Dragon Monarch System

Chapter 1198: Chapter 1198:- Congratulations!

Aditya had no idea how much time had passed since he lost consciousness. The moment his consciousness returned, his eyes immediately snapped open, and he quickly sat up on the bed while looking around the unfamiliar room with a panicked expression.

His first thought was not about his body, his injuries, or even his successful breakthrough to Beginner Sixth Order. Instead, Aditya was terrified that he had remained unconscious for far too long. There were still many important things he needed to do before the civil war officially began.

More importantly, he was the Supreme Commander of the Anti-Emperor Faction. If their Supreme Commander suddenly disappeared or remained unconscious when the war was supposed to begin, the morale of hundreds of thousands of soldiers would undoubtedly suffer a severe blow.

There were also several other matters that Aditya personally needed to handle before the battle began. His mind immediately began imagining the worst possible scenarios. What if he had remained unconscious for an entire day? What if several days had already passed? What if the civil war had already started without him?

Aditya desperately hoped that none of those possibilities was true. Fortunately, after quickly looking around, he recognised where he was. This was the Harrington Family’s secondary mansion.

It was the same mansion that everyone had temporarily moved into previously when members of the Mysterious Organization had destroyed the original Harrington Family mansion. Afterwards, once the original mansion had been rebuilt, everyone had naturally moved back there.

Yet now they had somehow ended up here once again. This time, however, there was no enemy to blame.

Aditya himself had practically destroyed the Harrington Family mansion while absorbing the enormous amount of fire-element mana contained within the 『Crimson Sun Annihilation Orb』. The terrifying heat produced during the absorption had burned and severely damaged the mansion to the point where everyone was once again forced to move into the secondary residence.

Compared to the main Harrington Family mansion, this place was considerably smaller. However, it was still a mansion, and there were more than enough rooms to accommodate everyone currently staying with the Harrington Family.

As Aditya continued looking around, his attention quickly shifted toward the other side of the bedroom.

Athena and Freya were sitting together on a sofa, seemingly having a peaceful conversation over tea. A small coffee table stood in front of them with their teacups resting on it.

The moment Aditya abruptly sat up and began looking around, both women immediately noticed him.

Athena and Freya looked at Aditya. And Aditya looked back at both of them.

For the next few seconds, all three simply stared at each other in complete silence. Before Aditya could finally open his mouth and ask the most important question on his mind, Freya smiled at him.

“Congratulations!” Freya said while looking genuinely pleased.

“Congratulations on reaching Beginner Sixth Order. I heard everything about what you went through.”

Freya paused for a moment, seemingly trying to find the right words. “Honestly, I don’t even know how I’m supposed to praise what you accomplished. Calling it impressive doesn’t feel enough. I’m not sure if anyone throughout the history of this world has ever gone through a Heavenly Tribulation like that without proper preparations and still successfully reached Beginner Sixth Order.”

Aditya opened his mouth to respond, but Freya did not give him the opportunity. Her pleased smile slowly transformed into an excited grin as she leaned forward and placed her teacup on the coffee table.

“But more importantly…” Freya’s eyes seemed to brighten with excitement as she looked at him. “This also shows just how powerful you have become.”

“Now I’m even more excited to fight you.” Hearing this, Athena almost facepalmed. Honestly, this wasn’t the time for this kind of topic, yet she was full of excitement and anticipation for when she would get the chance to fight Aditya.

Hearing the Goddess of War openly admit that she was excited by the thought of fighting him, Aditya merely smiled back in amusement. Unfortunately for Freya, he was in absolutely no mood to fight her right now. He simply had too many urgent matters on his hands that needed to be handled before he could even entertain the idea of having a proper battle with her.

Besides, Aditya was certain that if the two of them seriously fought, their battle would not end within a few minutes. Considering their current strength, even the scale of their battle would be extremely destructive. They would need to find some remote location far away from any city, town, or village before they could fight without worrying about innocent people getting caught in the destruction around them.

Aditya quickly pushed those thoughts aside. There were far more important matters to worry about right now. He turned toward Athena and immediately asked the question that had been bothering him from the moment he woke up. “How much time remains before the war starts?”

Judging from the way Athena and Freya had been calmly sitting on the sofa, drinking tea and casually talking to each other, Aditya had already concluded that the war had not started yet. If the civil war had already begun, there was no way either of them would be behaving this calmly. Their expressions, actions, and the entire atmosphere around them would have been completely different.

More importantly, Freya definitely would not have been sitting inside his bedroom and casually chatting with Athena. She was the Goddess of War. How could the Goddess of War possibly remain inside a mansion while an actual war was taking place nearby?

Even if waiting for Aditya to regain consciousness was important to her, Aditya knew Freya well enough to understand that she would never simply sit around doing nothing while everyone else was fighting. She would much rather spend that time on the battlefield, personally crushing their enemies while waiting for him to wake up.

“We still have around thirty to forty minutes left.” Athena replied.

“The troops from almost every noble household have already arrived. Only a few households are still on their way. Both of your grandfathers are overseeing the final preparations, while Uncle Wahid is giving instructions to the troops that will remain behind and protect Axel City while the war is ongoing.”

Athena smiled slightly before adding. “At this point, everyone was basically waiting for you to wake up. Fortunately, you woke up just in time.”

Hearing this, Aditya smiled and nodded his head. He was also extremely glad that he had regained consciousness now. If he had remained unconscious for even a few more hours, he would have missed several important matters that required his personal attention.

He was not merely the Supreme Commander leading the Anti-Emperor Faction into this war. There were other responsibilities and objectives that he personally needed to handle, especially within the first few hours after the war officially began.

Once his immediate worries disappeared, Aditya finally took a moment to inspect his own body. He moved his arms, shoulders, and legs before carefully sensing his physical condition.

To his pleasant surprise, every injury that he had suffered during the Heavenly Tribulation had completely healed. There was no pain remaining in his bones, no burned flesh, and no lingering weakness from the horrifying injuries that had nearly killed him.

Aditya did not immediately bring up the System panel to check his updated stats. There was no need to do so right now. He could already feel just how much stronger he had become after reaching Beginner Sixth Order.

The difference was enormous. His body felt completely different from before. His physical strength, speed, senses, mana, and overall power had all undergone a massive improvement. Even without testing his new limits, Aditya felt confident that he could now stand against Seventh Order cultivators.

However, that confidence did not make him arrogant enough to believe that he had already become unbeatable.

Even with his skills, innate abilities, Divine Dragon Bloodline, and the many advantages provided by the System, Aditya knew that he was still not strong enough to confidently fight a Peak Seventh Order cultivator head-on. Individuals at that level, especially existences such as the Heavenly Treasures, were still beyond his current reach.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Treasures would not personally participate in the civil war. They would only observe the conflict. Still, their existence reminded Aditya of something important.

He needed to become stronger that was as quickly as possible. ‘For now, with my current strength, I could carry out that plan.’

Although Aditya already had multiple Seventh Order cultivators under his command, he had never been the type of ruler who was satisfied with hiding behind stronger subordinates. He wanted his personal strength to continue rising alongside the power of his Empire.

Aditya had always believed in being the kind of commander who led his soldiers from the front rather than sitting safely behind the battlefield and sending everyone else forward.

He had followed that principle ever since he first became a King.

Sitting comfortably at the rear, giving orders, and waiting for his subordinates to risk their lives while he remained protected had never been his style. If his soldiers were going to step onto the battlefield and place their lives on the line under his command, then Aditya intended to stand on that same battlefield with them.

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