The Emperor's Death (IV)

The Council of Elders was, in fact, made up mostly of imperial family members.

After all, once the marquis system was reformed, many princes and royal highnesses of the imperial family had fallen from the clouds overnight. The Council of Elders was where these old people were settled.

For the nobles, this outcome could not have been better.

But... the nobles had not expected that what shattered the silence of the Grand Cathedral of Light would not be the Council of Elders, but an urgent dispatch from the Northlands.

A team of ten knights had desperately burned away the life force of their Highland Warhorses. Magic kept the horses racing across the land at extreme speed even after death, allowing them to return from the Northlands to the Imperial Capital.

"The Northern Orcs have launched a full-scale invasion of the Empire's border fortresses!"

"The six Royal Courts have returned in force! The Orc banners are ten times more numerous than last time!"

"The Orc tribe priests have become tribal chiefs! This is a sign that the gods have awakened and bestowed divine revelations!"

"The Orcs have launched a full-scale invasion! Twilight Fortress was ambushed by the Werewolf Royal Court during construction, and the fortress has completely collapsed! The Orc Army has already charged into Twilight Province!"

The string of reports from the Northlands stunned every noble present. These messenger knights had come straight here because the news was too important. They had to report it to the nobles and the Emperor at the first possible moment.

In this process, they possessed unlimited authority.

The knights crashed through commoners and passed even nobles, then stared blankly at the damaged, no-longer-radiant Grand Cathedral of Light.

Where was His Majesty the Emperor?

Their bodies, just about to drop to one knee, froze in