The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

[Rarity: Orange Epic]

[Class: 9]

[Effect: Activated on the target, dispelling all curse statuses on the target. Each time a curse is dispelled, it triggers a past injury suffered by the target.]

[Note: The pain spreads endlessly, relentlessly entangled.]

As long as she can force the opponent to use [Chaos Liberation], she is confident that she can kill the enemy in the Chaos God state with a high probability, even if the outcome is likely to be mutual destruction!

However, Menellis seemed to have anticipated her tactics!

He made a huge gamble with her, betting on whether she knew the secret of the Chaos God, and betting on whether she would decisively kill the Chaos God in his unreleased state!

"ended."

Menellis' victory was assured, and he prepared to use his "material authority" to gradually crush and kill the Queen.

Just as he began to exercise his powers.

The previously silent pit suddenly spewed forth a torrent of dark water, like a spring.

It then spread across the entire ground, turning the battlefield into a dark swamp!

"shadow?"

Just as Menelius was about to pull the queen out of the pit, he found himself briefly imprisoned.

Several shadowy humanoid figures then blocked his way, while the empress's aura buried beneath the black tide seemed to have long since vanished.

"Minos?"

Menellis raised his hand slightly, and the [Material Authority] was placed in front of him. Instantly, an irresistible force pulled the Shadow Stands toward the [Black Worm]. They were already like mud, and gradually became unable to move under the heavy pressure.

Finally, Menellis clenched his fingers into his palm, and an even more terrifying pressure crushed all the gathered Shadow Stands.

However, the moment the shadow burst forth, it was as if countless ghosts were howling through the sky. The overwhelming poison, along with the shadow, surged into Menellis's body, rendering him unable to move for a moment.

Menellis quickly expelled all the toxins from his body.

But the Kuroshio tide had completely dissipated by then.

In just a few seconds.

Mir's true form has already escaped with the Queen.

"It seems to be an underground passage in the capital."

Bishop Carlos of Delusion walked up to Menellis and said.

Only after confirming that the Empress had completely disappeared did he dare to approach the center of the battlefield again.

He dared not pursue her; even though the Empress was severely injured, she could still kill him instantly if she were reckless.

"It doesn't matter. When the Empress chose to run away like a defeated dog, she had already lost completely."

Bishop Menelius of the End looked at the ruined throne.

"This throne no longer belongs to her. After all, she was not the rightful heir, and many people only feared her military power."

Carlos nodded:

"I'll arrange the follow-up matters."

He used to handle internal affairs at the Resurrection Church, and now he is doing similar work on the side.

The only difference was that the boss changed from Agamemnon to Menellios.

What they need to do next is to support the rightful heir to the throne of the empire!

And as the victors, they will soon proclaim to the world that everything they have done today was not regicide, but rather the punishment of a traitor who usurped the throne!

"Yes, protect Isabel."

Menellis instructed, then paused again.

"Oh no, at least from now on, we should address her as Princess Olivia."

Although he addressed him as "Your Highness," there was no respect in his words. It was a consistent, godlike contempt for mortals, even those of high status and position.

Moreover, Isabel was merely a tool he manipulated.

Despite the knights outside the palace, their armor gleaming like the moon, appearing and disappearing amidst the thick black smoke, they were still desperately resisting the enemy's attack.

But the moment the Bishop of the End and the Bishop of Illusion stepped out of the palace, the area outside the palace instantly transformed into a bloody meat grinder.

All Imperial troops were forced to accept a cruel reality.

Queen Icardinos was defeated.

The empire is about to undergo a tremendous change.

As for them, they will become nameless victims forever.

Next.

The screams were deafening, and crimson blood splattered everywhere, turning the towering city walls into a red curtain.

The pungent smell of blood slowly spread, eventually permeating the entire imperial city...

……

Underground near the city outskirts.

The soft sound of footsteps echoed through the stone-built underground waterways constructed by the ancient empires.

The flowing sewage emitted a pungent odor, and only a faint light flickered in the pitch-black underground passage.

Mier helped the disheveled Icardinos, and after leaving the underground passage and arriving at the suburban underground tunnel, they finally dared to slow down.

Mier coughed up blood in agony, looking just as miserable as Icardinos. The moment she used the Imprisonment to control the Bishop of the End, the single trigger of the [Chaos End] counterattack had severely injured her.

Fortunately, her trump card has an effect that was never used during the Resurrection Church period: poison.

Shadow Army

[Category: Spell Card]

[Rarity: Orange Epic]

[Class: 8]

[Effect: Summons a corresponding number of Shadow Clones within the barrier, based on mana cost. Each Shadow Clone perfectly replicates the summoner's base attributes. Shadow Clones can swap positions with the original summoner within the barrier's area. When a Shadow Clone is destroyed, a pre-set poison spell will be applied to the enemy.]

[Note: A masterpiece combining Mia's dark magic and poison magic.]

"His poison resistance isn't strong at all. If you were a poison magic specialist, it would be much easier to defeat him."

Mier smiled wryly and turned to look at Icardinos with a hint of complaint.

Ever since meeting Dekan, Mier had felt that Icardinos and Dekan were somewhat similar in their ways.

Dekan primarily uses curse magic, supplemented by mental and poison magic.

Icardinos primarily uses curse magic and mental magic, with the two complementing each other.

Compared to Dekan's painful interrogation method, Icardinos is equally adept at using mental magic to interrogate enemies, and her efficiency is even higher.

It just doesn't involve the same lengthy and agonizing process as Dekan's.

No one can say for sure whether Dekan, the primordial saint, preferred the process to the result.

"I don't like relying on poison magic because I can't always tell if the enemy has poison resistance. It's too risky to put all the pressure on poison magic to decide the outcome."

Icardinos was pale, and her words remained cold, as if she were keeping her distance from Mier.

But then Icardinos's tone gradually turned to one of deep regret.

"I lost... I lost again..."

Icardinos didn't know why she added "again" to her mutterings, but she seemed to feel that this wasn't the first time she had lost.

The main reason for the defeat was not that the opponent was two against one.

Rather, it was a crucial game—

The Bishop of the End bets that she doesn't want to kill herself before the [Liberation of Chaos].

This is also the ruthless aspect of the Chaos Gods. They have the cost of trial and error, and are willing to gamble with their own lives. In a balanced situation, they can take advantage of the other party's "want to kill the Chaos God" and coerce the other party to give up their initiative.

Even though Icardinos lost this crucial game, and her best option to salvage the situation was to use [Painful Annihilation] and, as a second-best option, only kill Menellios, Carlos's presence was undoubtedly equally fatal, causing the situation to deteriorate rapidly.

In the end, Icardinos didn't even have the chance to use [Painful Annihilation].

"Icardinos, call Pritzker back, and we'll fight back!"

Despite Icardinos's crushing defeat, Mir still tried to encourage her.

"...It's not as simple as you think."

Icardinos weakly closed her eyes, her expression one of extreme pain.

"The Cult of Calamity must have come prepared, and what they are doing now is to purge the capital as quickly as possible and support the rightful heir to the throne. Pritzker, that slippery fellow, may no longer obey me. Compared to fearing my power, the other legion commanders also fear my military might. This defeat means that I will soon lose both my power and military deterrence."

however.

Now, not only the empire, but also the fruits of victory that the empire is about to unify with the kingdoms will fall into the hands of the Cult of Calamity.

Just like making a wrong move in a game of chess, you lose the whole game.

The Cult of Calamity will truly control the Saron Empire, destroying the kingdoms like a rampaging beast.

Even though Icardinos aimed to annex the kingdom, she had already issued orders that "residents must not be harmed, prisoners of war must not be killed, and torture must not be used to extract confessions." The kingdom's high-ranking experts have not been lost to this day.

The Kingdom Federation already had many hidden problems.

Even if Shinn were still alive, the northern kingdoms' stances were wavering and their infighting was obvious, while the southern kingdoms were unambitious and rejected the northern kingdoms. These internal conflicts were just one spark away from igniting an explosion.

Without Sheen, it's even less likely that these guys with their own agendas can maintain their unity and face the future battleground of destruction.

Because they were completely unaware of the terror of the Heaven-Reaching Annihilation Battlefield.

A true strongman is needed to unite all of this and lead them through this calamity, which already seemed almost hopeless.

But those damned Chaos Gods always come knocking on our door, using their despair-inducing power to destroy and plunder everything!

Even Icardinos felt powerless and even desperate at this moment.

“Icardinos…”