The sky had just reached the point of darkness, but the Golden Palace in the center of St. Nari was brightly lit, and the gold lines were decorated on the walls, like a deep imprint, setting off the noble and holy building that symbolized the dignity of the Nari royal family.

The Golden Palace is divided into two parts, the front and back, looking back along the corridor and courtyard of the back part, behind the pool at the back of the Golden Palace, a separate building rises from the ground, and on the outside of the building, there is a golden Godlin triple ring quietly watching the empire outside.

This was Godlyn IX's dormitory, a place of wellness built after his illness.

Look at the inside of the building, the layers of magic curtains hanging from the sky shimmer with pure green light, these are the healing magic that the magician Nari had paid a lot of money to engrave for the old Godlin IX.

Only in this magically enveloped dormitory could Godlyn IX's aging body barely sustain itself.

But even so, death was inevitably getting closer and closer to him, and his time of wakefulness was getting shorter and shorter, and now he couldn't even get out of bed.

The rumors in St. Nari that Godlin IX's end was imminent were not unfounded, and Godlin IX himself knew it.

In the morning, the door of the dormitory was gently pushed open, and a man in a white robe with a rather pale face walked into the dormitory.

The man's posture was a little thin, and it was more like he hadn't rested well these days, and there was a layer of surging blackness under his eyes, and his demeanor was sluggish, but his gaze went straight through the layers of shimmering curtains, and looked at the bed hidden behind the curtain, or rather, the person on the bed.

It was the second prince of Godlin IX, Rencius.

He's been imprisoned here by his brother for two days, and he hasn't closed his eyes once since he returned.

Behind the bed hung a large oil painting of Godlin IX holding a golden scepter in his youth, and beside him stood a gentle-looking lady with a look of grace but a radiant look between her eyebrows.

It was Dexter, Lensis, and Elizabeth's biological mother, and the first queen of Godlin IX, Nera.

Godlin IX favored her the most, but she died a few years after Lensis gave birth.

"Father... You call me? ”

Behind the bed behind the curtain, an old man with white hair and a weak breath was wearing a light white pajamas, his expression was very strong, even though the breath of life was now extremely weak, but there was still a majesty between his eyebrows that could not be ignored.

Hearing Lensis's words, Godlyn IX slowly turned his head to look at him who had stopped at the door, and after a second of silence, he waved his hand at him,

"Come here, Lensis..."

"Yes."

Instead of walking around the curtains with healing magic like the other maids, Rensis lifted them straight towards Godlyn IX's bed.

It wasn't until he got closer that Lensis suddenly found that his father was much better today than before, both in complexion and spirit.

And there was a half-opened sword box on his bed at this time, from the half-opened sword box, Lencis's gaze was stabbed by a dazzling golden light, and the moment he felt the stinging pain, he quickly withdrew his gaze and looked low at the ground,

"Father, did you have anything to do with me?"

Godlyn IX looked straight at Prince Rincis with his head bowed in front of him, but his old palm reached out of the futon and slowly pushed the sword box downward, and as the sword box grew larger, a strangely shaped relic made of gold was exposed to the air.

It was a long sword made of two twisted and intertwined golden substances, the hilt and the blade of the sword were as one with the blade as thin as cicada wings and extremely sharp.

It had no corresponding scabbard, and the fragile wooden sword box was the only means of restriction for the relic.

The moment it appeared, Luncis, with his head down, felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, as if it was about to completely burn his hair and skin, and a drop of sweat that I don't know if it was due to fear or heat silently dripped down his cheeks until it fell to the ground.

"Godling's Sword, a relic of our Godling family for generations, is a symbol of being a king, and it is the duty of every king to pass it on to the next king in its entirety..."

As soon as he heard his father's words, Lency's throat swelled for a moment, and he thought that his father was going to pass on this sword of kings to himself, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes while he looked up at the relic slightly.

But in the next second, the golden light emitted by the sword body burst out again, as if looking directly at the sun, Lencys's vision turned white, and then there was a strong pain,

"Ahh

”

A tear with the pain of pins and needles made Lensis cover his eyes in pain, and he lowered himself to half-knees, only to feel the burning pain around his eye sockets.

And Godlin IX, who was sitting on the bed, just silently held the Godlin sword, looking at the gaffe Prince Lensis in front of him, and his old face showed a trace of expected disappointment.

After a second's pause, he flipped his sword over and pointed it at himself, keeping the light away from Lensis beside the bed.

"Father... Father..."

Godlin IX sighed softly, reached out and stroked the golden sword body that had been incorruptible for thousands of years, and then spoke,

"Your mother died young, and I neglected her when I was young with the ambition to revive the glory of Nari. When she died, I suddenly felt that half of my world was missing. From this, I always make up for your apologies to her, her youngest son, Lencis. ”

Godlin IX's gaze fell on the face of Lensis who had raised his head, his eyes turned red from the golden light just now, and tears continued to fall from his eyes,

"Your eyes really resemble hers, so my gaze will always stay on you.... But even so, I can no longer be reckless in the choice of the next king. I saw the stumbling blocks you made in the dark to Dexter before, and your filial piety was used in the wrong direction, which is also the result of my long-term connivance with you, and I should apologize to everyone. ”

"When the Schwaley delegation was attacked, the Hidden Bureau and the Griffons talked to me about it, and your brother sensed something was wrong. Do you think that when Haytham and Malix go to the border to conduct defense patrols, no one will know about the little tricks you and Blake's envoys have done? It's just that all the forces don't want to get involved in the affairs of the Godlin royal family... Or rather, they wish! I wish you and your brother were fighting! ”

With Malix as the head of the Hidden Affairs Bureau and Haytham as the royal appointee, Lensis sees an opportunity now that Schwally and Nari have reconciled and the previous border matters will be renegotiated.

Godlyn IX's old, calm words spat out one by one, and Lensis's head grew lower and lower, and his hands clutched at his robes.

"You don't even have the courage to look directly at the sword of kings, Lencis, how can you make me continue to favor you? You don't have the strength of a king at all... Dexter is prone to hesitation at times, but his abilities are in line with this position; Even your sister Elizabeth, who is a woman, has helped Nari defend the frontier for so many years, and has also contributed to our reconciliation with Schwali..."

Godlin IX's words were not finished, but the final meaning was already extremely obvious.

The three children born to the queen were a wasted man who had nothing to do, and always liked to sneak in and wreak havoc...

But in fact, Lensis is like a mirror in his heart, although he is not very smart, but the basic truth is still understood.

When he asked Blake to attack the Schwali delegation, Godlyn IX knew everything, but he didn't tell Dexter that he was found to be investigated by Dexter, which shows that his father knew that he was looking for a way to live forever for him...

He acquiesced in his actions, had a glimmer of hope for Blake's eternal life, and now accused himself like a father who had been disappointed in his children, a look that made Lensis furious.

Godlin IX looked at Lensis, who was speechless, coughed a little, shook his head with a sigh, and continued,

"Well, your brother is merciful, he won't do anything to you... After I'm gone, you'll be a nobleman, a king's brother... Just like your sister Yin Lizabeth, you and Yin Lizabeth are safe. ”

“... Be. ”

Lensis lowered his head and trembled slightly, agreeing.

But Godlin IX didn't notice that his hands were clutching his clothes tighter and tighter.

"Ahem, alright, now Blake is willing to hand over his shares and leave Saint Nari, and this matter will be over when he gets that subman.... What about your brother and sister? Where have you gone, call here, I have something to say to them. ”

Luncy lowered his head, his voice was low and respectful,

"This morning Blake burned down the Pink Pavilion and his mansion, and he left the city for Lake Nari. The elder brother transferred the guards near Lake Nari and left him alone..."

"Yesterday, Fisher Benavides fled with the help of his sister despite his brother's advice, and the Son of the Sea was in his hands, and Blake should have gone to find him. Now my brother is going to take care of the aftermath of the Pink Pavilion, and my sister hasn't been back to the Golden Palace until this morning, so I don't know where I've gone..."

"Nonsense! Fisher is a fatherless and motherless Nari orphan, and Yin Lizabeth's favor is enough for him to be grateful to Dade! I can still drag on with him for so long, and dare to help him like this this time... Ahem, send someone to call the two of them back! ”

"Yes, I'll call it. But, Father, I'm afraid you won't be able to delay seeing your brother..."

Lensis's words grew lower and lower, and by the time Godlin IX coughed and finished the last sentence, Lensis's expression was gloomy, and he looked at his father in front of him as if he were looking at a dead man who was about to die.

"You..."

At the moment when a sense of horror swelled up in his heart, before the first word in Godlin IX's mouth could be uttered, the man in front of him suddenly burst into a fierce rage, grabbed the old man's neck with both hands, and pressed him to the bed.

Godlyn IX was too weak and old to even hold the golden sword in his hand and broke away weakly, falling straight under the bed, making a metal crunch.

The rootless flame of gold spread slightly along the floor, but was quickly extinguished again, as Godlin IX, the owner of the relic, was in a dying situation.

"You know what! What do you know! I ask you, Father! ”

"Ahem.. put..."

Lensis looked at the old man on the bed with his eyes almost glaring out with bruised hands, and roared at him hysterically, as if he wanted to vent all his unwillingness for so many years.

"Do you think Dexter is a good guy? Do you think he's the kind of guy who cares about brotherhood? That hypocrite, like you, is all about harmony and kindness for outsiders to see! What he does best is to despise, despise everything about me, deny everything about me! ”

"For more than twenty years I've been like a piece of waste that has achieved nothing! He pretends to perform in front of you and the people, what a righteous eldest prince! In private, he's going to taunt me like I'm just a waste who has taken advantage of your favor and done nothing! ”

"Even Yin Lizabeth, you can give her the army and let her go out on errands, why can't I?! I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! I'll kill you! And then kill that Dexter hypocrite! I want you all to go to hell! ”

On the bed, Godlyn IX's struggle became weaker and weaker, and all the healing magic in the dormitory flashed violently, all of them exerted their extreme effectiveness, which made the strength of Lensis's hand increase a few points.

And behind the bed, the portrait of Godlin IX and Lensis's biological mother, the queen, quietly looked at Lensis who was committing violence on the bed, and under the mother's gaze, Lensis was as violent as a beast.

The light of the golden sword on the side of the bed became more and more dim, and in the next moment, all the healing magic in the entire dormitory was suddenly extinguished, and Rencius also gasped and took a few steps back, looking at the miserable death of Godlin IX on the bed, and was speechless for a moment.

He.. Killed his own father?

He gasped, his eyes not much sadness, only madness hollowed out by reluctance and anger, he turned abruptly to the sword that had fallen to the ground and had become dark again, and after a pause of a second or two, he slowly stretched out his hand towards the sword.

The moment his arm touched the sword, it glowed golden again.

"The Sword of Kings..."

Luncius laughed maniacally, too, and raised his light sword to Godlin IX, who had stopped breathing on the bed,

"What a king's energy... As long as you're dead, it's mine! I'm going to kill that Dexter bastard! Let him go with you! ”

"Lensis! What did you do? ”

Not long after he raised his sword, there was a sudden sound of rapid armor colliding outside the dormitory, and Lensis was slightly stunned, slowly turned his head to look outside the dormitory, and completely cut off the healing magic that blocked his vision with the golden sword.

Outside the door, Dexter, dressed in a brown suit, led a group of knights to break into the dormitory with a calm face, and through the knights and Dexter, who were like steel walls, Lensis also saw Yin Sabel and his younger brothers looking at him with pale faces and disbelief in disbelief.

They looked at their expressions like bloodthirsty beasts...

"Lensis! You killed your father in a fit of rage?! You damned, ungrateful beast! Come, go and catch him, and I'm going to announce your heinous crimes to the Nari! ”

"Hehe..."

Looking at Dexter standing in front of the crowd, Luncy smiled mockingly, but instead raised the golden sword in his hand and aimed it directly at him, being pointed at the glittering golden Godlin Relic, even Dexter, who was in his hands for victory, was stunned.

That thing had a natural restraint on the Nari, and the prestige of Godlyn I's sword was not boasted.

"Crazy? Beast? Yes, I'm... But do you think you're something good Dexter?!"

His golden sword pointed at the outside of the dormitory, and roared at the knights and Yin Sabel behind them.

"Outside my father's palace there have always been knights and maids guarding him, but this time I didn't have one! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Isn't it convenient for me to take all those knights away?! I've killed him now, are you satisfied? I tell you, not only do I have to kill him, but I also want to kill you and Yin Lizabeth, all of you who look down on me deserve to die! ”

Lensis had fallen into complete madness, his face was pale, but his eyes were frighteningly red.

And Dexter, who was standing among the knights, changed his face slightly, but looking at Lance, who had fallen into the end of his rope, his slightly changed expression quickly changed back to calm, he waved lightly at the knight next to him, and shouted,

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and subdue him!"

"Come on!"

Lensis grasped the sword of Godlin with both hands, and the golden light of the sword body became more and more intense, and at the same time, it burst out layers of extremely terrifying heat, and the lines of light climbed along Lensis's arm, and soon left a surging line on his arm.

In the next second, he reluctantly raised the blade of the sword in his hand, aiming at the knight in front of him is sword, and the golden sword caused a large number of rootless golden flames to rise in the air for no reason.

The terrifying golden flame was like a tangible extension of the golden sword, and in an instant, it turned into a terrifying wave of qi and spread forward.

In an instant, all the healing magic above the dormitory was scorched by the terrifying heat, and golden high-temperature flames burst out one after another.

"Whoa!"

Dexter's face changed slightly, and he raised his hand to the knight next to him, and said,

"Protection!"

After saying this, he looked back at Yin Sabel and his younger brothers, who were standing behind at a loss, and he hesitated for a second, but still asked the maid next to him to take them back.

"Take them back to their rooms!"

"I... I'm not leaving, let me go! ”

Yin Sabel was dragged away from the scene by the maid, and after that, the knights standing at the door of the dormitory raised their knight's swords full of magic patterns in their hands, one of the complex lines was lit up with their will, and then slowly converged into a dark blue protective magic along the lines.

"Die! Die! Die! ”

Luncius stood in front of the corpse of Godlyn IX and confronted Dexter, holding the terrifying relic in both hands, but the flames had quickly set the entire dormitory ablaze.

Seeing that his father's body was about to be burned by the flames, Dexter still gently pinched the ring in his hand.

Out of sight of Luncius, shadows of human figures slowly rose behind the bedchamber, a simple humanoid but immensely strong, armed with a long dagger in his hand.

It was a relic, a guard created by the Shadow Guard.

This kind of shadow is actually very strong in combat, and is generally responsible for protecting the members of Godling's royal family, and the relics themselves are kept by Dexter.

Yin Lizabeth is an adult herself, and she is also the commander of the army, so she doesn't need this thing to protect her.

And although Lensis has no ability, he has a big temperament!

Unwilling to be sheltered by Dexter, he drove the thing away early, so when Dexter arrested him in the healing room, he had nothing with him except a few attendants.

The shadow guards raised their daggers at Rencius, and then all of them turned into a substantial viscous substance and extended in his direction, a shadow entangled his steps, a shadow entangled his arm, and a larger shadow maw suddenly appeared behind him to swallow him whole.

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"Get out of here!"

Luncy roared and swung his sword at the shadows around him, huge golden flames spewed out like waves, and the irresistible heat dispelled the shadows, but those shadows could not be killed at all, if not Dexter.

"Fuck off! I don't care about you! I don't care about you! ”

Dexter looked at Lensis who was constantly struggling to resist in the field, his face was slightly cold, and then whispered to the knight beside him,

“... Kill him. ”

"Yes!"

The knight raised the greatsword in his hand, and the intricate pattern engraved on it lit up one of the rings again, and then he pointed at Lensis, and an illusory blue sword flew away, stabbing straight into Lances's shoulder, knocking a bloody hole into his body.

"Dexter! I'll kill you! ”

Wounded, Luncith's face became even paler, and he gritted his teeth and stopped paying attention to the shadow behind him, instead raising the sword in his hand and rushing towards Dexter desperately.

The golden sword in his hand burst out like the sun with his blood and rage, and in Dexter's astonished gaze, the flames instantly burned the entire top of the dormitory.

"Protect His Highness Dexter!"

Countless knights raised their shields in front of Dexter, and Lensis rushed forward desperately with a maniacal smile, but before he could take a step or two, Lensis suddenly fell uncontrollably to the ground.

He turned his head in surprise to look at his hands holding the sword, but saw that Godling's golden sword had completely burned his hands at some point, and the dazzling golden light had completely penetrated into his body, burning all the blood and internal organs in his body.

It was already his luck to be able to fight with his sword in his hand for so long, and now the two steps he took towards Dexter were the last straw that broke his body.

At this moment, Lencis's legs had turned into ashes like dry wood, and Lensis, who was only left with the upper body, watched with a dull gaze as the golden light continued to spread into his body, but he couldn't stop it...

It's going to kill me?

Lensis keenly sensed that the relic was rejecting itself, rejecting Lensis Godlin as a person.

"Stand back! Don't go near him! ”

Seeing the terrifying golden flames burning from Luncis's body, Dexter shouted at the knight beside him.

The entire palace of Godlin IX has been burned, and along with Godlin IX's body, it will soon disappear from this world.

Lensis, whose body was constantly burning, was powerless to resist, and before he died, he could only turn around on the ground in pain, and in a sea of golden fire, Lensis's limbs after this action were completely turned into dry wood and lost his senses.

A tear of reluctance fell down his cheek, but Lensis felt nothing, still staring straight at the oil painting that burned in a sea of fire.

The golden flames had already burned the young Godlin IX of the painting, but Queen Nera, beside him, was still quietly watching Lensis.

Before he could remember, his mother had passed away, and now in his mind, there was only a little impression of her left in his mind...

"Is it the strength of the king..."

"Mother..."

This faint murmur of no meaning could be heard by no one but himself.

Because in the next second, the huge golden flames had swallowed the entire dormitory, Dexter covered his mouth and retreated to the courtyard, but looking at the mess in front of him, looking at Luncius and his father who were slowly disappearing in the flames, his eyes still showed a little sadness.

Of course, in planning theory, you can arbitrarily tick off the names of your younger brother and father who are hindering your progress, but when a loved one actually dies in front of you, you still feel some inexplicable loss.

He sighed softly and sat down on the grass in despair.

The flames of the golden sword burned faster than any other flame, and soon all that was left of the vast dormitory was skeleton and pitch-black ash.

The bodies of Lensis and Godlyn IX were gone, except for the golden sword, which still shimmered with golden light, standing in place, quietly looking at Dexter in front of him.

"Boom!"

Just as Dexter was about to make a move, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the direction of Lake Nari in the distance, making Dexter look in that direction in disbelief.

"How... What's going on? ”