Somewhere in the Celestial Dragon Empire, a handsome Young man was holding a golden bow and a cyan glowing arrow. Behind him, there were two other figures.
One of them was the newly appointed Prime Minister of the Celestial Dragon Empire.
The Second one was from the Military. She was a General who changed sides and was a very trusted subordinate of the New Emperor.
Neither of them dared to disturb their Emperor. It was well known that their King loved to hunt his own meal and cook it himself. Sometimes, if he is really busy, he will allow the Royal Chef to cook his food. But 99% of the time, he always gave priority to cooking his own meal, especially lunch and Dinner.
Ren silently stared at the Peak 5th Magical Deer that was 10 km away. With his cultivation, it was easy for him to spot the Deer even from 10km away and shoot it with his arrow.
Swoosh!!!
As he let go, the cyan glowing arrow hit its target. Within seconds, the arrow had pierced the head of the Deer.
"The Hunt is complete!" He put the Bow in his storage ring.
"I will go and get it." The General went to get the prey, leaving the prime minister and the emperor alone.
"Let's head back. You can tell me everything on the way."
Just 1000 meters away, there was a teleportation Array built for the Emperor.
Ignoring the guards who saluted them, both of them stepped onto the Array.
"Sir, Yesterday, Former Head Butler Alfred managed to kill the two guards who were on duty and escape. Now we had no idea that the two guards died until the other two guards who came once their shift started."
His name was Murphy Barajas. A long-time friend of the New Emperor and someone who had worked under the previous Prime Minister for nearly 100 years. As soon as Ge became the Emperor, he demoted the previous Prime Minister to a lesser role and promoted his friend, whom he trusted, to the position of Prime Minister.
Knowing that Alfred had escaped, the Emperor paused and looked at Murphy.
"This is not a good sign." Murphy agreed with the Emperor. The previous butler that they had accused had the power to see glimpses of the future. This, in their eyes, made him extremely dangerous, so the first person they targeted before anything was him.
The plan was to get the butler killed, but the previous Emperor did not agree. The Emperor and the Butler were really close. And after he became the Emperor, he thought that as long as he was held somewhere remote, far from the capital and away from population, everything would be alright.
A Seer was really valuable. The Emperor even hoped that after he had solidified his power and influence as the emperor all over the empire and had dealt with all of his enemies, the butler could return, and he could use his powers to his advantage. This is why Alfred was never killed.
"I shouldn't have let that bastard live." A part of him regretted sending Alfred far from the Capital. Maybe he should have been held in the underground prison of his Castle. But that, too, would have come with its complications, which is why he sent Alfred somewhere far away.
He did not want the former butler to communicate with anyone. Because even with his cultivation restricted, he could still sometimes see glimpses of the future, and if he was held in the castle prison, then there was a high chance that, through some guard, the butler might spread what he saw to others.
"Our investigation shows that there were two people who freed him. But we are still not sure who those two people are. But our men are active, trying to figure it out."
"It's useless." He knew it.
"If I had to guess, then one of them would be the granddaughter who was studying in another empire. Maybe she managed to find someone who was willingly helping her."
"Anyways, I have already sent a search team around the area and also beyond the border of our empire."
"No! Knowing the old man, I am pretty sure that the moment he escaped our empire, they used the teleportation Array to go away. Sending any search team is useless now."
"But we can still try to find some leads or clues." The Emperor nodded in agreement.
The New Emperor of the Celestial Dragon Empire wore a golden ceremonial mantle. The thick, heavy fabric was embroidered with shining patterns, and the wide hood cast a shadow over his face, giving him a mysterious and powerful presence. He stood 6 feet 2 inches tall. He had wide shoulders and a broad chest. He was slightly muscular, with his biceps appearing to be the most defined. He wore black boots. He had cut his long blue hair, and now he had spiky, very short hair that was not more than 1.5 inches long.
His name was Ren Bainnith—the son of Aditya's father's brother.
Ren was very handsome. He had a strong and well-defined jawline. He had beautiful Hazel eyes. He was clean-shaven, which gave him a youthful look despite being 491 years old. All these features gave him a very attractive look.
After returning to the Castle, both of them walked to the Throne Hall.
The Throne Hall was empty. There was no one except those two.
Much had changed since Ren became emperor. He disliked large gatherings in his throne hall daily. Unless it was a special occasion or he was meeting someone, the hall remained unused.
"What should we do now?" Murphy asked Ren.
"We have to find him. Alfred is even more dangerous than the former prime minister. All the nobles in the Empire know just how close Uncle and Alfred were. And now that Alfred has escaped, there is a very high chance that he will try to reach out to the loyal noble families and try to make a plan against me."
"Even if the loyal noble families combined their strength and came after you, they will still lose." In the Celestial Dragon Empire, the Emperor held the most military power within the Empire. Even if all the nobles within the empire combined their strength and formed a military unit, that unit would still be weaker than the military strength that was directly under the Emperor's control.
"Find him!" Saying that Ren signalled Murphy to leave him alone.
Once Murphy left, Ren looked at the golden throne that was at the other end of the throne hall.
To Ren, this throne was the most beautiful thing in the entire world. He has had eyes on the throne for almost 5 centuries now. Ever since he was 10 years old, he had the desire to become the next emperor.
For years, decades and even centuries, Ren and everyone else thought that he was the future king of the Celestial Dragon Emperor. There was even a time when uncle had decided that he was going to be named as the Crown Prince which put officially make him next in line to be the Emperor.
But fate had other plans for him.
After so many centuries, one day it was announced that Aunt was pregnant with a boy.
A boy meant an heir to the Throne. It was the worst day of his life since all of his dreams and hopes of becoming the Emperor had shattered.
"But I still became the Emperor." Ren gently touched the armrest of the Golden Throne.
When he thought of what he did to his uncle and aunt, who loved and raised him just like their own child, he couldn't help but feel very guilty. But at the same time, he harboured resentment towards them for giving him hope and then later announcing that the newly born prince would be the future emperor.
Since the day he learned that his aunt was pregnant with a boy, he immediately knew that this boy would grow up and become the future emperor of this kingdom. It was also the day that he started planning.
He started making plans to not only remove the uncle from power but also prevent his child from becoming the Emperor. But it wasn't possible to do all that without any external help and it was also then that people from those organisation reached out to him. Since both parties had similar goals, they quickly came to an agreement and begun working together.
With a smile on his face, Ren slowly sat down.
But as soon as he sat down, the Throne and the entire Throne Hall violently began to shake. It was like the Throne was trying to shake him away from the Throne.
Seeing the same thing that happened thousands of times since he became the Emperor happen again, Ren was in a foul mood.
If not for his cultivation strength, he wouldn't be able to suppress the Throne to sit on it forcefully.
The throne only had this kind of reaction when an Emperor was unworthy or if someone who wasn't the rightful King tried to sit on the Throne. Only the rightful Emperor could sit on the Throne and wear the Mystical Golden Crown.
"Damn you!!!" Ren released his cultivation to suppress the Throne. Soon, everything calmed down.
This is the reason why Ren never dared to hold any court session. If the word were to spread, then this would cause a civil war, and the nobles and the public would stop at nothing until he was removed from Power. This has happened once in the history of this Empire.
As for the Crown, the Organisation made a fake replica of the Mystical Golden Crown that he can wear out in public. As for the real one, it was still in the Treasury. Even with his strength, Ren couldn't even touch it since he was unworthy and wasn't the rightful Emperor.
"To be recognised as the Rightful Emperor, I have no choice but to eliminate the Rightful one." Since the uncle willingly gave up the position of emperor, he was no longer the rightful emperor.
"So this means, it's my dear cousin Aditya." Ren liked Aditya. This is why he did not have his men assassinate Aditya when he was exiled.
'Maybe using the word like is a bit too strong. But for the Sake of Uncle and Aunt......!!' This also wasn't true. The only reason he was allowed to live to this day is that the lives of the seven goddesses are tied to him. If he dies, then those Seven Goddesses will also die.
Ren still hasn't found a way to break the contract.
"Speaking of Aditya, I wonder how he is doing now." Ren felt conflicted. If he killed his cousin, then the contract will activate, and we will take the lives of the seven goddesses with him. But if he doesn't kill his cousin, then he won't be recognised as the rightful emperor of this empire, and he will never be able to wear the mystical golden crown.
And not being able to wear the Mystical Golden Crown will have serious problems if he wants to rule this Empire for a long time. If not for the organisation, he wouldn't have been able to suppress the problems that would have appeared because he couldn't wear the crown.
"I will have to go and talk to our 6-star RuneMaster." With that, Ren walked out of the Throne Hall.
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