Chapter 1211: Winner

Compared to the Old King, Su Xiao paid more attention to the throne under the Old King.

"Under the throne."

The Old King spoke suddenly, his words shocking.

"You are curious about under the throne."

The Old King looked straight at Su Xiao. That kind of gaze was definitely not the gaze a dying person should have.

"High Priest and Kalun Galet both know there is a secret under the throne, but they don't know what exactly is under the throne. They died in front of you. If nothing unexpected happens, they will reveal some secrets before they die."

The Old King patted the armrest of the throne, his body leaning on the throne, feeling the uneven touch of the throne.

"Iron Hand, what do you want to find under the throne? There is nothing you desire there."

The Council Hall was dead silent.

"Find the key."

By now, Su Xiao was also prepared to talk to the Old King. He didn't know what was under the throne for the time being, but judging from the Old King's tone, the other party seemed not to resist the things under the throne.

"Key?"

The Old King was stunned, then thought of something: "The key is on the first floor. You indeed need that thing. After all, you inherited the power of the guardians."

Su Xiao's identity as a Shadow of Law Destruction couldn't be hidden at all. If the Old King couldn't discover this point, he wouldn't be able to crack the assassination carefully arranged by the Necromancers.

This old guy looked like he was dying, but in reality, he was like a mirror in his heart.

"It turns out that what you pursue is still power. I am relieved. I originally thought what you pursued was that thing. It's not that thing, that's good, it's not that thing."

The Old King let out a long breath, his gaze no longer sharp. However, his thoughts weren't so. In the Old King's view, if Su Xiao entered under the throne, he couldn't possibly come out alive.

The Old King trusted Iron Hand, but he couldn't be sure that Iron Hand would be loyal to the new King.

The Old King's time running out was indeed a fact. Before he died, he would use final means to get rid of some people.

Clearly, it wasn't wise to get rid of Iron Hand by force, and under the throne was a good choice. Therefore, on the "Night of Slaughter," the name of the High Priest was added to the list.

Under normal circumstances, the High Priest should be handled by the Imperial Guards because the Imperial Guards were dead soldiers and could keep many secrets.

With the Old King's meticulous thinking, would he not think that the High Priest would reveal the secret of under the throne before he died?

He had thought of it long ago. The news of under the

Power struggles are just this ruthless; just a moment ago, Joe Valentine, who had been working diligently for the old King, was tested. If Joe Valentine's expression had been even slightly off at that moment, he definitely would not have walked out of the council chamber.

A new emperor brings new courtiers; can the new King really suppress officials who hold great power like Su Xiao, Joe Valentine, and Heshi Liet?

Therefore, the old King conducted a series of tests; Heshi Liet passed first, Joe Valentine passed just now, and as for Luo Wen Hawei, before the old King could even test that guy, that guy gave the old King a surprise.

As for testing Su Xiao, Su Xiao simply had no such opportunity, because most of the things he did were not meant to see the light of day: killing powerful officials, learning a large number of royal secrets, persuading many princes and princesses to withdraw, etc.

It is not that the old King did not want to find an opportunity to test Su Xiao, but he could not do so; heaven knows what kind of trouble would arise during a test. Others might not know Su Xiao's combat power, but the old King did.

The old King had once thought about using the Imperial Guards + the Holy Warriors in the royal capital to surround and kill Su Xiao, but that would definitely cause a huge commotion; once it spread, the royal family's reputation would plummet.

As for not getting rid of the Iron Hand, stop joking; except for the old King, other princes or princesses were all a bit intimidated when they saw Su Xiao. If they are intimidated just by meeting, how could they get Su Xiao to risk his life for them? It is simply impossible.

Not only that, the old King vaguely felt that this Iron Hand was a bit off; as for where he was off, the old King was not clear, but sometimes Su Xiao's unintentional gaze made even the old King feel terrified.

Just like now, the old King suspected that Su Xiao would slash his throat with one blade.

This was not the old King's illusion; Su Xiao was indeed considering doing just that.

Su Xiao walked slowly toward the old King, and the old King's eyes narrowed.

"Your Majesty, do you allow me to enter beneath the throne?"

At this moment, Su Xiao was only one meter away from the old King; at this moment, many of the doubts in the old King's heart were suddenly cleared up.

"There are at least 300 Imperial Guards outside the hall."

The old King continued to stare at Su Xiao, but a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face; this was the first time the old King had seen the Iron Hand smile, as he had once believed the Iron Hand did not have such an expression as a smile.

"They cannot stop me."

"You~"

"You allow me to enter beneath the throne."

This time, Su Xiao was no longer using an interrogative tone.

"What if I do not allow it?"

The old King's masseter muscles bulged, and his body leaned forward.

"Then I will slaughter all the direct descendants of the royal family."

"..."

The old King was silent; just a moment ago, he had bared his fangs, but what he did not expect was that the Iron Hand, who had always been obedient to him, also bared his fangs, which resulted in none of the rhetoric he had long prepared being of any use.

Regarding the Iron Hand, the most ideal method was to let the Iron Hand die beneath the throne, or rather, become the same kind of thing as those beneath the throne, forever suppressed beneath the throne.

"Who, exactly, are you?"

With things having developed to this point, if the old King still believed Su Xiao was the original Iron Hand, he would have long since died under the frequent assassinations of the Necromancer race.

"That is not important, Bai Herbert, how about we make a deal?"

"Oh?"

The old King looked at Su Xiao in surprise; even now, he did not expect the other party to still be willing to make a deal with him.

"Allow me to take one prince or princess beneath the throne; as for the royal power, I have no interest in that thing."

"You..."

The old King looked at Su Xiao in astonishment; this was the first time he had shown astonishment, or rather, this was a rare occurrence for him.

"How do you know what is needed to enter beneath the throne, how could you possibly know!"

The old King forced himself to calm down; the current situation was clearly beyond his control.

"Perhaps you have forgotten how many people I have helped you kill? Time is almost up, the deal is over."

"?"

The old King was stunned, then thought of something; at this moment, he smiled, smiling with some relief.

"Who is it? Which of my offspring is it? Let them come to see me."

The old King wanted to stand up; he already knew that Su Xiao had been stalling for time earlier.

Just at this moment, the iron door of the council chamber was pushed open, two figures walked into the council chamber, and then the door of the council chamber was locked.

Fresh blood seeped in through the gap at the bottom of the metal door; at the entrance of the council chamber, more than a dozen corpses lay densely, all of them corpses of Imperial Guards.

Hundreds of Imperial Guards with blood-stained armor stood guard around the council chamber, preventing anyone from entering.

"Father, I have come to see you."

A male voice came from the entrance of the council chamber; Joe Valentine followed respectfully behind the person who arrived.

"Hahahaha."

The old King laughed out loud; he was very relieved now, very relieved.

"Matier, you have become my most outstanding offspring."

The old King was not angry, nor did he roar; on the contrary, the look in his eyes as he looked at the person who arrived was only relief.

The person who arrived was not the First Prince, who was expected by all, but the Third Prince, Matier Herbert—the Third Prince who had lost some power just as the power struggle began, the Third Prince who was not very high-profile.