Chapter1183:TheAngryKing

Thepreviouslysilentmountainrangebegantogrownoisythreedaysago.

TheLeviathanEmpire,whichisclosesttothecentralmountains,sentadelegationofovertenthousandmembers,ledbyLudwigXIIhimself,totheskytowerwheretheUndergroundCemeteryislocated.

"Isthisthemiraculousstructurethatpersonwantstobuild?"

"Teacher,doesthatmadmanreallywanttobreakthroughthesky?"

"Isthisnotafunnyjokeatall?Itdoesn’tmakemelaugh."

LudwigXII,whowasoncejustastepawayfromunitingthemainland,couldn’tsleepwellallweek.Hiseyeswerefilledwithmadnessandunwillingness,carryingadangerousaura.

"Wedon’thaveenoughdata,butthistoweristrulysomethingthathasneverbeenrecordedinhistorybefore."

"IfthegoaloftheKingofUndeadistrulythenightsky,thenthistoweristrulyamiracle."

Poincar茅,animperialsage,lookedexcitedlyatthemiraculousstructurecalledthe"BabylonSkyTower"beforehim.Thetremblingofhishandsrepresentedthathisemotionswereevenmoreintensethantheyappeared.

Sympathyandunderstanding,perhapsthisisthefeelingthatonlyhumansstandingatthepinnacleofthepyramidofwisdomcanhave.

"Lookingatthearchitecturalstructure,thisissimplynotfeasible."Asmid,analchemicalwarlockandcraftsman,drewthisconclusionbasedonhisprofessionalhabits.

Nomatterhowyoulookatit,thearchitecturalstructureofthistowerisnotnormalatall.Thefoundationcannotsupportatowerthatreachesovertenthousandmeters.

Thistowershouldhavecompletelycollapsedhalfwaythroughitsconstruction.Andhowwasthislengthoftowerhiddenunderground?Thelowerhalfofthetowerhasevenreachedthemantlelayer,youknow.

"Hmm,don’tlookatDad’smasterpiecewithmortalwisdom,"PrincessPassedfloatedinfrontofPoincar茅andAsmid,puffingupherchest.

"ThisissomethingthatDad’sdivineeraalreadycompleted,andit’sonlyhalfwaybuiltnow."

"Inalittlewhile,thisBabylonSkyTowerwillbeeventallerandbigger."

Poincar茅tookadeepbreathandlookedatthetoweringtower.

Indeed,comparedtowhenitfirstappearedintheworld,thistowercalledthe"BabylonSkyTower"hasincreasedinheight.

AccordingtotheinformationcollectedbytheLeviathanEmpire,overamillionundeadarmiesarecontinuouslyexcavatingfromallovertheworldandtransportingsuppliestothesecentralmountains.

Evennow,youcanseealargenumberofundeadsoldierscarryingcrystal-likerefinedsubstances,shuttlingthroughtheconstructionsitebelowthetower.

Occasionally,SkeletonSoldierswouldfallfromabovetenthousandmetersinthesky,crashingintopieceswitha"snap."However,withtheincantationsofnearbyliches,theyquicklystoodupandcontinuedwalkingintothetower’sinterior.

Judgingfromtheconstantlyincreasingnumberofundeadenteringthetower,thesizeofthetower’sinteriormustbemuchlargerthanitappears,atruearchitecturalmarvel.

"Nowonder,afterthedivineerawarended,thepreciousmineralsonthecontinentdisappearedsomuch."

"TheywerealltakenawaybytheUndergroundCemetery."

Somerecordsthatdidn’tmatchthedivineeraarenowbecomingclearinPoincar茅’scalculations.

EventhereasonwhytheUndergroundCemeteryconqueredtheworldcanbeeasilydeduced.

Theycollectedresourceswithmaximumefficiency,withoutchangingthepoliticalsystemsofeachcountry.

TheKingofUndeaddidn’tneedthesubmissionofhumans,onlytheresourcesofthisworld.

Conqueringtheworldwasjustapreparationforcollectingresources.

TheLeviathanEmpirereallyhadbadtiming,encounteringsuchamonstrousopponent.

"Conquertheworldjustforthisreason?"LudwigXII’sexpressionashelookedattheTowerofHeavenwasnotright.

Onlytobuildthisincredibletower,theyconqueredthewholeworldandusedtheworld’sresourcestocompletethistask.

Howarrogant.

Whatamess.

Itturnsout,havinggreatpowertrulyallowsonetodowhatevertheywant.

IfIhadsuchpowertoo,LudwigXIItightlyclenchedhisfist,withadangerousgleaminhiseyes,growingstrongerbythemoment.

"Father."

AfamiliarvoicestartledLudwigXII,itwasnotthevoiceofamemberofhisLeviathanenvoy.

"Roland,uh..."LudwigXIIlookedathisdaughterwithacomplexexpression,shehadbeensentasahostagetotheSiaKingdom’sprincess.

Originally,shehadbeenconsideredapawninLudwigXII’splan,sentascompensationforthewartotheSiaKingdom.

ShecanbeseenasaprincessknightbelongingtotheHolySilverDragonKnightOrderoranoble,butbothareconsideredpawnsdiscardedbyLudwigXII.

Beingundereighteenandafemale,nomatterhowtalented,aslongastheyarenothero-rankedknights,theycanbeabandonedbyLudwigXII.

Whowouldhavethoughtthatthisprincess,consideredasacastoff,wouldpersistentlyachievethepromotiontohero-rankedwithintheHolySilverDragonKnightOrderandtakeholdofherowndestiny.

Now,asanadvancedhero-rankedknight,sheisnolongerapawnthatLudwigXIIcansacrificeatwill.

Intheory,asamemberoftheHolySilverDragonKnightOrder,shenolongerhasadirectaffiliationwiththeLeviathanEmpire.

ThecurrentPrincessRolandnolongerbelongstotheLeviathanEmpire.

Rolandherselfunderstandsthis,eversinceshelefttheLeviathanEmpireandbecameamemberoftheHolySilverDragonKnightOrder,thereisnogoingback.

"SiaKingdom,howfortunate."

"Whydon’twehavesuchpowerfulGuardians?"AstheonlyexceptionalkingdomintheUndergroundCemeteryconquestplan,SiaKingdomistheworld’sonlyremainingindependentnation.

Inothercountries,thekingsaresupposedtobethehighestleaders,buttheyareallactuallycontrolledbythelich.

Theseliches,whousedtobedivineeramages,knowverywellhowtorulethecountryandbecomethemastersofeveryone.

Itcanbeanticipatedthatsoonafterthelichestakecontrolofallthehighestpower,thekingswillbecomepuppets,onlyexistingasmascots.

"If...wealsohadsuchpower..."LudwigXII’snailsdugdeepintohisflesh.

Hewasnotconvinced,anddidn’tadmitthisfact.

ItwouldbegreatifSiaKingdom’sGuardiancouldfightUndergroundCemeterytoadraw,orevendestroyeachother.

ForLeviathanEmpire,reapingthebenefitswithoutdoinganythingisthebestoutcome.

Unfortunately,thingsdidn’tunfoldashehadimagined.ThemysteriousGuardianofSiaKingdomactuallymadepeacewithUndergroundCemetery.

Traitorsofmankind!

Youshouldn’tfightagainsteachother,shouldn’tyoufightuntilthelastdropofblood!

Whydidyoureachasettlement,lettingthisworldlosehopetoresistTheKingofUndead!

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槒)