Sitting in the empty hall, Mary frowned and looked out the door, the constant sounds of explosions and noises in her ears made her fidget.

Todd sat on the top throne and didn't say a word.

Mary couldn't help but say to Todd, "What about the guards, what about the servants, why is there no one here but us?"

Todd lowered his head and said calmly, "Soon, some guests will come to visit me, and I don't want to be disturbed." ”

"Guest?"

Todd turned to Mary in the side seat, "Even though you've told me the answer over and over again, I want to make sure again, do you really want to stay, even if it's dangerous?"

Mary looked at Todd with a hint of indignation in her eyes, and she suddenly said, "Your Majesty, even at such a time, do you still want to send me away?"

Todd said helplessly: "I'm thinking about your safety......"

Mary asked Todd in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I have a question, what kind of existence do I have in your eyes?"

Todd was a little surprised by Mary's question, and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.

"Staying in the deserted palace every day, dealing with the boring affairs of the kingdom, for the future of the people, for the expectations of his subordinates, conscientiously and treading on thin ice, running the Holy Acropolis. Do you think that's all I want?"

Mary's words contained grievances, sorrow, anger and weariness, and she shook her head vigorously as she said, "This is not the life I want at all!"

"When I was in Twilight, I no longer had the power to be on top of me, and I didn't have a crown in the limelight, but I could be with all that I loved most...... Fashion design, running a shop, appreciating art, no burden on your body, no need to be cautious in words and deeds, and no need to spend every day in fear!"

Mary got up from her seat, took off the crown representing the Queen of the Holy Acropolis from her head, and whispered to Todd, "Do you know why I gave up the comfortable life of Twilight City, gave up my beloved career, and returned to that hypocritical and depressing ghost place in the Holy Acropolis?

"It's because of you!"

Mary slammed the crown on her head to the ground, biting her lower lip with her teeth, tears rolling in her eyes: "It is precisely because you said that I need to go to the Holy Acropolis that I went there! It is precisely because you said that I need a stable front line, so I stayed in that hell, facing death and despair every day!"

"I've been waiting every day, waiting for you to appear in front of me and take me back!" said Mary in a choked voice, "but what about you?!You're missing! you've been missing for a whole year!"

Todd looked at Mary with surprise and guilt on his face: "I don't know ......"

"You've left Twilight, those who have followed you, and most importantly, you've shattered my hopes!"

Mary walked up to Todd's throne and complained word by word: "In your eyes, am I a pawn to use at hand? When it is valuable, you can use it with a few promises, and when it is worthless, you can send it to a corner at will and leave it to fend for itself?!"

Todd held his forehead and waved his hand vigorously: "Mary, I think you must have misunderstood me, I never wanted to take advantage of you, and I never wanted to hurt you." ”

Mary looked at Todd and asked, "Do you still want to comfort me with rhetoric?"

Todd smiled wryly and said, "Mary, you listen to me......"

"The Holy King of Twilight!

A voice full of triumph and joy sounded in the doorway of the main hall, interrupting Todd and Mary's conversation.

Todd looked at the group of heavily armed intruders at the entrance of the palace hall, without any surprise on his face, as if he had seen something very ordinary.

Mary hurriedly turned her back, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then turned to look at the comer, and said in surprise, "Why are you?!"

Ratledge Daurson led nearly a hundred killers who had been carefully cultivated by the family for many years, through the secret passages under the palace, and came directly to the door of the main hall.

Behind Ratledge were the Earl of Narr, the old Chancellor of the Silver Ring, and his thugs.

Looking at Todd who was standing tall, Ratledge cautiously looked around and said, "Your Majesty, please don't bother to call the guards, I have lowered all the surrounding gates, and all the traps have been opened. No one will come and disturb us anytime soon. ”

Before Todd could speak, the Earl of Narr pointed at Queen Mary and shouted, "You are a good bitch! I have long guessed that you have an ulterior affair with this guy, and it is all your fault that the Silver Ring Kingdom has fallen to this field today!"

Mary raised her head proudly, exuding an unapproachable powerful aura, she looked at this bald fat man who she hated deeply, and shouted coldly: "Maggots are maggots!

Count Narr drew his saber and shouted with a flushed face, "What did you say?!"

"It is precisely because of you greedy, insidious and cunning despicable villains that the Kingdom of the Silver Ring will finally come to the end of the country!" Mary stared at Count Nar and shouted angrily, "After you die, your soul will be burned by karmic fire for eternity!"

Enraged, the Earl of Narr rolled up his sleeves and tried to rush to the throne, but was pulled by Ratledge.

"What are you stopping me for?!"

Ratledge looked at Todd and said slowly, "Holy King, have you considered letting someone else inherit the throne of King Twilight?"

Hearing Ratledge's words, Count Nar looked at the former man dumbfounded and said, "Inherit the throne of the King of Dusk West? Are you crazy? We said from the beginning that we would destroy the Kingdom of Dusk and restore the Kingdom of the Silver Ring!"

Todd, who was sitting on the throne, said to Ratledge with interest, "Inherit my throne?"

Rutledge smiled and said, "You still have no heirs, and the heir to the kingdom has never been found. If you relinquish the throne of the king, the Daursons can sign an agreement with you for maintenance and accession, so that the country can complete the transfer of power peacefully without bloodshed or war, and that is not what you would like to see most of all?"

Hearing this, Count Nar was angry: "Ratledge, you traitor, you bastard, you betrayed the Silver Ring Kingdom, betrayed our trust, you will go to hell......"

Ratledge looked at the silent Todd and showed a cruel smile: "Holy King, if you doubt my sincerity, I can pay you a small deposit first......"

Before he could finish speaking, a sharp dagger slipped out of Ratledge's cuff, and with a flick of his wrist, the blade of the dagger pierced directly into the back of Count Nar's heart.

Accompanied by the terrible screams of his men, the Earl of Narr looked back at Ratledge in disbelief, blood slowly spilling from the corners of his mouth, and before he could even utter a complete sentence, his whole body had slowly collapsed to the ground.

Wiping the blood stains on the dagger from Count Nar's clothes, Ratledge gave the killers a look, and then continued to Todd: "Your Majesty, as long as you agree to abdicate, the Daurson family will help you solve the chaos in the city, and all the remnants of the Silver Ring Kingdom will be sent to hell one by one. How, it's definitely a good deal, don't you think about it?"

Todd watched as the killers began to process the bodies and set up the scene, and said with a smile, "Rutledge, let's talk?"