The meteors falling from the sky gradually decreased until they disappeared completely.
The meteorites that ravaged the earth finally stopped, and the continuous earthquakes and dust storms slowly subsided.
Everything returned to calm.
However, the ravaged noble district could no longer return to its original state.
“Clatter… clatter…”
The sound of rolling rubble was everywhere.
The lingering dust and sand filled the air like smoke.
“Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—”
Yulin flapped her wings, soaring in the sky, looking at the devastated land below, reduced to ruins, with only dilapidated buildings and craters remaining. Although she suppressed her urge to roar, the excitement in her eyes was hard to conceal.
Clearly, this scene of destruction pleased the almost invincible King of Monsters.
Shien jumped down from the dragon’s head, landing lightly on the ground like a feather, the surging magic power around him subsiding.
The members of Vivian’s squad, either raising their hands to shield their faces or sitting paralyzed on the ground, gathered in front of the Buztout mansion, looking at the scene of destruction, speechless.
In the noble district, apart from a few houses, only the Buztout mansion remained intact.
All other places had been reduced to ruins.
“This…”
Lumia was speechless.
“…”
Diere was also silent.
“Mr. Shien…?”
Melika couldn’t believe that all this was Shien’s doing.
Even Vivian looked at the scene with shock, then at Shien, who was standing before the destruction with an impassive face, unable to react for a long time. ráNο₿Ęs
“…You went too far.”
After a long while, Vivian finally muttered these words.
Shien curled his lip.
“Don’t worry, I’m not crazy enough to massacre people in the capital.” Shien said, “I minimized the power of that magic, limiting its effect to the noble district and dispersing its power. Moreover, I deliberately avoided areas with magic reactions and gave people enough time to escape. There shouldn’t be any innocent casualties.”
Of course…
“There are no innocent casualties, but as for the not-so-innocent ones, that’s another story.”
Shien’s words, spoken with a smirk, made the members of Vivian’s squad notice something.
In the ruined square ahead, the knights and guards of the Lucica family were scattered all over the ground.
Some were buried under the rubble.
Some were trapped in craters.
And without exception, their life signs were gone.
Yes.
Only those who had followed Jeroman’s orders and attacked Shien had suffered fatal injuries. Now, they were either dead or severely wounded.
As for Jeroman…
“Ugh… ah…”
The Duke was lying on the ground in a pool of blood, his breathing faint, his body unable to move, clearly on the verge of death.
It couldn’t be helped.
Shien could let others escape, but this Duke couldn’t.
He was probably hit by the second meteor and couldn’t possibly escape.
If it weren’t for the fact that he seemed to have activated a scroll or used some magic tool at the last moment, creating a very strong magic barrier around him, he would have been crushed to pieces.
“He’s still a Duke after all, quite wealthy. It’s impossible for him not to have life-saving items.”
Shien came to Jeroman, kicking him over so he was facing up.
“So, how does it feel, Duke?”
Shien looked down at Jeroman, his tone sarcastic, as before.
Jeroman opened his bloodshot eyes and looked at Shien.
There was no longer anger or hatred in his eyes, only fear.
“It was you…” Jeroman said faintly, “The one who annihilated… the Garibaldi family… was… you…?”
Jeroman finally realized this.
“I don’t think I ever said it wasn’t me.” Shien shrugged. “It’s just that you arrogant nobles thought I couldn’t do it, so you assumed it wasn’t me. Isn’t that right?”