The Final Empire

When they returned to the Royal Capital once more, Hane had already led a group of people into the center of power of this kingdom.

Inside the royal palace's grand hall, Uchiha Retsuyō calmly reported the details to Hane. When he mentioned that it had been the Witch Cult's doing—

The witches behind Hane all wore strange expressions. In truth, the Witch Cult had not originally been founded by witches like them, but had been the spontaneous creation of lunatics who worshipped them.

They had merely gone along with it and used those lunatics to work for them. In a sense, those Sin Archbishops were people who had stolen their Authorities.

Some had inadvertently come into contact with their Authorities and eventually awakened abilities because their constitutions were compatible. Others had simply been granted powers by the witches out of boredom.

After listening to Uchiha Retsuyō's report, Hane turned his gaze toward the witches.

"Since this cult exists because of you, you will deal with it yourselves. A group of lunatics with power will be an unstable factor in the New World to come."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. We will handle them. After all, we have already obtained everything we wanted. There is naturally no reason for them to continue existing."

Hearing Echidna's answer, Hane nodded indifferently.

Only then did the princes and nobles who had followed Hane into the palace realize, in horror, who the women behind him were. Every one of their pupils shrank.

Reinhard quickly stepped out from the crowd.

"Your Majesty, witches are the source of disasters in this world. Are you truly allowing them to walk freely among the living? Are you not afraid that they might destroy the world at any moment? I beg Your Majesty to reconsider!"

As Reinhard's words fell, the