Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 703 Bloody Irises (Part 2)

There are major changes in the plot of the two chapters before and after. It is recommended to refresh and read again.

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"None of this is accidental. Your Highness, even Lausanne II may be serving the Duke! No matter what, you can't stay any longer..." Huaiya whispered.

"In the past few hours, they acted separately," Captain Seychelles gritted his teeth on the other side, and the words he said made Zhan frown again and again, "They successively attacked a fallen nobleman, a liar, a vigilance officer, and a city hall clerk. There is also a spy on the casino errand."

"What news?" Zhan said in a deep voice.

Seychelles looked hesitant. He leaned close to the Duke's ear and whispered something.

Zhan's eyes narrowed.

He looked at Thales with cold eyes.

Apart from this, what else did this little kid find out?

"Wait! I think I probably understand. There must be some misunderstanding!"

Hilley stood in the middle and waved vigorously:

"But in any case, this is not the way to deal with the problem..."

But unfortunately, no one on either side paid attention to her now.

"Unfortunately we knew it too late..." Wyatt whispered.

"Fortunately, we found it in time..." Seychelles said to Zhan En.

"Now the arena is full of Emerald Legions and vigilance officers, and there is a steady stream of support," Wyatt sighed softly to Thales, "They have the upper hand, and our situation is unfavorable..."

"There is a dragnet around the arena, just for this moment," Seychelles said coldly, "No matter what their plan is, it is impossible to succeed..."

After Zhan listened to the report, he took a deep breath and stared at Thales:

"Seychelles, are you sure?"

"I'm very sure, sir," Captain Seychelles said firmly, leaving no doubt. "Before this, they were still searching for exits, probing and even directly attacking the weaknesses of our security. At least one team of people was transferred out by wrong summons. Post - they must have something in their minds and made a plan to escape early! "

Thales thought about the key and looked at the attendant:

"Waiya, what are you going to do now?"

"We all perform our duties, Your Highness," Waiya said nervously, "Conmuto and the others are creating chaos and trying to mobilize the guards, while Cuesta is clearing obstacles and arranging an escape route. Gennard is leading Jenny was waiting outside the venue. It was an emergency and we couldn’t find Hugo Flag Officer, but we didn’t have much to worry about..."

"Therefore, I have reason to believe, Your Majesty the Duke," Captain Seychelles waved his hand, "The current chaos in the arena, including the two imposter contestants, is just a cover to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Just for this moment, they Good for you!”

"When you get to the place, please don't hesitate or look back. Just mount your horse and run away. It's best to run out of the city to find the courtiers who are loyal to the royal family..." Huaiya looked at death with a look on his face, "As long as you can escape alone, we will Everyone else is safe..."

Thales and Zhan looked at each other from a distance.

And there was doubt in the eyes of both parties.

"Your initial order was correct," Captain Seychelles gritted his teeth. "His Royal Highness is very dangerous. He should be isolated and protected and kept in separate custody - just waiting for your order, Your Majesty the Duke."

Zhan gently raised his hand:

"Wait a minute, Seychelles."

"Wait for my signal, Your Highness," Huaiya glanced at everyone and handed the warning to Thales, "We will break up the rear in a moment..."

Thales sighed:

"Waiya, wait..."

Facing the tense two sides, Xi Lai got more and more headache.

"Cassian, can you stop this conflict?"

"Of course," Cassian smiled slightly, "Which side do you want me to attack?"

Hilley let out a long sigh.

"Guys, can we calm down? There are so many people watching here - you'd better come up with a good excuse, like the Duke and Prince training their subordinates on the stand when the mood strikes?"

Yeah, bad.

Thales looked at the guards coming from all over the arena, felt the eyes of other stands, and suddenly felt a headache.

There are so many people watching...huh?

The next second, Thales was shocked.

So many people are watching...

Yes, what did he just think of? If you don’t kill people, no one will listen…

At this moment, the host's voice, which had been silent due to the accident in the Duke's Stand, resounded in the arena.

"Wait, why are you... coming this way..."

Only this time, his voice was very panicked.

Everyone turned their heads: the black-armored warrior and the white-clothed swordsman, the two violators had already broken through the many obstacles of the guards at some point, and were now standing under the stage.

The swordsman in white nodded to the warrior in black armor. He passed by the latter and walked onto the stage calmly.

Thales trembled and pushed away the person in front of him:

"Stop them!"

He pointed to the hosting platform in the distance and shouted to Zhan:

"They're going to take over the podium! That megaphone!"

Everyone was stunned for a second,

But soon, Zhan also realized something, and his expression changed:

"Seychelles!"

However, the water far away is not as good as the fire close by: the swordsman in white came to the host stage and approached step by step.

The host's voice was originally full of energy, but now it changed tone instantly:

"No, no, no, you can't come up! I'm still explaining the election...don't touch the microphone...no, ah! Ouch! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, help!"

On this side, Seychelles was still giving orders hurriedly, while on the other side, the entanglement and fighting on the host stage spread throughout the entire arena through the microphone.

Soon, a strange and cold voice replaced the host and sounded in the arena:

"go away."

The host screamed, rolled down the steps, and fled in a hurry.

The accident on the host stage shook the entire audience through the microphone, and attracted everyone's attention for a while. Even the two sides at war in the Duke Stand paused. Except for the players who were still fighting selflessly in the main arena, the entire arena There was an uproar, and more than ten seconds later, even louder shouts came from the crowd outside the arena.

"What's going on up there?"

"Is anyone crazy about being famous?"

"Want to steal the limelight from the Duke and Prince?"

"This kind of thing has happened before. Wait for the guards to catch him, and then wait to go to jail..."

"Don't! I bet on him!"

Vassals, nobles, businessmen, foreign guests... almost everyone stood up on their seats, surprised and uncertain. Some even wanted to cross the fence to watch the excitement, but were stopped by security officers and cuckolds.

"I know……"

At this moment, that strange and cold voice - the voice of the swordsman in white sounded again, shaking the arena:

"I know, Emerald City, I know you didn't come to choose the general to see this."

He tightened his voice:

"But now, listen to—me—speak."

The spectators in the grandstands fell silent, and even some of the players who were fighting on the field stopped.

I saw the swordsman in white standing on the presiding platform. He still hid his face behind his helmet and looked at the entire election arena.

"I understand," Thales stared at what was happening on the opposite side of the stage, "He is doing what you did."

Zhan was startled and turned around: "What? What did I do?"

"Royal banquet, remember? Ank Bailar," Thales said in a daze, "He, he is forcing everyone to listen, and then..."

Zhan's eyes narrowed.

"What are you listening to? Who is Anke Bailar?" Hilley still didn't understand.

Thales and Zhan looked at each other and understood something.

"Stand back, Star Lake Guards," Thales sighed, "Now."

"Put your weapons away, Seychelles," Zhan ordered similarly, "our enemies are not here."

Both sides of the confrontation were startled, but the voice of the swordsman in white sounded again inside and outside the arena, attracting attention and contributing to eliminating the hostility between the two sides:

"As you know, this morning, Officer Kaguire unfortunately passed away in the Emerald City."

His voice was very low, deep, not fast, but there was an inexplicable sense of sadness and indignation:

"A man, a life, a husband, a father, died on the street."

The death of Caguire was the big news this morning. The whole arena exploded immediately, with different reactions from various stands:

The nobles and vassals were all cautious and kept their mouths shut. The bureaucrats looked serious and exchanged glances. The businessmen were anxious and whispering to each other. The foreign state guests were curious and waiting to see the excitement. As for the mixed stands, the stands were buzzing. It was buzzing and everyone was discussing excitedly.

Of course, more people turned their heads and looked at the Duke's stand naturally or unnaturally.

"Damn, I thought their target was either you or me." Zhan said to Thales with a gloomy face.

Hilley frowned:

"what about me?"

"So the focus of the defense is here, ignoring the host stage, but..." Zhan En ignored his sister and took a deep breath, "But it doesn't matter. Since they showed up, it will be easy to handle."

Thales urged everyone to put away their weapons and think deeply after hearing the words.

The voice in the microphone became louder:

"But he's not the only one!"

On the stage, the swordsman in white raised his arms:

"In these days, too many people have died in the Emerald City - wine merchants, wool merchants, police chiefs, lawyers, accountants, sons of former mercenaries, etc... They all died violently, but none of them saw the light of day. , no one knows, just for some ridiculous reason!”

Thales, Zhan En, and Xi Lai looked at each other, feeling each other's surprise and uneasiness.

Under the host's stage, the black-armored warrior waved his sword one after another and instantly eliminated the two groups of guards who wanted to get closer.

"That's..." Looking at the black-armored warrior's skills, Huaiya was shocked and confused.

"Yes, that's him," D.D said solemnly, "He's not dead."

But he is no longer the biggest threat.

Thales stared at the man in white on the host stage from a distance.

"However, the real culprit who killed them not only hid behind the scenes and escaped justice, but also slandered and framed them in an attempt to frame the heir to the kingdom!"

The man in white said coldly:

"Trying to drive away His Highness the Prince who brings fairness and justice to the Emerald City."

Thales frowned, and Huaiya stood closer to the prince.

"...just to hide his hypocritical and ugly face and cover up the heinous evil things he has done."

The next second, the swordsman in white raised his head, pointed his sword directly at the Duke's Stand opposite the arena, and shouted angrily:

"That's right, Jenn Kelvindill!"

"Our wise Duke, you, you are the real murderer behind the scenes!"

The swordsman in white spoke loudly:

"You killed the wine merchant Dagory Moss! You killed the wool merchant Diop! You killed the police chief Jeff Rene! You killed the defense lawyer Slimani! You killed the unknown boxer Bolwin! Kill the security officer of Prince Thales, the Kaguire vigilance officer!”

The audience was in uproar again.

The words of the swordsman in white were like thunder, exploding throughout the arena.

"OMG……"

"How is this going……"

"It must be a false accusation, empty talk, one-sided words, don't believe it..."

"It's a conspiracy from foreign forces!"

"But what if it's true?"

"Keep talking! I still want to hear it!"

"Seychelles!"

In the Duke's Stand, Zhan En said coldly: "How come it has been delayed until now!"

Seychelles was dripping with cold sweat, urging his men over and over again.

"It's too late, most of the legion has been attracted by what's going on here," Cassian sighed, "And it's too far from here to the host stage, and the middle is crowded with uninformed contestants, craning their necks. The audience pushing forward..."

"There is still an extreme master blocking the way." Glover stared at the black-armored warrior.

Zhan held onto the railing with an unclear expression.

"But what is this? Why?" Heeley asked puzzledly, "Just to grab the microphone and then throw dirty water on you?"

"No - it's a misguidance." Thales suddenly spoke, attracting their attention.

"What?"

"Little Bolwin died not for Emerald City to see," Thales shook his head, "but for you to see, Zhan, or even just for you to see."

Zhan En's eyes tightened and he clenched his fists.

"Then, then you will be misguided to take measures according to their expectations, to respond, to try to counterattack, to do...those things you 'have to do'."

Thales sighed: "That's what they want you to do."

What they want you to do…

"I didn't kill them." Zhan gritted his teeth.

"I know, but what matters at this moment is not whether you killed them or not, but..." Thales' voice was low and he shook his head.

Hearing this, Xi Lai's expression slowly changed.

"But it's more than that, Jenn, it's more than that..."

The swordsman's voice in white echoed in the arena under the night sky, causing the lights to sway.

"It's not enough to kill them. You also use all your relationship methods from top to bottom, from black to white, from the Blood Bottle Gang to the Police Department, to bend the law for personal gain, fabricate facts, bury secrets, and forge the truth... Why? Why! Ask the Emerald City, what is it that makes you so mad that you want to bury them at any cost and never tell anyone about it? "

Zhan En stared at the man in white on the host stage, his eyes almost splitting.

"But I know, Emerald City, I know why."

The noise in the arena grew louder and louder, and it became increasingly difficult for the security officers to maintain order in the various stands and entrances and exits.

With great difficulty, two more groups of guards broke through the crowd and rushed to the stage with torches, but the black-armored warriors stood still at the foot of the steps.

"Because, because eleven years ago..."

At that moment, Thales noticed keenly: Zhan next to him trembled slightly.

"Dagory Moss, who was still an unknown person at the time, received a sum of funds from an unknown source," the swordsman in white said in a deep voice. "He took the money and found a middleman between the black and white. , Diop, who was just getting started, hired a professional killer-Bolwein, who licked blood with his knife."

"So, that year, the Duke of Leinster was unfortunately assassinated."

As soon as the words fell, the entire arena erupted into a huge sound like a sea wave crashing onto the shore.

Moss, Diop, Bolwyn...

Huaiya exchanged looks with others, then quickly took out the notebook in his arms and flipped through it hurriedly.

"Seychelles!"

In the stands, Zhan En suddenly shouted angrily:

"Stop the contest! Rush directly into the field, destroy the damn microphone, and arrest them! Now! Now!"

Thales had never seen Zhan so rude before. He and Hilley looked at each other and felt the surprise in their hearts.

Seychelles was stunned.

"Call, stop? But sir, according to the rules of election, before the winner is determined...if we let the army rush in..."

"Fuck the rules!"

Zhan En roared regardless of his manners and leaned half of his body out of the stands:

"I will decide the rules for my family's selection!"

The Duke's appearance attracted the attention of many people, and many people started talking about it. Hilley reacted the fastest and immediately pulled his brother back:

"It doesn't matter, Seychelles Knight, just treat this as a violation of public security: there is no need for the Emerald Legion to dispatch the crazy words of a madman, and there are so many foreign guests watching."

"No! I want you to-"

"Zhann!"

Xi Lai grabbed his brother's hand and interrupted sternly:

"This will make us more embarrassed and more indefensible!"

The Duke of Nan'an looked at his sister blankly, as if he still couldn't react.

Xi Lai took a deep breath, leaned forward, put his forehead against his, and looked into his brother's eyes.

"Don't forget, brother, we are Kevin Dill, we are tricolor iris flowers - we cannot fall into the enemy's trick!"

Zhan En shivered slightly when he heard the family name.

After a few seconds, he took a deep breath, held his sister's hand tightly, and nodded in a daze.

"Yes, yes, Heeley, you are, you are right..."

Thales saw all this and frowned.

Seychelles was a little confused, but Cassian patted him on the shoulder. The former hesitated for a moment, nodded and turned away.

"And after that..."

Unfortunately, the man in white's words were not over yet.

"Chief of Police Jeff Rene, with the hope and anger of the entire Emerald City, he pursued all the way and found that this was a case of fratricidal parricide, so he arrested the so-called real murderer,"

"The case handling process and the closing report were personally recorded and written by First Class Vigilance Officer Srimani, who is a master in solving the case. The entire case, from evidence to motive, is complete. It can be said to be seamless and irrefutable."

The man in white sneered slightly:

"Therefore, the 'real culprit' found by the Police Department was unjust and respected, the honorary Viscount of Gonghai City, Sona Kevindir, and was imprisoned."

"However, no matter how much torture and threats he received, he still refused to plead guilty or give in... Until one day, the jailer guarding his cell, Captain Caguire, came to report that Viscount Sona had 'committed suicide out of fear of crime' in prison. He only left a "suicide note" with blunt wording and illegible handwriting, admitting his crime - killing his brother and treason. "

The swordsman in white chuckled when he said this.

The noise in the arena became louder, and everyone was talking heatedly in shock, excitement, and fear.

Rene, Slimani, Caguire...

Thales was stunned.

Huaiya listened to these names and flipped through his notes, his expression becoming more and more ugly.

"That's right, Moss, Diop, Bolvin, Rene, Slimani, and Caguire..."

"Because of this past incident, in the next eleven years, they were rewarded: some rose to high positions, some made a lot of money, some became famous, and some, even if their father committed a serious crime of assassination, they were still able to have enough food and clothing. worry."

The man in white's words were filled with deep hatred:

"But because of this past incident, eleven years later, when someone began to investigate the past, when the central royal family began to doubt the truth, when Prince Thales began to pursue the old case, and when the real culprit behind the scenes wanted to cover up the past to protect himself, they were brutally silenced. , died an untimely death! Even the method of death was fabricated and unknown to the public! "

"Really, Your Highness?" Wyatt looked at Thales in surprise, "Are you really... here for this?"

Thales sighed.

Well, even Wyatt thinks so.

The noise in the arena became louder and louder, and the messengers responsible for announcing the victory and defeat did not dare to spread these things outside the arena, but others had already spread the word.

"That's right, Emerald City!"

The next second, the man in white suddenly grabbed the sword!

"Your beloved Duke Zhan is a heartless beast!"

As if to cooperate with him, the noise in the arena became louder and louder.

Even many of the people maintaining order—from the Emerald Legion and the Security Hall—looked horrified.

"Eleven years ago, he hired a murderer to kill his father, the respected old Duke Leinster Kelvindir, and then framed the blame on his uncle, deceiving the entire kingdom, and then finally sat on the bloody road. Throne and become the Duke of South Shore!”

The man in white roared angrily, heartbreakingly:

"The man who killed his father and his relatives, and is full of evil deeds—the unjust Duke!"

At that moment, Thales was stunned.

Xi Lai was also stunned. She subconsciously let go of Zhan and took a step back.

The Duke of Nan'an shuddered slightly. He looked at his sister's movements with complicated eyes.

But he didn't say anything. Instead, he continued to turn his head and stared at the man in white on the stage, with a stiff face and no words.

In the stands, the tense situation between the Duke and the Prince had long since disappeared, replaced by the same shock on both sides.

"I'm just saying, we are right. We killed our father, falsely accused him, silenced him, suppressed him." D.D was horrified, "Well... do we still want to take His Highness... and run away..."

"It doesn't matter, look at this scene," Glover listened to the roar of the mountains and the tsunami in his ears, "I don't believe it, can he still kill the entire Emerald City to silence him?"

"That's not necessarily the case, those nobles...for fame and power, you never know what they dare to do," Morgan muttered, his eyes wandering, "No matter the cost is a person, a village, or a city. "

"Wait, you know, His Highness is also a noble, right?" D.D turned around.

"They, these people, Moss, Diop, Slimani...these dead people," Waiya flipped through his notes in disbelief, "these dead people, did they really, really do those things back then? Change of Duke?"

"No, I don't believe it."

"Really?" Wyatt turned to look at Paul.

Paul nodded and said in a cold tone: "If it is true, then they will not survive now."

Everyone couldn't help but look sideways.

"Oh, they certainly didn't survive." D.D interjected.

Paul took a deep breath, glared at Doyle, and resisted the desire to fight back.

"The important thing is not whether they did it or not," Miranda said quietly, attracting everyone's attention, "but that they are dead and there is no way to verify this."

She raised her gaze and looked at the stiff back of Duke Nan'an:

"So far, the only thing that can be verified, or that we want us to verify, is..."

On the other side, Cassian, who was standing next to Heeley, sighed and didn't know what to think. Seychelles' face was full of anger, and the hand holding the sword hilt was shaking.

The man in white’s words sounded again:

"Today, all the people who are dying are the crimes he committed by trying to silence and cover up this crime, because they know the most shameful and ugly secret, because they know that Jann Kevin Deere was What he did was an outrage to both humans and gods.”

The swordsman in white raised his voice and waved his sword:

"Jane Kevin Deal! Patricide!"

"Now from top to bottom, from His Royal Highness the prince to ordinary petty officials, from dignitaries to street gangsters, from the police department to the Blood Bottle Gang, there are too many people who can confirm this and that you do not hesitate to fabricate it in order to divert attention and hide secrets. Facts bury sins, how many violations of the law have been done and how many innocent people have been harmed!”

"From the dead to the living, from the Police Department to the Blood Bottle Gang, there is irrefutable evidence everywhere. Do you still want to deny it?"

The next second, the entire arena was boiling, first inside, then outside, first the audience, then the bewildered security officers and Jade Sergeants.

"Misguided, misguided," Zhan muttered to himself. He looked at Thales with a haggard and sarcastic smile, "You are right, your father, ha, he is really... very powerful."

Xi Lai's face was pale, his eyes were complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Thales saw it and felt mixed emotions in his heart.

"absurd!"

Another voice suddenly sounded.

Many people turned back together: in the vassal stand, one of the thirteen earls, Count Lassia of the Zedi, stood up with an angry look on his head.

He pushed away his eldest son who was blocking him and drew his weapon:

"The case back then was very clear and obvious - the rats spoke nonsense and dared to spray blood on others!"

Under the surprised eyes of many people, Count Lacia rushed down from the stands:

"For the reputation of the Nan'an Leader, no matter life or death, capture him! Kill him! Get the crossbow and shoot him to death!"

The count's actions caused a small commotion, but fortunately, the count was quickly stopped by his eldest son and did not rush into the already chaotic arena, which was a mixture of guards, contestants, and spectators.

Behind the count, all the vassals had solemn faces. The Karabiyan sisters raised their folding fans to hide their faces.

"Who are you!"

Someone in the crowd shouted loudly, and immediately received many responses.

When the man in white heard this, he smiled coldly:

"Rat, rat, rat?"

He dropped the sword casually.

"Excuse my rudeness, and respect the noble Duke of Star Lake, His Highness Thales."

The swordsman in white stretched out his hands and pressed on his visor.

In front of the entire arena, he took off his helmet, revealing a round face that was young but had a weathered expression.

I saw him smiling slightly and saying:

"Of course there is you, Jenn Kevin Deal, my dearest and most admired cousin, oh, and you, the cutest cousin, Cecilia."

cousin.

Cousin?

Thales was startled.

The next second, he looked at the round face of the swordsman in white, suddenly realized, and quickly turned his head: "He is -"

But Thales paused as he spoke:

In front of him, Zhan En and Xi Lai were stunned on the spot, looking shocked.

"Brother, he, he..." Shilai couldn't believe it.

"No, it's impossible." Zhan sat down blankly.

"Long time no see, Emerald City," the round-faced uninvited guest threw down his helmet, his tone was cold, and there was rare resentment hidden in the words, "My name is Federico Cavendier."

"The late Honorary Viscount of Gonghai City, the eldest son of Sona Kevin Deere."

The crowd fell silent.

Federico Kevin Dier.

What?

Count Lacia, who originally screamed that he wanted to kill someone, was suddenly stunned.

The next moment, the entire arena became noisy again, and many people began to make noises.

Thales took a deep breath and tried his best not to look at the Kevin Dill siblings.

"That's right, cousin, I'm not dead," the uninvited guest who called himself Federico spoke softly, looking directly at Zhan, who was in disbelief. "In fact, I came from the prison river, from where you sent me to feed the fish in the high seas. An ocean-going ship...climbed back."

"Come back to correct all the injustices and grievances buried in Kongming Palace over the past eleven years."

At this moment, the entire arena echoed Federico’s soft whisper:

"For my father, for me, and for the Emerald City."

"For Kevin Dill, for those who have already been stained with blood..."

"iris."

The next second, Federico laughed and pulled out a wrapped flag from his back - shaking it in the air.

Thales frowned.

Under Federico's laughter, under Zhan's angry eyes, and under the light of the lights, the flag fluttered in the wind, revealing the iris flowers on the flag.

Facing the three-color irises on the giant triangular flag under the Duke's stand.

There's just one difference.

The fleur-de-lis on Federico's flag, from top to bottom...

All dark red.

The color of blood.

"Ning because of friends..."

Under the night sky, across the entire arena, Federico stared at his cousin opposite, and spoke in a hateful voice amidst thousands of lights and endless noise:

"Don't surrender to your enemies."

After Federico finished speaking, there was another roar inside and outside the arena.

"Goddess of the Sunset, Federico, Federico Cavendier...is that really him?"

"Who is that?"

"That is, the son-in-law of Viscount Sona. I have met him in Gonghai City before..."

"I remember him, but... didn't he die? With Sona's rebel party?"

"Yes, that's what I heard too. He died among the rebels who stubbornly resisted..."

"What did he mean by 'high seas'?"

"Isn't this true? Duke Zhan, he killed himself..."

"Shh! Shut up!"

"Come on, hurry up, don't watch the fun, you're going to bleed soon!"

In the stands, Thales took a deep breath.

In his eyes, the Duke of Nan'an's back has never been so thin:

He held one hand on the railing and faced the entire arena alone. He was under the criticism and judgment of thousands of eyes, and his figure was shaky.

Beside him, Xi Lai was in a daze and his hands were trembling.

Thales clenched his fists and stepped out of the protection of the Star Lake Guards without any doubt.

"Zhan, Heeley, listen, I can help in this situation..."

"Oh, of course, of course you can help, ha, help." Zhan's sneer was full of sarcasm, which made Thales stop.

Thales swallowed his throat and turned to Hilley for help: "But first, you have to tell me, who is that guy?"

"Hile!"

Xi Lai trembled slightly and then came back to his senses:

"Oh, he is..."

"It's not important!" Zhan suddenly said, interrupting them.

"Before, he was a traitor who fought stubbornly," the Duke's voice was as cold as ice. "Now, he is a traitor who deceives the public with his monstrous words."

Thales sighed and spoke as gently as possible: "Zhan..."

But Zhan interrupted him again:

"He thought he won."

Zhan raised his head and looked at Federico on the host stage and the bloody iris flag in his hand.

"But he forgot that in gambling, the person with the most chips wins in the end."

Thales' eyebrows jumped.

"Captain Seychelles!"

Zhan suddenly raised his voice, startling everyone.

Seychelles trembled and knelt down on one knee in an unprecedented manner:

"grown ups!"

I saw the Duke of Nan'an slowly turning his head, his eyes dark but unwavering.

"Are you and your Emerald Legion still loyal to me and Iris?"

"Serve to the death!"

"very good."

Listening to their conversation, Thales suddenly felt something was wrong.

Cassian, who was behind Xi Lai, frowned.

"You personally lead the team, select only trustworthy sergeants, surround the presiding platform, and capture the culprits."

The gangster responsible...

"Yes, my lord!" Seychelles did not hesitate.

"Also, let the security department seal off the entire arena, calm down the chaos, maintain order, and search for the gangsters' accomplices. If there is resistance on the way, or anyone who blocks, doubts, or refuses to cooperate..."

Having said this, Zhan En paused and saw him turn around with cold eyes:

"No need to show mercy."

Seychelles' eyes narrowed.

"But, Zhan," Hilley came back to his senses and said hurriedly, "This is a general election, with guests gathered and in full view. If blood is openly shed..."

"You have to know, my sister," Zhan interrupted her with a hoarse voice, "The election, our election, ended unexpectedly."

an early closure……

Thales' heart trembled.

In the distance, the bloody iris flag fluttered in the firelight.

Bright.

But gloomy.