Chapter 173

173 Dust Settled?

The dust settled and the verdicts were passed, although Gelacimus’s appearance turned the tide and the internal strife was resolved quickly by iron fist rules and commands, the danger from outside the nation was still looming.

Gelacimus looked at the general with one hand and asked, “What is the status of the borderline with Valkyrians?”

The general lowed his head and replied, “The army was withdrawn from those areas earlier, and now that things have changed the forces are being redeployed. It will take them two days to reach the border.”

Although the general was spared and allowed to keep his life, his status was slightly higher than the maids in the palace. The old man shook his head in exasperation. He said, “Nothing else can be done to correct this mistake. The second princess, step forward.”

Ashlyn was shocked, but she still reacted and stepped forward. Gelacimus looked at her and said with a soft tone, “Although you are young, and you may have a lot to learn, you are still the blood of the royal family. With your elder sister married to the Lumen empire, you are the only one to the throne that can be passed down. I only hope that you are wiser in your choices and know what to do and what not to do.”

Ashlyn nodded stiffly, and the old man passed the seal of the king to her, and then the clone faded away slowly after casting a gaze on all the courtiers, silently warning them to act in line, or they will pay the price. At least for a few years, none of the courtiers will have a design over the throne.

Valerian looked at all this and nodded, a new ruler with new energy will stabilize the situation very quickly. Although the coronation was yet to be held, but the impact of Ashlyn’s presence could not be neglected. An old loyalist stepped forward and said, “Your Excellency, please ascend to the throne.”

Ashlyn was flustered and following the lead of the old minister, almost everyone stood up and asked the new empress to ascend to the throne. The girl cast a gaze at Valerian, who nodded, assuring her that it was alright to sit down on the big chair.

After taking a few deep breaths the girl walked up and sat down on the throne, at this moment an unknown energy gushed into her body. She sensed her body strengthening and the mana inside her body seemed to have become more familiar. She was surprised and wanted to stand up but her body did not listen to her commands, watching her flustered expression, the old minister said, “Your Excellency, this is the baptism of the Imperial Throne. Calm down and let it happen.”

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Finally, when Ashlyn heard this, she took control of her emotions and calmed down. The courtroom was silent. Ignis looked at Valerian and asked with signs, ‘Damn this was too shocking.’

Valerian rolled his eyes at him and said, ‘If this was shocking then you might piss your pants if you knew what that old man really does.’

Ignis did not mind his rudeness and asked, ‘What does he do? Tell me, Val.’

Valerian shook his head and said, ‘You do not qualify to know such secrets.’

This made Ignis even more curious, but he did not push further, because he knew that Valerian will not tell him anything even if he danced naked in front of him. The eldest prince of the Lumen Empire shook his head and lamented over why this silver-headed boy was so close to his mother and sister.

Valerian cast a gaze at the Valkyrian soldier lying at General Un’s feet. He said, “Will you tell me who helped you get inside the palace, or shall I cut it out of you?”

The soldier spat a mouthful of saliva on the floor and said, “Do you think that I, a berserker will be scared of pain? Do what you may, but you will gain nothing from me.”

Valerian nodded and gestured for the general to take his foot away from the person below and looking at Fortuna, he silently cast the earth bind spell. He made it look like the magical beast beside him cast the spell. It was a clever method to guard his secret. Fortuna did not mind this, after all, her highness did not want to do such menial things.

Valerian walked to the side of the soldier in front of the courtiers and then he took a knife from his side and opened the soft armor slowly. He was silent as the wind and his gaze was indifferent. Many people were wary of this young guy, after all, it was his entry into the scene that changed the situation in favor of the Lumen empire.

Valerian did not mind anything and when the soldier laid bareback in front of him, the young man slowly made two cuts along the spinal cord of the person, making him wince a bit. The soldier did not make much of it and said, “You call this torture?”

Then he laughed out loud, the courtiers also thought that Valerian did not know anything about torture, and one of them even wanted to step forward to help when the seemingly innocent child said, “Oh, well the torture has yet to begin. Have you heard what the ancient method called the blood eagle?”

The court descended into silence, and the law enforcement courtier from the side stood up from the shock. His action caught the attention of everyone and Valerian said, “Sir, have you heard of this method?”

The man nodded hesitantly, and with a smile, the young prince of Lumen asked, “Can you please tell the others what it is about?”

This shocked the man but given the identity of the other party and the fact that he might be involved in saving the Sapientia nation from disgracing itself, he hesitated. Suddenly a voice sounded, “Officer Dante, you may speak what you know.”

The voice belonged to Ashlyn, her baptism has come to an end, and she wanted to know what could this guy do. Dante nodded and said, “Yes, Your Excellency.”

He took a deep breath and said, “In ancient times, there was a tribe called the savages. They did not believe in magic or blessings and were very upright about their feelings, whether it was hatred or love. It is said that their lives were filled with blood, liquor, and lust. These people hated betrayals.

In a book, it is mentioned that if a person decided to betray the savages, then they must make sure none of them survives, or he dies before they catch him. If they catch the traitors, they used to punish them with cruel methods. One such method is the blood eagle method.

They believe since the traitor decided to fly away, then they shall make him an eagle. They would cut the back of the traitor, and then they would cut off all the ribs attached to the spine while the victim was awake and aware. After they were done cutting, they will turn the bones in a manner that looked like crooked wings. Then they will remove the lungs from the body.”

The courtroom was silent as the people who imagined this scene had goosebumps at this moment a shriek echoed, they looked at the center of the Courtroom and found Valerian had begun cutting the ribs of the soldiers. The scene was extremely gory and filled with blood. Ashlyn had a pale face, she did not expect this guy to be so bloodthirsty.

Valerian was simply looking like a demon, he stopped when the soldier shrieked and said with a helpless tone, “Can you stop moving? If I cut up any organ of yours you will suffer more pain.”

The soldier finally realized what a devil was, and what was pain. Just when he was hoping to die faster, the same calm voice sounded in his ears, “Do not worry, I will only cut your bones, then cast a magic spell to heal you, and then cut them again, as for the blood loss, umm, Sapientia is a big nation, they will have enough herbs to make up for that. I think we can continue this for a week. What do you say?”

The soldier and the rest of the people shivered, some even cast a gaze at Ignis, who was gazing at the engraved ceiling, acting as if he did not know Valerian at all. The soldier knew that he will not be able to take this pain for long. He shook his head and said, “I will tell you, I will tell you everything, just give me a quick death you devil.”

Valerian chuckled and said, “Hahaha, see you are not that tough either, why did you play so much, now.”

His voice turned cold and asked, “Who helped you get in, from the time you infiltrated the border to the time you were posted in the courtroom, do not miss out on anyone, also tell me if you have other kinsmen involved, also, if you lied, I will know.”

The soldier nodded and began to utter everything in front of the whole court and the people acted. Just when things were about to settle down, a soldier rushed into the courtroom and knelt on the ground as he said, “Your Highness, sorry, Your Excellency, the Valkyrians have attacked, Pinola city is under siege.”

BOOM!

The bomb was dropped on the Sapientian court.