Only by breaking away could one obtain freedom.
This was Twilight's final conclusion. However, a new problem arose. As far as she knew, even the Triumvirate, who stood high above thousands of monarchs, couldn't break away from Eboynes. Unless the Son of Dusk was willing to open the Blazing Door and let them into the material world, they would destroy the Withering Hall and ultimately the entirety of Eboynes. Only then would they be able to completely sever their connection with this place.
Otherwise, even if they died in battle in the material world, they would still return to their origins and be reborn from their birthplace. This was a 'program' set up by the Creator long ago. The monarchs created from the Creator themselves couldn't break this law. Otherwise, given their intelligence, they wouldn't be willing to stay in Eboynes forever. After all, no matter how high and mighty they were here, they were just slaves to the Son of Dusk and the Creator.
Of course, the more powerful slaves would always be favored by their masters. That was why the Triumvirate's position in the Withering Hall was higher than the other monarchs, but that was all.
In a daze, Twilight's attention returned to the scene in front of her. She and Gryreo were in a contest of strength, the might of the Raging Sea unleashed without restraint. The scarlet pillar of light gradually grew larger. In comparison, Twilight's pillar of fire seemed dim and lightless. If the distance between the two was ten, Gryreo's pillar of light now occupied sixty percent and would soon reach seventy percent. Twilight's pillar of fire was being forced back, but there was no despair in her eyes. Her gaze was still like a rising flame.
Amidst the tug-of-war, the flames on the ground rose again and again. At this point, the ground cracked once more. This time, the cracks were no longer straight, but twisted and extended, forming a complex pattern on the ground. Wisps of flames lit up within the pattern, illuminating the pattern and engulfing the earth, making it seem as if the entire ground was burning. Strangely, there was no earth-shattering noise, only absolute silence.
So quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
The atmosphere was so oppressive that Gryreo needed to vent his anger by roaring and waving his tentacles. On the other hand, Twilight's giant dragon was still spitting flames in silence.
Seven minutes had passed.
Twilight released a bit of her suppressed power when she saw that the scarlet beam had taken up seventy percent of the distance. The dragon's flame pillar turned from orange to scarlet, pushing Gryreo's beam back to its original position in the blink of an eye.
The ground shook soundlessly, and pieces of lichen left the ground. They were lifted up by an invisible force and gradually floated into the air. Thousands of red ribbons were released from the point where the light pillar and the fire pillar collided. These bands of light spun like a kaleidoscope, and the earth fragments that floated into the bands of light were silently ground into powder. However, the tremors did not stop. Instead, they grew more and more violent. The sound of boulders weighing in the weight of tons echoed through the air. The ground fiercely shook, and Guelelio swelled up again. The scarlet beam of light was pushed back to seventy percent of its original position. But no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't swallow the remaining thirty percent.
The stalemate reminded Twilight of something.
That was after she had become the King.
At that time, she'd already become the master of that ownerless land, and the few remaining factions had chosen to submit to her. Twilight began to march toward the King's throne. She knew very well that breaking free from Eboynes was impossible without great power. Even the three heavyweights couldn't break free from this predetermined fate. In order to escape the cycle of reincarnation, she needed to become stronger than them.
To many monarchs, her idea seemed so childish and laughable. Of course, Twilight wouldn't reveal her disrespectful thoughts. Rulers were all pragmatic people, so she put her thoughts into action.
She began to expand.
One day, Twilight led her entire army out of her territory.
In the eyes of a ruler, this was a suicidal act of madness. Normally, rulers would fight each other, but there were limits to it. No ruler would be crazy enough to mobilize their entire army to attack another ruler's territory. Let's not talk about how much profit this kind of crazy behavior would bring. First of all, this had already violated some unwritten rules between kings. Even if another king's territory was conquered, it would still attract the interference of other kings.
That was why when Twilight's army came out in full force, the two rulers who had friendly relations with Twilight tried to communicate with her through their consciousnesses, trying to get her to give up on this crazy act. However, Twilight rejected them. Twilight's only reply was that her army had circled around these monarchs' territories and was fighting another monarch thousands of kilometers away.
Twilight completely abandoned the supplies, not giving herself a way out. Her madness and focus allowed her to quickly win the war and absorb the ruler's core. This was yet another act that crossed the line, and her actions quickly attracted the attention and interference of the rulers. In the end, seven rulers joined forces to besiege Twilight. They wanted to punish her in order to uphold the sanctity of the rules between rulers.
It was a terrifying war.
The seven rulers adopted the conventional method of mobilizing a small portion of their armies from their territories to form an allied army. They set up a perfect supply line and planned to trap Twilight to death. Twilight, on the other hand, turned out in full force to attack the Allied Army. On that vast battlefield, the armies of both sides were engaged in an endless slaughter. The situation back then was somewhat similar to this one. Twilight only occupied thirty percent of the battlefield, and the situation was dire.
But in the end, Twilight still won. Twilight threw everything aside, sacrificing her own army and even her own life. She charged into the battlefield, slaughtering her way through the central army and sacrificing ninety percent of her own injuries in exchange for the lives of two opposing rulers. Her madness and stubbornness finally forced the remaining rulers to retreat. Even if they had the advantage, even if Twilight was about to be killed in the next moment, no one wanted to become cannon fodder. They didn't want to trade their long lives for a chance at victory.
"Gryreo, you will die here," Twilight said softly from within the dragon.
Her voice was soft, but it reached Gryreo's ears without missing a single word. He laughed, "But from the looks of it, the one who will die will be you, traitor!"
"Let's wait and see," Twilight replied, putting in another bit of effort.
The scarlet pillar of flame turned completely black, and the heat energy suddenly rose several levels. The distance of thirty percent was now reduced to forty percent!
Gryreo howled in anger. He roared and snarled, but he had already used all the power he could muster. He had poured out all of his power without holding anything back. Even if he wanted to increase the stakes, he was powerless.
But Twilight still had some strength left.
In truth, she had been waiting from the very beginning, waiting for Gryreo to run out of energy. Twilight was crazy, but she was also patient. These two extremes had made her who she was now. Just like how she had killed two rulers in one fell swoop, thus establishing the foundation of that war. She had won, absorbed the cores of two rulers, and successfully ascended to the upper rank. While the surrounding monarchs thought that she was going to take advantage of the situation and sweep through the surrounding territories, Twilight chose to lay low.
She was very rational. When she wasn't going into battle, her rationality told her that rushing to expand would attract the attention of the upper monarchs, or even the three heavyweights. Thus, she restrained herself and chose to endure. She consolidated her power and secretly trained her own strength and battle techniques. Finally, the opportunity she had been waiting for had come.
The Abyssal Flames had summoned her. She had stepped out of the blazing door and entered the material world for the first time. She decided that she would never go back for the rest of her life.
"But I still came back. But I came back to forever cut off my connection with this damned place! Gryreo, you are destined to lose, because you can't let go of your status as one of the three heavyweights. You can't let go of your position here. As for me, if I could say goodbye to this place forever, I would give up everything! "
The dragon roared, and the black pillar of flame glowed red once more. However, the flames constantly retracted, and the pillar of flame turned into a beam of light. The color of the light deepened, instantly suppressing Gryreo. Thus, Twilight closed the distance between them inch by inch. Gryreo's seven points quickly became five, then four, and in the blink of an eye, two points!
Destruction was right in front of him.
Gryreo only had time to cry out, "Noooo …"
He fell into Twilight's hand at a very close distance. The dragon's beam of light blasted through Gryreo and went straight into the distance, splitting the entire world into two. Then, the world was swallowed up by the powerful light. After a while, the light gradually dimmed, and a fiery cloud could be seen roiling in the air, spreading out noisily. Something fell from the rootless cloud. It turned out to be Gryreo. He could no longer maintain his beast form, and fell to the ground in human form.
Half of his once dignified face was scorched black, and even a small part of his body remained. Gryreo panted heavily. He could already feel his body collapsing. Then, Twilight appeared in the corner of his eyes. At this time, he still laughed, "Is it really that important to leave Eboynes? As creatures of the Creator, shouldn't we play our role well? If we are no longer monarchs, what do we have left? "
Twilight raised her sword, "If we are no longer monarchs, we will truly have freedom!"
The sword stabbed down.
The longsword pierced through his chest. Gryreo looked at her, speechless. Then, his body scattered like sand, and in the scattered sand, a crystal rose up and was caught by Twilight. Gryreo's figure faintly appeared in this crystal.
"From now on, Eboynes will no longer have three giants." Twilight threw the crystal into her mouth, and it quickly dissipated in her mouth. Finally, she swallowed it, "And I, will surpass the three giants!"
Gryreo's roar came from within Twilight's body, and then her life's armor began to melt, changing shape once more …
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