Chapter 123 - The Main Event

Bisca, Styrmir, and Zia was inside the mansion and changed their 

"Now what?" Zia and Bisca changed their clothes, 

"What else? Let's hit the party!" Styrmir smiled with a broken tooth.

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"Your grace, what a magnificent feast! I  am so glad you invited us!" A noble walked to Slevis with a wine glass, 

"Well, your presence is required for the main event!" Selvis chuckled as the crown prince was having his drink while both of them were meeting the guests.

"Ah yes! I heard you faced some trouble these past days? Somebody interrupted and sneaked into your entertainment house? How did that happen?" The noble slyly smiled at him, 

"That!" Selvis walked past him, "it's none of your concern, they are dead, and the remains will be too scared to crawl out of a hole! They saw what would be the result of looking down on Diesswrin!" 

Selvis tapped on his shoulder and that was almost crushed him on the ground, he was fighting his fear behind his smile, 

"I…I see…!"

The feast was on at its best, music and charm were swaying the hearts of many, they were living in bliss for the moment, and it was finally the time.

Selvis walked upon the high dais, and chimed his glass, 

"May I have your attention! 

Ladies and gentlemen, as all of you, must have known that today we gathered here for the great banquet celebration of my son's birthday, but this isn't everything this night has to offer!"

"Selvis! What the hell are you talking about? I told you I don't like half-assed things! I gave you my precious time and you are telling me I came here to attend some kind of surprise party?

I hate surprises!"  The crown prince threw his glass on the floor, 

"There he goes again! That arrogant behavior against the duchy!"

"Why does he hate them so much?" 

"Don't you know? The Roschart Diesswrin is actually-" 

*bang!*

A swift crystal ball pierced the nobles eye, leaving nothing but blood and corpse on the floor on the floor, 

Few of the guests started panicking and running, they were horrified and couldn't suppress their fear and screams…

"Silence! All of the Imperial faction! You saw the result of displeasing me!" Selvis made his bow and took a deep breath, 

"Well, you may ask what is the surprise? Well then let me word it for you! From today onwards!

I Selvis Diesswrin!

Will be the only worthy emperor of the land of Seloud! 

So now to me and be part of a new rising of the  kingdom!" Selvis raised his glass and many nobles raised there as well, few of them didn't have any idea what was going on and were shaking like fools.

"Duke, what are you talking about? Have you gone insane?" The crown prince was furious, his mana started oozing out of his body, and the mansion started trembling.

"Haha, prince! You see you and your father was never the worthy king! It was the Diesswrin who was the rightful heir of the throne! To be exact not all Diesswrin but me!" 

Selvis was calm and we walked down staring at the prince in the eye, prince's eyes were red in rage and he grabbed Selvis's collar, 

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

Selvis grabbed his wrist and smiled at him,

"As dumb as always! You see, your father on the throne isn't actually a royal by blood!" 

The moment the prince heard this, he freed Selvis's collar and started walking back, 

"What the hell? This lie! It can't be! Father is an Emperor class mage! And grandfather crowned him right before my eyes!"

"Indeed that actually happened! But it was all because of the emperor of Esnair and the war! Well, I can't open my mouth much, I don't want to make an enemy out of them, so Roschart finishes him!" 

"And do you think I will just stand by and watch this happening!

[ MAGIA IM-"

A long crystal blade pierced the prince's chest, the blade was odd, it gouged out the prince's heart with its hand-like shape.

"Duke you-" the shaking fear in the crown prince's eyes stunned everybody, Roschart pulled his blade back, severing his heart from the body and crystallized it.

"Your grace please have mercy on us! We will support you! Please spare our lives!" All the nobles fell on their knees begging Selvis, and he just sat on the chair and slipped his wine.

"Why do you think I arranged the banquet? Of course to make you realize who holds the absolute power in this whole kingdom! All these years, it took 

it took me decades to finally reach this point!"

Selvis put down his glass and clapped and Bria, Jeremy, and Clove walked in to with a box in her hand, 

"So people, let me show you the key to our success, the one that will make me invincible, this will be the power that will let us conquer not only Seloud!

But the whole world!" Diesswrin took the box and opened it, 

Everyone in the room had their eyes opened wide, the spherical gem with silver chains wrapped around it, it was the pendant of Loki!

"I knew it! You bastard! I will slaughter you all!" Riger who was keeping quiet all this time screeched in the fuming anger.

"Oh, I forgot you were here! So well you see, 

I am the one who took them!" Diesswrin's grin filled everyone with horror, many of them who was his side from the start couldn't help but shake in the terror.

"With this, you are not just waging war against your own kingdom! But to the dwarf kingdom as well-"

"You think I am that much of a fool? My son already has thought this far, not a single thing has gone wrong from all these years! Do you really think you are here by your own accord?"

"What do you-"

"Let me tell you two things! 

First, your army close to our borders must've had their heads rolled up and licking soil by now, these three here, are the strongest mages after my son.

Second, the emperor of the dwarven kingdom has a secret alliance with the Seloud kingdom, who feared this might happen one day but sucks! 

They are going to perish alongside the puny emperor and the Goldmin kingdom will be the first kingdom to be conquered in my crusade!" The hysterical laugh of Diesswrin echoed in the mansion, all the nobles couldn't help but to look down before they piss in their pants.

"I see, my soldiers! My brother's honor has been tainted! They died on the battlefield by trickery, I swear upon the blood of theirs that has been swallowed by this accursed land! That I will avenge them!"

Riger joined his hand, 

[ MAGIA NIDAVELLIR! ]

[ FORGE LANCE OF BROKKR! ]

A copper hued lance forged in the hands of Riger, it was majestic and was sparking with bolts, 

"Oh ho! So this is your trump card? Shouldn't you go all out? Do you really think you can take us on one by one?" 

"Who said I am going to fight you all?"

"What do you mean?"

Riger thrust the lance on the floor, and his beard and hair started levitating, and electric bolts were sparking all around his body, 

"That insane dwarf! He is trying to kill all of us along with himself!" Jeremy shouted, and the chaos heaved, everybody started running around screaming.

"Die! You coward!"

[ MAGIA NIDAVELLIR ]

[ CRY OF ASGARD! ]

And the lightning struck the lance tearing the ceiling of the mansion, 

"Oh my! So this is your strongest spell?"

"This is everything I got! Now, the split opened the chest of Midgard, which has made your wrath call upon itself!"

The lighting started filling and cracking the ground, and the mansion started breaking apart, 

"Clove!" Selvis looked at her and she nodded, 

[ MAGIA EARTHEN REIGN ]

[ TROPOS SHIFT! ]

Clove chanted and the walls of the mansion dissolved and crushed Riger and the lance, while the cracked land locked itself again, and the reading thunder was canceled out.

"Is this all you got Riger? You are currently crushed under the earth that you were trying to burst open! To be honest, even if you were able to complete the spell, it would've killed everyone else in the territory but it would still won't be enough for me and my son!" 

"You! Monster! I will-"

"Woah I could still hear his voice from there, guess he was a bothersome enemy!"

Melvi was witnessing everything behind Clove, was horrified, she was leaning on Clove for support and keeping herself collected.

"What a beautiful moon we have today! It's shame we have to sacrifice, our mansion for it, all of you follow Roschart, we are going to start the ritual!" 

Roschart opened the door for the basement which was exposed now and everybody followed him down.

"Now, this will be the beginning of the-"

*huff*

A steamy breath was mixing with the air, 

[ CLOUD BURST!]

A huge blast of wind-tossed every rubble covering Riger's knocked-out body, who was covered in blood but was still standing holding the lance.

"Who is there?" Selvis glared in the direction of the gust, 

"Be careful old man! We were also here!" Styrmir and Zia we're standing tall with their arms crossed, 

"Shall we start the party again?"