Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

"I..."

"King Ash will be back."

Xiadie's words pulled Julius back from his chaotic thoughts, like a bright light in the darkness, allowing him to gradually calm down.

"I understand, High Priest, I'll leave this to you!"

Julius retreated from the front.

His back makes him look very lonely. Although his body is still strong, he gives people a feeling of being exhausted.

He really needed a good rest. Xiadie knew that the only imperial guard of Shurima had borne too much pressure.

Although the black tide was temporarily blocked, the battle horns did not subside. As soon as Julius returned to the royal city, he was informed by the guards that the side gate was under attack by the enemy.

When Julius rushed over, the city gate had already been broken open.

It was an army composed of Holy City Guards and Tree Garden Guards. Although they were not numerous, they were extremely powerful, and some were even led by Golden Clan members.

They broke through the garrison's defenses and rushed towards the temple at an extremely fast speed.

These people are targeting the sun disk!

In an instant, Julius was furious. He roared, leaped several times, and chopped down fiercely, shattering the ground and knocking those who were rushing in the front away!

"Die!!!"

boom!

Broken stones flew outward.

The attackers were also shocked when they saw the cracks appearing on the ground.

"It's Julius!"

"The last Ascended of Shurima!"

"You hold him back!"

The attackers quickly split into two groups, one to stop Julius, while the rest continued to rush towards the sun disk.

Each of these two groups was led by a Golden Clan member.

"Die! The last rays of Shurima, your time is over!"

The Golden One slashed with a greatsword, and the scorching flames burst out with a terrifying blow.

"It's up to you!"

Julius roared, and instead of retreating, he advanced and chopped down the battle axe head-on.

Instantly, the power of the sun erupted like a flood, crashing down upon the greatsword with a thunderous bang. Golden and fiery red flames illuminated the sky above the royal city. During the brief confrontation, Julius suddenly stepped forward, forcing himself to withstand the raging fire.

"Uhhhhhh!"

boom! ——

The Golden One was blown away by Julius's power, knocking down buildings along the way.

So strong!

"What's wrong with this guy? He's getting stronger every time!"

The other golden descendant had not rushed far when he found that his companion had been seriously injured. He looked at Julius in disbelief. As the last ascender of Shurima, the latter was even more famous than them, the golden descendants.

But compared to the last confrontation, Julius was clearly not this strong.

"You are not qualified to destroy Shurima!" Julius roared, glaring at the invading forces. At this moment, his aura reached its peak. He no longer paid attention to the chaos and fatigue in his soul. He stepped forward with his battle axe in hand and chopped down fiercely at the soldiers of Ohma.

With one strike, the axe blade, bursting with the power of the sun, pierced through the opponent's armor and split it in half!

Hiss!

Broken organs and blood mixed together and splattered on the ground.

"Kill him first!"

The consequences of being chased by such a beast were unimaginable. The golden descendant immediately ordered everyone to attack.

He, together with the Golden One who had been knocked away earlier, and hundreds of elite soldiers launched an attack on Julius.

The sharp blade left wounds on the latter's body.

But what these wounds brought was the deaths of the attackers one by one.

"Julius, what are you still holding on to?! Shurima will surely be swallowed by the black tide and submerged. The power that violates the oracle of salvation has been cursed by Kefal. This place will surely turn into ashes!" The Golden Race who was fighting against him asked loudly.

"Bullshit! You have no right to tell Shurima what to do. Die!"

Julius strode forward. Although he was alone, it seemed as if all the members of the First Company of the Imperial Guards were behind him. Stimulated by hatred and blood, the blood in Julius' body began to boil, merging with the power of the sun flowing through his body.

boom!

A golden beam of light fell from the sky.

The sun disk burst into dazzling golden light, lighting up the sky of Shurima. The people in the city looked up with expressions of astonishment.

The Sun Disc has been silent for so long since King Ash left!

At this time, bathed in the power of the sun, the wounds on Julius' body healed quickly, and his body grew rapidly. His hands, feet, torso, and head were changing into the giant crocodile phantom that the power of the sun had previously transformed into.

Soon, he transformed from a big human into a giant crocodile emitting a bloody smell!

Power, unimaginably powerful power.

Julius opened his scarlet eyes and felt the surging power in his body. Even the black tide will that had been eroding his sanity completely disappeared under the influence of the power of the sun.

New life, he felt like he had been reborn.

"Everyone must die!"

The giant crocodile roared, as if dispelling all the depression in his heart during this period of time. Golden sand surged up from under his feet and moved forward with his footsteps!

The attackers who rushed towards him could no longer cause him any harm. Only the attacks of the Golden Ones posed some threat. However, under Julius' attack, even if the two Golden Ones joined forces, they had no chance of winning.

puff!

The battle axe chopped off head after head, and when the blood gathered into a river, the famous golden descendants also died tragically under Julius' attack.

At this moment, the Ohma finally remembered the fear of being dominated by Shurima.

The fear in their hearts finally took over their bodies, and the few remaining attackers began to evacuate and flee outside.

But Julius did not give them a chance. This warrior, like a behemoth of war, smashed the building in front of him with a single charge and crushed it with unstoppable force. The attackers died under his battle axe before they could even let out a scream.

When the last attacker fell, Julius, bathed in blood and glory, raised his battle axe high and roared like a beast.

"Shurima, invincible!!!"

It seemed that his voice was the only one in the sky.

"Shurima, invincible!!!"

Julius shouted again.

This time, someone in the city finally joined in the shouting.

"Shurima, invincible!"

"Invincible!"

The eyes of those who had almost lost their luster gradually began to light up again.

It had been a long time since they heard such a powerful shout!

"King! Do you see? Shurima has not fallen yet!"

Julius shouted.

He had thousands of words in his heart that he wanted to say. He wanted to tell every citizen of Shurima that as long as the sun was still hanging in the sky, the royal city would not collapse.

"I see, Julius, you're doing well. I'm glad to have you in Shurima."

A voice suddenly sounded.

Julius was startled and subconsciously looked up.

All I saw was that, at the end of the sky, where the sun's rays could not reach, it was gray and depressing, a blockaded night.

But at this moment, a huge crack was created by a mysterious force, and a corner of the world outside the sky was reflected in the cracked sky - it was an extremely deep universe with stars.

At this moment, the people on Omfalos also raised their heads and looked. The crack ran across the sky, as if tearing the sky apart.

No one knows what exactly happened.

Only the people of Shurima saw a familiar figure from the crack.

"King Ash!!!"

Julius was utterly shocked.

"King Ash!"

Inside the city, Old Otto trembled and fell to his knees with a thud.

Then, one after another, the subjects knelt down to welcome the king's return.

"King Ash, are you...really back?"

"Yes, Julius."

Ash descended from the rift in the sky.

After he left, the torn hole quickly healed automatically, and the sky returned to its previous deep color.

Ash stood on the high platform above the temple, his eyes fixed on the black tide that was still spreading outside the city. As soon as he thought about it, a golden sea of sand spread across the entire royal city, and sand soldiers stood up from the ground one by one.

Tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... The people of Shurima were shocked to find that there were so many sand soldiers that they couldn't even count them!

"Is this the power of the king?"

Some people who joined Shurima later murmured.

Even Old Otto and others cannot answer this question.

When the king left, he did not possess such great power.

At this moment, the sand soldiers rushed towards the endless black tide, and the situation of the battle was reversed in an instant.

Xiadie and others who were fighting immediately rushed into the city.

Rumble~~~

Wherever the golden sand spread, many high-rise buildings and city walls that collapsed due to war were repaired, and buildings were rebuilt in abandoned areas.

In a short period of time, the already somewhat dilapidated Shurima capital was transformed into a magnificent giant city!

"Shurima, your emperor has returned."

...

ten minutes later.

Within the temple.

Ash sat on the throne, listening to Xiadie and others talking to him about the situation in Omfalos during this period.

In fact, after he encountered obstacles during his arrival, he immediately realized that this world was rejecting him, and would naturally also reject his power and influence.

As expected, according to Old Ultra, since he left, the black tide has swept across Omfalos, and Shurima has been surrounded by the black tide almost every day, and its living space has been continuously eroded.

If it weren't for the miracle orb that was left behind, the people in the city would have starved to death long ago.

But even so, facing the almost endless attacks of the Black Tide, more and more Shuriman soldiers died.

Because of this, there are almost no tribes that have just joined Shurima.

However, the turning point of everything was a great battle in Shurima.

"...About four months ago, the Black Tide swept in. It was the largest attack yet. Julius led the Imperial Guards in battle, and they were able to hold off, but Nicardori suddenly appeared. He rushed into the Black Tide like a madman, killing everything in sight."

"Nikadori has gone mad. No one can stop him. If it weren't for Lord Wandi's final desperate resistance, dragging him into the endless black tide, I'm afraid the entire royal city would have been doomed."

"After that battle, Lord Wan Di didn't return until five days later. He was covered in wounds and slept for three whole days."

Old Otto said this with emotion.

If the Legio Custodes had not been annihilated, Shurima would not have become like this.