Chapter 175: The world stopped to watch that scene.
While he observed everything from above, Ethan walked through the corridors, completely disturbed by bloodthirsty thoughts.
"Kill them all," he heard in his ears, as he tried to maintain composure, but the demon Greed continued to torment him.
"Quiet," he replied, but the voice continued to tempt him. "Power, you can just take it all for yourself," she said calmly as she floated behind him, clinging to his back.
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"Come on, Ethan, come out and join my side," she said, troubling his mind as several of Ethan's subordinates began to appear, most of them knights who had fallen under Greed's sway.
Her entire existence was pure greed, and thus, she corrupted hundreds, no, thousands of beings when she returned to the physical world thanks to Ethan. She already had almost an army of corrupted people within the castle.
But despite this, Ethan didn't succumb to temptation. Though he enjoyed the feeling of power, he remained focused on what he wanted, and that was annoying her.
"Accept everything from me," she murmured in his ears, but he ignored her once again.
"Is everything ready?" He asked Jun-he, who appeared in front of him as he turned the corner. "Yes, your majesty," she bowed.
Their "special" relationship had ended abruptly, but she still continued as his assistant and secretary. After all, she had nowhere else to go.
"It's time," he said, and then, by magic, a royal suit with a red cape appeared on his back. He began to move towards the ceremonial stage where he would become the Emperor.
Meanwhile, the whole city was watching the event, thousands of screens were set up for them to witness the emergence of the new emperor. Not only in the Empire, now that the world had been connected again, all the rulers began to be aware of what was happening.
In fact, not only them, but the whole world knew about this event, including a woman who was trying to communicate with her daughter.
"Where are you, Aaralyn..." she murmured as she held a ruby-red cube full of cracks, which seemed like it would give way at any moment.
"Thinking about her again? I thought you were tougher, Master," a woman with long black hair, black clothes, red eyes, and dark lipstick appeared as she watched her master bite her nails and mutter.
"Quiet, child," she replied, but the woman narrowed her eyes. "Any sign of your mistress's awakening, Kaalindra?" She questioned, but looking into the woman's eyes, she only said, "Speak of my mistress again, and your training will be quadrupled, princess."
Kaalindra had spent the last ten years observing the cube, waiting for Valentina. In fact, the moment she was sealed, Kaalindra felt extremely guilty for being on a mission. She then punished herself, watching the cube for ten years until Valentina returned, thus becoming the mentor of a princess...
"Elizabeth, Kaalindra," a man's voice echoed in the room as Kaalindra stared at him. "Father," Elizabeth said as Kaalindra continued to stare.
"Morgana sent a message, she's going to the human realm for the coronation of the new Emperor, she said she's chasing a lead on Dante," Vlad said, and the women looked surprised. "A lead? That guy is dead," Kaalindra spoke. "I only have this to say, keep an eye on the cube, its wear is increasing, every day more cracks appear," he said, and they nodded.
"And Kaalindra, your sisters are in the Werewolf Kingdom, they passed through the desert and reached a city, they said they're okay," he said and disappeared among bats.
"At least some good news," she murmured looking at the cube. "I hope you're safe, Aaralyn."
Again, in another hemisphere.
"Are you guys seeing this? Man, this is crazy!" Zed said, looking with his companions at the event that had started on the screen. "And to think that idiot was just waiting to take over an entire empire," a man's voice echoed.
"Ektor, I thought you wouldn't come," Zed commented. "I found your invitation interesting," Ektor replied and sat next to his friend, in a sort of tavern, facing the bartender.
The sounds of fighters' screams were heard, in the end, this was just another playful day. "Looks like you've been having fun, a fight club? A guild? You've changed a lot."
"Look who it is, Aren, I thought you were dead," Ektor said teasing the demi-human. "As rude as ever, Ektor."
"Oh, is this a reunion?" the voice echoed, this time everyone stopped. A woman who disappeared ten years ago appeared.
"Damn, it's like seeing a ghost," Zed muttered looking at the woman. "As always, you guys are boring," she replied.
"Looks like she's alive after all, damn it," Ektor said and received a blow that sent him flying to the other side of the room.
"Don't attack friends, Katarina," Aren said, raising her aura. The two started a dispute, and soon everyone started to pass out.
"Enough, you two, let's watch this and deal with business," the voice of a person emerged, a werewolf.
"It seems like the whole old elite class has reunited, this is nostalgic," Boris commented, he had just arrived and saw the whole situation.
Other places were no different, various beings began to see what was happening in the empire.
Dante couldn't know this, but what he did... shocked the entire supernatural world entirely. Despite having few people present, everyone was watching that.
"Why do I feel like something really amazing is about to happen? Hm... the last time was with that boy... what was his name again?" Katarina questioned.
"Dante Scarlet," Aren replied. "Ah yes, the Demon King of Devastation. I miss chasing him, even though that old man stopped me by threatening to tell my father, he seemed like a good man."
"That was almost eleven years ago, you didn't even remember his name," Aren commented.
"Love has no time, feelings continue," Katarina replied.
"You don't even care about love, you wanted to train and copy Valentina's skills! You're a battle maniac!" Zed said. "Hm, that was a good idea too, wasn't it? Maybe I should meet her when she returns."
Everyone looked at the redhead simply perplexed by what they had just heard...
If Katarina knew what was about to happen...