Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 436: Cloudtop Giant, unexpected incident

When the sun rose again the next day, the trial teams, each of which received a sun badge, finally successfully reached the fourth level.

Except that more than a dozen groups of third-level lava giants arrived at the third level in the second half of the night, there were no changes to the trial participants.

Without the teams of the eldest prince [Earthquake Light] and the third prince [Hero's Blood], the other third-level warriors who participated in the battle followed the second prince [Playboy] and the fourth prince [Hand of Fortune] respectively.

There were seven people following the second prince, all with pink eyes, still under the control of the succubus.

After the agreement was reached, the plague messenger and the obsidian dagger that were swallowed by the secret spell [River of Blood] were all released by Byron.

Byron, who had gained a huge advantage, seemed to have really given up the fight for the throne on behalf of the fourth prince Atahualpa and was willing to hand over the Sun Crown.

He even offered to help them stop other competitors.

This is exactly the behavior of a model good brother.

Therese also thought that the one who took away two-thirds of the elixirs was Byron, the "Night Demon Prince".

Without him as their great enemy, the other competitors are nothing but chickens and dogs.

Although two additional conditions were proposed, the succubus did not have much resistance:
"First, Therese needs to serve him wholeheartedly for ten years. Second, she needs to lend me the Blood Cup."

Byron was prepared for both scenarios. If he guessed wrong, in the next ten years, Therese and the second prince would get the face, while he would at least get the substance.

If my guess is correct, this is the firewall that can at least save Atahualpa's life.

Then Byron spread out his long river of blood, covering all his own troops. No one knew what he did with the [Blood Cup].

Anyway, when they reappeared the next morning, their personnel composition had not changed at all.

It was just that Atahualpa, who was surrounded by them again, felt a little strange.

The aura was exactly the same as before, and it was genuine fourth-level divine blood, but his eyes looked a little empty, as if he didn't sleep well yesterday.

Byron glanced at August Habsburg standing beside him. The latter immediately understood, a pale blue light flashed in his eyes, and he bowed his head deeply and said:
"Master, I will take good care of 'His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince' and will not let anything happen to him."

After the death of the third prince, his two guards also met their own end.

August Habsburg from the Holy Silver Empire officially became a [Servant of the Wild Hunt], replacing the second-level Barbary pirate [Fat Dragon].

Because of his huge potential value, Byron granted him the first [First Embrace] spot after being promoted to the fourth level.

Not only did he repair his severed right hand, he also completely eliminated all the recessive genetic diseases in his body.

At the same time, fertility and further promotion may all be no different from normal people, which is much stronger than the first version of [Wild Hunt Servant].

"very good."

Byron nodded encouragingly to him, hoping that starting with him, his "Magic Banquet Council" could also become an important alliance of traitors on the continent.

At this time, as the fog transmitted by the stone gate dissipated, an extremely large island appeared in front of everyone.

A towering tree, whose top is completely invisible, rises from the center of the island before us and reaches into the sky.

The leaves look like pure gold, reflecting brilliant light when the sun rises. I don't know how thick the diameter of the tree is. Standing at the foot of the tree, I would think there is a mountain here.

At the same time, cheers came from the group of liberal lava giants nearby:

"This is the Empire's sacred tree, the Cloudtop Giant! This time, one of the trials for becoming the King is finally in a familiar secret realm."

"This is the last step. It is said that the last step of every coronation ceremony is to climb a tree, and the [Sun Crown] is on the tree."

This time, Atahualpa, who usually talked a lot, did not explain to Byron.

However, in the information they collected in advance, there was already this big tree that was known to everyone in the empire.

The founding king Manco Capac and his sister and wife Mama Ocllo Huaco spent twenty years traveling throughout the Ring of Fire Mountains, with their last stop being the sacred Lake Titicaca.

Here, the golden rod bestowed by the Sun God Inti automatically drilled into the soil, and then a big golden tree grew out.

The tallest tree in the Zoo, the Cloudtop Giant, which is over a thousand meters tall, is like a wonder of civilization and has its own unique ability - space distortion.

Over a thousand years, three spaces have been formed: the upper world, the middle world, and the lower world.

The treetops form a vast upper world that connects to the sky city of Machu Picchu where the gods live.

The middle level is the gateway between the human world and the heavens, and is also the highest point that mortals can reach.

Even if you are just the most insignificant lower class, if you try to climb up without the permission of the gods, you will never be able to reach the middle class even if you climb for a thousand years.

At this time, the high priest's voice sounded again:
“Flying is prohibited under the sacred tree. Everyone must climb the Cloudtop Giant with bare hands. During the climb, they can use any means to prevent others from competing.

Until you reach the portal to the middle heaven, which is also the sacred place closest to the gods.

The mummy of our respected former king, Huayna Capac, will hold the new king's [Sun Crown] in his hands and hand over the king's supreme power to the first winner who climbs up."

In the sky of the secret realm, the shadows of the Temple of the Sun and the Council of Nobles appeared, but the old king's mummy was gone.

The princes knew that no matter what happened in the previous levels, the Council of Nobles would only count the number of survivors and would not care about the specific competition process.

Losers have no future and are not worth their attention.

They would only watch the final stage. The princes did not find it strange. This was a fixed inheritance ritual for thousands of years. They subconsciously took a step closer to the tree.

Only after Byron heard these words did he see that the 30% decoding density of [Secret: The Cloud of Succession of the Throne of the Solar Empire, Historical Influence 70] suddenly jumped again and became 72%.

My heart suddenly trembled:
"So besides us, the only person in the secret realm is the late king's mummy?
My guess is about to come true. The [Sun Crown] in the opponent's hand might really be a bit hot.

Fortunately

He glanced sideways at his pocket and saw a golden-haired mouse that looked very wealthy and impressive poking its head out. It looked at Byron in a humane way, squeaked, and then shrank back into its place.

"start!"

Following the order from the high priest outside the secret realm.

call out!call out!call out!call out!
Having come to this point, no one will give up the most illusory possibility, and everyone is soaring into the sky like a cannonball.

Climbing up the "Giant on the Cloud Top" with its bark mottled like monster scales, he rushed upwards rapidly.

One of the first to take the lead was the succubus Therese, and when it came to the sprint she no longer disguised herself.

Dissatisfied with the Second Prince's slowness, she performed a transformation spell and turned herself into a giant spider. Her upper body was still that of a naked perfect woman, but her lower body was that of a spider with a huge belly.

Holding the second prince's collar with one hand, he ran quickly along the tree trunk that was almost vertical at ninety degrees, as if ignoring gravity.

The poisonous plague messenger and the flower fairy guard on the side.

Following closely behind them was the team of the four princes.

Byron also used Transfiguration, transforming into "Doctor Octopus" with eight scarlet tentacles growing from his back, and deployed the [Storm Aura], dragging Violet and the others, whose gravity had returned to zero, and running as fast as ever.

Byron had 2.3 blue before his promotion, and after being promoted to a mythical creature, his starting combat power was 3 blue, which is equivalent to the sum of a fourth-tier mythical creature, a third-tier storm admiral, and a swordsman who has awakened the god of self.

With the addition of "Mingshin's Advent" and powerful secret spells that only a few mythical creatures can master, he felt that he would have no problem defeating four or five blue-haired people without any damage.

The battle pattern of three low-level players against one high-level player in the [Ladder of Glory] sequence was completely broken by him.

Without a doubt, he is the second best fighter after Therese.

No one would disbelieve him even if he called himself a monster.

He climbed at a leisurely pace, always following behind Therese, but not allowing other lava giants to overtake him.

He wanted the Second Prince and Therese to help him test the waters, but he didn't expect to end up making things worse by letting others pick the peaches he planted.

"Miss."

Upon hearing this, Violet immediately activated the weapon girl mode and transformed herself into an oversized flat-bottomed boat gun, which was held in Byron's hand.

口径达到了0.5号（53.5mm），质量超过100磅（45kg），全长超过3m，一次可以射出质量超过1磅的散弹弹丸。

The size of this thing has long exceeded the scope of what humans can handle. It is usually placed on hunting boats and can shoot down fifty waterfowl with one shot.

boom! boom! boom!
The range of [Divine Vision] covers several kilometers. Byron used [Gun Fighting Technique] to hit every target, making the lava giants scream in pain.

However, without any enchantment, these elemental creatures could not be killed, but their speed was greatly slowed down.

The others cursed, but the second prince, who was riding away from the others, was overjoyed:
"Well done, Old Four, you are worthy of being my brother. When I take the throne, I will make you a general of the empire, a general who guards the border!"

The second prince and the fourth prince "joined forces" to sweep away their competitors, and there were no more disturbances in between.

Even though giant ants, aphids, and ladybugs appeared on the trees from time to time and attacked them, they all died under Byron's gun.

They started climbing in the morning, and at noon, Therese led the second prince to the heavenly portal of the middle world.

The first thing you see is the mummy of the former king sitting on a gorgeous golden chair on a wooden platform.

He wore a crown that belonged to him on his head and held another one in his hands. It was obvious that after the original crown was lost, the parliament had rushed to make a new one for the new king.

In order to avoid any further complications, the second prince used all the strength he had used on the woman's belly and rushed up immediately.

He crawled and knelt before the late king as required, and reached out to take the [Sun Crown] in his hand.

"my darling!"

Even though he loved beauty the most and was willing to give up his country for beauty, he was still deeply intoxicated by this crown that represented supreme power.

However, he was about to take off the crown and put it on his own head.

I pulled it, but it didn’t move!
I pulled again, but it still didn’t move!
The mummy's dry hands tightly grasped the crown that should have belonged to the new king, as if he was reluctant to give up the power in his hands.

At this point, the second prince finally realized that something seemed to be wrong.

He slowly raised his head and saw that his old father was also slowly lowering his head and staring at him silently, with undisguised greed reflected in his empty eye sockets.

"what--!"

The Playboy's hair stood on end, as if he had fallen into an icy cave.

(End of this chapter)