After killing both his sons, Silva walked to the viscount and pointed his blade at his neck.
“Those who take should be ready to be taken from. Life is that simple. Karma is a bitch,” Silva said and was about to drive his sword through the throat of the viscount.
But the viscount managed to summon his last defense, and that was stating the obvious.
“If you kill me, you would have killed an elvish noble. The elves will not let this slide; they will surely come after you,” he said, trying to sway Silva to at least spare his life.
“Hmm,” Silva acted as though he was in thought, and a glimmer of hope shone on the face of the viscount, but it was immediately shattered by what Silva said next.
“I don’t really care, you see. In this very house, in the other room is Amber, the daughter of the emperor, and right in this room, about to stab you, is a demon lord candidate.
So you see, no one would care about puny you. You’ll vanish, and life will go on. But since you thought you were special, I don’t want to kill you the normal way anymore.”
“Consume.” Silva activated Consume and devoured the man. As usual, Gluttony extracted the man’s abilities, which were earth magic, and added them to the ever-increasing abilities Silva had.
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After the death of the viscount, Silva headed to the other room where Gabriel and Abler were with the unconscious Rose.
Gabriel was slowly stroking her hair. The pain in his heart showed; he was barely holding himself together. He looked up at Silva when he entered the room.
“Will you be able to wake her?” he asked.
“Sigh, I’d love to promise you that I would, but I have little to no experience with this. But still, doing the impossible is what I am known for.
I’ll give it my best and then some. I want her to be back with you as well. She has suffered more than her fair share of torture for a lifetime,” Silva said.
“Master, the city guards are outside the building. They want to know what’s going on,” Drake walked up behind Silva and spoke.
“I’ll handle that,” Amber said. She got up and left the room. Silva walked to the window and watched what was happening.
When Amber arrived in front of the guards, they all bowed to the ground. She began speaking and then took out a piece of paper and showed it to them.
The guards took a look at it, and they withdrew from the manor.
When Amber returned inside, Silva was curious as to what she did, so he asked her.
“How did you get them to go that easily?” Silva asked.
“I showed them a signed paper from my father that stated that this noble family had committed a grand crime and were to all be executed,” Amber said.
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The news of the eradication of the noble family reached the whole city, and the reason for it was also known to the public.
For illegally using a half-elf for forced breeding. It was a warning to the nobles in the city and beyond that the emperor was beginning to take action.
But this action didn’t sit well with the elves that had been fighting it all this time. They were part of the parliament and council. They expected that the emperor would run something like this through them first.
And then they would simply fight against it and make it a whole lot harder, but now the emperor made a move without telling anyone.
It immediately caused an uproar, and in less than two days, several high-ranked elves began sparking riots, especially in the capital.
While all this was going on, the emperor was seated in a lounge with Silva, reading the report of all that was happening.
Silva took a sip of the fine tea that he was given and then placed the cup down on the table.
“So what are you going to do now? The high nobles are undermining your authority as the emperor,” Silva said.
“Hahaha, it’s funny. What they are doing is funny. There is only one group of people that can question the emperor, and that is called the Grand Council.
But every elf knows they exist. The Grand Council is made of elves that have ruled the empire and retired, heroes that completed great feats, and the wisest of all elves.
They stay in the background, watching and helping. They are my father, my grandfathers, friends, and acquaintances. One day, I’ll join them.
Aside from them, no one is allowed to tell me what to do. I hold ultimate power. This facade that they have as power was created by the emperors to make the people feel that the emperors could be controlled.
I actually wanted to make this system work and give the people their voices, but I saw that it only allowed space for the nobles to carry out their evil and also hinder good plans.
So today, I’ll remind them. I’ll remind them what it means to be the emperor,” Greenwood said.
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Silva felt the aura of Greenwood change. It became domineering, more powerful; it was like a raging storm.
“Come with me,” Greenwood said as he left the room. Silva immediately followed. Whatever Greenwood wanted to do, he wanted to see it.
He found a balcony that faced the entire kingdom, and then he used some sort of projection magic, and his face was projected all over the capital.
“When good is taken for granted, and people choose to applaud evil, it breaks my heart. Seeing all of you take the sides of these evil nobles that only want to make gains.
Well, I will not allow my people to be taken for fools by nobles that think they have power. I completely locked down the capital for the next seven days, and in those seven days, the shadow elite force will be looking into all nobles in the capital.
And they will arrest and execute all those that are guilty. Starting now, there is no leaving or entering the capital,” Greenwood gave the abrupt announcement and then raised his hand into the air, and an extremely large magical circle formed over the capital.
It then transformed into a dome that covered the entire capital.
