229 Chapter 229: Justification

Listening to Derik ruthless words and unrepentant expression, the hearts of most people here were moved. To be honest, most of them had no issues with Derik's methods, they were even expecting this kind of answer. Ahika and Krasic which stood for the lizard race were disturbed by Derik's cruel method, instead, they deemed it straightforward and effective. The human race was used to this mass murders whenever Derik appears in public, although it looked gruesome, it was quite effective and consumes less time.

After Gerald was crowned king of Gyro back then, something similar happened with the fanatic believers of the holy church and in just a single day, Derik appeared and wiped out all those who stood on the side of the holy church. Back then they deemed this method evil and uncalled for but when the realized how effective it was, they silently approved of it

As for the elves, Elsa and Diana wore twisted expressions as they gazed at Derik who looked unconcerned and the man in his early thirties with emerald green hair and eyes. He was dressed in a hooded green robe and in his fingers were rings made of twigs and normal looking leaves.

"Over thirty thousand people were killed… five thousand of these people are elves! We elves do not reproduce easily like humans… every elf is very important to the clan… losing close to three thousand people is just too much!" Elsa spoke with a pair of reddened eyes.

"I patiently waited for the representatives of the human and elven race to step in and calm the situation… I only intervened when a civil war was almost unavoidable… I solved the problem which you could not solve… shouldn't you be thanking me?" Derik asked casually.

He sat on a customized chair made of the bones of all those he has slaughtered over the years. His blood-red eyes showed no hint of sympathy and there was no remorse in his voice. Derik was justifying his actions and he was slowly growing impatient. He wore his usual sleeveless black top and black trousers. Behind him were Aldora, Kalos, Kira, Kuen, and Kin, all five of them representing the most powerful members of the palace of the dead. Derik's objective in this meeting was not just to justify his actions, he was also showing off the strength of his personal force to the other representatives.

That way they will think twice before acting against him.

"We are talking about thirty thousand lives here!" Diana was flustered by Derik's response and couldn't help but scream at him.

"Thirty thousand, three hundred, what's the difference?" Cyrus pushes his golden hair backed gently as he asked the question.

"They are right Diana… you and Elsa are being too sentimental about this… thirty thousand plus people were trying to pull this kingdom into a state of chaos and destruction… Derik's action may look cruel, but even then, it was necessary" Kaido has always been fond of Diana so he spoke to her softly.

"But…. That wasn't the only way!" Diana muttered under her breathe after Cyrus and Kaido spoke up.

With Kaido, Cyrus, Ahika, Gerald, Derik, Krasic, and Francis on one side, there is nothing she and Elsa could do about the situation. Now she even thought about it, even if they chose to punish the death mage for his actions, who here could defeat him and his undead army?

"You need to understand that these people you killed are related to innocent people in some way! You killed people's fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and even children! I don't wish for you to be punished in anyway Derik… I just wish you understand the implications of your actions… Someone's loved one is dead because of you and Francis" Elsa turned her attention to Derik and spoke directly.

"Punish… Me? Ha! These people made their choices… they chose to destabilize the empire so I chose to take their life… it's just the way things are! For your sake, I give you a month to calm the rioting elves who are asking for their so called justice…. After that time, I will sweep through the streets of the empire again and take the lives of those who dare to side with my enemies… Same goes for you too Gerald… should these humans continue their demonstrations, I'll be forced to show them what it means to be the messenger of death!" Derik glared at Elsa while he spoke, after which he left the hall with his team.

"Well… I just hope you know I'm on his side too…" Francis finally spoke just after Derik left the room.

Cyrus on his own part only chuckled in response and signaled Agus to leave with him with just a simple flick. Ahika and Krasic had no reason to stay behind so they left as well.

With this the meeting came to an end and everyone returned to their various regions. In the end, after Derik's message was relayed to the people, the empire went quite. They demanded justice for their loved ones since they believed numerous gold realm masters would stand against the death mage. In reality, they were expecting the life guardian spirit host who is meant to support peace and love to stand against Derik, since he is the only one capable of killing the death mage, but to their greatest surprise, the Life mage alongside the blazing fire guardian spirit host and the nature guardian spirit host took his side. With this, who could lay a finger on the death mage?

The palace of darkness was currently considered as the most powerful force in the empire. With the death mage as its head, fighting alongside two gold realm undead commanders! One wielding the light magic and the other wielding the spatial magic, making it three gold realm masters in one force. Behind them are three commander level individuals, each possessing the peak grade of the silver realm cultivation base! Kira wielding the blood magic, Kin who was also a mage with the darkness magic and Kuen who is the current host of the gravity cosmic spirit! Rumor has it that this talented youth awakened his own path the very moment he broke into the peak grade of the silver realm, making him the strongest amongst the three commanders of the special forces.

After the alliance of the four kingdoms, all those wielding supernatural powers just like the werewolves and vampires, abandoned their homes to join the palace of the dead, a place that did not discriminate against the supernatural! With this Derik possessed a force of over ten thousand supernatural beings with strength close to the silver realm or even nearing the peak of the silver realm! His power and influence have become so terrifying that everyone would need to band together before they can fight him! The only person capable of matching him in power and influence has always been the palace master of the life palace, Cyrus. Unfortunately, he has always been in a good relationship with Derik and every move which any of them took was backed up by the other person, making it almost impossible to deal with them individually.

Seeing no reason in continuing a protest which will lead to the loss of their lives in a month's time, these people quietly returned to their homes silently. The recent event has created a bridge between the elven race representative Elsa and the death mage Derik and their relationship began to crumble silently!