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 Whoever assaults the crown shall be punished.\\
 But I wear another land's crown,\\
-And your old laws should also be abolished."</color>//[(Spoken by Cerydra.)]
+And your old laws should also be abolished."</color>//
 After many days, <color #993333>the Goldweaver</color> discovered in shock,\\
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+The so-called heroes with golden blood in their veins,\\
+All have the qualities to fight for the Coreflames.
+Who's to say this was not the gods' plan?\\
+To have the heroes at each other's throats,\\
+So the divine could hide in old laws' lair,\\
+And laugh, play, and gloat.
+Who made this world a chessboard,\\
+And with one stroke, one river,\\
+Created the boundary between god and man?
+//<color #993333>"Dux Gladiorum, Dux Carminum, Dux Helkolithist, Dux Fragoris, Dux Brumalis...\\
+Heed my call..."</color>//
+The girl stood before a mighty army with her scepter.
+//"Today, I will insist on crossing the <color #993333>Rubicon</color>.\\
+Gather the might of all heroes\\
+And begin the journey to slay gods."//
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+Half the Coreflames were now in her hands,\\
+And the hidden <color #993333>Trickery Titan</color> stirred,\\
+Leaving taunts.
+//<color #efe4B0>"Hehehehe! Grow taller, puny empress!\\
+Otherwise you won't be able to catch me."</color>//
+The Imperator summoned the heroes to discuss,\\
+Finally stopping after much hesitation.\\
+As they had already pinned down the bones of <color #993333>Earth</color>'s beast,\\
+They let that thief live for a bit longer in bliss.
+The warrior of the fractured blade laughed boldly...\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"Our sovereign is good at open strategies\\
+And struggles with Trickery.\\
+But where is that lithe fish?"</color>//
+The Imperator replied with a chuckle.
+//<color #993333>"Her? She probably disliked the scent of cats\\
+And submerged herself in the baths."</color>//
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+The years spent with her dukes\\
+Didn't seem too far distant.\\
+Yet only after the end of many wars did the heroes discover\\
+How the Imperator's form walked more and more alone.
+//<color #993333>"The road of a ruler is a lonely one.\\
+One day,\\
+We'll only be able to see her retreating form."</color>//[(Spoken by Hysilens.)]\\
+The swordmaster of singing waves was worried too.
+{{ :readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:cerydra3-4.png?200|}}
+When all others had departed in intoxication,\\
+The two of them gazed into each other's eyes,\\
+Towards torrents deeper than their fates,\\
+And sank into profound silence.
+//<color #993333>"Drink one more cup with me, my dear follower."</color>//\\
+In the end, the Imperator first broke the silence.
+//<color #993333>"When compared to the taste of salt and blood, I sometimes miss your ambrosia..."</color>//
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+{{ :readable:saga:chessmaster.monarch:cerydra3-5.png?200|}}
+About the Destruction about to be born\\
+And the eternally occurring extrapolation,\\
+The Antikytheran spoke of all this in words unceasing.
+//<color #993333>"So this is the old world I must fight against."</color>//\\
+The girl's expression bore no sorrow or tragedy.\\
+Instead, she looked more solemn and ready than ever.
+Whoever stated that two kings could not meet face-to-face in chess?
+[(Read by Cerydra.)]"I am the sovereign of Okhema.\\
+I once faced the gods,\\
+So what do I have to fear about the <color #993333>"laws"</color> hanging behind such gods?"
+//<color #993333>"I will chop up the old laws and let them be firewood for the new."</color>//\\
+No matter the cost.
+That was the Imperator's lifelong conviction,\\
+Never changed, always persistent.