ELECTUS

Is it true?"

Asked Zar. Second son of Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll. Sitting on his throne room while Chan was in front of him, listing the orders Xakro made.

Since Zar failed to take the Bloodline"s powers at birth, he of course didn"t get the burn marks. No power, no curse. Blessing him with a clear face.

"If it wasn"t true, I wouldn"t make a 3 week journey to reach this place on the edge of the Continent."

Said Guard Commander Chan with clear egoism on his tone. He feels like he is above Zar even though Zar is literally a King and Chan is just a Guard Commander.

He feels he is in a higher position as Zar is just a person disowned by his own father and Chan is running personal errands for the King.

"Your att.i.tude isn"t appreciated here you weedhead. If you weren"t sent by my father you would lose your head in a blink of an eye."

"Strange of you to call me a weedhead. You are 27 years old and you don"t have any weed on your head.

And strange of you to call King Xakro your father when he clearly disowned you."

"Silence!"

Yelled Zar with a deep cold tone.

Xakro basically disowned all 4 of his children. They weren"t born with the bloodline"s power, so they were useless to him.

He disowned them but he didn"t want his own blood to suffer. He gave each child a Kingdom or Town to rule under the ill.u.s.tratian alliance.

Well. He didn"t exactly give such power to every child. Only 3 of them.

Chan however, was intimidated by Zar right away the moment he yelled.

Imagine a 6 foot tall, abnormally physically fit, bald, green guy in full body armor with a longsword on his side, yelling at you.

Only Chan would get in such position.

"I"m afraid I won"t be able to lend your Kingdom a hand in this predicament.

I"m aiming to expand my Kingdom. I"m aiming for a better future for ill.u.s.tratio kind.

I"m aiming to build residence outside the Kingdom"s walls. Once there are enough houses and businesses, I"ll build the second wall."

"You dare to not fulfill the King"s request?

You do know that he can put an end to your entire Kingdom alone."

"He didn"t manage to pa.s.s down his powers to any child yet. He is to afraid to attack. He is becoming insane locked behind those castle walls. Over 900 of his people were killed in a moment and all he did was hide in his castle.

I"m not rewarding such cowardness with precious workers."

Said Zar and added in a mocking mysterious tone

"If he wasn"t scared, a pest like you wouldn"t be running errands for him. I hear your trip to Lan Zhe was quite a "blast".

What bulls.h.i.+t is he up to now?"

"None of your concern. What should concern you is that according to ill.u.s.tratian law, if you fail to fulfill a task a Grand King gave upon you, as a King you lose all relations with the ill.u.s.tratian alliance. Meaning you will be exposed to attacks from any member of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance if they choose too attack one day and the rest of the alliance including the Grand King, won"t help or defend you."

Lucky for Chan he read a book about the ill.u.s.tratian alliance. So in this conversation, he sounded well knowledgeable for once.

"I"m aware of that. And I say, bring it on.

Today i will declare independce from the ill.u.s.tratian alliance in front of my people.

I do not stand with the views and agendas of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance.

All of you are hungry for power, even if it means killing or raping families. You don"t care how many lives you destroy."

He paused for a bit and added

"Your alliance call Ignites "Demons" who came from the depths of h.e.l.l, but your alliance is worse than that."

"Are you absolutely certain that you do not wish to a.s.sist the Grand King? There is no going back from this. You will be kicked out of the alliance permanently."

"Curse you and his G.o.d d.a.m.n alliance. I wish to not be part of such brutal ways of life.

By the name of G.o.d who granted the sources keeping this continent in tact, I will end the ways of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance, starting from my own Kingdom."

Yelled Zar and added

"Now be gone. Anyone of the ill.u.s.tratian alliance is no longer welcome in Pameres Kingdom."

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"My people. I come to you with good news."

Said Zar. Speaking in the center of the town. Being considerate enough to come out and inform his people in person.

"I declare independence from the ill.u.s.tratian alliance. Such way of life is no longer welcomed here. No longer will we kill the innocent for their personal profit."

A "boo" on the crowd was heard.

These people are way to convinced that ignites are demons from the depths of h.e.l.l.

The ill.u.s.tratian alliance even set up religious organizations in the main big Kingdoms of Ignis. Organizations that wors.h.i.+p Xakro ill.u.s.tratio l as a G.o.d. And his Child Xakro ill.u.s.tratio ll as the son of the G.o.d who became a G.o.d himself once he died.

Those Organizations being on Ignis for over a century, implanted the thought of Ignites being demons on the people"s mind deep.

"I do not expect you to see things the way i see. If you do not wish to stand by my side, you can simply leave the Kingdom. Nothing will be held against you."

He paused for a while and said

"I declare that the religious organization known as "illas" is banished from Pameres Kingdom."