The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 30 - 28 The Final Deadline!

30: Chapter 28: The Final Deadline!

30 -28: The Final Deadline!

Perhaps because the matter concerned the Empress, even the monarch who had weathered many storms became agitated, with no consideration for the fact that Chen Qing was merely a mortal.

The pressure came crashing down like mountains and seas, and had Liu Yu not been standing in front, Chen Qing felt that he would have been instantaneously devoured by this fierce, raging beast before a trace of him remained!

Liu Yu stood silently in front, not uttering a word; accompanying the person before him for many years, he deeply understood the other’s feelings…

Although Empress Lady Luo was a human, she was the one who had accompanied His Majesty through the most challenging times, together bearing three sons and two daughters, and now, only their youngest survived.

They had weathered many tragedies and ultimately ascended to the highest throne side by side, establishing today’s era of peace.

To say she was His Majesty’s most cherished person was no exaggeration, but now Chen Qing had proposed a most cruel possibility!

“Explain yourself clearly!” The Emperor’s eyes blazed with golden flames, his demeanor showing no sign of subsiding, his emotions clearly beyond calming, “Do you realize what your conjecture implies?”

Chen Qing felt extremely wronged; he did not know how important the Empress was to this Emperor, he only knew that, even if he risked his life to save someone, he would be effortlessly swatted to death like a nuisance.

That feeling was truly not wonderful…

“I understand very well!” There was no turning back at this point, any further retreat would only mean a worse death, so Chen Qing struggled to raise his head, looking into the eyes that burned with golden flames: “Your Majesty the Empress, there is a very high possibility, has met with misfortune!”

Liu Yu’s face twitched.

Was this guy venting his anger?

Seeing this old thing about to go mad, couldn’t he have chosen his words more tactfully?

The Emperor shuddered, but the flames in his eyes extinguished in an instant, and simultaneously, the towering flames behind him went out as well, the mountainous aura dissipating into nothingness.

Chen Qing collapsed to the ground, closing his eyes, as the searing pain in his eyes caused tears to stream down his face.

The eye contact lasted only a few seconds, but it nearly blinded him.

Liu Yu, seeing the Emperor in a daze and not speaking, knew although the Emperor’s aura had dissipated, this was when His Majesty was most incensed. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

This cold silence had only occurred once before, when their first child died.

He understood why it was so; the Emperor had deliberately caused such a commotion outside and spoken as loudly as thunder.

If the Empress genuinely had been alright, she would have spoken up to intervene by now.

Without her intervention, there was only one possibility left.

And it was the possibility that Liu Yu least wanted to see…

“Let’s go…”

The Emperor’s voice was despondently low; for once, his strong front showed a hint of frailty…

Liu Yu followed silently, gesturing back with his hand, and Chen Qing was lifted by a buoyant force, floating behind them.

Chen Qing felt rather speechless; he had done all that was asked of him, so why require him to follow any further?

Was it for the old man to vent his frustration on him when he could not accept the reality?

Inside Kunning Palace, countless palace maids trembled under the Emperor’s earlier display of power, kneeling around the palace, not daring to lift their heads.

The Emperor paid them no attention and instead walked step by step toward the main hall of Kunning Palace.

The guards, having heard the news, were arranged by Liu Yu to lock down the palace, encircling it with an iron-clad barrier.

As the palace doors opened, the Emperor finally saw the scene he least wished to encounter!

At the entrance of the main hall hung a corpse, horribly mutilated, stripped of clothes, with no stitch upon the body, organs gutted, blood evidently long drained.

The once beautiful face contorted in agony, the founding Empress died in such an ignoble state…

Liu Yu quickly knelt and bowed his head, while Chen Qing, having anticipated this, pretended to faint before even entering the hall.

The Emperor walked step by step up close, golden wings unfurling behind him, as he carefully floated the Empress’s body down from the air.

He removed his imperial robe and wrapped her with the utmost care, then carried her into the hall in his arms.

“Liu Yu…”

“Your servant is here!”

“Have I…

truly grown old?”

Liu Yu lowered his head, silent, not knowing what to say.

The Emperor who had once slaughtered demons across the land, after establishing the realm, now could not protect his wife.

“The King of Qin is wrong!” the Emperor said coldly, “All demons…

deserve to die!”

Liu Yu still dared not respond; after all, deep within the palace, the Royal Family did rely on some things to do with demons…

“Tell that young man playing dead behind you!” the Emperor, carrying the Empress, entered the hall.

The grand doors closed automatically without a breeze, only his voice carried from afar, “Find the Thousand-Faced Fox before dawn, avenge my Empress, and I will appoint him as Earl of Zhongyong, to serve as the Magistrate of Lyuzhou.

If not found before dawn, his entire family will be executed!”

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“Liu Yu stormed the palace?”

In Capital City, the Drunken Fairy Tower is the tallest tavern, boasting the best view of the Immortal Watching Platform.

This spot, however, is reserved solely for the top-ranking nobility of the city; even if one were as rich as a nation, they couldn’t hope to touch it.

It was usually empty, as the Duke did not drink there every day.

But today, five Dukes had gathered!

The Duke of Qin sat at the head, his piercing eyes looking down, “That means the situation is extremely serious.

Is there really nothing you wish to tell me?”

“Tell you what?” The first to answer was none other than the Duke with the mutton-chop beard who had berated the Minister of Personnel at the Imperial Court the day before: Duke of Ningguo, Zhu Yong!

“Are you overthinking this, big brother?

What does this have to do with us brothers?

Perhaps it’s that Siao fellow staging it himself, to warn us!”

“Hiring a Thousand-Faced Fox to perform this play?” The Duke of Qin’s gaze turned even colder, “Do you realize…”

Before he could finish, everyone suddenly turned their gazes toward the distant sky.

Following their lead, Lumings, the Duke of Qin, also looked over—above the southern side of the Imperial Palace, the sky was ablaze with golden flames, illuminating the entire heavens!

“Tsk, tsk…” Zhu Yong clicked his tongue, “The Golden Crow Bloodline of the Siao Family is domineering beyond compare, none have lived past fifty, and this old man has lived so long without saying, and looking at this, his power has grown even more profound!”

“Silence!” Lumings shouted coldly, “Continue speaking so recklessly and don’t blame me for being rude.”

“Heh heh…” Zhu Yong seemed quite respectful toward him, his head shrinking back as he laughed it off, “Don’t be angry, big brother.

It’s just us brothers talking in private; it won’t reach his ears…”

Lumings could not be bothered with his jesting demeanor, his gaze sternly returning to the sky, “It’s been a long time since His Majesty has been this enraged.

It must be something serious!”

He turned his stern look back to the others, “Are you truly not involved?”

The event involving the Thousand-Faced Fox certainly had the backing of some powerful force.

Honestly, every one of his brothers here could be a suspect.

“What are you talking about, big brother?” another tall man said, “Why would we seek out this trouble for ourselves?”

Lumings sneered.

Why, indeed?

Of course, it was to force his hand to rebel!

These guys had been discontent for a long time.

The Siao Family’s bloodline was thin; the Crown Prince was the only one left to inherit the pure Golden Crow Power.

The remaining illegitimate sons were almost forty and had yet to master the Bloodline Power.

If anything were to happen to the Crown Prince, the foundation of the country would surely be shaken!

On the other hand, his lineage, capable of rivaling the Siao’s ancient bloodlines, had all his legitimate sons in place, each one successfully inheriting the Bloodline Power.

Should anything befall the Crown Prince, claiming he had nothing to do with it would likely convince no one…

“Have you really not considered it?” one of the men spoke up softly, “What exactly are you hesitating about, big brother?

Just give the word, and we are willing to battle for you.

Among the eight Dukes of the Capital City, except for the stoic old man from the Hong Family, who would stand with the Siao family?”

“Even those from the border regions, I can assure you most will adopt a wait-and-see approach.

In terms of military prestige and power, the Siao Family is no match for you.

What is holding you back?”

Lumings’s face remained expressionless, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone.

He didn’t know whether this matter had anything to do with them, but he knew, if something truly happened to the Crown Prince, it’s likely these old brothers really couldn’t restrain themselves.

After all, the dukedoms promised by the Siao Family had not been realized, and his brothers, stuck in the Capital City, naturally felt disgruntled.

But the world today…

Lumings looked back at the flames in the sky, thinking to himself: It really can’t withstand such turmoil…

“You don’t understand…

the prophecy of the Golden Crow’s apocalypse…

it’s not just a legend!”