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It might be more accurate to say that it was precisely because the Penalty Demon recognized Helquinn...
...that he knew, regardless of the order in which they entered Eagle Cape Village, Helquinn would definitely target Prince Wolfram!
Helquinn’s deep-seated hatred for the Giants would render the rule that "The Wild Hunt does not pursue the living" ineffective.
The Sixth Power Level Wild Hunt King, if bent on a deadly pursuit, was very likely to kill Prince Wolfram.
—After all, His former master was only a "Grand Wizard" of the Fifth Power Level.
As an advanced profession of a Curse Ritual Magician, he was far too dangerous... It would be easy for him to curse someone to death, and that wicked Jacob was also of this level.
Now that the other party was aware that he had become a Penalty Demon, they might utilize various counter-demon rituals against him... They might even set a trap to capture him, which would be extremely perilous.
And he himself did not dare to directly confront a Sixth Power Level world’s strongest being. If it were a demon, he might have given it a try... but The Wild Hunt—better not.
Summoning His Royal Highness the Prince was like killing several birds with one stone.
On one hand, he could engage the Wild Hunt King, allowing his own plan to seize the Book of Law to proceed smoothly, uninterrupted; on the other hand, the Wild Hunt King was also quite likely to kill his former boss, freeing him to become a true agent of liberty.
Furthermore, in order to jointly oppose the Wild Hunt King and secure the Book of Law, this plan could also prevent His Royal Highness from cursing him to death beforehand. After all, the Penalty Demon did not know how much cursed material had fallen into his hands, and now that he had become a Penalty Demon, he doubted their usefulness—he was not willing to gamble.
—In short, I win three times!
So the Penalty Demon thought.
Meanwhile, at Glass Island, in the Hall of Silver and Tin...
Queen Sofia, lying in bed, was chatting with Ligeia, who was sitting on her bed. However, she suddenly paused, as if she had heard something.
Then she revealed a wry smile.
"What’s wrong, Sofia?"
Ligeia raised an eyebrow, rubbed Sofia’s arm with her dragon horn, and asked loudly, "Has someone upset you? Want me to beat them up for you?"
"It’s a report from George,"
Queen Sofia slowly said, "He says that all the core members of Noble Red, except for the two Giant leaders Wolfram and Kazim, have all been executed." Enjoy new chapters from freewebnovel
"Isn’t that a good thing?"
Ligeia was puzzled.
"Indeed, it would have been better if George hadn’t sent this news to the Supervisory Bureau and the Round Table Hall right away,"
The queen sighed, "You two are just the same... righteous, strong, but not understanding the human heart. Avalon certainly needs a resounding victory to boost morale... But what we need now is a clear, yet not as powerful as Antimony, enemy to improve cohesion."
Lately, the actions of Antimony were very aggressive.
After the Antimonians failed to rescue Drost and subsequently had a number of Antimony spies killed by Avalon... Antimony immediately retaliated by killing an equal number of Avalonian spies.
This was a very dangerous signal. On one hand, it meant that many of Avalon’s spies lurking in Antimony had actually exposed themselves, or it could mean that Antimony had a very advanced capability for finding spies. The intelligence they sent back might not be useful or true, and the remaining embedded spies might not be safe either.
On the other hand, it also indicated that Antimony’s desire for war was very strong—they not only killed a number of Avalon’s inspectors sent over, but they also twisted the truth in the newspapers.
They depicted Avalonian actions as "Avalonians’ intense xenophobia leading them to kill Antimony travelers and merchants and seize their wealth", while the assassinated Avalonian spies were portrayed as "gang members accidentally killed in a fight with street thugs."
Sofia believed this was Antimony gearing up for the approaching war. Meanwhile, Avalon was not prepared to face this war.
This led to the urgent recall of Edward who was still in Iris Flower. Even so, the appointment of Aiwass to the position of High Minister was still met with severe pushback from the Round Table Hall—they deemed it unheard of to let a newly adult child inherit such an influential ministerial position. The Round Table Hall used excuses like his youth and lack of understanding of Avalon to continuously raise objections.
Of course, as long as Sofia insisted, their objections would be ineffective.
However, correspondingly, it was also difficult to force them to concede their interests, and after the death of Minister Drost, not cut themselves a slice of the cake he left behind and cooperatively enter a state of full war readiness—war costs money, and so does preparation.
In other words, they didn’t really want to oppose Aiwass’s succession as high minister. They just wanted to pick a bone to secure some political space for themselves.
Now, with no other heirs to the throne—Isabel lacked the Path of Authority and evidently could not suppress them. Therefore, with the queen’s health visibly declining, they began to entertain their own thoughts.
In the end, they still do not want to fight with Antimony.
This is because Antimony Kingdom’s rule heavily relies on the traditions they inherited from the Helasal Empire. Outside of the Empire’s cultural influence, their power is not significant. Ultimately, they can only rely on local governors to govern.
The Narcissus Duchy serves as an apt example—apart from the assassination of Duke Daffodil, almost none of the high-level mages were replaced.
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