Chapter 1854

Picking up the artificial creature core from the ground, Su Xiao discovered the special nature of the Black King world. This wasn't a world belonging to the Reincarnation Paradise, so the treasure chest drop rate here was very low.

This didn't mean the gains in this world were small. Just like the current situation, although Su Xiao didn't obtain a treasure chest, he directly obtained the finished product.

At least until now, Su Xiao hadn't seen a single treasure chest. Of course, whether killing enemies had treasure chest rewards couldn't be determined yet. If he was lucky, it wasn't impossible to obtain one.

Su Xiao looked toward the Holy City. It wasn't too far from here, and the sound of the battle just now should have already alerted the City Guard.

With Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang leading the way, Su Xiao headed toward the Holy City. Before they had gone far, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang encountered the Holy City Guard head-on.

When the sky was already dim, Su Xiao returned to the Right Imperial Castle. From tonight's events, it could be seen that his enemies weren't soft persimmons.

Su Xiao didn't know for the time being who had sent people to assassinate him. As for investigating who the mole was one by one, that was the stupidest method. Once he did that, the old priest, Wu Fu, and others would soon fall apart from him, which would be more than the loss was worth.

At the moment, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had already returned to the Right Imperial Manor. As long as that mole dared to take action again, the possibility of being discovered by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang wasn't low.

Moreover, Su Xiao's subsequent actions would be more secretive. Duke Silver Feather and Blumer had already been eliminated by him. As for the young Duke and Princess Sayeto, Su Xiao wouldn't move against them for the time being.

Su Xiao had never forgotten his purpose for coming to this world: find the rule-breaker, complete the main quest, and reach the Dead Silence City.

Completing the main quest didn't necessarily mean he had to kill the young Duke and the Princess; that was the situation during the first ring of the main quest. By the second ring, Su Xiao just needed to obtain the World Core.

The reason he chose to eliminate Blumer was entirely because this guy was too active, repeatedly sending people to assassinate Su Xiao, which had already affected Su Xiao's plan.

Now he just had to wait for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to recover its state, and it could attempt to steal the World Core in the palace. Once successful, Su Xiao could use the World Core as bait to lure the rule-breaker out, turning from passive to active.

As for entering the Dead Silence City, that wasn't like what the old priest said—he didn't necessarily have to sit on the throne. In this matter, the old priest clearly had his own selfish motives.

Su Xiao could have forced his way into the Dead Silence City through that Black Rust Gate earlier, but because the main quest and the rule-breaker's matter hadn't been dealt with yet, he couldn't do that.

Two in the afternoon, inside the Imperial Council Hall.

Thud, thud, thud...

Su Xiao's fingers tapped lightly on the council table. Sitting opposite him were Princess Sayeto and the young Duke. This meeting was requested by the young Duke.

Sayeto opposite him kept looking at Su Xiao, her red pupils wondering what she was thinking, while the young Duke kept his head down, playing with his fingers under the table.

"I..."

The young Duke broke the silence. He secretly glanced at Su Xiao and immediately moved his gaze away.

"I am withdrawing from the Imperial Council."

After the young Duke said these words, he felt a bit lost in his heart, but more of it was relief. This feeling was like a primary school student after school on Friday, his heart full of excitement, freedom, and joy and relaxation that couldn't be expressed in words.

The young Duke being able to sit in this position wasn't because of his personal ability, but because of his father's legacy, the Minister of Finance, Walkley—this was the God of Wealth of the Empire.

And now, the young Duke gave up the fight for the throne because he was afraid. The Minister of Finance, Walkley, behind him was also afraid. This loyal old official wasn't afraid of death; he was afraid that the young Duke would have an accident, and then he would have no face to face the old Duke after he died—that heroic man who had shown him such appreciation.

It could be said that the current young Duke was terrified of Su Xiao. Two days—just two days—and Su Xiao had killed Duke Silver Feather and Blumer. One was in front of him, and the other was in secret. At this moment, in the young Duke's heart, Su Xiao = source of terror = bad guy = super scary = Great Demon King.

"As a member of the royal family, are you afraid?"

Sayeto's fist under the council table tightened.

"Hmm."

The young Duke nodded without hesitation, even peeling a candy for himself to eat to calm his nerves.

"..."

Sayeto was speechless for a moment. She had ignored that this opponent was only nine years old. Although she didn't care about him at all, the Minister of Finance behind him was very difficult to deal with.

"I won't come here again in the future. The world of you adults is so complicated."

The young Duke jumped off his seat, bypassed Sayeto from behind, and walked toward the outside of the Council Hall. He was a bit afraid to walk past Su Xiao's side.

When walking out of the Council Hall, the young Duke squinted at the sun in the sky. He had wanted to do this a long time ago, but his previous status didn't allow him to be so childish.

At this moment, the young Duke regained some innocence. A plump woman walked past on the street, attracting the young Duke's gaze.

The young Duke quickly moved his gaze away and rubbed his butt, which was still hurting. Last night, he had secretly experimented with a very beautiful little maid. Just as they had stripped naked and crawled into the quilt, before they could proceed to the critical step, the furious Minister of Finance kicked open the door and dragged the young Duke out, almost beating the young Duke's butt into a flower. The young Duke had promised through tears never to do such a thing again.

"The world of adults is so scary."

The young Duke rubbed his butt again and, under the protection of his guards, walked toward his own mansion.

Inside the Council Hall.

Su Xiao had known this would happen. This morning, the Minister of Finance had taken the initiative to find him, the reason being to allocate military expenses in advance, but in reality, he had sent over a dozen boxes of gold and silver products. The implication was that he supported Princess Pedera, and in return, Su Xiao couldn't move against the young Duke, and the young Duke would take the initiative to give up the fight for the throne.

"Don't think you've won. If you have the ability, kill me too."

Sayeto opposite the council table leaned forward, her provocation couldn't be more obvious.

"Sayeto, do you have persecution mania?"

Su Xiao's words made Sayeto slightly confused. Clearly, she didn't know what persecution mania meant.

"You're the one who's sick, you monster."

Sayeto's teeth itched with hatred whenever she saw Su Xiao. However, she couldn't do anything to Su Xiao in terms of power.

"Royal power will never be in your hands, from the moment you put that thing on."

Sayeto pointed to the 【Black·King's Sacrifice】 on Su Xiao's left arm.

"Being entangled by the things there must be uncomfortable, right?"

Sayeto chuckled and stood up, walking toward the outside of the hall. Clearly, she also knew about matters related to the Dead Silence City.

"Need to be quick."

Su Xiao muttered, leaning back in his chair, his whole body relaxed. The process of him killing Duke Silver Feather and Blumer seemed easy, but in reality, he had acted in a way that disregarded the consequences. The hidden dangers on both sides would soon explode, which was also the main reason why other power-seekers couldn't beat him.

Those two weren't incapable, but Su Xiao simply didn't give them a chance. It was like playing chess. When Su Xiao played chess with Duke Silver Feather, he directly used a pawn to cross the river, and after making five or six turns, he ate Duke Silver Feather's general. Duke Silver Feather hadn't even finished saying "You damn cheater" before he was already cold.

As for "playing chess" with Blumer, Su Xiao picked up his own general and slapped it directly on Blumer's forehead, forcibly slapping Blumer to death on the chessboard. Blumer's thought before dying was definitely, "Aren't we playing chess? Why are you using a 'chess piece' to slap me?"

The hidden danger of doing this was that both of their chess pieces were still intact on the board and could come to take revenge on Su Xiao at any time.

"Who said I was going to play chess with you? This might even be checkers."

Su Xiao sent a message in the team channel and waited inside the Council Hall.

At the same time, in the very center of the Holy City, under the tall porch, stood soldiers wearing black armor. Their gazes were exceptionally sharp, and each of their momentums wasn't weak. Perhaps even if all the Holy City's guards + frontline troops were mobilized, they wouldn't be able to break through the defense line of these black-armored troops. They were waiting for the new King to appear.

In front of a black-armored soldier, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had blended into the environment, raised its paw and waved, greeting the soldier, but the black-armored soldier couldn't see Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang at all.

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang tried again, but the black-armored soldier still didn't react, which made Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang feel relieved. The infiltration of the palace operation was officially beginning!

Regarding infiltration, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was still quite confident. However, Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang didn't know one thing yet: the palace of the Holy City was actually no less dangerous than the Dead Silence City.