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Lord Reingard squirmed painfully on the ground.
It wasn't just his half-leg that was affected by the six energies; bone shards from Tier-3 Bone Spear had also pierced a few other parts of his body during its explosion.
Nevertheless, the corroding half leg posed the greatest threat to his life, primarily due to the Death Law's power.
In a short instance, Lord Reingard decisively chopped off his decaying half leg to preserve the rest of his body.
Even so, he could not stop the Death Law on the other bone shards from corroding the other parts of his body, one of which was his other leg.
The blackening of his skin horrified him.
"What kind of sinister power is this?!" Lord Reingard bellowed. This trip to the southern region had been disastrous!
Alas, while Lord Reingard was preoccupied with preserving his body from the decaying effects of the Death Law, Lord Razarkan's shadow appeared within his field of vision on the ground.
Lord Reingard immediately glanced up and saw Lord Razarkan's mad look, and the Tier-6 Battle Mace held high above his head.
"Second Brother… Wait, let's talk about this. I didn't mean to—"
"There's nothing to talk about!" Lord Razarkan howled.
In the next instance, Lord Razarkan dropped his Tier-6 Battle Mace on Lord Reingard and bashed his head in, splattering his blood and brain matter.
After Lord Reingard's headless body lay motionless on the ground, Lord Razarkan dropped his Tier-6 Battle Mace to the ground with a dull look like someone waiting to die.
"Finish it," Lord Razarkan said after feeling Leon's presence nearby. Lord Razarkan understood there was no chance of escaping after witnessing Leon's spear-tossing power.
Leon nodded.
Then, Leon pointed his finger at Lord Razarkan's head, and eerie black specks of light gathered to the tip of his pointed finger. A black beam shot through Lord Razarkan's head and killed him in the next instance.
Shortly after, Leon returned to the Darkmoon Tribe and tossed both the palace lords' bodies in front of Chief Valencia and the others.
"You can hang these bodies in front of the tribe to ward off the other tribes during my absence. Anyone coming to cause trouble will have to think twice before offending
"Will do, Alliance Leader," Chief Valencia and the others nodded.
…
Shortly after, Leon left behind a bunch of primordial cultivation techniques for the alliance, allowing them to choose which ones they wanted to practice.
At the same time, the surrendered Battle Kings were quickly absorbed into their ranks, vastly boosting the alliance's strength to a new height.
Lord Reingard's followers submitted willingly, while Lord Razarkan's followers had mixed feelings. Even so, they had no intention of betraying the alliance.
They came to subjugate but got subjugated instead. They were defeated, and the alliance was the victors; they had to follow their alliance since they chose to surrender.
…
When everything was settled in the Darkmoon Tribe, Leon finally took the Teleportation Array in the Barrenrock Courtyard. He returned to Desolate Crow Clan in the Wildlands with Darlene and Aria while the six maids were left behind to guard Barrenrock Courtyard once more.
"It's been a while since we were here. I wonder how Lilith and Softfeather are doing," Aria mentioned after glancing at the familiar cellar under the palace.
"We'll know once we head out," Leon stated before urging them, "Come, let us head up and see how the Desolate Crow Clan has been doing."
"Mm," Aria and Darlene nodded.
Shortly after, the three left the cellar and headed upstairs. The floor was neat without a speck of blood nor a hint of foul smell.
The mess within the palace had long been cleaned up after the clan leader and elders returned to the Desolate Crow Clan.
Nevertheless, the palace servants were immediately alarmed by the wingless intruders. However, it wasn't before that they recognized the benefactors of their clan.
"We welcome you back, Prince Leon!" the palace servants greeted with joy. Shortly after, one of them urged the others, "Quick, inform the clan leader and her highness of the Savior's return."
The palace became busy at once while Leon, Aria, Darlene was left on the spot. However, it didn't take long before an excited Lilith came rushing over.
"Leon!"
Lilith jumped straight into Leon and hugged him like a koala sticking to its tree. She rubbed her cheeks against Leon's with joy, switching on Aria's alert mode.
Aria quickly peeled Lilith away from Leon's body in the next moment.
"What do you think you're doing to another person's man?!" Aria snarled while glaring at Lilith like a cat that just got its tail stepped on.
"Hehe, sorry. I was too excited to see everyone again," Lilith made a silly excuse with her tongue poked out.
However, Aria wasn't buying it. If Lilith truly felt that way about everyone, then was she giving special treatments to only Leon?
"Hmph! Whatever," Aria uttered. She couldn't be bothered making a great deal out of it.
Lilith smiled with an understanding look before she latched onto Aria. Then, she started rubbing her cheeks against Aria's intimately as she did with Leon.
"I see, I see. You also wanted some of this."
"Hey, hey! Stop it!"
Aria resisted with a hand planted on Lilith's left cheek. She tried to shove Lilith's head away with an embarrassed look.
Shortly after Aria successfully repelled Lilith, Lilith shifted her gaze to Darlene. However, Darlene quickly backed a few steps with her hands raised and stuttered, "I-I don't want any."
"Lilith sure is in high spirits. It seems everything has been working out for you here. No trouble from Desolate Netherbird Tribe, I presume?" Leon mentioned with a wry smile.
"Mm!" Lilith nodded.
"There was some trouble at first. In fact, we were even on the verge of a great war with the Desolate Netherbird Tribe. However, they quickly called off their attacks after they found out a member of the Blue Luan Tribe was our friend."
"Oh?" Leon raised his eyebrow with interest.