“Oh?”
King Landhar III was stunned as if Sylvan’s words had exceeded his expectations. “I didn’t expect you to agree to my request. It seems like bringing you here to see Avril’s corpse was the right thing to do.”
“Frier, don’t celebrate too early.” Sylvan’s expression seemed conflicted. “Even though I agreed to your request, I have conditions! You must plot against Watson. I will tell him about what happened here and let him think of a way to resurrect Avril. I believe that there must be a way to do it with Watson’s skills. Also, you can’t hurt the Queen.”
“Don’t be silly, Sylvan. Do you think that Watson will help us after discovering that?” King Landhar III smiled and said, “Avril is my weakness. He might use that as an excuse to threaten me. If he keeps finding excuses not to resurrect Avril, I will continue to live under his control. How is that better?”
“Watson is not that kind of person.”
“Even if he is not that kind of person, do you guarantee that he won’t do such a thing?” The smile on King Landhar III’s face grew wider. “Now, Watson has found another one of my weaknesses! My goal is clear. I only want to resurrect Avril; I can give up on other people and things. I know very well that the more things you want, the more unreliable you’ll be. Even a king like me would have to work hard for my goal. It’s fine to give up everything for one goal. Sylvan, you should think so too, right?”
“I…”
Sylvan hesitated. If he had not been blinded by hatred for the past ten years, he might have agreed to King Landhar III’s request without hesitation. After hearing King Landhar III’s words, the first thing that came to his mind was his happy life on Mount Creation.
He had friends there too.
“Sylvan, what is there for you to think about? If you ask Watson, he might not agree to your request in order to control me and the Holy Dragon Kingdom. One side has risks, while the other side does not. The choice should be obvious. Come, Sylvan, go with my plan to resurrect Avril for a better and more beautiful future!”
King Landhar III extended his right hand to Sylvan, his face full of hope. Sylvan did not take his hand. Instead, he sighed and dispelled the illusion that he and King Landhar III were in.
“Frier, I will consider your request carefully. I will give you an answer soon.”
“Very well, then I will wait for your reply.”
A hint of disappointment could be seen in King Landhar III’s eyes. Then, he hid his expression and turned to look at Isabella and his two children; they had not left. “You should thank the border count for his graciousness. If it weren’t for him, you would be dead now. I will not move against you again. However, I do not wish you to tell anyone about what happened here. Take them back to the palace. Do not allow them to leave the palace for the time being.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The maids immediately took Isabella and the other two and led them toward the palace. The Third Prince’s expression collapsed. Kiana remained silent, but Isabella kept turning around. Her eyes were filled with grief, and anyone who saw her would feel pity for her. Sylvan could not bear to look away.
“Sylvan, I’m going to meet the researchers and tell them that they can lighten their workload for now! They have put in a lot of effort to keep Avril’s body from decaying. Do you want to meet them?”
“No. I just remembered that I have some things to take care of. I’ll leave now.”
Sylvan shook his head. After bidding farewell to King Landhar III, he left the palace. King Landhar III stood where he was and did not leave. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and said, “Although he did not betray Watson just now, it’s evident that he has wavered! There are still many more opportunities. We can take it slow. There’s no need to rush. Soon, Sylvan will know where the powerful fusion power is coming from. It will be more useful to him.”
King Landhar III waved his hand, and the zombies immediately retreated into the ground. The crystal coffin and Avril’s body were reburied under the flowers. The reason Avril’s body could remain decay-free had a lot to do with those zombies. Although his previous experiment to resurrect the dead had failed, the zombie virus he obtained was not useless.
Extracting the virus from the zombies and using the natural power of the flowers to purify the poison would weaken its effect, but it was still possible to keep corpses from rotting.
“You’ve been listening to us for a long time. It’s time for you to come out,” King Landhar III said to an empty place as soon as the ground returned to normal.
“Frier, you’re still as shrewd as ever. I thought I had hidden myself well. I did not expect you to still find me.”
The air in the empty place squirmed following the voice, and an old man walked out. If Watson were there, he would be surprised to see the old king. Obviously, Sylvan did not realize he was there.
“That is inevitable. After all, I can smell the Primordial Demoness’ stench on your body from afar. Don’t you agree, Father?” King Landhar III and the old man looked at each other, and the two of them laughed simultaneously.
“Watson had left a fake figure of you in the prison cell in an attempt to confuse me. He probably did not know that I had already seen through it! On the surface, my plan had failed at that time. Now, it’s time to carry out my real plan.”
…
After leaving the palace, Sylvan used a teleportation spell to arrive at the Sword Saint’s courtyard and found Watson.
At that moment, Watson was sitting on a bench in the courtyard. He was watching Antonio and Reid fight over the Fusion Thread of the Dual God that he had just fused. It was a powerful artifact obtained by fusing two starlight-tier weapons, and that weapon was even more powerful than the three peak starlight-tier weapons that Watson carried on him. That made Reid and Antonio fight over it.
“Reid, Watson said that the weapon could connect others and allow them to obtain the ability of a Crown Mage. That is a true boon for mages! You are a swordsman, not a mage. Why are you fighting with me over this tool? ”
“Antonio, that’s not true. The weapon is called the Fusion Thread. It’s similar to the name of my weapon. Even the shape is very similar. It’s obviously more convenient for me to use it. You should ask Watson to make a new weapon for you.”
They were fighting in mid-air when they saw Sylvan descending from the sky.
“Sylvan, you’re back.”
Then, the two of them began to quarrel again. Sylvan was obviously used to that scene. After he greeted them, he came to Watson and said, “Watson, come with me to the palace later. There’s something I need your help with.”
“What is it?” Watson asked curiously.
“I hope you can help me resurrect my sister, the former Queen of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, Avril. Can you do that?”
The surroundings instantly quieted down. Even Antonio and Reid stopped quarreling and looked at him with serious expressions.
