After the boring feast, Queen Rhea returned to the palace.

Although the abdication has been announced and the treasure has been inherited to the new king, Queen Rhea has not immediately moved out of the palace, but still lives in her former bedchamber.

When Queen Rhea walked into the room, she sat down on a chair by the balcony and looked around her room.

The succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Northbod is divided into two steps: first, the inheritance of the Legacy Treasure; 2. Officially proclaim the enthronement. The status of the Inheritance Noble Phantasm is similar to the "Jade Seal" on the earth, and the new king can already be regarded as having full royal rights after inheriting the Noble Phantasm, and the official "announcement of enthronement" is just an announcement for the people at the bottom. Now, although Queen Rhea has completed the transfer of power to the king, she still has to participate in the subsequent ceremonies, so she did not move out of the palace immediately. However, after the "enthronement ceremony", Queen Rhea had to move out.

"Erica, let's pack our bags tomorrow. In a few days, after the new king's enthronement ceremony, it was almost time for us to move out. Queen Rhea instructed the maid behind her.

"Yes, master." The maid nodded.

"You go out, let me be alone for a while."

“…… Master, let me stay. The maid of the guard looked serious, "You have just stripped the treasure, and you are still very weak. ”

Queen Rhea glanced at the maid and sighed, "...... All right. Now, if I encounter an Assassin again, I'm afraid I won't be so lucky. ”

Hearing Queen Rhea's words, the maid of the guard was full of shame: "I'm sorry, master. If I hadn't left, you wouldn't have been stabbed by the Assassins. ”

"As I said, I don't blame you, I was careless. I was aware of the two Assassins, but I didn't pay attention to them. Queen Rhea recalled the battle and couldn't help but feel a pain in her internal organs.

Hit yourself hard with just one punch! With such strength, you can't be wronged!

Queen Rhea picked up the red wine on the small table, poured herself a glass of red wine, sat on the chair, looked at the furniture in the room, and was in a daze. Queen Rhea couldn't help but feel a little sad at the thought that she was going to leave soon, and at the same time, Queen Rhea's hatred for that demon assassin grew stronger and higher!

If it weren't for that damn demon assassin, why would he have to abdicate early? At the thought of her future, Queen Rhea felt a little lost.

Queen Rhea took a deep breath, picked up the red wine, put it in front of her nose, sniffed the aroma of the wine, and then took a sip of it......

Suddenly, Queen Rhea's brow furrowed slightly.

Something is not right with the taste!

Queen Rhea hurriedly picked up the red wine, shook the wine glass in her hand, carefully observed the color of the red wine in the glass, and then sniffed it......

Queen Rhea's unusual movement attracted the attention of the maid: "Master? The maid's eyes looked at the wine glass in Queen Rhea's hand, and a sense of unease welled up in her heart, "Master, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Queen Rhea gently lowered her glass and sighed, "I'm just wondering where we're going when we leave the palace." ”

As she spoke, Queen Rhea dipped her finger in a little wine and gently wrote a few words on the table: There are assassins!

The maid of the guard stared, and her right hand was on the hilt of her sword.

"Erica, help me get my pajamas out of the closet." Queen Rhea's gaze was on a sword on the wall.

The guard maid had a clear look on her face: "Yes, master." ”

The maid of the guard walked towards the wardrobe, but suddenly turned halfway through, walked to the closet, and removed the decorative sword from the wall. However, at this moment, a mutation protruded!

"Whoosh! ~”

A crossbow bolt pierced through the window and shot at Queen Rhea, who was sitting next to the floor-to-ceiling window! At the same time, a dark shadow pounced in from the window!

Without hesitation, Queen Rhea rolled over and fell to the ground, kicking the small round table to the side.

The small round table flew up and smashed at the assassin outside the window!

"Master!" The maid of the guard threw her sword away!

"Bang! ~"The kicked round table smashed directly on the balcony, but at this moment, the crystal lamp on the roof suddenly went out! Meanwhile, the Assassin was gone.

Queen Rhea grabbed the maid's thrown sword and instinctively swung it to the side.

"Smack~" There was a soft sound, and the blade collided with a crossbow.

"Hmm!" From the corner of the wall came the muffled grunt of the maid of the guard.

"Erica!" Queen Rhea carried her sword and looked in the direction of the maid. After a brief period of discomfort, Queen Rhea had begun to get used to the darkness in the room.

"Master, I'm fine." The maid of the guard held a sword in one hand, and with the other trembled, she pulled out a bottle of potion from the pouch on her waist. In the maid's abdomen, blood was pouring out of the wound.

Queen Rhea squinted her eyes and looked around carefully.

It was dark all around, but the moonlight from outside the window gave the darkness a layer. Some places are extra dark, others are just a little dark. Queen Rhea looked around closely, trying to find the Assassin hiding in the darkness.

"Ding! ~"A small jar fell from the ground.

Queen Rhea: "! ”

"Whew! ~" Dazzling light erupted in the room, and Queen Rhea fell into blindness in an instant.

Not good! Queen Rhea hurriedly rolled forward, trying to dodge the assassin's attack, but at this moment, Queen Rhea felt a pain in her back, and a sharp blade pierced from behind.

"Hmm!" Queen Rhea snorted and slashed backwards with a backhand sword!

There was a rush of resistance from the sword, and Queen Rhea felt as if she had struck something.

With a roll, Queen Rhea stood up, her eyes closed, her sword in hand, and she sensed her surroundings.

There was peace all around.

After a long while, seeing that the assassin still did not appear, Queen Rhea slowly opened her eyes.

There was a pool of blood on the ground that stretched to the balcony. The Assassins seem to have retreated.

"Whew! ~" Queen Rhea exhaled and turned her head, "Erica, are you alright?" ”

The maid sat in the corner with a hint of misery on her face: "I'm sorry, master...... I probably won't. This poison is too strong, and the antidote is useless. ”

Queen Rhea's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly walked over and carefully observed the wound on the maid's abdomen.

The wound had turned black, and the blood that flowed out was black, with the smell of decay.

"It's ...... Ptomaine? Wash the wound with holy water! Queen Rhea ordered.

"I tried." The maid showed the medicine bottle in her hand, "This poison is not an ordinary poison. ”

Hearing the maid's words, Queen Rhea's face turned very bad.

"Master, are you alright?"

Queen Rhea reached out and touched the wound on her back. Queen Rhea's blood is not an ordinary red, but a black-purple color!

"I'm fine." Looking at her own blood, Queen Rhea showed a bitter smile on her face, "The physique of the demon race...... It seems to be immune to this toxin. ”

"That's right...... That's great. A relaxed smile appeared on the maid's face, and then with a relaxed smile, she closed her eyes.

The hand holding the vial fell to the ground, and the empty vial slipped from his hand and rolled to Queen Rhea's feet.

Looking at the dead maid, Queen Rhea had a distorted, pained look on her face: "Erica......"

There was a lot of fighting before, but the guards didn't show up until now, and Queen Rhea instantly understood what was going on.

"Dorne...... The enthronement ceremony has not yet been officially held, and you are already starting to think that I am an eyesore? Queen Rhea had a crazy and twisted smile on her face.

At the same time, the new king came with a group of Praetorian Guards to the attic where the queen's bedchamber was located and surrounded the queen's bedchamber.

Queen Rhea put down the maid's body, stood up, and quietly glanced outside from the window.

King Dorne stood downstairs, looking upstairs, their eyes colliding in mid-air.

"Surround here! Prevent the Assassins from escaping! "The new Commander of the Praetorian Guard ordered the Praetorian Guards to surround the Queen's bedchamber.

Looking at the Praetorian Guards surrounding the dormitory, Queen Rhea silently retreated into the room......

"Dorne, is this your choice?"