"Wait…"

Suddenly, Alcimus's expression changed.

"Amaya Leander… is she the daughter you sol- I mean, who married into the Skyfall Kingdom, Amaya Skadi?"

Alcimus questioned.

Riona nodded.

She wanted to say something about what Alcimus said, however, in the end, she knew that he was correct. She couldn't refute it.

Of course, none of that mattered now.

Everything was fine now.

"B-B-But wasn't she married to-"

Unlike Riona, Alcimus, however, was now even more confused, he had a lot of questions in his mind and just as he was about to voice out his thoughts,

"Aren't you a little too interested in matters of my household?"

Nux interrupted.

Alcimus glanced at Nux and narrowed his eyes.

Nux looked into his eyes as well.

Alcimus didn't like that gaze.

No matter what, he was still an Emperor.

He might respect Astaria, however, that didn't mean she was superior to her. For her disciple to act so disrespectfully in front of him,

He couldn't allow that.

However, just as he was about to use his Aura to overwhelm Nux,

"Don't try that."

Nux warned.

Alcimus frowned.

'Did he just predict what I was about to do?'

He wondered inwardly.

He wanted to deny this possibility, however, Nux's timing was too accurate…

No matter how much he tried, Alcimus couldn't believe that it was a fluke.

And as if confirming his doubts, Astaria spoke up.

"I won't take a normal man as my student, Alcimus.

Arvina was different, I only took her in because I liked her attitude and was bored.

You can say that he is my real student."

Alcimus realized it.

Nux was indeed not normal.

No wonder 9 King Stage Women, including that General of his Dynasty, agreed to become his.

However,

"Your disciple lacks manners."

He still couldn't allow this boy to disrespect him. He wanted an apology.

"You wouldn't like it if I asked too many questions about your personal life, would you?"

However, contrary to his expectation, Astaria stood on Nux's side.

"…"

Alcimus turned silent.

He knew he was wrong, but…

"Alright, let's not waste time on this. We have a War to prepare for."

Nux spoke up.

In the end, Alcimus had to let go.

He still needed Skyfall Kingdom's help here after all.

He had already lost 2 of his Generals, and then 2 more King Stage Cultivators in the Search Party he sent to the Bloodhill Wilderness.

The losses that the Woods Dynasty had taken were not light.

Even if he could face Herms, the chances of his army fighting against the Solid Earth Army… they were low.

Not to mention that after Amletus was gone and with Amaya being Nux's wife, the Skadi's were now strong allies of the Skyfall Kingdom.

The current Skyfall Kingdom was too strong and was not something he should go against for a stupid reason like this.

"Alright. I will start preparing." Alcimus spoke.

Nux smiled and then he nodded,

"We will do the same."

Alcimus nodded,

"Alright, we will be taking out leave now."

Saying those words, Nux turned around, Astaria followed, Riona and Eardwolf were the same.

Alcimus had different thoughts in his mind when he saw these 4 people leaving, but in the end, he didn't say anything and just continued to watch these people as they left.

"Call all the soldiers,

Prepare the army,

This will now be a deciding war.

I'll personally take the role of the General."

Alcimus announced.

Eliyard nodded and quickly took the action.

…

On the other hand, Nux, Astaria, Riona, and Eardwolf walked out of the palace, and instead of walking toward their respective Kingdoms, all of them continued to move together.

3 Hours later, they walked into a certain spot, in front of them stood 41 King Stage Cultivators. They were the reinforcement that was ready to act the moment something bad happened.

20 of these King Stage Cultivators came from the Skyfall Kingdom alone.

12 of them were from the Skadi Kingdom.

As for the remaining 9.

Well, all of them walked forward and removed their masks.

"Did you find anything?"

Amaya questioned.

Riona, however, shook her head.

It was a failed trial.

Yes, this whole Emperors' Meet.

All of it was a Trial.

They already knew the Creature was dead and Herms was planning something. Alcimus was already on their side, Amletus was dead, and they didn't have to convince anyone.

All of this was just a farce.

A farce that was planned by Riona.

Yes, not Amaya, this time, it was Riona.

After learning everything, Riona noticed something that even Amaya failed to notice.

According to their theory, Herms's plan was to get rid of Herms using the Treaty, then he and Amletus would team up and go after Astaria.

It was a good and executable plan.

However, something bothered Riona.

What would happen after Astaria was killed?

Would Amletus and Herms divide whatever they won amongst them?

For some reason, Riona believed that it was highly unlikely.

She suspected that Herms was hiding something.

Something that he would use to deal with Amletus and then rule the continent alone.

Of course, it was just a theory, however, the more she thought about it, the more loopholes she found.

Amletus was not an idiot.

Even Amaya failed to get answers out of his mouth and they were forced to kill him.

She didn't think Amletus would be fooled so easily.

Then why did he agree to this plan?

Something was definitely a miss.

Therefore, she planned this entire farce, trying to push Herms to the corner, forcing him to reveal his final card.

However, in the end, it ended up as a failure.

Herms didn't reveal anything.

"I… I have a question."

Suddenly, Eardwolf spoke up.

"Huh?"

Riona frowned.

This fatty was not allowed to speak?

How dare he open his mouth here?

Riona was annoyed, however, noticing that the Slave Seal's pain didn't start, Riona realized that he was not thinking about something bad and allowed him to speak,

"What is it?"

"We had 2 Emperors on our side while Lord Herms was alone.

Why didn't we kill him?

Even if he had some sort of trump card, with 1 Emperor less, wouldn't this war have been a lot easier?"