Tale of Discovery

Chapter 211: God King vs Human Emperor ; Humiliation

So, this guy is an emperor, huh? He does give out the aura of someone with power, but I wasn't sure until Kirche identified him.

"Your woman?" Albrecht responds while furrowing his brows, "Are you the king that she is going to marry?"

"That's right," I respond while beaming a smile.

Upon seeing my attitude, his expression sinks as he threateningly questions, "Do you believe you would stand a chance against Germania?

The smile on my face immediately washes off as I coldly glare at him and state, "If I willed it, your Empire would fall in days."

Usually, one would take such words as a bluff. However, this isn't the case for Albrecht.

Undoubtedly, he can discern between bluff and certainty being an emperor and all.

His gaze turns cold as he asks, "What makes you so sure that you could achieve that?"

"Well," I say as a grin forms on my lips, "for starters, I'm not mortal."

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"Henrietta," I call out to the newly-crowned queen who is still at the balcony she gave her speech.

"Victor!" she exclaims while turning toward me with a bright smile on her pink lips.

I approach her and tightly embrace her for a few seconds before stepping back and saying, "The others are resting in the guest room, including Louise."

Her smile grows as she excitedly says, "Then, let's go there immediately."

"Hold on a moment," I say before turning around and exclaiming, "Don't you think that it's about time you revealed yourself?"

The next moment, a tear seems to form in the space near us before a certain black-haired man walks out.

"I can see that you possess some kills," he says.

All color seems to drain from Henrietta's face as she mutters, "Emperor Albrecht."

"Looks like you recognize me, Queen Henrietta," Albrecht says in a cold tone as he peers into her eyes.

"I came over from far away to such an important ceremony, only to hear your plans about marrying a new king. Your cousin, nevertheless."

"You better shut that mouth of yours," I say while forming several light spears in the air, "lest you want to experience what it's like to be penetrated by light."

"Hey, Victor! What's going on?!" Henrietta hurriedly questions with a panicked expression.

Before I can say anything as a response, several water blades get released in my direction.

Unflinching, I directly form a wall of earth to block the attack before leaping into the air.

A startled look appears on Albrecht's face as he watches me fly over to him.

I shortly find myself right in front of the man who is in the middle of chanting a spell. Wasting no time, I directly throw a jab at his face.

Before my fist can contact his face, a semi-invisible layer of energy appears before them, resulting in a loud booming noise as a force pushes Albrecht back a few steps.

Intrigued, I observe Albrecht, only to find one of the rings on his hands dissolve into nothing.

"That must've been a strong artifact to counter my power," I proclaim while nodding with a smile on my lips.

"Strong?" he says in an agitated tone, "That ring was a legendary item said to withstand a god's power."

"No wonder," I respond, "Unfortunately for you, I'm no mere god."

Upon hearing this, a doubtful expression appears on Albrecht's face, but that doesn't last long as I appear right in front of him and knee his crotch with just enough force to smash his pelvis while keeping on the ground.

Albrecht straight away falls to his knees as he clutches at the around his shattered jewels with an expression of pure agony on his face.

Soon, he begins to throw up before groaning very loudly.

"Victor!" Henrietta calls out as she watches me approach him with a cold smile on my lips.

I crouch down beside him and ask, "Does it hurt?"

Unable to express his fury, Albrecht grunts a few times in a manner that indicates he wants to kill me.

Truly, foolish. I did warn I wasn't mortal.

Grabbing his nape, I lift him before hurling him off the balcony.

Before Henrietta can say anything, I turn to face her while raising my right arm before saying, "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."

Henrietta remains silent for a few seconds before she nods her head and says, "Be careful."

Nodding my head, I jump off the balcony to where Albrecht landed.

"Hey, that's King Wales! Is he the one who did this?"

"Impossible," someone responds, "that person on the ground is Emperor Albrecht."

"No, no, no. Look at how he is approaching him."

Most of the earlier crowd has dispersed, giving me enough space to do whatever I wish to do.

First, let's make sure that this much is deemed to be a fair one by the populace.

As such, I gift immortality to Albrecht.

Shortly, Albrecht's injuries heal as he rises to his feet with a distraught look on his face.

"What did you do?" he questions.

"Healed you," I respond while smiling.

"Why?"

"To bring you even more pain."

As Albrecht's widen, I slowly float into the air and shout while amplifying my voice, "Citizens of Tristania. As many of you can tell, I'm Wales Tudor, King of Albion."

The crowd around us goes silent as they all focus on me and what I have to say. That's not all, as more citizens begin to make their way to the area.

"This man before me is none other than the Emperor of Germania. He has appeared to lay his hands on my bride-to-be, claiming that she is rightfully his."

A few seconds later, the crowd bursts into a fit of rage as they begin to pour more fuel on the fire by calling the emperor out on various things. Most of which I highly doubt are real.

"You coward," Albrecht exclaims as he pulls out a rather long wand and points it at the sky.

"Appel!"

The next moment, a bolt of light is released from the tip of the wand as it soars to the sky and explodes.

Intrigued by why he would do this, I patiently wait for something to happen, only to realize that several figures are rushing toward this area at an incredible speed.

Half-a-minute later, a brown-haired man carrying a talwar appears with a desolate expression on his face.

"You're dead," Albrecht says as he points the wand at me.

"Is that so?" I say while grinning.

"Huh?" a confused voice escapes mouth upon hearing my response.

The man carrying a talwar pushes the crowd apart as he runs over to me with his weapon raised.

Once the man is a meter away from me, ready to strike, he is hurled into the air by a lethal kick from a quick blurry figure.

"Saturnus," I say, "there are more of them."

"Yes, Master," she responds before walking past the emperor without sparing him a glance.

Saturnus' sudden appearance seemed to have riled the crowd up as they've all begun cheering while shouting praises to me.

"Now, now," I say while scratching the back of my head, "let's see what you got, emperor."

Toward the end of my statement, I emphasized the word emperor, causing the expression on his face to turn grim.

"It seems like I underestimated you," he says in a serene tone.

"You just realize?!" I exclaim dubiously, "What the heck were you expecting from someone who easily conquered a kingdom in a few days after reclaiming his power?"

Albrecht's expression remains grim as he says, "You're right. I should've thought about this more."

Ugh. What's with this guy? Is he seriously an emperor? How did he even successfully inherit the kingdom? Where there no other candidates or something? Hold on. What if the other heirs were just as bad?

Germania is screwed.

As if sensing my thoughts, Albrecht's expression takes a turn for the worst as he bellows, "Don't think for a moment that you've won!"

Seriously? Whatever, as long as he fights me.

Albrecht raises his wand once more while he begins chanting a spell for a few seconds before a hot magic circle forms below my feet.

The next moment, the crowd begins to scream as scorching flames escape from below my feet and cover my body.

Naturally, before the flames can so much damage my clothes, I use pyrokinesis to extinguish them.

The victorious smile on Albrecht's face freezes as he watches me walk out of the flames, unharmed.

"This should be enough," I mutter while looking over at the grown crowd.

Raising my arm, I utilize Holy Slash to chop Albrecht's legs off from the knees.

I approach his fallen body before crouching and placing my palm against his back and using Alchemy: Corporikinesis.

My vision shifts to a colorful one as I began to reform several sections of Albrecht's body while ignoring his cries of distress.

Soon, I nod with a satisfied expression on my face.

Getting up from the ground, I walk a few steps back before raising my arm.

The next moment, before the curious eyes of the citizen, purple flames escape from my palm and engulf Albrecht.

As a response to my actions, several gasps escape from the crowd's mouth as they begin to mutter among themselves.

That doesn't last long, as the queer flames disappear, revealing nothing but the naked body of Albrecht as he motionlessly lies on the ground.

The legs that were chopped off are nowhere to be seen while new ones have grown in their places.

"It's a miracle!" someone exclaims.

"Those flames healed the emperor!" another one shouts while pointing at Albrecht.

Such statements are spouted by the crowd as they compliment my capabilities and express their opinion on how suitable I am for their queen.

The motionless Albrecht suddenly twitches before he tries his best to get up from the ground with a wrathful expression plastered to his face.

"WALES TUDOR!" he bellows as hard as he can while raising his arms.

He takes a moment to cast a spell, but to his horror, nothing happens.

"My magic," he mutters while looking at his hands.

Suddenly, a man exclaims, "Look! The emperor's body! It has..."

His words trail off, as he rubs his eyes in disbelief.

Hearing this, Albrecht looks down, only to find two moderate mounds on his chest.

"Albrecht," I proclaim loudly, causing the former man to look up with a disoriented look on his face, "For laying your eyes upon my woman and treating her as an object, you shall experience what it's like to be a woman."

The crowd goes silent as Albrecht gawks at me disbelievingly.

"Worry not!" I continue with a bright smile on my face, "Your body is that of a virgin, so you won't miss out on anything."

A few seconds pass with no one uttering a single word before something seems to break within Albrecht as she slowly turns around and begins to trod away.

Shortly, she breaks into a run and speeds away from this place while shrieking.