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Arcane Drifters – Chapter 100: "Empress Lade – The Crown of Wrath"
Far from the chaos, deep inside the floating citadel of Solareign, the sky was calm.
Guards bowed. Ministers whispered. But inside the Throne Chamber, a single woman stood alone… watching everything through a glowing world map.
She was tall, graceful, with flowing white-gold robes, and a long staff resting at her side.
Her crown wasn't for decoration — it was sealed power.
Her eyes glowed with restrained fury.
Her name:
> Lade Etherion Xelvana
The Empress of Earth's Remaining Nations
The Dragon Queen of Solareign
And the Strongest Living Human
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A general knelt beside her.
> "My lady… thousands of Arcane Generals are tearing the lower world apart."
"The Drifters are fighting… but they're scattered. They might not last."
She didn't answer.
She simply watched a glowing red dot blinking across the map.
> "That boy… Shen," she said quietly.
"He's forcing the Arcane back… alone."
She turned to the general.
> "Ready the gate. I'm going down."
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BOOM!
Across the lands, the sky cracked open.
A shining portal of violet-gold opened in the middle of the sky.
And from it descended a massive imperial dragon, glowing with radiant light — its wings stretching across the heavens.
On its back stood Empress Lade.
The Arcane armies paused.
Even Arcane Generals began retreating slightly.
> "Who is that…?"
"Is that… one of the Twelve Supreme Lords?"
No.
It was something worse.
A human... at her limit.
And she hadn't moved yet.
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Lade raised her hand — no weapon.
Just a single, elegant gesture.
And then—
> "ROYAL LAW MAGIC – TIMEFALL BINDING!!"
The entire battlefield froze for three seconds.
Only Arcane generals could move.
But that was enough.
She stepped down from her dragon.
The land beneath her healed with every step.
She looked up at the Arcane army.
> "You entered my world," she said coldly.
"Now I will end yours."
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An Arcane General lunged — AR-19, speed type.
Lade didn't move.
Just blinked.
And the general exploded into dust.
Another one attacked with beams — she raised a single finger.
> "ROYAL SEAL: HEAVEN'S ORDER – STRIKE FOUR."
An invisible force slammed down, flattening a whole platoon of generals.
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From across the ocean, other nations watched live satellite footage.
People gasped.
> "Who is that…?"
"Is that really… a human?"
"She's not even using her weapon yet…"
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Above the clouds, Shen paused mid-swing and looked down.
He smirked.
> "So… the Empress has finally arrived."
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And from far off, the Arcane Lords began to speak:
> "She has moved."
"Now the true war begins."
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Chapter End – A New Era Begins
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