Chapter 269: The Tower of Dawn (3)
Chapter 269: The Tower of Dawn (3)
A beautiful woman, staff in hand, appeared atop the replica tower."Elezar..." Diogres stared at her, his gaze filled with incomprehension.
Why on earth was she doing this to him? What kind of resentment could she possibly harbor? It wasn’t simply that he felt wronged. He genuinely couldn’t understand the reason behind her action.
They didn’t have a bad relationship. They hadn’t been political rivals. In fact, they’d barely interacted at all. No matter how much he racked his brain, he couldn’t think of a single thing Elezar stood to gain from this.
That was precisely why he hadn’t reacted right away when the accusations began. Before he knew it, things had spiraled to this point.
He had heard the rumors long ago. The empire, specifically Elezar and Dreltein, was accusing him of being a cult leader. He had merely scoffed and dismissed it at the time. Who would believe such a blatant, absurd fabrication?
He muttered, "I thought it was just another pitiful trick by those cultists..."
What made even less sense to him was the woman herself, watching him from afar with complete detachment. Her face held no emotion. There was no hostility, no murderous intent. He couldn’t even see the will to fight. It was as if she were simply performing a task.
"Diogres Kolon..." Elezar raised her staff, the Platinum Queen, above her head. "Please wait just a moment. I’ll be calling for you soon."
Diogres responded in kind, raising Dawnshroud Staff into the air. Vast torrents of magical power poured from the Tower of Dawn and the replica Platinum Tower, wrapping around the two of them. Invisible currents began to surge outward, spiraling violently around the two archmages.
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The sky turned crimson. "I am the one who melts the heavens and lets them flow..."