with a laugh, before attacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved my sword defensively this time instead of countering while retreating at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He avoided it, curving around my sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The curve isn't the problem; I would have been able to deal with it. Even if the movement had been more complex than this, the problem is the speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a blurring speed that I couldn't counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more, it cut through, this time through to the collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I avoided death by inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long will you be able to keep up? Five seconds, then a second? Twenty? It is better than you should give up and accept death,\" he said as he launched another attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will be longer than you!\" I replied, looking directly into his eyes while taking the cut on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't want to die, but I will; it is set in stone. Given my current state, I know I will not survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laughed at my reply, but I could not feel the slightest mirth in his eyes—only the burning hate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even in this state, you are joking, but let me tell you the truth,\" he said, and his eyes turned dead serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will kill you. After that, I will kill everyone here on this battlefield and in the city: men, women, children. No one will be spared, not even the beasts,\" he stated while cutting across my leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't care about the wound; all I was thinking about was his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could tell he was being truthful. He will do what he said; he has done this before and will do it here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot let him do it. I would turn to the monster if I had to do it because even then, the casualties would be far less than letting him live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As that thought settled in, I had made the decision. To harness that power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not let you!\" I replied with all my conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would break my mind and turn me into a monster, but it was the only way I could kill him. It's not something I want to do, but it is the only thing I can do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That realization washed over me, stilling the chaos in my head. A deep, uncanny calm settled in, deeper than anything I'd ever felt. Even more soothing than the emotional unraveling I'd once experienced at the spa in the Velvet Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So calm that the storm I'd just survived—the wild, crashing surge of draconic fury and emotion—now felt like nothing more than a ripple. A gentle wave brushing against the shore, where just moments ago, there had been a tidal wave threatening to drown me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let myself enjoy this calm for a fraction of a second before moving to harness the power that would turn me into a monster when I felt a gentle crack from deep within me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, vast, colossal power shot out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Yark's eyes turn big as a saucer. It confused me for a fraction of a second before I realized what happened, and my eyes were wide as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura: I had awakened the aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It returned to me, and immediately, the sword began to absorb it like crazy; as it did, the power that was greater than anything I had felt before filled me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know I shouldn't let the saber do that; there is a way to use aura with weapons, but right now, I let it and turned to the opponent, and the spear that nearly touched me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped retreating, and my saber, which was moving defensively, moved to counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My saber clashed against his spear, creating such a powerful shockwave that it destroyed the flaming bone lance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I was not looking at it, I was looking at the man in front of me, who had rapidly started to take steps back while vomiting, and blood rushed out of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved toward him and could see the faint struggle in his eyes for a fraction of a second before I saw something shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned mid-movement and began to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it shocked me would be an understatement. I didn't think he would retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I followed after, but immediately, the bone wall appeared before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fucking mage!' I cursed and crushed through the bones. It burned, but another one appeared, and then another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Bang Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crushed through it, but Yark was scurrying away fast, as his life depended on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to stop him before he reaches the undead, which are only a few meters away. Once he reaches them, things will be very different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am following him, but the walls are slowing me down. My attacks destroyed them, but they are creating a stumbling block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I destroyed another Bone Wall and saw Yark barely a meter away from the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My speed is fast, but I will not be able to reach him before he reaches them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me worried, but I calmed myself down and began to pour my aura into the saber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is already consuming it, but now it is consuming faster, increasing the intensity and the volume of the diamond fire before swinging it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know if it will work, but it's the only option I have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I did, a massive arc of fire emerged from it and moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang Bang Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It crashed against the Bone Wall and destroyed it utterly before moving forward, destroying the second Bone Wall before reaching the third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third one was destroyed, and I could see Yark, and he had reached the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see the relief in his eyes for a moment before the alarm filled them as he saw the fire arc coming toward him fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved toward the undead and nearly disappeared when the arc crashed against the undead, creating a massive blast that burned hundreds of undead to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do not care about them; I care about Yark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was moving toward finishing him off if he survived when I felt his presence disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief flooded me, but I still went there and found nothing but the ashes and fire that was spreading around the undead rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, I turned and moved toward the mage, who was running at full speed with fear in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have liked to go after the assassin for what she did, but she has moved too far away. So, I moved toward the mage, burning through the undead that came in my path and the spells he was releasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mage is fast but barely half as fast as Yark had been. So, it didn't take me long to reach him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General, I sur\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I burst through the Bone Wall and appeared in front of him before launching an attack. I didn't listen to his words; I might have if he hadn't cast another spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My saber ripped through him before burning his flesh to ashes. I hope they damage his soul as well. So he wouldn't return as a bloody lich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't even stay for a moment and moved toward the next powerful presence close to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't have much time; I need to kill as many bastards as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'General, they had sounded retreat!' informed Trask, and I could feel their retreating skills, but I didn't stop. I have already reached close to the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, I flashed in front of the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My sword tore through him, turning his two pieces into ashes before moving to the next target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'General, stop!' a gentle but steely voice, filled with heaviness, rang in my mind. 'You will burn yourself to death if you continue.' She added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't have to listen to her; I am the General. She could not command me, but I stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I didn't immediately let go of the power of the artifact till my people arrived beside me. They looked at me in shock but unhesitatingly came closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General,\" greeted Trask and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trask, I hand command to you,\" I said. I didn't use skill; I just used the words. \"I accept,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, I finally pushed the artifact's power back into it, but I didn't let go of the aura. I kept it on, despite the wave overwhelming me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap the Patreon link below to unlock 20+ advanced chapters, or join Free to enjoy character art, maps, and more exclusive content!\u003C\u002Fp>",3395,"2026-06-09T06:55:04.513Z",1,"novelbin.me","88cb47f5514d340f3e6599f1ee387d22cb644ada2837a26e111f449d9145bee5","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-673","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-671",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]