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The carriage gradually came to a stop, and Merlin and Avril returned to Wilson Castle.
But the moment Merlin stepped into the hall, he found Old Wilson, Baron Barman, and the others all gathered there. Their expressions were grave, and no one spoke. The atmosphere was oppressively heavy.
"Father, what happened?"
Noticing that something was wrong with everyone, Merlin hurriedly asked.
Old Wilson quickly rose to his feet and said to Merlin, "Something did happen—and it's something huge!"
With that, Old Wilson and Baron Barman quickly went upstairs.
Merlin followed them into a room upstairs. Seeing how grave Old Wilson looked, he knew this was no small matter.
"What exactly happened?"
Merlin's gaze swept over Baron Barman and Old Wilson. In the end, Baron Barman stepped forward and gave a bitter smile. "Merlin, something truly terrible has happened. The Bright Kingdom has fallen! We only received the news today. Three days ago, the Light Church announced that, with the Bright Kingdom at its core, together with the Forest Kingdom, the Chel Kingdom, and countless duchies large and small, it had established the Holy Light Empire! Fairland has been crowned the first Pope of the Holy Light Empire!"
The news was indeed shocking. It was an earth-shattering event. The fall of the Bright Kingdom signified that an old era had passed, and a new era was about to arrive!
Moreover, the Holy Light Empire did not consist merely of the Bright Kingdom. The Light Church's influence had once spread throughout the western nations led by the Bright Kingdom. Among them were three relatively powerful kingdoms: the Bright Kingdom, the Forest Kingdom, and the Chel Kingdom, along with numerous other duchies large and small.
So many kingdoms and duchies had now all fallen under