Chapter 69: 68. Rule of Mortals

68. Rule of Mortals

Four people walked into the door, and outside the door, an Annihilation Knight wearing hell armor guarded here, as deep as an abyss.

"What is that?" Dorothy asked in a low voice.

"That is the strong enemy that both Lanslo and I have encountered."

"Looks so scary."

The room door was not closed. The four people in the room sat down, and the mysterious person in the cloak was invited to the main seat by the Count.

Dorothy pointed to the half-elf and leaned into Li Ang's ear: "That is my second brother, Elton."

Her breath was like an orchid, and the faint fragrance on her body carried a wet feeling after walking all the way, constantly emphasizing her presence.

Since just now, I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that she is getting closer and closer.

Once seated, the mysterious person said in a hoarse voice with a trembling tone:

"Count of Spark Island, the Emperor is too disappointed in you."

The middle-aged red-haired Count lowered his head: "Envoy, this, it is indeed my consideration that is not thorough. I am willing to accept punishment."

"Punishment? You have delayed the Emperor's great cause. Do you want to offset it with your punishment? You are truly arrogant."

The Count lowered his head and said nothing.

The envoy sneered: "The islands near the shipping lane are not just your Spark Island. In front of the Empire's Annihilation Knights, your prosperous city doesn't even count as a grass hut; it can be swept flat in one night."

The Imperial envoy was right. Ordinary towns were different from the cities reinforced by magic in ancient civilizations. It was as simple as blowing a breath for the Annihilation Knight's Annihilation Thunder Blade to destroy these buildings in Spark Port.

"It is the Finat family that has failed the Emperor!" The Count said hurriedly: "Next, all the income of the territory will be invested in the 'construction' of the great cause, until the Emperor's glory shines on the entire sky!"

The envoy snorted coldly: "Because of the failure of you and your son, two precious Annihilation Knights have to be sent here to clean up the mess for you!"

Two knights? Li Ang pinched his chin and pondered.

One was sent to hunt down Li Ang and Lanslo, and the other was probably blocking the shipping lane for Winders. No wonder they had been killing their way in for so long, and they hadn't seen a single ship coming in behind them.

"As a local lord, your soldiers haven't found their whereabouts until now. Truly incompetent to the extreme."

The envoy continued to denounce the Count, who only dared to lower his head and listen to the training, but Winders beside him had a slightly resentful face, just trying his best to restrain it.

Li Ang could understand Winders. With the peak combat power of the soul, not to mention twenty main forces arriving together, even if it was just a squad of five people, through their cooperation, they could easily deal with five Annihilation Knights.

However, generally speaking, the top group would never leave the Demon Disaster Domain. There were legitimate affairs there, and the resources obtained were incomparable to the four airspaces.

Winders, who had seen the scenery at the peak of the world, must be dissatisfied with the current situation, but he didn't dare to speak recklessly when it involved the survival of his own territory.

Li Ang used the system to observe the envoy of the Dark Gold Eye.

【Name: Clement - Apostle of the God's Eye】

【Race: Unknown 【Modified】】

【Profession: Star Puller, Rank 7. Spellcaster, Rank 6】

【Summoned Beast: Shadow of the Annihilator, Rank 7】

【Energy Source: Primordial Star Core, Rank 8】

【Equipment: Ancient Sacrificial Robe, Rank 6. God's Eye Robe, Rank 7. Star Pulling Instrument, Rank 7.】

【Ultimate Move: Imitation Star Soul Ultimate Move - Annihilation Thunder Beam】

【Skill: Star Puller 【Pulling Star Soul Light, Pseudo-Creator Link, Annihilator Flesh Reconstruction】, Spellcaster 【Spirituality Manipulation】】

Li Ang looked carefully at the specific content of each item on his panel. This mysterious person was indeed related to the Star Soul.

So far, the Empire, Zoe, and the Star Soul were closely related. They probably all pointed to the same ancient clue.

Newbis was ancient and vast. Sometimes, different ruins that were far apart were found to belong to the same civilization after scholarly research. By connecting clues, they conquered more difficult ruins using information obtained from simple ruins.

Now Li Ang also knew that the object warned by the Sky Blue Ring given by the mysterious girl was not the Annihilation Knight himself, but that dark golden "God's Eye."

This should be the fourth element in the main plot line that Zoe had to face.

Dorothy asked in a low voice: "There are two knights that are hard for you to deal with? Then what about tomorrow?"

"Let's listen to what else they will say."

After being scolded by the envoy, Count Finat glared at Winders.

"If it weren't for your failure, why would the Empire need to send an apostle and a blade? Incompetent!"

Winders didn't speak and lowered his head. Li Ang guessed he was covering up the dissatisfied expression on his face.

"I won't participate in your family meeting. After the Annihilation Knights eliminate those two people, they need to return as soon as possible to participate in the suppression of the Order Group. Let your son return to the shipping lane entrance as soon as possible."

After the envoy finished speaking, he left with the Annihilation Knight.

"For the glory of the Empire!"

The Finat father and son and Dorothy's second brother shouted in unison.

Li Ang guessed that Winders was caught by him and Lanslo, and the Count realized he had poked a hornet's nest, so he hurriedly sought the Empire's support.

Two Annihilation Knights were also very critical to the current Empire, so that apostle who seemed to be in charge of them was very angry.

After the Count sent the envoy away, he returned not long after. As soon as he entered the door, he gave Winders a harsh scolding.

"Winders, you have almost ruined my management of the past two years! Since the family conquered Spark Island, how much effort has been spent guarding it for many years? That Emperor is different from the previous ones, and his methods are extremely ruthless! If the status as a trade hub is banned, we will drag the Campbell family down with us!"

After scolding, the Count looked at Elton Campbell on the side.

This young man had an outstanding appearance like his sister. His handsome appearance matched with long light golden hair, and his nobility was naturally revealed.

"Count, calm down. The Empire was taking a risky move in the first place. Both of our families know how much effort we spent to ride this wind of their rise."

Once the apostle left, Winders didn't cover up the expression on his face anymore. He gave a strange laugh: "Empire? Old things from hundreds of years ago. Why don't you go to the Demon Disaster Domain and see? Go to the edge of the airspace and see? See what the top group is fighting against?

"Wanting to unify the Ignis Airspace and daring to provoke the guild, just pulling one or two Exalted Realm combat powers is awesome?"

The Count said: "Since you think the power of Sky Knights is above the local lords, why didn't you establish a reliable relationship among them?

The middle-aged lord pointed to the direction of the port: "When I was building momentum for you, you were stepped on from the sky to the ground. And after being caught by the Order Flame Group, I have been listening to you cursing the Sky Knight who participated in this matter. His name is Li Ang, right? Since you are former teammates, why didn't you make friends with him?"

After the Count finished speaking, Dorothy grabbed Li Ang's arm. Her moist eyes were wide open, and while pointing at him with her finger, she kept her mouth shut, afraid of alarming the people in the room.

"You, you were also in that first group? You have been hiding it and not saying it because you want to see me make a fool of myself?"

"Not anymore. Even if I stayed, there's no need to hang it on my lips. I care more about the future."

"Future." Dorothy thought thoughtfully, looked at her palm, and gradually clenched it.

The soul peak rose to the first place, but Dorothy didn't know its members. This was normal.

The guild rule was that each group could choose whether to disclose its members. Like group leader Rams, he certainly wouldn't disclose it. Until this time when it became the first, he chose to disclose it to expand the team's reputation.

For most Newbis residents, Sky Knights were people very far away from them. No matter if you were a top group or a bottom group, they didn't care at all.

And for ordinary Sky Knights, the truth about things between top groups was not as interesting as gossip that had been passed on several times.

Only people with some strength would pay attention to which people on the list were in which groups, and combined with various anecdotes heard usually, judge the real situation in the sky. Because this overlapped with their own living circles.

Dorothy repeated document organization work day after day, or hid in her room. She couldn't see the news at all.

Winders exhaled uncomfortably: "Of course I want to please the group leader. Didn't you say the same? Li Ang and the group leader don't get along. Who knows that bastard... who knows he really has something. What he did in the group before was just right. I really didn't notice."

The Count said: "This is the result of being too young, not knowing how to leave a way out, and offending people before figuring out their roots. Just because you don't know how to maintain interpersonal relationships, you are now in an awkward situation."

"Oh, Count Finat, calm down. No one wants this kind of thing." Dorothy's second brother spoke.

"Don't pretend."

Winders raised his chin and looked down at Elton. After all, he was a Rank 6 warrior-type professional, and he was much taller than Elton.

"The old man deliberately scolded me, mainly to show you. Worried that because of my affairs, the Campbell family, who originally had requests for us, would instead climb up the pole.

"I suggest you don't look forward to clinging to the Empire too much. It's really not as important as finding a way to cultivate one or two high-rank Sky Knights, or reaching a cooperative relationship with a powerful team. You don't know at all that high-rank Sky Knights cooperate with each other, and the power is much stronger!

"As for me, it was originally the Campbell family who had requests for us, so they sent your sister over. Yes, her beauty is very high, but she has a stinky face every day, and she has no interest at all. I might not even look at her."

Li Ang heard Dorothy beside him give a "heh." She had now become the arrogant noble lady she was when they first met.

"Don't misunderstand, brother Winders." Elton made a gesture of raising his hand to make himself appear to have no attack power: "I will definitely not have any thoughts because of an accident."

Elton nodded to Count Finat: "Our two families, as rulers of the island, actually know the power and trouble of Sky Knights. Originally, seeking cooperation was to stop looking at their faces."

The Count said: "Winders, if you can really find the power of a top Sky Knight group, then everything in the Finat family can be decided by you now, and your eldest brother can only stand aside, but obviously you can't do it."

"The legend of the Demon Disaster Domain is too far away for us who have ruled mortals for generations. I also don't know how top Sky Knight groups fight, so we have to cultivate ourselves."

Li Ang thought the Count was right. Winders thought he had seen the scenery at the top and was already above others in his family, but he didn't understand the soul peak group leader.

Rams knew very well who was useful and who was useless in his heart. But he had a principle—if a useful person was useless to him, then it was useless; if a useless person was useful to him, then it was useful.

In the past, Winders could bring him money, while Li Ang restricted him from using the team to seek private gain.

Now, Winders' situation would bring trouble to Rams. So the older generation like the Count valued their own foundation, which was a very steady thinking.

The reason why Li Ang felt that private gain was not so important was because in this world, although individuals could not achieve the power of the world, a group of well-coordinated strong people forming a team could exert power that allowed them to be completely free from the constraints of the mortal world.

Count Finat looked directly at his son.

"Winders, do you think that as rulers, we wouldn't understand what kind of power Sky Knights have?

"Their guild pretends to say 'for order, for Newbis', wanting us to treat the people well and not to use force without authorization. You dare not follow their rules, which is a kind of oppression for us.

"In the three hundred years since the guild was established, those Sky Knights have become increasingly powerful on average, and the islands in the Ignis Airspace have been randomly coming and going like their back gardens.

"The name of knight sounds good. Before the guild, they were just a group of stray dogs fighting for food, homeless adventurers!"

The half-elf young man opened his mouth: "Our Campbell family can use the wind and soil of the Elf Island to tame monsters and build a monster cavalry army, but the main monster trade is still in the hands of the Giant Garden.

"And the Finat family is located on the main traffic route. Because the military strength is not enough and the passing Sky Knights are becoming more and more powerful, it is now too restricted by the rules set by the guild, and even wanting to give someone preferential treatment or wanting to restrict someone is tied up.

"The Empire has mastered power completely different from the past this time. By borrowing the rise of the Empire, we can make up for each other's shortcomings, which will definitely allow our mortal kingdoms to go to a higher level."

Elton nodded to the Count: "Let's talk about our cooperation period and tomorrow's engagement ceremony."