Chapter 346 - Why Did You Do It?
Aman was resilient even at the face of danger. It was an admirable quality as a king , however he just put it to bad use. To be honest Aman was a great king , if one could look at necromancy as just another form of art , and ignore the fact that he usurped the throne , the guy was good ruler.
Aman was undoubtedly strong and charismatic, he was also courageous to lead by example and had a spine to fight stronger opponents head on. Only if his natural disposition was not leaning towards evil , he would have made a terrifying monarch.
Rudra personally had nothing against Aman , but the man was bad for buisness , many regions had severed trade ties with Hazelgroove once he took over the throne. There were mass riots and the church of light felt uncomfortable under a rumored necromancer as the ruler , hence abstaining from public support of the monarchy.
This led to an overall tense atmosphere in the kingdom , the tension kept people on their toes at all time , as they saved money and tried to hoarse essentials , not knowing when riots would break out and public order disrupted. Hence it was bad for the economic stimulus Rudra was looking for. A spending economy was a wealthy economy , a saving economy was a slow economy.
Even so , he would not have taken action against Aman if he was not forced to do it. Things looked okay now that Karna and Jhonny were by his side and Emperor Cervantez had joined the battle with Patricia. However, he was still out of action. Completely useless.
Cervantez was gauging his son , his eyes staring holes into his son's guilt. This was a typical dad move , he treated Aman like a complete boy , who was being punished for his wrongdoings and just like he expected , Aman could not look directly into his eye , no matter how much he grew up , the psychology he had since being a child would not go away soo easily. He was guilty and afraid of retribution.
Aman grit his teeth as he said " Men attack that old man now! ".
The royal soldiers hesitated ... They did not know wether or not to follow the orders of Aman anymore .... Emperor Cervantez was still alive ... Does that not make Aman's claim to the throne invalid?
On the other hand , they did not have the balls to fight Cervantez head on , but could they disobey a direct order from their current Emperor?
Caught in a dilemma , everyone just glanced around at one another , like , what are we supposed to do?
These are the situations where the mass mentality comes into play , what one does , the others follow , and on this occasion , one soldier bent the knee. As he said " soldier greets the emperor ".
Immediately everyone else went on their knees and said " We greet the emperor ".
Cervantez spread his arms as he said " It's still my house , boy , they are still my people ".
That was actually the case , although Aman had some guards under his faction , most were loyal to the Kingdom and hence by extention to him. They believed he was the rightful owner of the throne and hence served him. But now that Cervantez was here , they naturally would not anymore.
Aman's gaze turned a shade colder .... As he muttered under his breath , that he knew humans were useless, but he wasted not a single breath on those who defected , as he only looked towards Rahim and said " Are you with me ? ".
Rahim was scared ... However he had long been on the Aman boat , if he left it now , he was someone who would not be let to board the Cervantez boat. He would be left to drown in the ocean.
Hence not from loyalty , but from fear , Rahim said " Ofcourse my emperor ".
Aman nodded , Rahim was worth more than all the soldiers combined anyway.
It was then that Cervantez said " Good , good , good , you imprisoned me and took over the throne ... I am impressed son , you have became quite the cunning man.?You have the guts to stand up and fight with me .... Good , I want my son to be brave and not a coward. You have made allies , though poor in quality , but still a tier 4 mage. Admirable again. It seems my education was not wasted on you ".
Aman snapped back " Stop treating me like a kid .... I'm not a kid anymore , I'm the ruler of this kingdom , and that throne belongs to me old man ".
Cervantez stared angrily at Aman and said " SILENCE BOY , YOUR FATHER IS SPEAKING ".
Aman was immediately stunned to silence.
Cervantez said " The throne was always yours , I was definitely not going to reign forever , but you chose to seize the power from me??Why did you do it??What was ur objective after becoming the king? , I had long known the fact that you practiced necromancy .... But I never thought about interfering with your life even though I knew it was a art that would be frowned upon. Maybe that is where I went wrong , I went wrong to give you too much freedom boy.
You wanted to enslave Mazikeen am I correct ? And you messed it up and now after 700 years of being imprisoned by the royal family of Hazelgroove .... Mazikeen is free into the world!
HOW CAN YOU BE SOO FOOLISH BOY!?MAZIKEEN IS THE DEVIL'S SERVANT , SHE SERVES LUCIFER HIMSELF!
IS A FALLEN ANGEL'S POWER SOMETHING YOU CAN RIVAL AT TIER 4?
STUPID ! STUPID ! STUPID! ".
Cervantez was furious , while the others were left to wonder , what the hell he was talking about ... Everyone except Patricia who looked pale.
Aman would not meet Cervantez's eyes. He was guilty.
Cervantez unsheathed his sword and started to walk towards Aman , Rahim was alerted but just as he raised his hand to stop the advancing king , in a flash of a move that was invisible to the naked eye , a sword Slash severed his arm from his shoulder as Rahim let out a screeching scream.
Cervantez only looked coldly towards him as he said " YOU LED MY BOY ASTRAY ".
Next moment Rahim's head rolled on the ground .... There was no fight ... There was no struggle , it was an instant death!
Karna was stunned seeing this scene .... Just what level was Emperor Cervantez at? To be soo strong?
Coming face to face with Aman he said " NOONE , no matter how genius , NOONE , breaks from tier 3 to tier 4 as fast as you did . Tell me , boy , did you sell your soul to Lucifer? ".
Aman suddenly harrowed and looked Cervantez straight in the eye as he said " Am I someone who would kneel to anyone? I did not kneel before you old man , god is no different , I STOLE Lucifer's power to ascend . Not borrow it old man. You don't understand me , and you don't understand my thirst for power , at first I felt that becoming a king was enough power for me , just like you , however the more I interacted with people .... People like those Won knights , the more I understood that I would never be respected like you .... I could only be feared , and for me to be feared tier 4 was not enough! I need to be tier 5 , and someday tier 6 ..... BECAUSE THAT old man , is true power ! , Soo yes , I took the throne from you , because that was the only way I could ever have the time and preparation I needed to devour Mazikeens powers . But something went wrong and she escaped , but not before loosing half her powers to me ! If only It worked perfectly I would be tier 5 today , and you would kneel before me ! ".
It was at that moment that Cervantez raised his right hand?, with his palm bent backwords facing the sky , as mana visible to the naked eye started to gather over his hands. Circling at high speed ..... Faster and faster. Untill it became a circular disc golden in color , resonating with the mana of the world humming gold in color.
Aman knew this move very well ..... It was the legendary move of the first emperor who ruled over the entire nothern continent .... The tier 5 special move ' Disc of destruction '.
His eyes widened in shock as he stuttered to ask " You ....you are tier 5 ?".
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