Chapter 16: Chapter Ten

All 119 individuals arrived on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital the following morning, just as Sumeria's sun rose above the horizon.

Given the massive size of Sumeria as well as its sheer number of inhabitants Capitals such as this rivaled the size of our very continents.

The city was circular and shaped and sprawled across vast swatches of terrain.

It possessed several layers of hundreds of meter tall city walls gilded by light of the rising sun on the horizon behind it.

After their arrival they entered the city and spread out in an effort to capture an accurate image of its current circumstances, all the why culminating via encrypted messages on their HALOs.

Having ensured that everything was as it should be a majority of the group began to covertly approach the Imperial Palace located at the city center in small groups.

While they did that Alek, Felix Asher and the numerous Hashiras appeared in the airspace directly above the Palace  with several miles seperating each of them.

Immediately after they did so they released their auras to the greatest extent possible while still maintaining their human forms.

Following that intimidating sense of pressure suddenly weighed descended across the vast majority of the city and it's inhabitants, as various phenomena manifested around the culprits.

This caused the entire landmass to buckle as reality seemed to warp and gravity increased exponentially causing a large majority of the mortals in the city to puke blood, while some of the weaker ones were vaporized.

"Your Impudence is as vast rumored Crown Prince Aleksandr!!" A voice suddenly rung out across the entirety of the city as numerous auras rose to fight against those to fight against those weighing down on the city.

In the same moment just as many figures as auras appeared before Alek and his group.

The one who spoke was the central figure.

He appeared to be a middle aged man of regal bearing possessing fair skin, dark brown hair and amethys colored eyes.

He was donned in an Imperial Gown and a crown rested atop his head.

"And?" Alek asked in response to the previous statement given by the man, now revealed to be the Pandorian Emperor, with a sardonic grin.

Alek's sarcasm seemed to have triggered something in the Emperor as his pupils suddenly dilated and a blood vessel in his brow seemed about ready to pop.

Before the Emeperor could respond Alek continued on, "Your Empire has thrived based up the death of countless Dragonkin, and your family in particular has often bathed in the blood of even True Dragons, talk less of the numerous other Magical races."

"We are simply here to return the favor, seeing as you have dropped all pretenses and gathered a majority of your forces along the coasts in preparation to launch a full assault on our homeland."

When he spoke to this point his voice become extremely cold as the aura released by both him and his compatriot pressed down further upon the opposition.

"Very well. In that case our only recourse is your death." The Emperor spoke and with an intimation of his will several magical arrays appeared behind him and he retrieved a platinum colored scepter.

In the same moment those who appeared alongside him also prepared with battle and numerous magical barriers encased both the city and the Imperial Palace.

In response Alek and his companions also prepared themselves.

As they did so the rest of the Divine Order who had encircled the palace reverted to their true forms and launched attacks on both the palace walls and the guards protecting. 

Attempting to raze everything before them to the ground.

Seeing this the guards did everything they could to retaliate.

Before the Emperor and his confidante could do anything, Alek's group of 18 launched an offensive.

***

Several hours later.

The Throne Room of the Pandorian Empire's Imperial Palace.

A section of the rough was caved in allowing the noon sun to shine down on Alek's immaculate yet lackadaisical form as he sat upon the former Emperor's throne moving his gaze across the items he had looted from the central Vault after the palace was secured.

All twenty items that he had selected as objectives were present, each of releasing resplendent glows of various color, and giving of palpable auras of power.

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After looking them over he put away the dragon eggs and Primal Source Crystal before appraising the Dagger and Crown.

[ Imperial Dragon Crown] ( Celestial (Damaged Currently Imperial) Ranked Corona)

Abilities:

• Raises Defense by a factor of ten (Passive)
• Grants increased control and destructive might of Dragon Breath (Passive)
• Purifies bearers Dragonian Bloodline over time (Active)
• Allows user to raise the Bloodline Ranks of other Dragonic Species up to Imperial Monarch (Active)
• Raises users Dragonic might by a factor of ten (Passive)
• Recovers Durability Points over time. Rate determined by the density of ambient Source Energy and Id (Passive)

Requirements for effective use:

• True Dragon Bloodline

Durability: 10,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000

[ Emperyean Dagger ] (Celestial (Damaged Currently Imperial) Ranked Dagger [Divine Construct])

Abilities:

• Penetrates/Negates the target's defense (Passive)
• Every attack dealt with this sword will be a Mortal Strike (Active)
• Instantly destroys any opposing Mortal Grade Item or Weapon (Active)
• Raise the number of Durability Points this dagger would strip from any opposing Immortal Ranked item or Weapon by a factor of 1000 (Active)
• Endows the user with a varying degree of control over space (Active)
• Doubles the user's base Physical Attack (Passive)
• Increase user's Maximum Movement and Attack Speed by 375% (Active)
• Increase user's Instantaneous Movement Speed and Acceleration by 425% (Active)
• Recovers Durability Points over time. Rate determined by the density of ambient Source Energy and Id (Passive)

Requirements for effective use:

Either; 1,000,000,000,000 Strands (100,000,000 Planes, 10,000 Skies, or 10 Worlds) of Strength, or acceptance of the Divine Spirit this Weapon Houses

Durability: 15,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000

After looking over the items Alek turned his attention to the rest of the throne room as he thought of ways to speed up the recovery rate of the two items.

Scattered throughout the rest of the throne room were the figures of various members of the order tending to their equipment or appraising their own spoils.

As Alek sat on the throne and gazed outwards he could see vast sections of the palace reduced to rubble, with countless dead or dying bodies scattered about.

As he was looking over the aftermath of the previous battle both Asher and Felix suddenly e tired the throne room and made their way towards him.

Seeing them approach he put away his bounty and asked, "What's the final tally?"

"The former Emperor's wives and most of his offspring survived and escaped through a teleporation channel alongside a contingent of 10,000 Imperial Guards, 20 personal guards, and its Captain. They took with them a decent portion of wealth and two Divine Constructions. The Crown Princess is in the custody of Anastasia, the eldest prince is being watched by Kit and Thomas." Asher spoke first.

Felix soon followed up, "All three of the Emperor's died in the battle, alongside one of the Empire's three Marquises, two of its Seven Arcdukes, two of its three Imperial Mages, the General of the Imeprial Guards, all five Blades, as well as any adult family members of the Imperial family aside from those mentioned by Asher. All objectives have been accomplished. "

"And the youth?" Alek asked.

"They are in the custody of the girls. All except one of them is female." Asher replied.

Alek nodded before stating, "Then we are done here. Give everyone twenty more minutes and after that have them split up and depart for their respective missions."

Asher and Felix nodded and understanding before turning around to disseminate his orders.

As they left Alek turned his attention back to the world he could see outside of the partially collapsed throne room and took a moment to reflect.

Most of what he could see in his immediate surroundings was death and destruction. 

Beyond the palace, in the majorly affected portions of the city countless forms were sifting through rubble or mourning over lives lost.

As he sat in silence he thought about the fact if the inhabitants of  both the Dark Luminance and Clear Sky Empires didn't play their cards right this could very well be them.

Yet, he didn't feel a sense of lost, guilt, or remorse. This was the way of the world at large, kill or be killed, survival of the fittest. 

Without the presence of its greatest armies, and in the the face of his band of walking disasters, The Pandorians proved themselves to be unfit.

With the circumstances as they were, all that he could do was e sure that the two nations that conceived and poured into him didn't prove to be unfit to survive.

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