Chapter 2534: New King

A gray eagle soared over the Royal Capital. Perhaps it was tired of flying, so it landed on a towering sculpture in the capital.

The height of this sculpture was over a hundred meters. The tallest building in the capital wasn't the palace or the "Fuxiu Clock Tower," but this sculpture that had stood here for hundreds of years.

This human sculpture, with a height of 127.42 meters, was the symbol of the Royal Capital. Even the palace had to be built shorter than it.

The image of the sculpture was a male, wearing a crown, with both arms raised, as if embracing the sky, or perhaps paying homage to the sun.

This sculpture was the first King of Talin, but this was the folk name. The Edri Royal Family called this existence the First King, which was the source of the Royal Blood.

Through the wind and frost, although this sculpture appeared old, it still stood here. Every Tower Keeper, before swearing allegiance to the Edri Royal Family, had to recite an oath under this sculpture and leave their name on the base of the sculpture with their own blood.

Of course, the graffiti of blood wouldn't be exposed for too long. The blood names of generations of Tower Keepers replaced each other, also representing the inheritance of the mission. Their names were left on this sculpture; they were already nameless people. They were willing to swear to protect Talin to the death, not marrying, not leaving offspring, and using mortal bodies to fight against gods.

From this, one could imagine the significance of the First King sculpture to the Talin Kingdom. Every year, many travelers from other countries came here to pay their respects.

Today, the Royal Capital was still lively and prosperous. Only the dignitaries knew what was hidden beneath this prosperity. The Royal Blood War had reached its end, and the final winner would be crowned King. For all the high-ranking officials in the capital, this was an extraordinary day.

The Edri Royal Family wasn't noble because of royal power; on the contrary, because the Edri Royal Family existed, royal power had meaning.

In a manor on the south side of the capital, flowers were blooming in the courtyard. Hunting dogs were barking wildly in the flower field. Not far away, the castle was burning with flames, and there were hundreds of corpses nearby.

A figure was running staggeringly in the flower field. A dagger was stuck in her back. Because she was wearing a black gauze dress, it was inconvenient to run, and this woman didn't run far before falling to the ground. She was Spider Lady, a throne contender who had always been hiding in the shadows. She was like a spider, weaving a web and then waiting quietly.

"Walsh, are you crazy? Those two joined forces. You kill me, you'll die sooner or later too."

Spider Lady's voice was sharp and filled with resentment. The feeling of being stabbed in the back wasn't good, and more importantly, she had originally planned to stab the other party in the back, but who would have thought that the other party would stab her first.

"..."

The First Prince, Walsh, didn't say a word. He had seen villains die from talking too much in many stories. In all fairness, Walsh felt he wasn't a good person.

Walsh raised the cross sword in his hand and slashed down. Blood splattered. Unfortunately, although Spider Lady was seriously injured, she wasn't so easily hacked to death.

"Wait, I'm willing to help you..."

*Puchi, puchi. *

After two slashes, Spider Lady became quiet. She lay in the flower field, blood spreading beneath her, like a blooming poppy.

A moment later, Walsh stood up. He looked up and exhaled a long breath. At this moment, he could feel that the Royal Blood in his body was about to replace all his blood. Perhaps no generation of throne successors had more Royal Blood in their bodies before being crowned King than him.

This wasn't Walsh's illusion. He possessed 8/12 of the Royal Blood in his body, already exceeding half.

"Father, I did it."

Walsh's arms were raised, embracing the sky. The direction he was facing was exactly where the sun was.

Inside the palace, Su Xiao sat on a wide chair covered with several layers of animal skins. Fortunately, the Old King's daily life was very simple. Except for sleeping, he sat and stared blankly most of the time.

Su Xiao had already sensed when he killed the Old King that the Old King at that time wasn't very clear-headed. According to his deduction, this was likely a side effect of the Royal Blood.

Royal Blood wasn't a good thing, but if this thing wasn't inherited, members of the Edri Royal Family basically wouldn't live past 30. Those with strong strength could live to 40. After inheriting the Royal Blood, they didn't need to worry about dying young. It was said they could live for over 200 years.

The Old King wasn't even 100 years old when he summoned the Royal Blood War. This should be a problem with the Old King himself. The Royal Blood came from the First King. After completely inheriting the Royal Blood, perhaps one would be eroded or assimilated by the consciousness of the First King.

Of course, this was just Su Xiao's speculation. He hadn't investigated the secrets of Talin deeply, but he had learned many secrets while killing.

Because he was disguising as the Old King, Su Xiao couldn't use puzzle games to pass the time and could only occasionally take out a soul crystal fragment to eat.

【Notification: You have received a team message.】

Su Xiao opened the team channel. He originally thought it was a message from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, or Baha, but after checking, he found it wasn't; it was a message from Benny.

With this cat's personality, it should be wandering in some secret realm or ancient ruins at this time. Benny knew it wasn't suitable for combat, so after entering the world, it never followed Su Xiao. Although this was safer, it would drag him down.

Su Xiao checked the message Benny sent. This wasn't a real-time message, but a message left two days ago.

After Su Xiao was promoted to Tier 7, the permissions of the adventure group were further opened. Most of these permissions were useless, such as team space permission settings. After setting the permissions, some items in the team space couldn't be taken out by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, etc. This permission had no meaning, so it was ignored by Su Xiao.

However, one of them was very suitable for Benny, which was team messages. This cat would occasionally send some of its experiences while treasure hunting, as well as strange things it had seen.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also sent them, for example, what delicious food it had eaten in the capital, often making Benny so angry that its fur stood on end.

The team channel had a characteristic: if Su Xiao and Benny were too far apart, they couldn't contact each other in real-time. The appearance of team messages solved this to a certain extent.

Team messages weren't real-time. For example, Benny left a team message, and the message would be delayed according to the distance. Just like this time, Benny's message had been left for two full days before Su Xiao saw it.

The content of Benny's message was as follows.

Benny (Team Message): "In a very ancient ruin, there is a stone tablet recording the deeds of the ancient race and the Edri Royal Family. These two parties formed an alliance to fight against the ancient gods together. But I don't know what that ancient race was. Ancient characters, they still want to stump this cat, humph~ (attached image and text information)."

Su Xiao checked the image at the end. It was Benny's selfie. It was wearing exploration goggles, behind it was a huge stone tablet, and a colorful hummingbird was landing on its head.

Some of the messages Benny sent were useless, and some were very valuable. Perhaps they could save his life at a critical moment.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, the bedroom door was knocked.

"King, Walsh succeeded. He didn't live up to your expectations."

The Tower Keeper traitor's voice came from outside the door. Hearing this, Su Xiao came to the door. After opening it, he saw the Tower Keeper traitor kneeling on one knee.

"Lead the way. Go to the royal hall."

"This is my honor."

The Tower Keeper traitor led the way in front. Soon, Su Xiao arrived at the royal hall on the top floor of the palace.

"Your Majesty, aren't you holding the coronation ceremony?"

Looking at the empty royal hall, the Tower Keeper traitor felt some unease in his heart.

"Has your brain been eroded by the source?"

Hearing this sentence from Su Xiao, the Tower Keeper traitor frowned, but soon he understood Su Xiao's meaning. Walsh's victory was too dishonorable. The two strongest throne successors were secretly executed. At this juncture, it was most stable to let Walsh be crowned King as soon as possible. As long as Walsh became the new King, even if the Tower Keepers were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do.

"Go summon Walsh. The Tower Keepers will come, but not now."

"As you command."

The Tower Keeper traitor walked away quickly. Su Xiao stood in place without moving. A few minutes later, a Tower Keeper wearing a white bloated hood walked out of the darkness. This was the leader of the Tower Keepers.

"We should execute both of you."

The Tower Keeper leader said in a deep voice.

"The Old King favored Walsh, and there was a traitor among your Tower Keepers. What will happen if these two things are spread?"

"Understood. Ted becoming King is the bottom line of our Tower Keepers."

The Tower Keeper leader compromised appropriately and turned to walk toward the outside of the royal hall to summon other Tower Keepers. The coronation ceremony required their presence.

An hour later, Su Xiao sat on the throne at a high place. Below was a black marble staircase over ten meters long. In a moment, Walsh would walk up from here.

Over a hundred Tower Keepers stood in the royal hall, standing in two rows, from the entrance of the royal hall to the steps below the throne. They held sword-spears in one hand, and the tips of the two sword-spears crossed. Below was a red carpet. In a moment, Walsh had to walk under the crossed sword-spears.

*Creak~*

The door of the royal hall was pushed open from the outside by two Tower Keepers. Walsh, wearing the new King's ceremonial dress, walked over. His fluffy golden hair hung behind him, and with the new King's ceremonial dress he wore, he looked very majestic.

Walsh stopped at the main entrance, took a deep breath, and walked onto the red carpet with his head held high, walking under the crossed sword-spears. The Tower Keepers standing in two rows remained motionless, like sculptures.

Among these Tower Keepers was Walsh's close friend, the traitor among the Tower Keepers. At this moment, his heart was beating fast, and his gaze looked at the Tower Keeper leader standing by the throne. Before long, he would stand there in place of that person.

Walsh walked forward step by step. Finally, he arrived at the steps below the throne. He knelt on one knee, raised both arms high, and made a gesture of embracing the sky.

Su Xiao stood up from the throne. Sparks surged on his clothes. His pace forward wasn't fast, even somewhat staggering.

This spark effect was thanks to Ted. This fellow had done enough homework to become King. A long time ago, he had checked the records of every generation of new King's coronation. Before the new King ascended, the Royal Blood in the old King's body would show a slight burning phenomenon.

As Su Xiao moved forward, sparks fell where he had been. Seeing this scene, Walsh lowered his head.

"Father."

The reason Walsh lowered his head was to prepare to wear the crown.

Su Xiao stopped in front of Walsh, took off the somewhat large crown from his head with his left hand, and put it on Walsh's head. The moment Walsh put on the crown, the 【Soul Whisper】 short blade appeared in Su Xiao's right hand.

*Puchi! *

The short blade stabbed in from Walsh's chin and pierced out from the top of his head where he wore the crown. The blade tip was stained with blood.

Because Su Xiao exerted force in his hand, Walsh stood up involuntarily. He grabbed Su Xiao's lapels with both hands. There was confusion in his eyes, bewilderment, and more despair. That's right, at this moment, Walsh was desperate.

"Why..."

Walsh's arms dropped powerlessly. Su Xiao pulled out the short blade in his hand. As Walsh fell, the crown on his head slid off, and Su Xiao caught it with the short blade.

"No!!"

The Tower Keeper traitor roared. His eyes turned blue, and the source power in his body began to activate.

*Puchi, puchi, puchi... *

Sword-spears pierced through the Tower Keeper traitor's body, lifting him up.

Walsh fell to the ground, gasping for breath in critical condition. Finally, his eyes lost their luster, and the Royal Blood in his body drifted out. The Royal Blood floated beside Su Xiao, who was holding the crown. ===== CHAPTER 2535 =====