Chapter 11 The Prophecy

"Hmm. Since you are a member of Crimson Cross, Bring me to their base. I want to see them for myself."

Adrosiean ordered. Since they were demon worshippers, he could make them submit to him using his demon lord aura. With the example of Rexhell and his members, Adrosiean thought of getting more pawns.

This kind of function works even in the game. It's the same as how players subdue demons summoned from the unit production building, the demon gate.

By using the demonic aura and authority, players could subjugate the lower ranking demons and use them in battles. The logic is still the same.

With Rexhell and his members as an example, Adrosiean thought that the Crimson Cross would willing to be his servants. Adrosiean won't pass such free pawns.

"You wish to go to the base of Crimson Cross and meet with them?"

Rexhell was caught off guard by Adrosiean's command.

"Yes. Is there a problem?"

Adrosiean raised his brows and asked although they cannot be seen because of his masquerade mask. He was puzzled by Rexhell's surprised look.

"Not at all my lord. I will bring you to the headquarters of Crimson Cross as you ordered."

Rexhell hurriedly replied with a joyful face. He originally wanted to convince Adrosiean to come with him to Crimson Cross. After all, he had done something that nobody can, summoning a demon lord.

Summoning a demon lord to this world was the Crimson Cross's greatest wish and he who successfully summoned a demon lord will get more fame and power.

However, Rexhell did not know how to say that to a demon lord. He clearly knew using tricks against a demon lord would be the same as digging up his own grave.

He did not dare face the wrath of a demon lord just for some fame. What could that fame do if he was already dead. Thus, he kept quiet.

However, now that Adrosiean himself said he wanted to go to the Crimson Cross's base, Rexhell was truly exhilarated.

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At the royal palace of the Crenoth kingdom, the king of Crenoth had called an emergency conference.

Almost all of the ministers and nobles of the kingdom were here, waiting for the arrival of the king.

At this moment, with the announcement of the guard, the king entered the throne room. He slowly walked up and sat down on the royal golden throne.

The king was an old man with already white hair. Furthermore, his body was weak and seemed to be suffering an illness.

He was once a powerful king that the people of Crenoth look up to. He had resisted the brunt of the aggression of the neighboring Empire both physically and politically.

He is king Sermon Noth Verlion, once known as the hero of Crenoth kingdom. He was one of the main reasons that Crenoth kingdom did not fall under the rules of others yet.

However, he had suffered an unknown disease recently and his strength fell greatly. Now, the king of Crenoth was nothing more than a husk of his former self.

The Crenoth king's gaze fell onto the ministers and nobles who were chatting themselves. These were once his greatest followers who supported him in everything.

But now with the king's severe illness, he had lost control of most of his power. These followers of his were starting to show signs of ambitions and rebellious natures.

Seeing that the king had arrived, the ministers stopped talking. A representative stepped out and read out loud the report that came from the holy temple.

"Not long ago, the holy temple reported that they have received a prophecy from the gods. According to the prophecy, a powerful demon lord had appeared in this world.

The prophecy foretold that this demon lord will be extremely powerful, far surpassing the strength of every demon lords in the whole history of this world."

As soon as the representative finished reading the report, the shock and panic sounds from the ministers and nobles could be heard.

"A demon lord had appeared?"

"This will be the most powerful demon lord in history?"

"How could that be possible?"

"How long has it been?"

"Are we going to die?"

"Is this prophecy reliable?"

The noises became louder. The king could see the fear and unease in the eyes of the ministers and nobles. They were clearly in panic.

The king sighed. If he was like before, he could calm these ministers down and make appropriate responds but it was useless now.

"Be quiet! You are at the presence of the king!"

One of the nobles said. He was a middle aged man with charismatic fractures. He has sharp confident eyes and intimidating look.

He is the head of one of the three great noble families of the Crenoth kingdom, Marquis Altzia Cenalon.

Cenalon family was one of the influential and powerful noble families in the Crenoth kingdom.

Marquis Altzia's daughter was betrothed to the king's eldest son, the crown prince. Thus, he was still a supporter of the king.

With his warning, the others stopped talking and waited for the king to speak.

"Is the source of the prophecy reliable?"

The voice of the king sounded in the hall as he asked the representative.

"Yes, my king. We got the news that the other nations also received the same prophecy from their holy temples. Thus, the possibility of this prophecy being fake is very low."

The representative bowed at the king and replied. The king fall into deep thought.

"How long has it been since the last demon lord invaded this world?"

He raised his head back and asked.

"According to our historical records, the last demon lord, the lord of flames invaded this world around four hundred years ago.

He was later said to be slained by the followers of the moon goddess or the moon goddess herself. The exact cause is unknown to us."

One of the ministers answered.

"Hmm. A new era might come from the appearance of this powerful demon lord. This might even become the downfall of the whole humanity if we are not careful. We have to prepare for it or we won't survive this demonic invasion."

The king said in solemn.

"Pardon me my king but should we announce this prophecy to the people?"

A noble suddenly asked. Everyone turned to the king and waited his decision silently. They all knew this was a sensitive topic.

The people would be in fear and panic if they knew a demon invasion is coming, not to mentioned this might be the worst demonic invasion that surpassed every historical records.

It would no doubt affect the order of the kingdom greatly. There might even be uprisings or cults of all sorts might appear.

In Crenoth kingdom, the number of demon worshippers were increasing as time passed. The kingdom could not exterminate them entirely since demon worshipping fanatics and the cults were scattered across the kingdom.

The king of Crenoth had a feeling that these might be the doing of a certain empire who was eyeing on their lands. However he had no proof and could not do anything.

"The other nations also received the prophecy and we won't be able to hide it from the people. Announce it and do your best to maintain order. Everyone have to prepare."

The king turned to the ministers and the nobles and ordered with a heavy sigh.

"But many problems may arise if we announce this. Not to mention the demon worshipping fanatics. They had been unrest these days."

One of the ministers said worriedly.

"Agreed. If the fanatics found out that a powerful demon lord has appeared in this world, we don't know what dreadful things they might do. The order will surely be broken."

Another minister said with a heavy tone.

"We don't have much of a choice. We cannot hide it anyway. The two empires will surely announce these news. There is no way they would hide something like this.

We will have to discuss with them too. Send out a meeting request to the other nations."

Different from the kingdoms, the empires were powerful and won't be threatened easily like the kingdoms.

King Sermon was clear that the two empires will make use of these news to unite the people and increase their influence. This was always been their styles.

At this moment, the minister of magic who was looking at his magic communication stone stepped forward.

"My king, we just received the continental meeting request from the Astenora Empire. It seem they wish to discuss about the prophecy."

The king frowned. The continental meeting is a meeting that all the leaders of human nations in the continent participate.

The continental meetings were called only when extreme emergency situations occurred in the continent. Normally only the empires had the authority and power to call continental meetings.

In this continent, there existed two empires with a very long history. Astenora Empire was one of those two human empires. It was extremely powerful and ambitious.

The Astenora Empire had been unrest in these days and trying to expand their territory. Thus, the neighboring kingdoms were greatly affected by their ambition.

The four kingdoms including Crenoth kingdom and Aliridom kingdom formed four kingdoms alliance to resist the ambitions of the Astenora Empire together.

The other two nations, the kingdom of Mokerria and the queendom of Elenriya were also not very powerful. Individually, they were no match for Astenora Empire.

Only by combining their strength, they could barely able to resist the threats from the Astenora empire. Even then, the four kingdoms were in not a good situation.