The prelude to the second coup

With Derlink not involved, it wouldn't be unreasonable for Grove to be a Deputy King.

But from then on, Grove became a completely idle Prince of Sonia.

At first, he was very dissatisfied.

Although he had already reached Sequence 3, he knew in his heart that with his talent, he had no chance to go any further.

Sequence 3 beings don't have such long lifespans; without the chance of immortality, they naturally desire more power and enjoyment.

Unlike Derlink's calm acceptance, Grove almost did something unwise.

Ultimately, it was the Augustus Family's decision that led to his temporary confinement in the Royal Palace, allowing him to regain his senses.

It was said to be a family decision, but it was actually Trunsoest's suggestion. Derlink didn't care much about it, and Gawinton didn't dare to voice any objections.

After the Augustus Family faded into obscurity, the Argel, Negan, and Levitt families took center stage.

The three parties have different goals, so their actions will naturally be different as well.

The entire Western Defense Line line of the Loen Kingdom is protected by the Republic of Intis, the Feynapotter Kingdom, Masik, and the Feysac Empire, which is located across the Sonia Sea.

With such a long battle line, there were naturally many troops involved, almost spanning half of Loen.

Marquis Argel had little interest in politics, so he focused solely on taking over the army and controlling the western part of the Kingdom.

After their victory, the Negan and Levett Family began a fierce battle.

The Earl Levett was no pushover; having taken over the political resources left by Old Negan, he had by this time almost completely transformed the Conservative Party into his own power base.

In order to counter the power of the Conservative Party, the Negan had no choice but to join the New Party.

It's not too difficult for Philip to join forces with the Earl Hall to create a New Party that can truly rival the Conservative Party.

Not only that, Old Negan also emerged from the Secret Room of Negan Residence and saw the light of day again.

Although he had been "dead" for two or three years, his influence remained. Several Conservative Party aristocrats joined the New Party immediately after meeting Old Negan.

From then on, the political arena in Loen became a battleground for their struggle.

The Argel Family had absolutely no interest in these things.

After acquiring the political resources of the Church of Steam and Machinery, the Argel Family held key positions in both the New Party and the Conservative Party, which was enough.

Just as the three families were busy receiving their spoils, a guest arrived at the West Borough house where Kronos was staying.

When Adam entered the house in the West Borough, Kronos was completely Consciousness his arrival.

Even though Kronos has advanced to Sequence One, his strength is still quite different from Adam's.

It's important to know that not long after becoming True God, Adam merged with the True Creator and, with the help of the Chaos Sea and sky, Imagination of the Beyonder Characteristic of the Sun, the White Tower, and the Tyrant, thus gaining half the power of the Great Old One.

Therefore, he could not possibly be an ordinary True God at this moment.

Kronos only Consciousness Kronos's presence when Adam walked right up to him.

At this moment, Kronos was intently studying the Blasphemy Card of Emperor Roselle.

As he Analysis and absorbed the knowledge on these Playing Cards, the Potion within Kronos was also being digested at an accelerated pace.

This means that Kronos's assessment of the Knowledge Emperor's digestion of the Potion was correct.

He needs to Analysis and collect more mysterious knowledge so that he can Dominion it from the position of "emperor".

Upon seeing Adam, Kronos was initially startled, then rose to his feet and bowed, asking, "Mr. Adam, what brings you here?"

Adam wore his signature warm smile and said, "It's nothing serious, really. I just wanted to invite you to join the Twilight Hermit Order again."

Kronos was actually quite willing at this point, because only by joining would he have the chance to see the Second Blasphemy Slate.

However, Kronos still asked with doubt, "Why have you invited me so many times?"

"In my opinion, now that you've almost completed your entire plan, the Twilight Hermit Order is no longer necessary."

Adam's smile remained unchanged, but he keenly caught two words: "Almost?"

Even to the True God, Adam's plan was executed perfectly, without anything unexpected happening to Adam.

But Kronos said almost, which, if not offhand, only proves that Kronos knew about the final step that followed.

Upon hearing Adam's question, Kronos knew he had said too much, but he wasn't too nervous.

After all, their strength has reached this point; it would be too humiliating to remain so timid.

Therefore, Kronos said, "You should know that I control the Authority of Time. I see it from the River of Time. You should have further plans."

Adam glanced at Kronos noncommittally, then said, "Is that river called the River of Time?"

He then added, "The Twilight Hermit Order you know is not the real Twilight Hermit Order."

"I did indeed establish the Twilight Hermit Order, but its primary purpose was not to accomplish my plans."

"What we call Twilight is merely the afterglow before the light fades."

"The Twilight Hermit Order exist to unite all those who can contribute to the Apocalypse."

That's why I came to you.

After hearing Adam's explanation, Kronos finally understood.

The Twilight Hermit Order helped Adam advance his plan, but its true purpose was to unite these powerful individuals.

Kronos asked Consciousness, "Just like the Rose Redemption?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Kronos nearly slapped himself.

Is this a name that could be uttered in front of Adam? That was a major blunder by the Ancient Sun God.

Fortunately, Adam did not react in any unusual way.

Seeing that Adam didn't seem to care, Kronos then asked, "If I join, may I take a look at the Blasphemy Slate?"

Adam replied, "After you join, you can study the Blasphemy Slate for a year, as long as it doesn't interfere with my use."

At that moment, Kronos thought to himself, "If you had said so earlier, I would have agreed long ago."

So Kronos readily agreed, "Then it's a deal. I'll join the Twilight Hermit Order."

Upon hearing this, Adam produced a book and handed it to Kronos.

Kronos had seen the style of this book before, in the Cathedral of Jason Beria and Saint Samuel Cathedral.

However, this book is bigger than Jason's, but smaller than the one in the Church.

Perhaps sensing what Kronos was thinking, Adam said, "This is the Twilight Hermit Order' Means of Contact. As long as you write in the book, all members, including me, can see it, and you can also set up messengers for private communication."

"You've seen Jason Beria's book, but that was just a separate volume. Yours can also split off and be used specifically to connect with the main volume."

"As for the one in Saint Samuel Cathedral, I gave it to Amanises, but she was wary of me, so she put it in Backlund. You two are at the same level."

Adam truly valued Kronos, essentially placing him at the very heart of the Twilight Hermit Order.

After receiving the book, Kronos bowed slightly, showing his respect for the President the Twilight Hermit Order.

Then Adam asked, "When do you want the Blasphemy Slate?"

Kronos thought for a moment, then said, "Wait a moment, I have something else to do."

The method of assimilation by the Knowledge Emperor has been figured out; the next step is to verify whether status can accelerate this process.

Therefore, Kronos prepared to take action against Nast.

Upon closer examination, Nast's Pirate Duchy was nothing more than a makeshift operation.

They had nothing belonging to the nation, only individual Pirate groups operating independently.

Moreover, upon closer examination, Kronos's power within this group is by no means weak.

Bernadette is currently focused on finding her father's island, so naturally she can't pay attention to this matter.

The King of the Black Throne has been replaced by members of the Church of Evernight, who are essentially his own people.

Both the Flame and the Iron Anchor, two Demigod- level Pirate crews, are under my control.

Kronos has always maintained good relationships with Cattleya and Edwina.

With the addition of the Naga Tribe, Kronos's power at sea is definitely no less than that of Nast.

Moreover, Nast's so-called power is like a sieve, consisting entirely of forces sent to the sea by various factions, and is not truly under Nast's control.

Based on these circumstances, Kronos believed he could easily replace Nast in his position.

After Adam left, Kronos stopped caring about Backlund and went straight to sea.

Summoned by Kronos, Hal, Gner, Todd, and the Naga Demigod all arrived Above the Ghost Empire.

After hearing Kronos's idea, they all expressed their unanimous support.

If their leader became the king of the sea, they would no longer be suppressed by Nast.

Since our own people are offering support, we should try our best to get support from outsiders as well.

Under Kronos's deliberate instructions, after the establishment of the Pirate Duchy, Todd focused on cultivating good relations with the foreign Pirate, making it easy to keep them from making any unusual moves.

The Admiral of Hell and the Admiral of Blood have both become the Marionette of our Mr. Fool, so only a few of the old-guard powers at sea remain.

Kronos looked at Gner and asked, "Are you confident now that you can defeat Bratov and take his place as the master of the Twilight?"

Gner confidently stated, "I have fully digested the Guardian Potion and am confident that I am no weaker than any other Guardian of the same level."

"Very well, then go and kill him, and make the Twilight one of our forces," Kronos instructed.

Regardless of which faction within the Feysac Empire Bratov is currently allied with, since it can't help him anyway, he might as well become Gner's stepping stone.

As for Cattleya and Edwina, their friend, "Starship Ranger" Klein, will be the one to try to win them over.

Finally, only "Vice Admiral of Ailment" Tracy remained, Hal was more than capable of keeping an eye on her.

Under Gner's tutelage for so long, Hal has now acquired the abilities of a Pirate Ship, so this task is no problem for him.

As for the remaining insignificant Pirate, the Naga Tribe could handle them easily.

After everything was explained, everyone began to perform their respective duties.

Kronos, posing as a "Starship Ranger," visited Cattleya and Edwina, hoping they would refrain from any actions during the upcoming changes.

Neither of them gave the request much thought before agreeing.

Even if they were to target Nast, what would that have to do with them?

Although they belong to the same Pirate Duchy, it's just a name; it has no real meaning.

Nast's life or death, the rise and fall of the Pirate Duchy, were none of their concern, and naturally they didn't want to care.

However, they made one condition.

That is, whoever wants to replace Nast must maintain Nast's "rule" and not interfere with the decisions of the Future and the Golden Dream.

In fact, this is the bottom line for all Pirate.

Who the king of the Pirate Duchy is is not important; what matters is that each Pirate Ship must be in charge of its own internal affairs.

Kronos agreed to the request without hesitation.

Nobody wants to be managed? You beg me to manage you, but I still won't!

Kronos mainly wanted the title of king; he really didn't want to deal with so many things.

Now that a consensus has been reached, Cattleya and Edwina are naturally considered half of our own people.

The Evernight Goddess also responded, saying that supporting Kronos was no problem, and if Kronos needed it, Nast could have someone take care of it.

Despite Amanises's "enthusiastic" suggestion, Kronos declined, feeling there was no need to incur favors when he could do what he could.

Preparations were almost complete; all that was needed was one event to set the stage for this second coup.

Three days later, a Message spread Five Seas.

The first mate of the Iron Anchor boarded the Twilight and publicly challenged Vice Admiral Dusk Bulatov Ivan.

This battle was incredibly fierce; the two fighters were fairly evenly matched and fought for nearly four hours.

In the end, the first mate of the Iron Anchor lost an arm, but still won the final victory.

With his only remaining hand, he held Bratov's head and announced to the crew of the Twilight and the entire Five Seas that the Twilight had become his spoils of war.

The Vice Admiral Dusk of the Five Seas is now his— Gner!