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Chapter 921: The right time
Chapter 921: The right time
Chapter 921: The right time
The Sea King's vision blurred as he struggled to stay conscious. He looked up at Karyk, his eyes filled with disbelief. He couldn't even mind a finger. He could only watch his blood stain his clothes.
The Sea King finally understood why the Elzeiran Empire was so scared of this man.
In the end, he smiled. He had thought that the Elzeiran Emperor was the one he needed to be scared of. But he now understood that there was a completely different entity who far surpassed him. After centuries, it finally looked like an era of change had arrived. The rise of the Elzeiran Empire was facing their biggest threat ever. "They thought they were the predators. But it seems..."
He coughed out blood before he could even finish his sentence. He took his last breath, receiving a death that he never expected. Not only was his life taken, but everything that belonged to him was also taken by these people. He had worked so hard throughout these years to create a force for himself. But that force was taken from him in an instant.
The Pirate King had died. But only Karyk and Gabriel knew that he was dead. Because for the pirates, he was still going to be alive. "Arise~" Karyk placed his hand over the Sea King's head, using his necromancy. The Sea King's heart had long stopped beating. But following Karyk's command, his eyes still opened.
Unlike before, his eyes were slightly lifeless. His chest had stopped bleeding and the wounds healed. "Change clothes." Karyk tossed new clothes at the Sea King who was the newest addition to his Undeads, and maybe even the strongest. It was because this was the first time Karyk had tried something new. Karyk had allowed the Sea King to retain his memories of the past.
He allowed the Sea King to remember who had killed him, along with all his original skills. It was as if the Sea King wasn't an Undead but his real self. The only difference was that he had absolute loyalty to Karyk. Even though he knew that Karyk had killed him, he still couldn't hate him. He still couldn't defy him. He still couldn't even think about revenge. Karyk was his absolute master and he was a servant now. He was a servant who had to help the master that killed him. The Sea King changed his bloody clothes with a new attire given by Karyk. These were his own clothes that were taken from his room. Once he changed his attire, it was impossible to differentiate him from his normal self. "You are too dangerous," the Sea King told Karyk, who was waiting not too far. He touched his chest, feeling the wound was missing. His heart wasn't beating even now. It was clear to him that he was now dead. Seeing how he couldn't hate Karyk, he realized that he was being controlled. "A Necromancer..." The Sea King commented. In the Royal City, he had heard that Karyk used undead Elzeirans to escape. At that time, he found it hard to believe. But now, he had no other option but to accept it. He was a clear example. He was an undead. He clenched his fist, not knowing what to do next. Did he really lose his freedom?
"If you want your freedom, then help me destroy the Elzeiran Empire," Karyk reminded the Sea King. "After that, I won't have any need for you. I will release you from my control."
"Although you will be an undead, you will have your freedom!"
The Sea King rolled his eyes, his expressions of torment. He had never imagined such a proposition, but the thought of regaining his freedom stirred something deep within him. It wasn't as if he had any choice. Even if he didn't agree, Karyk could simply force him to follow Commands. Deep down, he felt that he couldn't say no if Karyk was to command him. So this offer from Karyk was no different than an opportunity for someone who was at the end of his rope. "If you want to destroy the Elzeiran Empire, now is the best time. If you give them time, they will become stronger," the Sea King told Karyk. "Why do you believe it to be the right time? Also, what was the meeting about?" Karyk asked. He knew that the Royal Family had invited every influential person in the continent. The Sea King had also returned from there. Neither Karyk nor Gabriel knew what that meeting was about. But for the Sea King to say that it was the right time to attack, it was clear that something had happened. "The Elzeiran Emperor is dead. His sister had her Coronation Ceremony. As she is weak, it would take some time before she's able to gain as much control as her brother."
"The Elzeiran Empire is in turmoil now. So there won't be a better time for this," the King stated. "The Emperor is dead?" The one most affected with this revelation was Gabriel. He appeared before the Sea King, grabbing him by the collar. "How can he be dead?"
The Elzeiran King was the person that Gabriel hated the most. He, along with his sister, was responsible for Ezekiel's death! For a long time, Gabriel had been thinking about the time when he was going to kill the Elzeiran King. And now he came to find out that the Elzeiran King was dead?
"You don't know? Weren't the two of you the ones who killed him?"
The Sea King asked, glancing at Karyk. He thought that Karyk had killed him. Was he misunderstanding something? Or was it that Karyk killed him without telling the other person?
Noticing the Sea King looking at Karyk, Gabriel frowned. He turned to Karyk. "Did you kill him?" He remembered that Karyk had promised him that he wasn't going to kill the Emperor. That was his prey after all! So how could Karyk break the promise and kill him?!