Chapter 588: Chapter 526: Commander Xu, I Need Your Help to Deal with the Secret Realm

Uther acted incredibly swiftly.

To the point that Anduin had already breathed his last, and only then did the alarms start blaring.

Amidst the piercing noise...

Countless guards rushed into the grand hall, only to see Anduin lying on the throne, already devoid of life.

The leader of the guards, Tulayang, saw the bloodstains on Uther’s hands and immediately, with eyes wide with rage, shouted, "Lord Uther, what on earth is going on? His Majesty, he..." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Just as you see."

Uther coldly said, "His Majesty, as the Sovereign of our Blizz Empire, had grown fearful of that King of the Secret Realm... After all we’ve given and sacrificed, he wanted to withdraw, viewing all our past sacrifices as meaningless. He no longer deserves to be our king; the throne should be inherited by Prince Laine."

Yet, no matter how justified the words appeared, they couldn’t cover up Uther’s previous actions.

Especially with Anduin’s bloody remains still in view...

It was a shock to the hearts of everyone.

Tulayang’s eyes showed despair as he gritted his teeth and said, "You dare commit regicide?"

"I did not commit regicide; I merely provided the Blizz Empire with a better choice."

Uther said calmly, "Alternatively, you can arrest me and let the princes compete for the throne amongst themselves, dooming our Blizz Empire to destruction amid internal and external chaos... Oh, I forgot to mention, Lord Caludia is dead, and the balance of the Blizz Empire has been completely shattered."

He concealed the fact that both Aemon and Renault were also dead.

For the Blizz Empire’s Creation Realm Martial Artists, two were officially under the empire, Uther and Caludia, while two were unofficial, namely Aemon and Renault.

But Aemon and Renault were not good people...

Now that Caludia has died, if Uther were truly captured, then the Blizz Empire would be left with no Grandmaster of the Creation Realm on its front lines.

This is a fatal blow.

"My goal is simple, just to explore the secrets within the Secret Realm and allow the Blizz Empire to dominate Blue Star!"

Uther slowly walked to Tulayang’s side.

He said, "You must know, His Majesty had previously said that for this purpose, the entire Blizz Empire must unite as one, concentrating all its strength on this goal, but he suddenly wanted to stop halfway... Could he not understand, to either not start or to finish, withdrawing halfway through, did he think this was child’s play? He would drag the entire Blizz Empire into the abyss."

Tulayang’s face shifted, turning pale then green, as he coldly said, "Your crimes will be judged by the new king!"

"No matter who becomes king, I will support him and bear the guilt I ought to bear."

Uther chuckled.

He could hear that this was Tulayang’s way of conceding, in a different sense.

You see, Anduin had several sons...

But in terms of both age and ability, his eldest son Laine was the most suitable to become the new ruler... and Laine was precisely Uther’s disciple, mentored by him since childhood.

Just like the current Anduin.

And so...

Seven days later.

The news that King Anduin of the Blizz Empire was assassinated by the King of the Secret Realm in Baofeng City spread throughout the Blizz Empire, and after his son Laine ascended to the throne, the cries for vengeance reached near unimaginable heights both inside and outside the Imperial City.

The assassination of the Sovereign of the Blizz Empire by the King of the Secret Realm was an utmost insult and provocation to the Blizz Empire.

However, as Laine was a new king, regardless of the cries for revenge, he had to quickly pacify the turmoil within the Blizz Empire first.

The death of a nation’s ruler involved all facets and left behind a power vacuum which the new king needed ample time to gradually digest and master.

Matters of revenge would have to be set aside for the time being.

More importantly than such significant news, almost the entire Imperial Palace Guard was replaced, and all the elite warriors on duty that day, except for Tulayang, were almost entirely executed for dereliction of duty, and it was carried out in secret.

No one cared anymore.

With the king of the Blizz Empire’s demise.

This event caused an uproar across Blue Star.

Especially Han Xu Yang, who immediately contacted Xu Lingjun.

After all, Anduin’s death had connections to Xu Lingjun... with the King of the Secret Realm...

Wasn’t he his Commander in Chief?

But when he received a negative answer from Xu Lingjun, he fell into a long silence.

Time slowly flowed by...

Soon.

A month later.

Anduin’s sacred burial ceremony officially began.

The Land of Light and the Great Xia Empire both dispatched special envoys to attend Anduin’s sacred burial.

From the Land of Light, it was Zophie, the captain of the Guard Corps, who personally attended.

And from the Great Xia Empire...

It was the Commander in Chief Xu Lingjun and Deputy Commander Han Yun City who jointly came to pay their respects.

"Thank you all for coming such a long way to our Blizz Empire!"

Laine was significantly younger than Anduin, looking no more than his early twenties, he seemed much less sophisticated than Anduin, even possessing a hint of naivety, a bird sheltered perfectly well...

But that wasn’t unexpected, as Anduin was still in the prime of his life, far from needing to cultivate a successor.

But unforeseen circumstances forced him to step up unexpectedly due to Anduin’s untimely death.