Late at night in the royal city of Tees

After Duke Garcia had expelled many of his children from the mansion, the Grand Lion's Palace was particularly lonely, and most of the rooms in the palace had been emptied, making it easier to get lost in the already labyrinthine palace, where several maids had disappeared and were never seen again.

And the door of Duke Garcia's study has not been opened for a long time, and even the guards guarding the door have been dismissed by the acting Duke Pedro, and the second half of the entire palace has completely become a no-man's land.

However, even this could not stop a dark shadow from entering from the outside, and the mysterious visitor floated like a ghost in the uninhabited corridor, seemingly familiar with the path here, so he quickly found his destination, the throne hall and the throne of blood in the center.

At this time, the originally noisy throne hall was empty, and no one even lit candles, so that outsiders could not see what was hidden in this darkness.

But the visitor was standing under the throne, for there was a man sitting on it.

"You're here. "Sitting on the ducal throne is Pedro, who has proclaimed himself the supreme duke without the checks and balances of his brothers, with his chin propped up in one hand and a scepter made of Mithril in the other, looking down at his feet as his father had done, but there was only emptiness here.

The stranger did not speak, and although the man sitting on the throne might be the de facto supreme ruler of the principality, he was no different from the mustard in the eyes of his master.

"I am a little surprised that you did not sacrifice your brothers and sisters to your master, but let them go. "The mysterious man walked around the throne, and the leisurely walk in the courtyard was like walking slowly in his own garden.

"Only the people I love have sacrificial value, and the waste offspring of those fathers are not even worth letting me kill them. Pedro spoke in a cold tone, he really had no feelings for the rest of his siblings.

"And what about your brother? shouldn't you let that Hunian be imprisoned in a dungeon by you at this time, and he has always looked down on him?"

Pedro snorted, he had long been dissatisfied with the master's messenger who always pointed fingers at him, but because he still had to ask for this person, he had been holding back until now.

"I want to spare his life, just to let him see how I, the bastard son who has always been despised by him, led the Garcia family to the top! I not only want to rule this kingdom, but also let all the nine kingdoms prostrate at my feet and submit to me!"

"You want to be the Emperor?" the visitor was a little surprised, but soon realized that the ambition of this guy who sacrificed his most important person was definitely more than that, "Your ambition is too great, Pedro, when Tanis was still an independent kingdom, the king here once wanted to challenge the authority of the Holy Light Dynasty and proclaim himself emperor, but unfortunately, he was tied up and burned alive on the throne, the throne of imperial blood that you are sitting on now, do you also want to follow in the footsteps of the mad king and die for your ambitions?"

"Yes, since the God-blessed Holy Light Dynasty can be replaced by the Condor Empire, then the Garcia family can also be the king!" said Pedro categorically, after sacrificing everything, he had no way back, with the power of a kingdom, he wanted to defeat the empire and climb to the supreme throne, this is something only a madman can dream of, and now he is sitting on the throne is a madman.

He stretched out his hand, revealing the crown ring he wore on his finger, as if to ask the visitor to kiss him, and then after being conquered by the Central Empire of the Western Continent and becoming a vassal principality, the coronation of the Duke of Tanis in history required two things, the scepter made by the dwarves and the crown ring cast by the elves Pedro were already in possession, but the Crown of Tanis needed to claim the throne had been taken away by the Holy Light Dynasty during the 'Great Conquest', and was displayed in the White Tower of the Imperial Capital as a sign of submission, warning Tanis that he should never betray the overlord of the Western Continent and her successors.

The mysterious man stood under the throne and watched him, and the master was right, the ambitions of mankind will never be satisfied, and it is precisely because of this that the king of the labyrinth can control mankind and let the tragedy of being fooled play out over and over again.

"You want to be the emperor and we have nothing to do with it, the agreement you reached with your master is to send you to the position of duke, and now I am here to recover the previously agreed 'remuneration' on his behalf. ”

Before the mysterious man could finish his words, the acting duke threw forward a thick scroll box filled with the secrets of humanity that the Lord of the Abyss longed for, and the original secrets.

"These are the secrets of reincarnation that the master wants to know, the precious information that has been guessed by countless experiments on Blackwatch, and I hope we will be cleared up. ”

The mysterious man sent the blood-soaked scroll box into another dimension, but he had no intention of leaving, "I'm done with business, but now I'm going to talk about a little private matter." ”

"What's the matter, my big and small ......" Pedro had not finished speaking, the mysterious man had already appeared in front of him, and at the same time a foot-long nail from his cloak against his neck, and if he dared to move, he would be killed instantly.

"I have warned you on the orders of my master, don't touch Stennis! How dare you send someone to kill him, are you impatient?"

In the face of such aggressive questioning, Pedro seemed unconcerned, he already knew that the other party would definitely ask this question this time, "You said that you were ordered by your master, but how did I get the order to kill him at every opportunity." ”

"What?" was the answer to the mystery man's confusion, because the guy Stennis was still useful until the final day came, or rather he was the most important part of the whole plan.

"Why, you don't believe it?" Pedro tilted his head and laughed, "That's how it should be, you know our master's name, "King of the Labyrinth of Deception", so he can tease anyone, including you and me. Besides, even without the master's approval, I will get rid of this guy, that little count actually wants to rebel against our Garcia's rule, if you hadn't been protecting him all the time, he would have been dead a long time ago, and things wouldn't have developed to the point where they are today. ”

The mysterious man was silent, if it was really the master who ordered to deal with Stannis, then he would definitely not live long.

"But that Stannis is also a bit of a skill, he has developed such a powerful strength in such a short period of time, and it will take a little effort to deal with him now, but this will make the game a little more interesting, and after using him to lure out all the forces that oppose me, I will wipe out all the lords who dare to be disgruntled against the Garcia family, and then I can rest assured that I can embark on the road to conquer the empire." ”

"Then I'll wish you luck!" With that, the mysterious man turned and left, leaving Pedro alone on the throne.

But the acting duke, who already saw himself as the conqueror of the empire, did not seem satisfied, "You can't save him, I have sent an army to fight him, and in seven days, he will be hanging under the royal city!"