Archwizard Albert had never imagined that, hidden beneath the artifact armor, there were no fewer than ten High-level Holy Knights in the Imperial Palace hall who were stronger than him.
Although Archwizard Albert was a High-level Wizard, he had never fought a High-level Holy Knight before. He was killed in the hall without even the strength to fight back.
His blood flowed from his severed neck onto the marble floor of the hall, filling it with the stench of blood and adding a trace of killing intent.
A "Soul Light" rose from Archwizard Albert's corpse. Even with the hall blocking it, it still shot straight into the sky from within the hall.
"Your Majesty Harvey, today is certainly an auspicious sign. We'll begin our great undertaking with the life of this Archwizard Albert!" High-level Holy Knight Kirk shook the blood from his Knight Commander's Sword, bowed, and laughed.
However, apart from Emperor Harvey and the nine High-level Holy Knights, the expressions of all the other knights in the hall changed drastically.
The death of a High-level Wizard was impossible to conceal.
At this moment, the entire imperial city had probably seen the "Soul Light." Even the outskirts farther away had seen it as well.
"Lord Kirk, why have you done this?" a knight asked, his face ashen.
Although many of the knights in the hall governed the Holy Light Empire, they had not become believers and therefore knew nothing of Emperor Harvey's plans.
"Everyone, our Holy Light Empire rules the Lan Continent, yet we hand vast amounts of resources over to wizards. Today, you have also seen that we knights can possess combat power greater than that of wizards. Therefore, starting today, the Holy Light Empire will begin hunting down all the wizards on the Lan Continent and make wizards