With Vicente's ultimatum, the Sky Sovereign had no choice but to direct this group to the kingdom's army headquarters in the center of the city.",

They had no Archmage in the entire state, and hell, this warrior believed with all the sincerity in his heart that no one could stop the black-haired monster leading this group.

Who could stand up to a Paragon who had three cyan pentagrams? Only Archmages or superior 5th stage vampires. No one else should be able to stand up to that young leader of the group of newcomers!

With no alternative, this warrior was soon inside the headquarters of the local forces, which had been completely absorbed by the kingdom's army over the last few months.

Unlike Seidel Kingdom, where only the royal army could officially recruit members and build battalions throughout the kingdom, in Trevora Kingdom, there were sects and clans almost as strong as the royal family.

However, because of the war against the monsters, some of these sects and clans fell, and many survivors accepted the royal decree for all forces to unite under the leadership of the new king.

The former king of Trevora Kingdom had joined the Magicians' Alliance in their plans to confront Demien Bloodthorne and died in the north of the continent, along with many high-level warriors. Fortunately, he had left an eldest son behind, the current king, the strongest of the state's survivors, a High-level Paragon!

Being one of the few Paragons of this level left on the entire continent, the new king found no difficulty in transforming his state's forces into part of his army.

There were now dozens of posts scattered around the main range of the Green Hills, where the royal forces were doing their best to stop the monsters from advancing against what was left of the kingdom.

Vicente and his companions could surmise a few things that had happened locally, but they would soon learn more from the local leaders.

As they entered the army headquarters in this city, they would soon come face to face with the strongest men in the area, among them a low-level Paragon.

"Trevora Kingdom has been weathering the crisis well." Casey commented to his companions when he saw the Paragon in front of a group of 12 Sky Sovereigns in the reception hall of the headquarters.

Before the warrior who had brought the group there even reached the leadership office, the strongest in the building moved to meet the group in the middle of the main hall of the headquarters.

Vicente asked curiously. "How many Paragons has your state preserved? I passed through the Kingdom of Eternal Dawn and practically all the Paragons in that state have fallen. I confess that I didn't expect to find magicians of my stage here."

The leader of that city, a woman with white hair, smooth skin and no visible marks of her age, narrowed her eyes as she looked at Vicente, not enjoying having to hand over this information to a stranger.

But Vicente's group was many times stronger than all the groups of Dark Path magicians who had acted against them, so it wouldn't make much difference to hide what they could find out about themselves.

"We have six Paragons around the state, counting His Royal Majesty." She said between her teeth.

"How did you do that? Weren't you attacked by Dark Path magicians?" Layla asked curiously.

"We were lucky. Some of us were cultivating in seclusion when the crisis began. That was the case with His Royal Majesty, whom the last king prepared for the worst by hiding him.

But we've lost four of our Paragons to attacks by Dark Path magicians over the last 12 months." That woman said, speaking the truth, since anyone who entered her state today would discover the truth.

The king was no longer in hiding. Her words would not put him in danger.

Lauren listened to the Low-level Paragon's words in silence. One of those four Paragons had fallen by her powers!

"So that's it..." Vicente muttered, seeing that this must be the same case as the group he had found hiding in the order's secret altar.

"That's good to hear. We'll find it easier to protect this state with the forces you've maintained." He commented in relief, before asking. "But how much power have you lost so far? My group and I have seen that the north and east of the state seem to be lost."

"That's the case. Practically all the sects and clans that had headquarters in the north and east of the kingdom have fallen or had large numbers of them killed off in the last 15 months. The survivors are living to the west or south of here, which are the safest areas of the kingdom at the moment." The white-

haired woman said in response to Vicente.

"What's the situation in Whitevale?" Vicente asked curiously, remembering the Paragon who looked after King Seidel's security.

"Whitevale was one of the sects exterminated. Did you know it?" The woman asked with an interested look on her face.

"No. I was invited by an elder of the sect to join them in the past." Vicente summoned the item he had received from that Low-level Paragon.

Seeing that artifact in Vicente's hands, the beautiful white-

haired woman sighed, seeing the mark of an old acquaintance there.

"I see. The person who gave it to you fell too, unfortunately. Many old comrades have fallen recently." She closed her eyes as she murmured sadly.

Gulp!

"He fell?" Lina took a step forward as she asked nervously.

If the old Paragon had fallen, then what had happened to her father?

Lauren stood still as she listened to the people there talk about their attack on the Seidel Kingdom capital.

"Yes, that old fellow was killed and had his corpse taken away by Dark Path magicians who came to Seidel Kingdom months ago. Did you know him, young lady?"

"He was in the Seidel Kingdom to protect my father! What happened? Can you tell me?" Lina was worried about her family's situation.

The most powerful members of the army in Stormhold finally understood the origin of some of the members of this group, seeing that they came from Seidel Kingdom and even the king's daughter was there.

"I see, so you're Lina Seidel... Don't worry, princess, your family should be fine. I can't talk about their latest situation, but your family members weren't attacked by the Dark Path magicians who acted in your capital. The goal of the damned traitors was only Paragons."

Hearing this, Vicente's eyes narrowed as he looked at Lauren, somewhat suspiciously given her previous trip to the south of the continent.

'Don't tell me that...'