Chapter 397


    While vin slept, the Stormcast reveled in untamed merriment, and the Nortnds quaked, causing an uproar far greater than the ‘Cobalt Strike


    Rebellion’ or the ''Kings'' eptance’—for this time, death hade! The high and mighty Lords, perceived as invincible overlords, along with many


    Archmages of earth-shattering power, had perished!


    "vin brought back statues of the Ancient Kings from the Watchful Shore."


    "A colossal chasm stretching two thousand kilometers has formed from the Watchful Shore to Stormcast."


    "The eighteen statues of kings, fierce and mighty, devoured the Commander of the Skyborne Rivers, slew Lord Viperbane, routed Lord Falconcrest,


    Lord Warbringer, Lord Mountguard, and chased the Commander of the Ster Precepts and the Citadel Elders into desperate flight.”


    "After ughtering five thousand onlookers, the eighteen statues took their watch at Stormcast!"


    "Amber Valley''s leader, the Commander of the Skyborne Rivers, the Commander of the Hidden Essence, Lord Viperbane, and Lord Skyveil all fell in


    the battle at Stormcast."N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content.


    "One of the Citadel Elders was in by the Commander of the Ster Precepts."


    "Bloodlore, the Earthbound Spirits, the Floral Enchantress, Starlit Echoes, Cobalt Strike dered the establishment of a new alliance in the


    Nortnds.”


    "The Mollen family and The Thousand Treasures Commerce announced their move to Stormcast.”


    "The Iron family will relocate to Stormcast.”


    "The Mallister family, the Iron family, the Mollen family formed a tripartite alliance."


    News after news crashed like relentless waves upon the cliffs, stirring up a tempest of spray.


    What did it mean when statues could y a mighty one such as Lord Viperbane? What kind of power could these eighteen statues represent?


    vin! vin! The Nortnds will forever remember this name, his ruthlessness, and his dominance!


    The arrangement between the Eight


    Orders and Five Lords had shattered


    and was reced by a fresh alliance


    called the Fivé,Organizations and a


    new powerkhown as Stormcast. As


    the Nortnds situation churned tke


    a storm;-what would the Ster


    Precepts do? What abou he-three


    great royal houses? And when the


    news reached the Minds, how


    would the royal family and the


    Blessed Citadel respond to the


    Nortnds’ new shifts, and how


    would they deal with Stormcast?


    Shall they suppress the Nortnds


    by force or employ them for their


    own ends?


    Could it be oppression? Given vin''s disyed madness and the bond between Stormcast and the Five Organizations, backed by the support of


    the Iron family, the Mollen family, and others, it would surely be a fight to the death. How much power must the royal family sacrifice to suppress him?


    Would they employ them for their own ends? Was vin a man topromise?


    The Nortnds were shaken as never before. Some marveled, and some quaked with fear. The air was thick with heated debate, and many


    journeyed to Stormeast, not daring to provoke but yearning just to glimpse the eighteen king statues from afar.


    Lord Viperbane, Lord Skyveil, the Hidden Essence, and the Skyborne Rivers Organizations were plunged into deep fear.


    Lords were dead! Commanders were dead!


    Faced with the tumultuous storm of the Nortnds and the rising force of vin, they were truly frightened.


    Upon receiving the news, both Lord Viperbane and Lord Skyveil made the same decision—to migrate with their entire households! They moved to the


    Minds, seeking refuge in the Capital. They were originally mighty families of the Minds, ennobled by the royal family and sent to suppress the


    rising Eight Orders in the Nortnds. Though they''d lived in the Nortnds for years, their influence and roots in the Royal Realm remained


    The ‘flight’ of Lords Viperbane and


    Skyveil caused many powers to


    reflect, as the-two great houses that


    had dominated the Nortnds for


    years nowwithdrew in such a ~


    manner.‘Compared o their Ss


    sensational arrival years ago, their


    departure seemed quite deste.


    Butit also revealed the intense


    impact the eighteen king-statues


    ad on the heroes of the Nortnds


    nd the dread vin''s bloodshed


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    had sparked, prompting the great


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    ouses to flee rather than face the


    ade.


    In truth, the great houses had little


    choice. What point was there in


    staying? The five great houses had


    never beenWarmonious, and the ~


    likes of ord Falconcrest were notto


    be trifled with. Would they stay-only


    to bewvenged upon? Or worse, ‘to be


    used and subjugated by Lore?


    Ralconcrest? It was betterto seek


    shelter in the Royal Realm, to find a


    safe environment to grow, to seek


    new alliances, and to devise ways to


    suppress Stormcast. Content


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    The Hidden Essence and the Skyborne Rivers, two venerable orders of the realm, urgently convened their councils. The elders were fuming that their


    Commanders had not chosen sides wisely, while also fearing retribution from vin. In the end, both orders decided to activate their protective wards


    and seal their sanctums. "We''ll have no further part in this, nor shall we seek revenge. You all sort it out amongst yourselves."