Chapter 329: Seizing Power, A Battle with No Room for Loss
Now! The King of Night had shed his disguise, declared his position, revealed his plot, and completely quarreled with Sean. Therefore, there was no longer any need for Sean to continue concealing the matter of the secret chamber and prison.
Upon hearing this, the King of Night paused in his steps. Then, without turning his head, he said, “You intentionally destroyed that cave because you discovered that secret chamber!”
“I’m quite curious!”
“That secret chamber is so well hidden, even if you have advanced to the Bright Realm, you absolutely cannot sense its existence unless you know its exact location beforehand!”
“So!”
“How exactly did you find it?”
The King of Night was always meticulous and wouldn’t have allowed Sean and his group to stay in that cave unless he was completely confident that Sean wouldn’t discover the secret chamber. Unfortunately, even the wisest can make mistakes, and Sean still found it!
Moreover, even now, the King of Night couldn’t understand where he had made his “mistake.”
Sean coldly said, “You answer my question first!”
“I don’t mind telling you!”
After slight hesitation, the King of Night shook his head and said, “That woman is not Liane Field!”
“Really?”
Upon hearing this answer, Sean’s heart trembled violently, and he subconsciously asked, “Then who is she?”
“What does she have to do with my mother?”
The King of Night shook his head again!
“This!”
“This is the second question!”
“I have nothing to say!”
In Sean’s view, even if that woman was not Liane, she must have some connection to Liane. Otherwise, why would Liane happen to know about the existence of the secret chamber and prison where the woman was tortured to death in the cave? And why would she specifically send a dream to Cecilia?
However, the King of Night had no intention of clearing Sean’s confusion.
“Now!”
The King of Night said, “It’s your turn to answer my question!”
“I’ve said it!”
“You might not believe it!”
Sean was not one to break a promise. Even though he couldn’t figure out the woman’s exact identity, he was already relieved to confirm that she was not Liane. This was great news for him!
Therefore, Sean said, “It was my biological mother, Liane Field, who sent me a dream guiding me to the secret chamber!”
“You dare trick me!!!”
The moment Sean finished speaking, the King of Night suddenly turned around, furiously yelling. Sean could feel the chill emanating from him, even from several meters away. However, Sean didn’t care about this at all.
“I thought so!”
“You might not believe it!”
“Anyway!”
“This is my answer, believe it or not!”
Sean was innocent. He was simply telling the truth but was too lazy to explain. After being tormented by King Ron and the King of Night, he enjoyed seeing the King of Night feeling tricked!
“You!”
The King of Night was helpless against him. Even through the mask, Sean could imagine the King of Night’s furious expression!
Therefore, he provocatively said, “If King of Night can’t stand it, why not just kill me with a slap!”
“After all!”
“Once I return to the capital, I won’t have a good fate anyway!”
Relying on his own value, Sean knew the King of Night wouldn’t dare to kill him. So he acted recklessly, posing as if he didn’t care about death, frustrating the King of Night to no end!
“Fine!”
“Fine!”
“Fine!”
Even the King of Night was infuriated by Sean. He repeated the word “fine” three times, then turned to Lilies Archer and said in a deep voice, “Miss Archer, I’ll leave the rest to you!”
“I hope!”
“When I come back, he no longer has the courage and ability to be arrogant in front of me!”
After speaking, he turned around and left the room. The room was left with only Sean and Lilies Archer. After the King of Night had gone far away, Sean opened his mouth and asked, “Miss Archer, what’s the situation with the barbarians?”
“Everything is settled!”
Lilies Archer was holding a medicine box in her hand. She went to the bedside, put the medicine box aside, and said softly, “Now, I am the Queen of the Barbarians!”
“Really?”
Sean squeezed out a faint smile and said, “Congratulations! Miss Archer has finally got her wish!”
Since the day Lilies Archer walked out of the mountains at the age of fifteen, everything she did was in preparation for this day. Whether it was secretly drawing people like Gloydius to her side, or taming so many poisonous insects and fierce beasts, her goal was naturally to control the Fort South Barbarians, to be the master of Fort South, to be the Queen of the Barbarians!
Even when accepting the invitation from the King of Night five years ago, personally activating Sean’s bloodline and planting the poison for him, she was hoping to use King Ron’s power to get rid of her father, Fergus Archer!
Now everything is going smoothly!
As she wished, she has truly fulfilled her long-cherished wish and has become a true queen!
However, there was no joy on Lilies Archer’s pale face. She said with an extremely serious tone, “What is there to be happy about when King Ron is not dead?”
“Just as the King of Night just said,”
“In the eyes of that old fox, King Ron, the world is a chessboard, and all beings are chess pieces!”
“You!”
“Are no exception!”
“And I!”
“Will not be an exception either!”
“He used you to get rid of Ashby, and then uses me to get rid of you. After your death, I will also lose my value!”
“I’m afraid, my reign as the so-called Queen of the Barbarians will be short, and I will follow in your and Ashby’s footsteps!”
“Therefore, although it is dangerous for you to be taken back to the capital and you are nine deaths and still alive, you must fulfill our agreement and take advantage of King Ron’s core not yet recovered, to kill this thief and seize power!”
“Otherwise!”
“Both of us will be beyond redemption!!!”
Just like King Ron would never truly trust anyone, Lilies Archer naturally wouldn’t truly trust him either. He even plotted against his own son, preferring Sean to kill Ashby rather than letting Ashby guard Fort South!
So!
How could he let Lilies Archer be the Queen of Fort South in peace???
It was precisely because she realized this point that Lilies Archer decided to make a counter-move, behind the King of Night, behind King Ron, and chose to join forces with Sean. This is a high-stakes gamble!
And the stakes! Are life, wealth, and future destiny!!!
“Miss Archer, rest assured!”
“I understand!”
Sean took a deep breath, nodded solemnly, and said, “If things go wrong, Miss Archer can still retreat to the mountains with the barbarian army. With your familiarity with the mountains, the army of Fort South can’t do anything to you!”
“But I!”
“Can’t afford to lose!!!”
Yes, he can’t afford to lose! Sean being taken back to the capital like a vegetable is completely at the mercy of others. Any slight difference could not only cost him his life, but all his relatives and friends could also be harmed!
“Hmm!”
Lilies Archer checked Sean’s injuries and said with a hint of blame, “I have already told you in advance how serious the consequences of using bright energy are!”
“Killing Ashby is one thing!”
“Why do you have to risk your life to kill Maclean Lyons? A mere general of Fort South is not worth you taking such a big risk. If your core is damaged, all our efforts will be wasted!”
“All previous efforts will be wasted!”
In Lilies Archer’s view, Sean risking his life to kill Maclean Lyons before was completely showing off his courage!Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.
Regardless of the consequences! Irresponsible!
Sean had his reasons, explaining, “Miss Archer is more familiar with the mountains than I am!”
“But!”
“I know King of Night better than you do!”
“At the same time!”
“He knows me better than you do!”
“Therefore! If I hadn’t acted as I did then, if I had simply surrendered upon realizing I was poisoned, without the courage and determination to fight to the end, then I wouldn’t be the Wolf King of the North in his eyes!”
“Undoubtedly! It would have aroused his suspicions!”
“I wouldn’t have been safer, on the contrary, I would have been in more danger, and might even have implicated you!”
Upon hearing this, Lilies Archer was taken aback.
So that’s how it was, huh?
“Then I’ll begin!”
Lilies Archer didn’t say much, she stretched out her hand to open the medicine box, and immediately a strong, pungent smell accompanied by waves of foul odor emanated from the box, making anyone who smelled it want to vomit!
Inside the box were bottles the size of fists, filled with liquids of various colors!
In total, nine bottles!
All of them were poisons formulated by Lilies Archer!!!
Some were like blood-red syrup!
Some were like amber honey!
And some were like black and purple ink!
Each bottle, even just a drop, was enough to kill an ordinary person!
Then!
Lilies Archer took out a syringe from the box, it was thicker than a thumb and about ten centimeters long. She opened one of the bottles containing the amber poison, put the needle of the syringe into it, and sucked it full in one breath!
And!
She said as she drew, “King Ron wants to use your superior bloodline to repair his damaged core and enhance his own bloodline!”
“Therefore!”
“Tonight!”
“I must use these poisons to cleanse the source of the poison in your blood and bone marrow. The process may be extremely painful, like being flayed and boned, you must endure!”
Upon hearing this, Sean looked at the oversized syringe in Lilies Archer’s hand, and the thick amber poison inside, his lips couldn’t help but twitch!
About this point! When he met with Lilies Archer in the mountains last time, she had already told Sean in advance, and Sean was somewhat prepared. However, when the time came, he was still a bit horrified!
“Maybe?”
Sean asked, “You personally planted the source of the poison, you personally made the poison, don’t you know if the process is painful?”
“What else?”
Lilies Archer looked at Sean and said, “I haven’t experimented on myself, how would I know?”
“Besides!”
“I have a toxic bloodline, these poisons are ineffective against me!”
It sounded… quite reasonable…
“However!”
Lilies Archer changed her tone and continued, “I’ve experimented with these nine poisons before, on poisonous beasts, savage tribesmen, and nine beasts!”
“Each person, each beast, each insect, was injected with one type of poison, the dose was about one-third of yours!”
“The result…”
“They all died!”
“Comparatively, the poisonous insects that naturally contain toxins were the most resistant to the poison, and among the nine poisons, the one that had the longest survival time was the one in my hand!”
“So!”
“We’ll start with this one, gradual and sequential, giving you a slow adaptation process…”
As she spoke, Lilies Archer didn’t care whether Sean was ready or not, she sharply plunged the needle of the syringe into the flesh of Sean’s right shoulder!
Then! With a push of her thumb!
The full dose of poison was injected into Sean’s bloodstream in the blink of an eye!!!