Hail the King

Chapter 932: Strange Situation (Part One)

“How come a group of people like them is here? What are they looking for? Let me follow up and see.”

Fei followed these 12 masters without making any noise; he detected some information from the conversations between these people.

It seemed like these people wanted to find something valuable in the Royal Palace of Anji. It was clear that this team was put together on a temporary basis. The members were all mighty and dominated over regions, but they didn’t coordinate that well. Despite all that, the people who invited them to join the team were influential, and three of the members were priests of the Holy Church who were at the Sun-Class Realm. People like them could be ranked higher than Red-Robe Deacons in the Northern Regional Church. The fact that they appeared here was mindboggling.

“Could it be that they are after the wealth of the Royal Family of Anji?”

Fei quickly followed along and continued to guess. He heard that the Royal Family of Anji stored all the natural treasures, godly herbs, great weapons, and magic crystals that they took by force at one place.

Could it be that these people were after these treasures after knowing that the Royal Family of Anji got wiped out by the undead creatures?

This was one possibility.

After all, the wealth of a nation was enough to make many people jealous, and they would take great risk to get it.

In just the blink of an eye, this group of people got close to the Royal Palace of Anji.

The Royal Palace of Anji was magnificent. Firm and tall defense wall wrapped around the grand buildings; ordinary masters would have a hard time breaking in. Inside the Royal Palace, there were many statues of gods and other creatures, and fancy buildings were everywhere, looking like the paradise where the gods lived. Unfortunately, such a majestic place became a fun park for undead creatures. On the square outside the Royal Palace, many zombies were wandering around as if they were patrolling the land; they looked like a black flood.

This group of zombies was terrifying; these zombies were all evolved, and their individual combat strength reached Moon-Class. Even if a Sun-Class Lord came here, death might be unavoidable in front of this group of monsters that were fearless and didn’t know how to back off. The only thing that these zombies lacked was intelligence, and they didn’t comprehend laws of nature so that they couldn’t fly. Otherwise, the entire continent would be in big trouble.

“Let’s talk about it. There are about three hours before dark, so we don’t have much time left. We should enter the Royal Palace of Anji tomorrow at noon. The blazing sunlight can suppress undead creatures a little, and their strengths would increase by many folds at night. Even if we can find that item after going in today, we will be in great danger if we couldn’t instantly make it out!”

Out of the 12 people, a middle-aged man opened his mouth and said slowly. He was thin, and his eyes were squinted, making him appear clever.

His reasons made sense, and most of his peers nodded and agreed with him.

“No! We have to enter right now!” A priest who was wearing light armor and had blond hair shook his head and objected. “This city is filled with evil creatures, and they are evolving every second. If we stay the night here, more trouble and issues might arise. Also, we have a map of the Royal Palace of Anji. As long as we are fast, three hours are enough for us to complete the mission. Besides, the magic energy that is preventing zombies and other undead creatures from smelling our odor can’t last until tomorrow noon!”

Chapter 932: Strange Situation (Part Two)

“Yeah! Priest Andy is right! We have 12 people! What are we afraid of? In addition, we hired you guys, so you should listen to us.” Another priest who was bald and had a white beard and the third priest who had a baby face but also had wrinkles all over agreed with the blond Priest Andy.

Seeing the three priests persisting, the other nine people looked uncertain. After discussing amongst themselves, they agreed to Priest Andy’s request.

After making some noises and attracting the attention of the zombies on the square, they turned into 12 beams of light and flew into the sky, dashing behind the tall and firm defense walls of the Royal Palace of Anji.

“Huh? The Holy Church hired these people? Strange… something is off. If they are really after something important, they don’t need to enlist help from others. The Northern Regional Church has more than ten Sun-Class Lords, and they could complete this mission,” Fei thought to himself as he hid in the dark. He saw and heard everything, and he got a little suspicious.

The king’s strength was way higher than those 12 people, and the Assassin character was great at hiding and achieving stealth. Therefore, he didn’t have to worry about being discovered by those 12 people and the zombies. After thinking for a while, the king followed them directly.

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“How can this be?”

Seeing one of their peers on the ground, missing his heart, the other 11 masters’ expressions changed.

They only entered the Royal Palace of Anji not long ago. Before they could explore and go deeper, a terrifying Undead Black Knight sneak-attacked them, instantly killing one of their peers. Although that person was only at peak Full Moon Realm, and he was the weakest in the group, his death seemed to signify something, and others feel sad and sensed an ominous threat.

“May his soul rest in peace!” Priest Andy who had long blond curly hair prayed and quickly urged everyone, “Guys, let’s continue. This mission is dangerous so that casualties couldn’t be completely avoided. We have limited time, so we can’t mourn too much!”

With ugly expressions, the group of people moved forward, venturing deeper into the Royal Palace of Anji with cautious.

The Royal Palace of Anji was giant, and the paths were all curly, so they had to make turns frequently.

Since tall buildings and giant statues were everywhere, people’s vision was blocked off, and it was easy for them to lose their sense of direction. However, people didn’t dare to jump up and fly out of the city; they didn’t want to face a wave of zombie kings.

“The situation is strange. Why are there no undead creatures in this giant Royal Palace?” the clever middle-aged man suddenly asked with an ominous feeling looming on his mind.

“I feel like something is off; it is too quiet in here,” another mercenary said in agreement, “My intuition is usually sharp. I feel like we have fallen into a well-prepared trap.”

As a mercenary, this man started as a little figure and worked all his way up. After hundreds of battles, he became a Sun-Class Mercenary King. He had been close to death many times, so he had a sharp instinct and was very sensitive to danger.

Hearing his words, other few masters looked regretful and wanted to retreat.

Today, something was strange.

A few people already regretted being hired by the Holy Church due to their greed; this mission seemed strange from the very beginning.

“You are overthinking this. According to the stories, Emperor Kerimov of Anji was lustful, and only beautiful women were kept here; they were mostly weak and defenseless. Also, this emperor was proud of his strength, so he never stationed guards. Besides, all the females had to be naked in here. Without cultivation strength, these women can only be ordinary zombies after being turned into undead creatures. Since they are blocked inside the Royal Palace by the tall walls, they couldn’t evolve. What is there to be afraid of?”