Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
“However,” Xi Wei looked up, the regret on his face fading like a Sichuan opera mask, replaced by a smile of mockery and amusement.
“I’m different from you, because I’ve never fought alone.”
With that said.
“Slap—” a crisp snap of fingers echoed through the palace.
All sounds instantly vanished, as if everything had been paused, leaving only the ticking of a clock.
A giant clock appeared in the hall, hovering above the extremely cold burial coffin.
Ruo Yi, like a little elf, walked out from a corner of the palace with light steps. With each step, ripples of time appeared beneath her feet.
She cheerfully walked up to Xi Wei, intending to hug his neck for a quick kiss, but found that Xi Wei was still wearing the old face of the Karari King.
This made the expectant Ruo Yi unable to maintain her composure.
She could only roll her eyes and huff, then point her finger at the back of Xi Wei’s hand, which then dissolved into specks of light and gradually disappeared.
Time began to flow again for Xi Wei.
Only King Medon remained frozen in place, unable to move.
Time had stopped the space, but not the thoughts.
King Medon watched as the King of Winter raised his greatsword and repeatedly smashed it against the Frost Armor.
“Crack—” More and more cracks appeared on the Frost Armor.
King Medon didn’t know what was going on with that demi-human girl, nor could he comprehend what kind of ability had solidly restrained him, a Source Mage.
But there was one thing he was very clear about.
Facing the icy sword blade and the brilliant smile of the King of Winter, he knew he was finished.
“Bang—”
The Frost Armor shattered.
King Medon was decapitated by Xi Wei’s sword.
And without King Medon’s magical guidance, the extremely cold burial coffin, which had not fully landed on Xi Wei, twisted and dissipated into pure frost element in the air.
No one knew that the King of Medon had died so miserably in the Karari palace.
His personal guards were still enjoying the banquet prepared by the “King of Karari.” As soon as the food and wine went down, they collapsed on the table, falling into a deep sleep.
As for some of the Karari guards, they merely thought their king had killed King Medon. They not only wouldn’t spread the word, but they would secretly rejoice in their hearts.
After all, this was a great thing for Karari.
In the palace, Xi Wei plucked a few hairs from King Medon’s head. He would send a clever scout to impersonate King Medon, who would eventually die in a plausible manner, entrusting the entire kingdom of Medon to the King of Winter.
As the highest combat power in Medon, no one would suspect that this matter was full of tricks, and the possibility of being exposed was very small.
This was because King Medon’s close associates were still in Medon’s royal capital, and the imposter King Medon didn’t even have the chance to go back.
What they would see was only the corpse left behind by the real King Medon after his “death” on the battlefield.
Everything was under Xi Wei’s control.
Even if the matter was exposed, it wouldn’t matter. King Medon had overturned the table at the banquet, which was an insult to the King of Karari. So, what was wrong with the King of Karari killing King Medon?
As long as there was a just cause and ordinary civilians were not harassed, there wouldn’t be any major trouble in this era.
For the common people, they had simply changed their king, and their lives wouldn’t get any worse.
After dealing with King Medon, Xi Wei began to consider how to deal with the mages from the South Continent who came to collect the Parasitic Tree Fruits.
From King Medon, he had experienced the power of these South Continent mages.
If all of them were Source Mages or even stronger, then he could only pack his bags and run.
After careful consideration.
First, he ruled out the possibility of reconciliation with these mages.
From the moment he destroyed all the Parasitic Tree Fruits and saw how they were produced, there was nothing more to discuss with the South Continent mages.
They would wage war against him, whether it was to compensate for their losses or to obtain the Parasitic Tree Fruits.
Strike first, suffer later.
Xi Wei decided to use the information gap between both parties and the identity of the Karari King to set a trap for these South Continent mages.
He wanted to kill all these mages at once.
After all, by the time the South Continent mages found out something was wrong and came to settle the score with him, he estimated that he would have already developed to the point where he could move freely in the North Continent.
He instructed the Karari King’s guards to clean up the palace.
Xi Wei, by himself, meandered to the second floor of the palace.
There was a makeshift prison here, where the dying Karari King and some nobles who hadn’t been dealt with yet were held.
“Click-clack…”
Hearing the sound of knight boots treading on the ground outside the cage.
The Karari King tremblingly looked up.
One of his eyes was blind, and the other was badly swollen.
His entire face was swollen like a pig’s head, with crimson handprints on his cheeks.
It was obvious that Xi Wei was the culprit.
His Essence of Qi had been completely abolished. He could have been comparable to a strong warrior.
Unfortunately, the Parasitic Tree Fruits had already depleted his body.
His current state was even worse than that of an ordinary adult male.
“Your Excellency the Karari King, I have brought you good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?”
Xi Wei looked at the Karari King with a half-smile, but his eyes held a chilling killing intent.
“What good news could you have? For me, the only good news is to get out of here and become the King of Karari again. Otherwise, everything is bad news.”
The Karari King gave a wry smile, glanced up at the King of Winter, then lowered his head dejectedly, staring at the floor of the cell.
As if the floor was etched with the image of his glorious empire.
He knew the King of Winter would not let him go.
“I’m sorry, since you say that, then I can only give you two pieces of bad news.”
“The first piece of bad news is that your ally, King Medon, has been killed by me. I will then incorporate your territory into my domain.”
“Heh…” The Karari King chuckled.
“Greedy butcher, can you, one person, withstand the elves? You will eventually pay the price for everything you have done, you will see.”
Xi Wei remained noncommittal.
He knocked on the iron bars of the cell and continued with a smile:
“As for the second piece of bad news, it’s that I won’t let you die a quick death.”
“I have prepared Life Water to restore your injuries. It was found in your national treasury, a full large tank, enough for you to use hundreds of times…”
As Xi Wei spoke, he took out one torture device after another from his Space Ring, including a chastity belt, iron shoes, a wooden horse, steel needles with hooks, and so on.
There was even a gilded Iron Maiden.
It went without saying.
This Iron Maiden was also found in the Karari treasury.
After all, only a wise person like the Karari King would gild torture devices.
Finally, Xi Wei also brought out the large tank of Life Water.
This was only a part of it.
But it was enough to make the Karari King collapse from torture.
As for why he didn’t call Loli to help treat the Karari King.
It was simple.
Because he didn’t deserve it.
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