With the arrival of the kingdom's Archmage, Shurein had him support a detection of everyone present. The Archmage naturally had no objection to this simple request, and the ministers all agreed as well. Princes Harris and Leston also appeared very confident. Thus, accompanied by the Archmage's spell, the detection began. The Archmage walked past each person holding a crystal ball.
Shadow Shurein followed behind.
After checking all the ministers, the detection of the two princes began.
At that moment, the Archmage's expression suddenly changed. Harris and Leston's hearts sank when they saw the Archmage's look. Then they heard Shurein shout to the Royal Guard's Legion Commander, "Seize them both!"
"How dare you!" Harris roared.
He was pinned down by the Royal Guard, feeling he had lost all face for a moment.
Leston displayed astonishing combat techniques, snatching a weapon from a Royal Guard with his bare hands, and then knocking down the Royal Guards charging at him in two or three moves. He said, "Good methods. We all underestimated you. But you actually want to kill us; aren't you afraid people will say you are cold-blooded and ruthless in the future?"
Shurein said, "If you were truly my two royal brothers, I naturally wouldn't harm you. But are you still my royal brothers? Master Lishiya, please trouble yourself to help take down these two villains."
"Fine, I'd like to see exactly who is so bold as to dare impersonate a prince." The Archmage acted decisively. Facing the strongest Archmage of the kingdom's magic department, Leston, despite his amazing martial skills, was no match.
Leston was forced to kneel on the ground, his expression very unsightly. How could this damned human see through the effects of his skill? Could it be just from that low-level detection magic just now? What a joke! He was utterly perplexed; his skill was not that easy to discover. Moreover, even if he was discovered, why was Harris also found out before he even activated his skill effects?
Shurein walked up to him and said coldly, "Are you curious why I know of your existence? It's simple, because you underestimate the people of the world too much. I happened to meet the owner of the Night Sky Pavilion outside. That magic master discovered the tampering you did to us. If it weren't for that master, I probably wouldn't have known someone had done such a thing to the members of our royal family."
Leston's face changed.
In that instant, he understood many things.
This was a trap.
It was a trap set for him by the Reincarnator.
He looked at Shurein and realized he had previously underestimated this prince.
"I didn't expect you to go to such lengths just to deal with me. Truly a cruel heart." Leston suddenly burst into laughter and said in a nasty tone, "But do you think you can defeat me like this?"
The Archmage, very displeased, lashed him with a Thunder Whip and said angrily, "You fellow, death is at your door and you still dare to talk back! Speak quickly, who exactly are you? Did you kill His Majesty and the Queen?"
"Hmph hmph ha ha ha ha ha—"
"Foolish creature, I will make you die a miserable death."
Leston left a harsh word and then collapsed with lifeless eyes. The Archmage was thoroughly disgusted by him; for a moment, he didn't know whether to swing the Thunder Whip in his hand or let it go. He knew that disgusting fellow had already escaped.
"Prince, this matter..."
The Archmage ignored the unconscious Leston and turned back to ask Shurein, "Do you think I need to clear the ministers' memories? After all, this matter concerns the dignity of the royal family and should not be leaked out."
The ministers' faces changed.
But in the end, no one said anything.
Although Prince Shurein and the Archmage didn't state it explicitly, from Prince Leston's performance just now, they already knew the nature of this matter. They hadn't expected the problem to lie within the royal family—that someone had actually controlled the two princes. Such a skill was simply unheard of. That person had actually used the two princes to assassinate His Majesty and the Queen, and even wanted to control the entire kingdom by deceiving everyone.
It was truly terrifying to the extreme.
The truth of this matter was very serious.
If it were to spread, the dignity of the royal family would surely suffer a heavy blow.
Shurein walked up to Harris. Because of Leston's performance just now, Harris, who was originally somewhat defiant, was now completely despondent. Seeing Shurein approach, he even cried out in terror, "Save me, save me!"
Harris was afraid he would be controlled by someone just like Leston.
Shurein looked at the Archmage and asked, "Can he be saved?"
Seeing Prince Harris's hopeful eyes, the Archmage turned his face away in shame, not daring to look at the prince, and said, "This curse is beyond my scope of knowledge. I cannot guarantee it, but if it's the Witch who broke the curse for Princess Sue, there should be hope for saving the First Prince."
"Then send my eldest brother to the Night Sky Pavilion."
Hearing Shurein's words, Harris was immediately filled with gratitude.
Although he didn't know if the owner of the Night Sky Pavilion could truly save him, since that person had broken a similar curse before, the hope for his rescue was quite high.
"Yes."
The fate of the First Prince, Harris, was thus decided.
As for the Third Prince, Leston.
Although his body was still alive, his soul was already dead, so no one discussed a way to save him. After all, this was already
a dead man.
Shurein walked to the front of the throne.
Seeing his movement, the Archmage immediately fell silent. Since it involved the issue of succession to the throne, it was not appropriate for him, a magician, to intervene.
The ministers' expressions were complex at this time.
For a moment, they were all thinking about many things.
However, Shurein did not sit down. Instead, he stood in front of the throne and said to the ministers, "Next, until my eldest brother Julius returns, I will serve as the Acting King. Does anyone have any objections?"
"Greetings, Your Highness. We have no objections."
This was already a foregone conclusion.
Hero Julius could not inherit the throne, and both the First and Third Princes were in such a state. At this time, let alone Prince Shurein wanting to be the Acting King, even if he wanted to claim the throne now, everyone would have to agree.
As for rebellion?
Don't be joking.
The combat power Prince Shurein displayed earlier was no joke, and Prince Hero Julius was still out there.
"Very well, then I shall announce the first matter: I want to declare war on the Elf Race!" Shadow Shurein was too lazy to play political games with these people. After taking charge with a decisive stroke, he immediately brought up the task his master had assigned.
Hearing Prince Shurein's announcement.
Everyone was completely stunned.
No?
Why declare war on the Elf Race?
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