Everything within a hundred meters radius was completely wiped out. Forests, mountains, even the nearest towns and villages. The thing about Luck is that this all happened in Mirror Dimension, so the real world was not affected.
The only exception is Julius. At this moment, he has grown a long horn and his eyes have turned blood red. However, half of his body has disappeared, and countless black tentacles are extending from the incomplete body.
"You already knew that, right?" Julius asked.
"Are you referring to the fact that you are Lucius Zogratis, the Spade Kingdom spy lurking in our kingdom, and the host of Demons Astalos, the top person in charge of time? I do have doubts."
All the people watching the live broadcast were stunned by this truth. Julius is the most popular magician in the kingdom after Ian. He was praised as a hero in the newspapers founded by <Daily Prophet> and Ian.
"You are indeed an anomaly. I have foreseen countless futures. In those futures, your existence is either insignificant or does not exist at all," Lucius said as his body began to regenerate rapidly.
"But in this reality, you have enough power to kill me."
"Thank you," Ian responded calmly, "But now that your identity has been exposed, do you think you can still leave alive?"
"If it was before, I really wasn't sure. But now, I know very well that you are cursed. As long as I don't confront you head-on, you can't stop me if I want to leave."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lucius's figure began to become blurry.
Ian's eyes narrowed and he immediately tried to interrupt.
"Knowledge Magic: Space confinement."
However, the flow of time around Lucius suddenly became extremely strange. Before Ian's magic could touch him, he had already disappeared into the long river of time.
"You can escape very quickly," Ian snorted coldly and released Mirror Space.
The two returned to the forest in the real world. At this time, members of the Kingdom Knights had arrived at the scene.
"Captain Ian, then... is that true? Commander Julius is really the host of Demons?" A knight asked tremblingly.
"You have all seen the live broadcast. Facts speak louder than words," Ian replied calmly.
A few days later, Royal Capital held a grand coronation ceremony.
Under the spotlight, the 27th generation Magic Emperor Piers De Kira personally put the cloak symbolizing the power of the Magic Emperor on the shoulders of Ian.
"I declare that Ian officially becomes Clover Kingdom, the 28th generation Magic Emperor!"
Cheers resounded through the sky. Both civilians and nobles (although some of them were pretending) were cheering for the new emperor.
Ian stood on the high platform, overlooking the cheering crowd, but thinking about the next plan in his heart.
As he becomes the Magic Emperor, the direction of the plot has completely changed.
In the following years, Ian carried out drastic reforms on Magic Knights.
He promoted many talented civilian magicians and broke the nobility's monopoly on the Knights.
Bernard took over the position of leader of "Blue Ravenclaw Squad".
Yami and William also relied on their outstanding military exploits under the instruction of Ian to eventually become the leaders of "Black Bulls" and "Golden Dawn" respectively.
Clover Kingdom is increasingly prosperous under the governance of Ian.
However, the riots at the border never stopped and even intensified as time went by.
Lucius seems determined to take advantage of the fact that Ian is cursed and unable to leave the border, and frequently harasses the border.
Strangely, he seemed to have found another Grimoire that he could use.
Despite this, the damage Spade Kingdom and Diamond Kingdom can cause is still minimal, because the new generation of knights trained by Ian is strong.
now
This day is a special day.
In front of an abandoned church in Hage Village, two teenagers were preparing to leave for Royal Capital.
"Asta, Yuno, you must work hard!" The priests and nuns bid farewell with tears.
"Don't worry! I will definitely become the Magic Emperor!" Asta, a boy without magic power, shouted loudly.
At the same time, in the Magic Emperor's office at Royal Capital.
Ian is reading a copy of Grimoire with gusto - that is the copy of Spade Grimoire that he "smoothly" got from Lucius using a special Space Magic when he was escaping.
Suddenly, he sensed something and cast his gaze in the direction of Hage Village.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a playful smile, and then he turned his attention back to the book in his hand.
"Is it finally here? The protagonist of this world."
"However, the stage now is under my control."