Chapter 282: Summoning the Emperor (Only One Day Left in the Monthly Ticket Giveaway!)
What Ms. Shen had said was true!
The fear of the Old Count and these Knight Errants proved that these nobles—or, more accurately, the Knight Descendants—really were afraid of the Emperor.
And the effect of the Old Count's blood dripping onto Machinery Fragment No. 02 proved that their blood really could activate the Mechanical Fragments' true function.
So what was the true function of the Mechanical Fragments—or, more accurately, of the Sole Throne?
Han Su couldn't spare a thought for his companions rushing to meet the enemy from different directions. He focused entirely on the blood-soaked Machinery Fragment No. 02 in the case. As the blood touched it, the fragment sprang into action, moving faster and faster, as if it had grown greedy. It ravenously swallowed the Old Count's blood into its machinery.
A machine was displaying the impatience usually seen in living creatures. It had even generated a force of its own, rapidly drawing in the blood.
When the changes in the Mechanical Fragment reached their peak, it suddenly began to vibrate strangely.
The vibration started faintly and grew stronger, spreading from Machinery Fragment No. 02 into the depths. If the world were an ocean, the vibration seemed to travel all the way to its deepest point. Then, in the next instant, it rebounded to the surface, spreading outward. The other Mechanical Fragment in the case began to vibrate as well.
And it wasn't just Machinery Fragment No. 01 in the case. The vibration reached several other directions, where the fragments resonated with one another and formed a mysterious connection.
Standing beside the case, Han Su could clearly feel the subtle interweaving of their vibrations.
"Seven—"
He abruptly looked up and followed the sensation toward