The Founding of the Knight Academy (10)

The imperial palace gleamed with gold and splendor. Volvo Columbus sat upon the supreme throne, the aura within him steadily rising.

He was advancing toward Legend. This was the path every Columbus emperor would take. Once one became emperor, even an ordinary person would possess legendary power. This was the terrifying source of the Empire's strength. Blasphemy had never brought merely visible benefits.

Power was intoxicating, yet the emperor remained furious with those Northlands nobles.

They had tried to make him abolish the Imperial First Legion. They had even joined forces with a group of southern nobles, and there were people within the royal family trying to stop it as well. Such actions were far more forceful than Grand Duke Fleming's methods. They were directly questioning and defying the emperor's authority.

The emperor drove them out and sent letters to the noble territories of the Northlands, demanding to know whether they were questioning the will of the emperor and the Imperial Capital.

Naturally, the nobles gave no answer, nor did they dare display any disloyalty. After all, they had merely sent representatives to the Imperial Capital.

There was no questioning this matter. Changes had been ongoing for decades. The nobles who came to the Imperial Capital had received an unwelcome result and could only settle for the next best thing, beginning to prepare for their own interests.

The emergence of the Imperial First Legion brought them change, making the Northlands nobles realize that they needed allies in the South—especially allies in the Imperial Capital.

Every order of the Empire came from this heart. Having people in the Imperial Capital had become crucial. Even if they could not influence the capital's decrees, they at least needed to know at the earliest possible moment what will the emperor had issued, didn't they?