Keli departed, carrying various tools Saul had given her, secretly heading to the Kema Duchy. The remaining Saul and Byron would help cover for Keli’s absence.

Now the two were extremely busy, needing to rapidly excavate bone monsters from the Chaos Realm crevice while also sending people to search everywhere for possible Storm Eyes.

Meanwhile, Saul also served as an information relay station, constantly transmitting information to Shaya and others.

Time passed bit by bit.

When Keli successfully met up with Shaya and entered the Kema Duchy in disguise, on the distant Nephret Continent, someone sought out Black Flame Emperor Elo who had returned to the capital.

Elo was currently sitting in his palace.

His wife had just left to accompany their 46th child in learning to read. This should have been a warm scene, but Elo still frowned.

When he heard the guard report that a wizard from the Tribunal had come for an audience, he still frowned as he stood up.

“Did they bring news about Stuart?”

The guard immediately replied, “Your Majesty, it should be unrelated to Lord Stuart. The visitor is a wizard lord we’ve never seen before.”

The guards around Emperor Elo were also first-rank wizards. Ordinary people couldn’t serve Elo, as even prolonged proximity to him would cause various bodily problems due to magical radiation effects, eventually leading to death.

Upon hearing this, Elo had no interest in meeting the Tribunal’s envoy.

Recently he had quarreled with Frim again. Just a simple quarrel, without erupting into conflict and confrontation. The other party had lost his most trusted minister, who was also the heir he had chosen for himself and Black Flame, so Frim didn’t have as much confidence when facing him as before.

However, although that guy had backed down slightly in momentum, the decisions he made had no room for change whatsoever. This wasn’t the first time Elo had conflicts with Frim over concepts and actions.

Because they both wanted to protect their homeland and people, Elo and Frim had come together to jointly establish the Tribunal.

But with all affairs weighing on him, Elo spent more time dealing with internal continental matters. When he finally came to his senses one day, he discovered the Tribunal’s reach had already extended to the other two continents, even causing multiple cross-continental pursuit incidents, making their relationship with the Stargate Council extremely tense at one point.

Elo looked down on the Stargate Council’s methods. Regardless of whether the stargate was safe, ultimately only those few top-tier wizards could rely on the stargate to leave.

As for going outside to bring back reinforcements, Elo was even more disdainful.

But gradually, Elo found he could no longer understand Frim’s conduct either.

The purge orders Frim issued became increasingly difficult to explain.

It might just be one morning when Frim would say someone was a sinner of the wizard world who must be eliminated.

This even included several third-rank wizards. The most recent one was naturally the famous Gorsa.

Once Elo told himself that since he no longer dealt with core Tribunal affairs, he didn’t know if Frim’s actions had hidden circumstances. But when Frim repeatedly tried to act against Gorsa, even after the Glare Family came to demonstrate, turning from open to covert schemes against Gorsa, Elo truly couldn’t understand.

Just one Gorsa – why was it worth depleting the Tribunal’s foundation and leaving Nephret during the black tide period?

In the end, an accident occurred. He fundamentally couldn’t leave Nephret, the Red Sea Trees were destroyed, and even Elo’s confidant was lost in this originally modest-scale black tide attack.

After paying such a great price, Frim still refused to tell Elo what all this was for!

This left Elo with growing unease amid his confusion.

As news of Stuart’s soul continued to be missing, this unease grew daily.

“Why has there been no news of Stuart? He clearly disappeared before everyone’s eyes. Even if he’s only a third-rank wizard, his mental power and soul are very strong. How could he be destroyed in one blow by a mermaid aberrant, without even leaving a soul fragment remains?”

Out of this agitated mood, Elo finally waved his hand. “Whatever it is, have them discuss it with the ministers.”

The guard immediately assented. “Yes, Your Majesty.”

However, this guard returned shortly after with a conflicted expression.

“Your Majesty, they said… said it’s Chief Frim’s request and requires Your Majesty’s cooperation.”

After speaking, the guard lowered his head.

Facing the strong-handed Tribunal, even their emperor often had to compromise.

Elo snorted coldly. Today he wouldn’t compromise!

But before Elo could send the guard away again, a figure had already stepped into the garden in front of the bedroom.

Although Elo was inside the room, he discovered the intruder immediately.

Now even a Tribunal wizard dared to disregard his dignity like this?

“Then let’s send a few corpses back to them, so Frim’s subordinates can sober up.”

Thinking this, Elo’s eyes narrowed, and his entire body instantly transformed into a ball of black flame, disappearing from the room.

The next second, his figure appeared at the garden entrance, grabbing a first-rank wizard who was poking around at the door.

Black flames rose on that wizard’s body, and the captured wizard immediately cried out in agony. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel•fire.net

Black Flame was Elo’s signature magic, also the origin of the entire Black Flame Empire’s name.

With Black Flame, Elo could instantly burn this impudent first-rank wizard to ashes, but what deterrent effect would burning to ashes have?

Better to slowly steam him into a mummy, sprinkle some spices, then sandwich him in bread to send back.

That would surely leave a deep impression on those Tribunal wizards.

The black flames moved like Elo’s limbs, manipulated at will, and could soon evaporate all moisture from the wizard’s body.

Just then, another wizard standing outside the garden gate raised both arms to indicate her harmlessness.

“Your Majesty Elo, after you burn this reckless fellow to charcoal, could you allow me to report a few matters to you? I guarantee it won’t delay your lunch enjoyment.”

Lia felt somewhat nervous inside, but to achieve her purpose, she steeled herself and spoke before the obviously enraged Emperor Elo.

Elo glanced at Lia, who immediately clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture, adopting a very low posture.

This respectful attitude diminished Elo’s nameless anger somewhat, so he decided not to torture the reckless wizard in his hand and directly cremated him to ash, scattering it as fertilizer in the garden.

After the flames extinguished, he clapped his hands and said with still unfriendly tone, “What do you want to say? I’ll only give you three sentences.”

Three sentences?

Lia’s mouth turned bitter. Read complete version only at NoveIＦire.net

Her mind raced, knowing that while he said three sentences, if the first sentence couldn’t satisfy His Majesty Elo, she might not have a chance to say the second.

It seemed some things couldn’t be hidden away, waiting for the right moment.

“Your Majesty Elo,” Lia lowered her voice, “What you seek has always been there.”

(End of Chapter)

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