Chapter 304
Is this... jealousy?
Beyond the sky.
Countless viewers were heartbroken watching this scene.
No... Sam... please live...
Why... why did it end like this...?
[We've already won...we've already gotten our revenge...]
I really...I really can't accept this...
Luofu, Changletian.
Under the roof, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
Bai Heng was already sobbing uncontrollably.
She clung tightly to Lu Li's arm, as if she could hold onto the life that was about to end in the sky.
"Waaaaah... Lu Li... please let him live... please let him live..."
Lu Li: "..."
I wish I could... but I just can't!
How about I ask the system if we can change the plot?
And on the side.
Kafka had already closed her eyes, concealing the pain and reluctance in them.
It's happening again...
It's that kind of gentle cruelty again—giving people hope only to extinguish it with your own hands.
Jingliu remained silent.
However, the visible ice crystals floating around her revealed the extreme turmoil in her heart.
Seeing this scene reminded her of seven hundred years ago.
That man was like that back then too.
He calmly walked towards death in her arms.
……
In the sky.
Seeing Sam's breathing grow weaker and weaker, Titania took a deep breath: "Then, Lu Qing... is there any last wish you have?"
"As long as I can do it... I'll agree to anything you ask..."
A wish...
He looked at Titania before him, and finally gazed at the sky outside the palace.
"Then... Your Majesty..."
"May I... ask you... one last thing?"
Sam gave a weak smile and pointed to a stone pillar that had survived the explosion not far away.
"Could...could you...put me there?"
"I want to... stay outside... and get some fresh air..."
Want to enjoy the breeze?
Titania was stunned.
She looked in the direction he pointed.
That's the entrance to the main palace, facing the vast flying platform.
And... that deep starry sky.
She understood instantly.
He didn't actually want to feel the wind.
He is... waiting.
He was waiting for the girl he had personally sent away, who was now on a mission in the distant stars.
He wanted to look in the direction she might return to in the final moments of his life.
Even though he knew she might never come back.
Even though he knew he would never see her again...
Titania fell silent, overwhelmed by an emotion she had never felt before—a profound sense of bitterness and loss.
Is this... jealousy?
But she knew that this was his last wish.
She had no reason, nor could she refuse.
Finally, she nodded.
"Okay... I promise you."
Titania took a deep breath, carefully picked up Sam, and carried him to the stone pillar before setting him down.
"Lu Qing..." Titania gazed at Sam, who was leaning against the stone pillar, "Thank you for being with me until now."
"You will always be the person I trust the most."
"Our war is over, so you... should get some rest."
Sam leaned against a pillar, looked at Titania, and smiled slightly: "Thank you... Your Majesty..."
Titania looked at the smiling man who calmly awaited death, and then at the devastated land.
The revenge is over.
As the last empress of the empire.
She should put an end to all of this, to this country that exists because of lies.
Titania slowly stood up and straightened her back.
At that moment, she was no longer that sad woman.
It was Empress Titania of the Grammer Empire!
Having been treated and regained consciousness, the pale-faced Isolde came up behind her and respectfully said, "Your Majesty."
"How about the Royal Guard?"
Isolde paused for a moment: "Because of that explosion, probably... many died..."
Titania fell silent upon hearing this, then murmured, "Is that so...?"
Victory was just around the corner...
She's the one who wronged them.
but……
Titania looked up at the sky: "Don't worry."
"From now on, there will be no more wars in Grammer."
next moment.
Titania, through a mental link, issued a final royal decree to all the Iron Cavalry still fighting.
"My loyal iron cavalry."
"The war is over."
"Therefore, in the name of my Empress—Titania."
Titania paused for a moment.
"From this moment forward, Grammer—is destroyed!"
"The Grammer Cavalry—disbanded!"
"From this day forward, you are no longer weapons, no longer consumables."
"You are free."
"Therefore...go live the life you want."
"Go do... whatever you want to do."
"This is the last thing I, as the Empress, can do for you."
This command was transmitted throughout the Grammer Starfield via the mental network, reaching the minds of every Ironclad.
The iron cavalry, who were fighting the swarm of insects, all paused in unison.
Freedom...?
They stared blankly at the sea of fire around them, at this unfamiliar starry sky.
but.
There was no empire, no empress, no orders.
Where should they go?
What should they do next?
Titania did not give them an answer.
Because with the destruction of the empire, the Iron Cavalry was disbanded.
She, the last queen who brought Grammer to its end... should now go where she was meant to go.
Titania looked at the guards behind her who were waiting for orders: "Now that the Iron Cavalry has been disbanded, your guards should be disbanded as well."
"Go, live the life you want, do the things you want to do."
The surviving members of the royal guard, including Isolde, exchanged glances.
Isolde was the first to kneel on one knee and say, "Our Royal Guard exists only for Her Majesty the Queen."
"Therefore, the place where Her Majesty the Queen resides is our final and only resting place."
The rest of the guards also knelt on one knee and bowed their heads respectfully.
Titania looked at her royal guards kneeling before her and murmured, "Even though I've loosened your 'shackles,' you still choose to follow me...?"
Isolde and the rest of the royal guards replied without hesitation, "It's all for Grammer! It's all for Her Majesty the Queen!"
Titania smiled and said, "Then... you may all come with me."
At last.
Titania looked at Sam, who was leaning against a stone pillar, his breath so weak that it was almost imperceptible, and a hint of tenderness flashed in her eyes.
The war is over.
Rest assured, my Lu Qing.
Your empress...me.
I'll be here... always with you.
next moment.
She turned and led Isolde and a few other surviving, heavily wounded members of her personal guard, step by step, into the depths of the now-ruinsed palace.
"Boom!"
It was accompanied by a heavy, loud bang.
The massive palace gate, made of a special alloy and which had not been completely destroyed in the explosion, began to slowly close.
Then, a spiritual barrier rose up and completely enveloped the entire palace.
It will bring life and death.
To sleep and wait.
Completely separating the two worlds.