Published at 21st of October 2026 6:33 am

Chapter 1227: Reverse Scale [Super Gift Bonus Chapter ]

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At the Capital City of the Zarethorne Empire, citizens could be seen moving about without a shred of knowledge of what was happening. Although the scale of the explosions was immense, they could never reach the Capital City, and as for the poison, it would take a couple of days to reach here, and before then, it would have been dealt with.

Within the Capital City, a huge castle stood, taller than any other building within the Capital City. This was the Imperial Palace that had been erected by Lux Vanthelmor the First.

Emperor Zolthemir Lux Vanthelmor could be seen within his study, going through various documents as he read updates concerning the war. He knew things were starting off slowly for now, and he had to prepare for when things inevitably reached their peak.

Although he had been framed, he had never apologized to Emperor Horace Sol Virelle. To Emperor Zolthemir, there was simply no need since the man had already reached his own conclusions. Wasting time on pointless matters wasn’t his style.

Although he had been framed by either The Convergence Organization or the Sinvairas, he couldn’t exactly do anything about it as he had little information on these two, so he could only do what he could to stabilize his Empire.

As he was reading about the losses from the ongoing war and how to compensate the families of the fallen Knights and Soldiers, the door suddenly burst open as his personal Butler walked in without knocking.

Emperor Zolthemir raised his head, a frown automatically appearing on his face. He wasn’t irritated that his Butler had walked in without knocking; he was simply frowning because he knew that bad news had just arrived, news serious enough to leave his Butler, who had been with him for over a century, flustered and panicked.

"Your Majesty, urgent news has arrived from the borders and Frontiers."

The Butler spoke, his tone filled with urgency and dread at the news he had just received.

"Speak."

Emperor Zolthemir stated as he leaned forward, ready to address the new issue.

"Your Majesty, a great tragedy has befallen the Empire. All major Frontiers have been hit by various explosions. The destruction from the explosions has reached the Villages and Territories within the surrounding areas, killing millions as a result."

Before the Butler could continue, Zolthemir shot to his feet in pure shock as he couldn’t believe what he had just heard. He didn’t understand how all major Frontiers and Outposts had been hit at the same time. But he didn’t have time to think about that; he had to move.

"Deploy the Capital Dome. Initiate an Empire-wide lockdown from this moment until I call it off. Dispatch the Commanders and Vice Commanders to the borders. Also, have people with the ability to deal with poison move with you. Prioritize the citizens first before the Soldiers and Knights."

He immediately gave the orders without missing a beat, dispatching the Commanders and Vice Commanders directly. Although he had more Crownstar Life Rankers to send, he didn’t deploy them as the Velkarin Empire might have planned something else, and he needed them available to react.

Although citizens shouldn’t be directly attacked, who was to say that the Velkarin Empire wouldn’t go mad and do it? Who would punish them? The three other Empires? The punishment was simply fines and fees to be paid, which an Empire that really wanted to could cough up. Although it would strain the economic state of that Empire, as long as their goal was achieved, they would endure.

As a scheming man himself, Emperor Zolthemir had anticipated that the Velkarin Empire’s Soldiers might use poison, as he would definitely have done the same. After all, he was used to exploiting the loopholes of war.

Yes, he had instructed that the citizens should be prioritized, and it was logical. Why? Because Knights and Soldiers were trained to protect those who weren’t, and they had the strength to protect themselves. They wouldn’t be neglected, but for the moment, they would be the second priority.

"As His Majesty orders."

The Butler stated before vanishing on the spot without using the door.

Emperor Zolthemir took out various orbs from his space ring and lined them up on the table. Crushing the first, he forcefully teleported various Cabinet Members of the Imperial Family into his study room.

He didn’t hesitate as he passed on the information that his Butler had given him to the Cabinet Members. They all frowned upon hearing the news, but there was no time to ask questions.

"Each of you will be guarding various Territories that have only Wavestar Life Rankers and below as their strongest."

He immediately gave the order, assigning them even Villages to oversee. He didn’t send them to the borders as the Vice Commanders and Commanders were already heading there.

He had to ensure that other places within the Empire weren’t being overlooked.

With that, the Cabinet Members moved immediately, each of them shooting into the sky in different directions, all of them Crownstar Life Rankers.

Zolthemir crushed another orb, forcefully teleporting two Knights who were both Crownstar Life Rankers serving the Imperial Family. He immediately instructed and deployed them. These two Knights were to take other Knights and move throughout the Capital City before heading deeper into various Territories, just in case.

Emperor Zolthemir picked up the final orb on the table. He constructed a message within the orb, filling it with the information that he had received, then crushed it.

This final orb’s function was simple: it transmitted the information within it to various other orbs connected to it. And those who possessed the connected orbs were various Nobles across the entire Empire. The moment each of them received the message, they would react accordingly.

At the Wargrave Estate, Azaron could be seen sitting within his study room. He went through documents as usual. After all, he had many Frontiers under his name, so the documents he oversaw every day were numerous.

Opposite him was Zarek, who helped with the documents as the man was overseeing the family business documents. As they were both going through the documents, Azaron paused for a moment, his eyes shifting towards his space ring.

With a thought, an orb appeared in his hand, and with another thought, he crushed the orb, the information contained within it immediately filling his mind.

The next moment... Azaron’s face twisted into one of pure rage, his aura erupting from his body with cataclysmic force, tearing the entire Main Building apart. Zarek had already reacted before the destruction. He waved his hand and took the documents, then moved to save the Maids and Butlers who were just normal people.

’Who the fuck angered this madman?’

Zarek asked himself as he stood in the air with various Maids and Butlers enclosed within bubble-shaped Astra Energy. As for the Maids and Butlers below, they weren’t exactly injured as they had defended themselves.

In the air, Azaron’s presence drenched the entire sky, covering the entire Wargrave Territory, his presence swelling as the man became increasingly enraged. He couldn’t remember the last time he had been this angry.

Even when the Youngest had been toyed with by Cindralis and Emperor Zolthemir, he hadn’t been this angry.

But the Velkarin Empire had finally touched his reverse scale.

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