As a glorious marquis, he was among the upper echelons of Evernight. It was rather embarrassing that it would take eight of him to cause trouble for Qianye. After all, Qianye was just a vice-duke and some distance away from the next rank.

Qianye wasn’t bluffing, though. It had long been known that he had no fear of group attacks and group battles. The combination of Spatial Flash and his destructive killing blows was a nightmare to many lower-ranking enemies.

Margo’s awkwardness only appeared for a moment before he regained his calm. “Sire, rest assured. I’ll be back.”

Qianye was a bit surprised. “Is my side that good?”

“There’s nothing good at the moment, but you’re the biggest reason.”

Margo’s face was beyond thick, so much so that the other divine champions had to admit they were inferior.

Qianye arranged for an airship to take the prisoners back to the Empire and then to Fort Continent. There were tens of thousands of captives but only a few hundred Imperial escorts. The one actually responsible was Tatumu.

And after finding out that they could redeem themselves after reaching Fort Continent,...