Otherwise, he wouldn’t have beco the leader of the five great experts among the Fiend races’ younger generation. Why was it that even though he couldn’t convict the Second Prince, he would still cause such a commotion in the morning court session?
"The Golden Crow Crown Prince ntioned that there was soone else who could serve as a witness. He seed to be so kind of descendant of the Pangolin race. However, he died in the dungeon," Natasha said, recalling the rumors she had heard.
As the Elf race’s princess, she had far more access to information than an ordinary person. She continued, "As you said, the dead can’t testify, so he can’t convict the Second Prince. Still, the explanation he gave really was too detailed and complete, so people all secretly believe it can’t have been sothing he made up."
"Besides, seeing as everyone knows the Second Prince has never accepted the crown prince, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if he had done it."
Sharky suddenly realized sothing. Proof was only important for ordinary people. For so people, they didn’t need to go through all that trouble if they wanted sothing done.
As long as the big shots in the court believed it had happened, there would be no need for proof. At worst, they would just find so scapegoat and it would be enough.
Either way, the investigations of the court always ended the way they wanted them to.
It looks like the Golden Crow Crown Prince has decided to go on the offensive against the Second Prince!
"By the way, why are there suddenly fewer Golden Crow Guards outside?" Sharky asked, puzzled. He had searched with his divine sense when they first left the secret dungeon.
At the ti, the Golden Crow Guards had surrounded the Imperial Tomb with layers upon layers of guards. Now, fewer than half of them were left. If not for that, Sharky’s group wouldn’t have been able to escape from them so easily.
"I don’t know. I noticed that a few troops left in a hurry. Then, Ellis and Badal also took their respective armies with them," Natasha explained. She had been there the whole ti, but she didn’t really know what happened either.
Suddenly, bursts of fiery light erupted from the Fiend King Court’s direction. Sharky’s expression changed. He said, "There’s sothing major happening in the Fiend King Court. We should hurry over and see what’s happening!"
Previously, in order to travel faster, Ellis and Badal had ordered their subordinates to move on their own. anwhile, they used their own respective skills to return to the Fiend King Court more quickly. The two didn’t stop and headed directly for the Imperial Palace.
There was already a servant waiting for them, who quickly brought the two of them to the Imperial Study. Both of them were confused. Could it be that the Fiend Emperor had already erged ahead of ti? Otherwise, who would dare to use the Imperial Study?
After guiding the two of them inside, the servant closed the door behind him. The closing door felt as if it had been slamd on the two n’s hearts. Only then did they notice the situation inside the room, however.
The Golden Crow Crown Prince sat in the main seat. Next to him was his guardian Elder Wu. Both n were quite surprised. Elder Wu’s existence was supposed to be top secret, so why had he shown himself in public?
There were others as well, off to the side: Commandant of Guards Maxton, Chief Attendant Paston, and Imperial Secretariat Director Ingim.
The Commandant of Guards was in charge of the palace guards. The Chief Attendant was the head of the Fiend Emperor’s secretary division. The Imperial Secretariat Director was the one who implented concrete governnt affairs.
At present, the last position was held by the Fourth Prince, but because he was too young and usually spent his ti eating, drinking, and playing around, the relevant governnt affairs were managed by Director Ingim.
Wu was the unique surna of the Golden Crow royal family. As such, the three officials essentially represented the Fiend King Court, the central army, the governnt, and even the royal family’s will.
Apart from those three important figures, the two n noticed that Right Guard General Bunty, Prosperous King Leander, Composed King Bastion, and Martial Guard General Nine Suns King Malcolm were all present.
Those four, along with Left Guard General Badal, jointly managed the King Court’s elite Golden Crow Guards. Seeing as they were all gathered inside, there was clearly sothing major happening.
Just then, the Commandant of Guards Maxton said, "As the Grand Secretary and General have already arrived, we can begin."
Chief Attendant Paston nodded and took out an imperial decree, declaring, "The Fiend Emperor has a decree. All subjects shall receive the decree!"
A powerful aura emanated from the decree. It was none other than the Fiend Emperor’s unique might, sothing no one could fake.
"Long live the emperor!" all those present exclaid, quickly bowing respectfully.
Only then did Paston read the contents of the decree. As it turned out, it passed the imperial throne to the Golden Crow Crown Prince, appointing him as the new Fiend Emperor.
Everyone in the room was shocked, especially Left Guard General Badal. Even though he had always carried goodwill toward the Golden Crow Crown Prince, ultimately, he was still the Fiend Emperor’s trusted aide. That goodwill was only due to the fact that the Golden Crow Crown Prince was the heir apparent to the throne.
But now, the Fiend Emperor hadn’t even appeared, and yet the Golden Crow Crown Prince was already in a hurry to inherit the throne. That... was a bit inappropriate, wasn’t it?
He could only test the waters by asking, "May I ask where his majesty the Fiend Emperor is right now?"
Paston released a deep sigh. A few teardrops fell from his eyes as he replied, "His majesty, he... has passed on."
"What?!"
The decree appointing the crown prince to the throne was surprising, but they had all felt that it was to be expected. And yet, upon hearing that, they felt as if they had just received news that a teor falling from the heavens was about to end the entire world.
"How did the Fiend Emperor die?" the generals in the room exclaid. They were all shaken. The Fiend Emperor’s position in their hearts was on par with Henry’s in the human world.
He had always been a supre being for countless years, the strongest in the land. He was their taphorical backbone.
Not too long before, they had been waiting to et the Fiend Emperor, and yet now, they had received a report that the Fiend Emperor died?
How could the unrivaled Fiend Emperor possibly die?! Who could kill him?
Commandant of Guards Maxton replied, "The Fiend Emperor passed on in the special secret dungeon. As for the reason, I fear we have no way of knowing anymore."
Badal asked with a frown, "Did the Crown Prince not previously say that the Fiend Emperor was dealing with so small matters and would erge soon? Why is there news that the Fiend Emperor died inside?"
If not for the fact that the Fiend Emperor was too strong and the Crown Prince had no chance of scheming against him, the people in the room might have wondered if he had done sothing.
The Golden Crow Crown Prince rubbed his eyes and lanted, "I do not know either! Back then, father emperor was clearly fine, but who would have thought that sothing would happen to him so soon? This crown prince is filled with endless sorrow!"
Ellis nodded inwardly. This nephew of mine has the mindset of a ruler. Whether he’s happy or sad right now, at least he’s already quite skilled at expressing the emotion he wants to express.
"Then how did the crown prince learn that the Fiend Emperor had already passed on?" Right Guard General Niu Dao asked curiously.
"Let answer this question. There is a secret room in the Imperial Palace that contains divine tokens belonging to the royal family’s lineage."
"Whenever a mber of the royal family is born, a drop of blood essence is used to create a token. That way, if anything happens to any mber of the royal family, the Imperial Palace will imdiately find out," Elder Wu said from behind the Crown Prince.
He continued, "It is unfortunate, but not too long ago, the divine token that represents the Fiend Emperor shattered."
Even though the Fiend Emperor was imnsely powerful, he had left behind the sa kind of divine token when he was born too.
"Fiend Emperor!" those present exclaid in shock and alarm. As individuals in positions of incredible power, such techniques weren’t completely foreign to them. However, this was the first ti they had personally received confirmation.
The Golden Crow Crown Prince said, "The secret dungeon we entered was truly special. There were all sorts of powerful beings inside. Father emperor might have accidentally encountered sothing."
That was truly what he believed. Even though he knew the Fiend Emperor had stayed behind to deal with Sharky’s group, no matter how broadly his thoughts traveled, he couldn’t possibly believe that Sharky’s group could pose any threat to his father.
It was most likely because he had ended up provoking another being on par with Karna.
"Could there truly be soone more powerful than the Fiend Emperor?" the others exclaid with ashen expressions, their eyes filled with horror.
The Golden Crow Crown Prince quickly said, "It was not that there was soone more powerful than the father emperor, but rather that the place was extrely strange. Additionally, when I ca back, the spatial passage was already about to close. Perhaps the father emperor could not leave in ti, or sothing happened to him in the spatial passage."
Spatial passages often contained chaotic streams of spaceti. Even for dungeons that had been open for a long ti, no one dared to move recklessly when they were in such spatial passages. As such, if sothing really had happened to the Fiend Emperor there, it would still just about be understandable.
Prosperous King Leander couldn’t hold back his doubts and asked, "Then why did his majesty Fiend Emperor have the crown prince return first, while remaining in that dangerous place himself?"
The Golden Crow Crown Prince knew that these individuals, whom his father had placed in important positions, were all the most trusted of aides.
Thus, he could only calm himself down first and say, "This was supposed to be an absolute secret, but I have no choice but to talk about it here. The reason the father emperor remained inside was because he received clues about an immortal dicine. He went to look for it..."
Then, he gave them a rough account of the information surrounding the immortal dicine. Of course, he excluded Sharky and the others’ presence. Either way, they had no doubt already been killed by his father, lying dead in the secret dungeon.
"Immortal dicine..." several people murmured.
Now, no one in the room had any more doubts. They all knew just how irresistible immortal dicines were for those who were nearing the end of their lifespan.
Even they suspected that the Fiend Emperor might have died not too far from the immortal dicine. After all, anything that incredible would definitely have powerful beings protecting it.
Chief Attendant Paston said, "As the Fiend Emperor has already passed, the crown prince will succeed to the throne. This is a decree that the Fiend Emperor left behind."
The generals still had so hesitation, but Ellis quickly took the lead in kneeling toward the Crown Prince, declaring, "This subject pays his respects to the emperor. Long live, long live, long long live!"
As even the Crown Prince’s uncle, the Grand Secretary himself, had begun to kneel, Commandant of Guards Maxton and Chief Attendant Paston both followed suit.
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