[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ":3,"chapter-summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Summoning Millions of Gods Daily, My Strength Equals Theirs Combined",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},349195,609,"Chapter 4 -4-The Night Before the Storm","summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>After leaving Valoria Palace, William did not return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he headed straight for House Smith, his steps unceasing, his mind weighed down by urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drastic change he had seen in Aurek—and the dangerous task the emperor had entrusted to him—were not matters he could shoulder alone. He needed the counsel of House Smith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back inside the palace, silence once again fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Aurek remained within its towering halls, the vast chambers echoing faintly with the stillness of an empire on the brink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aurek did not allow himself the luxury of idleness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled toward him the stack of briefings that William had most recently submitted, spreading the parchments across the desk. One by one, he read through them with sharp eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pattern emerged quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most frequently reported problem was the rampant spread of gangs in city after city, their lawless power grinding the lives of common folk into misery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time and again, the local police bureaus had attempted crackdowns. And time and again, their efforts had ended in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, naturally, they submitted petitions to parliament—pleading for additional funds from the treasury, claiming they needed more resources to recruit men and stamp out the gangs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurek’s jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to be a genius to see through their ploy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the treasury granted those funds, how much would actually be used for fighting crime? The majority would vanish into private pockets. The so-called police would fatten themselves first—and as for the gangs, Aurek suspected many of them had been propped up by these same officials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vile parasites...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand clenched into a fist, knuckles whitening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the gangs were not the only matters of note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two other items in the reports drew his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first: his marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fiancée—Josephine, of House Tascher—was renowned throughout the empire. A beauty so radiant that countless young noble scions dreamed of claiming her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taschers were among the most powerful families in Crossbridge. By all accounts, the wedding should have already taken place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Aurek had first arrived in this world, his predecessor had still been in a coma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taschers, clearly, had other designs in mind. And so the marriage had been delayed again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurek’s lips twitched faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others might envy him for being betrothed to the famed beauty. But in his memories, Josephine was nothing more than a snot-nosed girl running around the palace gardens. Hardly the dazzling flower of noble society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frankly, he didn’t care much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second matter, however—this he cared about very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it concerned the capital itself: Eryndor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the briefings, a gang had risen in Eryndor unlike any other. They called themselves the Blackfish Gang, and unlike common thugs, they counted awakeners among their ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once established, the Blackfish spread like a plague.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They extorted and terrorized. They preyed upon the weak. Their usurious loans drove families into ruin. Men unable to pay were sold into slavery; women were dragged into their dens and taverns, reduced to toys for their patrons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worst of all—they operated Eryndor’s only tavern open to beastmen, a den infamous for its depravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, they offered human flesh as delicacies—human flesh prepared as \"special dishes\" for beastmen to devour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for where that meat came from? No one dared say it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurek’s entire body trembled with fury. His fist clenched so tightly that his nails cut into his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monsters. They’re worse than monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even through his anger, a sliver of caution stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the presence of awakeners within a gang in Eryndor raised troubling questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By all rights, the capital was under the direct eye of Cardinal Austin, the Theocracy’s supreme bishop in Crossbridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How, then, had awakeners managed to worm their way into gang life so brazenly? Surely such things could not have gone unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was some greater force backing them? And if so... which faction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aurek’s eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter. Whoever stood behind them, it made no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they dared cause chaos in his capital, then they would be eradicated—root and stem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rising to his feet, Aurek strode from the palace chambers to the battlements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the high walls of Valoria, he gazed far across the sprawling city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes pierced beyond the inner city, stretching to the outer rings of Eryndor, where the gangs held sway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there, his voice rang out, sharp as steel and heavy with imperial authority:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exterminate the Blackfish Gang with the cruelest of means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Skin every last one of them alive, stuff their hides with straw, and mount them upon spears for all the city to see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, his assassins stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two remained at his side to guard him. The other eight melted into the shadows, vanishing like mist before the morning sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The order had been given.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunt had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aurek’s thoughts did not stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gangs could not have flourished so easily without protection. It was inevitable that they paid bribes to the Prefect of Police.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Prefect, Aurek knew, was no ordinary official. He was one of the closest confidants of the Minister of War, Nock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be, then, that the Blackfish Gang’s shadow stretched back to the Minister himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial Guard Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Gaia sat in stern silence, his face set in hard lines as he turned to his deputy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Harland,\" he said gravely, \"reports say the outer city is boiling with gang activity. And this Blackfish Gang... their excesses grow bolder by the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is your opinion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Harland’s brow furrowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander... don’t you think something is strange about all this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaia’s eyes narrowed, his mind racing. He said nothing, waiting for his deputy to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harland leaned forward, voice low and tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By rights, with Cardinal Austin himself residing in the capital, no awakener would dare cause such public unrest. And yet here we are. The Blackfish Gang flaunts its crimes openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... this cannot be simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And more than that—have you noticed how quiet the other factions have been? Too quiet. Their silence is too convenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s as if everyone has agreed to turn a blind eye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gaia clenched his fists, his voice tight with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right. These wretched beasts... for the sake of their own profit, they trample the common people as if they were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do they not understand? If unrest breaks out in the capital, they will be caught in the flames as well!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Short-sighted fools!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice echoed through the hall, hot with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander’s fury burned bright, but Harland’s weary sigh cooled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander... you know as well as I do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Imperial Guard is strong, yes. But if we act without orders, the Grand Marshal will seize the chance to strike at you. She’s been eyeing your position for years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, Gaia’s jaw tightened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Guard was one of the few forces left that the royal house could still rely upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his command were stripped away, the Royalist Party would suffer a devastating blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harland pressed on, voice heavy with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And beyond that... the Blackfish Gang has awakeners. If they have backers among the great factions, then even the Guard’s intervention may achieve nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In truth... this may already be beyond our ability to resolve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, silence hung heavy between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Gaia exhaled sharply, his face carved with frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Then we will not act rashly. Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We wait to hear William’s orders. Our first duty remains to protect His Majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand clenched again, his voice low, bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Blackfish Gang...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not finish. His words trailed off into a growl of helpless fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the shadows of Eryndor, the storm gathered strength.\u003C\u002Fp>",1310,"2026-05-30T04:13:42.167Z","2026-06-01T04:30:17.337Z",1,"novelbin.me","f62fa69a3c3e851aafc657659de4eefbad67ed641290be70e64b8621ef5fc1e9","summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-chapter-5","summoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-chapter-3",690,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsummoning-millions-of-gods-daily-my-strength-equ-cover.jpg"]