A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 549 The City Falls

Tiamat was a little upset after suffering a minor setback.

Although the other party agreed to help, they kept delaying until next month.

What should we do? The empire can't hold out for that long.

Tiamat returned to her palace and began her impotent rage once more.

However, this time, no one volunteered.

They all wanted to live.

"Perhaps, we have no choice but to give up."

Tiamat sighed, still feeling a little reluctant to leave.

These days, thanks to the supply of resources from the empire, He has been living much better.

Unfortunately, there will never be another country like this again, which makes Tiamat feel somewhat sad.

But that's all. He wouldn't risk his life for the other party. He'd rather let Bahamut try to see if the other party could actually kill a powerful god.

If not, then He will have to stand up straight.

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Inside Ideal City, Jiang Shuzhou was discussing with Grace and others how to spend the large sum of money after taking over the empire.

Of course, it was less of a discussion and more of an allocation by Jiang Shuzhou.

He plans to build two more floating cities.

Grace, as a veteran legend, has now reached the threshold of senior high-level legend under Jiang Shuzhou's guidance, and is about to advance to the level of a legend with weak divine power.

Although Denozzi has just been promoted, he is not bad. He has already reached the level of a senior legend and is not far from becoming a morning star.

As for Chahara and Renodia?

Since none of them could build the floating city themselves, they could simply assist Jiang Shuzhou. After all, even if Jiang Shuzhou controlled such a massive floating city by himself, there would still be some areas he couldn't take care of.

Then, when Jiang Shuzhou planned to upgrade Ideal City again, it was still a bit shabby.

The meditation room, plant cultivation room, and other facilities have not yet been fully upgraded and still have many shortcomings, all due to insufficient funds.

Unexpectedly, even though Jiang Shuzhou has finally built the floating city, he is still short of money.

All I can say is that life is unpredictable.

However, as everyone knows, if you're short of money, you have to go get it.

How do we retrieve it?

Of course, one should "borrow" some from the gods.

How can Jiang Shuzhou's mere decades of accumulation compare to the foundations of these deities that span tens of thousands of years?

Unfortunately, Jiang Shuzhou didn't know where the gods' kingdoms were, so he couldn't rush to offer them warmth.

However, perhaps one person knows.

Jiang Shuzhou thought of the Goddess of Wealth. This woman has lived a long time and knows a lot about divine duties.

Perhaps he could buy a few and rob them to supplement his family's income.

"Master, we have arrived in the capital."

Just as Jiang Shuzhou was pondering, Laps' voice came, reminding them that they had arrived at their destination.

"Let's go, it's time. The empire will become history."

No one objected to this.

The empire's demise has officially begun.

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The capital city, also known as Caesar's City.

This place can be described as a fortified city stretching for thousands of miles, incredibly sturdy.

Theoretically speaking, Jiang Shuzhou shouldn't be able to get in, given the alliance protection and the numerous magic arrays.

However, the actual situation will always deviate from the norm.

As the saying goes, the strongest fortress is often breached from within.

Despite Caesars's seemingly impregnable defenses, the city was actually riddled with holes.

That's why Jiang Shuzhou was able to enter so easily.

And what were the emperor and his ministers doing at this time?

In a meeting.

"What happened? Why have so many resources disappeared again!"

Yaroslav almost roared out loud.

He was no longer able to calm down. Most of the resources that had been transported earlier had already been embezzled, leaving him with insufficient supplies and requiring additional resources.

Faced with the enraged emperor, everyone kept their eyes down and pretended to be dead.

Anyway, Yaroslav can't do anything to them.

An empire always needs talented people to govern it, and none of them can be replaced in a short period of time.

"Tell me! What exactly happened!"

Yaroslav roared.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It's just that the journey took a little longer and the wear and tear was minimal. It's nothing serious."

"You call 47% 'some'?"

"..."

"Ha, I'll investigate this matter. Don't let me find out who did it!"

Yaroslav's condition has improved considerably, but it is still in a red-hot state.

Some people were dismissive, some secretly wiped their sweat, some were calm and collected, and some looked on with disdain.

They had already destroyed all the evidence, and he didn't believe the other side could find it again.

Yaroslav felt extremely exhausted and was considering giving up.

This treacherous empire, this treacherous civil service!

But soon, he may not need to worry about these things anymore.

Because something even more troubling was about to happen.

Hundreds of thousands of meters above the ground, the ideal city floats silently.

It is only a few dozen square kilometers now, not very big, this is for camouflage.

But now, there's no need to pretend anymore; we've arrived at our destination.

Now, it's time to start a new battle.

"Disarm mode".

Following Jiang Shuzhou's command, the originally small floating city instantly began to grow larger and taller, becoming a giant island capable of blotting out the sky.

"It's just a pity that we only have access to the outer city, which means we can only pass through the outer city of the capital. Otherwise, we could have captured the emperor alive this time."

Jiang Shuzhou sighed with emotion.

The officials who betrayed Yaroslav weren't stupid; they were still in the inner city, and they didn't have full access, so naturally they wouldn't give Jiang Shuzhou the access key.

Following Jiang Shuzhou's command, the Ideal City's main cannon charged up and then released.

Soon, barrages of destructive artillery fire slammed into the inner city's protective shield, causing ripples to spread across it.

Fortunately, it seems the magic array is being maintained very well; at least it didn't embezzle much. Although there are some fluctuations, overall the protective shield is quite reliable and shouldn't have any problems in the short term.

Jiang Shuzhou wasn't surprised by this. If the empire was only this capable, it would have perished long ago.

"It's time to try a full-power attack."

"Roger that, main gun charging..."

Laps spoke in her ethereal voice.

A tremendous force gathered at the muzzle of the main cannon, and everyone could feel the terrifying power contained there.

Finally, after a full ten minutes of charging, the main gun barrel was finally fully charged.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the main cannon instantly overloaded, its immense power concentrated into a single point, and then erupted, sending a beam of light hurtling towards the protective shield.

Like the sun, even more dazzling than the sun.

The terrifying attack struck the protective shield, and in an instant, the shield shattered completely, seemingly unable to withstand this terrifying power.

However, the beam of light that had destroyed the protective shield shot straight toward the palace as if it had been unimpeded, just like popping a balloon.

The city has fallen, and the palace will soon be gone too.