Rise of the Legendary Emperor

The night rolled over bringing a threat of a storm. The clear blue sky was now transformed into an ocean of blackness. Glittering stars illuminated the moonless, black sky as if to remind us that even in darkness there is still light. A cool breeze swept the still crowded streets of the Lake-town. Owls swept silently overhead. Even shadows were swallowed by the encroaching darkness.

"Father, mother, how are you doing in the sky?"

Sparkling tears rolled down Lia's cheeks, but she forced herself not to let them fall. She was curling into a ball like an abandoned little girl and watching the sky. Her delicate figure caused one to be unable to refrain from pampering her.

At this time, a pair of rough but warm hands patted her shoulders.

"Don't cry anymore Lia, if your family is still here, they won't wish for you to be so sad"

Lia's eyes were filled with grief, fear, and anger.

It was too much to endure for a young girl like her.

House Dante was destroyed overnight, and her entire family was massacred by the House Morisse and even the old man Fin died protecting her. He knew that no one would have killed her but they would have made her a slave and turned her life into a living hell.

It was obvious that a beautiful delicate girl and an heir to a big family like her had never experienced the harsh reality of this world and grew protected and loved by everyone around her.

"I'm fine, young master"

She immediately wiped the tears off her face and forced a smile. She was sitting on the ground in front of the bed while Knight sat on the bed and put his sword on the bed as he sighed.

"Your family had the book of ark, did you at least build one ship utilizing the book?"

Ken told him that in his time, they had a powerful air and naval fleet, and all of them were built researching the scrolls left by the ancients. And according to him, they had to piece together many scrolls and use their own knowledge to build ancient ships and even those were not as powerful as the ones used by the ancients. However, Lia's family had the diary which contained the full blueprints of the accents ships and yet they were massacred overnight, so it didn't take a genius to figure out that they didn't build a ship.

"Our ancestor forbade us to build, young master, he said that a killing machine like that shouldn't exist "

Hearing her, he frowned and asked

"No offense to your ancestor, then why the fuck did he created the book of arc and endangered his family, it's just dumb"

Usually, she would have become furious if someone disrespected her ancestor but now, what the young master said made sense.

"Lia, in this world, you have to utilize every opportunity to become stronger, you can be either a predator or prey. A single ancient ship would have destroyed House Morisse and saved your family"

"Now it's too late, I lost everyone and everything I loved"

She avoided direct eye contact with him as she sobbed.

"Do you have a family, young master?"

She asked with a low voice

"A few years ago all I had was my brother but now we have people to call family, I will do anything to keep them safe and you are going to help me protect my family "

Just as he said this, Lia slowly turned her head and looked at him perplexed.

"Young master...I..."

"You can build ships and we are going to build not just any ships but ancient warships using the book of ark"

When she heard his plan, she unconsciously touched her space ring and held her hands against her chest fearing he would take it.

"You don't have to fear me, Lia if I wanted to take the book from you I wouldn't have saved you and promised the old man that I will keep you safe"

Lia couldn't find any ill intentions in his eyes and she knew what he just said was true.

"I want you to help us on your own accord, I won't force you to"

He went with his guts that told him that this girl is too valuable and a great asset when they start building warships, after all, they couldn't depend on Ken for everything.

"Think about it and get some sleep, you need it. You can take the bed, I'll meditate here"

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"Formation!"

At the moment in Agoria, Vivian was standing in front of three hundred recruits in black leather armor. Hearing her order, they formed a perfect military formation.

After hours of harsh training, the amateur youngsters had reached the first step of being full-fledged soldiers.

"You have now completed your first phase of the training and you're now officially the police force of Everlight"

Vivian paused for a moment and stared at the proud faces of the youngsters in front of her. They stood chest puffed up and head held high.

"You will now directly work under me and after the coronation ceremony that coming in two days from now, you'll swear your loyalty to Everlight and will be taken to Everlight to enhance your cultivation, until then, enjoy your new armor"

CLAPS!!!

The moment she finished her speech, the thunder clasp like claps reverberated the area. Among the recruits who were celebrating this event, Taylor and his friends were searching for the white lady of death, Lady Adria because along with Nanbu, she also trained them and her training was the most intense schedule in their training phase.

But after seeing more and more black-armored guards coming to Agoria and increasing the guards in Agoria, Taylor guessed that she was busy with the coronation ceremony.

"Lady Vivian, is it okay to hold a coronation ceremony without "

Nanbu silent asked Vivian as she sighed

"General Knight's order Nanbu, we have to root the water spirit and hold the ceremony, but don't worry, I trust General Knight, he will bring him back. Come on, we have a missing person to find"

"Lady Vivian, Nanbu"

When they returned to the castle from the training ground, they saw Kayako was waiting for them with a vial of black potion in her hands.

"You brewed it, well done, Kayako"

Kayako carefully handed over the vial to Vivian while Nanbu looked at the potion and scratched the back of his head.

"Lady Vivian, what is this potion?"

"Yes, what is this potion, Lady Vivian? I've never brewed such a complicated potion in my life"

"This my friends, is the ghost breathe, it's better to see it in action than me explaining it," She said and put her hand on her ear

"Nicolas, where is Grey?"

"She'll be there in a second, mother"

Just as he said, a small vibration surfaced and then, Grey appeared before them.

"Oh, you're here, where are the cubs?"

"They are with Amaryll and Arrora"

They all slowly nodded with sadness and thanked the cubs for staying with the two girls. The four of them didn't know Don like Amaryll and Arrora as they were with him the longest, so they were devastated by his loss.

"Come on, let's go"

The four of them exited the castle through the main entrance and saw the carriage and twenty black-armored guards waiting for them.

"Next stop, Virnam"

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(The next day)

"Welcome to Luther and Granner, my ladies, my lord"

The new salesgirl of Luther and Granner quickly came out of the store and welcomed them with a wide grin. After the new King took the throne from King Hedor, the day-to-day life of the citizens was greatly improved and even though he killed many nobles during Heaven's gate execution, he also created many opportunities for the remaining nobles. Moreover, the roads were fixed and became safe again due to the black-armored guards' action against the bandits, so the number of merchants coming to Emir was increased.

And all of this played a big part in their sales, so the management of Luther and Granner was very happy to give her a raise, hence she was delighted to see the ladies and lords from the king's circle coming to the store. By the looks of the fancy carriage and the clothes of the ladies, the salesgirl knew that they were important figures of the kingdom.

"Wow! What a majestic magical beast"

The girl thought as she stared at the white tiger walking with them.

"Show us the third trial room, young lady"

Nanbu said in a firm tone.

"Follow...follow me, my lord"

"Secure the parameter, don't let anyone enter the store"

Vivian ordered the black-armored men before entering the store.

"Leave!"

When she entered the store, there were a couple of noble ladies who were checking out the clothes in the store but when they heard Vivian, they immediately left the store.

"My lady, this is the trial room three"

After a few minutes, they reached the third trial room and the salesgirl quickly opened the room.

The trial room was a small room fitted with spotless mirrors and to the naked eyes, there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Let's see what this room is hiding"

As she said, she opened the vial and poured the black liquid on the floor. Everyone was looking at the black liquid and expecting it to do something and just like they expected, slowly but steadily,the black liquid was absorbed into ground as a white smoke emerged from the ground.

"Grey"

Vivian looked at Grey as she stepped forward and deeply inhaled the white smoke.

"Grey, can you follow the scent?"

"Of course I can"

The sales girl's heart skipped a beat when Grey talked and started to shiver.She had never imagined the tiger is a grandmaster level beast that could communicate like humans and mere thought of her standing beside one sent a chill up in her spine.

"Follow me"

Grey said and followed the scent as everyone walked behind her.

None of them spoke a word while following Grey and after fifteen to twenty minutes of following her, they came in front of an old house in a village.

"The trail ends here but the scent is too strong here than the store"

Grey said and stopped walking.

"Soldiers, surround the house"