Lily screamed a raw cry of rage as her mind blanked and her Achromatic Domain became berserk, affecting everyone except for Almond, who could resist it.
She instantly pounced on Feliona, blasting through the chamber as chaotic tentacles wrapped around Feliona, weakening her, inflicting a myriad of debuffs, and absorbing her vitality while Lily blurred like a stream and shredded her with countless tiny daggers.
Almond kept himself in control and waved his hand, enveloping Natalia, Maya, Marcus, Emma, Kira, and Noah before they turned into steam and vanished, sending them into the Spirit Realm and completely healing them… except for the scars that lingered in their soul, their memories of what they experienced here.
Admiral Rudra became fearful himself because he could just feel how much Almond was holding back. When he saw the scene, he thought Almond would go berserk and rain utter destruction, but fortunately, he tended to the Regalons first.
“How dare they…” Almond took a deep breath, but his body still trembled, his eyes bloodshot, his hands shaking.
The only other indication of his wrath was the raging murderous intent that made Bryan unconscious while also making Garoyan sweat uncontrollably.
‘I want to go home!’ Garoyan cried out in his heart, but he didn’t even dare to breathe right now, let alone move.
Suddenly, Lily returned while holding lumps of darkened flesh within a barrier, her eyes bloodshot as she said to Almond, “Al, revive her… I am not done yet.”
Almond instantly revived her before he tremblingly muttered while trying to calm his raging heart and mind from giving in to the impulse of destruction. “Death is not enough, it’s not enough…”
Lily also calmed her berserk state and focused her domain only on Feliona as she began another round of torture.
“…I can’t think of anything right now,” Almond turned to Admiral Rudra. “Tell me, gramp…what to do to make sure nobody fucking dares to mess with us? Because all I can think of is utterly obliterating this planet, and I know that’s not enough.”
Garoyan swallowed, albeit silently. ‘Destroying this planet is not enough?!’
“I know what to do,” Admiral Rudra said, his voice somber and his eyes also bloodshot, but he was calm and cold. “But first, I want you to calm down. I assure you, after what we do hereon, nobody will mess with us.”
Almond took a deep breath as he calmed the fire of destruction in his heart and replaced it with the coldness of despair.
A cold, calculative, and most fear-fueling consequence was the only way to make sure nobody messed with them like this in the future.
He looked ahead and waved his hand, shattering everything away except for that guy Bryan, who was unconscious.
“Let’s leave here first and go to their Palace,” Admiral Rudra said.
“Lily, we are going first. Bring that lump of flesh to the palace. I’m leaving the portal here.”
Almond created a portal leading directly to the central hall of the palace from Augaran’s memories.
This time, Lily didn’t accidentally kill Feliona. Instead, she kept her weakened and continued to torture her. With her Blood power, she could also heal, so she made sure Feliona didn’t die but stayed conscious and felt as much pain as possible.
Garoyan never in his wildest dreams imagined that an immortal would torture a Supreme Emperor like that.
But he also couldn’t imagine what was going to happen next as he glanced at Admiral Rudra. ‘What is that old man thinking? Such a cold self-control in this situation and not getting affected by these young ones’ feelings and intent…’
Garoyan felt that whatever idea this old guy had, they were going to make everyone piss their pants.
Suddenly, he trembled as Almond glanced at him.
“W-what can I do for you?” Garoyan promptly asked.
“Follow us.”
Almond and Admiral Rudra entered the portal and arrived in the hall.
There were some people there and two Immortal Emperors who were looking at the portal while wondering what happened.
After all, the battle competition was hidden from everyone, blocked by Augaran, and supposed to be recorded by Garoyan and then spread later for better hype of their clan and the second layer as they win against the House of Regalon… as such, nobody in the Darton clan knew how deep in shit they were.
“Mhm? Where is the Augaran Emperor? Is the battle over?” the Immortal Emperor asked, seeing Almond and Admiral Rudra.
“Mr. Garoyan?” the other Immortal Emperor said as he saw Garoyan also entering the hall from behind the duo, but he had Bryan held by the neck and dropped him on the floor, walking out of the portal, causing him to frown as he asked, “What’s going on?”
Almond waved his hand and sliced them into fifty pieces, with the mouthpiece intact. He didn’t kill them but separated their body parts while keeping them connected and weakened.
Both of them shouted, shocked and in disbelief, as they watched their own body pieces in the surroundings while also feeling alive but weakened.
The maids and other people in the hall froze in fear and immediately knelt.
“Gather everyone here,” Almond said as he turned to Garoyan and waved his hand, reviving Marilyn, the Immortal Emperor who opposed this idea of messing with them, according to memories he read of Augaran.
“Use her.”
Marilyn was in shock and a state of fear as she found herself alive. A moment ago, it felt like she was in darkness, but one that was warm and comfortable, making her feel like she wanted to stay here, but now, utter terror filled her heart.
Hearing Almond’s words, she looked up and then at the surroundings. “W-What happened?”
Garoyan quickly arrived beside her and said, “Get up, lass. Gather the whole clan here.”
“And make sure to bring some medium, a live one, so that the entire planet can see what is happening here,” Admiral Rudra added.
‘Almond, I have the idea, but only you can execute it,’ Admiral Rudra turned to Almond and relayed. ‘You will have to enslave every member of this clan, but not just simple enslavement.’
‘If you want to make sure that nobody messes with us anymore, you will have to do something way more cruel… You will have to create a symbol of fear, a fate of utter despair that will always follow us for everyone to see so that no one can dare to mess with us.’
‘But first, we will start by bringing the full situation to light. We have to know how the conflict started.’
Almond looked at Bryan. ‘Let’s find out.’