Chapter 825: Of
Chapter 346: Unforeseen Change
Facing Marquis Vent's brazen provocation, a towering figure appeared above Silver Gull City's City Lord's Mansion.
With one hand raised toward the sky, her tiny figure seemed utterly disproportionate to the might of heaven and earth, yet the blood-red thunderclouds that blanketed the entire sky like the end of the world could not advance an inch. Roaring crimson lightning rained down, only to be blocked by an invisible barrier.
"Blood Dragon Vent?! Have you gone mad? Or are you trying to reignite the war between the Four Great Families and the marquises?!"
Staring at Marquis Vent, who hovered openly in the distant sky and controlled the blood-red thunderclouds, Silent Kingdom Hilders, the Olyvendi Family guardian stationed in Silver Gull City, spoke sharply.
"I am perfectly lucid, Lady Hilders, guardian of the Olyvendi Family."
Using the thunderstorm weather phenomenon to contend with Hilders from afar, Marquis Vent smiled.
"More than two thousand years have passed since the first year of the Empire. The old powers that crawled out of history and refuse to let go of their former glory must ultimately make way for a new era.
Now that His Majesty Gloria III has departed, the Four Great Families of the Empire no longer need to exist."
"What arrogance. I would like to see how long you can maintain that attitude."
Hilders's gaze turned cold as she watched Vent's grandstanding.
No one was a fool. Since he dared to step into the open so brazenly, he must have made thorough preparations.
Without knowing exactly what Marquis Vent was plotting, Hilders chose to wait and observe. Relying on Silver Gull City's powerful defensive Magic Array, there was absolutely no way Vent alone could break in.
Outside the city, while Marquis Vent drew the Olyvendi guardian's