Armipotent

Rosalie and Zowen did not mind waiting for another night. Both understood Zhang Mengyao's concern and followed the plan. The following night, Rosalie, Zowen, Areth, and Zaneos departed from the city from the closest gate to the Earth's territory, the north gate.

The street was quite empty at night, so the group managed to sneak out without being noticed. Rosalie, Zowen, and Zaneos were not aware of what the plan was. Lu An just gave them the route and the time they should leave. Wrath and Greed rested on Rosalie's shoulders. Both would be the guide to Tang Shaoyang.

After ten minutes of walking, the group arrived at the meeting point. Lu An said he would meet with Rosalie here, so the group was waiting for the young man's arrival. The night atmosphere was quite creepy, "Must we depart at night? I would rather spend another night in a cozy room." The Lightning Magus could not help but say, looking around the surroundings.

The comfort in the capital spoiled the Lightning Magus. After experiencing a luxury, she did not want to spend a night in the wild.

"Remain on guard, Zowen! There are people approaching!" Zaneos warned the Lightning Magus. The Demon Swordsman's instinct told him there was something off with the plan. He felt like the plan was not as simple as going out without being noticed. There must be more than that, especially when Lu An is not with them. He heard Lu An would leave with Rosalie to chase Tang Shaoyang. But the young man was not with them. That was suspicious.

The other three followed Zaneos' gaze and another group of people emerged from the dark. A group of five armored people. Four men had bronze-colored armor while the leading one had white armor with a crest on the chest. None of them recognized the crest where the group was coming from since this was their first time getting involved with other factions.

"One Primordial Rank and four Myth Rank…." Zaneos informed his friend. It was no different than a warning for them to get ready to fight. However, the Primordial Rank was not the white-armored man, but to the right of the white-armored man.

"Hoooo. I did not expect to see a demon here. No wonder the Divine Church declared war against you guys," The white-armored man, who looked like in his late twenties, spoke out. From the way they spoke, the group of five seemed to trail them the moment they left the city.

Zaneos realized that he was really not much in this Dimensional Tower but a weakling. He failed to detect this group following them. The realization hit him, and it made him lose the confidence to fight this group. If the group could avoid his sense, meaning the group was stronger than him.

The white-armored young man turned his attention toward Rosalie, "Don't be so tense. My objective is her, only her. If you hand her over to me, then there's no need for us to use force."

"But it would be better to kill them so they could not report us to their leaders, Young Master." The Primordial Rank furrowed his brow and advised the young man in a low voice.

The white-armored young man let out a chuckle, "So what if they know? They don't want to fight against us when they are busy with the Divine Church and The Federation of Allurion."

As the young man finished his words, he sensed a splash of liquid on his right cheek, then it was followed by a cold voice, "Tch… I am planning to bait the Divine Church and Federation of Allurion Primordial Ranks to come out, but this bastard spoiled my plan."

The young master seemed not to be able to process the situation as he slowly touched his cheek. He then looked at his hand and saw blood. Then he heard his subordinates yell, "Watch out, Young Master."

Before the Young Master could do anything, a huge force pushed him down, pinning him down on the ground. His left cheek touched the cold ground, looking to his right side. There he saw the headless body belonging to his subordinate, the most reliable one, the Primordial Rank. But his subordinate died without being able to do anything. He did not even hear a scream.

"You better not move if you don't want your young master to die!" He heard the same cold voice once more, right from above him. Whoever was above him, that person was stronger than the Primordial Rank. His body stiffened, not expecting the situation to turn around like this.

The young master could hear more footsteps approaching, he could feel it from the ground vibration. A lot of people surrounded the area. Then the person above him, holding his neck, pulled him up from the ground. He found that the area was surrounded by the Tang Empire's army, and he discovered the two Legend Ranks of the Tang Empire.

Marshal Alton came over, approaching the young master, "We make a lot of preparation only to catch a small rat?"

Young Master shivered under Marshal Alton's cold gaze, afraid of looking at the old man directly. He looked down at the ground.

"The Divine Church and the Federation of Allurion's force are backing up. It seems they just want to watch after finding this little rat," Lu An tossed the white-armored young man toward Marshal Alton.

"You can't kill me! I am Arnor Ollsen of the Giteron Dynasty. My family is Duke of the Giteron Dynasty!" The Young Master finally revealed his identity, hoping to scare the old man and also the Tang Empire.

What Arnor got for revealing his identity was a slap on his cheek, followed by a punch and a knee strike. Marshal Alton then trampled Arnor's head down to the ground. He vented out his anger that Arnor dared to have an idea for Rosalie. Rosalie was his former master, the master he served before Tang Shaoyang. The sole reason he served Tang Shaoyang was Rosalie, in exchange for Rosalie's resurrection.

Arnor Ollsen shivered on the ground, not daring to make any big move as he was covered in blood lust and killing intent.

"We have confirmed that The Divine Church and The Federation of Allurion have colluded," Lu An said, looking in the direction of the starter city, "I wish to kill a few of Primordial Rank and Myth Rank for my farewell, but it was ruined."

"This should be enough. Even though it's indeed a pity that we can't kill them, we have confirmed their alliance. That should be enough for us to be extra careful," Marshal Alton shook his head, tapping the young man's shoulder.

Then the old commander approached Rosalie and knelt on his knee, "This old man wishes for you to stay so I can protect you again, but I know it's too much to ask. I wish for your safe journey, Your Majesty."

He failed to protect the ruler and harmed many people. That was why he said the first part. He wanted to protect Rosalie because he failed to do so in her first life. However, he was no longer the old Alton who served The Flame Empress.

Only the spirits knew the relationship between Rosalie and Marshal Alton. The others did not know, so they were surprised when they heard Marshal Alton call Rosalie with the title.

Rosalie smiled, "You can't call me by that title anymore, Marshal Alton. We serve the same person now, I can say we are colleagues now."

"Give this old man some slack, Your Majesty. This will be the last time," Marshal Alton got up and smiled, "Now you can leave the city at ease. I will protect you."

Lu An's gaze kept moving between Rosalie and Marshal Alton. The young man was curious about the relationship between the two.

The old man chuckled, "You can ask Lady Rosalie on your way if you are curious, Young'un. It's not a big secret or something."

Lu An regrouped with Zaneos while Marshal Alton returned to his group. Zaneos glanced at the young man, narrowing his eyes, "I hope you can give us a heads-up if you want to use us as bait. At least, we can be prepared for what will come at us."

Lu An snapped his gaze toward the Demon Swordsman, shrugging, "Have you heard a saying, trick your ally first if you want to trick your enemy? That's what I did, but that bastard ruined my plan." He was really upset that Arnor Ollsen ruined his plan.

It was a simple plan, baiting the Divine Church out and also confirming the Federation of Allurion's involvement.

Zhang Mengyao and Kang Xue spent time with Rosalie yesterday, showing how close Rosalie was to Zhang Mengyao and Kang Xue. It was a show to the other factions that Rosalie was an important figure in the Tang Empire. That would make the other factions curious about Rosalie's relationship. Using that curiosity as bait, Lu An planned to lure the Divine Church out of their cage, and it was a success.

However, the Divine Church and the Federation of Allurion retreated when they found out that Arnor Ollsen tried to mess up with Rosalie. One Primordial Rank and Four Myth Rank should be enough to defeat Rosalie's group, so they retreated. Both factions left one spy behind to watch, and Lu An failed to intercept their retreat, ending up just killing two spies.

"Alright, let's leave. Sir Alton and Sir Moonsong will watch our backs. We will split up midway," After explaining everything, Lu An urged them to leave. He was quite excited about the adventure, especially meeting with Tang Shaoyang.

Greed pointed in a direction with its paw, then the group followed the direction, leaving the Starter City.