CHAPTER 133: ELYNDRA’S ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VALFORD EMPIRE

[Sub-Class: Tyrannical Ruler

Class Rank: SSS-rank

Class Traits:

F = You emanate natural regality that weakens the willpower of those below your rank. Weak-minded individuals feel compelled to obey without understanding why.

E = Your presence exerts metaphysical weight. Attacks from weaker beings falter, and your own strikes disrupt enemy morale and coordination.

D = You can mark individuals as "Subjects." Subjects under your rule receive passive stat amplification and instinctive obedience while suffering severe backlash if they attempt to betray or resist.

C = Your physical attacks now carry the Force of Edict, embedding commands into each strike. A mere gesture can knock enemies into submission, while direct hits temporarily disable their ability to disobey.

B = You can issue battlefield-wide decrees that suppress resistance and amplify your own destructive force. Tyrannical energy coats your attacks, bypassing standard defenses and damaging even law-type barriers.

A = You resist all lower-ranked control effects and sovereignty-based powers. Your decrees can overwrite weaker rulers’ commands and even suppress divine blessings beneath your tier.

S = Improve Imperial Execution’s Rulership Energy stat attribute as a standalone skill ability, thereby transforming it into a class trait. Your Rulership Energy stat becomes permanent regardless of distance, and it scales with the number and quality of Subjects and territories you have. Only the extermination of your subjects and the destruction or usurpation of your territories will weaken your Rulership Energy. The higher your Rulership Energy stat attribute, the stronger you become, as it increases your overall power.

SS = Your rulership now touches causality. Actions and events within your Dominion naturally bend to support your will. The environment itself subtly bends to favor you—terrain shifts, elemental energies align with your will, and enemies find their actions constrained by unseen sovereign pressure. Attempts to reject your authority require conceptual strength rivaling yours.

SSS = Your sovereignty becomes absolute. Your very existence asserts law, enabling you to rewrite localized rules of battle. Beings of lower authority cannot disobey your words, and reality itself hesitates to deny your decrees unless the opposition wields transcendent authority.]

[Class Exclusive Skill: Ruler’s Aura

Skill Rank: SSS

Skill Abilities:

(1) Passively, you project an oppressive aura that erodes defiance within planetary-scale range. Weaker beings instinctively kneel or freeze in your presence.

(2) While active, Ruler’s Aura directly invades the enemy’s soul, forcibly marking them as Subjects if their Spirit rank is below yours. Subjects experience total obedience unless protected by divine or transcendent willpower.

(3) The aura amplifies allied stats and damage output proportional to their loyalty or submission to your rulership.

(4) Once per day, you can activate Sovereign’s Mandate, briefly elevating the aura into a conceptual edict:

*Commands embedded in your words are instantly executed by all lower-ranked beings within range.

*Reality itself warps to enforce simple decrees (e.g., "Cease fighting," "All blades shatter," "This space is mine").

*Enemies must resist with overwhelming Spirit or conceptual power to avoid forced submission.]

In the Shattered Throne World, Veylan Altharion, the Lion of Thrones, was undoubtedly the strongest powerhouse. His dukedom wasn’t as vast as the self-proclaimed kingdoms of those incompetent kings, but it was more militaristic.

The southern plains were almost free of demon rifts due to Veylan leading his army to kill those Demon Dukes and destroy the demon rifts they created.

Because of that, Elyndra and her team left him for last. During the past six months, they completed their main missions and side missions while ignoring the southern plain guarded by Veylan.

After all, at the start, Elyndra and her team’s power was only comparable to E-rank Awakeners. It was only after they completed side missions that they obtained stat crystals and other items that improved their power to C-rank and B-rank.

Of course, if that were only their power, then they wouldn’t have been strong enough to retain the territories they conquered. It just so happened that the A-grade class trait of Elyndra’s SSS-rank Tyrannical Ruler allowed her to gain Rulership Energy the more subjects and territories she had.

In just 6 months, Elyndra, with the support of Mira, Aria, Isolde, and Nyx, managed to conquer all five kingdoms and even eighteen dukedoms scattered across Northern Highlands, Western Coasts, and Eastern Forests.

They even defeated most of the cultists from the Crimson Faith Cult and destroyed that cult’s base in the Central Thalorien Ruins, acquiring the largest throne shard from them.

As a Hell-Level Difficulty Otherworld Mission, the Shattered Throne World wasn’t quite as simple as it seemed. What made it stand out compared to the average Awakener’s first Otherworld Mission world was that it was connected to an adjacent world.

The Shattered Throne World was often invaded by the demons from the Demon World via demon rifts.

Even the SS-rank world artifact of the Shattered Throne World, the Throne of Unity, was shattered into countless pieces due to infighting within the Thalorien Empire as well as external factors like the Crimson Faith Cult’s sudden emergence.

Under the demon race’s instigation and conspiracies, the reigning monarch of the Thalorien Empire, the Lion Emperor, used the Throne of Unity to deal a heavy blow to the demon race, but at the cost of shattering it.

It also cost him his life as the Lion Sigil that accompanied him was later inherited by his general and later passed down to that general’s descendant, which was none other than the Grand Duke of Helrath, Veylan Altharion.

Although Elyndra was the strongest among her teammates, her case wasn’t similar to Ainsworth’s, where Ainsworth carried Dante and Rian.

At least, in the early stages and even now, it was thanks to Aria’s SSS-rank Machina Maker class that allowed them to equip their weapons with guns that these natives called "steel rods" and tanks and armored vehicles that were deemed as "metal beasts".

No matter how powerful the soldiers in this world were, it wasn’t to the point that they could take on a direct hit from a tank’s shells. Only C-rank Sigil Masters could somewhat defend against it, but even then, Aria wasn’t a purist.

Unlike most rigid scientists and inventors, Aria didn’t stick to just science and machinery but even incorporated this world’s sigils and runes into her tanks and guns.

Because of that, tank rounds that typically wouldn’t be able to damage C-rank Sigil Masters could kill them, and even weaker B-rank Sigil Lords would be harmed.

As a last resort, Aria felt guns and tanks weren’t enough, so she created a nuke capable of destroying even large mountains. In other words, a nuke that could kill One-Star A-rank Awakeners or the so-called A-rank Demon Lords in this Otherworld’s Demon World.

It was only a last resort that Elyndra suggested Aria develop in case her Rulership Energy stat attribute didn’t scale as fast as the enemies they would encounter.

Fortunately, it didn’t even come to that as Elyndra’s rule-based abilities were too targeted against those with weak Spirit attributes.

Most, if not all, of the inhabitants of the Shattered Throne World didn’t have any rule-based abilities that could counter Elyndra’s tyranny. Because of that, they would easily be branded with the Subject mark and be reduced to nothing but pawns for the establishment of Elyndra’s empire.

And so, in just six months, Elyndra defeated the World’s Strongest Man, and that marked the successful establishment of the Valford Empire.

As for why she didn’t call it the Valtoria Empire, Elyndra didn’t like it being associated with Earth’s Valtoria Empire, as it made it seem like the empire wasn’t established by her but by her ancestors.

Instead, she named it "Valford", for it represented herself as well as the person she loved. (VALtoria + ArthurFORD)

The establishment of the Valford Empire marked the end of the Shattered Throne era as Elyndra and her team had already collected all fragments of the shattered Throne of Unity!

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The Central Thalorien Ruins, once drowned in demonic miasma and haunted by the echoes of civil war, now stood reborn. Thanks to Mira’s Servants of Sloth, what had once been shattered stone and corrupted soil now gleamed like polished ivory.

Yet it was no bustling, futuristic metropolis. Elyndra refused to turn her empire into another reflection of Earth’s progress.

The restored capital of Valford retained its medieval grandeur—white stone fortifications, soaring gothic spires, and winding cobblestone streets—all reinforced with materials that shimmered faintly with arcane purity.

The corruption was gone, replaced with marble-like walls strengthened by runic latticework and mana-infused metals that would not crumble for millennia.

Sunlight glinted off silver-tipped watchtowers and golden inlays carved into bridges that spanned serene, crystal-clear canals where filth once festered.

The imperial palace dominated the heart of the city. It rose high above the skyline, its alabaster towers piercing the clouds, crowned with banners bearing the black-and-gold sigil of the Valford Empire.

Rather than ostentatious excess, the palace radiated unshakable authority: black marble pillars veined with gold, vaulted arches inscribed with rulership edicts, and grand stained-glass windows depicting Elyndra’s campaigns of unification.

Everywhere, the Servants of Sloth moved in silence. Featureless yet humanoid, their pure-white energy forms glowed faintly as they drifted through halls and across courtyards in perfect harmony.

Some wore maid uniforms, others butler attire, but all performed their duties with unerring precision—managing logistics, repairing armor, preparing feasts, and scrubbing already spotless floors. Their mere presence projected an otherworldly stillness, as though time itself refused to burden them.