The Kingdom's Crime and Punishment

Having obtained Jiang Bai's permission, Warren no longer hesitated.

He bent his knees slightly, and the next second, he shot into the sky like an arrow released from a bow, facing the kingdom's forbidden weapon!

"Does a mere traitor dare to challenge my 'Black Heaven'?"

Inside the cockpit, Faust let out a disdainful sneer, controlling the massive mechanical black dragon as it charged forward.

In his view, without the magical support of all the mages in the capital, Warren alone was nothing more than a moth drawn to a flame, ready to die.

The final battle for the strongest in the Kingdom of Edolas has officially begun!

Die, you traitor!

Faust Roar madly, and the several pairs of cannons on the back of 'Droma Arnim Black Heaven' instantly lit up with a destructive light.

Dozens of thick magical beams, like a dense meteor shower, bombarded Warren, blocking all his escape routes.

However, Warren remained completely unfazed by the onslaught.

He was no longer as passive as he had been when fighting Jiang Bai, simply reacting to each move as he went.

This time, he's going to take the initiative!

Warren's figure vanished abruptly in mid-air, as if erased from a painting by an eraser.

The magical cannon fire, enough to flatten a mountain, all landed in empty air.

Space Folding.

He no longer simply tore through space to move, but instead, following Jiang Bai's advice, he folded space itself, achieving true teleportation.

The next second, his figure appeared on the flank of 'Black Heaven', the "Trace Rift" in his hand drawing a cold arc, aiming straight for the mechanical dragon's wing joint!

"Clang--!"

Sparks flew everywhere.

The blade, sharp enough to cleave space itself, only left a shallow white mark on Black Heaven's even harder armor.

"Useless! Ha ha ha!" Faust's maniacal laughter rang out.

"'Black Heaven's' armor is forged from the kingdom's hardest metal mixed with Magic Crystal; you cannot destroy it!"

Ignoring his taunts, Warren retreated immediately after his first attack failed.

As soon as he created some distance, several more magical beams of light came after him from behind.

Without turning his head, Warren swung his sword in a backhand strike.

The space in front of him, like a shattered mirror, instantly revealed layers of fractures.

Space Fault.

The violent beams of light bombarded the fault line as if they had entered another dimension, only to be silently swallowed up and dissolved.

"How could this be?!"

Faust's laughter stopped abruptly.

However, what shocked him even more was yet to come.

While using the Space Fault for defense, Warren swung the "Trace Rift" in his hand once more.

A magical beam of light, which had just been swallowed by the Space Fault, suddenly appeared from behind 'Black Heaven' and slammed into its own thrusters!

"Boom!"

The massive explosion jolted Black Heaven's body violently, nearly causing him to lose his balance.

The incoming artillery fire will Space Transfer!

Warren, wielding the "Trace Rift," brought the use of Space Magic to its fullest potential!

For a moment, a dazzling solo dance unfolded in the sky.

Warren's figure appeared and disappeared unpredictably between the barrage of magical cannon fire, sometimes teleporting to dodge, sometimes creating gaps in defense, and sometimes even turning the tables on 'Black Heaven,' returning all of its own attacks to itself!

Faust frantically manipulated the dragon, launching an even more intense attack, but all of it was neutralized by Warren's exquisite swordsmanship and unpredictable Space Magic.

He was like the most skilled bullfighter, gracefully toying with a raging steel behemoth.

On the ground, everyone was stunned.

The rebel soldiers looked up at the lone figure fighting in the sky with an almost worshipful gaze.

This is their true general!

This is truly the number one person in the Kingdom of Edolas!

Erza Knightwalker also struggled to her feet, her eyes filled with complex emotions as she looked at Warren's effortless movements.

She knew that Warren was stronger than before.

It wasn't a leap forward in strength, but a transformation in spirit.

He was no longer fighting for that corrupt kingdom, no longer fighting for that cold responsibility.

During the battle, images flashed through Warren's mind.

The pain of seeing my family brutally murdered by a dark guild when I was young.

When I joined the army, I made a vow to protect everyone with these hands.

And, only after Jiang Bai's reprimands did he finally see clearly the "achievements" stained with blood.

My initial motivation for joining the army was to protect, not to plunder!

His gaze became more resolute than ever before.

This is a war of atonement for the mistakes made by himself and the entire kingdom!

That's enough!

Warren's voice was cold and resolute.

"What?" Faust in the cockpit hadn't reacted yet.

Warren astutely seized the brief gap in 'Black Heaven's' energy core replenishment after a salvo!

Now!

He stopped dodging and moving around, and instead poured all the magic power in his body into the "Trace Rift" in his hand!

The purple patterns on the blade shone with an unprecedented light, almost dyeing the entire blade an eerie purple.

The surrounding space began to distort and groan violently under this force.

Warren raised his divine weapon high, and with all his might, he unleashed a devastating strike against the ferocious black dragon!

"Spatial Discontinuity - Annihilation!"

There was no Heavenly Movement noise, no devastating light effects.

Yes, there was only a thin, dark sword light that seemed capable of swallowing all light.

The sword light was silent yet incredibly fast, instantly bridging the distance between the two.

It ignored the impenetrable armor and the surging magical barrier.

It penetrates directly into the core cockpit of 'Droma Arnim Black Heaven', located on its chest, on a spatial level.

"Well..."

Faust felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and a chill in his chest. Looking down, he saw a dark crack spreading across his chest.

Before he could even utter a scream, his consciousness was plunged into eternal darkness.

Above the sky, the enormous, pitch-black dragon suddenly froze.

The next second, centered on the thin black crack on his chest, countless cracks spread rapidly throughout his body like a spider web.

"Boom--!"

With a deafening roar, the forbidden magical armor 'Dromar Arnim Black Heaven' completely disintegrated in the sky, exploding into an enormous fireball.

Amidst the flames of the explosion, a small, mangled piece of the cockpit wreckage, billowing black smoke, plummeted toward the ground.

Warren hovered in mid-air, slowly sheathing his sword.

The firelight illuminated his cold profile; with this resounding victory, he proved himself to the entire world of Edolas.

He, Jiang Bai Warren, remains the undisputed strongest in this kingdom!