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Chapter 675 – Seven Days

Zhao Hai didn't bother himself with those Demons who were injured and were still moving. He believed that those Demons were already dead, they just kept their movements due to their abundant lifeforce.

Zhao Hai's judgement was correct. These Demons were already dead, but since they lived in the Demon Realm all their life, their vitality was just too strong, so these fatal strikes weren't able to kill them straight away. After counter attacking, these Demons should be motionless, this was a common deathrattle for Demons.

The middle Demon didn't stop his incantation as he looked coldly at Zhao Hai. The incantation continued on, he didn't move even a single bit. Even as Zhao Hai stabbed his sword through this throat, the Demon just looked at Zhao Hai. Blood was now flowing out of his mouth, but he still kept mumbling the spell. The Demon smiled at Zhao Hai and then used some of his strength and said, "Your actions are useless, the Blood Void wouldn't stop as long as blood is present. The blood in here is already enough, and with our own blood as a primer, the Demon army will now come and avenge us."

Zhao Hai looked at the Demon and said, "Your spell should be the self-destruct spell right? You're just talking to me in order to pass time and include me in your explosion. Hehe, I know how strong you people are as well as how formidable the Blood Void is. However, you aren't aware of how strong I am."

The Demon's complexion changed, his incantation was truly the self-destruct spell. This spell absorbs the strength of several people in order to create a very big explosion. Everything that he did before was to make Zhao Hai think that he was casting a spell in order to activate the formation. He wanted to use this method in order to kill Zhao Hai.

Actually, he was taking a risk. He knew that he wouldn't be able to live, so he just planned to use his and the others' blood in order to help power the formation. If he can kill Zhao Hai in the process, then it would greatly benefit the Demon Realm.

However, he didn't know that Zhao Hai was aware of his spell. He also discovered that Zhao Hai was quite knowledgeable about the Demons. One has to know that when the Demons and the Humans fought the last time, the Demons still hadn't invented this spell, so it was impossible for the Humans to recognize it. For Zhao Hai to know about it was truly a surprise for the Demon.

Zhao Hai looked at the Demon and said, "Do you find it strange, the reason why I know this? Well, I'm not going to tell you, think about it for the rest of your life." Then Zhao Hai's went back, leaving the area completely.

Naturally, the reason why Zhao Hai knew about this was Cai'er. Demons completely ignored the fact that plants were ever present in the Demon Realm. And at the same time, they were unaware of the existence of Cai'er.

Cai'er was a plant that had been watching the Demon Realm for many years, she might even know more about the Demon Realm compared to the Demons. Therefore, the Blood Void, as well as the self destruct incantation was something that she knew about.

This Blood Void was a truly powerful Demon formation, its might was quite strong for a magic formation of its kind. However, something unusually strange about this formation was that its power was exerted on someplace else.

This kind of magic formation was called a primary-secondary formation. It was a set of formation that had two parts, the blood formation and the void formation. The blood portion was the energy provider of the formation. It would collect blood and transform it into energy. Then the blood formation would then transfer the energy over to the void formation where the power is fully exerted.

Most importantly, this magic formation was irreversible, it cannot be stopped. In other words, as long as the formation is established and blood was supplied, this formation would start immediately. If the blood supplied was few, then the power would be small as well, otherwise, if the blood was in high volume, then the formation would be very formidable. With how much blood was supplied on this formation under Accra Mountain, Zhao Hai knew that it would be formidable, at the same time, the void formation was surely inside the Demonic Abyss.

After the Blood Void starts, it would take seven days before its full power can be exhibited. If someone wanted to destroy this formation in advance, then the formation would activate in advance as well. This made Zhao Hai decide to refrain from using his Bone Dragons to attack it. If he would destroy this formation, then the Demons would be coming in advance. If he just let this formation be, then he would still have seven days to prepare.[1]

The only reason why Zhao Hai attacked the Demons was to gauge how powerful they were. In the future, when the battle starts, Zhao Hai would have a basis on how strong a Demon army would be.

These Demons were truly fierce, they were 9th ranks, but in Cai'er's words, the status of these specific Demons shouldn't be high. They would at the very most be medium-rank. There might be a lot of these Demons in the Demon Realm, however, their army would surely be mostly comprised of low-ranked Demons, with the worst one being weaker than a Human 6th rank. But in general, a group of Human 7th ranks wouldn't be able to contend with a group of low-ranked demons.

After hearing this, Zhao Hai's heart couldn't help but turn heavy. He thought that he would be fighting the Divine Race, but instead, it seems like he would be facing the Demons first.

But he didn't regret his action in Accra Mountain, killing the magic beasts and fueling the Blood Void formation in the process. Zhao Hai knew that if he didn't exterminate the magic beasts, then the Demons would still do it secretly just as what they did with the Dragons. The outcome of their method was no different to Zhao Hai's plan to kill the magic beasts.

On the other hand, Zhao Hai was quite happy. He was happy to know about all of these, and the fact that he had seven days to prepare. Otherwise, if the Demons were to suddenly emerge from the Demonic Abyss, then many deaths would occur due to the Humans being caught off guard.

Just as the Zhao Hai left, the Demons exploded as well. However, Zhao Hai casted a protective shield over the formation, otherwise it might get destroyed and activate the formation in Demonic Abyss in advance.

The Demon explosion was quite strong, but since Zhao Hai was now a God-ranked expert, he didn't bother to block. The Demons' bodies weren't spared and their blood fuelled the formation. Seeing all of these, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh, he knew that because of this, the void formation would get stronger.

After lamenting on the fact, Zhao Hai's body flashed as he entered the Space. Green and the others' expressions were quite ugly while they were sitting on the villa's living room. They were able to witness what just happened, they didn't expect that the day for battle had come this quickly.

When Zhao Hai entered the living room, he turned his head to Green and said, "Grandpa Green, you should return to the Black Wasteland and prepare. Turn the entire place into something suitable for retreat. When the war comes, I'm afraid a lot of refugees would be forced to flee their homes. You must be ready to accept them."

Green nodded, then Zhao Hai turned to Kun and said, "Grandpa Kun, you should head back to Golden Island and prepare as well. Have all the ships equipped for war. At the same time, have Golden Island be primed to be a stopover station."

Kun also nodded, then Zhao Hai sighed as he retrieved his messenger fish. Then he talked to to it, "Your Majesty, can you hear me? Please answer if you can."

Then the voice of the Mermaid Queen was heard, "I can hear mister, is there something wrong?"

Zhao Hai sighed once again, then he reiterated how he discovered the Demons as well as the matter with the Blood Void formation. After telling his story, Zhao Hai said, "I hope that Your Majesty would have her people prepare. Battle would come soon. When the time comes, the Fishman race can enter a channel that I would open that would lead you to the continent. I hope you can provide us with suitable support."

The Queen didn't think that the matter would come this fast, however, she still immediately replied, "Alright, Mister can feel relieved. I shall immediately arrange a Fishman army that can head to the continent right now."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he said, "Then I'll have to thank Your Majesty in advance. I shall go and inform the others, so I need to leave the conversation first. Take care, Your Majesty."

The Queen replied, "Mister, you take care as well. Your significance to the continent is quite huge. I hope that you can protect yourself well.'

Zhao Hai calmly replied, "Your Majesty can rest assured, I shall take care of myself. Then, Your Majesty, farewell."

Then Zhao Hai retrieved his Messenger Fish and the took out another Fish. This messenger fish would connect to the Beast King. Zhao Hai immediately talked to the Beast King and told him about the situation, then he had the Beastmen prepare their army to fight at any time. The Beast King didn't say anything and just agreed. The Beast King already made ample preparations, so he wasn't too anxious about this matter.

The Zhao Hai called Billy and the Elf Queen, explaining everything to them as well. Then Zhao Hai came out of the Space and appeared inside Rosen Empire's palace.

Zhao Hai didn't plan to delay, he only has seven days to prepare. At this point, the Human nations were completely unaware of what was about to happen. One could say that they had zero preparation. With only seven days to prepare, this time frame was truly very short.

Because of this, Zhao Hai wanted to save as much time as possible. He would first look for the Rosen Emperor, convincing him of the events and then have him sign the beast skin scroll. After that, Zhao Hai would proceed to approach the other Emperors of the continent.

Took me a very long time to read this along with the previous chapter. In the end, they just don't add up. In the past chapter, Zhao Hai seems to be uninformed, but here, he was.

Chapter 676 – Rushing About

The place where Zhao Hai appeared on was outside the Emperor's study. He can just appear inside, but Zhao Hai refrained from doing this in order to save the Emperor some face.

Although the Emperor's study was quite ordinary, there were some protectors hidden inside. Even the eunuch who was guarding the door outside was an expert himself.

When Zhao Hai appeared, these protectors immediately centered their attention to him. The Eunuch outside the Emperor's study looked coldly at Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai knew that this Eunuch was always with the Emperor, the Eunuch might look very ordinary, but in reality he was an 8th rank Assassin.

Moreover, Zhao Hai also knew that the fellow that was always with the Emperor was also a high-level expert. However, all of these matters were unimportant to Zhao Hai. He was not here to assassinate the Emperor, therefore, he bowed to the Eunuch and said, "I ask sir Eunuch to please tell Father-in-law that I needed his audience."

The Old Eunuch naturally knew who Zhao Hai was, but since Zhao Hai appeared suddenly, he couldn't help but get hostile. So when he heard Zhao Hai, he immediately returned the bow and said, "I ask the Emperor's son-in-law to wait for a while."

Then the Eunuch opened the door of the study and walked in. Before long, he came out again and gave a bow to Zhao Hai before saying, "The Emperor invites his Son-in-law inside." Then he opened the door for Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai gave another bow to the Eunuch and said, "Thank You, Sir Eunuch." Then he went inside the study.

The Emperor was standing inside the study with his back facing Zhao Hai. When Zhao Hai entered, he immediately bowed to the Emperor and said, "I have seen Father-in-law."

The Emperor turned around and calmly said, "Little Hai, I always thought that you're quite the discrete person. How come you came in this way this time?"

Zhao Hai understood what the Emperor meant, he was blaming Zhao Hai for being quite crude inside the Imperial Palace. Zhao Hai turned serious as he said, "Something quite sudden happened, so it’s quite urgent. I had no other choice but to use this method, I hope that Father can excuse me."

The Emperor looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Alright, I know that you're a sensible child. You wouldn't do anything without proper purpose. Tell me, what did you come here for?"

Then Zhao Hai took out his beast skin scroll and then handed it over to the Emperor, "I'll have Father read this first. Then I will explain it to you in detail."

The Emperor nodded, then he received the beast skin scroll and slowly opened it. With a serious expression, the Emperor carefully read the contents.

After a short while, he placed the beast skin scroll down and looked at Zhao Hai, "Is this the reason why you dealt with the Dragons? Where are they now?"

With a straight expression, Zhao Hai replied, "They're all dead. Not only them, all of the magic beasts in Accra Mountain has been exterminated."

The Emperor gently knit his eyebrows and said, "You did all of that?"

Zhao Hai forced a smile and said, "Half of it. The other half is not in my credit."

The Emperor was confused with this reply, he looked at Zhao Hai and said, "What happened? Tell me everything carefully."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he started the story when he fixed the Divine Artifact of the Dwarves, then it moved to how he retrieved the Beast God Spear, then onto when he helped the Fishmen, then to the Elves, and in the end, the Demons. Everything was said quite carefully.

The Emperor listened to Zhao Hai, and when Zhao Hai finished, the Emperor's face was quite pale, he looked up at Zhao Hai and said, "So you're saying that in seven days, the spatial rift in the Demonic Abyss would be opened and then a Demon army would come and invade us?"

Zhao Hai nodded, then he forced a smile and said, "I'm afraid that is what is going to happen. Moreover, there is no means to stop the Blood Void formation. If we destroy it, then the rift would immediately open. We can't have the rift open ahead of time."

The Emperor stood up, then he walked back and forth inside the study. After some time he looked at Zhao Hai and said, "And the Divine Race? You just said that there's a possibility that the Divine Race would come."

Zhao Hai bitterly smiled and said, "Yes father, its highly probable that the Divine Race would come, otherwise, the Dragons wouldn't have made their move. It is because of this that I needed to deal with the Dragons. Originally, I wanted to come here after I had dealt with the matter with the Elves. Then after that, talk to the Emperors of the continent, having everyone work together in order to deal with the Radiant Church. And making us unite when the Divine Race arrives. However, it seems like that wouldn't work anymore because of the appearance of the Demons as well as the motion of the Dragons. Even if the Demons weren't present, we still couldn't afford to have the Dragons take control of the Lyon Empire. .If that happens and the Divine Realm did come, we would be placed in a much more passive position compared to if the Dragons were eliminated."

The Emperor looked at Zhao Hai, then he sighed and said, "So it turns out that you had been busy with this for a long time. I really didn't think that the Demons and the Divine Race would take interest in our continent. It seems like a huge chaos is coming. You can rest assured, I shall immediately have my men prepare. Are you going to the other Empires now?"

Zhao Hai nodded, "Yes, the next one that I'll go to is the Buddha Empire. The Demonic Abyss is situated there. I must have them prepare ahead of time. Father, please sign this beast skin scroll. I'm afraid that I won't be able to convince the Buddha Emperor if I don't have your mark."

The Emperor nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll sign it immediately so that you can get on your way." Then he picked up his pen and signed the beast skin scroll. After that, he handed the scroll over to Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai took the scroll before giving the Emperor a bow and then vanished from the room.

After Zhao Hai left, the Emperor talked, "What do you think?"

A chilly voice answered, "Chaos has come."

The Emperor nodded, then he turned his head and shouted a command, "Strike the Palace Drums, ring the Warning Bell!" The Eunuch complied and then left his position.

The Palace Drums and the Warning Bell were symbolic items of the Rosen Empire. Only during life and death situations of the Empire would the drums be used. At the same time, when the Warning Bell sounds and rings for 12 times, all the Nobles and Ministers of the Empire should already be inside the Imperial Palace. If one fails to arrive, then they would have their title revoked and then executed for treason. One could see from these scenarios how important those two items were.

Zhao Hai didn't have the mood to care about this now. He had appeared outside the Buddha Empire's Imperial palace. He didn't appear inside the Imperial Palace, after all, he only had a few dealings with the Buddha Empire. His status here wasn't as high as back in the Rosen Empire.

Zhao Hai knew that if he appeared inside the Imperial Palace, then the Buddha Emperor would surely come to dislike him. For Zhao Hai, this scenario was extremely detrimental to his cause. Therefore, he chose to appear right outside the palace.

After Zhao Hai arrived, he immediately went towards the reception. The reception was just like the one in Rosen Empire. There were two Eunuchs in charge of registering everyone who came to visit. At the same time, there were also some Eunuchs fluttering in all directions.

When Zhao Hai entered the reception, he immediately bowed towards the two Eunuchs, "This one has seen the Sir Eunuchs. This one is Zhao Hai, I'm here to seek an audience with the Buddha Emperor."

The two Eunuchs knew about Zhao Hai's status, therefore, they didn't dare to ignore him. The two of them stood up and bowed to Zhao Hai as one of them said, "Are you the Buda Clan's Patriarch, Mister Zhao Hai?"

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I am indeed Zhao Hai. Please do arrange a meeting with the Emperor. I came here for an urgent matter."

The two Eunuchs didn't dare to delay, so one of them immediately said, "Right, Mister can rest assured, we shall take this matter with haste. Please take a seat first, Mister." Then one of the Eunuch wrote Zhao Hai's name in the record as one of them immediately arranged for someone to inform the Imperial Palace.

The response of the two eunuchs wasn't strange. Zhao Hai's status in the Buddha Empire wasn't low, after all, he has established a magic beast business with the Buddha Empire. At the same time, everyone knew that the Buddha Emperor has a good impression of Zhao Hai. He even hosted a banquet to welcome him, the Emperor was even quite happy when talking to Zhao Hai.

And most importantly, rumors has been circulating in the past two days. It was said that Zhao Hai had eliminated 40 Dragons inside the Lyon Empire's capital. Zhao Hai has become the first Human to slay a Dragon in the current history of the Human race.

Therefore, these eunuchs didn't dare to neglect Zhao Hai's visit. Even if they had all the courage of their lifetime, they still wouldn't dare to offend someone who had slain a Dragon.

Before long, a young eunuch came and bowed to Zhao Hai, "Mister, please come with me. The Emperor has invited you over to his study."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he walked towards the Imperial Palace along with that young eunuch. It didn't take a long time before they arrived outside the Buddha Emperor's study. The Eunuch who guarded the Emperor's study immediately bowed to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, come in. His Majesty is already waiting for you." Zhao Hai nodded and then entered the room.

The Buddha Emperor was already standing inside, waiting for Zhao Hai to come in. When he saw Zhao Hai arrive, the Buddha Emperor immediately laughed and said, "Mister, why did you come? What made you so anxious that you had to make an urgent appointment?"

Zhao Hai bowed and replied, "I have seen Your Majesty. I came here this time in order to discuss about an important matter."

The Emperor smiled and said, "Mister is too polite. Please sit down and then tell me."

After Zhao Hai gave his thanks to the Emperor, he took out his beast skin scroll and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look at this first. Then I will tell you the details."

The Buddha Emperor smiled, then he received the scroll and slowly unraveled ut. His response was similar to the Rosen Emperor. He had a shocked expression while he read the scroll. Then he looked up at Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, are the contents in here true?"

Zhao Hao nodded and said, "This is a crucial matter, so how can I deceive Your Majesty? This information only tells a small part of the story. The reason why I deal with the Dragons was because….." Then Zhao Hai told the Emperor everything up to the Demon Race's matter. When the Buddha Emperor heard that a spatial rift would open, and moreover, in the Demonic Abyss, his face couldn't help but turn pale.

Chapter 677 – Your Excellency, You Have No Choice But To Govern Us

What can seven days make?

If this question was presented to the commoners, then they would surely provide a multitude of answers. However, for an Emperor who would receive an attack on his empire, these seven days was just too short.

This was what the Buddha Emperor was thinking about right now. Seven days was just too short, he was stumped on what to do.

When Zhao Hai left the Buddha Empire, he then went to the Aksu Empire to tell Boris of this information. Although Zhao Hai and Boris had a grudge in the past, Boris was now quite angry towards the Radiant Church. Moreover, this was a Demon invasion, so no matter what, Zhao Hai still needs to tell Boris about it. After all, Boris was also an Emperor of a Human nation.

After he awkwardly told the news to Boris, Zhao Hai went back to the Lyon Empire. Zhao Hai knew what was currently going on in the Lyon Empire. The Empire was now in a state of anarchy. The Great Nobles were currently managing the Empire. However, in the minds of these Nobles, Zhao Hai was the Lyon Empire's current ruler. Therefore, it was Zhao Hai's tasks to manage the things in the Empire.

Zhao Hai didn't teleport towards the Lyon Empire. Instead, after he came out of the Space, he rode on the back of a Bone Dragon and then entered the capital.

Just as he arrived at the capital's skies, he immediately discovered that the place exploded into cheers. Zhao Hai looked downward and saw civilian people standing on the square and cheering at him.

Zhao Hai wasn't expecting the situation, he didn’t't think that the Lyon Empire's commoners would like him this much. This made him confused, in his opinion, he didn't do anything. So why would these people cheer for him?

Although the Dragons had ruled the Empire for a few days, but because of how overboard the lesser dragons had become, killing civilians whenever they want, it wasn't strange that the civilians had already hated the Dragons.

But since the Dragons were very powerful, and were quite known to be invincible, the commoners were left not being able to resist. Now that Zhao Hai had eliminated the Dragons, the civilians were naturally very happy.

While riding the Bone Dragon, Zhao Hai flew directly to the Lyon Empire's palace. As soon as he landed on the square, the Great Nobles immediately welcomed him. They originally weren't in the palace, but when they heard that Zhao Hai had come, they immediately went to see him.

Zhao Hai looked at the nobles and then said, "Let's go to the Great Hall, I have something to tell you all." Then he turned to walk towards the Imperial Palace Great Hall.

These Nobles looked at Zhao Hai with no hostility, instead, all of them had a very happy expression. In their minds, for Zhao Hai to go to the Great Hall, this meant that he had accepted his own status, and that he would rule the Lyon Empire.

Moreover, the mere fact that Zhao Hai came back meant that his fight with the Dragons was finished. After seeing Zhao Hai being safe and sound, without a single scratch on his body, it showed the nobles that Zhao Hai did indeed have the overwhelming strength to face the Dragons!

These Great Nobles didn't think that Zhao Hai could eliminate the Dragons. In their opinion, this task was impossible. Not suffering any losses was already good, so how was is possible to eradicate the Dragons.

When Zhao Hai headed to the Great Hall, these Nobles also followed behind him. Zhao Hai looked at the throne in the Great Hall and then sighed. He didn't sit on the throne and just turned to look at the Nobles. These Nobles felt a chill when they met Zhao Hai's gaze. They couldn't help but get startled, they knew that Zhao Hai didn't like them, so they just lowered their heads in obedience.

After scanning the Nobles, Zhao Hai said, "Did you know what you just did? You almost made the Humans fall into an irredeemable place just because of benefits. I really want to kill all of you, I really do!"

The Nobles lowered their heads further. They can feel the killing intent in Zhao Hai's words. If that killing intent was tangible, then they would have had trouble breathing.

Zhao Hai coldly snorted, then he turned his hand over and retrieved the beast skin scroll, then he threw it over to a Great Noble and said, "Look at it yourself and see if I am exaggerating."

The Great Noble caught the beast skin scroll and looked at it. He read the contents of the scroll and when he was finished, he was coldly sweating when he looked at Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai coldly snorted, then the Great Noble couldn't help but bend his waist. Then the scroll was handed over to the next noble who had the exact same reaction as the first one. The scroll was then passed over to the Great Nobles inside the Hall before the scroll returned to Zhao Hai's hands. At this point, the Nobles in the hall were having pale expressions. The word 'frightened' was an understatement.

Zhao Hai swept his gaze across the hall and then sighed, "There's no use in scolding all of you right now. I'm not familiar with the Lyon Empire, so I cannot be the Emperor. With how things are going, I don't have the time to be a ruler. You have seven days to prepare." Then Zhao Hai told them about his encounter with the Demons back in Accra Mountain.

The mouths of these Nobles were gaped open as their eyes stared straight at Zhao Hai, it seems like they had turned into idiots. They didn't think that a calamity has come. The Demons would arrive to the continent soon. This was the Demons, beings who would kill humans without even blinking. How could this be!

Zhao Hai looked at the expressions of these Nobles and coldly snorted, making these Great Nobles recover their senses. All of them looked at each other, they didn't think that matters would come this quickly. There were seven days before the Demon army arrives, what can they do in these seven days?

Zhao Hai snorted and said, "Seven days, think about what you would do in seven days. It would be impossible for me to stay in the Lyon Empire for all this time. I shall be heading to the Buddha Empire in order to assist them with resisting the Demon Army. As for the Lyon Empire? It would be left to your discretion. Whether you want it to crumble or to return to its former glory before the Dragons arrived, I don't care. All of these shall be left to all of you to take care of."

And just as Zhao Hai finished talking, the Great Nobles knelt in front of him as the oldest one of them said, "Your Excellency, you have no other choice but to govern us. We know that we had made a mistake, but we truly didn't expect the situation to reach this degree. We ask Your Excellency to remain. We want you to be the Lyon Empire's rules, please stay here."

The other nobles expressed their agreement.When he saw these people, Zhao Hai couldn't help but feel a headache. He does not have the time to manage an Empire at this time. The Demons were about to appear and he needs to be in the frontlines of battle to block them. This would give the Rosen Empire and the other powers to make their proper arrangements.

Zhao Hai looked at the Great Nobles and sighed, "I really dont' have the time to manage the Lyon Empire. The Demons are coming soon, and I need to head towards the Demonic Abyss right now in order to find a way to block the Demons. Only in this way would the continent be able to have a little more time to prepare."

The Nobles looked at each other, they knew that what Zhao Hai said was true. But at this time, the Lyon Empire needed Zhao Hai. After the matter with the Dragons, the Great Nobles weren't exactly well regarded by the population. No matter which one of them were to become the Emperor, the civilians would naturally disagree. And a chaotic Lyon Empire wasn't what they need right now, seeing that the Demons have come.

At the same time, Zhao Hai also knew that what the old Noble said was true, he couldn't help but have a headache. Zhao Hai was aware that the Great Nobles had already lost popular support. This was because they were largely responsible for the Dragons' quick occupation of the Lyon Empire. The commoners had hostile feeling to these fellows, and if one of them were to get the throne, then the entire Empire would definitely thrown into chaos. On the other hand, if Zhao Hai were to take the seat of the Emperor, then the populace would surely accept it.

Thinking about these matter did indeed cause Zhao Hai's head to ache, he looked at these Nobles and couldn't help but sigh, "I can be the Emperor and I shall go and announce it outside later. But after that, I shall be heading to the Demonic Abyss. The remaining matters would need to be handed over to all of you. However, I shall have someone supervise all of your actions.

When the Great Nobles heard Zhao Hai, they immediately burst into happiness. Zhao Hai doing this meant that he would just be an Emperor in name, while the nobles had the true power in their hands. However, this happiness wasn't because of the power, it was because of Zhao Hai accepting the throne. If he still declined, then the Lyon Empire would be finished.

Once the Lyon Empire turned chaotic, the ones who would lose out greatly would be these Nobles. Although they were thousand year old clans, their roots were still in the Lyon Empire. They couldn't afford to have the Empire be in a chaotic state.

Zhao Hai looked at the Nobles of this Empire, then he coldly snorted and said, "Wait a moment." Then his body vanished. Before long, he reappeared along with two other people. On of them was a man with a stature that was tall and big, he was about two meters tall. The other one was a woman, tall and beautiful, but her complexion was quite pale, it seems like she was not quite healthy.

Zhao Hai looked at these Nobles and said, "I'll be heading to the Demonic Abyss. The matters of the Empire shall be handed to all of you. This is Evan and Ruyen. If there's something that you cannot decide on, then ask for their opinion. Understood?"

Chapter 678 – History's Most Unique Throne Ascension

Aside from Evan and Ruyen, Zhao Hai really didn't have anybody else to call over. And since Evan had ruled over a Duchy in the past, he should have some experience in running a country.

Ruyen has done a good job in Aksu Empire all this time.  It was impossible for Zhao Hai to see her for a long time so her mood has not been that great. This affected her lifestyle and in turn she looked quite a bit sick.

In fact, Evan was already enough to manage the Lyon Empire, Ruyen wasn't needed here at all. However, Zhao Hai had no choice, if Evan was alone, then these Great Nobles might continue to misbehave. But if Ruyen was here, then those Great Nobles would think that Ruyen was Zhao Hai's woman, so they shouldn't dare show their bad sides to her.

Zhao Hai knew that these Great Nobles didn't want to offend him right now. If it weren't for his strength, then these Nobles would've been shredded by the continent a long time ago. The only reason why the Lyon Empire remained untouched was because of Zhao Hai. Since he was the one who attacked the Lyon Empire, then the other nations gave him face in not attacking. But if Zhao Hai left, then these Great Nobles would meet an attack by almost everyone, dismembering the entire Lyon Empire.

If we set aside the reaction of the other Nobles of the continent, if the civilians were to know something, then the Nobles wouldn't have a good future.

Therefore, these Lyon Empire Nobles can only rely on Zhao Hai. It can be said that if Zhao Hai establishes a country, these Nobles would be the first to flock to Zhao Hai's side. This was because other than Zhao Hai, nobody would want to have them.

The reason why Zhao Hai didn't make Laura manage the Lyon Empire was because she didn't have the experience of running a country. Although Laura had been managing the Markey Family, and even some parts of the Buda Clan, it was still different from the Lyon Empire. Back in the family, there were nobody that could undermine Laura's authority. In Lyon Empire, problems such as these Great Nobles were present, and Laura had no experience in managing these kinds of people.

Additionally, Zhao Hai had things to discuss with Laura, therefore, Laura cannot stay and manage an Empire. Megan and Lizzy can't do it as well since they were needed to command armies when dealing with the Demons.

As for Megan and Ni'er, having them manage a country? This wasn't the time for cracking jokes. Knowledge on management cannot be learned in a day, they weren't any use at all. More importantly, Zhao Hai had Meg and Ni'er manage the Fishmen in the Space's sea. Therefore, Zhao Hai had no choice but to invite Evan and Ruyen over in order to manage the Lyon Empire.

Sure enough, when the Great Nobles saw Ruyen, they immediately thought that she was Zhao Hai's woman. Almost immediately, all of them bowed to Ruyen and said, "We have seen the Madam." Ruyen's pale face immediately turned red, but just as she was about to refute, Zhao Hai waved his hand calmly and said, "This is Grand Duke Evan, Ruyen's father. You can handle everything yourselves later, but if there's anything that needed consent, just approach them. They will find a way to contact me."

The Great Nobles immediately complied, Zhao Hai looked at their faces and said, "Alright, then I'm done here. After I leave, I shall tell everyone that I'll be acting as the temporary Emperor to the Lyon Empire. The overall management of the Empire shall be handed over to Prime Minister Evan. All of you shall help him manage the Empire. After I leave, all of you should do your best to have the Empire prepare for war in the shortest possible time. Since the Lyon Empire is known for its Magic Beast Cavalry, you don't need to worry about this. I shall release some magic beasts that I acquired back in the lesser dragon camp. You may divide those magic beasts among yourselves. Understood?"

The Great Nobles immediately replied, "Yes, Your Excellency." Zhao Hai nodded and then turned to leave the palace.

Outside the Great Hall, Zhao Hai released his Bone Dragon and then rode on its back. Under the gazes of Evan, Ruyen, and the other Nobles, Zhao Hai flew up.

Zhao Hai's flight path wasn't high, he just flew over the sky of the Lyon Empire's capital. The civilians could clearly see him on the back of the Bone Dragon.

While he flew, Zhao Hai said, "People of the Lyon Empire, listen to me. I have already eliminated the evil Dragons, you don't have to worry about them anymore. However, when I dealt with the Dragons, I had discovered a connection to the Demons. The Demons had made a magic array in order to open a spatial rift between the Demon Realm and the Ark Continent. In seven days, that spatial rift would open, that spatial rift is located inside the Demonic Abyss. I shall be heading there in order to meet the Demons head-on. I shall announce myself as the temporary Emperor of the Lyon Empire. But since I am going to battle, I shall be appointing Grand Duke Evan as the Prime Minister of the Lyon Empire. I hope all of you will cooperate with him in the future!"

This was the most unique ceremony in the continent's history, the most unique speech in history, as well as the most unique throne ascension in history. It was the first time that someone took the throne and just left afterwards.

And along with Zhao Hai's words, the Lyon Empire's capital had erupted into chaos. However, undead suddenly started to appear, stabilizing the mood of the citizens.

Zhao Hai knew that the big Empires of the continent had started to move. And because of its special situation, the Lyon Empire would surely be the last one to prepare. Additionally, Zhao Hai cannot manage the Empire, the only methods that he can think about right now was this.

After seeing that the undead had managed to calm the populace, Zhao Hai said, "Everyone shouldn't be afraid. The big Empires as well as the other races of the continent are already aware of this information. Everyone has united together in order to face this crisis. I hope that everyone would calm themselves."

Although these civilians were scared, they couldn't help but behave when they saw the undead. And as long as things proceeded peacefully, everything else would be fine.

After Zhao Hai said these, he had his Bone Dragon return to the Imperial palace. When he entered the Great Hall,  he immediately had the Nobles go out and appease the populace.

These Great Nobles didn't dare make any mistakes at this point. They knew that since the Demons had come, then Zhao Hai would be unable to help them stabilize the current situation. And if they were to disappoint Zhao Hai, then he might be impolite towards them. Therefore, the Nobles issued their compliance and then immediately went out.

After seeing that the Nobles had left, Zhao Hai turned to Evan and said, "Uncle Evan, Ruyen, I'll be handing the Lyon Empire over to you temporarily. I need to head towards the Demonic Abyss as soon as possible since I am still completely unaware of the situation there. I'll have to ask you to guide the Lyon Empire in assisting the Buddha Empire and the Dwarf Race in preparing to defend against the Demon invasion. I'm afraid the Buddha Empire wouldn't be able to handle it by themselves."

Evan couldn't help but knit his brows and said, "Is the situation really serious? The undead in your hand had already crossed ten million. And we're already clear about how strong those undead are, do the Demons have as much experts?"

Zhao Hai forced a smile and said, "I'm afraid so, the Demon Realm is a lot bigger than the Ark Continent. With how bad the environment is there, the Demons have been constantly subjected to killing and fighting. And this time, they had come prepared, I'm afraid that the matter wouldn't be easy to deal with."

Evan frowned, then he sighed and said, "Alright, then you can leave the Lyon Empire to me. You be careful in the Demonic Abyss."

Zhao Hai nodded, then his voice turned serious as he said, "Observe these Nobles well. I'm not completely confident in them. If anything strange happens, immediately inform me and I will immediately deal with them."

Evan faintly smiled and said, "Rest assured, from what I can see in their expressions, they wouldn't dare to misbehave. Except for us, nobody in the continent would dare to accept them."

Zhao Hai coldly replied, "There's still the Radiant Church. Don't forget that the success of the Dragons was due to those Nobles. And I'm quite sure that the Dragons weren't the ones who lobbied them. So it must be the Radiant Church, perhaps offering them with a lot of benefits. Although they were now aware of the Divine Race, we shouldn't forget that a lot of Humans have sided themselves with the Divine Race in the last great war. We should prevent them from going to the Divine Race, especially when they learn how hard it would be in the frontlines."

Evan knitted his brows and said, "Hard? Even if the battle would be no good, they shouldn't just surrender to the Divine Race. After all, what could the Divine Race offer them?"

Zhao Hai sneered, "They can give them shelter. Although there aren't any records of the Divine Race in the Human history, we shouldn't forget about the existence of the Radiant Church. Also, the Divine Race has the strength to not be afraid of the Demons. If the Divine Race were to give them shelter, then it would not be impossible for those guys to agree. After all, the most important thing to those Nobles are their family and their status."

Evan couldn't help but agree, then he said, "Alright, you can rest assured that I shall be looking at their actions. There won't be any problems."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he took out a messenger fish, "Take this messenger fish, you can use this to contact me directly. I shall be leaving a thousand undead for you to command. Remember, no matter what happens in Lyon Empire, always keep your own safety as a priority. Even if the Divine Race came, I believe that those undead could still keep them off for quite some time. That would give me time to pick you up."

Evan nodded, then he received the messenger fish. At this time, Zhao Hai turned to look at Ruyen, who also looked back at him. Then Zhao Hai said, "Ruyen, you should understand why I haven't been able to see you for all this time. After everything gets settled down, I shall give you what you deserve."

Ruyen understood what Zhao Hai meant, her face couldn’t help but go red as she gently nodded and said, "I'll wait for you."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned to nod at Evan and said, "Then I shall leave everything here to you." After that, his body vanished as he entered the Space.

Chapter 679 – Demon

Zhao Hai sat in the Space and gave a long sigh of relief. Then he glanced at the monitor. The monitor didn't display the Lyon Empire, instead, it showed a fortress city.

This city is quite famous in the Buddha Empire, this was because it had a very interesting name, Demon City. Naturally, this wasn't a place occupied by the Demons. Instead, this was a city that was closest to the Demonic Abyss. This place is completely different to the town back in Accra Mountain. The town on Accra Mountain rarely gets attacked by magic beasts. But in Demon City, the situation is different. At any time, it was possible for the city to be attacked by beings coming out from the Demonic Abyss.

Because of this characteristic, Dark Mages proliferated in this city. This was because the undead were the most common creatures that can be found inside the Demonic Abyss. If Dark Mages were to subdue several of them, then their abilities would be improved. This was the reason that it's called Demon City.

Even when the Radiant Church was at its peak period in the continent, they still wouldn't easily dare come to Demon City. There were just too many Dark Mages here. Therefore, the Radiant Church has no other choice but turn a blind eye towards this city,

For the Dark Mages in Demon City, this place was their Holy Land. In their hearts, this was a sacred place, while the others pinned that title to the Calci Family.

Compared to the family-style management of the Calci Family, the Dark Mages in Demon City had more of an alliance. They were all living in Demon City, relying on hunting dark creatures for a living. Therefore, it was even thought that the Dark Mages here were stronger compared to the Dark Mages of the Calci Family.

While Zhao Hai came to visit the Buddha Emperor, he also had Cai'er use the Blood Ghost Staff to investigate the terrain in and around this place.

There were still many businessmen and adventurers here, however, one could notice that the population was now quite skewed towards the Dark Mages and the army of the Buddha Empire. Almost all of the civilians were evacuated.

Zhao Hai inspected Demon City. Probably because of its year-round battles, the walls of the city looked very thick and heavily damaged. One could even see blood on the walls. Compared to the walls of other cities, this one surely did seem to be more murderous.

At this time, Meg brought a cup of tea over to Zhao Hai. When she saw Zhao Hai's complexion, she grieved as she said, "Young master, you should take a rest. Let me give you a massage."

Zhao Hai turned his head towards Meg, he smiled faintly and said, "What are the others doing? Why are they not here?'

Meg went behind Zhao Hai and gently massaged his head, at the same time, she answered, "Elder Sister Laura is examining the overall commodities in our storage and is discussing matters with Patriarch Billy regarding its distribution. At the same time, Megan and Lizzy are studying the map."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he held Meg's hand and said, "Alright, I'm fine really. Come and take a seat with me for a while."

Meg nodded, then the went around the sofa and sat behind Zhao Hai, snuggling gently on his bosom. Zhao Hai held Meg's soft body and upon smelling her delicate fragrance, began to relax his nerves slowly.

Meg also felt Zhao Hai becoming more relaxed, she placed her ear to Zhao Hai's chest and listened to his heartbeat, then she said with a soft voice, "Young Master, can we win?"

Zhao Hai replied with a serious tone, "Of course we can. Our destiny can only be decided by ourselves, nobody can control our lives."

Meg nodded, then she said, "Young Master, after repelling the Demons and the Divine Race, what should we do next? Will we go back to the Black Wasteland and live in seclusion?"

Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, "Why would we live in seclusion? If we did repel the Demons and the Divine Race, then we would follow them to the Demon Realm and the Divine Realm. We need to cause them irreparable damage so that they wouldn't think about returning to the Ark Continent. Otherwise, they would recover and then try to invade the Ark Continent once more. We can't live forever and we would have our own children soon. If we die and leave our offspring here, we cannot have them suffer attacks from the Demon Realm and the Divine Race once again."

Meg's face turned red, she sat up and looked at Zhao Hai, "Young Master, why don't you answer my question properly? And what are you talking about, children?"

Zhao Hai faintly smiled and said, "Look, we have been married for quite some time, but we still haven't had a child. I'm just looking after Grandpa Green and Grandma Merine's worries. They had always wanted a new heir to the Buda Clan."

Meg blushed and rolled her eyes at Zhao Hai. However, she didn't leave, instead, she leaned towards Zhao Hai's body and said, "I really hope that everyone would be happily together all the time, not thinking about many things. Brother Hai, why do people do this? Why would the Demons and the Divine Race want to invade us?"

Zhao Hai forced a smile and said, "No other reason but ambition. In the eyes of the Divine Race, the Ark Continent is a source of troops. Naturally, when they control the continent, they would be treating everyone here as slaves. Then the slaves would join their armies and fight their enemies. On the other hand, the Demons see the continent as a huge cake. The living environment of the Demon Realm is extremely terrible, therefore, they want to occupy the Ark Continent. Unfortunately, the Demons are used to slaughter, so they didn't even think about a peaceful method in order to reside in the continent. Instead, they wanted to kill every single creature in the continent in order to make way for their own population to move in. At the same time, I also think that the Demons are afraid. From what I learned when I met the Demon in Accra Mountain, they have been investigating the continent for more than a thousand years. Therefore, they must have learned about how the Humans were suppressing the other races. And since the Demons were also a foreign race, then it was natural that the Humans would suppress them as well. If they were to come peacefully and get suppressed by the Humans, then they might as well kill off everyone in the continent."

Meg was confused, "Young Master, didn't Cai'er say that the Demon Realm is much larger than the Ark Continent? Then once they take the continent, wouldn't they have problems in accommodating everyone?"

Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, "Of course, but there was no use in thinking about other people. As long as the high-ranked Demons can live here then all is good. These low-level Demons can be neglected then. This is the rule of the Demon Realm. Once you have a high rank in the hierarchy, then you would get anything that you want. If you are a low-ranked Demon and then managed to get something good, then you would have to hand it over to a higher-ranked Demon. Otherwise, it would only bring you disaster. To put it bluntly, the lower-ranked Demons are the high-ranked Demons' slaves."

Meg nodded, "So it's like that. How about the amount of soldiers that would come here? Does Cai'er know?"

Zhao Hai nodded and smiled bitterly, "How can Cai'er not know? One could say that Cai'er is the most informed person with regards to the Demon Realm. From what she can estimate, the army that would arrive would have no less than 50 million soldiers in it."

Meg was greatly surprised, "50 million? That much?"

Zhao Hai forced a smile and said, "And that number only counts the number of Demons that would come. We didn't include the number of magic beasts that would join them. At the same time, there are also Dark Mages among the Demon Army, completely capable of summoning undead. If a battle happens, their numbers wouldn't go down too fast. We really have  met a difficult opponent this time."

Meg's complexion changed dramatically, "What do we do?"

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "It's fine. You can rest assured that there's no need to worry. If they have 50 million troops, then the continent has its own army as well. And for those who can summon the undead, let's see how they fare against me. There's no need to be afraid, everything will be fine."

Meg nodded, then Zhao Hai turned his gaze towards the monitor. There were no changes in Demon City, there were some Dark Mages and adventurers that left, but the majority of them still stayed behind. They wanted to help the army of the Buddha Empire in fighting off the Demon army."

These Dark Mages and Adventurers clearly understood that the Demons wouldn't spare anyone in the continent. If they leave today, sooner or later, they would still face the Demons. These Dark Mages and Adventurers were also people who liked to live beside the blade of a knife. So after knowing that the Demons were coming, not only did they stay, the also prepared to fight against the Demons.

Also, the Buddha Empire had sent word that as long as they make meritorious deeds in the battle against the Demons, then they might gain themselves a hereditary noble title. This prize was too tempting for the Adventurers and Dark Mages.

One must know that a hereditary title was completely different to an ordinary one. It would be impossible for ordinary nobles to pass their title to their children. For example, when Mages who were given their titles die, their status would be gone. Only if they had a child with good talent and becomes a great Mage, then that child would have the right to apply for inheriting the title.

The Buddha Empire had truly placed sufficient capital this time. They didn't have much troops in the vicinity of Demon City. And in a short period of seven days, it would be impossible for them to assemble an army for reinforcement. Therefore, the Buddha Emperor made a decision, provide the Adventurers and Dark Mages with benefits of great titles so that they would stay behind and defend the city. These people had lived in this place all year round, so they should have the right abilities to defend against the Demon army.

It was because of this that large quantities of Adventurers and Dark Mages had remained and decided to fight the Demon Race together with the Buddha Empire's army.

However, the Buddha Empire can only gather about two hundred regular troops in these seven days. If we add the Adventurers and Dark Mages, then it might reach about four hundred thousand. Although these numbers were quite strong, it was still impossible if they were to defend against the Demon Army. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to head towards Demon City and take personal command of the defenders!

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