When they finally got the chance to step inside the palace.
They were no longer shock to see that Ridge and the otehr two were on the verge of collapse.
The three of them were worked nonstop.
The six of them arrived a day after the rest arrived.
And they could see just how much they were drained of their power.
As the three of them worked nonstop, the emperor was sitting on his chair smugly as if what they were doing but was normal.
The first prince were even eating fruits sitting on his side.
Even after helping and saying that they just needed to rest for a bit since they were already on the verge of collapse.
They were rejected and tasked by the king to take care of the rest of the troops.
And those troops are happily chatting away.
The emperor kept repeating on them that it is their duty to help the other kingdoms in taking care of them.
He kept repeating and repeating that they couldn't rebuke because all in all that was still the truth.
At the same time, Saphira had told them through her eyes not to do anything.
That is why the people thought they were doing everything because of what they were saying.
Hunter had told them the days before that they will suffer on this but it was necessary for their plan.
Nixon, who barely had time to rest, ended up collapsing.
Ridge and Willow rushed to him.
"What are you doing? No one is resting yet, get up," the king roared.
Ridge gritted his teeth while Willow glared at the king.
Ridge took out some potion.
"WHAT IS THAT POTION!!! DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINISHED?!? AND YOU WHAT ARE YOU GLARING AT?!?!?!" the emperor bellowed.
"Say father why don't I punish that woman?" the first prince said lecherously.
All of them have not realized something, even if they were tired, they didn't call the mythological beasts.
Not even once.
"Once she is done with fixing the castle then you go ahead and do whatever you wanted," the Emperor spoke.
He was a fat assed man looking disgustingly with his yellow teeth.
"More soldiers are greviously wounded what are you still doing? Wake that one up and get working," the king was not done in his roaring.
He even raised his whip ready to hit them.
But before the thorned whip could hit the three of them and before Willow could pull her sword to smash it to pieces, a hand stopped the whip causing blood to flow from it.
"I'm amazed, no, I am even more amazed."
Willow and Ridge looked at the owner of the voice, then at the back they saw Hunter and the rest.
Nixon was conscious but was very weak.
Saphira looked at him, "Sorry, we were late."
Nixon smiled and shook his head.
"Y- You... Are you a part of their group? Then why aren't you moving? This is your job, you Qillian Empire people are to support our empire no matter what."
The emperor used his full strength in swinging the whip but Saphira stopped it with her hands, not even faltering.
She raised an eyebrow at him, "Support?"
She chuckled and right there and then the thorned whip turned to ashes through her fire.
Zian and Felix swallowed hard upon feeling the pressure within the place.
They were having a bit of difficulty in breathing and when they looked at the other people in the place, some were already unconscious with foams coming out of their mouths.
"What are you doing? Why are you raising your hand against me?" the king was raging mad.
"I will let the world know of this insolence that you are doing. I will make sure that they are to condemn not just you but the whole Qillian Empire. How dare you brat not follow the pact-"
It was so fast but by the time he realized it, his cheek was already bleeding because it was hit with a fire whip.
"I don't care what you tell them. I'll face the whole world for whatever stupid reason they can think of to condemn me and the Empire. I have accepted being the villain of my own Empire, I don't mind being a villain for the whole world."
Before he could react she brandished her whip once again, this time hitting his arm and setting his clothes on fire.
His subordinates rushed forward to stop the fire.
"I will make sure the whole world will know of this, that the Qillian Empire was not doing the promise they made. That they are raising their hands against others not of darkness."
Saphira laughed.
Her demeanor and everything about her changed when she slammed her whip on the marble floor, creating a blazing gap in it.
The pressure she was exuding rose as she faced this Emperor.
Willow, Ridge and Nixon could feel the brunt of it being so close to her.
"Saphira," Hunter called out.
She snapped out of her anger upon hearing his voice.
She was too angered, she was unable to control her aura.
She glanced back, "Take them from here."
Drake rushed and carried Willow away from there while Felix and Hunter helped Ridge and Nixon.
They walked back to where the other two are.
Ridge was coughing harder, the pressure he felt was so immense that he felt like his insides were being pushed down as well.
Nixon was no different, his body was at its limit that the pressure Saphira exuded almost caused him to lose consciousness once again after it disappeared.
"Hunter?" Stormie called to him.
All three of them worriedly looked at the other three.
Hunter passed Nixon to her as she was carrying some mana potions.
Nixon handed him the circular object he gave him on the first day they arrived to this place.
He walked over to Felix and helped him with Ridge.
"When the three of you came here, they didn't allow you to rest?" he then asked.