In an instant.
The great noble Harij suddenly felt his body grow heavy as his life, spirituality, and a trace of divinity...
Were drained away in an instant by an invisible force.
Throughout the process, he could neither resist nor defy it.
Others experienced the same thing.
The other demigods, including that angel.
Across the empire, countless elderly people could no longer hold on after having their life drained twice.
Some died in their beds, others in the streets.
In a single instant.
Not a single person over sixty remained alive in the empire.
As for the middle-aged, the young, and the children.
They, too, had lost a portion of their life, leaving many middle-aged people suddenly old and frail.
The skin of young, able-bodied adults grew dull, as though they had lived through forty years in a single moment.
In the White City.
Harij did not need to look to know what consequences the empress's second draining of life would bring.
"She's gone mad!"
"She should know she can only drain life once at most."
"Otherwise, the empire's foundations will be shaken."
"Without its people, what empire is there left?"
Harij clenched his fists. "We should never have agreed to let her perform that ritual in the first place!"
"She's lost control. She's even draining us."
"We must... we must stop the empress!"
If they surrendered, at least the empire could survive, and its people could live.
If they kept fighting, even if they eliminated the invaders, the empire would perish.
The price.
Was far too high!
Harij gritted his teeth.
Then he entered the Spirit World and traveled through it to the palace.
At Resurrection Square.
Sifa snorted as he looked at the enormous serpent coiled within the divine kingdom.
Then he established a connection with all his