Chapter 1702: Monarch

Zuer City, Council Palace.

Three towering buildings were staggered front and back. In front was a smooth slate road. On both sides of the slate road were long pools, and all around were various rare trees, with birds landing from time to time.

As the highest center of power in the Zuer Empire, the Council Palace was naturally built with great atmosphere. After all, this was the face of the Empire.

On the slate road nearly ten meters wide in front of the Council Palace, led by the red-haired man, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Bonnie were walking slowly. On both sides of the road stood two rows of soldiers in battle armor. Although they were not Awakened and their strength wasn't very strong if pulled out individually, if they formed a battle formation, their combat power was by no means weaker than the same number of Awakened, because they were more perfect existences—the descendants of Awakened.

The power of Awakened could be passed on to the next generation, but only for one generation. By the time of the grandchildren, they would become ordinary people. The Empire's researchers had always been studying this problem, but the reason remained unknown to this day.

The journey was unimpeded. When entering the Council Palace, the red-haired man signaled Su Xiao and others to wait a moment. About a few minutes later, he returned and took Su Xiao and others to the fifth floor of the Council Palace, arriving in front of a bedroom.

After knocking, a thick voice came from the room. Pushing open the door, a faint smell of blood permeated the air.

This was a bedroom of less than 100 square meters. Judging by the furnishings, the owner of the room was a person with great taste. On the bed near the inside lay a man of about forty years old with short sideburns on his chin. His face was pale and he looked very weak, but his eyes were very bright, as if he could see through many things.

"Kuku Lin, you're here."

The man was leaning against the head of the bed. He was shirtless, and bandages were wrapped around his chest. This man was no small figure—Monarch Harold, the Monarch of the Zuer Empire, the only one who could override the Council.

"Your Majesty Harold."

The title in Su Xiao's mouth was the title the former Deputy Legion Commander used for Harold.

"Sigh, you people in the Execution Agency, what era is it, still 'Your Majesty'."

Harold sat up somewhat laboriously. The red-haired man hurried forward, trying to support Harold, but Harold raised his hand to refuse.

"Obviously, I was also assassinated, pierced through the chest by my beloved with a knife. If her body weren't too weak, you might be attending my funeral right now."

Harold was different from what he imagined. He didn't have the majesty of a Monarch, and was even somewhat humorous. However, just meeting for the first time, Su Xiao judged that this was a super old schemer.

"You, me, and Madam Nancy were all assassinated. You should have guessed the reason, right."

Harold looked at Iseri Bonnie while speaking, somewhat confused. After all, he had seen too many people, and it was impossible to remember everyone. A genius little girl could only be considered a small figure.

"Key."

The basement key slid out of Su Xiao's sleeve. This thing was very special and couldn't be stored in the storage space.

"That's right, it's the key. Madam Nancy came before."

Harold didn't continue. The meaning was actually already very clear: the two of them were both assassinated, one pierced through the chest, the other had her hand tendons cut. Why was Su Xiao fine despite being assassinated?

"When I was assassinated, I interrogated the assassin. It was a Ghoul organization called Ghost Ring."

"Ghost Ring?"

Harold looked at the red-haired man, who shook his head to indicate he hadn't heard of it.

"Help me up." Supported by the red-haired man, Monarch Harold stood up. After adjusting his breathing, he signaled Su Xiao to go to a place with him. As for Iseri Bonnie, although he didn't say it explicitly, Harold's meaning was to let her stay cool on the side.

"Lord Harold, I am Iseri Bonnie, the one who plays chess with you."

"Iseri Bonnie?" Harold pondered for a moment, suddenly remembering who Bonnie was. He said with great interest: "I have a deep impression of the last chess game. Come along together; you might be able to help."

The group headed straight for the building behind the Council Palace. This was a building half-built underground. Just entering here, Su Xiao felt a chill, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang sneezed several times.

This was the storage room of the Council Palace. Some fresh vegetables were stored here. And after continuing deep underground, this was actually a secret prison. The beloved in Harold's mouth was imprisoned here.

"I have always been unable to figure out for what reason Eve would stab me."

In front of a rusty iron door, Harold pressed one hand to his chest.

"Eve is imprisoned here. The room next door is her sister Yul, that room is her parents and brother, and the innermost is her distant relatives."

Harold used the most plain tone to say the most ruthless words. His beloved Eve stabbed him, and in exchange, all her relatives were imprisoned. The whole family was neatly here.

"Don't hurt her. As for the others, judge for yourself."

The reason Harold brought Su Xiao here was very simple. Among the three who were assassinated, there was limited work Madam Nancy could do, and there were some things Harold couldn't do personally. As for people from other departments, that was even more inappropriate. The fact that Harold was assassinated was a secret, and the fewer people who knew, the better.

"Psychologically, it won't work either?"

"Hmm, let her have some dignity."

Harold looked somewhat tired. Su Xiao didn't continue to ask, but pushed open the rusty iron door.

This was a somewhat cramped room, windowless, and a musty smell permeated the air. There was only a wooden bed in the room, and on the bed sat a short-haired woman in a milky white dress. Her appearance was very beautiful, but that short hair was somewhat strange, looking like it had been roughly cut by a sharp weapon, not carefully decorated.

Sitting on the bed was Eve, Harold's second wife.

"Did he ask you to come."

Eve was very calm. That kind of gentle and peaceful temperament didn't look like someone who could stab someone. Su Xiao even doubted whether she really had the strength to wield a dagger?

"..."

Su Xiao just stood at the door staring at Eve, without saying a word.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Eve's cheeks. One could imagine what kind of experience it was to be stared at by Su Xiao. Although Eve looked weak, there was a kind of stubbornness and unyielding spirit in her bones.

"It was just a very short process. My brain seemed to be frozen. When I woke up, the knife in my hand was already stabbed into Harold. Believe me, I was more painful than him at that time."

Eve might have been unable to bear Su Xiao's staring, but Su Xiao had already learned this kind of statement from Harold before.

"Your sister, perhaps knows something."

Leaving this sentence, Su Xiao turned and walked out of the room.

"Wait, I really didn't..."

Eve stood up from the bed. She panicked because she knew who Su Xiao was. This was a monster capable of slaughtering Ghouls, and this monster was about to interrogate her sister. She understood her husband Harold. No matter what she did, her husband wouldn't torture her. Her current situation explained this point. But this didn't mean her sister had the same treatment. Harold, this super old schemer, didn't care about the life or death of his sister-in-law.

With a bang, the iron door closed tightly. Eve's fair hands pushed on the iron door.

"Harold, stop him, that's Yul, you can't treat her like this, you can't."

Faint slapping and crying came from inside the iron door. Harold, somewhat weak, leaned against the wall, his eyes without any emotional fluctuation: "Sorry, Eve, that relates to the key." ===== CHAPTER 1703 =====