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Chapter 617: It’s Judgment time (part-3)

King Qi had no answer to Mark’s question. He started having second thoughts about his own choices and felt a heavy pain in his chest.

Mark continued nevertheless, "I can understand if an unlearned person takes prophecy too seriously, but you, a member of the royal family and went to a prestigious academy and studied under great scholars, how could you not think properly?"

"I… I did, Your Majesty," King Qi tried defending himself, "But, I couldn’t take risks…"

"Alright, fine…" Mark let out a sigh, feeling annoyed by his behavior and thinking. The more he thought about it, the more he felt annoyed and angry. Controlling his anger, he explained, "Fine, you didn’t want to take risks. But, did you ever think about the far future then? The prophecy said that your child would bring doom to the kingdom and cause millions of deaths. But, did you see why he did it? What if the deaths of those millions and the sacrifice of your dynasty would save the entire world?

Or what if your descendants from the far future might save the entire world, saving billions instead of a great curse or something? Have you ever thought if you destroy your bloodline for the sake of the immediate future, it could potentially destroy every other possibility of some great things, too? Did your prophecy see it?

How could the fear of an unknown future force a legendary realm Spirit warrior and the King of the Qi Dynasty that has a millennium of history like you to abandon your duty to the present?"

"I…" King Qi fell silent. He knelt down and stared at the floor in silence.

Mark’s eyes wandered all over the hall for a couple of seconds before he said, "Fine. since you don’t seem completely convinced, summon that diviner who gave you such a ridiculous half-baked prophecy. And, Bai Lianhu and Shi Chong, you two are dismissed. Someone escort them to their rooms."

While waiting for the diviner, Mark meditated to calm down his emotions; he was fine at first. He was very calm in digesting all the information from the three of them and gave appropriate sentences for each of them.

However, as he spoke and spoke, he could only get frustrated, annoyed, angry, and felt the urge to just pass down the sentences without any proper explanations like a true dictator.

But, just earlier, in a way, he massacred 70000 Spirit warriors and commoners out of compulsion and if he creates the image of a dictator who takes action on a whim, people will revolt against him and he will be left with no choice but to rule them with an iron fist.

Actually, he could do that too. But, it will become incredibly difficult for Shen Li to rule after he is gone. It was her dowry who actually ended this war in a jiffy. How could the same war create problems for her in the future?

Hence, Mark tried his best to act like a Monarch who could justify his sentences with proper reasoning.

As he meditated in silence, the tense atmosphere made everyone trouble to even breathe.

They see that their Chancellor is quite angry, and at such a moment, they will only face his wrath if they try to cause any disturbance. Forget about talking, they didn’t even murmur on the topic. All maintained silence as if they were mourning for the dead.

20 minutes passed away like a year in silence, which was finally broken by the sounds of the footsteps of the entry of an old man whose beard almost touched the floor.

He wasn’t just simply old. He was super old. Freckles could be seen all over his face, and his skeleton could be seen through his thin-muscle-less skin. Even his life force aura is very low. If one has to point it out briefly, one could say that he looks like he could die at any moment.

Such a person slowly made his way to the center of the room, standing in the place where Bai Lianhu stood around half an hour ago.

"Your Majesty," The man bowed. Unlike his appearance, his bow was quite smooth, indicating his good health status. Most importantly, Mark could also sense that this fellow is in Supreme realm.

"Arise."

"Your name?"

"Qi Feng, Your Majesty."

"Oh, how are you related to the royal family?"

"My brother was the 61st King of the Qi Dynasty, Your Majesty."

"And Qi Tianchen is…"

"He is the 67th King, Your Majesty."

"Oh, I see."

Once the brief introduction was over, Mark opened up the topic, pointing at King Qi, "I heard that you prophesized about the doom of the Qi Dynasty."

Qi Feng glanced at King Qi and bowed, "It is correct, Your Majesty. It was my last divination as the Royal Diviner. The Heavens showed me that King Qi’s child would become the doom of this kingdom. He would be responsible for millions of deaths."

"How he would cause such disaster?" Mark asked, leaning forward while placing one of his arms on his knee. Qi Feng shook his head while looking down at the floor, "Divinations and prophecies are the secrets of Heaven, Your Majesty. We diviners can only peek at those secrets for a moment, not see the entire event."

"So, what you have seen is nothing but a portion of the future," commented Mark. As Qi Feng nodded, Mark further said, "Then, let me ask you how sure the event you see is likely to occur."

Qi Feng slowly replied, "Hundred percent sure. A prophecy is called a prophecy because it is a destined event to occur in one way or another, Your Majesty. The greater one has proficiency in divination, the more one can see the details of the event."

"Earlier, you mentioned that you were shown by the heavens. Can you describe what you have seen? Don’t tell me the outcome. Then, what scenes you have seen."

Qi Feng closed his eyes at Mark’s request, going down memory lane to remember the scenes he saw 18 years ago.

With his eyes shut, he described the scene, "I saw a teenage boy standing at the top of this very palace, looking down at the city with a glowing dagger in his hand that has five-pointed star insignia engraved on it, which is Chaos Lord’s insignia. Then I saw streets were filled with countless bodies. You can say everyone in this city was massacred. Then I saw King Qi floating in front of the boy. He seemed to be filled with rage. The child calls him father, and King Qi growls at him that if only he knew beforehand, he would have killed him when he was born during the most inauspicious time and murdered his wife. King Qi blames himself for being his father. He blames himself for falling into the ruse of attachment."

"Hmm… interesting. Then, let me ask you one last question. How are you so sure that this prophecy you have seen is something of a bad omen?" Mark questioned him the same he did to King Qi earlier. Pointing at King Qi, "How are you so sure that his child is the villain here and not Qi Tianchen himself? How are you so sure that Qi Tianchen was not blaming his son because the latter killed everyone, but it is because he was not willing to side with him and instead went against him?"

Qi Feng was taking a step back per each question put on him. Each question from Mark generated an illusion of an explosion in his heart, his heartbeat was rising at crazy speeds, his ether energy was running amok in his body, and he could only try to find proper logic to explain, which he couldn’t.

Taking a long pause, Mark ended with, "How are you so sure that Qi Tianchen didn’t misunderstand the situation then? If his son were the killer, your vision should show that Qi Tianchen was confronting him somewhere on the ground, not when his son was on top of the palace to look at the ruined city. Moreover, if he is a teenager, it is unlikely he would be the main perpetrator. So, he becomes a medium for the true villain, and if you take away that medium, do you think the true villain won’t assign another medium for his plans?"

"Uhhh… Well…"

"Answer me," Mark hollered at once, displaying his anger and leaving the throne for the first time.

Qi Feng at once fell to his knees and kowtowed, "Please show mercy upon me, Your Majesty. I was unable to comprehend the entire event."

King Qi stared at him with a sharp gaze. The hatred was evident on his face, blaming his stupid prophecy for every bit of problem he was facing. if looks could kill, Qi Feng, who was facing such looks of hatred from several individuals in the room, would die a dozen times now.

Mark went back to sit on the throne and looked at King Qi, "Qi Tianchen…"

"Your Majesty." He came forward and cupped his fists with a bow. Experience more content on NovelBin.Côm

Mark said, "Now, you understand why I gave such a lighter sentence to your wife?"

King Qi knelt and cupped his fists, "Your Majesty is wise and divine; every decision demonstrates unparalleled foresight and insight!"

Mark then said, "Your blatant belief in an incomplete divination has strained your relationship with your spouse, which in return, became the reason for her betrayal, eventually leading it to the war."

"I deserve death, Your Majesty. Please punish me…"

Mark took another deep breath and spoke, "Alina, record my decree…"

As soon as they heard those words, every single official in the room went down to their knees, following the customs of the Leon Empire.