Chapter 328: Courting Death, Lilies Archer’s Tactics
As expected! The King of Night had also arrived at Fort South!
Moreover, he had been lurking in the background, following King Ron’s orders, secretly manipulating everything!!!
Now, Ashby has been executed, Sean captured, and the twenty thousand barbarian troops of Lynx and Cheetah have been wiped out. As the schemers of this whole event and the strategists of the entire chessboard, King Ron and King of Night must be very pleased, right?
Everything had gone as they had expected, as they had wished!
All the outcomes were exactly the scenarios they had hoped to see!!!
“Awake?”
The King of Night did not turn around, but it seemed as if he had eyes on the back of his head, knowing Sean’s every move. His right hand held the Wolf’s Massacre, and his left index finger lightly traced along the blade, saying, “Your blade is indeed a good one!”
“Unfortunately, it is too vicious!”
“All these years…”
“The lives that have been reaped under its sharp blade, if not ten thousand, must be at least eight thousand!”
“After you die…”
“I will find a skilled craftsman to reforge it, to dissipate its malicious aura, and give it a new life…”
The King of Night’s voice was as calm as water, revealing no emotional fluctuations. Even his tone was the same as before, as if the battle three days ago had never happened!
Sean tried to sit up, but he was too weak!
Although he was awake, he had not regained any strength!
Even more shocking, after taking stock of his internal condition, he found that the bright energy in his core seemed to be completely sealed off. He couldn’t use it at all! Even his muscles and blood vessels were soft, like bundles of cotton, unable to muster any strength!
Lying there, besides his neck and above having some autonomy, the whole body below his neck was completely immobile, just like a person completely paralyzed!!!
“Give up your futile hopes!”
“It’s useless!”
With a light sigh, the King of Night put the Wolf’s Massacre aside, then slowly turned around, looked down at Sean, and said, “If I couldn’t seal your core and restrict your actions, how would I dare let you wake up so easily?”
While saying this, the King of Night glanced at the Wolf’s Massacre again, and scoffed, “I don’t want to end up like Fergus Archer, Ashby, Maclean Lyons, becoming a ghost under your blade.”
After several futile attempts, Sean had no choice but to give up!
Staring at the King of Night, he asked, “If you fear me, why don’t you just kill me?”
“Because you can’t die yet!” said the King of Night. “You have not yet fully demonstrated your value, so you don’t have the right to die!”
“I remember…”
“You once said that sometimes wanting to die is a very luxurious thing!”
“I like that saying!”
“Now…”
“It’s your turn to hear it!”
Indeed, this phrase perfectly fit Sean’s current predicament. Being completely paralyzed, let alone killing others, he didn’t even have the ability to commit suicide. He had become like meat on a chopping block, at the mercy of others!
However, Sean didn’t want to die!!!
Cecilia and Phyllis were still in the capital, in danger, waiting for his rescue!
“What’s the reason?”
Sean pressed on, “You dare not let me go, but you won’t kill me either. Now that I’m essentially a cripple, what use could I be to you?”
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Actually, Sean knew it very well!
Lilies Archer had already told him during their trip to the mountain!
However, in front of the King of Night, Sean naturally had to keep playing along, maintain his curiosity. The King of Night was a clever man, if he sensed something was off and started suspecting Lilies Archer, then everything would be over!
“Do you want to know?”
“Hehe…”
The King of Night gave a sinister smile, but shook his head, saying, “Wait until I take you back to the capital, and you meet the Emperor. Then you will understand!”
“All I can tell you now is…”
“Your value is great, very great, so much so that you can’t even realize or imagine it!”
He left it at that! Some things, the King of Night was not in a hurry to clarify!
“Is that so?”
Sean snorted coldly, “Before coming to Fort South, I entered the Imperial City and met the Padishah in the Hall of Throne. The Padishah attacked me, his strength far surpassed mine!”
“At that time!”
“He could have easily taken me down!”
“Since my usefulness is so great, why didn’t he take action then? Instead, he hypocritically bestowed me the Palace of Wolf, made me the General of South, and even said he wanted to adopt me as his disciple and pass on the throne to me.”
“Could it be!”
“All this roundabout way was just to make me execute his own son for him?”
Even with Maclean Lyons and Lilies Archer present, without Sean, Ashby was destined to die!
Therefore! This reason seemed reasonable, but it was not sufficient!
“Of course not!”
The King of Night said, “Ashby was the crown prince, and you are the Wolf King of the North, both of you have extraordinary identities. To let you die openly and honestly, naturally a reason is needed!”
“And your execution of Fergus Archer, and your feud with Ashby, leading to the chaos in Fort South, is just such a reason!”
“Just like now!”
“Ashby died for the country, you rebelled against the country, isn’t this the best outcome?”
“Hehe!”
The King of Night chuckled, then continued, “As for why I didn’t capture or kill you last time, but went through all the trouble to make you come to Fort South, the reason is actually very simple.”
Clap!
Clap, clap!
Speaking of this, the King of Night suddenly clapped his hands. Moments later, footsteps sounded, and a familiar figure slowly walked into the room. It was Lilies Archer!
“Haven’t you always been curious?”
“Five years ago!”
“When I took you out of Hilshire’s fourth prison and brought you into the North, you just fainted for a moment. When you woke up, how did you inexplicably activate a powerful bloodline, making great progress daily and becoming the youngest Bright Realm cultivator in Kisia’s history in just five years?”
“In fact!”
“It wasn’t the Colored Glaze Holy Water you imagined, but a trick by Miss Archer!”
Sean looked at Lilies Archer, his face showing shock. Within the shock, there was also a trace of confusion!
“Oh?”
He frowned and asked, “What do you mean?”
The King of Night praised, “Miss Archer, she has a poisonous body bloodline. Her mastery in poison far exceeds your knowledge and imagination!”
“So!”
“When we first activated your bloodline, we specifically asked Miss Archer to do it. While activating your bloodline, she also planted a poison source in your bloodline!”
“All these years, you only knew that you were making rapid progress and dominating the North, but you didn’t know that as your strength improved, the poison source planted initially was taking root in your body, silently infiltrating your bloodline!”
“Even!”
“It has seeped into your bone marrow!!!”
“This!”
“This is why you, a dignified Bright Realm cultivator who should be immune to all poisons, are suffering from severe poison!”
In other words! Even for Lilies Archer, if she wanted to poison Sean after he had advanced to the Bright Realm, it would be futile!
However! The severe poison within Sean’s body was planted five years ago, right when his bloodline was activated!
Therefore! For these five years, without his knowledge, he has actually been cultivating these deadly toxins with his own body!
And now! Lilies Archer doesn’t need to poison him. As long as she stimulates the poison source hidden in his bloodline and bone marrow, she can easily take his life!!!
How ruthless this plan is!!!
“Surprised?”
“Unexpected?”
“Heh!”
Sean’s face turned extremely ugly, which made the King of Night quite satisfied. He rarely laughed so happily as he further explained, “The poison source in your body was planted by Miss Archer herself!”
“Only she can stimulate it!”
“And only she can remove it!”
“So!”
“If Miss Archer cannot conveniently go to the capital, she must get you to come to Fort South, to come and deliver yourself to death!”
“For this very reason!”
“The day you arrived at Fort South, Maclean Lyons deliberately had a conflict with you, telling you about the Black Rhino Tiger, not only to confuse Ashby but also to give you a reason to actively go to the mountain to find Miss Archer and deliver yourself to death!”
“Unfortunately!”
“You fell for it!”
“Do you remember the mountain top where Miss Archer was, the colorful flowers everywhere, and the intoxicating fragrance? Do you remember that?”
“In fact!”
“The scent of those pollen, combined with Miss Archer’s flute sound, is the method to stimulate the poison source in your body. Once the poison source is stimulated and you use dark energy or bright energy in battle, the poison will quickly erode your blood vessels and internal organs!”
“Even!”
“Threatening your core and your life!!!”
“So!”
“That’s why everything that happened in the negotiation three days ago happened!”
“So!”
“Now you are lying here like a waste, becoming our meat on the chopping board, at our mercy…”
The King of Night spoke passionately!
Even for the usually calm and composed King of Night, when he said these words, Sean heard an unmistakable excitement in his speech!!!
“So that’s how it is!”
Sean took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I understand!”
“I understand everything!”
“Turns out!”
“From the moment you took me out of Hilshire’s fourth prison five years ago, you and the Padishah never trusted me. From the beginning, you prepared to deal with me, finding ways to control me!”
“So!”
“No matter how fast I progress, no matter how strong I become, I can never escape your control!!!”
How sad!!!
Over the past five years!
Sean has been dominating the battlefield in the North, defending the country, making a name for himself, and becoming one of the “Four Lords” of Kisia!
However, from beginning to end, all this was just a big scam!!!
“Correct!”
The King of Night said proudly, “In the eyes of His Majesty, the world is a chessboard, and all beings are chess pieces!”
“You!”
“Of course, are no exception!”
“Now!”
“You have officially entered the Bright Realm, completed your mission, and it’s time for you to sacrifice for the country!”
After saying this, the King of Night nodded to Lilies Archer, turned around, and was about to leave.
“Wait a minute!”
It seemed that Sean thought of something and stopped him, “Since you knew my extraordinary bloodline five years ago, and deliberately set up this plan to harm me!”
“Then!”
“You must have known about my biological mother long ago!”
“Right?”
“I want to know!”
“In the cave, in the secret prison, who exactly is the woman who was tortured to death by you?”
“She!”
“Is she my mother, Liane Field???”