Harley Quinn Danni hated the ninth prince. Now, seeing Danni and Jacob return to Ye Dui’s side, but Ye Dui had not yet received news of the ninth prince’s death, indicating he was still alive, that was why he asked Danni this.
After asking, thinking of the eldest prince in the ninth prince’s hands, Ye Dui paused and continued, “What about the eldest prince now?” The eldest prince had not come with Danni and Jacob, perhaps something had happened to him.
Danni’s expression was somewhat sorrowful. She looked down and said, “When I arrived at the ninth prince’s location, the eldest prince was already dead… He died to save the ninth prince.”
“Eh?” Ye Dui was stunned and said somewhat puzzled, “What happened?”
So Danni recounted the events: Because of Xueyi’s influence, the eldest prince relaxed for a moment. His guardian spirit puppet master had been controlling the ninth prince all along. The ninth prince seized that brief time to temporarily escape the eldest prince’s control, then summoned his own guardian spirit, a female assassin. But the female assassin did not attack the eldest prince; instead, she turned on the ninth prince himself. To save the ninth prince, the eldest prince blocked the female assassin’s attack for him.
“The ninth prince is ruthless and extremely cunning. He knew the eldest prince would not let him die without helping, so he deliberately used this suicidal method to make the eldest prince take the blade for him…” Danni’s voice carried some grief at the end. Before encountering Ye Dui and the others, among all the princes, Danni had been closest to little nine, the ninth prince. But only now did she fully realise how vicious and evil he was.
To use his father’s love against him like this, such a person deserved to die a thousand deaths!
“Then where is the ninth prince now?” Ye Dui continued to ask.
Danni waved her hand. A massive man-eating flower plant rapidly grew beside her. The huge flower bloomed, and with a thud, it tossed a person bound tightly with vines at Ye Dui’s feet. Danni continued, “I subdued him but did not kill him. I think he needs you to decide his fate.”
“Mr Ye Dui, I surrender, I surrender… Please spare me…” The ninth prince was now covered in wretched wounds. That massive man-eating flower summon’s mouth must have been uncomfortable, filled with corrosive acid that turned his clothes ragged and tattered. Some skin had been corroded to the point of bleeding, his body starting to rot. He no longer resembled that handsome prince; he was dirtier and more wretched than beggars or wanderers on the street.
His body bound, he struggled to kneel before Ye Dui, constantly kowtowing and begging for Ye Dui’s forgiveness.
Ye Dui glanced at his spellbook and sighed regretfully. He had not received the submission reminder, meaning the ninth prince’s current state was purely an act. He did not truly intend to submit to Ye Dui… Truly a cunning and unscrupulous person.
Seeing the indifference on Ye Dui’s face, the ninth prince’s body stiffened slightly. Then he suddenly turned to Jacob nearby, continuing to smash his forehead against the ground, crying out in pain, “Jacob, you, you are my royal uncle. Please save me… I promise I will not contend for the throne with you anymore. I will wholeheartedly assist you… Father is dead now. Those ministers and nobles under him will be mine later. I will make them all pledge loyalty to you. Please… Please save me…”
A flash of reluctance crossed Jacob’s face. Patricide was an unforgivable crime in his view. He shook his head. “I cannot help you… Nor do I want to.”
“Jacob, little royal uncle…”
The ninth prince tried to crawl a few steps towards Jacob, but at that moment, a flying kick suddenly landed on him. It was from Danni. The ninth prince cried out in agony and fell aside. Danni walked over and unleashed a flurry of kicks on him, saying in a cold voice while kicking, “This guy does not deserve pity. Kill him, kill him!”
After kicking for a while, her movements suddenly froze. Her somewhat fierce face softened again, and she said in a resistant voice, “No, I cannot do it… He… He was my playmate since childhood after all. I do not want to kill him with my own hands…”
Then her expression turned fierce again. She said to herself, “The ninth prince you knew was deceiving you. He once thought of making me look like you to replace you! You saw him as a friend; he saw you as cannon fodder!”
Then her expression softened with sadness. “I know. I did not intend to let him go. It is just, just that I do not want to do it myself… Leave him to Ye Dui to handle…”
“No, you must kill him with your own hands. Now! Immediately! I cannot tolerate even a moment longer!”
“But, but I cannot bring myself to do it…”
“You fool, let me do it!”
…
The onlookers watched this split-personality scene in shocked silence.
Jacob walked to Ye Dui’s side and whispered, “When I found Danni earlier, she had already subdued the ninth prince. She was standing by him arguing with herself… It might be because Harley Quinn Liya and Danni’s own consciousness are clashing. But the dominance remains with Danni. Only when facing combat-related matters does Harley Quinn Liya’s consciousness briefly take over.”
“Finally, a genuine mental case among our companions…” Ye Dui could not help but quip. He walked to the split-personality debating Harley Quinn Danni and waved smilingly. “Yo, Liya, hello.”
Harley Quinn Danni showed a cold expression. Her personality stabilised on Liya’s consciousness. She looked at Ye Dui with icy eyes.
“I am sorry for killing you back then.” Ye Dui thought and said this.
But Liya showed a proud coldness and said, “No need to apologise. Because back then, you did not actually kill me. I died at the ninth prince’s hands in the end. The ninth prince you discovered was one I was forced to transform using life magic.”
Ye Dui and Debbie exchanged a glance, recalling the events in Clown Town. Back then, Ye Dui and Debbie had gone to great lengths to take down Liya. Under those circumstances, she had still survived… This woman was truly one of the strongest enemies Ye Dui and Debbie had faced. But thinking that now she had revived and become their companion was a great thing. Her hero spirit contract with Danni still largely restricted her actions.
Ye Dui understood Harley Quinn Liya’s hatred for the ninth prince. He smiled and said, “Since Danni does not want to kill the ninth prince, compromise a bit. Of course, I guarantee the ninth prince will die miserably in the end, to your satisfaction.”
Danni only hesitated to kill the ninth prince because of their past. But for the ninth prince who committed patricide, Danni did not intend to plead for him.
Liya looked at Ye Dui. Her somewhat cruel face seemed to soften a little. She said to Ye Dui, “Fine, I will compromise with you. But… You must satisfy me.”
“Yes, I will definitely satisfy you.”
…Why did this dialogue sound so odd?
He shook his head and turned to look at the tribal sandfolk who had arrived here. The battle between the sandfolk and godfolk had long ended. The spirit god king was dead, most of the godfolk priests too. The remaining godfolk guards had no will to resist and simply offered their knees, kneeling on the ground. The gale leader, gale great warriors, and others had now arrived at the ruins. Having just heard of the eldest prince’s death, their faces showed grief and fury.
The gale tribe was close to the eldest prince, always supporting him and treating him as family. Learning he died at his own son’s hands, their gazes towards the ninth prince wished to devour his flesh.
Ye Dui turned and smiled at the ninth prince.
The ninth prince realised what Ye Dui intended and paled in shock. He hurriedly prostrated before Ye Dui again. “No, do not hand me to them. I, I submit to you. I submit…”
Reminder: Obtained the ninth prince’s submission. Gained 5000 points reward.
It seemed the ninth prince had now completely abandoned those delusions and sincerely chosen submission.
But what use was that? Ye Dui waved his hand. Gale winds howled, lifting the ninth prince’s body and tossing him like rubbish before the gale leader. He said, “Dispose of him as you wish.”
The ninth prince was slammed to the ground, crying out in pain. Turning his head forward, what appeared before him were faces cruelly murderous and sneering…
The gale sandfolk’s temperament was relatively mild, not as savage as the blood rest tribe. But that did not mean they had no ways to make one suffer.
Facing enemies, especially a patricidal sinner, they would absolutely not hold back.
Their methods of torment would also be uniquely inventive!
The ninth prince’s screams quickly echoed.
“Are you satisfied now?” Ye Dui looked at Danni. Handing the ninth prince to the gale tribe was partly to respect Danni’s will and partly to win over these simple sandfolk warriors, letting them avenge personally.
Harley Quinn Danni huffed from her mouth, seeming no longer to mind. Her face soon restored to that other gentle appearance, switching back to Danni’s original consciousness. Her eyes glanced at the ninth prince being surrounded and beaten by the gale sandfolk. She seemed somewhat sad, pursing her lips and walking to Jacob’s side, gently hugging his arm in a bird-like dependent manner.
It formed a stark contrast to her earlier abusive demeanour…
With the ninth prince resolved, among all the princes in the crown war, only the third prince remained unsubmitted. But the third prince had fled somewhere unknown. Now that the greatest threat was eliminated, capturing or killing the third prince was only a matter of time. Ye Dui was not in a hurry. He scanned the surroundings, seeing countless sandfolk and godfolk standing reverently around, looking at him.
At this moment, Ye Dui had become the god who saved them.
Seeing Ye Dui’s sweeping gaze, they all instinctively knelt to the ground.
“What will you do with the people of this world?” Debbie walked to Ye Dui’s side and asked. She was still holding Serti. “Serti says we cannot take everyone here out.”
“Then let them continue living here… Here is now a paradise.” Ye Dui said leisurely.
With the elf tree growing here, green covered the entire secret realm world. Even on the deserts, various flowers and grasses rapidly grew. The originally harsh, cruel environment turned vibrant in an instant. This had become a new world.
…
The godfolk’s rule ended.
The secret realm world ushered in a new era. Godfolk city thus became the sandfolk’s city, renamed sandfolk city.
But the title of sandfolk no longer held meaning. The original deserts turned to green lands. The sandfolk no longer minded, though the original sandfolk tribes still seemed to like the name.
With the battle ended, the sandfolk would welcome a brand new life. Sandfolk city became their next home. Those slaves and lower folk were no longer bound. Ye Dui abolished the original slave system. He established a new social order here. After ending the crown war, Ye Dui would leave the secret realm world. Sandfolk city was handed to the gale leader to manage. He also set up some administrative layers and simple social rules.
The elf tree would become the world’s most sacred object. All sandfolk would regard guarding the elf tree as their eternal mission.
Finishing these matters took until two days later.
The sandfolk had initially settled. Ye Dui had been constantly searching for the third prince’s whereabouts. And just two days later, at a banquet Ye Dui hosted, the third prince appeared before him of his own accord.
These two days, the third prince had been hiding everywhere in sandfolk city, looking quite wretched. But now he fully understood he had no hope of turning things around, so he straightforwardly chose to submit to Ye Dui and Jacob.
“I choose to pledge loyalty to the thirteenth prince and acknowledge the thirteenth prince as the empire’s emperor.”
With these words, Ye Dui immediately received the message reminder. The last prince submitted to Jacob. Jacob would formally gain the right to inherit the throne. Ye Dui also obtained 5000 points reward. At the same time, Ye Dui received a reminder that all twelve princes had submitted (the eldest, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, eleventh, and twelfth princes chose active submission; the fourth, ninth, and tenth princes were killed).
Crown war mission completed successfully!
Game clear reward: Based on game process rating, awarded 35000 points, and obtained three random draws!
35000 points reward, this was the highest points reward obtainable from the game. Plus the points from conquering those princes and battles, Ye Dui now had a remaining total of 115850 points!
Truly unprecedented wealth!
Most importantly, there were three random draw opportunities!
