Chapter 537: Epilogue

"No, this is impossible!"

Selandier no longer possessed her previous composure and calm, becoming like a crazed old woman.

"How could you possibly lock onto my tracks?"

Luoning slowly descended from the sky to a spot not far in front of her, "A Legendary Archmage can sense their surroundings with Mental Power; coming from the New Moon Continent, you couldn't have forgotten even this, could you?"

Selandier naturally knew this, but she did not understand; the mental sensing range of an average Legendary Archmage was only about thirty miles, and those who were stronger reaching fifty miles was already very impressive.

To be safe, she had teleported over eighty miles away; how could the other party still sense her?

"You... don't kill me!"

There was a trace of trembling in Selandier's voice.

How high-spirited she had been when she originally accepted the order from the Storm Lord Ceres to cross the Storm Sea and come to the unknown Star Continent to build a career!

She had never imagined she would fall into such a desperate situation.

Selandier tried hard to squeeze out a seductive smile, "As long as you don't kill me, I will do anything!"

A woman with only half a body speaking seductive words—this scene looked terrifying and bizarre no matter how one viewed it.

A cold sneer curled the corner of Luoning's mouth, "Are followers of the Demon God afraid of death too?"

"Followers of the Demon God are exactly the same as humans."

Seeing that Luoning did not act immediately, Selandier thought there was hope and continued to entice him, "Not only is our personality the same, but our body structure is also the same; compared to your wife..."

Slap!

Luoning slapped her, taking the Storm Heart from her hand.

"Don't be disgusting, Selandier. If you had committed suicide, I would still acknowledge you as a person of character."

Luoning sensed it; the internal structure of the Storm Heart was complex, and the further inward he went, it was as if an invisible barrier blocked his perception.

"Is this a random teleportation? Or a fixed-point teleportation?"

Selandier was stunned, then flew into a rage, "Give the Storm Heart back to me!"

This item could not only control the Wind Envoys but also possessed various abilities like teleportation and healing, equivalent to Selandier's life-bound Divine Artifact.

The surrounding Wind Elements surged violently toward her; Selandier was actually trying to snatch it back.

Unfortunately, Luoning felt no pity, piercing her heart with a sword; with a stir of his Battle Qi, he took her life.

The moment Selandier died, the Storm Heart in Luoning's hand seemed to lose its soul, severing some kind of mental connection.

He was also able to probe its mysteries more smoothly.

This small disc, the size of a pocket watch, was engraved with an arcane Magic Array, somewhat similar to the "Fishing Teleportation Array" in the Mysterious Valley, though more complex.

Luoning tried injecting Magic Power to activate the teleportation array, and from the feedback information, he sensed that this was neither random nor fixed-point teleportation, but directional teleportation.

The teleportation distance was determined by the Magic Power consumed during activation, with a maximum of about one hundred kilometers.

Selandier must have been severely injured, leading to a poor state, and perhaps she also wanted to conserve some Magic Power, which was why she only teleported over eighty miles.

Underestimating the enemy and carelessness cost her her life.

Luoning took off her Space Ring; upon checking with his Mental Power, there was only five or six cubic meters of space inside, and apart from some personal clothing, it was stacked with some Magic Crystals and five Jiu Ji Moha Spell Scrolls.

The "Wind Snake Chain," a Jiu Ji Moha she used frequently, was one of them.

Luoning put away the Space Ring and the Storm Heart, then instantly cast a Flame Beam, watching the flames burn Selandier's corpse clean before leaving.

With this, the turmoil in the Wangdu could be considered to have come to an end; the next step was to consider how to deal with Jialete.

Luoning did not kill him; on one hand, he did not want others to say he was heartless, and on the other, he also wanted to hear Blanche's opinion.

Now that Bruno was gone, and the only Crown Prince was a patricidal murderer, once Jialete's crimes were judged, the succession of the Auduin Kingdom would be the first problem to face.

Bruno had one son and two daughters; in the case where the son could not inherit, according to law and custom, it should be inherited by brothers or nephews.

However, of Bruno's two brothers, Hesusu was dead, and Feilunsi had fallen to the alien race and betrayed the country, so he and his son naturally had no right of inheritance.

Therefore, it could only fall upon the two married daughters—

The eldest Princess Xuelun and the youngest Princess Blanche.

But no matter how it was inherited, according to normal procedures, this crown could not possibly be placed on Luoning's head, which was inconsistent with his goal.

Luoning wanted to be King, but he was not obsessed with power.

After all, as the Conqueror Duke, he already possessed extremely high power.

Becoming King could promote the growth of his strength.

The reward for the Achievement Task 【Famous Throughout the World】 was thirty thousand Attribute Points and sixty thousand Energy Essence.

This would allow him and his followers to improve their strength by a large margin!

Moreover, after becoming King, problems like population and large cities would all be solved; Luoning might even be able to ascend from Legendary to Sage in one leap.

He could not miss such an opportunity to strengthen himself.

"Hmm, I need to think this over carefully."

When Luoning killed the Wind Envoy, Selandier, and the others, Jinyu City was also in a boil.

Originally, they all thought Luoning was the executioner who killed His Majesty Bruno, but after seeing Luoning drop the indictment of Jialete's crimes, many people wavered.

And when Baron Dani and other nobles escaped from the Jinyu Palace and spoke in terror of how Crown Prince Jialete had committed patricide, colluded with the enemy, and betrayed the country, public opinion was in an immediate uproar.

Although the saying "if a father wants his son to die, the son must die" was not practiced here, the status of a father was very high in every family, especially a father who held a noble title.

Patricide was a great evil in itself, let alone when it happened to a Crown Prince.

At this moment, every street and alley in the Jinyu Palace was discussing the upheaval in the palace.

Some restless elements in society sensed that the Kingdom was about to undergo a great change and began to walk the streets unscrupulously, killing, burning, and looting.

Chaos soon spread through the city.

At this time, because Philemon had been killed and the Griffin Knights had also been temporarily seized by Jialete, when Jialete was captured and his subordinates were killed by Luoning, the people under these two major institutions seemed to become headless flies, not knowing how to handle the situation.

After the Deputy Commander of the Griffin Knights, Buluoer, left the Jinyu Palace, the first place he went to was the Royal Extraordinary Academy.

The reason he chose this place is that you students are relatively passionate and also relatively pure.

This Deputy Commander is widely known, so when he stood upon the high platform, he immediately attracted quite a few students.

Suddenly, many people sought to verify the true information from Buluoer.

Buluoer did not hide anything and recounted everything that happened on the night His Majesty Bruno was assassinated.

Although he was realistic, he neither defended Luoning nor added fuel to the fire for Jialete.

But when his description ended, all the students were certain of one thing—Luoning had nothing to do with the murder of His Majesty, and it was Jialete who was framing Luoning.

At the same time, when they learned that Luoning had become a legendary Legendary Knight and Legendary Archmage, the direction of this matter changed completely.

Those young people who already viewed Luoning as an idol immediately became his fanatical supporters.

Now that their idol had been wronged and aggrieved, these fanatical supporters naturally could not stand idly by.

Consequently, they gathered together, took to the streets, arrived in front of the Jinyu Palace, shouted Luoning's name loudly, and at the same time continuously demanded that Jialete be put on trial.

In such a scene, I fear that if Luoning were to put on a crown and declare himself king, they would likely raise both hands in approval without even having to think about it. (End of chapter)