Armipotent-Novel

1052 Declaration of War

Marshal Alton shook the sword, throwing the blood that stained his sword. He sheathed the sword back and looked toward his comrade, Moonsong. The two figures stood among the dead bodies of the Divine Church’s knights. By the time they finished all the knights off, a crowd had started to gather at the gate.

Marshal Alton and Vice Marshal Moonsong turned around and headed back to the city. “If the Divine Church’s knights are mostly on that level, I think the Tarrior can fight them tow in tow, no?” Chief Moon voiced his thoughts after the one-sided slaughter.

The Ancient Rank and the five Epic Ranks stood no chance against the two. They got killed by them within the first minute they started to attack the knights.

“Don’t underestimate our enemy, Moonsong. We haven’t seen their full force yet.” The old man shook his head. If all the knights were on the level, they just fought. The Tang Empire could win an all-out battle. However, they did not know much about the Divine Church. They did not know how strong the Saintess was, and they did not know how strong the knight that always accompanied the Saintess was.

The crowd at the gate opened the path when the two unknown Legend Ranks returned to the city. No one dared to look at Marshal Alton and Moonsong. Whispers spread in the crowd, wondering where the two Legend Ranks came from.

“What’s the meaning of this!? Why do you kill the knights of the Divine Church!?” A melodious voice containing anger rang in the air. Another group of Holy Knights led by Saintess Marisha blocked Marshal Alton and Moonsong. “Is this a war declaration from the federation?”

Saintess Marisha immediately assumed the two figures were from the Federation of Allurion. She thought that only the federation was capable of sending two Legend Ranks out. She thought that the federation was showing their dissatisfaction because of their actions, where the God Ranks from the Divine Church meddled in this tower. Never crossed her mind that Alton and Moonsong were part of the Tang Empire because the Emperor was just an Ancient Rank.

Marshal Alton maintained his pensive expression, looking the Saintess in the eyes. “Are you trying to create a misunderstanding to keep your innocence and shift the blame on us? A declaration of war? Didn’t you start all of this? You attack our Emperor, and you still have the nerve to say this is a war declaration from us?”

“This is quite disgusting coming from a Saintess,” Moonsong added at the end.

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Saintess Marisha was surprised to hear the response. She did not expect the two individuals in front of her to be part of the Tang Empire. It was ridiculous that two Legend Ranks served an Ancient Rank. It just did not make sense, but she did not think the two would lie either. There was no point in the federation to frame the Tang Empire because the Divine Church and the Tang Empire were already at odds.

Marshal Alton released his aura, and Saintess Marisha was caught off guard. She subconsciously moved to the side, further from Marshal Alton. Captain Ruben and his subordinates immediately came forward to protect the Saintess.

There was no further conversation as Marshal Alton and Moonsong walked between the knights of the Divine Church. It did not just shock Saintess Marisha but the people who came to watch. No one expected that the two Legend Ranks were part of the Tang Empire. Who would expect an Ancient Rank Emperor would have two Legend Ranks as his subordinates?

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Saintess Marisha was in a daze for a while. She snapped out of his daze when Captain Ruben nudged her. A deep frown formed on her forehead as she turned around, leaving the crowd behind, as returned to her territory.

The Saintess returned to her room with Captain Ruben following her. She massaged the space between her eyes. “This does not make sense. How come that Ancient Rank heathen have strong subordinates?”

Captain Ruben was Primordial Rank, and she was Myth Rank. Even though she was a Saintess, her level was quite low. She rarely left to raise her level, as most of her work was done behind the table. Of course, Captain Ruben was not the strongest in the Divine Church. There was one Legend Rank High Priest, and also six Primordial Rank High Priests followed her in the expedition. Quite a strong force, but it was still lacking compared to the two Legend Ranks.

“And we don’t know if those two are the only Legend Ranks in the Tang Empire.” She was frustrated, and deep inside, she blamed the gods. She just did not dare to say it out loud. If not for the Gods’ order to hunt the emperor of the Tang Empire, she would not be in such a hard situation.

“Can we ask for more reinforcement?” Captain Ruben voiced his suggestion. He also felt like it would be hard for them to continue their expedition without taking care of the Tang Empire first.

Saintess Marisha shook her head in frustration. “I don’t think the Pope will agree. We just lost a squad of Executioner Knights, and this is just Ancient Rank Tower. They will rather put more resources into a higher-rank tower. The reason we choose the Ancient Rank Tower is to train the young knights. We need to recall….” Her words paused as she looked at the unread papers to her left. She finally realized why the scout knights returned late. Those scouts did not return late, but they would never return. The Tang Empire hunted them down as a form of retaliation.

“Let’s cease all our activity for now and recall all the knights outside. I am afraid the Tang Empire is hunting them down.” Saintess Marisha sent her order to Captain Ruben. “Ah, also call all the high priests for me. We need to talk about the issue right away. We have to find an idea to get out of this tough situation together.”

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“Now they find out that we have been hunting their men outside the city.” Moonsong walked side by side with Marshal Alton, returning to their territory. “We will proceed to the next plan.”