The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 939 - 484: Acquiring the Raven Rules_2

Chapter 939: Chapter 484: Acquiring the Raven Rules_2

"But by giving you the key artifact of the Raven Rules, none of them are the rightful king of the Raven Kingdom. Perhaps in a few decades, we Raven People might find another way out."

"However, this is just wishful thinking on my part. If the heretics no longer wish to assimilate the Law through peaceful means but rather annihilate the Raven People completely, then the Raven Rules will cease to exist; or perhaps in a few decades all the Raven People will have changed their faith, and the Raven Rules will be swallowed up by the heretics’ Law."

"This is the special nature of the heretics’ Law—they deeply intertwine their faith with the national power."

Ivita understood; the other party saw the situation as utterly desperate and was introducing new forces, hoping to further muddle the waters and seize the chance for the Raven People to reclaim their kingdom in a hundred years.

After contemplating the situation, Ivita thought if she took away the two royal artifacts of the other party and placed them within her Twilight Realm, then enveloped them with the Magic Network, she could shield them from almost all divinations.

She simply wouldn’t use them herself.

Such a right of declaration, since she had the chance to obtain it, she might as well take it and see. Even if discovered, she could use it as a bargaining chip to extort the heretics, at worst selling it to them.

Moreover, Oyo III’s territory was right next to the Raven Kingdom, and he would soon invade the Raven Kingdom, devouring the country.

He was her enemy; she truly couldn’t stand by and watch him expand his territory again.

Ivita nodded her head. "Your Majesty, you can hand me the items."

"I will do my best to preserve them. But with the heretics in their prime, I will not stand against them until I have gained enough strength."

Leyos II let out a faint laugh. "It is precisely for this reason that I show the correctness of my choice in a young king like you. The times are changing, and enemies that were once powerful may not remain so decades later."

"And you are so young, having ample time to wear them down."

"You are not like me; I was too reckless. Relying on military strength, I charged into the enemy camp alone... My knight rank is Knight King, and I’ve mastered the Path of the Knight which transcends the Evil Qi Domain, combining Evil Qi and the Law, truly manifesting the strength of the King of Laws, and even using the royal artifacts of Evil Qi and the Law to create the Knight King’s own royal artifact."

"At my strongest, I bested entire armies. Because of my integration with the Law, those witches and knights were no match for me. Thousands of troops were at my mercy as I galloped through them..."

Leyos II’s voice began to drift. "When the heretics once again waged war on my kingdom, I received support from The Church and many nobles within the Empire. Prideful me, I led the troops to crush them on the battlefield for over three months."

"That morning, I still charged alone into their army, even more successfully than before, breaking through to their Emperor. My arrow struck his breastplate. I thought I could succeed, kill the Emperor, and the heretics would naturally collapse, and we could even counterattack. But I underestimated the heretics’ Law too much; it was so powerful that even the full strike of the Knight King could not penetrate the Emperor’s breastplate."

"By the time I realized it, I was surrounded by the Immortal Army next to the Emperor. Only then did I know it was a trap. They used arrows made from a black stone that could absorb Evil Qi, shooting at me, with countless professionals besieging me, and then at my peak, the heretics’ Law turned into these four chains, trapping me. Yet despite this, I still fought my way out, but my army was utterly defeated."

"My kingdom was completely breached, and I could only hide in this volcano, secretly allowing the Raven Law a chance to catch a breath."

Leyos II clearly regretted his actions; while proud of his bravery, he also despised his own arrogance.

He may have been truly excellent in personal martial prowess, but being a king required more than just fighting skills.

Leyos II said to Ivita, "I can see now, you are completely different from me. You will be a finer king than I ever was. Perhaps I am only fit to be a general, or even just a centurion, a vanguard at most."

A Spirit Raven, composed of spirit body and topped with a tiny crown, appeared on his shoulder, circling unwillingly around Leyos II.

But Leyos II said to it, "Don’t linger over me anymore. I am but a dying corpse, go find your new master. After all, the Raven Rules didn’t originally pass by bloodline, it was only later occupied by my family."

"In the name of the King, I choose my successor..."

The Spirit Raven snatched the ring from his hand, and the Spirit Raven King flew before Ivita, giving her the ring and establishing a connection with her.

At the moment the connection was established, Ivita saw a vast vision before her eyes: an overhead panorama of the Raven Kingdom and an enormous Law approaching from afar, seemingly about to devour everything.

That was indeed the Heretics’ Law.

After the transfer of the Law’s power, Leyos II’s body seemed to lose the last strength that had been supporting him, rapidly declining. The once robust man with steely bones, quickly wasted away to become exceedingly thin within a very short time.

But he did not show any sign of pain; he died very peacefully. His fatal wound was an arrow through the heart, wrapped in sinister Evil Qi. Only because he was the Knight King, merged with the Law, was he temporarily not dead.

At the moment the Law was transferred, Leyos II had already died, so he didn’t feel any pain.

Leyos II’s body quickly withered into a skeleton.

Meanwhile, just as Ivita stored the Raven and the ring in her Twilight Realm, the Frankish people burst in. They hadn’t noticed Ivita’s meeting with Leyos II; instead, they all looked towards the mouth of the volcano.

As soon as they saw the Dragon King’s Fire disappear, they became extremely nervous, even showing a will to fight Ivita to the death.

Now, with fifty thousand Frankish troops on Alsace’s land, if Ivita were to take back the Dragon King’s Fire, the Dragon Flame within every castle would grow even stronger.

Once that happened, it would be questionable whether the Richard Family would become weakened or even be able to continue to exist.

Marcello Richard said to Ivita with eyes about to split open, "Put down the Dragon King’s Fire, or we will immediately sacrifice ourselves to the Fairy King at the Fairy King Court, letting it descend here. We’ll all go down together."

"At least you can’t take the Dragon King’s Fire back now."

Marcello Richard’s mind was frantic, attempting to negotiate with Ivita, already speaking incoherently.

Ivita smiled at him. "Even if you really called the Fairy King here, I could still escape today, it would just be a matter of how much it would cost me."

"Besides, you’re far from being in a dire situation. If the Kingdom of Frank becomes unviable, you can just switch to another kingdom. That would be fine."

"My country welcomes you."

Marcello Richard and the other ten old Frankish nobles were all stunned for a moment, truly considering Ivita’s words, but by the time they came to their senses, they realized that Ivita had already used Spatial Magic to leave, and what remained here was still an illusion.

Marcello Richard looked at the illusion of Ivita fading away and thought of the Emperor of Frank’s ruthless methods, falling silent for a moment.

His brother urged him, "Big brother, should we continue the pursuit? He should still be around the Doomsday Volcano."

Marcello Richard frowned and said, "Even if we caught up, what then? Die along with him?"

"Or say, even if we really could snatch back the Dragon King’s Fire, how would that help our family’s situation? The Emperor of Frank will sooner or later eradicate all the noble families with real power. Our existence is an eyesore to that tyrant. Think about it carefully; it might indeed be better to switch to another country, where we might find a completely different world."