"Aiya, look at the time. I've completely lost track of time gossiping. My kingdom is likely throwing a fit waiting for my return. Catch you on the flip side~" With a final, mocking salute, his form dissolved out of reality.
The Emperor continued to stare intensely at the vacant space where the demon Emperor had stood.
He let out a slow, heavy exhalation.
"Grand Chancellor. Secure the immortal anomaly and every single individual tied to his immediate network. Bring them to the inner sanctum. As for my son Khan... find him and initiate Phase Two."
Valerian took a single, deliberate step forward into the open sky. "To the populace of Aureth: you shall permanently expunge every single memory concerning the events of this afternoon, archiving only the decree regarding your subsidized drinks. Disperse."
The sky instantaneously erupted into a cataclysmic roar of thunder.
