203: annihilation

Of course, this is assuming he does not use any pay-to-win items; if Arthur were willing to use a forbidden curse scroll, he could crush any Legendary Expert easily.

Since his own strength could not be improved for the time being, Arthur did not want to waste any more time!

"Victor, Melita, the rest is up to you!"

Victor, a Mid-stage Legend knight, and Melita, a Late Stage Legend mage—dealing with Terry was more than enough!

In less than three minutes, Terry was killed!

After the battle ended, Arthur did not bother handling the bodies of Felipe and his group; he just slashed them a few times, turning them into mincemeat.

Then, he collected their space rings, armor, and weapons.

The reason he did not thoroughly dispose of the bodies was that Arthur felt there was no need to bother!

Since Felipe had brought two Legendary Experts from the Heine Kingdom to ambush him, there must be others in the Heine Kingdom who knew about this!

After all, those two Legendary Experts could not be commanded at will by Felipe, the First Prince, so he must have requested permission!

Especially the Heine Kingdom's royal family; if they did not see Felipe and the others for a few days, they would immediately guess that something had happened.

By then, the primary suspect would be Arthur!

Conflict between the two sides was inevitable, so it did not matter whether Arthur handled the bodies thoroughly or not. Since that was the case, he would not waste the effort!

Even though Arthur had already killed two Legendary Experts from the Heine Kingdom, the remaining eight Legendary Experts were not to be underestimated; they were still top-tier among the various kingdoms.

If a war were to break out with the Heine Kingdom, the Lionheart Kingdom would certainly have to reveal many of its trump cards to avoid losing.

Given that, in order not to expose the secrets of the Lionheart Kingdom, Arthur decided to strike first!

Thinking of this, Arthur took out his magic communicator and called the Silver Dragon Fiore.

After briefly explaining what had happened, he instructed:

"Tonight, you and the five Silver Dragons under your command should pay a visit to the Heine Kingdom. Find any excuse and wipe them out!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, wait for my good news!"

Just like that, the fate of the Heine Kingdom was sealed!

After arranging everything, Arthur finally turned his attention to the few space rings he had just acquired!

He scanned them and found nothing of great value, except for a top-tier Legendary-grade armor that Arthur could replicate later; the rest of the items were nothing special.

Of course, the 1.5 billion gold coins inside, while not unique, were still useful to Arthur, so he took them.

Then, he tossed the space rings to Victor, Karona, and the others: "These are your spoils of war too. Split the remaining items among yourselves!"

Arthur had only taken the cash and one piece of armor; the remaining items in those space rings were worth at least nearly 5 billion gold coins.

Not to mention the nearly 2 billion worth of items Felipe had bought at the auction, the two deceased Legendary Experts alone were worth at least 3 billion.

With so many items, if Karona and the other four split them, each person would get 1 billion.

So, after receiving the rings, whether it was The three women—Karona and the others—or Victor and Melita, all of their faces lit up with bright smiles!

With the spoils from the space rings, if they saw something they liked in the future, they could just buy it themselves without needing Arthur to pay!

With the spoils distributed, Arthur looked up and saw the magic barrier he had cast before the battle began.

If left alone, the magic barrier would only disappear after a day! Leaving it here was a bit conspicuous.

The Silver Dragons would not act until nightfall, so before then, it was best not to let the Heine Kingdom get any concrete news, to avoid them causing any trouble!

The magic barrier was cast by Arthur, and he held control over it. Thinking of this, Arthur proactively controlled the magic barrier and made it dissipate on its own!

Having resolved everything, Arthur and his group continued on their journey, as if nothing had happened before.

...

On the side of the Heine Kingdom, they did not notice anything wrong at first, because they all believed that with two Legendary Experts taking action, success was guaranteed.

Furthermore, from the place where Arthur and Felipe fought to the Heine Kingdom, it would take even a Legendary Expert half a day to travel.

But as time passed and evening arrived, Felipe's mother, the Queen of the Heine Kingdom, worried about her son, tried to contact him using her magic communicator and discovered that no one was answering, which made her panic.

At first, she thought it was a problem with the communicator. She immediately switched to another one to call, but still, no one answered!

Even the communicators of the other two Legendary Experts were also not being answered.

Only then did this mother finally confirm that her son, Felipe, had met with an accident!

Such terrible news did not make the Queen lose her composure; instead, she immediately notified the King and the six Legendary Old Ancestors.

Whether it was the fall of Felipe, the kingdom's Genius, or the passing of two Legendary Experts, it was no small matter for the Heine Kingdom.

Soon, the most important members of the Heine Kingdom's royal family gathered together. In a secret chamber within the palace, the King, the Queen, and the remaining six Legendary Experts gathered! (There were two other Legendary Experts who were dukes and did not come!)

In the heavy atmosphere, an old man who looked extremely aged, with skin that was somewhat wrinkled, spoke up!

"The King and Queen should be the most knowledgeable about Felipe's operation this time. Now that such a major incident has occurred, do you have an explanation!"

The Heine Kingdom had been founded for nearly three thousand years, and because this old man had an Elf Bloodline in his body, he had protected the Heine Kingdom for nearly two thousand years, which was twice as long as the thousand-year lifespan of an average Human Legend.

It was precisely because of this long passage of time that as the Old Ancestor of the Heine Kingdom, he had almost stopped managing affairs! Therefore, he was not familiar with the current King and Queen of the Heine Kingdom. This could be seen from how he addressed them, calling them simply 'King' and 'Queen'.

On the other side, regarding the Old Ancestor's inquiry, the King and Queen dared not delay and hurriedly replied:

"Reporting to the Old Ancestor, Felipe gave us a report before his operation.

According to him, the immortality potion that was supposed to be in our grasp was bid on by Arthur, the King of the Lionheart Kingdom!

The immortality potion concerns our kingdom's marriage alliance with Duke Pavel of the Thunder Empire, so we must obtain it.

And that Arthur is just a Puppet, so he is of no consequence.

But Arthur had a Legendary Expert from the Lionheart Kingdom accompanying him, and to avoid offending that Legendary Expert and incurring too deep a grudge with the Lionheart Kingdom,

Felipe reported this to us and requested to send another Legendary Expert over, which we agreed to!

And the time for their operation was set for today, but now there is no response.

According to my speculation, there are two possibilities.

First, the strength of Arthur and his group is not as Felipe investigated, with only one Legendary Expert.

Second is that Arthur and his group possess trump cards that we cannot imagine!

In any case, this matter has to do with Arthur! After all, under normal circumstances, with two Legendary Experts accompanying him, the probability of Felipe meeting with an accident in the Continent of Gods is too small!"