Fight Against The Emperor!

"VLADE HALOUS! COME OUT! PAY YOUR RESPECS! YOUR GRAND DADDY IS HERE!"

A loud roar was heard all over the capital city and the people trembled in fear.

Who could be bold enough to call their emperor with such blatant disrespect?

It was the Monarch, Ace Vorste.

He breached every defense from the Flames city all the way to the imperial city with his 3 million men strong army. Though the number looked large it was nothing compared to what they fought with.

They fought against the army of the size 10 or sometimes even 20 times larger than them, 4 times in these last few days but every single time, it ended in their victory, absolute victory. Complete annihilation of the enemy troops with less than 50,000 casualties on the Vorste soldiers' side.

Their army morale was high, and there was not even a tinge of fear when they breached the Enemy's main city.

The emperor's face turned unsightly when he heard the voice, golden colored armor covered his body as he quickly rushed towards his balcony and his eyes narrowed.

He saw a man with 3 million other soldiers in front of the imperial palace, completely disrespecting his presence.

*Flap*

1-meter huge pair of Golden wings appeared on the back of the Emperor's back as he rose to the sky.

"Ace Vorste! Though I don't know what grudge do you hold against me or my empire, are you sure you can defeat me?" He questioned, his every word was echoed throughout the capital.

"Do you truly think that you can defeat a Divinity?" He mocked, disdain clear in his eyes. No matter how surprised he was when he learned that this man managed to shake his country's defense with just 3 million soldiers, he didn't put him in his eyes at all.

After all, he was a Divinity, the man who was above all. No matter how good of a leader someone is, or how good his tactics are, in front of the absolute strength of a Divinity, there was no way he could win.

"I suggest you surrender and as benevolent as I am, I might as well let your family and your soldiers live, as pitiful slaves that is." He laughed.

"I even heard your wife is quite a beauty, I migh-"

"Hmm? Do you want revenge by spending a night with my wife? Is it something like, as you sow, you shall reap or something?" Ace mocked back.

"…" Everyone turned silent. Every single noble who followed the Emperor was stunned.

'Balls of steel!' they thought inwardly.

Everyone was stunned or angered except the emperor, he was the only one who was confused.

"Hmm? But... You shouldn't have known about this? What? Did Empress Livia unknowingly compared yours with mine?" Ace mocked.

Even a child would have understood what Ace meant by now, so how could the Emperor who has lived for more than 3000 years not understand it.

"You… You bastard! How dare you say that!?" Emperor howled in rage.

"As shit! I forgot that was supposed to remain a secret, I am so sorry! I would also have to apologize to Livia. Ah... how should I do that, she's very willful it would not suffice if I won't give her a gift... ahh... it looks like I am in deep trouble... Oh wait! How can I forget about it!? Now that I can kill you, I can spend a few nights with her, I am sure she would be so happy that she would forgive me... yup, that's perfect" Ace nodded to himself, completely ignoring the stunned and angered gaze the others were looking at him with.

The emperor almost coughed out blood in anger but he controlled himself. However, his heart was boiling with rage as he roared.

"You are courting death!"

He dashed towards Ace but suddenly his movement stopped and his eyes opened wide. It was not only him, but other nobles who followed him to fight had the same expressions.

Ace... he... he was flying, just like the emperor.

*Flap*

As if confirming their fears, golden-colored wings, equal, if not larger than the emperor's appeared behind his back.

"D-Divinity…" One of the nobles muttered.

Vlade finally realized how Ace reached the capital so soon.

He was a Divinity just like him.

"You think that just because you have achieved the Divinity, you can win against me?" Vlade questioned with a frown.

"I still have these nobles and 50 million soldiers; it won't take much time for them to kill your troops and assist me. Do you think you can fight all of us together?" Vlade smirked.

"It doesn't matter how many people you have. You fate is already sealed" Ace declared as the air around him turned violent.

Soon, the 50 million soldiers below Vlade felt immense pressure.

"Attack!" Ace ordered.

"Hyyaaaa!!" and without thinking twice, his army dashed towards the soldiers who were still trying to cope up with the pressure.

Ace disappeared from his position and appeared behind one of the 6 nobles and his head rolled in the sky.

*Slash*

*Thud* *Thud*

Before the head could even touch the ground, 4 more heads were severed, and in the next moment, the last surviving noble died.

*Thud*

All this happened within a second.

"Now we are the only ones left, Vlade. No one shall disturb us" Ace declared calmly, like all of this was normal for him.

"The Air Divinity" Vlade muttered, judging his opponent. Completely unbothered by the death of his subjects.

The only Attributes that grant this much speed was the Air, Typhoon, Light, Darkness, and Space.

It has been a long time since the last Upgrade Attributes and Advance Attributes Divinity appeared and the Divinity in the 3 Saint elements has never appeared in history. So Vlade guessed that Ace was the Air Divinity.

Ace just smiled and didn't answer. His eyes, as calm as the sea. Even though he was facing his mortal enemy, there was no trace of anger in his eyes, just sheer calmness.

"Then let's see what is stronger, Air or Fire" Vlade announced and dashed towards Ace.

*Clang*

Their swords clashed and sent destructive waves that killed many soldiers underneath, if one notices carefully, the ones who mostly died were the soldiers of the Holy Sword Empire since their numbers were enormous.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

The clash continued as Vlade and Ace tried to hit each other's vital points.

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Many Wind blades and fireballs clashed with each other, creating explosions all over the place while Ace and Vlade's swords clashed.

Contrary to what one would expect, the fight between Divinities was not as showy as the normal are. The reason behind this was their rich fighting experience. They don't waste their Elemental Qi in all those showy moves, they keep their attacks as concentrated as possible.

So do not underestimate those wind blades and fiery balls, they could easily kill anyone below 9th level without any problems.

The fight between the two continued, Vlade targeted Ace's neck but the latter ducked and attacked the former's legs only to be dodged.

The attacks were quick and fatal, any single mistake could end up in a defeat, and defeat here meant only one thing, death.

*Clang*

Their swords clashed again, and the test of strength started, but Ace wasn't a fool, he purposefully lower his strength and titled his sword to the side, Vlade lost his balance and Ace took that opportunity, successfully kicking Vlade's waist, pushing him back.

He didn't give him any time to recover as he rushed towards him and kicked his right leg. Vlade's focus fell on his leg, but he sensed danger and reacted quickly and blocked Ace's sword which was an inch away from his neck.

"Che!" Ace clicked his tongue.

"Hmph!" Vlade snorted as he thought that Ace's plan failed but then, he saw him smiling.

*Crack*

"Ugggh" Vlade grunted in pain as Ace attacked his abdomen with his knee, the armor protecting it broke in one strick.

*Whoosh*

*Crack*

As his concentration was diverted on his abdomen, Vlade missed one of the wind blades and it attacked his shoulder, damaging his armor further.

Without stopping, Ace dashed towards Vlade, trying to kick his face. Vlade's body formed a backward arch, dodging the kick. Ace smiled and attacked Vlade's leg with his other leg, unbalancing him.

Before Vlade could gain his balance, Ace attacked his abdomen where his armor was damaged with the back of his elbow and Vlade's body shot to the ground.

*Thud*

"Ugg..." Vlade grunted in pain.

*Whoosh* *Whoosh* *Whoosh*

Countless wind blades followed Vlade's body, attacking his joints at the same time.

"Uuggh…" Vlade grunted in pain.

*Thud*

Ace landed in front of him and mocked.

"You got rusty, Vlade"

"This is the end" He declared.

But contrary to what he expected, Vlade grinned.

Ace felt something was wrong and quickly tried to move but before he could, a huge explosion occurred under his feet.

*Boom*

Ace's body flew back landing on the ground with a *thud*. His armor, completely broken and bruises were all over his body.

"Uughh… *Cough* *Cough*" He coughed blood as he grunted in pain.

'I should have known it won't be that easy... I never expected my hatred for him would affect my battle this much...'

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*

Vlade walked towards his body slowly with his hand covering his abdomen, even though he was in pain, there was a grin on his face.

"You are still too inexperienced to fight me" he mocked while standing in front of Ace.

Suddenly, numerous wind blades rushed towards Vlade but he blocked them all with his sword.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

"Was this your la-" he was about to mock but he saw Ace already standing far away from him with a slightly irritated look.

'Alright, let's end this farce' Ace thought as he glanced at Vlade.

The wind 10 meters around Ace turned violent and started moving relentlessly around Ace. Several, no, countless wind blades, huge and small appeared around Ace. The pressure emitting from Ace increased significantly and his face turned solemn.

Ace's white hair fluttered under violent rage, while he removed his damaged armor and tore his already worn-out shirt, revealing those strong, manly muscles. Combined with his solemn look, he looked so handsome that any maiden would fall for him with just a look. But that wasn't important, the important thing was the suffocating pressure that dawned on the enemy soldiers, making it hard for them to breathe as their bodies felt heavy.

It was already tough for them to fight Vorste Soldiers but under this pressure, they were like lambs ready to get slaughtered.

That was a Domain, Ace had unleashed his domain, everything under 10 meters around him was his to control as he saw fit. The Elemental Qi other than air were already vanished.

Now that Ace has unleashed his power, how could Vlade be left behind?

The temperature of the battlefield increased significantly as Scorching flames surrounded Vlade. Everything surrounding him was burnt black as violent fiery flames threatened to burn everyone and everything. At the same time, the pressure on Empire's soldiers disappeared and they sighed in relief before starting their counterattack. Vlade had replied with the domain of his own.

Ace took a deep breath and dashed towards Vlade, followed by many wind blades. Vlade copied his actions and dashed towards him with fiery flames surrounding him.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Deafening explosions befell wherever they went and they clashed again.

...

This continued for 30 minutes and both, Ace and Vlade's breathing turned ragged.

"Hmph! Your little army is about to get wrecked. Let's see how you will fight after that" Vlade mocked.

"You wanna see?" Ace smiled back, suddenly his expression looked calmer than before and his raged breathing turned normal. Vlade's frowned but didn't say anything, he was trying to regenerate his lost energy so he was more than happy to waste some time.

*Whoosh!*

Suddenly, the wind all around the area turned calm, but for Vlade, it wasn't a good feeling. Seeing how his opponent is smiling so brightly, he knew that he won't like what is about to come.

*Whoosh* * Whoosh* * Whoosh*

The wind speed increased again and right now, it was a lot faster and stronger than before. It looked completely different from before as if it was cast by another mage.

'What is he doing?' Vlade thought before his eyes turned wide.

*Rumble*

*Thunder*

*Rumble* *Whoosh*

"No way…" Vlade muttered.

"Vlade Halous, you were a lot stronger than I initially predicted, for that, you have my respect but unfortunately, my hatred for you is far more than my respect." Saying that Ace's eyes turned cold and he raised his hand.

*Rumble*

*Thunder*

*Rumble* *Whoosh*

A huge tornado, accompanied by lightning formed in between the troops.

"Agghh!"

"Noo-Agghh"

Multiple, heartwrenching cries were heard as the tornado sucked in many Holy Sword Empire's soldiers before tearing their bodies into shreds. Littering the ground with blood and gore.

"Typhoon... You… You are A Typhoon Divinity…" Vlade muttered in a hoarse voice.

"I am" Ace answered as the wind around him turned even more violent.

The fire surrounding Vlade looked petty in front of the typhoon and it quickly died down. Vlade's expression changed as he wasn't able to summon fire anymore.

*Whoosh* * Whoosh* * Whoosh*

Many violent wind blades rushed towards him, this time, his armor was completely ignored as his joints were attacked.

*Clang*

*Thud*

Vlade's sword fell on the ground and he landed on his knees.

*Pierce*

Without giving any more time, Ace pierced his chest with his sword.