The sky was overcast, and the clouds were as thick as iron.

The wind is howling, the wind is mixed with the salty smell of dampness, and a rainstorm is coming.

On the west coast of Nanookville, dotted with giant banana rocks, a young man with blond hair lies in the shadow of a rock, holding a tattered package in his arms.

Lyquid, the rightful heir to the throne of the great and wealthy country of the South China Sea, Sepiander, is dying on the small island of Nanuk, located in the great shipping route of Paradise.

The handsome young man with blond hair looked to be in his early twenties, his clothes smelling and tattered with blood, and he had a terrible wound on his left shoulder, even the bones in which could be seen. And his feet were festering everywhere, and he was obviously unable to walk.

Riquid's left eye was completely gone, and the left cheek was covered in cut scars. But the only remaining blue pupil to his right was filled with a terrifying light.

[Why?] 】

From the moment the kingdom of Sepiander fled, Liquaid asked himself this question all the time.

Why? Why can these eleven countries form a coalition to invade their own countries with such impunity? Even blatantly hire pirate forces!

Why? The kingdom of Surpiend has always pursued 'friendly diplomacy', and all of these eleven countries have received the blessings of the kingdom of Surpiend. When they are invaded by pirates or starved, the kingdom of Surpiend is always the first to help. And they gratefully declared that they would be in eternal alliance with the kingdom of Sepiander.

Why? Every year, the kingdom of Surpind gives an extremely large amount of 'heavenly gold' to the world government, and whenever the world government has any needs, the kingdom of Surpiander also tries its best to meet all needs. But in the coalition forces that invaded the kingdom, I saw with my own eyes that there were spies from the world government mixed in!

Why............ Why!!??

Liquaid slammed his head back against the hard stone wall in pain, and the cramping in his heart seemed to cut his soul like a thousand knives.

Hate!

Hate!

For the first time since birth, His Royal Highness, who has always been gentle and kind, has truly felt what hatred is!

Riquaid hates the eleven perfidious kingdoms! Hate the armies and pirates who invade their homeland, burn and kill! Hate the world government that is secretly pushing behind it! Hate...... I am so naïve and stupid, and I always believe in other people's [Father]!

He reluctantly looked down at the package in his arms, the shroud with the coat of arms of the King of Sitz had long been tattered, and the dark box inside could be faintly seen. This is the [National Treasure] that the royal family of Xizi has sworn to protect, and his father gave it to him before fleeing.

During the escape, Liquaid did not try to open the box, but the tightly sealed box at the interface made it impossible for Liquaid to find any way to open the box, and the army of pursuers did not give Liquaid any respite.

It's been three months, and I really can't escape.

At the beginning of his escape, he was able to exchange some of the money he brought from the palace for food and medicine, but the way to pursue the army was simple - whoever dared to help Liquid would be killed! Whoever provided Liquaid's whereabouts and even helped to catch him, a heavy reward!

Several well-wishers who had helped Liquaid were slaughtered all over the house, and their heads were posted with notes and thrown at their doorsteps. Gradually, no one was willing to help Liquaid anymore. Instead, his whereabouts have been constantly revealed, and on several occasions he has even been nearly caught by bounty hunters disguised as enthusiastic residents.

The pursuers did not bother to disguise their whereabouts and purposes, in order to put a huge pressure on Riquid that could not breathe.

Liquaid also understood that their main purpose was not the crippled and dead remnants of their own Siz royal family, but the box in their arms, the [national treasure] that the Siz royal family had guarded for generations.

Of course, they would be happy to kill the last member of the Siz royal family.

At this moment, a cannon rang out! Then there was a huge explosion on the ground near the banana rock where he was!

"Hahaha!! Your Royal Highness, don't hide, you're here, right? ”

"Idiot! Don't shoot indiscriminately, what if [that thing] is blown up! ”

"Hey, Your Highness the Prince, come out quickly! We'll give you a treat! ”

"Huh? It's raining? This kid is lucky, the musket is all wet, and he can only be hacked to death with a knife hehe......"

A chaotic noise came from the other side of the coast, and the pursuing army had arrived. They are like cats playing with mice, playing with Lyquid's psychological defenses.

A pursuing army of 124 men was clearly not something that the exhausted and badly wounded Lyqued could possibly with.

“…… Is it going to end? It's okay like this, it's too tiring......"

Liquaid collapsed in the shadow of the huge banana rock, looking at the pitch-black box in his arms, and a lonely smile appeared at the corner of his dry and cracked mouth: "What a pity...... I don't know what you are in the end......"

【Revenge】

Liquaid looked up and looked blankly to the left and right. There was no one, only a pursuing army that was gradually closing towards the island.

[Hate]

"Yes, who is it?" Riquaid gritted his teeth and propped himself up and sat against the rock wall, still unaware of who was speaking.

【Strength】

"Who the hell is talking!?" Liquaid was shocked by the loud voice and screamed in pain, "What do you want!? ”

[I want ...... Empowering you...... Strength]

"What? What power? Riquaid's remaining right eye was turning blue, and he didn't know it.

[The power of revenge...... The power to vent anger and hatred...... I'll just ask you...... Do you need this power?

The surface of the pitch-black box began to climb out of spiral lines at some point.

"Yes...... I need...... I want revenge! Tears of blue fluorescence flowed from the corner of his right eye, and in spite of the pursuing army that was about to encircle the Banana Rock area, Lyqued shouted with the last of his strength, "Give it to me!" No matter what the cost, as long as you can get revenge! I want to make all the murderers pay for it with blood!! ”

[So...... Deal Closed】

Liquaid looked at his arms in a daze, the tattered shroud had long since turned to ashes, and the pitch-black box quietly opened on its own, and there was a green pineapple covered with spiral lines lying quietly inside, the skin was like layers of feathers, gorgeous and weird.

【Eat it...... You can get the most terrible power in the world.]

[But at the price...... Your life after that...... It's mine]

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