When Albion saw Empress Una leaving the palace alone, he found it strange that she did not have anyone else with her.
In that split second, he decided to tail her quietly to see if it would lead him to unexpected surprises.
And voila, she did not disappoint him.
"Your Majesty, who is this elf? Is he an enemy?" the high-ranking subordinate inquired as he subconsciously took a defensive stance like the empress.
Several dozens of n more gathered with vigilant looks.
"Yes, and a powerful one at that—Too powerful, in fact. Stand down, all of you. None of you are his opponent, and neither am I," Empress Una stated before asking Albion, "Is there no chance for us to reconcile?"
"You should have prepared for a day like this when you turned away from my side that day like the other generals," Albion calmly said.
"I had no choice. Of the four generals, I had authority over the core of the Ashura Group at HQ, but our combat power was also the weakest among the four. Sothing wrong obviously happened to Boss that day. Otherwise, Boss wouldn't have disappeared for two years."
"If I hadn't left early that day to secure the core of Ashura Group for myself, I wouldn't have survived until today. The other ambitious generals would have wrestled away the core power and killed . Even Polemos, who is currently serving you, is not as loyal as you think, Boss."
Empress Una appeared pitiful as she explained her difficulty.
"Kek, no need to try and earn my sympathy," Albion snickered amusedly and said indifferently, "In the end, you were only looking out for yourself. If you had a shred of loyalty, you would have looked for ."
He naturally understood the truth behind Polemos.
However, the importance was never whether he was truly loyal, but whether he could be used—which was different for the other three generals who did not even try to contact him.
Suddenly, Albion's gaze sharpened as he gave Empress Una a hard look.
"After learning of my return, you did not co to greet but ran into hiding, looking for ways to grow stronger and confront instead. Even now, you tried to run away and have not paid your respects to the one who raised you."
It was clear that Empress Una did not feel indebted with gratitude to the Dark Emperor, but Albion did not feel surprised at this.
The Dark Emperor only viewed the four generals as tools for his goal and raised them in order to achieve it.
Since no feelings went into them, it would be strange for them to return any feelings back.
"I…"
Empress Una was unable to refute.
"Your Majesty, this person is… the big boss, Boss Asura?" asked the high-ranking subordinate beside Empress Una.
Although it was plainly obvious from the words exchanged between the two people, the high-ranking subordinate still sought Empress Una's confirmation.
At the sa ti, all the mbers of the Asura Group beca nervous at the realization of Albion's identity.
"Let ask all of you this! Where does your loyalty lie?!" asked Albion after sweeping everyone a sharp look.
However, everyone hesitated to respond, which also didn't surprise him.
"And there you have it. Even my n have completely beco your people," Albion stated before asking indifferently, "What other excuses do you have?"
None.
Empress Una had nothing else to say.
The only reason none of them attacked was that they understood the absolute difference in their strengths.
Fighting the Dark Lord was a fruitless endeavor.
Even so, they could not just do nothing and accept their deaths. There had to be sothing that they could do to get out of the current situation!
Think, think!
Empress Una gritted her teeth and roared, "If you're already determined to kill us, then just do it! Why waste so much ti on nonsense?!"
"Kill you? Ha!" Albion chuckled coldly before he said, "I didn't raise you just so that I could kill you. That would be too easy on you! No, I have better plans for you!"
Ding!
Shortly after exchanging divine energy to learn the Blood Enslavent Technique to the Interdiate-level instantly, Albion unsealed his cultivation and pointed his finger and Empress Una.
A thin line made of divine energy imdiately slit the tip of his finger before a drop of blood carrying his will shot into Empress Una's head and mixed with her soul.
Like an illusion, it appeared and vanished instantly.
Empress Una could not evade Albion's drop of blood at all, and only felt sothing entering her mind.
"What did you do to ?"
"Sothing that the Dark Emperor should have done long ago."
Everyone was puzzled by Albion's choice of words, but they didn't have ti to ponder as Albion proceeded to explain.
"What I used on was called the Blood Enslavent. Since you had no ans of defending against it, you are a slave to my blood. Therefore, if I wish for it, I can easily erase your soul with but a snap of my fingers."
But obviously, he was not going to do that.
The Blood Enslavent Technique allowed him to create blood slaves out of other beings by binding his blood to their souls.
This allows him to monitor all their thoughts and actions, but ultimately control their life and death.
With a single thought, he could detonate the blood and destroy their souls forever without a chance to reincarnate.
"Blood Enslavent Technique? Why would you use sothing like this on ?" Empress Una frowned with clenched fists.
She had never heard of such a technique before, but it doesn't seem like a good situation for her to be in.
"I need whetstones to sharpen my subordinates with the hopes that one of them will eventually grow strong enough to slay you with their own capability and beco one of my new generals," Albion stated calmly.
There were many considerations before he made this choice.
The Four Emperors were ultimately world leaders in the present age, each with vast support, resources, and responsibilities.
He could kill them all, but it would plunge the world into chaos, leaving Earth with little ans to resist the apocalypse.
Thus, he will raise his own people to take their places.
However, he also understood that whetstones could easily ruin the blades if left unchecked, so they needed to be controlled.
"Isn't this great? You don't have to die yet," Albion smiled and said, "Continue to struggle for my amusent. I'll be watching your every move."
Alas, his smile was no different from a devil's smile, making Empress Una's heart turn cold and her skin crawling with chills.
She could not feel any joy in being spared temporarily.
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