Chapter 415: The Imperial Capital’s Downfall

Different envoys of every kingdom came to the imperial capital in order to celebrate the crowning of a new emperor. The people were merry, and fireworks are getting set off in order to make it livelier. The visitors of the celebration did not know that they were walking into a trap.

"Greetings to everyone!" The voice of a dignified old man stated.

The dignified old man is none other than the current emperor. He spoke to something like a microphone, but it is made with magic stones and not metal.

"Today, I, Apollonius III, shall hand over my crown to my son, Apollonius IV. From this day forth, he shall be crowned the new emperor." Apollonius III stated as he crowned his son.

Cheers erupted from the crowd as a new emperor is crowned. The newly crowned emperor then took the hand of his wife, Fausse Luxar. She was the new emperor's childhood sweetheart and have met each other in a twist of fate.

As the new empress took the hand of her husband using her left hand, her right hand turned into a blade that cut the new emperor's head off. The crowd became silent as no one expected it to happen. Apollonius IV's reign came to an end and so did his head as it rolled down the podium.

A few seconds later when blood is already spraying from the neck of Apollonius IV, screams erupted from the gathered crowd as their brains now processed what happened. The guards immediately surrounded Fausse as she killed her husband.

Apollonius III, who is still in shock, went on his knees as his world suddenly blacked out. Rage filled his eyes as he pulled out a sword made of fire and charged towards Fausse. He was about to cut her head off, but he did not notice that he too started bleeding.

The guards that surrounded Fausse pierced their spears on Apollonius III's body. The old man spat out blood from the sudden attack. He was then finished off by the prime minister that was beside him which in fact is Fausse's father.

"You dare betray me, Prime Minister Luxar!" Apollonius III stated in his dying moments.

Apollonius III's body slumped to the ground as the light in his eyes dimmed. The last thoughts on his mind were why did he fall for the Prime Minister's schemes. The previous Imperial Sorcerer Emrys was sent to the battlefield and is currently unavailable due to the wounds he got from fighting the Arch Lich Malus.

Emrys overexerted his powers which is why he was almost assassinated. He is now currently missing due to escaping from his assailants. He was pronounced dead due to him not returning for a long time which is why a new imperial sorcerer is appointed at the behest of Prime Minister Faust.

This new imperial sorcerer however is now using his magic on the visitors of the capital to conduct a killing spree. All the faceless ones in the capital are now conducting a mass killing spree. Fausse took of her disguise and returned to her faceless one form but she is a bit different to a normal faceless one.

The form that she had is only the same to a faceless one head wise. Her true form is a blank face without features and just all skin. The thing that is different is her body as it looked like she is wearing fleshy robes. The skin on her arms hanged while her body skin stretched to the floor that give the illusion of her wearing a robe.

She then ripped a mouth for herself as her normal form does not have a mouth. She then started singing from the mouth that she ripped from her head. The song is actually a magic spell chant that made every faceless one faster and stronger.

The song that she is singing is not only giving strength to her allies but a preparation for their god to descend. The dead bodies inside the imperial capital are used as a catalyst for the spell to work. Each dead body created a magic circle that enlarged to a circumference of five meters.

This continued on until all the visitors of the imperial capital perished. The mountains of dead bodies became the perfect offering for the faceless ones to bring their god unto the mortal realm. Each dead body made the spell stronger and better.

The power of souls is what made the barrier that separated the mortal realm and the divine realm. So, it makes sense that the power of souls would also be the thing that could pierce the barrier. The priestess looking faceless one stopped chanting and then killed itself.

Upon the priestess looking faceless one's death, a hundred thousand souls became free and incorporated their powers into the spell. This was the only measure for a faceless one to become close to the imperial family is by making one of them eat a hundred thousand souls.

The demigod protecting the imperial capital has such keen senses that even high-ranking faceless ones could not escape his sights. The faceless ones had no choice but make their ultimate warrior which is the Perfect Faceless One.

The Perfect Faceless One evaded the identification powers of the demigod in the imperial capital that is protecting the imperial family. They made the ultimate version of their race but that also meant that this perfect being could not live long.

The life of the Perfect Faceless One is twenty-five years as holding a hundred thousand souls in one body is too much even for a perfect being. The perfect faceless ones bided their time and waited for the right moment to strike.

Their patience finally bored fruit as their god is finally descending to the mortal plane. The demigod protecting the imperial family is now being held back by the other Perfect Faceless Ones which is why no one could protect the people getting killed in the imperial capital.

The sound of breaking glass could be heard by all inhabitants of the main world as the barrier between the mortal plane and the divine plane is breaking. Soon a rip in space could be seen and a being with numerous eyes peered into the rift.