Two Rank Sixes—if not fighting until the Dao itself was obliterated, they should at least have turned heaven and earth upside down, right? But in reality, they did not. There was hardly any commotion within the entire royal palace, and the battle was decided in less than five minutes.
Trig stood almost completely unscathed. Before him, the King's chest was pierced by a spear, pinning him to the throne. The King coughed up blood continuously, breathing shallowly, on the verge of death.
Perhaps Trig was too strong? Or perhaps the King was too weak. Although both were Rank Six, aside from the differences in their pathways and abilities, their combat experience was also a vast chasm.
Trig had participated in countless battles. In contrast, the King sat on his throne day in and day out, barely having fought a single fight.
The Kingdom of Tarapaca had no Spartan-like rule where the strongest became the ruler, but the King's sheer weakness still disappointed Trig slightly.
Trig walked slowly over to the King and said flatly, “The rule of the Lawrence Dynasty is over.”
Lawrence was the surname of the royal family. However, after coughing up another mouthful of blood, a mocking smile actually appeared on the King's face. “Over? No, not yet. The 【Kingdom of Tarapaca】 has belonged to the Lawrence family for hundreds of years, and it will remain so in the future. I will never allow it to fall into the hands of outsiders!”
Trig's brow furrowed slightly. “Do you think I would make such a simple mistake? To leave any members of the Lawrence family alive?”
The King laughed. “Of course. You always do things seamlessly, preparing everything that can be prepared before taking action. My three useless children are probably doomed by now. But... who didn't have a few wild flings in their youth?”
Trig froze. “You...”
He understood the other party's meaning in an instant. Obviously, this King had illegitimate children, and from his tone, it seemed there was more than one!
Such things were quite common among the nobility. The reason Trig had not anticipated this was because, from what he knew, the King was someone who deeply loved his Queen and was very devoted to her.
In truth, after becoming the king of a nation and getting married, the King was indeed very devoted. But what about before he ascended the throne?
Trig had been personally promoted by the King. Before the King ascended the throne, Trig had been off doing who-knows-what, so he naturally had no way of knowing about the King's private life back then.
The King continued, “Trig, oh Trig, there's always no way for you to prepare in advance for things you don't know about, is there? Calculating the time, those children of mine should be close to coming of age by now...”
“You want to take this country from my hands so easily? I'll tell you straight: it's impossible!”
The moment he finished speaking, the King gently raised his hand. Instantly, five streaks of blue light shot out from his fingertips. These were 'contracts' that would fly directly to his five illegitimate children, telling them the truth, granting them power, and... providing them with a ticket to join this war for the throne.
The King laughed. “My children will go into hiding, secretly contact the nobles loyal to the royal family, and gather strength in the shadows. One day, they will rise up against you and take back what rightfully belongs to them!”
This was actually one of the reasons the King had lost so decisively. Just as he had said, he knew Trig too well. The moment he saw Trig attack him, the King knew he was doomed to die, so he had secretly used his ability to prepare these five 'contracts'.
Trig said, “Are you mad?! You will plunge this nation into chaos for who knows how many years!”
The King replied, “So what?! That is still better than the Lawrence Dynasty ending in my hands!”
In terms of modern thinking, this was actually very easy to understand. The Kingdom of Tarapaca was like a family business, a massive corporation passed down through countless generations to the current King, only for Trig, a usurper, to appear and try to snatch the company away.
Even if Trig could run the company exceptionally well after taking over, so what? What did that have to do with the Lawrence family? In the King's eyes, Trig was nothing but an ungrateful wolf plotting against his family estate!
By now, the King's mindset was basically "if I can't have it, no one can." In short: "It's my property. Even if I smash it to pieces, you won't get it!"
Undoubtedly, this action would plunge the entire Kingdom of Tarapaca into a massive catastrophe. Even if it survived, it might dwindle from a major nation into an insignificant minor one. But to the King, as long as the ruler at that time was still a member of the Lawrence family, that would be enough!
Watching the five blue lights fly toward the sky, Trig immediately used his ability. But it had all happened too suddenly, and he only managed to intercept two. The remaining three flew out.
Two of them flew off to parts unknown within the Kingdom of Tarapaca, but one of them actually paused after flying high into the air, then shot straight down into the city. This meant that one of the illegitimate children was currently in the capital!
...
Shifting the perspective to Freya, she was currently eating and chatting with Euphy and the catgirl Kuro. Suddenly, a streak of blue light landed right in front of her, continuously taking shape until it finally turned into a piece of parchment.
Freya was completely stunned. “What is this?”
Euphy said, “This is... something of the Law Pathway?”
Driven by curiosity, Freya extended her right index finger and gently touched the parchment. The parchment unfurled, and the very first line, the very first sentence, read: 【Freya Lawrence】, my child.
Freya fell silent for a moment. Then, she quickly scanned the contents of the parchment, and her expression instantly collapsed.
Euphy and Kuro also walked over to Freya's side and looked at the parchment. However, they found that they could not see the contents at all; in their eyes, it was completely blank.
Freya said, “We have a problem, Euphy.”
Euphy asked, “What's wrong?”
Freya wore a face that looked ready to cry. “I always thought this coup had absolutely nothing to do with me. I just needed to wait for that Trig guy to finish his usurpation, lift the city lockdown, and let this whole thing blow over. But who could have guessed that this coup would actually involve me?”
“Who could have guessed that the King, that old geezer, is actually my dad? He just sent me a text message telling me to take back this country. What do I do?”
Euphemia was completely dumbfounded. “Huh?”
...
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