Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 386 Centrifugal Forces and the Destruction of Cities and Nations

Chapter 385

Such a large-scale change in time could not possibly be concealed from King Lionheart, who was stationed in the capital.

The Golden Lion Castle, when viewed from the outside, resembles a flaming golden lion with its hindquarters crouching on the ground.

The heart of the golden lion is the Lionheart Palace, where all the true gods in the royal city are waiting for the appearance of the Lionheart King.

On the throne, Lionheart appeared out of thin air and sat down.

The throne armrests are carved with flaming golden lions, whose eyes now project light screens into the void, displaying an aerial view of the area surrounding Lionheart City. The upper right corner also indicates the current time acceleration factor in Lionheart City.

That's a whopping 173 times the size of the enemy's strength. It would take at least five days for nearby kingdoms to send reinforcements.

Conservative estimates suggest that Lionheart City will need to hold out for two and a half years before it can be saved.

What King Lionheart was most worried about was not that the capital would not be able to hold out for two and a half years, but that the reinforcements from other kingdoms would be delayed, because the kings of other kingdoms were not yet awakened, and even if they mobilized the strength of their entire nations to send reinforcements, they would only be a few elite troops led by true gods.

With a pincer attack from both inside and outside, defeating the enemy forces of the Holy Grail Kingdom will not be difficult.

However, the Golden Lion Kingdom will inevitably suffer heavy casualties and will be at a significant disadvantage in the upcoming battle for supremacy.

"Prepare to release the corrupt scholar..."

After a long period of contemplation, the Lionheart gave the order.

The princes did not hesitate at all; they knew all too well how cold-blooded their father was.

Although the Golden Dukes had their objections, seeing that the princes showed no sign of opposition, they knew that their opinions were not important and could only endure and continue to observe how the situation would develop.

"You may go and prepare!"

Lionheart's gaze locked onto several golden dukes.

After the Golden Dukes had all taken their leave, the Lionheart turned to look at the princes.

“You must be careful that these Golden Dukes do not defect to the enemy.”

"I am the Lionheart," the king said coldly.

"Yes!"

The princes obeyed as if they were puppets.

King Lionheart gestured for the princes to leave as well, and sighed as he looked at the empty Lionheart Palace.

Twenty-three thousand years have passed, and the Golden Dukes who were loyal to Him have all perished.

Over the long years, the affection and trust between father and son have faded to the point where they are like strangers.

As a king, Lionheart knew very well that the biggest problem in the Golden Lion Kingdom lay within.

If He didn't control the fate of the nation, the life and death of all the priests, and the laws of royal power, the ones who would most want to kill Him would probably be those few obedient princes. Two and a half years would be just enough time to completely take control of the Golden Lion City.

The Lionheart's fears were justified, for Rosen was already at the Duke of Golden Oak's mansion.

Palius, whom he replaced, now controls most of the affairs of the Duke's mansion.

As for the Duke of Golden Oak, he had not returned to his residence for many days, but instead spent his days on the city walls preparing for war.

But today, the Duke of Golden Oak has returned home.

In the secret chamber of the Duke's mansion, Duke Golden Oak told Rosen everything about the current situation in the Golden Lion Kingdom.

They even revealed everything about the corrupt scholars.

Rosen could easily tell that the Duke of Golden Oak was somewhat making arrangements for his affairs after his death.

It's no wonder the Duke of Golden Oak did this, because the Fallen Scholar was far more terrifying than he had learned from Professor Ellen.

All corrupt scholars are capable of wielding the power of corruption.

This kind of depravity, like the pollution of the Dark Sun, has a terrifying ability to spread. However, it is not as terrible as the pollution of the Dark Sun. It cannot pollute the environment, nor can it indiscriminately pollute even the great true gods. The depraved scholars can only pollute demigods and those below them.

However, those below the level of demigod have always been the foundation of almost all civilizations.

The corruption of a degenerate scholar will not cause one to lose oneself, but it will induce the darkest part of the intelligent life, causing the intelligent life to completely degenerate from the level of humanity, and then the degenerate scholar can gain even more terrifying power as a result.

Even the Duke of Golden Oak didn't know what kind of terrifying power it was.

Because those who knew about it had erased their memories of it, since knowing some things is harmful to oneself and cannot be passed down through conventional means, the Duke of Golden Oak only knew that the Fallen Scholar was the mortal enemy of civilization.

By releasing the imprisoned and corrupt scholars, Richard the Lionheart effectively abandoned everyone outside the capital.

Duke Golden Oak wasn't particularly kind-hearted; rather, the fact that his family had managed the territory for countless years, and that countless members of his family living there had died at the hands of the Fallen Scholars, naturally fueled Duke Golden Oak's resentment towards King Lionheart.

Once the Lionheart awakens, he will have absolute control over the kingdom.

Although control over areas outside the royal city is weakening due to the Holy Grail Army's attacks.

However, within the royal city, Lionheart still held absolute control, so almost everything that happened within the royal city was under Lionheart's control. As long as Lionheart wanted, he could monitor anyone at any time, and nothing could be hidden from him.

The Duke of Golden Oak was aware of this, so he simply gave some routine instructions.

He did not directly express his dissatisfaction with King Lionheart. After all, actions speak louder than words, and no one is perfect. King Lionheart was well aware of this. So as long as the Duke of Golden Oak did not intend to defect to the enemy and kept his dissatisfaction to himself, King Lionheart would not go on a killing spree.

Of course, King Richard the Lionheart had other things to attend to and couldn't possibly monitor everyone in the city day and night.

Therefore, in normal times, there was no need to worry about having no privacy in front of the Lionheart.

Otherwise, those manipulated citizens would not have been able to stage protests and disrupt public sentiment.

Having learned his lesson the hard way, King Lionheart would rather go to great lengths to keep a close watch on the entire city at all times.

However, while the Lionheart has absolute control over the capital city through his royal power, he cannot completely manipulate it on a spiritual level. Therefore, if he wants to turn the Duke of Golden Oak against the king, it would probably be best to do so in a dream.

Several days later, the Duke of Golden Oak, who had been working hard for many days, finally had a chance to rest.

After days of directing the sorcerers to defend the city from the city walls, he was already exhausted from the frenzied consumption of his divine power.

So the Duke of Golden Oak, who hadn't slept for years, unusually relied on sleep to speed up his recovery after returning home.

Because after resting for at most one day, He would have to step onto the city walls again to face the bombardment of countless dragon language spells.

After waiting for several days, Rosen was about to pull the Duke of Golden Oak into his dream, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

Rosen pondered for a moment and understood. He knew the weakness of the monarchy and that the only way to win over the Duke of Golden Oak was through contact in dreams. How could the Lionheart King, who had ruled the monarchy for countless years, not know that the dream was the most dangerous place to be guarded against?

So at this moment, Lionheart is probably focused on the Duke of Golden Oak's dream.

If he goes in at this time, he will immediately alert the enemy.

Rosen immediately abandoned the idea of ​​turning Duke Golden Oak against him; indeed, some things cannot be rushed.

The more eager you are to accomplish something, the more likely you are to make things go wrong.

Now is the time when Lionheart is most vigilant and powerful, and all schemes and tricks will be difficult to succeed.

However, the Dark Sun Corruption Curse he planted on Richard the Lionheart will only grow stronger over time.

As the Lionheart King becomes increasingly corrupted, he will inevitably be forced to devote more energy to resisting the curse. Only then will there be a possibility of a loophole in his control over the royal city and the Golden Duke. That will be the best time to turn the Golden Duke against him.

Of course, it's also possible that the weaker Lionheart was, the more vigilant he became.

However, human energy is limited, and it is easier said than done to be perfect in every aspect.

There's an old saying: "You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days."

Offense always trumps defense, and Lionheart certainly understood this. Rosen pondered for a long time before proactively weakening the forbidden curse's effect on Lionheart.

We cannot push Lionheart too hard, otherwise he may be forced to retaliate.

The best approach is to gradually weaken the opponent, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water. Ideally, the goal is to make the Lionheart feel that he and his kingdom can hold out, to give him hope that reinforcements from nearby kingdoms will come to his aid, and then seize the opportunity at the most opportune moment to deliver a fatal blow to the Lionheart.

As time went by, the entire Golden Lion Kingdom grew weaker and weaker.

Although two years have passed in Lionheart City, only a few days have passed in the outside world.

However, in just these few days, the Holy Grail Legion has already conquered all the cities.

Although Lionheart City suffered zero casualties, many of the magic arrays integrated into the city walls had collapsed, many of the magic towers scattered throughout the city had fallen, and the millions of arcane mages in the city were exhausted and demoralized.

On the contrary, the ordinary people in the city have gone from being terrified at the beginning to taking it for granted now.

However, the stability of public sentiment had little effect; only the nobles and soldiers in the city knew the extent of the pressure they were under.

"It's time to make a move..."

Rosen's divine consciousness descended into Palius's body, taking advantage of the Duke of Golden Oak's renewed slumber to invade his dreams.

When the Duke of Golden Oak is asleep, he usually consciously emptys his mind and enters a deep hibernation.

However, this time, the divine consciousness of the Duke of Golden Oak was forcibly awakened after entering deep hibernation, and then pulled into the original nightmare divine kingdom space of Little Dragon Girl. Of course, what was pulled away was not the divine origin, but only a trace of divine consciousness.

The entire process was carried out with extreme care, and any abnormality would result in immediate termination.

"Are you the King of the Holy Grail?"

Duke Golden Oak asked in surprise when he saw Rosen appear in his dream.

"I've come to persuade you to surrender."

Rosen got straight to the point, “Everyone in Oak City can migrate to the Holy Grail Kingdom at any time. You can choose to bring your people to join the Holy Grail Kingdom and become a duke loyal to me, or you can watch your people fall into monsters and be buried with the Lionheart King you are loyal to.”

"Can you really defeat Lionheart?"

After a moment of silence, the Duke of Golden Oak asked seriously.

Rosen knew that the Duke of Golden Oak was tempted. In the end, there was not much loyalty between the Lionheart and the Duke of Golden Oak. The Duke of Golden Oak certainly did not want to see his people turned into monsters by the Fallen Scholars, but he cared more about his own life or death.

In the heart of the Duke of Golden Oak, he always came first, Palius second, and his family third.

As for Richard the Lionheart, he would probably be ranked behind several other princes.

Therefore, as long as he can convince the Duke of Golden Oak that he is confident of victory in his war against the Lionheart.

Therefore, turning the Duke of Golden Oak to defect is simply a matter of course.

Ultimately, it was Lionheart's poor performance that led to the Duke of Golden Oak's defection. If Lionheart hadn't held out for two years in Lionheart City, hadn't ordered the release of the Fallen Scholar at the last moment, and hadn't been asleep for over 20,000 years, the chances of him being turned would have been extremely slim.

However, unless one is a die-hard fanatic, they will gradually develop ulterior motives as the situation changes.

In his dream, Rosen summoned the Miracle Stone Man and his virtual butler.

Two great true gods, plus the king who is also equivalent to a great true god, that's a total of three great true gods in terms of combat power.

Duke Golden Oak immediately knelt on one knee to pledge his loyalty to Rosen, not only offering information on the weaknesses of Lionheart City but also suggesting that he could help persuade other Golden Dukes to surrender, so that they could take down Lionheart City in no time.

In less than half a month, five of the six Golden Dukes of the Golden Lion Kingdom had defected.

In the end, only one remained loyal to the Golden Lion Kingdom, while the other Golden Dukes, knowing their enemy well, didn't even consider trying to turn them against their own side.

Almost simultaneously on this day, the defensive barriers of the four walls of Lionheart City collapsed at the same time.

Because four Golden Dukes, along with their trusted followers, destroyed some of the key magic towers.
The city's defensive barrier collapsed, and the well-prepared Holy Grail Legion stormed into the city.

Lionheart, who only then realized the betrayal of the five Golden Dukes, wanted to stop them, but it was too late.

He could only order a few princes to hold off the rebellious Golden Duke, and then lead the Lionheart Knights, composed of two thousand knights of divine bloodline, and an elite force of one thousand divine priests, to abandon the Lionheart Royal City and break through the encirclement.

However, leaving is not so easy; Rosen's siege of the area for more than two years was not a waste of time.

Maintaining such a large-scale time acceleration requires an astonishing amount of resources. The resources consumed by time acceleration over two years could have nurtured several True Gods. The real purpose of time acceleration was not to weaken Lionheart City, but to set up a magic array to trap and kill Lionheart City.

At this moment, spatial traps in the void were activated one after another, forming a spatial sealing formation.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change; even a great god cannot break out in a short time.

Rosen's Root Sequence instantly simulates the Fearless Warrior Sequence, a very special warrior sequence. Normally, it stacks defense to the extreme, and then completely abandons all defense at critical moments to convert it into double damage. The stronger the defense, the stronger the damage.

However, sacrificing defense completely also means being extremely fragile, making it easy to die together with the enemy.

Rosen did not refine any defensive extraordinary artifacts because his defenses all came from the body of an ancient god. His body was formed from the divine realm, the dragon realm, and Seven's divine kingdom. In terms of pure defense, he was in no way inferior to immortal gods and demons.

At this moment, all defenses are converted into double damage, and his burst of power far surpasses that of the Great True God.

At this moment, Rosen's Royal Sword slashed down, tearing through all of Lionheart's counterattacks and defenses and beheading him. However, in the next instant, Lionheart's injuries were completely healed, and in his place, countless citizens of Lionheart City were instantly beheaded.

Although Lionheart doesn't have the Holy Grail Crown to lock his health, he can still transfer damage through the King Sequence.

However, after several relocations, less than 60% of the population of Lionheart City remained.

After Rosen's first decapitation, he followed up with two more, leaving headless corpses scattered throughout Lionheart City. Lionheart was forced to transfer the damage to his soldiers, but they could not withstand the subsequent attacks and could only prolong their lives.

Lionheart never expected that the Holy Grail King's damage would be this strong.

Just then, King Lionheart noticed that Rosen's right hand, which was holding the sword, was injured.

He offered no effective counterattack, and the King of the Grail was injured himself?

This means that the destructive power unleashed by the Grail King exceeded the limits of his own body, and that the Grail King's defense was far less terrifying than the damage. Having been driven to the brink, the Lionheart King did not hesitate to fight to the death.

Lionheart's armor expanded on his body, blocking Rosen's sword at the cost of complete destruction.

The Lionheart King's immortal lionheart self-destructed, and the bloodline power accumulated within it by the Golden Lion family over generations was completely burned, granting the Lionheart King the power of a great true god peak for a short time. He then poured all of this power into the Lionheart Holy Sword in his hand.

Finally, the Lionheart used a forbidden ability of the King Sequence to enhance himself at the cost of all his subjects.

All the nobles and soldiers in Lionheart City who were still loyal to the Golden Lion Kingdom were instantly turned into mummies by the flame of civilization. Then the flame of civilization was injected into Lionheart King's body and ignited him as well. At this moment, Lionheart King had already faintly surpassed the Great True God.

Even though it's not as powerful as immortal gods and demons, Yinglong at its peak was about this level.

Although it can only be maintained for a very short time, the remnants of civilization will inevitably backfire and lead to certain death.

But Lionheart was confident that he could drag the Grail King down with him.

He will still have a final trick up his sleeve, leaving him the chance to reincarnate and rebuild the Golden Lion Kingdom.

Both sides completely abandoned their defenses. Rosen's Royal Sword and Lionheart Sword clashed repeatedly, and wounds piercing through their divine bodies appeared on both of them. Their left arms, which were not wielding swords, were destroyed. In the end, they both beheaded each other and perished together.

Lionheart looked at Rosen with resentment as his last vestiges of divine body were burned to ashes by the flames of civilization.

Although Rosen's divine body was also incomplete and tattered, the Holy Grail Crown had locked away the last bit of his life essence, and his eternal divine status was something that Lionheart could not destroy. At this moment, he deactivated the simulated fearless warrior, and his injuries began to slowly heal little by little.

He must dispel the royal laws that bind the wounds in order to fully heal all the injuries.

This is difficult for others, but easy for Rosen.

Because he transformed into the Lionheart in the blink of an eye, not only his divine essence, but also the extraordinary power and bloodline he possessed were exactly the same as the Lionheart's, which drove the Lionheart, whose soul and divine essence were collapsing, to despair.

Rosen seized the Lionheart King's divine essence and then forcibly refined the flame of civilization with the flame of miracles.

Even with the exact same divine origin, he forcibly took control of the Lionheart's divine status, forcibly searched for the Lionheart's memories, took the divine status into the mysterious study to isolate the King's Game, and used the Omniscient Demon Eye to explore the Lionheart's deepest hidden secrets.

(End of this chapter)