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Chapter 566: Chapter 441 War is Imminent Chapter 566: Chapter 441 War is Imminent The day after the Candle Master’s festival was the official funeral of Queen Sofia.

At seven minutes past seven in the morning, the Cathedral of Candle Master in the Red Queen District once again tolled its somber death knell.

After seventy-nine strokes of the death knell, no bell would ring throughout Avalon for the rest of the day.

A pitch-black silence enveloped the whole of Avalon.

The funeral procession set out from St.

Genvieve Chapel, would circle the Red-White Queen District, and then return to the Cathedral of Candle Master.

Seventy-seven pure white Gryphons, each with a black scarf, and seventy-seven knights in silver armor cloaked in black, escorted the pitch-black coffin in the middle.

Leading the front was Isabel, riding a Gryphon as a minister, followed closely by Ligeia and Aiwass, both on slightly smaller Gryphons.

If this had been any time before, people might have questioned why these two young individuals, seemingly not even thirty years old combined, deserved such a forefront position.

But today, no one would raise such questions anymore.

Reporter Dimitri—as the current editor-in-chief of the “Glass Staircase Daily”—his personally taken photo was on the second edition of the “Glass Staircase Daily”.

The glass staircase shattered, the great Guardian and his Gryphon lay gravely wounded on the brink of death.

Minister Moriarty with closed eyes in prayer, the new Grand Arbitrator holding a scepter.

They stood behind the queen, protecting her from harm, while the knights of the Arbitration Hall all kneeled before them for being late, their repentance both respectful and sincere.

That photo would have made the front page headlines in normal times.

It was only because there were too many important events that day that it was pushed to the second page.

And it was the detailed reporting in the newspapers about Aiwass’s actions that enabled people to learn that it was Aiwass who had saved their queen.

Aside from the Guardian who had nearly sacrificed himself, Aiwass’s reputation had nearly instantly soared to its peak.@@novelbin@@

No one would question this young Minister of the Department of Care of Magical Creatures anymore.

The vast majority of Avalonians are ordinary people; they don’t know what an “energy level” is, how strong Aiwass actually is, nor understand Emma’s true capabilities—these things are all secrets of the Transcendents.

In their eyes, Emma’s ability to turn the noon of the Candle Master’s festival into a night of the blood moon, causing a blood rain to fall over Glass Island, was akin to the mighty power of an evil god.

And since Aiwass had defeated her, it meant Aiwass was even stronger.

Such a powerful young individual was naturally worthy of respect.

They had no idea that Aiwass was only of the third energy level.

And those who did know this fact wouldn’t dare to come forward at this time to explain, “This is unreasonable.” They would just be attacked by the outraged public.

More than a thousand guests accepted the invitation sent out by the Hall of Silver and Tin.

Besides them, the people of Glass Island spontaneously took to the streets.

They surrounded the funeral procession, their faces solemn, remaining silent.

It was not only for the queen’s funeral but also for the major news of the previous day.

Yesterday was the Candle Master’s festival, and such a major incident as the queen’s assassination attempt couldn’t possibly be hidden.

And Aiwass and Isabel had no intention of hiding it.

The cover of all newspapers issued in Avalon today featured the stern-faced, blood-stained Queen Isabel.

The front page, without exception, covered only two matters: one was that today was the day of Queen Sofia’s funeral and national mourning; the other was the assassination attempt on Queen Isabel yesterday.

The diplomatic personnel from Star Antimony directly tried to assassinate the monarch, and Isabel was their only monarch—her father and brother were not recognized by Avalonians.

A coward who abandoned his responsibilities and fled, or an infant who couldn’t even write his own name were clearly impossible to become competent monarchs.

Most Avalonians were already outraged.

The fear and panic from the sudden arrival of the ominous blood moon that disturbed yesterday’s Candle Master’s festival were also blamed on Countess Emma.

The sacred Candle Master’s celebration disrupted, the queen attacked—and the perpetrators were the Star Antimony people, who were generally disliked by Avalonians.

Fortunately, the next day was Queen Sofia’s funeral.

Although most Avalonians were not very familiar with Isabel yet, she was nonetheless the successor personally chosen by Sofia.

Her ring of authority had even been transferred while Queen Sofia was still alive.

And Queen Sofia’s reputation in Avalon was exceptionally high.

All Avalonians living now had only experienced and known about two monarchs: Queen Sofia and the previous tyrant “The Execution King”.

Avalon’s “modernization” was also essentially completed under Queen Sofia’s rule.

Before her accession, Avalon had no railways, no bicycles, no factories, no telephones, no electric lights, no electricity-dependent facilities, not even newspapers for the common people.

Most people were illiterate, only a few could attend university and become Transcendents; over 90% of Avalon’s land was rural, cities were rife with gangs and pickpockets, while outside there were bandits and robbers.

Avalon began to decline generation after generation since the emergence of Prince Lohar.

Because people no longer believed in the Knights of the Round Table or their monarch from the bottom of their hearts, the compatibility with the Path of Authority in Avalonians greatly decreased, whether it was in the number and strength of Transcendents or in economic and infrastructure, all were in decline.

In the era of The Execution King’s reign, Avalon had declined to its limits.

By that time, there were only six functioning universities left in all of Avalon.

Avalon’s silver and gold reserves were rapidly flowing overseas; numerous Knight Families directly took their assets and left Avalon for Star Antimony and Iris Flower.