Myles nodded. He understood now. If he brought all of his knights to fight against their masters, the result would be clear.

In the end, he could only sigh helplessly, knowing he would be the one to deal with their masters soon.

Or better, utilize the elements of surprise that the knight had advantage to fight against their masters or convince them to become his followers.

After Myles contemplated for a while, he said, “It’s clear now who we will be targeting.”

The Commander of the Veil Stalker nodded, while the Commander of the Eidolon Sentinels was confused. He did not have a clear idea of who the Emperor wanted to target.

However, Myles said, “It’s the Vault Judicators.”

To combat against the Oblivion Wardens, Myles believed using the Vault Judicators would definitely be a better choice to be his ally.

If it was the Oblivion Wardens… No, he doesn’t have a plan to use the Oblivion Wardens against the Vault Judicators.

He doesn’t have a plan to obliterate his useful followers.

Myles glanced at the Commander of the Veil Stalkers and said, “Go there and wait for me.”

The Commander of the Veil Stalker nodded and bowed deeply. He said, “Understood, Emperor.”

He vanished.

Myles and the Commander of the Eidolon Sentinels were left alone, leaving the latter to wonder what the Emperor would instruct him to do.

Myles said, “You, on the other hand, will distract the other knights. Do you know which knights are still awake during this hour?”

The Commander of the Eidolon Sentinels thought for a while and replied, “I’m not sure, Emperor. There might not be. After all, day classes are important and sleep is as important as day classes, too.”

Myles nodded. “Alright. Then, stay here and wait until dawn. Make sure to observe other knights and await my orders.”

With that, Myles vanished, leaving the Commander of the Eidolon Sentinels to ponder about what to do for the next hours.

…

Myles had ordered the knight captain of the Veil Stalker to lead him the way to the room of the Vault Judicators.

When he arrived, he saw white-robed knights wearing white gloves sleeping peacefully.

In total, there were seventeen of them, which was already quite a lot.

He saw there were only three of them on the Common Demon Rank and the rest were at the Greater Demon Rank.

Three of them were actually at the Greater Demon Rank 4 while the Commander was solely on the Greater Demon Rank 3.

Myles thought. They focused on quality more than quantity, huh?

After all, most of the Common Demon Rank they had were already at the Common Demon Rank 1, with one of them about to break through.

Myles didn’t dilly dally anymore and started with the weakest among them.

It only took him a minute to make him submit to him.

Afterwards, Myles read his status and discovered he had indeed learned three demonic martial arts.

Myles couldn’t help but compare them to the brand templars and realized they were still vastly different.

When it came to being efficient in subduing others, the Vault Judicators would come out on top, but when it came to forcing them to submit to the will of their ruler, then it would be the Brand Templar’s specialization.

Of course, when it came to being both, they couldn’t compare to Myles, not even for a bit.

Myles spent an hour subduing every Vault Judicator until it was the Commander’s turn.

This time, Myles was cautious. He swiftly locked the Commander’s movements with his sovereign of the black webs and marked him with the Command Brand.

It went well as the Commander became his followers before the Command Brand could fully manifest.

Myles was supposed to be delighted, but he was actually speechless.

I thought they are more loyal than others to the Demon King, why did they get subdued easily?

Curious, after all the Vault Judicators took a formation and kneeled with one knee in front of him, he asked, “Why have you decided to follow me?”

The Commander of the Vault Judicator instantly replied, “Because it’s inevitable.”

Myles frowned. That was then he realized that the Command Brand would force them to be his followers anyway. That was why, a second later before the Command Brand could fully manifest, they gave up any resistance and finally submitted to him.

Myles had completely forgotten about it. After all, he thought that the Vault Judicators would be willing to die to the Demon King of Nhar’zorath… perhaps, he would, but they would certainly not die and became Myles’ followers in the end the moment they got subdued.

Myles sighed. He couldn’t help but be worried about the idea of someone having the same powers as him and slowly taking his followers one by one.

He glanced at the Commander of the Vault Judicators and asked, “I’m about to convert all the Oblivion Wardens. Is there anything about them you want to inform me about beforehand?”

The Commander of the Vault Judicators was silent for a while and shook his head.

He said, “If you did the same thing to them, you’ll easily be able to convert them, Emperor.

Furthermore, you’ve made the right choice. Once we go to war with other knights, with us, we can easily help you convert them.”

Myles nodded.

He said, “The chances of going to war with them are low if I keep my pace. I’m only worried about knights in the Crown of Ash, but I believe it will be easier if they will be the last knight race I’ll convert and subdued.”

The Commander of the Vault Judicators couldn’t help but praise the Emperor. “You’re astute, Emperor.”

Myles shrugged. “Save the praise later. What you have to do is to distract the other knights for I will not take a rest in converting the others. Wait until dawn.

The Crown of Velvet, Chains, and next, the Silent Vault, have converted to me. The Veil Stalkers, too.

Don’t chat with them about me. Continue to act like nothing happened.”

Without waiting for his respond, Myles already left and followed the knight captain of the Veil Stalkers, who led the room of the Oblivion Wardens…

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