Rebellion!

Since we cannot make up for their shortcomings in terms of material life, we should naturally give them more in terms of power and status.

Star King thought so too.

However, Remord's power has now reached a point where there is no more reward to be given.

The Star King granted him the western Amber Plain and the Panshan Cities, which he already enjoyed too much, yet he was still not satisfied.

This is not just because human desires are endless; the real problem lies with the king.

This king was not chosen by the gods; he became king through regicide!

The right of kings is divinely ordained, yet the current king has seized power through regicide. Is this divine mandate?

Obviously not!

If he could become king by murdering the tyrant, why couldn't Remord do the same?

Remord had long harbored rebellious intentions.

Like a seed, it had been buried deep in my heart for a long time, and only today has it finally taken root and sprouted.

But he didn't tell everyone what was on his mind, because his strength wasn't enough; he needed even more power.

Therefore, we must absorb energy, absorb more energy!

"Siege the city tomorrow!"

"Even if the city falls, the sword will not be sheathed!"

The next day, early morning.

Remord's Star Army marched westward with great momentum, easily breaching the city gates and storming into the city!

Countless humans raised their hands in surrender, but they mercilessly brandished their blades!

Remord's so-called "not sheathing his sword" means he intends to massacre the city!

They slaughtered everyone in the city, sparing neither the old, weak, sick, disabled, women, children, nor livestock and poultry!

Remord grabbed a dead infant, extracted energy from its body, and caused the infant to turn into ashes and vanish.

"Keep searching, there's still someone!"

A woman unfortunately witnessed this scene; she covered her mouth and pressed herself against the wall, too afraid to make a sound.

But the next second, a sharp sword suddenly shot out from behind the wall and stabbed directly into the woman's chest!

Pfft!

With a flick of his sword, Remord shattered the wall and caused the house to collapse.

The woman also died tragically on the spot.

His massacre of the city drew widespread discontent!

"Lord Remord actually wants us to draw our swords against women and children?!"

"To exterminate them all, where do you place the glory of the empire?!"

"This is an order from the King!"

"Where is our glory?!"

Faced with those doubts, Remord responded with a sword!

Pfft!

Is honor important?

"Compared to absorbing more energy, the glory you speak of was never worth mentioning from the beginning!"

After killing several of the ringleaders, Remord absorbed their corpses and converted them into energy right before his eyes!

Those people dared not say anything more out of fear, and Remord immediately issued an order.

After slaughtering everyone in this city, we will turn our attack on the royal city!

His confidants followed him, while ordinary soldiers, threatened by him, were forced to return with him to Remord's territory, Amber Plain.

That was three months later.

Remord summoned the various lords and forced them to send out their private armies to help him fight his way back to the capital.

"Lords of Amber Plain, which is more important: glory or survival?!"

Undoubtedly, survival is the most important thing.

Forced by Remord, the private armies of various lords joined together to form a massive resistance army.

Their goal is singular: to kill the Star King and re-establish royal power!

The rebellion in Amber Plain quickly reached the Star King's ears, but Remord was faster than he had imagined!

Three days later, the army surrounded the city, completely sealing off the royal city!

This was the first rebellion in the history of the empire, occurring in the seventh year of the Unification Calendar.

Remord's rebels quickly breached the city gates, and the Imperial Guard Commander Gawain led his legions into battle against Remord's rebels inside the city.

As the rebels rose up, the empire was gradually engulfed in war!

"Gawain, the king murdered his own ruler to seize the throne, and yet he talks about so-called glory. If that's the case, why can't you and I be kings too!"

Gawain and Remord's swords clashed repeatedly. "Isn't what you're doing now regicide to seize the throne?"

Remord sneered, "That's why I abandoned honor!"

"I'm not as hypocritical as him!"

After absorbing the energy of the city's inhabitants, Remord and his men greatly increased their strength, with Remord even reaching the Third Tier High Rank!

Gawain, who was also at the Third Tier High Rank, fought him to a draw!

"The empire's current prosperity is inseparable from the king's contributions."

"I can do it too!"

Block!

"Get out of my way!"

As Remord spoke, he knocked Gawain with a single sword strike. Upon seeing this, Gawain immediately drew both swords and began to suppress him in return!

The two fought from day to night, all the way into the temple!

But Gawain was still the better one.

Inside the temple, Remord was killed by Gawain a single sword strike!

Remord fell from the altar and plunged into the bottomless abyss.

"Gawain, if you kill me today, he will kill you tomorrow, and the empire... will surely... decline..."

The crystal on Remord's chest was crushed and completely dissipated into energy, which was absorbed by Gawain.

With Remord dead, the rebels within the Empire were quickly suppressed by Gawain; the rebellion came and went just as fast.

The lords of Amber Plain were also beheaded one after another for their rebellion.

After that, Gawain went to meet Star King.

"Indeed, leaving you in the capital was the right choice, Gawain."

Gawain knelt on one knee, saying, "It is my honor and duty, all for my king. May the empire be eternal."

The rebellion was to be expected.

The reason for having the strongest Gawain, guard the royal city was to prevent this situation from happening.

Star King stood up. "Remord has reminded me that the power of lords and commanders in various regions is a bit too great."

"Bring Merserka to me."

In the west, in the city where Remord massacred them.

A Raven landed on the city wall, and as it looked at the devastation inside the city, Raven eyes gradually turned cold.

The Raven's figure transformed into a girl dressed in black.

Only a few people survived the massacre. They hid in the underground drainage ditches and escaped the disaster.

The girl looked at the several wounded men below the city wall and asked in an icy tone:

"Who did this?"

They looked up at the girl, then knelt down in unison!

"Divine Envoy!"

"Yes, they are a group of demons wearing purple armor!"

"They came from the east!"

"We've never seen them before. They suddenly stormed into the city, killing everyone they saw, leaving no bodies behind!"

"Divine Envoy Messenger, you must do justice for us!"

Upon hearing this, 001 looked towards the east.

"You slaughtered my entire city in the blink of an eye. Do you really think I'm weak and easy to bully?"

001 is angry. No matter who the other party is, he's already in trouble!

Although this is just a peripheral city, it was built up bit by bit by 001!

001 instantly flew back to their country's capital.

"King, give me the troops to march south!"

Number 0 01: Mimic