Chapter 1247

【Through vicious threats and insidious persuasion, you successfully bewitched the Third Prince of the Kroke Kingdom, Andre, and completed the subversion of a national-level organization. Your Bai Yin-rank badge "Usurper" has reached the conditions for advancement.

However, because you did not choose to seize the power of the Kroke Kingdom, but instead chose to completely destroy it, in addition to the normal advancement to the Gold-rank badge "Unrighteous False King," a hidden optional route "King-Slaying Black Hand" will be added.】

【After careful consideration, you chose the hidden route. Your Bai Yin-rank badge "Usurper" has advanced to the Gold-rank hidden badge "King-Slaying Black Hand."】

【King-Slaying Black Hand: A hidden black hand lurking behind the scenes with the goal of destroying major kingdoms, a mysterious figure keen on stirring up turmoil all over the world, seemingly harboring some kind of huge ambition.】

【Wearing effect: When launching a sneak attack on a hostile target with "Royal" status, and you are not discovered by the target or any witnesses, your attack will have a 100% lethal effect.

When you engage in illegal activities, your efficiency and concealment will be greatly improved;

When you are planning a conspiracy, the possibility of being exposed will be greatly reduced;

When you are intentionally hiding your identity, the possibility of being discovered will be greatly reduced;

When you take the initiative to hide behind the scenes, it will be difficult to find conclusive evidence that you participated in it.】

【Advancement route: After completely subverting all existing human kingdoms, this badge will automatically advance to the Heterochromatic-rank hidden badge "King of the Great Curtain (Iron Black)."】

【Hidden trait (no need to wear): Although you are cautious, careful, and shrewd, and your concealment is extremely perfect, those conspiracy theorists who are suspicious by nature and extremely guarded can still smell the dark aura you hide but do not reveal.】

"..."

This badge... it looks like it doesn't have much use, and might even make people suspicious of him for no reason, but at certain special times, it might be very useful. In short... it's passable?

"Good! Good! Very good!!!"

And just as Leon was checking his newly acquired badge, watching the palace in the distance that had been melted into molten iron, as well as the Kroke Kingdom being burned to ashes by the "sunset," the 'White Snake' parasitic within Prince Andre's soul couldn't help but laugh out of extreme anger.

After shouting "good" three times in a row, having failed to preserve the Kroke Kingdom and failed to sever the Kroke royal bloodline, the white snake, its mission a complete failure, didn't say another word and directly detached itself completely from Andre's soul.

And following its departure, the three-colored blood beads between Prince Andre's brows collapsed with a boom, and the snake-scale patterns entwined on his soul also vanished without a trace. Immediately after, Felia, who was unconscious not far away, also groaned, the pitch-black crow feathers all over her body fading rapidly, revealing her original fair and delicate skin.

Phew... It's finally over, damn it...

Checking the state of the brother and sister whose country had fallen, and confirming that they had already escaped the control of the blood oath, Leon couldn't help but let out a long breath, then squatted beside the lying Prince Andre and informed him:

"That white snake has already left. You two have escaped the sanctions of the King-Slaying Society... What do you plan to do from now on?"

"Our affairs are not urgent."

Looking at the Kroke Kingdom before him that he had destroyed with his own hands, Prince Andre was silent for a while before asking:

"Those 1.3 million citizens..."

"I will contact the Cleaning Bureau to resolve it."

Leon said solemnly upon hearing this:

"In about five or six hours, Director Scorpio will wake up. By then, I will have him contact the Cleaning Bureau to bring in necessary supplies like food and water. It's not certain how good the things will be, but no one will definitely starve or freeze to death.

And the memories of these 1.3 million people will likely be collectively modified by the 【Fantasy Can】 in the end, turning into a natural disaster like an earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic change that you predicted, and then notifying all citizens to evacuate in advance."

"As for where they go, I will represent the kingdom as Prince of the Traveling Thrush to accept their inclusion. If it really becomes too much to bear, the Scorpio branch still owes me a huge favor this time, so I should be able to ask them for help and have the Oleson Kingdom accept a small portion as well.

Although the expenses might be a bit high in the short term, for our two kingdoms with a combined population of nearly 100 million, these 1.3 million citizens of the Kroke Kingdom are still something we can afford." Burden? Are you sure?

After hearing Leon's words, Prince Andre, who was lying on the ground as if exhausted, couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

Among these 1.3 million citizens of the Kroke Kingdom, there were over 20,000 scholars, and the remaining included over 60,000 elite soldiers, not to mention countless skilled craftsmen and technical workers from all walks of life.

Even those vagrants who consumed the kingdom's finances and had been "raised for free" all along had received at least three to five years of basic education. As long as they were trained a little, they would be quite excellent laborers.

Once you bring these people back, that First Princess of yours who just successfully usurped power will probably be able to wake up laughing in her dreams, and then she would rather sell the palace to raise funds than accept these "burdens" in their entirety, not even sharing a single hair with the Oleson Kingdom.

"Forget it, as long as you have a plan."

Considering that Leon had saved Felia and incidentally slapped him awake, Prince Andre was silent for a while before suppressing the urge to roast him, closed his eyes, and said:

"If possible, I hope you can treat them well. After all, it's our royal family... It's me who let them down.

And Felia, after what happened this time, she will definitely be strictly protected by your Cleaning Bureau, but I still hope you can give her some freedom and not let her become a kingfisher locked in a cage."

"I will make a suggestion to the Bureau to try not to restrict Felia's freedom while ensuring her safety."

Faintly tasting something from Prince Andre's "last words," Leon nodded to agree to his request, then asked with some surprise:

"Andre, are you not planning to live on with her?"

"The machine you used to create the body was snatched out by Senior Alger earlier. Although your soul is severely damaged and is seven or eight times weaker than it was originally, it was ultimately at the level of a True God, and the foundation is thick enough. If you repair the body again, living for another few decades shouldn't be a problem."

"I won't live."

After turning his head to look at the green-eyed girl in a coma, Prince Andre, whose green eyes were full of lingering attachment, pulled open his collar to show Leon the snake scales on his neck.

"When the white snake left, it did something to my soul. My soul will slowly collapse bit by bit in lasting pain.

If I go to the Dead Realm now, relying on the strength of my soul and my obsession, I might be able to reach the City of Regret. But if I wait a few decades until my soul is weak before going, I'm afraid I will never be able to reach that place."

"Are you still planning to go to the City of Regret?"

"Hmm."

Prince Andre nodded, his expression somewhat desolate as he said:

"It's just that if the white snake didn't lie to me and they really have their people in the Dead Realm, then I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the City of Regret."

"It's not necessarily that there's no chance..."

Leon hesitated upon hearing this, then said uncertainly:

"If you are truly prepared to die and want to go and apologize no matter what, then I might actually have a way to get you there."

(End of chapter)