Sitting in the empty hall, Mary frowned and looked outside the door. The explosions and noises that kept coming to her ears made her move restlessly.
Todd sat on the highest throne and said nothing.
Mary couldn't help but said to Todd: "Where are the guards? Where are the servants? Why is there no one here except us?"
Todd lowered his head and said calmly: "Soon, some guests will come to visit me. I don't want to be disturbed."
"guest?"
Todd said to Mary in the side seat: "Although you have told me the answer repeatedly, I still want to confirm with you again. Do you really want to stay? Even if there is danger here?"
Mary looked at Todd, with a hint of resentment hidden in her eyes. She suddenly said: "Your Majesty, even at this time, do you still want to send me away?"
Todd said helplessly: "I am thinking about your safety..."
Mary asked Todd in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have a question. What kind of existence am I in your eyes?"
Todd was a little surprised by Mary's question and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
"Staying in a deserted palace every day, dealing with boring affairs in the kingdom, working hard for the future of the people, and the expectations of my subordinates, running the Holy Acropolis like walking on thin ice. Do you think this is everything I want?
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Mary's words contained grievance, sadness, anger and fatigue. She shook her head vigorously and said, "This is not the life I want at all!"
"When I was in Twilight West City, although I no longer had the power to dominate, nor did I have the crown that attracted everyone's attention, I could be with everything I loved most... designing clothes, running shops, appreciating art, and there was no burden on me.
, there is no need to be careful with words and deeds, and there is no need to spend every day in fear!"
Mary stood up from her seat, took off the laurel crown representing the Queen of Saint Acropolis, and whispered to Todd: "Do you know that I gave up the comfortable life in Twilight City, gave up my beloved career, and returned to the city?"
What is the reason for going to that hypocritical and depressing place in the Holy Acropolis? Who is it for?!"
"It's because of you!"
Mary smashed the crown on her head towards the ground, biting her lower lip tightly, tears welling up in her eyes: "It was precisely because you said you needed me to go to the Holy Acropolis that I went there! It was precisely because you said you needed me to go to the Holy Acropolis.
You said you needed a stable front line, so I stayed in that hell, facing death and despair every day!"
"I've been waiting every day, waiting for you to appear in front of me and take me back!" Mary said in a choked voice, "But what about you?! You're missing! You've been missing for a whole year!"
Todd looked at Mary with surprise and guilt on his face: "I didn't know..."
"You abandoned Mu Xicheng and those who followed you! The most important thing is that you completely shattered my hopes!"
Mary walked up to Todd's throne and complained word for word: "In your eyes, am I just a chess piece that can be used to take advantage of you? When it is valuable, I can use it with a few random promises; when it is not valuable, I can use it with a few random promises.
, just send it to a corner and let it fend for itself?!"
Todd held his forehead and waved his hand vigorously: "Mary, I think you must have misunderstood me. I have never thought of taking advantage of you, and I have never thought of hurting you."
Mary looked at Todd and asked, "Do you still want to comfort me with sweet words? You keep asking me to leave over and over again and try every means to keep me away. Isn't that the best proof?"
Todd smiled bitterly and said: "Mary, listen to me..."
"The Holy King of Muxi! We finally meet!"
A voice full of pride and joy sounded at the door of the hall, interrupting the conversation between Todd and Mary.
Todd looked at the group of heavily armed intruders at the entrance of the palace hall. There was no surprise on his face, as if he saw something ordinary.
Mary quickly turned her back, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then turned to look at the visitor, and said in surprise: "Why is it you?!"
Rutledge Dolson led nearly a hundred killers who had been carefully trained by his family for many years, passed through the secret passage under the palace, and came directly to the entrance of the main hall.
Behind Rutledge was the old lord of the Silver Ring, Earl Narr, and a group of his thugs.
Looking at the superior Todd, Rutledge looked around cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, please don't bother calling the guards. I have lowered all the gates around me and opened all the traps.
No one will come to disturb us in a short period of time."
Before Todd could speak, Earl Nar pointed at Queen Mary and yelled: "You are a useless bitch! I have already guessed that you have an ulterior affair with this guy, and the Silver Ring Kingdom has fallen."
This land today is all your fault!"
Mary raised her head proudly, exuding an inaccessible and powerful aura. She looked at the fat bald man who she hated so much, and shouted in a cold voice: "Maggots are maggots! After eating a kingdom, now it's time to choose the next target.
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Earl Nar drew his sword and shouted with a red face: "What did you say?!"
"It is precisely because of you greedy, cunning and despicable people that the Silver Ring Kingdom finally reached the point of collapse!" Mary stared at Count Nar and shouted angrily: "After you die, your soul will
You will bear the eternal burning of karmic fire!"
The furious Count Gnar rolled up his sleeves and wanted to rush to the throne, but Rutledge held him back.
"What are you stopping me for?!"
Rutledge looked at Todd and said slowly: "Holy King, have you ever considered letting someone else succeed King Muxi's throne?"
Hearing Rutledge's words, Earl Narr looked at the former in stunned silence and said, "Inherit the throne of King Muxi? Are you crazy? We agreed from the beginning that we would destroy the Kingdom of Muxi and restore the Silver Ring Kingdom!"
Todd, who was sitting on the throne, said to Rutledge with great interest: "Inherit my throne?"
Rutledge smiled and said: "You still have no heirs, and the heir to the kingdom has never been found. If you can give up the throne of the king, the Dolson family can sign an agreement with you to support and join the clan. In this way,
"This country can peacefully complete the transfer of power without bloodshed or war. Isn't this what you want to see most?"
Hearing this, Earl Gnar was furious: "Rutledge, you traitor! You bastard! You betrayed the Silver Ring Kingdom and betrayed our trust! You will go to hell..."
Rutledge looked at the silent Todd and showed a cruel smile: "Holy King, if you doubt my sincerity, I can pay you a small deposit first..."
Before he finished speaking, a sharp dagger slipped out of Rutledge's sleeve. With a flick of his wrist, the edge of the dagger directly penetrated the back of Earl Gnarl's heart.
Accompanied by the shrill screams coming from his men, Earl Gnar turned back to look at Rutledge in disbelief. Blood slowly overflowed from the corners of his mouth. He didn't even have time to say a complete sentence, and his whole body collapsed.
He slowly fell to the ground softly.
After wiping the blood stains on the dagger on Count Gnar's clothes, Rutledge gave the killers a wink, and then continued to Todd: "Your Majesty the Holy King, as long as you agree to give up the throne, the Dolson family will help
If you solve the chaos in the city, all the remnants of the Silver Ring Kingdom will be sent to hell one by one. What, this is definitely a good deal, don't you think about it?"
Todd watched the killers begin to dispose of the bodies and arrange the scene, and said with a smile: "Rutledge, let's talk?"