Chapter 888: Chapter 520: Your Majesty Streaks—He’s Wearing Nothing at All! (Part 3)

"The Count of Torrentfort is a loyalist!"

"The Marquess of Norwich is a loyalist!"

"The Marquis of Neville is also a loyalist!"

When his gaze turned to those timid members of the Royalist Party, he couldn’t help but snort coldly:

"If these nobles and ministers could be like those three, why would I need to personally suppress the rebellion? Wouldn’t it be better to spend that time with my beauty?

They are all cowardly and useless!"

He raised his hand to untie his cloak and, along with his King’s Right Hand, actively confronted The Kingmaker Warwick, speaking coldly:

"It’s time to make an end.

If I can cut you down, those remnants of Lancaster who don’t know their place will be of no concern. My Phantom Fleet can exhaust him to death."

Bzzz—!

A circle of luminous golden crown appeared above his head, but it was intermittently incomplete by half.

A similar crown appeared above Warwick’s head, also missing half.

If these two crowns could be synthesized into one, you’d find they match perfectly and seamlessly, forming the complete royal authority of Hightins.

Whoever laughs last will receive everything from the other.

When they looked at each other’s "crown," a burning light erupted simultaneously in their eyes, but there was no more unnecessary talk as they flashed and collided with a roar.

The two long swords in their hands glowed with intense divine light, radiating brilliance akin to a battleship’s naval artillery salvo.

The nearby Marines engaged in melee were instantly sent flying like rolling gourds by the aftermath of their clash, with blood spraying like it was free even while still in midair.

The so-called strongest "Law Mage" must be in a place with jurisdiction to take effect, only able to defend territories, not expand; its long board is long enough, but the short board is particularly short.

Among the first generation who conquered the world, no one chose this profession as their main job.

Instead, they uniformly chose the punitive Knight of Judgment sequence that focuses on combat and balance, with no fancy skills but no obvious weaknesses either.

Even though a bit rigid and prone to being caught at weak points, they could make up for it with the Dragon-Taming Art and various miracle objects and tools.

Edward IV held one of the Hightins’ Seven Royal Relics, the Sword of Dedication.

The sword body was forged from high carbon steel, the handle silver gilt, engraved with lions, unicorns, golden flowers, and roses, the wooden scabbard covered in velvet, adorned with silver-gilt roses, thistles, harps, and golden flowers.

Also inscribed with the rune text: "The creator and my authority," a motto for the monarchs of Hightins.

However, being called the Sword of Dedication signifies it isn’t "innate royal authority" but "people-bestowed royal authority."

The Law Network core connects with Edward IV, theoretically enhancing his power the more adored he is by all levels of the populace.

Unfortunately, his tyrant reputation had already spread these past months.

To fill the huge war funding gap, he kept increasing taxes domestically.

The entire country, from top to bottom, personally experienced Edward IV’s tyranny.

The belief willpower concentrated on him barely reached passable levels, far from the irresistible force during Henry V’s conquest of the Iris Kingdom.

Even more unfortunate, The Kingmaker’s ability also relayed through Edward IV, allowing Warwick to enjoy half of the authority.

He was strong, and so was Warwick, unable to overpower the latter.

Warwick’s tamed "dragon" also wasn’t ordinary.

——Second Level Cursed Object "Louisette Guillotine":

"At first glance, it looks like a giant two-handed heavy sword, resembling a massive silver cross.

But in essence, it’s an integrated hundred-change weapon also serving as a torture tool.

Being the only publicly executed king’s torture tool on the Old Continent, it became a cursed object due to extraordinary legend.

Effect: [Regicide]!"

The Iris Kingdom once had a famous king [Locksmith] Louis Auguste, who was passionate about intricate mechanical creations.

Nothing could stop this king’s exceptional enthusiasm for forging, locksmithing, and similar work.

Instead of taking on the traditional Tribunal sequence, he immersed himself in the sea of knowledge of Tower Sequence [Artisan].

In his palace, he built the most advanced workshop, often engrossed in making locks, keys, and other mechanical creations.

Before him, Iris Kingdom justice used many elaborate execution methods, including sword decapitation, hanging, breaking wheel, quartering, burning, sometimes molten lead, and boiling oil. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Later, Iris judicial reform established punishing criminals with death but without additional suffering as a concept.

Thus, the kingdom’s highest-level "Locksmith" King personally designed this guillotine.

Offering critical guidance to craftsmen, he replaced the round blade with a slanted one to minimize a convict’s pain.

Applied were Louis’s hundred-change lock technology, allowing for arbitrary transformations: guillotine, great cross sword, ballista, trebuchet... and more.

Originally a mere Second Level Miracle Object, it turned into a powerful cursed object "Louisette Guillotine" after touching Louis’s blood, also the only king publicly executed by rebel forces.

Specially salient against kings, it could slay a king in a single strike once injuries reached the severed limb level.

It’s uncertain if King Louis anticipated this day when naming it.