A dark-gold "Strength Fragment" floated before Su Xiao. He had once thought this "Strength Fragment" had nothing to do with him, but unexpectedly, an unforeseen fate-type ability user had allowed him to obtain it.
However, to this day, Su Xiao still could not figure out why the old monster of the Great Library—the Eyeless Sage—had invited this fate-type ability user through several trusted subordinates and paid a huge price to improve the enemy's luck.
Given the current situation, Su Xiao and the Great Library were unquestionably enemies. The attitude the Great Library had previously displayed had only deepened this hostility. What it was doing now was truly baffling.
That old monster had survived from the First Era to the present by relying on abyssal power. Even his soul aura had turned rotten. The depth of his schemes was impossible to fathom.
Even more baffling was that, between Twilight City's two major factions—the Monarch Faction and the Great Library—the one that had helped Su Xiao more was actually the Great Library, his enemy.
The Blazing Sun Monarch, Ashlot, had never shown himself. He had not even intended to meet Su Xiao once. The three trusted subordinates under him—the Minister of Finance, Black Bertha, and the leader of the Sun Warriors—were likewise unwilling to meet Su Xiao. Only the old noble, August, occasionally appeared to negotiate with him.
Su Xiao was currently representing Twilight City in the "King's Trial." If he truly completed the trial, the Monarch Faction would have to hand him the "Blazing Sun Blood" according to their original agreement. That also meant that the Blazing Sun Monarch, Ashlot, would die within several months after losing it.
One must not forget that the "Blazing Sun Blood" was the symbol of the Sun God Clan, a bloodline power passed down from