Today's fourth update: Chapter 3156! 4/4!
As he watched the Eight Wise Kings slump on the ground, madness and endless desolation mingling on his face, Erh's eyes held not a trace of pity or hesitation—only frost-like calm.
In his view, all these bitter consequences had been sown by his "respected" father king through decades of stubborn arrogance, harshness, and ingratitude. Today was merely harvest season. He had only himself to blame.
"Father King." Erh's voice was calm and flat, devoid of emotion.
"If you have no further questions, please affix your Tortoise Lord's Great Seal to the decree at once, so that I may begin handling the urgent military affairs at the front."
"I do! Of course I do!" The Eight Wise Kings suddenly raised his head and shouted resolutely, a final glint flashing in his eyes.
"You've won. Power belongs to you! So now, I only want to ask you one thing: how do you intend to... settle your mother and me?"
A new ruler brought a new court.
A change in the Tortoise Lord's position would inevitably be accompanied by a fierce reshuffling of power and redistribution of resources.
The forces formerly affiliated with the Eight Wise Kings' faction had already been devastated by the crushing defeat against the Mongoose Race. Now, he stood alone.
Once the Acting Tortoise Lord took power, what fate awaited him—the former Tortoise Lord, the ruler who had once controlled lands stretching billions of miles?
Imprisonment? Exile? Or... something worse?
The Eight Wise Kings was willing to hand over power "willingly" for one reason only: to secure a way to survive, a guarantee.
He needed Erh to make a clear promise before everyone, lest he be settled with later and die without even knowing why.
"Father King, your words truly humble your