Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 394 Fourteen Emperors and the Struggle for Empire
Chapter 393

In the mysterious study, Rosen, with the help of his omniscient magic eye, surveys the continent of kings from a god-like perspective.

Today, the King's Continent is in ruins. Except for the core area, which remains intact, the outer areas have been ravaged by the fierce battles of dozens of kingdoms. At first, the King's Game could repair it, but now it has given up on repairing all the damage.

This forced the remaining kings to continue their conquests in the void to protect their territories.

The four victors have now emerged: the Sky Empire, the Sword Empire, the Holy Spirit Empire, and the False Man Empire.

The Sky Empire was the first to be established because the Sky King's clones all voluntarily accepted their deaths.

The Sword Empire was born soon after, and no king could escape the crossbow bolt.

The Holy Spirit Empire is the most powerful of the four empires. It is a rare empire where divine authority is superior to royal authority. All the people in the entire empire are fanatical believers, and all the nobles are saints without exception.

It should be understood that saints are the most devout believers in God, and their thoughts and actions are all based on God as their primary concern.

Even if God tells a saint that an apple is an apple one moment and then immediately tells them that the apple is actually an orange, the saint will not have the slightest doubt, because God is absolutely infallible, and every saint's value to God is no less than that of a divine incarnation.

Generally speaking, a true god would be overjoyed if he could gain even one saint every ten thousand years.

However, the Holy Spirit Emperor of the Holy Spirit Empire had hundreds of thousands of saints under his command.

Other kingdoms gradually became empires by conquering other kingdoms, but the Holy Spirit Empire did not rely on any external forces. It simply relied on the devout prayers of countless saints to elevate the Holy Spirit Kingdom to the Holy Spirit Empire.

The last pseudo-empire, and this empire was also quite extraordinary.

From emperors to nobles and subjects, not a single one was human; they were all of a different race.

Countless alien races disguised themselves as humans through some unknown means, and then together formed the first pseudo-human kingdom.

If it weren't for the formidable opponent the Empire faced in its final ascension, the entire charade of the False Kingdom would never have been exposed.

Each of the four empires guarded its own territory, and on the war-torn continent of Kings, they slowly approached the core area from the void. Just as the last kingdom was destroyed by Rosen, he had already sensed the awakening of the emperors of the original nine empires.

Nine ancient empires, and five new empires.

In terms of numbers, even if the five newly formed empires joined forces, they would have no chance of winning.

The situation shouldn't have been like this. With a total of 112 kingdoms, at least ten or eight empires could have been created under normal circumstances.

Only five were established, entirely because these five empires were all extraordinary.

Rosen's Holy Grail Empire destroyed 31 kingdoms, kingdoms that should have given rise to at least two empires.

The remaining Sky Emperor, Sword Emperor, Holy Spirit Emperor, and False Human Emperor are all formidable figures. If the five parties were to join forces, they might be able to contend with the nine ancient empires. However, Rosen knew very well that the five newly formed empires could not possibly unite.

The Emperor, fearing him, would never conspire with him against a powerful enemy.

The Holy Spirit Emperor and the False Emperor seem to have a deep-seated grudge.

Needless to say, the Sky Emperor is always ready to stab someone in the back.

When Rosen stripped the three kings of the Black Iron, Silver, and Gold empires of their game privileges, he discovered that the emperor of one of the empires had also been replaced. He just didn't know whether this emperor or the Sky Emperor held the dominant position.

With the thirteen empires besides the Holy Grail Empire gathering at the core of the King's Continent, Rosen also made his appearance.

Although he continued to hide, these emperors could do nothing to him.

But they will definitely force them to join forces to drive him out of the game, preventing him from having the opportunity to continue destroying any empire.

Then all he could do was watch from the mysterious study as these empires grew fewer and stronger.

The Holy Grail Empire's territory was destroyed, but Rosen later occupied much of it when he destroyed the kingdom.

The new Holy Grail Empire territory was stripped of its seal by Rosen when the game permissions on the outskirts of the King's Continent were becoming increasingly weak.

At this moment, the Holy Grail Empire was no longer hiding, and the emperors of the other empires appeared in the skies above the empire.

Even if they are separated by tens of millions of miles, this distance does not affect the communication between the great true God.

The fourteen kings must have come up with a way to end the King's Game.

There was no need for discussion; Rosen already knew what the final outcome would be.

They are all empires, and even if there are differences in strength, the gap between them will not be too large.

The weakest empires worry about being targeted, while the strongest empires worry about being eliminated by other empires working together.

Once the war between fourteen empires breaks out, no one knows how many empires they will face.

Therefore, the best way is actually the simplest way: drawing lots.

Pairing up two empires eliminates the risk of being stabbed in the back, the weakness of the weaker unit against the strength of the strongest, and the fear that the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind. This is the fairest and least risky method.

However, this is only the most basic method; things would be different if seven winners were chosen.

Because the seven empires cannot be paired up, even if one is eliminated, the remaining three victors still cannot be paired up.

Therefore, when there are seven winners, three scenarios are possible.

The four strongest empires are eliminated by first removing the three weaker empires, thus pairing them up to determine the strongest empire.

Alternatively, the four weakest empires could join forces to eliminate the three strongest empires first.

The last possibility is a chaotic free-for-all, where there are no rules or boundaries whatsoever.

Sure enough, the debate lasted only a moment before the Sky Emperor made his suggestion.

"I propose we split into seven groups, with each group consisting of two empires, each fighting for survival based on their own abilities."

The Sky Emperor said confidently.

"That's a good suggestion, but to be fair, it's best to allocate them randomly."

"I agree. We'll talk about the rest later."

"I don't like this approach. When did the survival of an empire become so trivial?"

"Since there are objections, let's vote on it, and the minority shall obey the majority."

Of the fourteen emperors, some agreed with the Sky Emperor's proposal, while others voiced their opposition.

After all, not all emperors are confident that they are stronger than their opponents.

The voting results came out quickly: nine emperors voted in favor and five voted against.

Even if you're unwilling, you have no choice but to agree at this point.

However, all the emperors had different opinions on how to group the teams. They all wanted to do what was most advantageous to themselves and even considered cheating in secret. They all knew that matching the strongest with the weakest would greatly increase their chances of winning. They were all old rivals and knew to some extent who was stronger and who was weaker.

In the end, a vote was held to decide who would be paired based on the outcome of the battle between their respective divine avatars.

Each emperor's divine avatar must fight against the divine avatars of other emperors.

The seven players with the most wins will choose their opponents in order from among the seven losers.

On the surface, choosing the seven weakest among the seven strongest seems like a disadvantage. However, it's important to understand that a powerful divine avatar doesn't necessarily mean a powerful main body. The strength of a divine avatar often depends on how much the main body is willing to invest in it. If an emperor lacks confidence in the strength of his main body, he can choose to grant his divine avatars even greater power.

So this wasn't a solution that everyone was happy with, but the final vote still went in favor of the majority.

Upon seeing this result, apart from Rosen and the King of the Sky, the three newly born emperors all looked quite displeased.

Before becoming emperors, their avatars were a level weaker than those of the established emperors.

Therefore, in a contest of the power of divine avatars, they are naturally at a disadvantage.

However, there was no other way; going against the decisions of most emperors at such times would inevitably lead to a united attack.

After considering it, Rosen decided to send out the bronze dragon clone.

Because each person can only send out one divine avatar, and they must fight thirteen battles in a row.

If the previous opponents are severely injured, the opponent will inevitably be defeated when facing the next opponent.

Therefore, the ability to survive and the ability to fight a protracted war are even more important than individual combat strength.

The bronze dragon's avatar was merely a deity, while the avatars of other emperors were true gods.

Even the Sword Emperor is no exception; it is no easy task to cultivate an avatar to the same level as the original.

However, Rosen was not worried about the bronze dragon's avatar being defeated. Although this avatar was only a god, it possessed the Immortal Sequence and its divine strength was no less than that of a true god. Not to mention, he was able to give the ancient god's sacrificial artifact to the bronze dragon's avatar for temporary use.

If that's still not enough, the Hellfire Eye and the Wargame board can also be given to the Bronze Dragon clone.

If they still can't win, it's only possible if the other emperors' clones each possess several extraordinary artifacts of the level of immortal gods and demons.

Since each divine avatar has to fight thirteen battles in a row, there is no need to assign them.

The divine avatar of the Sky Emperor went directly to the divine avatar of Rosen.

Both sides retreated away from the core area of ​​the King's Continent and began to fight directly in the void without exchanging any words.

The bronze dragon's clone controls time and space, transforming into a dragon form and traveling through the void at faster-than-light speeds without ever stopping.

As time accelerated its flow, the spatial forces in its path were swept up by the spacetime domain, and in the blink of an eye, a spatial storm collapsed with the divine avatar of the Sky Emperor at its core, which then transformed into a spacetime black hole that shredded everything in its path.

The divine avatar of the Sky Emperor is also a winged being, who spreads his wings to cover the sky in the face of the approaching spacetime black hole.

Then, the wings that seemed to hang from the sky transformed into the sky itself, with countless stars falling from the heavens.

The moment these stars fell, they formed a magic circle, which forcefully disintegrated the spacetime black hole.

At this moment, the bronze dragon clone merged into the Hellish Eye in its right eye, instantly locking onto the Sky Emperor.

The void around the Sky Emperor was distorted, and he was about to be forcibly pulled into the remnants of Hell.

However, at this moment, the Sky Emperor and the Wings of the Sky had already become one with the Starry Sky Magic Array composed of countless stars.

Even for the Hellfire Eye, taking away the Sky Emperor would not be an easy task.

Seeing that he couldn't capture the Sky Emperor, Rosen immediately ignited the Hellfire.

In recent years, the fall of kingdoms and the deaths of trillions of lives at the hands of these emperors have left them with a vast and boundless karmic debt of bloodshed. Now, the hellfire ignites this karmic debt, and even the wings of the heavens are instantly set ablaze by the hellfire.

The Sky Emperor himself looked very grim; the Wings of Heaven were merely extraordinary artifacts of the level of a great true god.

The Holy Grail Emperor's clone must have just used an immortal, divine, or extraordinary artifact.

Continuing down this path would be a losing proposition, even though He was confident that sacrificing his clone would severely injure the Holy Grail Emperor's clone.

But this also means that He and Rosen will be at the bottom.

"I surrender."

The Sky Emperor said that he would personally rescue his clone.

Soon, the other emperors' clones also determined their victories, and Rosen preemptively attacked the other victor, the Judgment Emperor.

If he were even a little slow, the Sword Emperor would come looking for him.

The term "ruling emperor" sounds nice, but in reality, it's more accurate to describe him as an executioner emperor.

The laws of the entire Judgment Empire are extremely harsh; anyone who violates the law will be beheaded at the very least.

The Bronze Dragon's clones are fast, but the Judgment Emperor's divine magic is even faster.

In the instant of the battle, a noose appeared around the neck of the bronze dragon clone, and then a guillotine blade in the void severed the bronze dragon clone's head. However, the next moment, time reversed and all injuries were restored to their original state.

The bronze dragon clone charged headlong toward the Judgment Emperor, being executed along the way by various punishments.

However, no matter how cruel the punishment, even if all the dragon scales on his body were instantly peeled off and he was subjected to slow slicing, it could not stop the bronze dragon clone from recovering all its injuries in the next instant, which shocked all the emperors who saw it.

Mastering the laws of time can reverse injuries, but only if the injury itself does not contain any laws.

Otherwise, if the two laws interfere with each other, even reversing time will hardly dispel the hostile laws contained in the injury and allow for a complete recovery.

However, the Bronze Dragon's reversal of time was unaffected, indicating that the time laws he mastered had an overwhelming advantage over the execution laws of the Judgment Emperor, and that the Holy Grail Emperor's foundation was stronger than that of the Judgment Emperor.

The strength of a law is primarily related to innate factors; the law of time is certainly much stronger than the law of music.

Then, by understanding the existence of the laws, the strength of the divine origin determines the amplification of the laws.

Then there's the total amount of laws. A deity who controls the laws of music within a radius of 10,000 kilometers is certainly stronger than a true god who controls the laws of time within a radius of 1,000 kilometers. Therefore, the size of an empire's territory largely determines the extent of laws that an emperor can control.

Rosen's Holy Grail Empire territory is much smaller than that of the Judgment Empire.

However, he also possesses the Ancient God Realm, the Divine Domain, the divine body formed from the Dragon Realm, the War Chessboard, and the Miracle Divine Kingdom within the Eternal History Book. With control over so many powerful worlds, his mastery of the Time Law, after various enhancements and integrations, is naturally far stronger than that of the Judgment Emperor.

As the bronze dragon's clone drew closer, the Judgment Emperor, who was not skilled in close combat, decisively conceded defeat.

Rosen continued to avoid the Sword Emperor, prioritizing engagements with the clones of other emperors.

He wasn't aiming for first place, but at least he wanted to be in the top seven.

Otherwise, the Sword Emperor would definitely have chosen him first, as he is not yet confident of completely defeating the Sword Emperor.

Soon, thirteen battles came to an end, with Rosen winning eleven and losing two, placing him third.

Both matches ended in decisive defeat. The only one to win was the Sword Emperor, and the only one to lose to the Sword Emperor was the Holy Spirit Emperor. If the Sword Emperor relied on external forces such as the crossbow of the Immortal God and Demon level, the Holy Spirit Emperor relied on his absolutely dominant individual strength.

Of the top seven victors, four were newly emerged emperors, excluding the false emperors.

This made even the veteran emperors look rather grim, as they had underestimated the strength of these newcomers.

When it came time to choose an opponent for the national war, Rosen selected the Judgment Empire as his third choice.

Once selected, the Judgment Emperor immediately separated the Judgment Empire's territory from the King's Continent. Then, he and Rosen each manipulated their own imperial territories to move towards the outer perimeter of the King's Continent until they were completely far away from other empires before the territories of the two empires met in the void.

(End of this chapter)