Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83 - Cry-Baby And Ugly-Faced Woman
Chapter 84 - The Situation Took A Turn For The Worst
Chapter 85 - The Blood Clan’S True Form (One)
Chapter 86 - Blood Clan'S True Form (Two)
Chapter 87 - Your Blood Is Quite Nutritious
Chapter 88 - Awakening (One)
Chapter 89 - Awakening (Two)
Chapter 90 - Awakening (Three)
Chapter 91 - Return
Chapter 92 - Sin Of Hell’S River
Chapter 93 - Don’T Do It, It’Ll Hurt
Chapter 94 - All The Blood In This World Belongs To Me
Chapter 95 - The Charm Of That Shield
Chapter 96 - I Definitely Will Not Let You Suffer
Chapter 97 - Our Inland Sea
Chapter 98 - Arracca Murkh
Chapter 99 - Uncertain Fate
Chapter 100 - Ramon (One)
Chapter 101 - Ramon (Two)
Chapter 102 - Eckstedt’S Welcoming Ceremony
Chapter 103 - Gamble (One)
Chapter 104 - Gamble (Two)
Chapter 105 - The Kingdom’S Wrath
Chapter 106 - The Failed Bet
Chapter 107 - Mystic Gun
Chapter 108 - Chapman Lampard
Chapter 109 - Remnants Of Magic
Chapter 110 - Paid Homage
Chapter 111 - Kaslan’S Tavern
Chapter 112
Chapter 113 - The Intersection Of Fate
Chapter 114 - The People In Hell (One)
Chapter 115 - The People In Hell (Two)
Chapter 116
Chapter 117 - Star Killer
Chapter 118 - The Unexpected Guests
Chapter 119 - A Marquis From Camus
Chapter 120 - Bait
Chapter 121 - Clue
Chapter 122 - Until Dawn Came (One)
Chapter 123 - Until Dawn Came (Two)
Chapter 124 - Queen Of The Sky
Chapter 125 - The Female Warrior
Chapter 126 - Heroic Spirit Palace
Chapter 127 - The Born King (One)
Chapter 128 - The Born King (Two)
Chapter 129 - A Duel
Chapter 130 - The King And His Archdukes
Chapter 131 - The Strange Swordsman
Chapter 132 - Who Are You?
Chapter 133 - Hunt And Chase
Chapter 134 - Little Rascal And Alex (One)
Chapter 135 - Little Rascal And Alex (Two)
Chapter 136 - Stabs
Chapter 137 - Kidnapping The Archduke?
Chapter 138 - Numb Hands
Chapter 139 - A Unique Welcome Banquet
Chapter 140 - The Red Witch
Chapter 141 - Reunion
Chapter 142 - Who’S There (One)
Chapter 143 - Who’S There (Two)
Chapter 144 - The Sword Of Baptism’S Death
Chapter 145 - The Wait
Chapter 146 - The Culprit
Chapter 147 - The Northland Road
Chapter 148
Chapter 149 - Not Even Worth Half A Penny!
Chapter 150 - The Beloved Former King, Nuven
Chapter 151 - Veteran
Chapter 152 - Shadow
Chapter 153 - Have A Drink
Chapter 154 - The Secret Of ‘Triumph’
Chapter 155 - A Bargaining Chip You Cannot Refuse
Chapter 156 - Horrifying
Chapter 157 - The Death Of Soria
Chapter 158 - Betrayal
Chapter 159 - The Fateful Night
Chapter 160 - The Invitation
Chapter 161 - The First Mystic Declaration
Chapter 162 - Letting Go Of A Suspicion
Chapter 163 - Monster And Monster
Chapter 164 - Chaos Begins
Chapter 165 - Just Speak
Chapter 166 - Surprise
Chapter 167 - Flee
Chapter 168 - The Tragic End Of Weaklings
Chapter 169 - Air And Blood
Chapter 170 - The Desperate Dash
Chapter 171 - The Outcome Of The Civil War
Chapter 172 - Elimination
Chapter 173 - The Blade Of Purification
Chapter 174 - The Truth About Elimination
Chapter 175 - Same Kind (One)
Chapter 176 - Same Kind (Two)
Chapter 177 - Sudden Entrance Into The Battlefield!
Chapter 178 - True Form
Chapter 179 - Silence And Darkness
Chapter 180 - Knocking On The Door
Chapter 181 - Phantom
Chapter 182 - A Gentle Kiss
Chapter 183 - The Cost Of Victory
Chapter 184 - The Paradoxical Assassin
Chapter 185 - Thunder Rumbles In Winter
Chapter 186 - End Of Arc: A Good Name
Chapter 187 - The Night Ends, The Day Breaks
Chapter 188 - It Is You
Chapter 189 - Symphony Of Blood (One)
Chapter 190 - Symphony Of Blood (Part Two)
Chapter 191 - Stop Meddling Into The Matters Of Elders
Chapter 192 - Six-Fifty
Chapter 193 - Choose Who You Want To Become
Chapter 194 - Ice-Cold
Chapter 195 - Spirit Of The Contract
Chapter 196 - The Manipulator (One)
Chapter 197 - The Manipulator (Two)
Chapter 198 - Price
Chapter 199
Chapter 200 - Encounter
Chapter 201 - The Prince’S End
Chapter 202 - Really Bad Luck (One)
Chapter 203 - Really Bad Luck (Two)
Chapter 204 - Understanding
Chapter 205 - Execute On The Spot
Chapter 206 - Guest From Barren Bone
Chapter 207 - The Prince’S Doubts
Chapter 208 - The Black Prophet From The Other Side
Chapter 209 - Code Name: Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 210 - The Importance Of Dragon’S Blood
Chapter 211 - A Gamble In The Dark (One)
Chapter 212 - A Gamble In The Dark (Two)
Chapter 213 - The Curse Of The Witch
Chapter 214 - The Scorching Blade
Chapter 215 - Stall
Chapter 216 - The Latecomer
Chapter 217 - A Very Big Problem
Chapter 218 - The Blade And The Wing
Chapter 219 - Trust And Loyalty
Chapter 220 - Nicholas’ Bargaining Chip
Chapter 221 - Shelter
Chapter 222 - A Critical Decision
Chapter 223 - Failure
Chapter 224 - Little Rascal’S ‘Consolation’
Chapter 225 - Save This Country
Chapter 226 - King Slayer
Chapter 227 - Creating Trouble For Ourselves
Chapter 228 - The Strongest Chess Piece (One)
Chapter 229 - The Strongest Chess Piece (Two)
Chapter 230 - The Strongest Chess Piece. (Three)
Chapter 231 - Lampard’S Plan
Chapter 232 - The Archduke’S Fight
Chapter 233 - It Has Been A Long Time
Chapter 234 - A Great Threat
Chapter 235 - Contention
Chapter 236 - The Inextinguishable Starlight
Chapter 237 - The Virtuous King
Chapter 238 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (One)
Chapter 239 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Two)
Chapter 240 - Centuries Of Strategic Planning (Three)
Chapter 241 - Genuine Patrols
Chapter 242
Chapter 243 - Seize Control
Chapter 244 - Chad Vlad
Chapter 245 - Severing Souls With A Slash!
Chapter 246 - A Game Of Chess
Chapter 247 - A Chance Encounter
Chapter 248 - I Am Very Honored
Chapter 249 - When Swords Cross (One)
Chapter 250 - When Swords Cross (Two)
Chapter 251 - Arduous
Chapter 252 - I Am So Relieved
Chapter 253 - I Can Help You
Chapter 254 - The Black Knight’S Death
Chapter 255 - Changing Hands
Chapter 256 - Counter-Attack
Chapter 257 - Check
Chapter 258 - Checkmate
Chapter 259 - A Speculation
Chapter 260 - The Reason For Battle (One)
Chapter 261 - The Reason For Battle (Two)
Chapter 262 - Twist Of Fate
Chapter 263 - A Child Who’S Not Able To Drink Alcohol
Chapter 264 - You Northland Barbarians!
Chapter 265 - Two Minutes
Chapter 266 - What A Shame (One)
Chapter 267 - What A Shame (Two)
Chapter 268 - We Won
Chapter 269 - The Archduchess
Chapter 270 - The Blood-Stained Crown
Chapter 271 - The Day Before The Bitter Cold Winter
Chapter 272 - Yc
Chapter 273 - End Of Arc: The Destiny They Missed
Chapter 274 - The Quiet Prince
Chapter 275 - A Game Of Chess (One)
Chapter 276 - A Game Of Chess (Two)
Chapter 277 - First Lesson
Chapter 278 - The Truth Brothers
Chapter 279 - Traitors
Chapter 280 - Target
Chapter 281 - An Awkward Dinner
Chapter 282 - Upset
Chapter 283 - Riot
Chapter 284 - The Familiar Guest
Chapter 285 - The Honor And Humiliation Of The Great Dragon (One)
Chapter 286
Chapter 287 - The Mystery About Putray
Chapter 288 - The Dragon’S Blood Has Yet To Dry
Chapter 289 - Dragon Breaker (One)
Chapter 290 - Dragon Breaker (Two)
Chapter 291 - Meryl Hicks
Chapter 292 - The Boundaries Of Governance (One)
Chapter 293 - The Boundaries Of Governance (Two)
Chapter 294 - What Is Magic?
Chapter 295 - An Unforeseen Invitation
Chapter 296 - The Game In The Carriage
Chapter 297 - The Former King’S “Present”
Chapter 298 - The Prince’S Shackles
Chapter 299 - Friend And Foe
Chapter 300 - Victory And Defeat
Chapter 301 - A Duel
Chapter 302 - Not Too Bad?
Chapter 303 - Leave
Chapter 304 - A Storm Is Coming
Chapter 305 - The Creation Of The Two Empresses
Chapter 306 - Raven Of Death
Chapter 307 - Ian The Nuisance
Chapter 308 - Collusion
Chapter 309 - The Writers Of Legend (One)
Chapter 310 - The Writers Of Legend (Two)
Chapter 311 - The Day Of The State Affairs Hearing
Chapter 312 - The Hatred For Stealing His Sister
Chapter 313 - The Beginning
Chapter 314 - For Dragon Clouds City
Chapter 315 - The Archduchess And Her Vassals
Chapter 316 - Plan
Chapter 317 - A Romantic Story
Chapter 318 - Are All Of You Coming?
Chapter 319 - Not According To Plan
Chapter 320 - Releasing In “Installments”
Chapter 321 - The Price Of Saying “No”
Chapter 322 - The Moral Of The Story
Chapter 323 - Good Morning
Chapter 324 - Returning The Favor
Chapter 325 - Send Reinforcements
Chapter 326 - Five Archdukes
Chapter 327 - The Prince’S Whereabouts
Chapter 328 - Just Like Chapman Lampard
Chapter 329 - The Final Journey
Chapter 330 - Assassinating Lampard?
Chapter 331 - Bumping Into A Ghost
Chapter 332 - Headquarters
Chapter 333 - Smooth-Sailing
Chapter 334
Chapter 335 - The Confusion While Going Back Home
Chapter 336 - The Veteran On The Wheelchair
Chapter 337 - Double The Amount?
Chapter 338 - The Point Of Contact
Chapter 339 - His/Her Eyes
Chapter 340 - The Magical Therren
Chapter 341 - You Son Of A *Censored*
Chapter 342 - Which Will You Choose?
Chapter 343 - Exterminate Them All
Chapter 344 - Black Track
Chapter 345 - Join Us
Chapter 346 - Silver Shadow
Chapter 347 - You Will Fail In The End
Chapter 348 - You Fell Into The Trap, Eh?
Chapter 349 - The War Of The Deceased Souls
Chapter 350 - Never Lost
Chapter 351 - The Pulse Of The Ground
Chapter 352 - God Knows
Chapter 353 - The First Rule
Chapter 354 - Pursuers
Chapter 355 - The Hardest Fight
Chapter 356 - Unique Only To One
Chapter 357 - Just Die Here
Chapter 358 - The Three-Second Fight
Chapter 359 - Surpassed Kaslan
Chapter 360 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (One)
Chapter 361 - The Raven And The Snow Blade (Two)
Chapter 362 - The Black Raven’S Eyes
Chapter 363 - Who Does Your Loyalty Belong To?
Chapter 364 - Turning Against One Another
Chapter 365 - Saber Or Crossbow?
Chapter 366 - Prince In The Desert
Chapter 367 - Sellsword
Chapter 368 - Dante’S Greatsword
Chapter 369 - Desert Threat
Chapter 370 - There’S Someone
Chapter 371 - Barren Bone People
Chapter 372 - Bloody Thorn Lizard
Chapter 373 - Young Cub
Chapter 374 - Foreign Blood
Chapter 375 - Coming-Of-Age Ceremony
Chapter 376 - Flag
Chapter 377 - The Destructive Army
Chapter 378 - Freaks
Chapter 379 - Welcome To Constellation (One)
Chapter 380 - Welcome To Constellation (Two)
Chapter 381 - Ghost Prince
Chapter 382 - My Home (One)
Chapter 383 - My Home (Two)
Chapter 384 - Age Of Mercenaries
Chapter 385 - Confrontation And Stalemate
Chapter 386 - Prince Versus Prince
Chapter 387 - So Many Tricks
Chapter 388 - You Have To Laugh
Chapter 389 - Shackles Of Power
Chapter 390 - Perhaps I Have
Chapter 391 - Happily Ever After
Chapter 392 - Technical Skill
Chapter 393 - Intention
Chapter 394 - New Guest
Chapter 395 - Shadows And Swords
Chapter 396 - The Dark Side
Chapter 397 - Emergency Mission
Chapter 398 - Alliance Of Traitors
Chapter 399 - The Mole
Chapter 400 - As Bad As Can Be
Chapter 401 - Affectionate And United
Chapter 402 - F*Ck You
Chapter 403 - H.N. Jadestar
Chapter 404 - Stupid Idea
Chapter 405 - Sinner
Chapter 406 - The Intruders
Chapter 407 - Head Towards Omniscience
Chapter 408 - Black Prison
Chapter 409 - Behind The Iron Curtain
Chapter 410 - Hallucination
Chapter 411 - Seven
Chapter 412 - People Whom History Has Forgotten
Chapter 413 - The Mourning Of The Guards
Chapter 414 - Where Is He?
Chapter 415 - Fall Out
Chapter 416 - Disaster Sword’S Battle
Chapter 417 - The Knight Of Judgment
Chapter 418 - A Different World
Chapter 419 - The Queen’S Dowry
Chapter 420 - The Greatest King
Chapter 421 - Knew Clearly
Chapter 422 - Nameless
Chapter 423 - Awaken
Chapter 424 - Loyalty
Chapter 425 - Peer
Chapter 426 - He Was Probably Old
Chapter 427 - A Stalemate
Chapter 428 - Dusk
Chapter 429 - The Man At The Proximal World
Chapter 430 - The Second Declaration Among Mystics
Chapter 431 - The Anchor Point
Chapter 432 - Taurus Mill
Chapter 433 - Decision
Chapter 434 - Correcting The Mistake
Chapter 435 - Malicious Flower, Malicious Fruit
Chapter 436 - Moriah Returns
Chapter 437 - Old Self
Chapter 438 - The Prince Is Not Here
Chapter 439 - Scheme Between The Thief And Bandit
Chapter 440 - Seven To Three
Chapter 441 - Missing One
Chapter 442 - Quick Wit
Chapter 443 - Not Just You
Chapter 444 - Someone Needs An Answer
Chapter 445 - A Forbidden Name
Chapter 446 - Three Calamity Allies
Chapter 447 - Enemy Of The World
Chapter 448 - 1 Vs 8
Chapter 449 - Chaos Of Armies
Chapter 450 - Two Hands
Chapter 451 - Xx Films
Chapter 452 - Fratricide
Chapter 453 - It Was Not A Coincidence
Chapter 454 - More Than Half
Chapter 455 - I Hated Him
Chapter 456 - Nothing At All
Chapter 457 - The Person Who Supported Him
Chapter 458 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (One)
Chapter 459 - Where The Sun Does Not Shine (Two)
Chapter 460 - Rebirth (One)
Chapter 461 - Rebirth (Two)
Chapter 462 - Rebirth (Three)
Chapter 463 - Rebirth (Four)
Chapter 464 - Rebirth (Five)
Chapter 465 - Truth Swords
Chapter 466 - Beheaded
Chapter 467 - Revealed In Flames
Chapter 468 - The Silent Demon
Chapter 469 - So Naïve That You Are Adorable
Chapter 470 - The Fate Twins
Chapter 471 - The True Essence Of The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 472 - Leaving The Prison
Chapter 473 - I Am Not A Devil, After All
Chapter 474 - Much… Higher
Chapter 475 - The Warden
Chapter 476 - Life, Safety And Freedom
Chapter 477 - Something Lighter
Chapter 478 - Get Me Something To Eat And Drink
Chapter 479 - Exclusive Possession
Chapter 480 - Kill Them
Chapter 481 - A Different Way Of Living
Chapter 482 - Get Yourself A Girlfriend
Chapter 483 - Make Me Even More… Excited
Chapter 484 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 485 - Too High
Chapter 486 - You Are Good-Looking
Chapter 487 - Too High
Chapter 488 - That Night
Chapter 489 - Usurp Power
Chapter 490 - Do Something
Chapter 491 - Power Comes From Violence (One)
Chapter 492 - Power Comes From Violence (Two)
Chapter 493 - The Third Party
Chapter 494 - Destiny Is Like A Poem
Chapter 495 - Raven Leader
Chapter 496 - Never
Chapter 497 - His Majesty’S Blessing
Chapter 498 - Black Lion
Chapter 499 - I Have Come In Peace
Chapter 500 - End Of Arc: Duke
Chapter 501 - Everything Will Be Better
Chapter 502 - Six Divisions And Seven Attendants
Chapter 503 - Divided Western Desert
Chapter 504 - Only One Day Left
Chapter 505 - Protection
Chapter 506 - This Is Just The Beginning
Chapter 507 - Hometown
Chapter 508 - A Small Spark
Chapter 509 - Anxious
Chapter 510 - Fifteen Minutes
Chapter 511 - King In The Mist
Chapter 512 - Crazy
Chapter 513 - A Small Favor
Chapter 514 - Like A Fleeting Cloud
Chapter 515 - Timetable
Chapter 516 - Coincidence?
Chapter 517 - Went To High School
Chapter 518 - Discovered?
Chapter 519 - Let’S Fight
Chapter 520 - Not Just The Power Of Eradication
Chapter 521 - World Class Battle Worthy Of Being Written In Historical Poems
Chapter 522 - Continuous Fights
Chapter 523 - Mutant
Chapter 524 - Self-Reliant
Chapter 525 - Lustful Woman
Chapter 526 - Knowledge Of People
Chapter 527 - Holiness Exorcism
Chapter 528 - Fight Between The Eldest And Youngest
Chapter 529 - Privacy
Chapter 530 - Alien Star
Chapter 531 - Guest
Chapter 532 - The Young Kingdom
Chapter 533 - Calm On Iron Spikes
Chapter 534 - Sorry To Keep You Waiting
Chapter 535 - Polaris
Chapter 536 - Times Have Changed
Chapter 537 - Pretty Boy
Chapter 538 - Magnificent Scene Of Hell
Chapter 539 - Side Story 7: Joint Council
Chapter 540 - Never Kneel
Chapter 541 - A Piece Of Cake
Chapter 542 - Merciless
Chapter 543 - That Gaze
Chapter 544 - Watchmen’S Code
Chapter 545 - The End Of It
Chapter 546 - To Not Perish As Foes (One)
Chapter 547 - To Not Perish As Foes (Two)
Chapter 548 - To Not Perish As Foes (Three)
Chapter 549 - To Duke Thales
Chapter 550 - What Rationality
Chapter 551 - Better
Chapter 552 - Sacrificing A Pawn (One)
Chapter 553 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Two)
Chapter 554 - Sacrificing A Pawn (Three)
Chapter 555 - Unfulfilled
Chapter 556 - Chess Player
Chapter 557 - Relieved
Chapter 558 - Punishment
Chapter 559 - Eight Arteries
Chapter 560 - Imperial Style
Chapter 561 - Cannot Escape The Sheath
Chapter 562 - Want Everything
Chapter 563 - Cause And Effect
Chapter 564 - Blazing Blood
Chapter 565 - Of Course—Not
Chapter 566 - Crown Jewel Of The Kingdom
Chapter 567 - Head Over Heels
Chapter 568 - As Truthful As Possible
Chapter 569 - Hand In Marriage
Chapter 570 - What Do I Need You For
Chapter 571 - Defects
Chapter 572 - Heart Of The Guards
Chapter 573 - You’Re A Real Dog
Chapter 574 - Antecessors
Chapter 575 - The Years Have Caught On To Me
Chapter 576 - Shooting Yourself In The Foot
Chapter 577 - Lie
Chapter 578 - The Wine Merchant
Chapter 579 - Damn The Prince
Chapter 580 - The Prince Likes Them
Categories Genre: Action, All, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Ongoing, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Wang Guo Xue Mai, 王国血脉, ______
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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Chapter 387: So Many Tricks
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Before pushing Dean’s door open, Thales envisaged many possibilities.
Presently, the suspicious and ruthless mercenary prince was not being cooperative and regarding him as an enemy. He was constantly vigilant against Thales.
However, the man’s reaction was a little overboard.
“You don’t have to do this.”
Thales stared at Moriah as he felt the stinging pain on his neck. He lifted his hands in surprise and bewilderment to signal at Moriah.
He calmed his breathing and also suppressed the surging Sin of Hell’s River, squashing down its desperate urge to counter-attack. “I said I’d keep my promise and let you go. No one will look for you, and you won’t be in any trouble.”
“You ‘said’?”
Moriah’s voice was rather unusual. It was calm and indifferent, “That doesn’t sound like a strong guarantee.”
The other person did not completely suppress him, but the knife in his hand was skillfully and accurately pressed against his carotid artery. Thales could even clearly feel the flow of the blood in his neck.
‘Damn.’
The Prince of Constellation tried to remain calm. Behind him was his luggage, and it was pushed against the headboard of the bed, digging into his back and hurting him.
Nonetheless, the former Prince of Eckstedt’s paranoia and vigilance made him extremely uneasy. The other person seemed totally different, as though Dean, the former mercenary with a cheerful smile and easy-going personality had died. All that remained in him was this cold and cruel man.
Thales even regretted his decision slightly at that moment. Perhaps he should have gone to the army right from the beginning.
He may not go to the horrible officers in the Great Desert, but he would at least go to Constellation’s army in the camp. Then he could have went to the place without the fear of anything going wrong to face the man, who was possibly Moriah.
‘But…’
Thales shook his head in his mind and drove the idea away.
No…
He could not.
“What guarantee do you want, Moriah? My life?”
“If I really wanted to get rid of you, I could have done so by going to my army while I was in the Great Desert, or even right now. With them as my trump cards, I can easily kill you or spare you with just one word.”
Thales tried to figure out the man’s mindset and thoughts.
“Yet, I didn’t do that. The reason I did this…’
Thales gulped as he felt a sting on his neck.
“No matter how I deal with you, Moriah, once I use the army and the power of the kingdom, your identity can no longer be kept secret.” The Prince of Constellation took a deep breath and tried to move his neck backwards.
“No matter what I say, even if I give the order to let you go, the Secret Intelligence Department and the others who are interested in you will notice the mercenary whom the prince keeps his eyes on. They’ll find out his entire back story, all his details, and his secrets. They’ll eventually figure out everything.”
Moriah continued to stare at him, and his eyes reflected the dim moonlight, making them sparkle coldly.
Thales noticed that… there was a hint of coldness and a mocking look on his face.
His uneasiness became worse.
“If the Secret Intelligence Department figures out your identity as the supposedly dead person who was the first-in-line to inherit Dragon Clouds City…”
Thales gritted his teeth. “They won’t let you live.
“If you fall into the hands of the Secret Intelligence Department, you won’t be able to turn back anymore…
“That is something you and I don’t want to see.”
Thales gasped as he thought deeper and further into the issue.
‘If Moriah fell into the hands of the Secret Intelligence Department…
‘That girl…
‘That girl in Dragon Clouds City.
‘Her identity, her bloodline, and the truth of that night will be revealed to the Black Prophet, and it’ll just be a matter of time before he knows…’
Thales thought bitterly.
At that time, her fate could be a hundred times worse than being threatened by King Chapman. At least Chapman was still concerned over the legitimacy of his throne and would more or less protect the archduchess’ fragile status.
As the head of the Secret Intelligence Department, Morat Hansen was not Thales. The old man in black with his staff had no connections with the archduchess.
Being the creator of Dragon’s Blood, as long as he could use something to help him gain benefits, the Black Prophet would never care if that poor girl was dismembered or beheaded.
That girl…
That girl in the library, the girl with glasses.
Six years ago, he brought that girl out of Heroic Spirit Palace, and the girl went back to Heroic Spirit Palace because of him.
That girl who held back her subjects desperately for his sake during the day of the council hearing…
Thales felt the glasses in front of his chest suddenly bore an extraordinary weight.
Moriah’s pupils slowly focused.
“It seems like you don’t trust the Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Department that serves you?”
This made Thales thought of what happened six years ago.
He thought of Dragon’s Blood.
‘No. I can’t.’
Thales clenched his fists tightly.
‘The Secret Intelligence Department must never know about Moriah.’
He could not go to the army and have them deal with the matter at the cost of destroying Saroma.
‘Everything that happened in the Hall of Heroes that night must be kept an eternal secret. King Nuven is dead; Nicholas and Lisban must also shut up. As for King Chapman…’
Thales thought coldly.
‘No one can learn this secret again to create the second Dragon’s Blood.’
Thales calmed down and grimaced. “Trust is a rare thing in this era, eh?”
Moriah’s expression changed slightly.
“But why did you believe in me?”
He whispered and shifted the knife in his hand a little, changing its angle on Thales’ neck. Nevertheless, it was still pressed tightly against Thales’ carotid artery.
“Because you have no other better options.”
Thales slowly said, “Listen to me, Moriah. Leave now as if nothing ever happened. From this moment on, conceal your identity, hide from Lampard’s claws and the Secret Intelligence Department’s line of sight. At least, you will have freedom.
“I believe that is what you value.”
This time, Moriah looked at him for a long time, but the pressure of the knife against Thales’ neck did not relax in the slightest.
Thales looked back at him, hoping that he would regain some form of rationality.
Finally, Moriah laughed.
“Hahahaha…”
His laughter was as cold as ice.
It made Thales feel tense again, right after he had, with much difficulty, relaxed his nerves.
However, the terrible part was not Moriah’s laughter. It was what he said next.
“You have misunderstood, Your Highness.”
Moriah spoke slowly and enunciated each of his words carefully, “I just asked…
“Why do you believe…
“That I am Moriah Walton?”
Thales was stunned for three seconds as soon as the man said those words.
‘What?
‘He said…’
Night in Blade Fangs Camp was rather quiet. The forts and houses blocked the wind and the sand. They also blocked the transmission of sound.
At that very moment, the atmosphere in the small room was so quiet that it was terrifying.
Thales stared at his opponent incredulously.
“I don’t understand,” he said subconsciously.
Moriah snorted coldy.
“Of course you don’t understand.” The mercenary’s gaze was sharp. “Just like a fish caught by a fishing pole doesn’t understand why there would be bait on the hook.”
Thales’ hands trembled.
‘Wait a minute.’
The prince glimpsed at “Moriah”, who had Thales’ life in his hands, and felt a chill in his heart.
‘No.
‘No.’
He finally realized that he had made a fatal mistake.
“It’s too obvious.”
Thales murmured.
He stared at the “Moriah” in front of him in a daze and remembered something crucial that he had neglected for a long time.
“It’s too obvious. Your hair, your eyes, your mannerisms, your political views, your knowledge of the Orc language, including your skills with your axe, and your identity as a mercenary. Even your origins as a Northlander and your accent…”
Moriah’s face revealed a creepy, cold sneer.
The Prince of Constellation stared at the mercenary in shock.
His brain spun as he started to ponder the things he had not bothered to think about before.
He recalled the first time they met.
From that moment on, the excellent and outstanding mercenary led Dante’s Greatsword in negotiating, fighting, and surviving in the complicated, vast desert. He lived an impressive life as a mercenary. And his life had been vivid.
He was even… a little famous.
“It’s too obvious.”
Thales’ pupils focused on the man. His heart raced and his breathing quickened.
“You are a mercenary, running all over the peninsular all year round, rushing back and forth in a flamboyant manner… but you don’t hide your skills. In fact, you show off your skills without fear.” Thales shuddered from his own thoughts.
“You are practically telling those few people, who know that Moriah’s still alive, that the prince is here.
“That isn’t something that a person who’s been fleeing for years would do.”
Moriah… no, Dean continued to smile.
“Your reaction after you were exposed… was also very strange.
“No, you are not him.” Thales stared at the man before him, and his face turned pale.
“You are not Moriah Walton,” he said in a dumbfounded manner.
He finished speaking.
The house was as quiet as before.
The moon was dim, and it shone on Dean’s face, making him appear pale as well as gloomy.
The first thing that broke the silence was his low, faltering laughter.
Dean’s shoulders shook slightly, but his hand that held the knife was as steady as ever.
The bald mercenary faintly said, “No, I am not.”
Thales’ breathing stopped for a moment.
“I just didn’t expect you to be so interested in Moriah.” Dean held the knife in his left hand with a steady grip and whispered, “In the original plan, it would have taken me a little more effort and cost to get you out of the army with its heavy defenses.”
Thales took a deep breath. He did not even care that he could endanger his own neck if his range of movements was too large.
He no longer cared about many things at the moment.
At that point, his heart was filled with horror and remorse.
“Why?”
Thales’s chest heaved. “Who are you?!”
Dean shook his head and sighed softly.
He bent down to get closer to Thales’ face and used the knife to suppress his target’s resistance. “At first, when I was sent to carry out this task, I was full of confidence. Only the people with the most potential and ability could get the honour of going deep into the enemy’s territory and get involved in their most profound as well as unpleasant secrets.
“I was to find the prince who’s supposed to be dead for years.”
Thales was startled.
‘Carry out this task…
‘Going deep into the enemy’s territory…
‘To find the prince… who’s supposed to be dead for years?
‘He…
‘He came to…’
“But as time flew, as I searched day after day, I obtained no results. After years of investigation, I found no news of the prince.”
Dean’s voice was particularly cold.
“Moriah seemed to have disappeared from the world. It did not matter if it was the Three Kingdoms of the Lost Ocean, Thornland, Dragon-Kissed Land, Camus Union or the Great Desert. Even after I searched through all these places with the mercenaries, I never found his tracks.
“I’ve tried all methods, and from all the information I obtained of Moriah, I’ve tried my best to figure out his thoughts, behavior, and goals,” Dean said with deep hatred. “Over countless days and nights, I lurked in places full of spies from the Secret Intelligence Department and Constellation forces, carefully hiding and wrecking my brain to search for Moriah…
“But nothing.”
Dean clenched his teeth.
“No clues whatsoever.
“I nearly fell into despair.”
Thales shivered.
With the Sin of Hell’s River, the prince forced himself to calm down and reconsider his current situation.
“So…” Thales frowned. “So you decided to…”
Dean looked at the bewildered Thales and smiled, as though he enjoyed the pleasure derived from the moment.
“So, when I was forced into a corner, I turned myself into him and became Moriah.”
The mercenary gritted his teeth.
“I imitated his appearance, copied his manner of speech, learn his mannerisms, even his thoughts, and his character. A prince? Northlander? Learning the Orc’s language? The Star Killer’s student? A mercenary? Liking lower ranked whores?”
He spoke faster with each passing moment, and there was deep resentment as well as indignation in his words.
“His wishes became my wishes, his behavior became my behavior. I went where he would most likely go, I did what he would most likely do, and looked forward to finding something with this suspicious identity of mine as ‘Dean’. Or at least, draw out those who are interested in him, and see what clues I can obtain from them, maybe even lure out Moriah himself.”
Dean’s animated voice suddenly came to a halt, and his expression became hard to decipher, but it was clear that he felt pained.
“Yet, I have still failed.
“No,” said the suspicious mercenary soldier in a hateful tone. “Except for a few people who I suspected were Northlander spies, I still found nothing.
“In five years, I was like a headless fly, a blind cheetah, a stiff desert snake. I searched in vain through all the possible places Moriah could appear. I was filled with pain and hopelessness.
“One more day without good news, one more day without his trail, one more day of not completing the task. It meant that I would be trapped here for another day… I can’t go back, I can’t get away, I can’t escape…”
He stared at Thales. “I’ve been here for five years.
“Do you understand?”
Thales slowly calmed down.
‘So, everything is clear now. This person before me is…’
Dean sneered and said, “I have had enough of this never-ending, fruitless pursuit. I have wasted all my years and talents in the desert and among fights.”
His gaze changed.
“This time, you appeared.”
Dean stared at Thales with a crazed look, and the muscles on his face contorted.
“My savior.”
Thales looked at him in shock, but he moved his right hand to his waist quietly.
However, the ruthless mercenary noticed this.
He moved the knife in his hand gently.
Thales had to look up to avoid the blade from cutting into his carotid artery. At the same time, he sighed and dropped his right hand.
“So, you saw me as a target as early as we met.” The prince was annoyed.
Dean did not care about Thales’ little tricks. He just shook his head coldly. “At first, I wasn’t sure who you were. Plus, after we first met Constellation’s army, you didn’t reveal your identity, not in the beginning, and not at the end. Even after we came to Blade Fangs Camp, you didn’t show a trace of seeking assistance from the army. This made me skeptical that maybe you were not who I thought you were.
“I had to suppress and hold my urge to take action several times… My test on you had to be executed at a perfect timing, so I lurked here, feeling isolated and helpless. Any slight carelessness would cause me to be doomed for eternity, and I would be overwhelmed by the Secret Intelligence Department and Constellation’s army, who would come here once they receive wind of this news.
“That was, until tonight…”
The house was still quiet, but the atmosphere was completely different.
The aloof man suppressed Thales with all his might, turning the first night the mercenaries returned home into a night filled with conspiracies and dangerous conflicts.
“You’re a spy, a special agent, or something else,” Thales said indignantly. “You’re not here for me.”
Dean raised his eyebrows.
“No.” He shook his head, feeling quite satisfied.
“O fleeing Thales, you were a pleasant surprise. You may not have been my first goal, not my target as I lurked in this place, but there’s no doubt in my mind that you are the ticket for me to get out of this deep bottomless swamp… You are the certificate that will grant me special permission to return home.”
Thales closed his eyes and exhaled in pain.
“Haha, it seems that King Chapman and all of you know of Moriah’s survival. She will not be happy,” Dean said. “But, at least, I caught you. I can finally get out of here.”
Thales was struck by a thought.
‘Wait a minute.’
He opened his eyes, and with the knife against his neck, he laboriously said, “She?”
“You said, ‘she’?” Thales asked in surprise.
“Yes, dear Prince Thales.”
Dean nodded slightly, and a cold sneer appeared on his face.
He bent his upper body a little and bowed before him, but it was not exactly according to standard.
“The ‘Secret Room’ says hello to you.”
Thales did not answer. He suppressed all his sighs.
The man and the teenager were silent for a while.
After a long time, Thales exhaled.
“What are you going to do? Knock me out and take me back?
“Where do you want to go? Don’t forget that this is Blade Fangs Camp. Are you taking me to the west, and then to the north, into the desert filled with soldiers from Constellation? Or are you going to go east, then south, and simply enter deep into Constellation?”
Dean shook his head.
“The situation here is really bad for me, but there is always a way.”
Thales snorted.
“So not only are you not Moriah, but you are a spy sent to search for Moriah.”
He frowned slightly.
“But… dear Dean, do you really think that I’ll be stupid enough to risk coming here alone in the dead of the night, threatening my safety to confront you?”
Dean’s smile froze.
“Have you thought about it carefully?”
Thales whispered, “How did we meet?”
Dean was momentarily startled.
At that very moment, something unexpected happened, and it broke the two people out of their stalemate.
*Clack.*
A gentle sound rang out.
The light from the hall shone into the dim room. The two people on the bed could be clearly seen under the light.
Thales and Dean turned their gazes together.
Right before their eyes was the drunk novice mercenary, Quick Rope. He carried an oil lamp in one hand and stood at the door in confusion. His other hand remained lifted in the air, still in the posture of pushing the door.
The two people in the room were shocked.
Quick Rope yawned loudly with a sleepy look.
“I’m sorry, Dean. I didn’t want to wake you up. I wanted to poop so I came here to get something to wipe my butt…” Quick Rope muttered, “There has to be some drugs in those bottles of wine. It’s going to kill me…”
A second later, he saw Thales suppressed on the bed by Dean, and he was instantly stunned.
His jaw dropped and his mouth hung so wide that he could fit an egg in it.
Under their bewildered looks, Quick Rope quickly covered his eyes.
He stuttered and said in shock, “Don’t worry, I didn’t see anything… I mean, you can continue. I swear I won’t say anything to Louisa…”
Quick Rope shut his eyes tightly and stepped into the room cautiously as if he was afraid of disturbing something.
He touched a broken closet by the bed. “So, where is the thing…”
The two people caught in the tense stalemate finally reacted to the situation.
They fought over each other to speak.
“Quick Rope, things aren’t what they look like…” Dean continued to pin his enemy down and frown. “This guy, Wya seems very suspicious. I suspect he might be—”
“No, Quick Rope. I’m Prince Thales. He’s a Northland spy!” Thales, who was crushed under Dean, spoke with great difficulty, “Hurry up and head to—”
Dean pushed down harder with the knife and cut off Thales’ words.
Quick Rope covered his eyes and finally touched the closet next to him after much fumbling.
“Wow, role playing? Interrogating the prince, huh?”
The novice mercenary smiled awkwardly. “You guys… sure have a lot of tricks…”
That moment, a drastic change happened!
Total Chapters in book: 580
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 2362673 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 11813(@200wpm)___ 9451(@250wpm)___ 7876(@300wpm)
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