325 Chapter 325

Two years had gone by since the life mage and the death mage left the empire and over three hundred thousand elite forces were decimated and murdered brutally. Since then the palace of life and the palace of death had taken full control of the empire, and the people enjoyed two whole years of prosperity and peace, and people ended up forgetting about the past system, embracing the new system. Unfortunately, the arrival of the invaders has always kept everyone on their toes and even though two years passed by without these people making a move against them, the inhabitants of the continent never felt safe.

Since the death mage and the life mage left and even though it can't be considered a long time most of the inhabitants of the continent had already forgotten them. But of course, this feeling was only limited to the civilians who had no real reason to fear him. But for powerful masters and people affiliated to noble families, they all lived in fear of the day the two beasts will return and seek justice for their dead. They fear Derik and Cyrus may go on a killing spree and not listen to reason.

As if this was not enough to keep them on their toes, the appearance of the invaders still shook the world. Their sheer numbers and power could easily rival that of the empire but to some reason, these invaders have refused to attack. Instead, they fought amongst each other for land and fame.

Within the past two years, these invaders had already split the continent of Aldemar into numerous territories and strongholds had already been established. It didn't take long before these invaders began taking part in normal activities like farming and trading.

Originally, Kaido and the other masters expected these invaders to be conquerers and warmongers, people whose sole goal is to ravage the lands and destroy its inhabitants. No one expected them to actually start a new settlement and create their own kingdoms. 

In Kaido's opinion, this was a good thing since the chances or been attacked have been greatly reduced but that did not necessarily mean they are safe. Amongst the invaders are the orcs who are battle crazed beasts, searching for worthy foes. They even dare to start wars amongst other invaders and in most cases, they always emerge victoriously. At the moment these be as control the whole central region of the continent but even though they are surrounded by foes, these beasts have never shown any sign of fear, instead they keep getting excited.

Even gold realm masters like Kaido and Ahika are courteous of these beasts and would always be on their guard against them.

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.....Present Day......…..

In a city with very tall buildings and facilities similar to the modern world cities, the roads busy and filled with excited 'humans' with no power or special skills. A youth whose face was covered with a hood gazed upon the busy streets and ongoing constructions with nothing but fear boldly written in his eyes. He simply failed to understand how people so weak and talentless could possess such terrifying strength. At a point, he began doubting the need for magic if they can all be killed almost instantly before the get the chance to cast a spell or before a guardian knight can even raise his shield to defend.

"Funny enough… these are just their basic fighting gear… I have seen them bring bigger tools through the gateway… more of them are coming… at this rate, only the gold realm masters will be strong enough to survive an attack from them and even then I believe the gold realm masters will be forced to flee… our world has become a mess…" Blink's eyes were fixed on the men in camouflage clothes patrolling the streets. Thanks to his physical enhancements, he could see them even from the top floor of the four-story building hotel they were lodged in.

"Don't be so pessimistic… They let us into their city… They have been treating us well lately… They are by far the most friendly invaders we have met" Gust said as she jumped on the soft king-sized bed, rolling around uncontrollably.

"Yea man… You shouldn't be so restless over issues like this… By the way, the death mage's name is not foreign even to these invaders… For the fact you are a member of the palace of the dead… they dare not mess with you" Blaze walked up to Blink while he spoke. Even though his words made sense, his eyes betrayed him.

None of them felt entirely safe…

At this point, Derik is more of a myth to these invaders who have never seen him. The stories of his control over the death element, his undying body, and his mastery over necromancy have been enough to command fear and respect from the invaders but for how long? 

Derik has yet to make an appearance for two years now and the world has started losing faith in him. Most people have forgotten him and some even believe he died in his search for power, even with the palace of the dead. Only a handful of people know he still lives and he will definitely return but the problem is they don't have a way to prove his existence.

Right now no one has dared to make a move against the empire because it possesses peerless masters that are said to be able to control life and death, but soon enough if these peerless masters do not show themselves and show their strength to the world, the empire will be a thing of the past.

"He needs to return… I know he's still alive…. Palace master Derik cannot be killed… He is invincible!" Blink muttered to himself.

From all he has seen so far, the peace which the people of the empire have enjoyed for years now is about to end. Be it the orcs or these humans with strange weapons which they call technology or the other invaders, they will most likely fall in a fight against any one of them.