In the throne room after the incident.

As the Princess carried the severed head walking into the throne room, everyone was shocked as they recognized the head.

After the attack on the Hero, the guards were alarmed and they notified the King, as a result, he called in an urgent meeting in the throne room with all the powerful nobles in the country.

As they stood in front of the King, Glaze took out the letter he got from Karen Aquilia and showed it to the King.

As the King read the letter he was shocked and so was everyone else, especially Varen Aquilia who was the most shocked to see the severed head of her daughter but also the fact that the Hero was completely fine with not a single scratch.

How is this possible? The Purple Night Lotus poison can't be resisted by anyone under Level 25, she thought as she panicked.

Princess Charlotte then explained the sequence of events that led to her killing Karen Aquilia.

"I know you want to maintain the peace father, but attacking the Hero is unforgivable, and if you don't do anything and let the Aquilia family go then I will take things into my own hands.," she said with a cold expression looking straight into her father's eyes.

"This is a misunderstanding, Your Majesty , let me explain" said Varen Aquilia as she came forward but before she had the chance to speak there was a blinding light coming from the Princess and a shockwave spread throughout the throne room.

There was a blue aura surrounding her entire body with strange runes floating in the air , the next instant , the roof of the throne room broke down and from the gaping hole came a river of blue light that looked like mana, as the river of mana descended on her she floated into the air.

The mana in the entire area started quaking and everyone present could feel it , there was a strange pattern that began to form in front of her chest which was blinding and was completely pitch black, the same as her Pure Yin Black Fire Magic, as the pattern formed , it descended a terrifying pressure on everyone present and everyone soon realized what was happening.

The King, who was the first to notice spoke up "Divine Magical Pattern, she has broken through the bottleneck and has reached Level 30 becoming a Master and One with Magic"

As she was right beside Glaze, he realized it fairly quickly too, it looks like killing Karen and finally letting go broke her mental bottleneck, she was powerful enough to breakthrough but her past blocked her from doing so, now that she is free, it is natural that she would breakthrough.

As the Divine Magical Pattern started to burn with black fire, the River of Magic poured an enormous amount of mana into it and was also nourishing and making it stronger as her entire body was covered in Pure Yin Flames and her hair seemed like they were made of black fire, soon it quieted down a bit but the huge pressure remained the same as it felt like the entire throne room was not burning on fire but was fire. As her burning Divine Magical Pattern went inside her soul, she opened her eyes and descended as everyone looked at her in shock.

Princess Charlotte successfully broke through her bottleneck and reached Level 30 and became a terrifying Master Stage being.

As she reached the Master Stage everyone looked at her in fear, you have to realize that there were very few Master Stage Beings in the Human Realm, and within the Kingdom, including the King, before Princess Charlotte, there were only 3 Master Stage beings.

Before anyone had the chance to recover from the shock and continue towards the case of the Aquilia Family, Princess Charlotte held up a crystal , it was a memory crystal that can be used to record any event, as she poured her mana into it and started playing it , it displayed the entire scene that happened after she reached Glaze with Karen on the ground.

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As the scene started to play in the throne room, everyone was even more shocked, hearing about the matter and having a visual proof is a completely different thing, as the scene reached the point where Karen insulted Charlotte and the late Queen, everyone stopped breathing.

As Varen Aquilia saw that, she knew it was too late, she flared her magic and started to run but at this moment, the King stood up with an icy expression on his face as he held his hand forward and made a gripping motion.

The entire throne room started shaking as if there was an earthquake and a terrifying pressure, one that was many times stronger than what was caused by the Princess descended on top of everyone. Varen Aquilia who was running away just stopped in her place as if time was frozen as she was pulled backward by an invisible force.

This was the power of a Level 38 Master who was 2 Levels away from becoming a Legend, for the first time since he came here, Glaze finally saw a hint of the true strength of the King.

As she came towards him screaming, the King looked at her with a murderous raging look in his eyes, he might have neglected his daughter but he still loved the late Queen, why else would he go against all tradition to marry her.

He took out a giant hammer that hummed with power, this seemed even more terrifying than the one Princess Charlotte had, as he raised it, the sky itself started shattering and reality itself was distorting, the terrifying energy released from the shattering of the sky was concentrated on the hammer, the King then slammed this hammer down on the frozen Karen Aquilia who felt like the entire sky was crashing down on her and could do nothing but regret her fate. How did it come to this? My plan was perfect! she thought in her last moments.

This was the Sky - Shattering Hammer skill, and in the King's hand, it was terrifying, the hammer smashed Varen Aquilia, who was a Level 25 Expert, like smashing an ant, and in a single hit, she turned into just a paste on the floor.

Everyone around was holding their breath, as they watched the scene, it had been 25 years since they had last seen the King's Power and it left them terrified as they experienced it again.

As the King's rage subsided a bit, he sat down on the throne, he then said " Varen Aquilia and the Aquilia Family committed the most grievous crime against the Kingdom and the Human Realm by attacking the Hero when his guard was down, as such, as the King of Everheart, I take away all the titles, lands and rights of the Aquilia Family " said the King in a loud voice that reverberated throughout the entire Kingdom and every living soul in Everheart could hear the King's verdict.

He looked towards Glaze as he got up and slightly bowed towards him " I am ashamed this has happened within my Palace, I have failed to protect you from my people, I apologize and hope you would give me another chance"

"As long as justice is served, I am fine with it, Your Majesty," said Glaze slightly bowing towards the King.

"And Congratulations, my daughter on reaching the Master Stage," said the King looking towards his daughter, but she didn't reply to him and just looked him dead in the eye and said,

"I am going to go with the Hero and kill off every last one of the members of the Aquilia Family, taking their titles and lands isn't enough, they must pay in blood for trying to harm MY hero," she said looking towards her father with an icy gaze.

"Of course, you and the Hero can give them any punishment you see fit," said the King sighing as he realized how distant he and his daughter had become.

"Well, we shall take our leave then, Y-o-u-r M-a-j-e-s-t-y." said the Princess towards her father without bowing as she tilted her head to the side with a tinge of sarcasm as she took Glaze's arm in hers and flew out of the Palace.

The surrounding people gulped hearing that , they did not expect such a change to occur in the Crown Princess who always prioritized the peace of the Kingdom, but was now eradicating one of the oldest noble families in the Kingdom out of existence , they might have been scared before but were still condescending towards the Princess as they didn't think she would actually do anything drastic despite being powerful.

But after today's event where she cut off Karen's head, broke through to become a powerful master that could suppress anyone below that stage, which was all the nobles in the Kingdom, and the memory crystal that caused the King to rage and take away the rights of the Aquilia Family, they didn't feel condescending, they just felt fear.

They didn't think the Princess was smart enough to do that, and if she was, why wait till now? She had the power to eradicated the people who were against her for a long time.

And they soon realized the reason for the change in the Princess' attitude, the Hero.

But they couldn't do anything, they didn't dare do anything, especially after seeing what happened to those who tried to mess with the Hero today.

They sighed and walked back to their homes, realizing that the Kingdom of Everheart had seen a huge change today that will completely change its direction and the plans of all the nobles.

No matter how much they cared about bloodlines and tradition, when facing absolute power, anyone would throw their principles and values in the trash.

The Princess who had a non-existent faction and no support suddenly became the strongest faction in the Kingdom overnight.