Chapter 354: A Terrifying Existence
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Michael covered his face; it looked as if he was angry seeing a group of weak people.
Michael bit his lips; he hoped he could carry out his attack on the nobles in front of him.
Michael knew the nobles looked at him with a sharp look; that’s why he really didn’t like them.
“Get rid of your eyes from me. If you dare to look at me, don’t expect you to leave here in a state of life.”
The nobles ignored him; they endlessly intimidated the figure of Michael.
The angel Michael fits his tongue; he knows the nobles are trash.
“A weak people… people like you should…” Michael turned his back, and he realized the presence of a terrible creature.
Michael sharpened his gaze; he saw dozens of figures from the Demon Race.
Michael initially thought they were enemies, but he remembered Noah had controlled the demons.
Demon Emperor stood on Michael’s side; he was seen supporting Michael.
“The Emperor from the human empire, how are you? You look good.”
Emperor Helmes sighed; he did not expect the demon to appear before him.
Emperor Helmes showed his depressed face; he had no intention of fighting against the Demon Emperor.
“Demon Emperor… I don’t remember. I’ve been looking for a problem with you. What makes you hostile to me?”
The Demon Emperor could not hold back his smile. He remembered how Noah gave him his orders.
“Ha ha ha. The problem of my lord is my problem. And you dare to progress it, of course, I will side with him.”
Emperor Helmes clenched his fist, hoping he could beat up the figure of the Demon Emperor.
But Emperor Helmes knew the Demon Emperor was strong, and he had now become a terrible creature.
“Isn’t this interesting? What are you going to do, Helmes? Are you going back?” Noah asked, his voice echoed to reach the entire empire.
Noah did not lower his arrogance; he looked as if he enjoyed what happened.
“You’re damn boy… are you not satisfied after killing half a million of my troops? What do you want to do again!”
Noah chuckled; he understood the purpose of Helmes’s words.
“Ha ha ha…! I see your son is fine. Can I kill him?”
Some veins were seen in the head of Helmes; he was very angry at Noah’s words.
Noah looked at Albert’s figure; he saw him now completely changed.
Albert, who is now different from himself in his past, showed his fat stomach.
Noah shook his head; he knew that Albert was not worthy of inheriting the throne from Helmes.
“Ck! Father! Do we have to do it? We will kill them all!”
Helmes held his son; he did not want his son to be provoked by his emotions.
“I’m sorry, the God Almighty. I came to congratulate you. How can we look for problems with your followers?”
“Heh? That’s a good word, but… Helmes, I should advise you to give your son’s life.”
Helmes could not show his expression; his eyes looked very sharp.
Helmes stared down, and he saw the figure of Noah staring at him with a smile.
Helmes bluffed his teeth; he knew Noah couldn’t let his son live.
“Damn! I’ll use it! Boy! You will regret it!” Helmes showed the rune stone in his hand; it seemed as if he was going to carry out his attack.
Noah narrowed his eyes. He knew that Rune was not an ordinary rune.
Noah disappeared from his place; he was now seen holding the rune.
Helmes was surprised; he asked how it was possible that Noah could win the object.
“Return that! You won’t be able to use it!”
“Shut up. I want to ask where you got it? How can you have this stone in your hands?”
Helmes did not answer; he felt his body now experiencing paralysis.
Noah looked at the rune; he looked as if he wanted to check the depth of the rune.
Noah widened his eyes; he saw the function of the Rune unconsciously active.
Noah put his tongue; he, without hesitation, showed the form of his dragon.
Noah is now seen floating in the sky, and the size is no different from a dragon measuring 10 thousand meters.
Over time, the sound of a very terrible explosion hit the throne.
Noah saw that he managed to throw the rune until he reached the end of the solar system; he could not hold back his pleasure.
Noah sighed; he did not expect the rune from Helmes to be a trap rune.
Noah returned in his human form, and he was seen strangling Helmes’s neck.
“Tell me! Who gave you that rune?! You must know it is a planet-destroyer rune!”
Helmes couldn’t open his mouth; he seemed not to believe what had happened.
“Impossible… How could that be an explosion? What’s true… Ah!” Helmes screamed in pain; he felt all the organs of his body had suffered damage.
Helmes’s eyes drained his blood; he asked how he could be trapped by that person.
“This is not an ordinary barrier… I have to free him from that. Don’t die first, I still need you.” Noah stopped his finger; he was seen focusing his god’s energy on Helmes.
Noah drowned in Helmes’s subconscious. He saw some chains curbing him.
Noah tried to free Helmes from the chain, but he felt his rejection.
Noah did not let him; he, without hesitation, showed the power of his deprivation.
“You’re a disgusting creature, get out of here!”
Crack!—
When the chain experienced a crack, Noah thought he had won.
But unfortunately, Noah could not help but experience his problems; he saw some red fragments entering his soul.
Suddenly, someone’s voice was heard, it was a full voice of a threatening tone.
“Your soul will be destroyed as time goes by. This is a payment you help with that piece.”
“Who’re you? What is the reason you snatched it?”
“…” The creature disappeared; he ignored Noah’s question.
Noah fell slightly from his place; he saw his soul experiencing his pain.
Noah looked at his body, and he saw that he had been completely damaged.
Noah focused on his healing; he hoped that the power of his deprivation could help him.
“Ugh… What exactly did the creature do? He really managed to trap me.” Noah rubbed his forehead; he had now fully woken up from his fainting.
Noah looked at the side of Helmes’s troops, and he saw them showing their worries.
“There’s no way… if only that exploded here… wasn’t that going to destroy the whole world? What is His Majesty thinking?” The nobles from the human empire panicked. They remember how the previous explosion occurred.
The nobles from the Human Empire wanted to surrender; they knew Noah had saved them.
“We gave up…”
Noah did not say a word; he endured the pain in his soul.
Noah looked back at Helmes. He saw that he had fully regained his consciousness.
Noah let go of Helmes; he saw Helmes eliminate his hostility.
“You saved me… why did you do it?”
“That’s because you are an important figure of the human empire. I don’t want humanity to be divided backwards.”
Helmes patted his face; he did not expect he would trap Noah into his problem.
Emperor Helmes bowed his body; he hoped that Noah could forgive him.
“Please forgive me! I’m so sorry for what happened!”
Noah looked at Helmes, not long after that, he looked back at Albert’s figure.
“You know, right? My initial offer is still valid. Will you be able to do it?”
“I…”
“Father! What are you doing?! This is the time for us to do our attack! He is now injured!”
Helmes became very upset; his gaze was on his son.
Helmes did not understand that his son was stupid; he didn’t realize what was happening.
“Shut up, the boy! Who do you think is wrong?! If it wasn’t for you working with that person, do you think we would be trapped in this situation?!”
Albert was surprised; he did not expect his father to snap him very hard.
But Albert didn’t care; he really didn’t want to let Noah live forever.
“Father, you disappointed me… You don’t deserve to be a leader. I want you to die!”
Spurt!—
Helmes did not hold back anymore; he seemed unable to fix the side of his son.
Helmes killed his son; he did not want to bring destruction into his empire.
“Father… you…”
“I’m sorry, son, but this is all for the world. Dad just can’t hold it anymore. I hope you are given a decent life.”
“Prince! He… he died?”
Noah nodded with satisfaction; he was happy to see Helmes kill his son using both hands.
Noah patted his hands; he did not expect Helmes to listen to his intention.
If Helmes did not do it, Noah would certainly kill him without hesitation.
“Good, good. Helmes, you don’t disappoint me. Starting today, you’re part of the Holy Empire’s faction. I hope we can work together.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, I, Helmes, will forever be with you. And for the problem that happened…” Helmes looked at Warren and his father, he saw them as if they were his enemies.
Helmes raised his hand, and he, without hesitation, killed the figure of Warren and his father.
Slash!—
“Mr. Leonard! He died! What did His Majesty think?! How can he kill his loyal assistant? He’s crazy!” Murmured the nobles from the human empire, they asked whether their master had gone crazy.
The nobles from the human empire respected Leonard and his son, but their master killed both of them.
Helmes gave his orders; he wanted all the human empire to submit to Noah.
“Stop talking bullshit. From now on, we are part of Lord Noah’s faction. I want you to think of it as your new master.”
“We… we understand.” The nobles surrendered; they knew that the commands from their master were true.
The nobles saw that they had now lost, and they intended to surrender to Noah.
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- Chapter 228 228: The Assassins
- Chapter 227 227: Couple
- Chapter 226 226: Prince Noah
- Chapter 225 225: Engagement
- Chapter 224: Perspective
- Chapter 223: Celebration
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- Chapter 221 221: Virgin
- Chapter 220 220: Midnight
- Chapter 219 219: The defeat of the hero
- Chapter 218 218: The first!
- Chapter 217 217: Contract with the demon
- Chapter 216 216: Stupid!
- Chapter 215 215: Fifth-rank
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- Chapter 200 200: Future vision?
- Chapter 199 199: Finally!
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- Chapter 196 196: Really?
- Chapter 195 195: Young master!
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- Chapter 193 193: Emma?
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- Chapter 187 187: Goodbye...
- Chapter 186 186: Hopeless
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- Chapter 181 181: Eyes of Annihilation
- Chapter 180 180: Demon Emperor...
- Chapter 179 179: Don't give up!
- Chapter 178 178: Very lucky!
- Chapter 177 177: Hypocritical!
- Chapter 176: The strongest?
- Chapter 175 175: Monster?
- Chapter 174 174: True Form
- Chapter 173 173: Are you serious?
- Chapter 172 172: Forbidden Prince
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- Chapter 170 170: Unpredictable woman
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- Chapter 166 166: Demon?
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- Chapter 149: Demi-human
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- Chapter 146: Star Transformation
- Chapter 145: Not too close
- Chapter 144: Hero’s Destiny
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- Chapter 139: Aisha...
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- Chapter 135: Holy Knights
- Chapter 134: Lilith?
- Chapter 133: Demon realm
- Chapter 132: Mr. Noah?
- Chapter 131: Sacred Tree
- Chapter 130: Second place
- Chapter 129: We meet again
- Chapter 128: Possessive?
- Chapter 127: Did I get caught?
- Chapter 126: Human or demon?
- Chapter 125: Friendship?
- Chapter 124: Hidden goal
- Chapter 123: Demon Cell Corrosion
- Chapter 122: Fight against one of the 72 Pillars of Demons
- Chapter 121: Demonic Pillars
- Chapter 120: Demon race attack 3
- Chapter 119: Demon race attack 2
- Chapter 118: Demon race attack 1
- Chapter 117: Discrepancy
- Chapter 116: Ambush
- Chapter 115: Arrangement
- Chapter 114: Green talent
- Chapter 113: Afterlife
- Chapter 112: Ancient Bone
- Chapter 111: Teamwork
- Chapter 110: Run?
- Chapter 109: Moon Sword
- Chapter 108: Minotaur
- Chapter 107: Snare 2
- Chapter 106: Snare
- Chapter 105: Class hunt
- Chapter 104: All-out fight
- Chapter 103: Fourth rank monster
- Chapter 102: Cooperate
- Chapter 101: The Hunt Event Begins
- Chapter 100: Lost my first kiss
- Chapter 99: The Seven Deadly Sins
- Chapter 98: Lust
- Chapter 97: Gifts on the cheek
- Chapter 96: Dating
- Chapter 95: Two perverted couples
- Chapter 94: Slave?
- Chapter 93: A Dog?
- Chapter 92: Second-rank spells
- Chapter 91: Breakthrough
- Chapter 90: Hunting Event
- Chapter 89: Impossible!
- Chapter 88: Law
- Chapter 87: Liliana?
- Chapter 86: Conflict between classes
- Chapter 85: Divine Path
- Chapter 84: Believe in yourself
- Chapter 83: Magic spell
- Chapter 82: Student Council
- Chapter 81: First class
- Chapter 80: Another option
- Chapter 79: Dormitory
- Chapter 78: After a long time
- Chapter 77: New friends
- Chapter 76: Special administration
- Chapter 75: The power of hero
- Chapter 74: Final attack
- Chapter 73: Physical strength
- Chapter 72: Team up
- Chapter 71: Entrance examination
- Chapter 70: Lunar Academy
- Chapter 69: New identity
- Chapter 68: Advanced stage
- Chapter 67: Empire
- Chapter 66: Beyond the limit
- Chapter 65: Disappeared...!
- Chapter 64: Request
- Chapter 63: A mission
- Chapter 62: Assassin
- Chapter 61: Offer
- Chapter 60: Saintess
- Chapter 59: Hunger
- Chapter 58: Be caught
- Chapter 57: New journey
- Chapter 56: Red talent
- Chapter 55: Mysterious item
- Chapter 54: Dead?
- Chapter 53: Illusion 2
- Chapter 52: Illusion
- Chapter 51 - 10 years later
- Chapter 50: Secret?
- Chapter 49: Farmer?
- Chapter 48: Without talent
- Chapter 47: What?
- Chapter 46: Fate?
- Chapter 45: Expectation?
- Chapter 44: Hero?
- Chapter 43: What i done?
- Chapter 42: Regret
- Chapter 41: Why is all this happening to me?
- Chapter 40: Whose fault?
- Chapter 39: Evan Asford
- Chapter 38: Role change
- Chapter 37: The beginning of everything
- Chapter 36: A mother’s sacrifice
- Chapter 35: Trash man
- Chapter 34: Disappointment
- Chapter 33: Broken relationship 3
- Chapter 32: Broken relationship 2
- Chapter 31: Broken relationship
- Chapter 30: Trap
- Chapter 29: Goodbye
- Chapter 28: Expectation
- Chapter 27: Church messenger
- Chapter 26: Before incident 3
- Chapter 25: Before incident 2
- Chapter 24: Before incident
- Chapter 23: Silence
- Chapter 22: Found out?
- Chapter 21: Heir
- Chapter 20: Who are you?
- Chapter 19: Helpless
- Chapter 18: Before leaving 3
- Chapter 17: Before leaving 2
- Chapter 16: Before leaving
- Chapter 15: Weakness
- Chapter 14: Sadness
- Chapter 13: The love of a family
- Chapter 12: Unexpected fact
- Chapter 11: Profound Knight
- Chapter 10: Blaine empire
- Chapter 9: Innate stage
- Chapter 8: Trauma in a previous life
- Chapter 7: The protagonist’s kindness
- Chapter 6: The protagonist?
- Chapter 5: Jealous?
- Chapter 4: Weak?
- Chapter 3: Side character?
- Chapter 2: Second life
- Chapter 1: Unfairness