Meanwhile, Desmond used his mana to forcibly remove every single person present within the palace and, once he was certain no one remained inside, turned to Azula and said, "Release that man's arm."The Ancient Phoenix Azula obeyed this command and released the man's arm, at which point Desmond calmly asked, "Now, tell me, speak the truth, which of these people is Kriss Hilios?"The young man pointed directly at one person, someone in the middle of the servants who was being held by Desmond's mana.Desmond dismissed the other servants and slowly approached the one who had been pointed out.As he drew near, he saw the spell binding the servant and severed it with a single move.With that, the spell altering the servant's appearance vanished, and the woman instantly transformed into a man.A man with pointed ears, golden hair, and sapphire-blue eyes."Kriss Hilios," said Desmond calmly.When Desmond uttered this name, the man in front of him began to tremble violently.It was a perfectl

[Blade of the Night]Kriss was not looking at Duchess Estella Moon before him, but at a woman who would instantly tear her to pieces, cut off his fingers without killing him, feed his body pieces to the dogs, ensure his body did not decay after death, and run his body through with swords.Even Desmond himself, the young man who was currently the most powerful person in the world, couldn't help but tremble where he stood.Estella was nowhere near his power... Truth be told, it wouldn't take Desmond even twenty seconds to kill her, but... This middle-aged woman was now giving him the same anxiety, fear, and admiration he had felt when he first saw Nyx.Even though Desmond was scared, even though he was barely managing to stop his hands from shaking, he knew he had to keep this woman calm.So the young man opened his mouth and calmly uttered a single sentence:"Mother, let's calm down."After hearing this sentence, Estella withdrew the Holy Power she had unleashed and looked at Desmond i

Horkus looked around at the people nearby and, seeing the brightness in everyone's hearts and souls, said, "Stand up. You are not the ones who should kneel before us."Horkus seemed to be struggling to hold back tears. It was somewhat ironic, yet truly beautiful, that Strife, Eris's son, possessed such a good spirit and was so emotional."Such bright spirits..." Horkus murmured and walked over to his aunt Nemesis.Estella, standing next to Desmond, was still staring at the sword in front of her, trying to understand what was happening."Desmond, would you like us to read his memories? It would make everything go faster," Nemesis asked suddenly, coming up beside the young man and waiting.Contrary to everyone's expectations, Desmond gave a rather cruel reply:"It would be better for me to see him suffer every time he lies, my lady."With Desmond's words, everything seemed to be decided. On Nemesis's orders, everyone except Desmond, Estella, Claire, and, of course, Thalia, the traitor's

Even the gods and goddesses who watched over the sacred land, the gods and goddesses with dozens, hundreds of temples on every continent on Earth, knew nothing of this.This would indeed cost everyone dearly.So, the order Desmond would give to Lisa and Mycroft would actually save the lives of members of the Moon Family, who were his distant relatives.Another danger was the Kingdom of Ariadne itself, located right next to the Moon Empire.Of course, it was now quite easy to understand who had swayed the minds of this kingdom and Desmond's family, and it seemed as if this kingdom would be directly involved in the war.Desmond was also aware of this because, according to Kriss, part of his division was directly connected to the royal family of the Kingdom of Ariadne.Desmond was so angry with them that he would have destroyed the entire capital with a single spell if innocent people weren't living there, but he knew where he needed to direct his anger right now.The seals.So, after gi

“How could we have overlooked these things?” Emperor Inferno suddenly exclaimed. Of course, he blamed himself for this.“Look, Emperor. This is not your fault. It is my ancestor, Sage Cordelia, herself. At the request of the Sages, nothing was to be known until a certain time came and the citizens of the world could stand on their own two feet. So you shouldn't blame yourself, especially when you're not the reason the criminals are criminals."With Desmond's words, a colour seemed to return to Emperor Inferno's face. This was understandable. Especially considering that just a few seconds earlier, the emperor himself had thought that others' lives would be extinguished because of him.The crimes of others could not be transferred to someone else; this was a definite way of thinking.It was true that someone could empathise with another simply because that other person had committed a crime, but no one could blame someone else for a crime they themselves had committed.If someone killed