The Holy Court?

The King frowned.

He did not have a good impression of the Holy Court, and the Legrand royal family had had a long history of hatred with the Holy Court. So far, he had not had much experience with the Holy Court’s power himself. Once during the Rose Crisis when the Pope suddenly intervened in Legrand’s battle for the throne. And once when the Ross family of the Five Port Alliance regarded the Holy Court as their savior.

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These two times involving the Holy Court gave people the feeling that it was just going through the motions perfunctorily.

During the first time the cardinal evacuated Legrand in embarrassment, and during the second time the holy artifact that the Ross family wanted to send to the Holy Court was intercepted by the Dawson family, and the Holy Court did not even get a chance to intervene.

In these two times, the Holy Court seemed to be a dispensable piece on the board, and their power was not very obvious.

But don’t forget where the King was standing at this time.

——He was standing in front of the tombstone of William III, and the death of William III was likely to have a close relationship with the Holy Court! Would a king who had unified 36 states not be on guard against the power of the Holy Court? Of course not! So if Legrand’s central power was once again on the rise more than ten years ago, and the Legrand royal family had made sufficient preparations, yet still William III was killed under the power of the Holy Court.

Then was the power of the Holy Court really just what it showed in these two cases?

The King originally thought that they were just waiting for the coming of the Black Death, but Charles’ words caused him to feel that there might be other reasons.

“Who asked you to convey this?”

The King increased his guard against the Holy Court even more in his heart.

“You should have heard of her from Hawkins.” Charles gave the answer, “Walway’s witch.”

“Yes.”

“Before Walway accepted her, she was being pursued by the Holy Court’s inquisitors, her name is Griselda.” Charles explained in detail, “Her prophecies helped Walway avoid many times of bad luck.”

“Apart from this, is there anything else?” The King memorized the name “Griselda”, “Perhaps I can meet her.”

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. Her state right now is special and cannot leave the ghost ship, so she could only entrust me to convey her words. Griselda can’t make an accurate interpretation of this prophecy, she can only say that it is related to the school of fish.”

It was a prophecy, not just a warning.

The King’s expression became even more serious.

School of fish…..

He subconsciously recalled the astrologer’s prophecy retold by the Devil, “…..If they come together, the dead fish will flood the illuminated continent.” The King could not judge whether the witch’s prophecy pointed to a future where the Devil would solve the Black Death or the original future.

If it was the former, then the action taken by the Holy Court might be greater than he estimated.

The King was inclined to this kind of speculation, because the Holy Court was absolutely paying attention to his recent actions.

When the Five Port Alliance was defeated, the Holy Court made no response!

No response was a response in itself.

“Actually, I have some doubts, Your Majesty.” Charles hesitated for a while and asked, “Why are you in a hurry to build a navy? Because the collapse of the Five Port Alliance caused Legrand to lose its old navy? If you are worried about Bressi…..I do not think they will launch another large-scale offense soon.”

The King came back from his thoughts, and he refuted Charles’s speculation.

Of course he knew that Bressi could not launch a second expedition in a short period of time, otherwise they would not make such a big concession at the Moon River Fortress.

“Then why?”

Charles became more puzzled.

“I can feel that your need for a navy seems very urgent.”

After the Battle of Koszoya, the King ordered the counting and numbering of the remaining armed warships belonging to the Five Port Alliance——Charles understood that the King might want to directly incorporate them into the royal battleships.

“I am afraid that it might not be easy to support a large fleet with the power of the royal family currently.” Charles tactfully advised. It seemed that with the Duke of Buckingham present, he knew the royal family’s state of being on the verge of bankruptcy very well. “If you need it, Walway is willing to work for you at any time.”

The King heard the kind intentions in Charles’s words.

“It’s not for Bressi.” He pondered for a while and replied frankly, “It is because I need to seal off the southeastern sea.”

“Seal off the sea?”

Charles looked at the King in astonishment, not having expected to hear this answer.

“Do you mean to seal off one or two ports?”

“No.” The King was silent for a moment, then slowly said, “The entire southeastern sea.”

“You…..” Charles was speechless for several minutes, but finally calmed down and said with a serious tone, “I don’t recommend you do that. No country can withstand the consequences of a sudden blockade of the sea, it will cause a total disaster.”

Sealing off the entire southeastern sea area, one didn’t even need to think about it to know how much turmoil it would cause. The commerce to and from the Abyss Strait would be completely stagnated. Legrand’s foreign exchange of goods would be terminated. Wool would not be able to be sent out, and in exchange they would not be able to obtain necessities from the other side of the Abyss Strait…..The scope of consequences was far beyond what the collapse of the Five Port Alliance could bring.

Not to mention how could small merchants with poor anti-risk capabilities survive such a big move? What about the residents who rely on selling grain to the outside world?

Charles was about to tell the King of the consequences, but the King interrupted him.

“But what if it is compared with the fact that a city of people will become a pile of dead bones in just three days? What if it is compared with at least ten thousand to fifteen thousand people dying every day? What if it is compared with the whole country overwhelmed by the same kind of disaster?” [1]

As the King asked rhetorically, Charles frowned deeply.

“The Black Death.”

The King gave the answer.

When the words “Black Death” were uttered, the air seemed to stagnate for an instant.

The gentle and elegant Charles froze for a long time and murmured: “It turns out to be like this…..no wonder you…..you have already confirmed this, haven’t you?”

Charles obviously knew better than the King how terrible the Black Death in this era was, and his tone had changed from the previous doubtfulness to solemnity.

The King nodded expressionlessly.

“This is actually the case…..Can I ask for some relevant information?” Charles bowed slightly, “I have a slight understanding of the history of the Black Death, and I may be able to offer some assistance.”

The pirates who sail the seas all year round were indeed well informed.

The King pondered for a moment, and selectively informed Charles about the Black Death. He believed that since the witch also predicted the “school of fish”, she might be able to come into use later. Moreover, sealing off the sea itself could not be separated from the help of the Walway pirates.

“I think you overlooked one thing.”

After listening, Charles pondered for a while and said slowly.

“Tell me?”

“The real Black Death outbreak time is not in January.” Charles’s blue eyes stared at the King with a serious expression, “It is very likely…..it has already begun to appear now.”

The King understood what Charles meant almost instantly.

The King got news from the Devil in October that the plague would break out four months later——that was to say, Legrand would be facing the Black Death in January. But before that, before the Black Death broke out in southeast Legrand, it should have already swept across the continent on the other side of the Abyss Strait.

Damn it.

The King understood where the problem laid.

He was deliberately misled by the Devil!

The news given by the Devil appeared to be true on the surface, but in fact it had a strong psychological suggestion——it made people feel that the Black Death swept across many countries at the same time after four months.

This was not the case. In January, many countries would indeed fall into the quagmire of the Black Death at the same time, but before that, the time when each country first became tormented with the Black Death was different.

It was a contagious plague that could spread!

That damn, lying, and insidious fraudster.

Of course, the King had never trusted the Devil, otherwise he would not have made preparations so early. But he was still affected to a certain extent by the so-called “fate line” and the Devil’s words——he had made errors in his calculations of the time.

He made his series of preparations based on the belief that the worldwide outbreak of the Black Death was in January.

It was now already the end of November.

In the King’s original plans, he still had at least a full month to make arrangements for various things.

But in fact, he didn’t have that much time.

If the Black Death had already begun to crop up at this time, then by January, the King would face a completely different international political situation from the initial outbreak of the Black Death. In fact, he must guard against the introduction of the Black Death from now on. He originally had doubts about the Devil, but now his suspicion was only raised to the highest level.

For the monarch, the most terrifying thing was having his arrangements be deviated from the original plan.

Because any of his deviations might have terrifying consequences for the entire country.

The King had to re-examine whether or not the Devil announced the arrival of the Black Death only to prevent the former commander of the Knight Templar from doing it himself?——Just like the trip in hell, the Devil probably had other motives when he announced the arrival of the Black Death…..The bone ring obtained from yesterday’s trip in hell was likely to be related to this matter.

The King’s face was suddenly shrouded in a cold chill.

Charles noticed the change in him: “Perhaps you need some overseas spies…..to monitor the situation across the Abyss Strait for you?”

This was indeed what the King needed at this time.

“The brothers of Wallway are willing to serve you, Your Majesty.”

Charles smiled faintly, as if he was not talking about sailing across the Abyss Strait to a dangerous area where the Black Death might have already appeared.

“You can rest assured that we will not stop at any port in Legrand. If someone is unfortunately infected, he will definitely not set foot on Legrand’s land.”

The King was silent for a moment: “Please be careful.”

“Don’t worry.” Charles stood up straight and smiled, “The ghost ships have their specialness.”

He said with a touch of pride.

The King probably understood why William III and the Duke of Buckingham established such a friendship with the Walway pirates.

——Because they were all the same geniuses of that era.

Charles hurriedly took his leave, preparing to lift the curse and prepare to go oversea for the King.

………………

The end of November.

A series of decrees were issued from the palace almost on the same day:

The King ordered the architect of the Lunatic Academy of Science to come for an audience as well as for the architectural professors of the Royal Academy to immediately make their way to the palace.

The King also ordered Baron Sheehan, who was forming the new army, to come to Metzl Castle immediately.

The King appointed Hawkins to officially become the admiral of the royal fleet.

The King announced the official establishment of the “Free Chamber of Commerce”.

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AN: [1] The outbreak of the Black Death in the Middle Ages can almost be equated with the apocalypse. The data in this article is not fabricated by me, but the real situation during the Black Death pandemic in history. In that era, when the epidemic was at its worst, in Cairo 10,000 to 15,000 people died every day, and Gaza lost 22,000 people and most of the animals within six weeks. The Black Death lasted very shortly once it arrived and often an entire city would die in just three days.

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The slime on the gold coins was really not “a little dirty”. In order to keep this secret for the King, the Duke of Buckingham had no choice but to call over the royal guards after a moment of contemplation.

At first, the royal guards who received the clean-up order thought they were going to perform some kind assassination mission, and they all looked very solemn. But the result was that when they arrived, they discovered that the clean-up order was really “cleaning” in the literal sense.

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The Duke of Buckingham stood in front of the warehouse majestically and nodded to them without a smile, indicating that they could start.

Royal guards: …..

They felt that their career path had been declining step by step away from being the ruthless overseers of the officials.

But soon, the royal guards discovered that the slime on these gold coins was really not something just anyone could handle. They were extremely corrosive, and when they dripped on the ground, the stone surface would be corroded with small holes. They had to carefully scrape off the slime from the gold first, and then meticulously clean them.

The King did not leave but watched on the side with the Duke of Buckingham.

“Oh, that’s right, don’t throw these things away.” The King thought for a while, “Keep it stored and send some for our Mr. Pharmacist to analyze the properties.”

The King was very interested in the biological components of hell. From the slime of the Lord of “greed and ill-gotten wealth”, he might be able to analyze some properties that made humans and inhumans different.

After all, these slime were the same as the gold coins. To a certain extent, they were hard to come by. Even if it were to be disposed of, that would have to wait for the King’s scientists to judge that it was of no use before being thrown out.

Could the collision of science and mystery bring about something different?

The King possessed some hopes and expectations.

The wealth in the palace of that Lord of hell was piled up like a mountain. Unfortunately, as the Devil said, these gold coins had been piled up in hell for too long, and had been deeply branded by hell. If he took out too much at one time, it would cause unnecessary trouble. Even the current batch of gold coins couldn’t be used directly after washing off the slime.

It was necessary to let the former knight commander of the Templars to further dispel the evil energy remaining on the gold coins.

The process was a bit troublesome, but it was all worth it.

They alleviated the King’s immediate urgency.

“Take a count, and then report the specific number to me.”

The King ordered. He must start thinking about how to allocate these gold coins in advance.

With a focus on the navy while also taking into account the construction of new military weapons and castles, as well as the early investment of the Southeastern Free Chamber of Commerce that he intended to carry out.

The specific number would not be known until the count was completed, but based on estimates, it would be enough to provide preliminary funds for the construction of the royal navy that the King intended to carry out——and only preliminary. The price of building a royal navy was high enough to drive any royal family crazy.

The current Legrand Royal Fleet was formed in the reign of the Mad King Henry.

After the Mad King Henry withdrew the church’s privileges to the Five Port Alliance, a period of turmoil was caused. Although it was put down in the end, the rebellion undoubtedly left a deep impression on the Mad King. The royal family then invested in the purchase of more than fifty galleys, which were organized into three detachments, and those in charge were called “galley captains”[1].

In the early stage of formation, the mighty royal family navy did play a great deterrent effect, but soon, the royal family found that it could not afford to maintain the fleet, so two-thirds of the fleet ended up being sold later. Instead, they continued to requisition large-tonnage merchant ships as wartime armed warships. [2]

This phenomenon of merging the use of merchant ships and military warships had lasted for a long time, so long that it strengthened the arrogance of the Five Port Alliance. It was not until William III unified the 36 states and the royal family’s control increased that the number of royal fleets rose steadily again.

So long as one looked back on the duration of this long period of gradual progress of the royal navy development history, one would be able to understand just what a money burning pit this was.

The King could already hear the sounds of these batches of gold coins being thrown by him into the sea.

He sighed helplessly.

This was the case with the military. Only by burning money could a frightening army be burned from the ashes.

“Aren’t you going to see Charles?”

The Duke of Buckingham said to the King.

“He has arrived?” The King was a little surprised.

He remembered that he allowed Captain Hawkins to convey his permission to Charles to visit the place where William III was buried. But only one night had passed, and Charles had already arrived.

The Duke of Buckingham nodded slightly.

The King understood that the duke had already met Charles.

A dead Legrand King, a current royal duke, a crazy captain, a legendary first mate in charge of the entire pirate fleet…..Such a mismatch of four people actually maintained an unimaginably deep friendship.

“I will go see him.”

The King took over the cloak from the Head of the Households.

………………

St. Wyth Cathedral, the cemetery of William III.

The King wore a red cloak as he stood outside the eternal resting place.

The tomb of William III did not seem to fit his identity as the generation’s most glorious King of Legrand. Although impressive, it was undoubtedly rudimentary in terms of royal specifications. On the tall tombstone, the relief head of William III coexisted with the cross.

A person was standing in front of the tombstone.

The first mate of the Walway pirates, Charles.

His gray hair was combed back and his eyes as blue as the sea. He wore a black coat and his aura was rather gentle and could even be called “cultured”. It was hard to imagine that he was the main person in charge of the infamous Walway pirates from appearance alone——he was more like an old professor at the Royal Academy than a pirate.

“Good day, Your Majesty.”

Hearing the King’s footsteps, he turned and bowed to salute the King respectfully.

“Good day, sir.”

The King stepped forward and stood before the tombstone next to him.

“Thank you for your permission, Your Majesty.”

Charles said. His attitude towards the King was respectful with more traces of gentleness. He was about the same age as the Duke of Buckingham, but the Duke of Buckingham felt like a steel knife that could be pulled out at any time, while he was like fine wine that had settled over time.

“I think this should also be what he wanted.”

The King replied.

“William…..I’m sorry, please forgive me for my impoliteness. But,” Charles stared at the tombstone with sea blue eyes, “This was what he once requested. He hoped Hawkins and I could continue to call him William.”

“Please continue to call him that way.” The King said. He was not familiar with this kind of friendship, so after a brief pause, he changed the subject, “I can pardon the curse for you all at any time.”

“Thank you for your kindness.”

Charles placed a hand on his chest, and he bowed to express his gratitude to the King.

“I think it must not have been easy for you to get along with Mr. Hawkins for so many years.” The King raised his eyebrows. It was hard to imagine how a person like Charles could endure thag crazy pirate captain.

A complicated look appeared on Charles’s face: “…..Probably because of such a captain, I have to stay at Walway all the time.”

It looked like along with the Duke of Buckingham, he also felt a headache towards Captain Hawkins.

“You being willing to keep him as Legrand’s admiral really is a great help to Walway.” Charles said sincerely, “I am really worried that one day I will wake up and find Walway’s captain hanged from the mast by his sailors.”

After Charles couldn’t help but express a complaint, he probably also wanted to maintain at least some face for the pirate captain and so changed the subject by beginning to talk about the royal fleet with the King.

The King was not surprised that he knew of his intention to transform the royal fleet.

“Do you have any suggestions?”

“Your current warships are likely based on that of the Five Port Alliance.” Charles slowly explained his suggestions to the King, “With the Ross family’s “Lavelle” as an example, merchant ships generally erect very tall platforms, and you know that this is to defend against pirate attacks. When sea battles occur, these platforms can be used for shooting and defense.” [3]

“But as far as I know, they didn’t play a big role in the sea battle of Koszoya, and the speed of Walway’s ships seemed to be faster.” The King made his doubts known.

“Yes.”

Charles smiled.

“We demolished the tall platforms, thereby increasing the speed of the ship. Of course, this is a change made out of the consequences that come with our identity, but it may also be a useful idea for you.”

“Tell me.”

“The artillery that your scientist brought.” Charles replied, “If your scientist can continue to improve them, you may consider building a fast warship with artillery in the future. I think this should be what you need.”[4]

“A fine and practical method.”

The King thought for a moment and expressed his approval.

“It is a great honor to receive your approval, Your Majesty.”

Charles seemed to be happy that he could help the King.

The King keenly discovered that Charles’s attitude towards him was a little too amiable, and he succinctly said: “You don’t need to transfer your friendship with my father to me.”

Charles smiled gently: “You are as sharp as William, just as Hawkins said.”

“And?”

The King looked at the elegant old man inquisitively.

“It may be presumptuous to say this.” Charles was silent for a moment, and then smiled helplessly. “He once wrote to me asking if I would be your godfather…..He is really audacious, isn’t he? Having a notorious and disreputable pirate be a noble prince’s——and now the King’s——godfather.”

“However, my letter of reply was too slow.”

Charles raised his head, and the wind ruffled the gray hair on his temples.

“He failed to receive my letter.”

The person who made the invitation had already passed away, so there was no pirate in this world who could be the godfather of a King.

“En…..”

The King pondered for a moment.

“Perhaps being the godfather of a notorious and disreputable tyrant is even worse? The pirate will only be scolded for a lifetime, but the tyrant will be scolded for hundreds and thousands of years into the future.”

“You are not a tyrant, Your Majesty.”

Charles reached out his hand to touch the tombstone of William III, turned his head and smiled at him.

“You will be his pride.”

The King did not answer.

“I came here this time to convey a word to you, Your Majesty.”

Charles stood in front of the tombstone of William III and he stared deeply at the epitaph. There was only a short phrase——for the glory of the Rose.

“Please go ahead.”

“Please be careful of the Holy Court.”

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AN: [1] The data and structure of the royal fleet during the time of the Mad King Henry refer to the structure of the royal fleet during the time of King John.

Galleys had high demand for oarsmen and oars. Therefore, the Mad King Henry was forced to reduce the royal navy in the later period because of his inability to support the high fleet, and once again rely on the Five Port Alliance.

[2] In the Henry VII period, in order to encourage the construction of merchant ships suitable for combat, a “shipbuilding bonus” was even established, stipulating that a subsidy for the construction of ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons should be provided at 5 shillings per ton——Liu Jinghua. “The sun never sets.” Beijing: China Literature and History Publishing House. 1999.

[3] The structure of the “Lavelle” is based on the “Sovereign” and the “Regent”, and the naval battle at that time was an extension of the land warfare, and the ship platforms played an important role.

[4] The warship reform carried out during the Elizabethan era was based on this idea and achieved remarkable results.

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There was a smile on the Devil’s face.

The King had never believed that the smile of the Devil was sincere.

His smile was just as unbreakable as his clever words and expressions. At this moment, something crazy, bloody, and evil seeped from that smiling mask——maybe that was the true nature of the Devil.

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The Devil’s black clothes were like the wings of a crow in the air, and the bone scepter he held in his hand was the weapon he used to kill everything.

This battle could perhaps also be regarded as a performance.

The viewer was the King.

The King watched as the Devil used the bone scepter to cut off one tentacle after another, watched the black butterflies fluttering around the Devil, watched the dark green mist intertwine with the black mist.

The Lord was angered by the Devil, and its tentacles pulled back from the pillars and beams above its head, pulling up an inescapable net in the path of the Devil’s retreat.

“Greedy.”

The rumbling voice of the Lord echoed throughout the spacious hall.

The King felt an invisible pressure, even if he was holding the black umbrella handed to him by the Devil, he could still feel the pressure which was as great as the deep ocean.

The Devil’s phantom-like speed slowed down.

Those tentacles with many weapons attached swept towards him, flinging out those swords and daggers of extraordinary origin like a shower of meteors to rain down on the Devil.

The Devil landed on the ground kneeling down on one knee, the bone scepter in his hand deeply inserted into the hard stone surface of the palace. Countless black butterflies flew up around his body, gathering together and swirling up a cutting whirlwind that swept the swords and daggers that flew his way.

“Immoral——”

The Lord spoke again.

The Devil jumped up from the ground, dragging the bone scepter with its tip still on the ground, and sprinted towards the Lord who was coiled on the throne. Sparks flew everywhere where the scepter was in contact with the ground.

The black butterflies around him had not dispersed yet, and the tentacles blocking the way were cut apart by the butterflies one by one. In an instant, the Devil had approached the throne once again. The Lord’s words were interrupted by the Devil who held the scepter horizontally and stabbed towards the Lord once again

The sound of scales rubbing together echoed as the scales on Lord Manlisk’s head moved in an instant, overlapping and gathering together, forming a huge shield in front——its weakness being its head section. If it weren’t for the Devil launching such a sudden attack in the first place, it would not be stabbed in the eye by the Devil.

“Your Majesty!”

The Devil’s scepter left a deep cut on the scale armor before immediately pulling away and avoiding dozens of tentacles. In mid-air the Devil suddenly raised his voice.

“Please allow me to use your power.”

“Can I completely equate your solicitous behavior with harboring malicious intentions!”

The King was holding the black umbrella, his clothes flapping audibly in the wind.

“Oh! Your Majesty! I am doing this for you!”

The Devil again nimbly avoided several sweeping tentacles. His scepter cut a long twisted crack in the air, and those tentacles were cut neatly by the crack.

“Please use your ring, now!”

“How?”

The King did not stay in place, he directly stepped onto a pile of treasure. The Lord seemed to have fallen into madness, its tentacles attacking aimlessly and indiscriminately. The King leaped across the piles of gold and gems, avoiding the tentacles that whipped around.

“Please order in your own name——”

The Devil flipped in mid-air, his black formal suit spreading out like crow feathers and black butterflies flying in all directions from him. He held the scepter up and cut through the air, several strong winds sweeping out in an instant to cut several tentacles attacking the King into pieces.

“——Please strip the rebellious traitor of all the authority they possess!”

“In my name I order——”

A huge stone pillar fell sideways, and the King leaped up on the stone pillar, using it as a stepping stone to land on the pile of gold on the other side, the black umbrella slipping out from his grip. The King didn’t bother about the fallen black umbrella, and instead stretched out a hand to push himself into a standing position. He saw that the Rose family ring on his finger was beginning to shine and flicker brightly.

“The rebellious traitor to be stripped——”

As if sensing something, the Lord’s tentacles abandoned the Devil in front of him, and turned towards the King, stirring up a strong wind in their wake.

The Devil let out a deep and cold chuckle.

His figure suddenly dispersed, transforming into a black mist that covered half the surroundings, countless black butterflies dancing wildly within. Those tentacles were all blocked by the black mist.

The King’s icy voice resounded throughout the palace.

“——Of all the authority possessed.”

The surroundings fell into a moment of silence. The moment the King’s words were spoken, it seemed that an ancient power and glory was resurrecting and shaking itself awake, the intangible majesty crossing over time and space. The huge throne in the middle of the palace let out a series of crisp sounds and countless cracks appeared on it.

All the tentacles in the surrounding area suffered a serious blow.

They curled up and shuddered, as if some kind of power was quickly being extracted from them.

The Lord on the throne shouted out in disbelief: “Who is that person you brought!!”

Its scales began peeling off one by one.

The black mist suddenly dissipated, and the Devil’s figure reappeared in mid-air. The black umbrella that the King had just let go of was held once again in his hand. He twisted the umbrella handle and drew a thin long sword from within.

“No comment, Mr. Manlisk.”

The corners of the Devil’s lips lifted upwards, revealing a cold smile.

He held the hilt of the sword with both hands, leaped high, and slashed the sword through the tremoring air.

Blood splattered.

The Devil half kneeled on the throne, the sword in his hand penetrating straight through the Lord’s head.

The King stood on a pile of gold and gems with the box containing the dragon bone dagger still in his hand. He panted slightly, the ring on his finger was hot and burning, as if he was wearing a piece of magma instead of a ring.

When that sentence left his mouth, the King felt that some kind of power was also stripped from himself and from the ring.

What was it?

………………

Cold aircurrents hovered in the messy palace.

The owner of the palace had already died on its throne.

Those tentacles hung down lifelessly.

The Devil let go of his grip on the sword, and staggered to his feet.

As Manlisk had said, this battle was definitely not easy for him, which was why in hell there was rarely a direct battle in a domain——under the backing of “authority”, the power of the Lord was not to be underestimated. A Lord was almost immortal and invincible in the domain of authority they held.

The Devil retreated from the throne, his back hitting against the cold stone pillar behind him.

He leaned on the stone pillar and slid down slowly.

He heard the footsteps coming from behind: “Your assistance was very exquisite, Your Majesty.”

The sound of footsteps came close.

There was a loud sound.

The Devil raised his head and saw that the King had opened the box at some point. He drew the pale dragon bone dagger from its golden scabbard.

“Hey hey hey! Your Majesty!”

The Devil’s voice suddenly rose, because the King sent the dagger forward and pressed it to his neck.

“The deeds you did tonight were also very exquisite, Mr. Devil.”

The King said unhurriedly.

His voice was surprisingly soft, but the speed at which the hand holding the dagger thrusted forward was also surprisingly steady.

“I’m only serving you…..Didn’t you want to pardon those pirates?”

The Devil saw the dagger was pressed a little more forward, and he wisely did not speak nonsensically again.

“For you, Your Majesty.”

The dagger stopped.

The Devil raised his hand up and unfurled his fingers.

The bone ring that symbolized the authority of “greed and ill-gotten wealth” lay quietly on the palm of the Devil’s hand.

“You are given an opportunity to explain.”

The King did not press the dagger forward again, but he did not take it back either.

“Your skill at backstabbing is also very outstanding.” The Devil muttered, “I really hope that next time you accuse me of always throwing stones at you when you are down, you will also think about how you treat your loyal knight.”

“My loyal hell knight? Alright then, please explain.”

The King’s dagger was still held steadily against his neck.

Devil:…..

“It’s like this…..” The Devil leaned helplessly on the stone pillar, “As your loyal knight, I must do my best to fulfill your every wish. Since you want to pardon the cursed pirates, what could be more thorough than having direct control of the authority over greed and ill-gotten gains?”

“Why was it I who had to strip it of its authority?”

“Of course it is because you are now the head of the Rose family.” The Devil’s tone was very sincere.

“What do you mean by the rebellious traitor?”

“No need to care about a little rhetoric. A reason must be found to kill someone, yes?” The Devil spread his hands and spoke sincere——nonsense.

“What it said was very much the truth. The entirety of hell’s lies should not even add up to yours, right? Mr. Devil.”

“Well…..shall I say thank you for the compliment?” The corner of the Devil’s mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled at the King, “Of course…..”

Suddenly his voice became faint and drifting, like a poisonous snake meandering pass and flicking out its forked tongue.

“If you really want to know, then I can tell you, my dear Majesty.”

“Do you want to know now?”

The pale face of the Devil was half hidden in the darkness.

The King looked at him steadily and took the dagger back with a cold face, but did not take the bone ring. The Devil solicitously offering a gift waa not a good thing, who knew if it would be a trap like tonight? Who knew if he took the ring that symbolizes authority, his soul would immediately depart to hell?

“Do you need me to help put it on?”

The Devil was full of energy again, and he seemed to be very eager for the King to put on the bone ring immediately.

“Thank you, no need.”

The King politely and ruthlessly refused.

“Ai…..”

The Devil sighed regretfully, and could only hold onto the bone ring for the King for now. He looked at the King’s bone dagger and reminded tactfully.

“The Black Death is coming, Your Majesty.”

“Can these things here be brought back to the mortal world?”

The King reinserted the dagger into the scabbard. He looked around, his eyes falling on the treasures scattered on the ground.

The Devil understood what the King meant.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit aggrieved…..The bone ring of authority was actually not comparable to a pile of mortal wealth in the eyes of the King? This news would cause all the Lords of hell to go crazy!

Seeing that the King seemed to have the intention of drawing the dagger again, he hurriedly explained: “You can, but it is impossible to carry too many out at once. After all, they have been branded by hell. Taking them out in large quantities at one time will attract attention. Of course, if you are willing to accept this bone ring then that is another matter.”

“Can you come and go here freely?” The King pondered before asking.

The Devil understood what the King wanted to do.

Alright, after coachman, he now had a new identity——

His Majesty’s porter.

………………

The next day.

The treasury of the Rose Palace.

The Duke of Buckingham looked blankly at the piles of gold and jewels in front of him…..Who could tell him where these gold coins and precious gems came from? Why was there some kind of suspicious green slime on them——it didn’t seem to be something that the Holy Court could tolerate.

“We need some tight-lipped servants.”

The King stood beside the Duke of Buckingham with a calm expression.

“It looks a little dirty.”

The Duke of Buckingham was speechless.

Your Majesty, does it really just look a little dirty…..?

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AN: Achievement of mutual backstabbing √

Devil: full of lies

King: cruel and ruthless

One commits murder and one commits robbery, it seems that the partnership is going smoothly…..[deep thought]

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