In the palace that is not extravagant, but majestic, the Sand King stands on the steps in front of the throne. He is wearing a soul crown, shirtless, and the scales on his right arm show signs of unfolding. The most important thing is that he

One hand is holding the throat of a mummy. This mummy is the most trusted and valued subordinate of the Sand King, his right minister Kajia.

What outsiders don’t know is that when the King of Sand first came to the desert country and was powerless, Kajia followed the King of Sand. Until today, he has no two intentions. However, such a loyal subordinate was betrayed by the King of Sand.

Kill with your own hands.

In front of the door of the royal palace, the left imperial minister Pei Wen, who rushed here because he heard the right minister Kaga wailing, and dozens of guards were looking at what happened in the royal palace in amazement.

They didn't know what happened specifically. At the moment, they only saw that their king killed the right minister Kajia.

In fact, compared to the left imperial minister and dozens of guards, the King of Sand himself was also confused. His last memory was that he was tossing and turning in his bedroom last night, and then ordered his guards to get the crown, and he

After picking up the crown, the Sand King seemed to remember what happened after that, but it felt very vague.

But one thing cannot be lied, that is, the barrier that has prevented the King of Sand from making an inch forward for nearly a hundred years has broken through at this moment. He even has the confidence that if he takes two big steps forward, he can reach the strength of the betrayer.

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This made the Sand King think that if his strength can continue to move forward at the current speed, then it does not matter whether he maintains the power under his command. From the very beginning, the Sand King did not want to be a ruler, he wanted to

With the huge resources at the ruler's disposal, he will have the opportunity to attack the "most powerful".

According to the current speed of getting stronger, there is really no need to sacrifice the near and the distant. For example, continue to strengthen the Desert Legion, and then sow the relationship between the Alliance and the Northern Empire to start a war between the two. In the end, the fishermen will benefit and rule the desert, the Alliance, and the Winter Land.

A large territory, isn't it to complete all of this to move towards the strongest, now there is a faster way.

Although he had figured this out, the Sand King was not ready to give up his existing power immediately. He keenly discovered that the reason why his strength broke through the bottleneck that had blocked him for hundreds of years was because he absorbed the power of his confidant, the right minister Kaga.

Original vitality + original power, the combination of these two is called the source of life.

In fact, as long as the creatures are powerful enough to a certain extent, they have a source of life. However, once the source of life is extracted, it will quickly disperse. There is one exception. For example, the alien beasts on the Wind Sea Continent, which transcend their original world, have a certain amount of original life force.

It is so huge that it has reached an extremely exaggerated level. When these powerful beasts are killed, the huge amount of life source will float out and have a probability of crystallizing. This is the [life source] that can be preserved for a long time. Bai Niu needs this thing very much.

To suppress old wounds in the body.

Because of this, [Life Source] that can be preserved for a long time after crystallization is very rare and expensive.

The King of Sand naturally knew what the source of life was. He thought that it was this crown that gave him the ability to swallow and absorb the source of life of others. After roughly confirming this, his eyes became calmer.

As for the guilt caused by personally killing the confidant who had been following him for many years, the Sand King did feel it, but it was only for a short period of time, and he felt nothing. He even betrayed his life-saving mentor Marvin Waltz, and a man who followed him

He's just a subordinate for many years, and he doesn't even care.

Bang, bang~

The withered and brittle lower body of the right minister Kaga fell down and shattered into powder after falling to the ground. This scene even more stimulated the left minister and dozens of guards who were located in front of the palace door more than ten meters away.

Although everyone's hands are covered with blood, the one who dies right now is the right minister Kaga.

"Kaga, time can really change a lot of things."

The Sand King's tone is a bit lonely, and his eyes and expression make people feel his sadness and a bit of coldness in the past.

"Pewen," the King of Sand looked at the left minister. He placed the dead body of the right minister Kaga on the steps, with only half of it left in his hand, and continued: "Find a good place and bury Kaga.

Don't be buried near the royal capital, I don't want to see him again."

After saying that, the King of Sand walked towards the side door, his back looking a little lonely, the kind of loneliness that one feels betrayed by his most trusted person.

Seeing this scene, dozens of guards in the palace all guessed what was going on. It must be that the right minister Kaga secretly defected to the Alliance or the Northern Empire. Now that things were revealed, he was killed.

Inside the king's palace.

The guards did think so, but Pei Wen, the left minister, did not think so at all. She knew a lot of things. In her opinion, Kaga had no reason to betray him anyway, which was unreasonable.

Even if Kaga really betrays, then Fengshui City will never be as safe as it is now. There is only one possibility, that is, Kaga did not betray, but he followed the King of Sand for unknown reasons.

For some reason, he actually killed him, and it was precisely because of this that his wailing sound was so hoarse and unwilling.

The left imperial minister, Pei Wen, looked around. There was no trace of a battle in the palace. If Kaga was a traitor, he would at least jump over the wall after being discovered by the King of Sand. But there were no traces of battle in the palace at the moment.

There was no aura energy dispersed in it, which shows that life and death just now were decided in a very short time.

Suddenly, Pei Wen, the left minister, remembered yesterday evening, the King of Sand was furious when he saw the black crown, and ordered that the quartermaster who presented the crown be beheaded. However, the order was changed shortly after it was issued, and the quartermaster was imprisoned.

Go to the dungeon of Holy Sand Castle.

Just now, Pei Wen, the left minister, saw with his own eyes that the King of Sand was wearing the black crown presented by the quartermaster yesterday. This was so abnormal. No matter how you looked at it, it was not Kaga's betrayal, but Sha's obtaining the black crown.

King, something went wrong.

Minister Zuo Yu, who was wearing a silver metal mask, narrowed her eyes. She had decided on one thing, which was to leave the desert country immediately and go to the Alliance to find her best friend Silver Face from the Antlers organization to seek shelter for a period of time.

Minister Zuo Yu, who made this decision, walked out of the palace. She subconsciously glanced at the side hall door. With just one glance, she saw a tall and burly figure standing in the darkness in the dim corridor connected to the side hall door.

, those eyes that were completely dark, so dark that it made people stand on end, were staring at her, which made Minister Zuo's scalp numb instantly, and she subconsciously speeded up her pace.

"Pewen."

The King of Sand in the dark corridor spoke, which made the left minister Pei Wen, who was walking quickly, stop. Cold sweat had soaked her underwear, and death was blowing behind her like the breath of a giant beast.

Her silky hair.

"You guys step back first, Pei Wen and I have something important to discuss."

The King of Sand stood in the dark side corridor and spoke. After hearing this order, a group of guards quickly exited the palace. The leader of the guards, Sowa, slowly closed the double doors of the palace. When there was still a crack left in the door,

When it was very narrow, the guard captain Sowa saw the left imperial minister with his back to the King of Sand and his face, gradually closing his eyes under the silver mask.

The door to the royal palace slammed shut, Pei Wen closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She spread her arms to both sides, and two arm blades of the same style as the silver surface popped out from the upper side of the cuffs.

Pei Wen turned around to face the King of Sand, and suddenly realized that the King of Sand had changed so much after not seeing him for one night. He was at least 3.5 meters tall, and his originally brown pupils had turned into completely black eyes.

There was no trace of white under the eyes, and the burgundy short, sharp hair turned into long black hair scattered on the back. The long hair was so black that it seemed as if every strand was alive.

At this moment, the King of Sand is wearing the crown of soul. In addition to the previous sense of oppression, he also has a sense of evil, like a mad king whose mind has fallen into the abyss!

"King, I have worked hard for you for so long, and now I don't want anything in return. Please let me go."

The left imperial minister, Pei Wen, spoke in an almost pleading tone.

"Pei Wen, what are you talking about? You are my most beloved and trustworthy subordinate. If I didn't already have a woman I deeply love, you would definitely be my princess."

The King of Sand grinned as he spoke, revealing his white teeth, and his dark eyes seemed to be looking at the bait that had fallen into a trap.

The next second, the King of Sand appeared in front of the left minister Pei Wen.

Poof!

The arm blade of Pei Wen's right arm pierced the Sand King's chest, but she felt that the stabbing sensation was wrong and too strong. She looked closely and found that only the tip of the arm blade pierced the flesh and blood, and it was less than a full inch.

Centimeters deep, her full blow only caused skin trauma to the Sand King.

Pei Wen's arm blade failed to seriously injure the Sand King, but the Sand King's big hand had already grabbed Pei Wen's head from the side. The Sand King, who was over 3.5 meters tall, was as big as the palm of his hand and could easily hold the Sand King with one hand.

Wen's head and the silver mask she was wearing were all clattering in her hands. What was even more frightening was that she felt that her whole body had become extremely relaxed and was weakening rapidly.

"In this world, except for the shadow of the abyss, no one can kill me, not the glow, nor the abyss spawn who claims to be the leader of the abyss, named Silvis."

While the King of Sand was speaking, the left imperial minister, Pei Wen, had dried up and turned into gravel and fell to the ground. Only a silver mask was left, which was held by the King of Sand.

"Antlers silver face."

The King of Sand exerted force in his hand and flattened the silver mask in his hand. At the same time, the metal mask seemed to have been chewed and turned into a ball of debris.

At this moment, the King of Sand felt that he was a 100% match for this original sin object. He completely owned this original sin object called the Soul Crown. His will was not controlled by it, but he was using this original sin object.

"Sova."

The King of Sand spoke, and the guard captain Sowa who was waiting outside pushed the door in. Although the guard captain Sowa noticed the sand on the ground and the metal ball that seemed to have been chewed, he did not immediately think of this.

It is the remains of the left imperial minister Pei Wen.

"Go and find the man who presented the crown. His name is..."

"Caesar, sir, the quartermaster is called Caesar, and he has been serving as quartermaster under you for more than ten years."

Guard Captain Sowa respectfully reminds you.

"Well, go find him. Wait, raise your head and look at me. Has there been any change from before?"

The Sand King, who was sitting casually on the throne, spoke. After hearing this, the guard captain Sowa raised his head with fear.

The guard captain Sowa, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up at the King of Huisha carefully. His real thought was: 'King, you have even changed your hairstyle. Do you think there has been any change?'

"King, I don't notice any changes. I just feel that you are... stronger."

The captain of the personal guard, Sova, had long realized something was wrong, so he naturally followed the Sand King's wishes.

"Well, good, let's go down."

The King of Sand was quite satisfied. His subordinates' answers made him more certain that it was he who controlled the crown, not the crown controlling him. The memory blank period from last night to now is probably the period of adaptation between him and the Soul Crown.

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The Sand King's IQ dropped sharply? Of course not, the Sand King's current situation is normal. This is the scary thing about the Soul Crown. This crown never forcibly controls the holder, but makes the holder mistakenly believe that...

Once you control the crown, you will subconsciously rationalize some unreasonable things in your mind.

For example, the Sand King had a memory blank period from midnight last night to this morning. In the past, the Sand King would have been immediately alert, but now that he is wearing the Soul Crown, he naturally rationalizes the matter on his own.

"Here comes someone."
To be continued...