Chapter 1350: Chapter 219: What the Heck? A Black Hole?!
The Emperor and Dragon King exchanged glances.
Axel squinted his eyes, while the Dragon King Helm outside the planet’s atmosphere remained silent.
But soon, Axel withdrew his hand. Instead, he laughed and no longer looked towards Dragon Island.
Yet, the other Fifth Energy Level individuals observing this scene with various thoughts slightly furrowed their brows.
Undoubtedly, Axel’s actions were truly odd… not to mention the previous inexplicable attack on the Labyrinth Master, but after a failed strike, he attacked a second time, and even intended a third attack.
The Fifth Energy Level does not subscribe to thoughts like ‘going easy on juniors’, ‘striking once is enough, twice would be demeaning’, or ‘concern for reputation’. If necessary, they will strike… but it wasn’t a deep-seated hatred, so why waste their power to attack a Labyrinth Master who theoretically has no relation to them?
Yet more peculiar occurrences were to follow…
All those present at the Fifth Energy Level could see that the Labyrinth Master aimed for Dragon Island from the start.
Opposing this, the Galewind Dragon King Helm Donaberwiel, dormant for decades, suddenly revived to personally greet the Labyrinth Master.
Who exactly was this? What was their identity?
All the powerful figures began to contemplate, and instantly, they learned of the Labyrinth Master’s existence and its possible identity from the surviving Exploration Team members.
[The Second Generation of the Immovable Firmament… the Labyrinth Master fought with him, then disappeared, and soared to the skies upon reappearing?]
[The Unyielding Fortress?]
In a moment, all eyes turned toward Axel’s direction, deep in thought.
Clearly, as someone who personally arrived at Half Moon Lake, Axel had ample time to discern the true identity of the Dark Gold True Dragon… for whatever reason, he did not invite this ‘Second Generation of the Immovable Firmament’ back to The Empire, yet he was clearly unwilling to let anyone else recruit Mahdi.
Thus, he attacked, forcing the opponent to leave Half Moon Lake. Axel preferred to send the Unyielding Fortress to Dragon Island rather than give others a chance to recruit him.
This was The Empire’s attitude towards the Unyielding Fortress.
And Dragon Island’s attitude was equally mysterious… while the Unyielding Fortress certainly had elements of a True Dragon, it was definitely not a True Dragon. So why would Dragon Island acknowledge the Unyielding Fortress as a True Dragon?
—Could there be some information we’re unaware of?
—We need to thoroughly investigate the recent news related to the Unyielding Fortress…
—Over the past decades, The Empire hasn’t made any moves to capture the Unyielding Fortress, and even spies can’t gather info…
—Thinking about it carefully, these years have passed without any information about the Unyielding Fortress emerging, neither The Empire nor we could find it…
Realizing this oddness, everyone began to understand somewhat: [Is Axel using this method to freeze the Unyielding Fortress?]
[But why? It’s completely irrational!]
Not only to the Fifth Energy Level individuals.
Even the Grand Prince of The Empire, Carlos Sertar, was filled with doubt.
“Why? Why not accept Mahdi?”
Watching the Dark Gold Colossus Dragon survive his father’s attack, unexpectedly, Carlos’ pupils enlarged as he muttered to himself: “Clearly by retrieving the Unyielding Fortress, The Empire’s strength would grow—despite this generation of the Unyielding Fortress not being the most trustworthy auxiliary to the royal family, at least it is a power belonging to The Empire!”
“Indeed, why did Father exterminate all traces of the Unyielding Fortress’s Inheritance back then? Even if the complete version is solely possessed by the First Knight, even an incomplete Unyielding Fortress is a high-level Inheritance that can stably pass to the fourth tier, sufficiently nurturing a Grand Knight Order!”
Carlos actually understood why Axel allowed unidentified forces from within and outside The Empire to influence public opinion, tarnishing Yinaiga II’s reputation… because indeed, an Emperor must be decisive, no matter how loyal ministers believe they are to The Empire, no Emperor wishes for whispers beside their policies; ‘not as good as Yinaiga’ ‘Yinaiga has already done this’, or using the Former Emperor’s reputation to oppose Axel’s current policies.
Besides, after Yinaiga II’s reputation was tarnished, Axel could instead reintroduce some of Yinaiga’s policies under a different guise… whether it be claimed as ‘improvements’, or simply copied with minor name changes, it certainly appeared better than direct continuation.
The previous Emperor made mistakes as proof of the current Emperor’s improvements, that’s always the best way to highlight ‘achievements’.
But none of this is related to the Unyielding Fortress, is it?
“That rumor is true.”
Narrowing his eyes, still gazing towards the sky under the Dragon King’s might, Carlos murmured only Aina could hear: “Grandfather’s true Legacy…”
“Great-grandfather’s… Legacy?”
Aina slightly paused, instinctively repeating, while Carlos looked at him and patiently explained: “It was a relatively famous ‘rumor’ during our time.”
“Rumor has it, the former Emperor accomplished many miraculous feats and revived The Empire, not solely because of his innate abilities, but due to assistance from a powerful ‘Pre-Aeon Legacy’.”
“Using a Pre-Aeon Legacy to build achievements was not significant; our Setal Imperial Family also rose to the highest because of such Legacies. Thus, the rumor’s real significance lies in the latter part.”