
Everyone's ambition and determination crumbled right then and there, they saw Zero as if a monster had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, not expecting such an existence to appear in the Empire, no one dared to go forward at all.
"Are you all cowards? Are you really a king who controls a territory?" Zero questioned them, his words were very piercing in their ears.
The Emperor noticed with a bright smile on his face, The Empress did not do anything either, it seemed like they had guessed all this, Zero was not a person who was easily provoked and also hated the most when underestimated.
"Why silence? Did you let go of losing your son? Are you really a father?" Zero continued to provoke, but Sirius did not act at all, he tightly shut his mouth, the aura Zero released shadowing him, he was a monster.
"That's enough, son. Do not aggravate the situation." said the Emperor, he tried to calm this situation, but what power of rice has become porridge, said Livia can not be tolerated, but, even Zero who killed his subordinates in an instant was also inexcusable.
"Old man, do you dare to rule me? If it wasn't for you being Livia's father, you would've buried it in the land alive." Zero sat back in his original position, the Emperor was astonished by Zero's words, he humiliated himself in front of the higher-ups of the Kingdom below him, not giving him face.
The Empress chuckled with that, even as the Empress laughed she remained graceful and elegant, the look about Zero in her mind was very interesting, thinking that normally people would not dare to do such a thing to the Emperor, either, he dared to do it.
"Well, you dare to do that?" The Celestial Emperor tried to maintain his composure, but in his heart he chided Zero.
"Who can stand you all the time? Even the Empress can't stand you, look at her expression." Zero said.
"Is that right, my wife?" ask Emperor. The Empress nodded and laughed lightly.
Zero smiled in satisfaction, victory imprinted in his heart. Actually the relationship of the Celestial Emperor and Zero was not bad, instead their relationship was good, it was just that people were unaware of it. Everyone was dumbstruck at the astonishing events before him, an Emperor who dominated the world was being played with by a small child.
"All right, everyone please calm down" said the Emperor.
Everyone returned in their own positions, ignoring the collapsed walls and the corpses there. King Sirius did not say anything else, the other Kings did the same. Zero pulled his aura back, the tense air refilled with relief.
"Livia, am I cool enough?" whisper Zero. Livia just nodded, her expression looking flat, it seemed like she was not interested in any of this.
"Regarding the war I chose to stop, there were hundreds of thousands of lives lost to nothing because of us." Assertive Emperor, his words seemed absolute, although this war was fought for deserting, rebelling against the Empire, it was the business of the Kings.
"I want to replace it with a one-on-one tournament fight. Anyone can follow him." Continue Emperor. Everything seems to agree with that, on the surface so, but in the depths of their hearts no one knows.
To end the war, the Emperor suggested a one-on-one fight in the arena, no one dared to deny the Empire's side because there were two Adamantium rankers there. Their strength was not weak, even if the war continued, there would be no victory for the Kingdom.
After a while discussing the matter of the fight and the war, finally finished, everyone had left except Zero and Livia. The death arena was his name, anyone who fought there was allowed to kill his opponent, everything except from the Demon Kingdom followed him. The fight will be held in the Water Kingdom, the Arena on a floating island beneath which is an ocean.
"It's a little easy, even if the war stops eventually, the fight will continue. They won't give up easily, and also after this Livia can't leave without an escort, she will definitely be targeted by the Fire Kingdom soon." said the Emperor.
"Old man, it's like you're playing chess with a human life as a pawn." Zero's yawning. Until it's over he's tired of all this.
"No, I'm not stupid like you." Zero replied.
"You won't understand what it's like to be bored for hundreds of years. I'm not that bad either, all those sent to the battlefield are vile criminals." explained the Emperor.
"If you're that bored, why don't you just die." Imbuh Zero, all the words that come out of his mouth are very painful.
The Empress giggled lightly to see the Celestial Emperor arguing with a young man she had just known, as Empress she sustained all the necessities within the Empire, so naturally an Empress had to be smart. Livia had not said anything since, awkward when meeting with her father.
"I'll be back later." whispered Livia, she went straight out without saying a word to her parents.
Zero looks at Livia's departure, the ruined Palace walls still there, but her body disappears, likely carried by King Sirius. The empress approached Zero, her gaze like it wanted to devour her.
"Are you close enough to him?" asked the Empress, seen from close to the Empress was very beautiful, the aroma in her body was also no less fragrant, the color of her hair was the same as Livia, her eyes were blue like diamonds.
"Maybe." replied Zero.
"Then, please take care of my daughter." The empress whispered whispered, The Emperor heard nothing, Zero smiled and nodded. His face looked very optimistic.
The Empress stepped away alone through the door, the Emperor did not follow which meant she had something she wanted to talk to him about, but before the Empress left she said not to worry about the matter of the destruction of the Palace's facilities, someone will fix it.
"Well, you want to take part in this tournament?" ask Emperor.
"Hmmm, maybe so." Zero replied as he finished his tea at his desk.
"There's something I want to talk about" Zero added.
"Let's just say, there's nobody here but us." The Emperor sat beside Zero.
"Actually the one who killed Sirius' son was not Livia but myself, at that time Livia was hit by an explosion of his body and injured, he said, as you know we've been stuck there for the same three days as the outside world for two years.There's a demon inside of him, that demon calls itself the Demon King. Do you know anything?" Zero explained at length, The Emperor nodded.
"The Eastern region belongs to the Demon Kingdom, but that doesn't mean the Demon King is called a Demon King, the title Demon King should not be used just anyone, the title Demon King has only appeared twice in history. The first one recorded in the book of his emergence some forty thousand years ago, he ruled over the entire land of this world, his cruelty was unforgiving, everyone was bowing to him no one dared to take a single step away from him. But after several thousand years, he disappeared without a trace" the Emperor explained.
"The second one appeared twelve thousand years ago, unlike the previous one that was rampant, he only appeared in everyone's shadow, only a few people knew of his emergence including the generation of Emperors before me, he only appeared in everyone's shadow, before he disappeared from world view, he wrote a few words on a huge rock located on another continent, his writing emitting a terrifying demonic aura, he wrote "get ready, get ready, the demon king will be reborn"." explained the Emperor.
"Then, what happened to the continent?" ask Zero.
"Some of the predecessor Emperors had already checked it many times, but nothing happened, only a powerful demonic aura was left in his writing, until now the place was called the Demon King's tomb." The Emperor added, the figure called Demon King is indeed terrifying, although it has been a long time, its demonic aura still feels strong. If the figure of existence rises, of course the whole world is in danger.