At his words, the envoys from the three empires breathed a small sigh of relief. However, what Meng Lei said after that instead unexpectedly made them jump from their seats.
“If I integrate the entire Heaven’s Vault Continent into the Meng Lei Empire’s territory, would I then be able to represent the entire human race?”
“How brilliant, Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty is right!”
Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others immediately sang his praises—after all, they couldn’t wait to unify the continent.
“Be careful what you say, Your Majesty! Calamity comes through the mouth!”
His words caused Regimental Commander Azshara’s countenance to change drastically. She said icily, “Your Majesty, you’re currently representing the Meng Lei Empire as you speak. Every word you utter represents the whole empire’s will rather than your own. I hope Your Majesty can refrain from babbling nonsense. Otherwise, I will interpret what you’ve just said as a declaration of war on the whole continent—including on the other three major empires!”
“A declaration of war on the whole continent?”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. He said, “Your words have reminded me that the humans were the masters of the continent right from the start, though. If humans are to take back everything that once belonged to us, so what even if we must declare war on the whole continent?”
“Your Majesty...”
Azshara’s expression turned icy-cold.
“This is my second order—the Fairy Empire, the Titan Empire, and the Beast People Empire are to submit to the Meng Lei Empire at once!”
Meng Lei’s voice was cold and aloof as he declared, “Otherwise, everywhere the Meng Lei Empire’s troops go, the country shall fall and the people perish!”
“You’re going too far!”
The Thunder Titan Emperor, the Fairy Empress, and the Beast Emperor flew into a thundering rage upon hearing his order. They hadn’t expected Meng Lei to actually be this arrogant and presumptuous.
By immediately ordering them to submit after the empire’s founding, he clearly didn’t think much of the three major empires. This was simply too much of him!
“Your Majesty!”
Azshara said coldly, “You’re too arrogan—”
“Hmph!”
Meng Lei let out a cold snort, following which a fearsome force then pressed down upon Azshara. She was flattened to the ground at once, as though thunderstruck.
“If you weren’t the Fairy Empire envoy, you’d be a dead woman by now.”
A dispassionate Meng Lei said, “Return and tell the Fairy Empress this—withdraw from the Fairy Forest with the Fairies and get the hell back to the Goddess Lakeside. Otherwise, I don’t mind having the Fairies follow in the footsteps of the Dragons and become a thing of the past.”
“You bastard!”
Azshara was both furious and embarrassed. Yet, no matter how hard she struggled, she simply couldn’t resist the force. She could only lay flat on the ground helplessly, tormented by shame and humiliation.
“The same goes for the Titan Empire and the Beast People Empire.”
Meng Lei turned to the Titan Empire and Beast People Empire envoys. “I’ve already said what I should have. It’s your call whether or not you want to obey it. The war starts a month later!”
With Azshara serving as a lesson to them, even though the two empires’ envoys were infuriated and extremely spiteful, they could only grin and bear with it.
“That damned Horace! Why isn’t he here yet?” The Thunder Titan Emperor was gnashing his teeth in a fury. “What exactly is that bastard doing?”
As though the heavens had heard the Thunder Titan Emperor’s curses, a shrill whiz suddenly traveled over from the sky a great distance away.
“What’s going on?”
Everyone turned and looked over to see a black dot shooting toward them at lightning-quick speed.
“That’s...”
A huge shudder went through the Thunder Titan Emperor.
The Beast Emperor, the Fairy Empress, as well as all the Saint Domain experts and half-deities also shuddered all over.
He’s here! He’s finally here! He’s made us wait for too long!
“Master, it’s probably Horace!”
Bubbles, Puhaman, Nadja, and the others all came forward and formed a protective barrier around Meng Lei. All of them wore grave looks on their faces.
“No need to be nervous!”
Meng Lei’s gaze swept across the three empires’ envoys with a slight smile on his face as he scoffed. “Those guys—especially the Titan Empire—are all treating Horace as a straw to clutch at, hoping that he can kill me and save them from their crises.
“Little do they know that the more they get their hopes up, the further they’ll fall. With Horace cooperating with me as a supporting role in this show, the resistance I’ll face in my quest to conquer the three great empires and unify Heaven’s Vault Continent shall be greatly reduced!”
“How wise, Master!”
He’s near!
He’s near!
As the black dot approached, the booming whizzing sounds also became shriller, louder, and increasingly sonorous!
Gradually, the people could see clearer and clearer that a small and skinny figure riding on a greatsword was racing toward them.
He wore a black cloak and had a small, short, and skinny physique, which was completely unlike the usual tall, burly physique of most Titans. Neither was his body strongly-built.
In spite of that, no one dared to underestimate him. It wasn’t just because he was Horace, but because his high speed alone could already leave innumerable people in the dust.
Whoosh!
Horace came to an abrupt stop upon reaching the summit of Mount Dragon God.
“So, that’s Horace?”
“The one hailed as the most outstanding Titan after breaking through to Saint Domain at 57-years-old and breaking through the void and leaving Heaven’s Vault Continent 30,000 years ago?”
“That’s a historical figure!”
“That’s an old antique from 30,000 years ago...”
Everyone whispered among themselves as they watched Horace standing proudly in the sky. In their eyes were curiosity, anticipation, excitement, as well as unease...
Everyone was feeling a complex
