Crossing The Sea

As the Sacred Tree cabinet hushed down in the face of the Emperor’s outburst, the Minister of War spoke out, “If the Church of Glory does not appear, I fear we have no chances of winning.”

“An entire empire can’t beat a single lord?!” the northern duke started howling again. He would lose more than half his territory if this went through, which was why his resistance was so vigorous. However, he quickly swallowed his outburst and shut up, his head creaking as he looked down in disbelief just in time to see the Emperor twisting a dagger to rip his heart.

“You aren’t a lord of the Sacred Tree any longer, the Empire’s strength does not concern you,” the Emperor said coldly, prompting a bulging-eyed glare and a frothy mouthful of blood from...