The ancient Monarch descends
After bidding farewell to the emperor, the woman with the mechanical arm came to the edge of the steel structure's deck. The Mechanical Sequence power surged throughout her body, and strands of Black Iron light and shadow overlapped and covered her, eventually transforming into a pair of Black Iron wings.
The wings were made entirely of thin Black Iron plates, thousands upon thousands of which formed the Black Iron. When the wind blew, they made a series of metallic clanging sounds.
The robotic arm woman casually flapped it twice, then took a deep breath, flew into the sky, and went to coordinate manpower.
Apart from the emperor.
The majority of those in the entire North Empire are Transcendent Being with Mechanical Sequence.
That is why they were loyal to the emperor.
Those Transcendent Being Mechanical Sequence can generate a pair of metal wings at Sequence 7, achieving the ability to fly only at Sequence 4 for other Sequence.
The rise of the North Empire was also related to the birth of the Mechanical Sequence.
When the flames of steam industry spread across the continent, the Nufaluo Kingdom, hundreds of years ago, was among the first to join this reform.
The Mechanical Sequence was also born in this Kingdom, and later the emperor used the flying mechanical legion composed of the Mechanical Sequence and various steam mechanical creations to conquer the north and south, forging the North Empire.
On the giant, dragonfly-like flying steel structure, the emperor of the North Empire watched as the woman with the mechanical arm descended from the sky. After waiting a while, he addressed the guards behind him.
"Let's go. The Gabriel Kingdom has been destroyed, and Landisel has no power to resist. Let's go to their palace and see if there are any clues left about the Sun King."
He believed that the fleeing prince and princess, having left in haste, would have been unable to take away most of the Sun King's belongings, and that something must have been left behind.
The emperor, his body surging with Transcendent Mechanical Sequence power, a pair of Bronze wings appeared on his back, then he flapped them and soared into the sky.
Although he could fly without wings using his own strength, he preferred to fly with wings.
Behind him, dozens of guards, also of the Mechanical Sequence, unfurled their metal wings and followed the emperor.
Soon, they arrived at the palace.
An imperial general walked up to the emperor and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, we have found relics related to the Sun King within the palace."
"Well done, Mital, take me there."
The emperor smiled slightly.
The group walked through the same corridor that King Faniji Gabriel had led his children through a dozen days earlier, and arrived at the entrance of a palace.
At the entrance.
The two black-robed Transcendent Being had been lying in pools of blood for a long time.
"Your Majesty, these two were guards. Although it took some effort, we managed to kill them. Now we have unimpeded passage. Please come in!"
The emperor's gaze swept over the two dead men in black robes.
"Servant" Sequence.
Then he nodded casually.
"Let's go in."
As soon as I entered.
Everyone, including the emperor, instinctively held their breath and made no noise.
For before them stood a statue of a handsome man in a white robe, who, though not wearing a crown, possessed a magnanimous spirit, like a peerless Monarch.
"It's a statue of the Sun King!"
The group was utterly shocked, and even the emperor instinctively wanted to bow.
But soon...
They then realized what was happening.
Why would they bother with a statue of an ancient person?
"The Sun King of ancient times, so majestic and awe-inspiring, and this is just a statue."
The general sighed.
"Indeed, he is an extraordinary being."
The emperor nodded, but the awe in his eyes slowly faded.
As the emperor of the empire, he naturally possessed an air of arrogance. Initially shocked, he was now calm and composed, and naturally did not consider himself inferior to a Fabled ancient Monarch.
After a moment of silence, the general glanced at the emperor, understood his meaning, and began to give orders to the soldiers present.
"Search everywhere, see if there are any other clues."
"And everyone be careful, this is an ancient relic."
A soldier soon reported back.
"Your Majesty, there is a hidden compartment behind the statue, but it's empty."
The emperor narrowed his eyes.
"Looks like they took it away."
"Keep looking, see if there's anything else."
"It's gone here, and it's gone here too."
Half a day later.
They gained nothing.
The emperor was somewhat angry. He looked around the palace and then at the Monarch statue, and said in a deep voice.
"It's not here, it's not there, could it still be inside this statue?"
"If that's the case, then let's break it and see!"
The imperial general trembled upon hearing this.
"No, Your Majesty! This is a statue of the ancient Sun King, the origin of the Jade Nobility. It must not be offended."
"What, Mital? He's an ancient Monarch of your family. But I'm not?"
"Uh, Your Majesty, that's not what I meant."
The general was so frightened that his face changed drastically.
He was indeed born into the Jade Nobility and was a duke in ancient times, but was conquered by an empire a thousand years ago.
"I mean, there are very few relics of the ancient Sun King..."
"So what? The era of the Sun King is over. Now, it is the era of my Nufaluo Empire!"
The emperor snorted coldly, stepped forward, raised his hand into a fist, and was about to smash the ancient statue with one punch.
But at that moment...
Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder roared across the entire sky.
In an instant, a torrential downpour began.
And within this endless lightning.
A majestic and Holiness figure seemed to emerge from the dimensions of time and space, appearing in this real world from a world of Illusion.
With silver hair and purple eyes, clad in a white robe, he walked with his hand on his sword, exuding a vast and majestic aura of Emperor that swept over everyone present, even the great emperor of the empire.
Inside the palace.
Jiang Yuu stepped out of the River of History, paying no attention to the kneeling officials and ministers of the North Empire before him, but instead frowned and muttered to himself.
"Where has that Mountain Green Supreme gone to hide again?"
He descended here because a trace of his presence lingered here.
The emperor was right; there was indeed a garment he had once worn inside the statue.
If the emperor were to receive this garment, he might actually gain some insights.
At this moment.
Among the kneeling crowd, the imperial general and the emperor exchanged a glance, both noticing the shock in each other's eyes.
The two exchanged a glance for a moment, and then made a decision.
The general gritted his teeth, raised his head, and looked at the people who had arrived.
He was shocked at first glance.
"Silver hair, purple eyes, clad in white robes, incomparably handsome, noble beyond compare, you are the ancient and great Sun King!"