BXBX NOVEL Chapter 262: Die With Glory!
A huge admin-made passage was formed in front of the imperial palace. The person coming out of the gate was neither Ariel nor the army he would bring with him.
A beautiful woman with snow-white pupils, hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows resembling moonlight, facial features that looked as if they were drawn by Chaos, and a snow-white dress that revealed her body contours came out of the gate.
No one knew who this woman was, but she calmly gave a firm order, "Call me James." Then, she was taken to the throne room of the palace with Cordelia\'s help.
This woman in white sat on the throne in the throne room and waited for James to arrive.
James was soon awakened and learnt that someone had come to visit him. Immediately after tidying himself up and organising his inventory, he carefully entered the throne room.
When he looked at the woman sitting on the throne with his eyes wide open, the nobles in the hall were astonished that James was so surprised.
Cordelia was about to speak when James\' voice was heard:
"What an honour it is to see you here, Lady of the Moon."
With those words, every noble and bodyguard from the Sun Empire was as surprised as James himself.
"You seem to know this lady, Umbra," Cordelia suddenly said, and James, hearing this, said, "Pay your respects, Cordelia. This is Selene, daughter of Hyperion, whom you worship."
Hearing those words, every single Mountain Empire noble and imperial family suddenly fell to their knees.
As each noble was worrying about how disrespectful they might have been, Selene\'s voice was heard:
"Greetings from my father and mother, dear James, and from Nemesis, who seems to have missed you already."
James smiled when he heard the words of Selene sitting on the throne opposite him and then scratched his head and said, "I miss my beloved wife too, Lady Selene. Since they sent you here, my request must have been fulfilled, you must be the one to guard the imperial palace, Lady of the Moon."
"My father, Hyperion, obviously wanted to come himself just to fight by your side, but you know, the stronger you are, the more punishment you get, and even though I am quite strong, I cannot even get into the first hundred gods or goddesses, which means that I am the one who will fulfil your wish."
When Selene uttered these words, she rose from her throne carefully descended the stairs and bowed to James as if she were bowing to a king.
After this, Cordelia and the members of the imperial family looked at James as if he were mad.
The influence James had over the holy beings was thus clearly demonstrated. Of course, he was no god, but the fact that he was Desmond\'s descendant was enough for Selene, she had seen what James had tried to do so far, which meant that James had managed to earn the respect of Selene, the Lady of the Moon.
"I see you\'re looking after the boots, as well as the knife," Selene suddenly said, and James smiled as he heard these words and said, "Of course, they are among the most valuable things I own."
After these events, voices were heard rising from outside the palace, and the attention of James and Selene and every person in the hall was directed to the sounds outside.
James could hear the shouting of a few people among these voices, or rather, it would be more natural to say \'talking very loudly\' instead of shouting.
When James and Selene left the palace, they met Ariel.
"Selene, this is Ariel, my precious mother, and Ariel, this is Selene, the Lady of the Moon," James suddenly said.
Ariel shook her head at these words and looked at Selene and questioned, "The Goddess?" When Selene nodded her head in response to this question, Ariel turned to James next to her and added to her own question, "Not like Nemesis, I mean, she\'s a real goddess."
James raised his hand and said, "Well, that\'s rude, Nemesis is the most perfect goddess in my eyes." Ariel grabbed his cheek and then said, "You know what I\'m trying to say, shut up."
"Ouch! Let me go woman!" said James suddenly and with that Ariel let go of the little boy.
James frowned as he rubbed his cheek and asked, "Did you bring everyone?"
At James\' question, Ariel brought two index fingers to her mouth and then whistled. As the gigantic sound echoed through the sky, several gateways opened behind her.
Hundreds of people began to emerge from the passageways, at first hundreds, then thousands.
Dature and Aether stood before each one. At last, the imperial family of the Sun Empire appeared, and the huge army they had brought with them. The streets of the imperial capital were packed to their narrowest points with soldiers and priests of the Sun Empire and the Church of Night.
Cordelia glanced at the imperial family and then swallowed to speak.
At that moment, the imperial family of the Sun Empire and the high officials of the Church of Night fell to their knees.
"My lord, your orders," said Ahil, the emperor of the Sun Empire.
Every single person present was surprised by what had happened, everyone had already realised that James, or rather Umbra, was a different person than he appeared, but first to bring a goddess to the empire with only one request, and then to lay before himself an army that had already exceeded about six hundred thousand.
In a word, this was something that should be applauded.
Not only the Sun Empire, but many hunter guilds and guilds from the 5th floor had begun to follow James and even worship him, and on top of that, there were soldiers from dozens of kingdoms who came from the 5th floor just because James called them.
The prevention of the danger on this floor would be not only in the Cultivators who owned the floor but also in James and the six armies under his command.
Sun Empire army, Church of Night army, White Empire army, Asgard army, Olympus army and Ice army from the floor mission.
Six armies, over six hundred thousand soldiers, over a hundred commanders, the general of the Chaos Guild and the king of Chaos Guild at their head.
James had taken a few steps when he saw this army number. Aura and mana filled his throat and vocal cords, and then he began to speak:
"My honoured soldiers! You are gathered here today because I, your lord, and your future friends need you. The gods and goddesses are watching over us, we are desperate for their help, but we are monsters, humans and other races, climbing all the floors as if they were ladders."
"The lives of our friends are at stake, this entire floor is in danger, death will occur across four continents, and here we are following in the footsteps of our ancestors, my ancestor! My ancestor fought for the freedom of the humans, but I am in favour of fighting on behalf of all the people of the tower, all those who have been oppressed and killed. There is no way we can stay where we are with ancient demons roaming around, it is simply IMPOSSIBLE!"
James\' shouts could be heard by all. War cries rang out from even the farthest reaches of the massive army that had filled the imperial capital.
"Your bones will break! Your lungs will be ripped out! Your hearts and bodies will be torn apart, but what we will win in the end will be the prayers of billions of creatures, the honour of your families and the hundreds of stories your children and brothers and sisters will hear about you!!!!"
The battle cry grew louder with each passing second, with each passing second the pounding of footsteps on the ground, the pounding of armoured knights and warriors against their armour could be heard by all.
"Remember! No matter what race your blood belongs to, you have the blood of a warrior. Elf, dwarf, pixie, goblin, half-human, half-demon, human, or whatever race you are, fight on until you die or crush all your enemies!"
He paused for a few seconds after these words and listened to the sounds of war cries:
"UUAGGHGHHHHH!!!
"DEATH!!"
"DEATH TO THE DEMONS!!!!!!!"
Hundreds of war cries rose into the sky, at that moment James realised that the last word had to be said and shouted:
"Live with honour!!!"
As soon as he said these words, a shout came from the whole army:
"DIE WITH GLORY!!!!!!"