Chapter 2526

Royal Capital, inside an old but magnificent castle. The sunset shone in through the glass windows. Compared to the old outer walls of the castle, the three-story study appeared elegant and warm.

The curtains of the study were drawn. A man with a pale complexion and a smile sat behind the desk. He supported his chin with one hand, looking at Dickga, who was kneeling on the wool carpet, with playful eyes.

"You say I have another brother? Arrived at the Royal Capital only today?"

"Yes, yes, Third Prince."

Dickga swallowed his saliva, his hands trembling uncontrollably. He had done the boldest thing in his life: after betraying someone, he came to defect to a new master. In his view, the somewhat effeminate man before him was the final winner.

"Lying. That should be my sister. But you also did a good job. Dark Girl, cut off one of his fingers."

"Wait..."

Before Dickga could finish speaking, he felt a numbness in his left hand. His little finger disappeared, and blood sprayed out like a fountain. Intense pain struck him. Just as he was about to scream, a hand full of burn scars covered his mouth, and another arm choked his neck.

"Betrayal has a price, including me."

The Third Prince tapped his left eye with his finger. This was a fake eye. He had once betrayed his closest brother; both were willing to die for each other, but in the end, the Third Prince still betrayed him. So he dug out his left eye and used that eye to be buried with his brother.

"Among the six—no, now it's seven people. Among these seven, you chose me. Dickga, do you think I will be the final winner?"

"Yes!"

Dickga covered his severed finger, his pale face full of cold sweat from the pain.

"Hahahaha, with those two 'monsters' around, it's a pity you chose me. You bet on the wrong horse. But since you chose me, I will trust you. Dickga, you will be my deputy. This is a return for your trust in me."

The Third Prince stood up from behind the desk, came near Dickga, sat in front of him, and placed one hand on Dickga's shoulder.

"I am younger than you. I hope... you can treat me like an older brother. I, who have the 'Cursed Blood' flowing in my body, can only give you power, wealth, and women. You may have limited ability, but as long as you don't betray me, I won't let down your trust. Let's work hard together, Dickga."

The Third Prince squeezed Dickga's shoulder with a little force. Dickga's consciousness blurred for a moment. He suddenly felt that his hand didn't hurt anymore. Looking down, he saw that the little finger of his right hand was actually still there, and the bloodstains on his body and the ground had disappeared.

"Go take a bath and change into decent clothes. As my deputy, you are no longer a small character."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Dickga, kneeling on the ground, pressed his forehead tightly against the floor. He felt his heart was about to explode with excitement. He had bet correctly. The person he had always favored had not let down his expectation of risking his life to defect. The severed finger just now was just a test, and he had passed it with his loyalty.

With red-rimmed eyes, Dickga exited the study. Just as he left, the Third Prince took out a clean cotton handkerchief and wiped the hand that had just touched Dickga.

"Dark Girl, extract everything he knows from him, and then get rid of him. The 'dogs' in the backyard haven't been fed for a long time. Take this guy named Digak and feed them."

"Your Highness, it's not Digak, it's Dickga."

Dark Girl spoke up. She was the kind of person who could not tolerate a single mistake, even from her master.

"The names of such small characters are hard to remember. Also, come to my room tonight."

"What?"

Dark Girl looked at the Third Prince with surprise in her eyes, then raised her own hand full of burn scars as if to confirm. The terrifying severe burns on her body were already showing black bones.

"Forget it, I'll endure it a bit longer."

The Third Prince sighed. Although he hadn't touched a woman for half a year, after looking directly at Dark Girl's face, he had no thoughts at all.

"Don't be like that, Your Highness, I'm very lonely."

"..."

"Your Highness?"

"Get out."

"Yes!"

Dark Girl quickly retreated. Only she knew how temperamental the Third Prince was.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

The Third Prince's dry cough came. Dark Girl immediately stopped. She turned her gaze and saw the Third Prince with blood flowing from his mouth and nose.

The Third Prince calmly picked up the black tea cup and said, "Dark Girl, did you check this cup of tea just now?"

"I drank it."

"There is an enemy in the room we can't see. Get rid of him."

After saying this, the Third Prince fell down beside the chair with a thud. His face changed, turning into a man covered in white powder. This was a substitute controlled by the Third Prince.

At this moment, a whistling sound came from above. Something smashed onto the roof of the castle and crashed down layer by layer.

Boom!

A figure over three meters tall crashed down, and cold air spread around. A minotaur holding an ice warhammer and a reckless fool carrying a long-handled battle axe had arrived.

Dark Girl directly tore off her clothes. Orange flames rose on her body. She was like an evil ghost crawling out of purgatory. In a few steps, she rushed in front of Amu, her palm like a blade, stabbing toward Amu's chest.

Puchi.

Dark Girl's palm stabbed into Amu's chest. The corner of her mouth curling up also represented her cruelty.

With a boom, high-pressure flames exploded inside Amu's chest, and several flame spikes pierced out from both sides of Amu's torso.

Dark Girl slowly withdrew her arm. Although she didn't say a word like "You are already dead," it was a similar feeling.

Amu lowered his head, his eyes full of confusion. He couldn't figure out what this woman was doing; it was all flashy and showy.

Amu raised his right hand, and ice froze on it, forming an oversized palm, and slapped it toward Dark Girl.

Inside the first floor of the castle, Su Xiao shook the blood off his hands. Nearby lay a dozen guards in black armor. Unlike what he had imagined, these guards were not as powerful as expected.

Su Xiao learned one thing from his conversation with Dickga: the ones truly responsible for governing Talin were not the royal family, but the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister. In this generation, the Right Prime Minister had more power, and no one would touch this old man who had broken his heart for Talin.

The royal family was more like a final resort to prevent the ancient gods from making a comeback.

The Edri royal family, the Left Prime Minister, the Right Prime Minister, and the Tower Guards formed the unique power system of the Talin Kingdom. The Edri royal family was a symbol higher than power.

In peaceful times, the royal family was responsible for inheriting the crown and royal blood, the Left and Right Prime Ministers governed the country, and the Tower Guards were mass-producible high-end combat power, extremely unstable, whose duty was to find and hunt ancient gods or other enemies that could threaten Talin.

In wartime, the royal blood would burn, and the King of that generation would lead the Tower Guards to defend against foreign enemies. This was the means by which Talin could continue to this day.

Su Xiao checked the messages in the team channel. The Third Prince's main body was in the basement of the castle. This was intelligence Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had probed. It had almost dug three feet into the ground of this castle and was about to give up when it found the Third Prince located underground.

Su Xiao looked at the corpses that stretched all the way to the path outside the castle. It barely counted as a successful infiltration. He took out the positioning device and began to lock onto the coordinates set by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Beep~ beep~ beep beep beep!

As Su Xiao walked, the electronic sound became rapid. He slashed a few times on the ground in front of him, and a large area of rubble collapsed downward.

Jumping into the first basement level, Su Xiao continued to detect. After slashing through seven more floors and passing through three secret passages, a pitch-black hole appeared.

Leaping into the pitch-black underground passage, Su Xiao threw a micro-flare.

The darkness was dispelled, and figures wearing black full-body armor and holding greatswords appeared. These were all combat forces cultivated by the Third Prince.

There was a monster-like two-headed dog in the backyard of the castle, which was being led in circles by Baha. Su Xiao didn't want to deal with that two-headed dog for the time being; he only had a 70% chance of winning against that thing. It was more straightforward to just come and kill the Third Prince.

Calculating against each other? Seizing royal power? It didn't exist. Su Xiao's plan was very simple: find the enemy -> infiltrate -> slaughter the enemy. The plan was successful.

Su Xiao was no longer a seventh-tier newcomer who had just been promoted. Through the gains from the "Light and Dark World" and the "Sand Emperor World," his combat power had reached the upper level of the seventh tier.

To kill faster, Su Xiao never calculated against enemies; that was a means used only when one couldn't face the enemy head-on.

In the ten-meter-wide underground passage, fifty black-armored guards looked at Su Xiao. Armor collided, and cold light flashed on their greatswords.