With a single but power-packed punch to the domainâs barrier, Ark Gamma broke it, making way for King Qi and his army to enter the city.
As soon as the barrier is broken, thousands of adventurers and soldiers rush at them. King Qiâs fire drake flew forward and he raised the sword above his head, conjuring flames around the swordâs blade.
"Flames of... what?"
As Alina jumped from one of the robots and landed on another, it rushed forward, lowering its body and slamming onto the ground.
"Ark Nu, Absolute Freezing."
In a matter of seconds, the entire city... thatâs right. The entire imperial city, all the structures, buildings, people, plants, ponds, lakes, everything that was attached to the ground was frozen in ice, transforming the surroundings into a frozen land, except for the people.
On the frozen battlefield, both King Qiâs troops and the city defenders trouble had their footing but the former was burning for battle while the latter was intimidated by the colossal robots.
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"Ark Epsilon, Use Icy Mist."
An icy mist was unleashed by another robotâs hands simultaneously. This one froze thousands of people at once.
King Qi: "..."
And then, a couple of them followed up by pouncing on the frozen spirit warrior with powerful punches, exterminating thousands in a second.
One after another, Alina led the 15 colossal robots to the imperial palace, destroying everything on her path.
Every skill attack from the robot, atleast five to six thousand deaths occurred.
Shi Chong let out a deep breath and finally faced her before momentarily shifting his attention to King Qi, "Qi Tianchen, you may have won the war, but I know that this city fell because of those things, Lu Zhenâs army, not yours. I surrendered because I realized that I was not a match for them. Iâm not afraid of you. If you want to cut off my head, go on, but the victory would never be yours. If you want the history books to record that King Qi Tianchen of Golden Eagle Kingdom took his revenge with his own hands, then I dare you to accept my challenge. No need to restrict your cultivation or whatever. It will be just us, right now, and right here.
You win, the entire Leon Empire will surrender to you. All of my soldiers will be your prisoners. And if I win, your soldiers and those giant things will back away."
Shi Chongâs voice turned louder and louder as he spoke further, trying to provoke King Qi even more, "If you think you canât win against someone who is two realms lower than you, you can refuse the challenge, and we can resume the war. Iâll die fighting trying. I will lose thousands of soldiers more. I donât know how history remembers me, but you will surely be remembered as the Butcher for trying to choose violence even after I put forth a proposal that could evade countless deaths. And by the way, I didnât abduct your wife. We loved each other and she willingly came with me. Why? Because her husband is an impotent."
"You... dare..." The flames around Kingâs Qi intensified with rage built up in his body. But just then...
*Clap* Clap* Clap*
Alina started clapping with an amusing smile on her face in response to Shi Chongâs challenge, taking King Qi by surprise. She couldnât help but comment, "That was a great speech, except that the onus has been shifted from King Qiâs head to ours the moment you defied our proposal, and Iâm the commanding officer at the moment. So, he doesnât have the right to decide your fate."
"But..." King Qi was about to protest and say something, but Alina didnât let him speak as she said, "Let me finish. King Qi, why are you so in a hurry to judge things when I talk? This was the second time you did it today. You have been a pretty good listener when he talked."
"Uhhh..." King Qi had no idea how to respond to it. He was aware that she was a puppet but her behavior was more human-ish than a human. And as a wise king, he knew that he could not win an argument against a friendly woman. Moreover, after witnessing the might of Alina and her army, he doesnât have the courage to offend her. He could only apologize to her and let her continue, "Sorry. Please go on."
"Good... now where are we? Okay... Shi Chong, first things first, you lost the war, and that makes you our prisoner. If you arenât convinced, my little friends are more than ready to convince you..." Alina let out a smile as the others shuddered. "Hence, there is no question of moving our army back away. However, because you think King Qi hasnât got a fair chance of revenge, we would give you a choice. The same offer. You and your army would follow us to Huangying City, where you shall battle King Qi using the same terms we mentioned earlier. It wonât be a death match. So, no need to worry unless you lose. You win, your mistakes will be forgiven, and you will be set free. You lose, and your fate will be decided by our Chancellor.
Since you are so adamant about giving us a choice of peace when you lost significant lives, this is our counter-proposal. Accept it, or else every single resident will die here. Until now, our focus was only trampling on the ones who resist us on our path as we reach you. Our Chancellor wonât believe in unnecessary killing. But, if you refuse, well..."
*Snap*
With a snap of his finger, the fifteen robots turned around, and all raised their hands, pointing them at the rest of the city at the same time, and energy was being conjured in front of their palms.
"I donât think I need to say the rest, do I?"
Alinaâs face was all smiles but her words shook the core of every listener. Even King Qi couldnât help but look at her back in a daze, wondering, "How could she say those things with such an expression?"