Origin Player.

Chapter 629 is tricky.
As dawn broke, both sides agreed to a truce.

The twelve knight orders surrounded the Sea Serpent City, ceasing their offensive and instead preparing immortal-level magic to bombard the Sun King at any moment.

At the camp, various nobles were present, and the atmosphere was somewhat somber.

Marquis Black Whale struggled to sit in his seat, the bleeding from his wound barely stopped, the excruciating pain of the Sun's True Flame burning his soul contorting his face.

Suddenly, a tall figure stood in front of me.

Jiang He took out a vial of extraordinary factor medicine and handed it over, asking, "How is it?"

The potion seemed to contain a peculiar fragrance. The desire emanating from his soul made Marquis Black Whale look around, then drink it down in one gulp, and his expression immediately relaxed.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Rhein."

Marquis Black Whale said, slightly out of breath, "The Sun King is very strong. His power to destroy enemies came without warning. Moreover, his strength, speed, defense, offense, and mystical resistance are all formidable. If this had continued, I would have perished."

The extraordinary factor medicine has a very good healing effect on the soul. Marquis Black Whale knew that Rhine had come to gather information, so he immediately pointed out the key point.

Jiang He stroked his chin. "This is tricky."

Zhuang Ya, who was accompanying him, blinked as she looked at the potion bottle. She knew that even Lilith might not dare to drink anything given by the giant snake. The environment had obviously given Marquis Black Whale the illusion that he was safe. Of course, the most important thing was that the poison was colorless and odorless, and its legendary level was beyond the Marquis's perception limit.

The camp was abuzz with discussion, with almost all the nobles talking about the formidable enemy, the Sun King, until a figure in a magic robe appeared, leaving some of the lower-ranking nobles looking bewildered.

"The greatest contributor and recorder of this battle."

Duke Felix introduced, “The most beautiful jewel of the Empire, Princess Inlinis.”

The young woman had a beautiful face and an extremely tall figure, but what was even more striking was her Saint-level power. Inlinis was the eldest princess of the royal family, a space mage, and she and the first prince were twins. Both of them had gained the approval of the Calamity Dragon. As everyone knew, this generation of the empire was about to produce two dragon knights.

Her existence is one of the key factors in the rise of the rebels. The royal family now believes in the Father God, and once the Dragon Knights grow up, the eleven churches in the mortal world will no longer have the strength to hold out.

The eldest princess nodded perfunctorily to the crowd, her expression somewhat arrogant, and said, "I will not participate in the battle; I will only be responsible for recording military achievements, unless the King of the Wild Hunt appears."

The two marquises nodded in agreement. Spatial-type holy domains are rivals, and the eldest princess is a member of the royal family, naturally enjoying the emperor's trust. She is indeed the best candidate for the recorder this time.

“Brother, don’t you recognize your older sister?” The eldest princess looked at the “second prince” with a meaningful gaze.

The "second prince" was a little flustered. "Greetings, elder sister."

"Hehehe." The eldest princess chuckled.

Duke Felix quickly said, "Thanks to the Black Whale's valiant fighting, the defensive strength of Sea Serpent City has been basically ascertained. Tomorrow is the general offensive. Please drink to your hearts' content."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Felix raised a glass of sea snake wine and downed this most famous local spirit.

The nobles also raised their glasses. Jiang He had only drunk half of his drink when Eleanor whispered, "Just a little is enough, don't drink too much."

Jiang He glanced at her.

Not letting him drink is a joke. Only Old Black has the right to say something like that. If Eleanor hadn't meant no harm, he would have punched her already. For an alchemist to lose his drink is no less devastating than for an ordinary person to lose all their blood – both are fatal consequences.

Drink up a glass of wine.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Duke Felix's face turned deathly pale, and he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood. The two marquises remained calm, as this was all part of the plan.

The wine that was delivered was poisoned!

"The young count is a wolf in sheep's clothing, he murdered his father!" "Quickly, summon a few bishops."

Wow!
Duke Felix vomited up some fragments of his internal organs.

The two marquises stood up abruptly, exchanged a glance, and their expressions changed drastically.

"No, it's not sea snake venom!"

"What's going on? Someone's going to die!"

The eldest princess hurriedly took out her personal medicine, but it had no effect. She said seriously, "The poison is above the Immortal level, an unprecedentedly potent poison. I have never seen it in the palace."

Duke Felix quickly fell into a coma. Several bishops rushed to the scene, but the outcome was dire. Saving his life was the greatest achievement, and no one dared to be sure when the Duke would wake up.

Many nobles were thrown into panic. Without the magic warships, the Northern army would not be able to return for more than half a month. Now that their leader had fallen and there were powerful enemies ahead, the situation was unpredictable.

Marquis Black Whale stepped forward and said, "All the servants and guards who handled the sea snake wine shall be executed on the spot."

"From this moment forward, Earl Greenwood will assume command of the army."

"Don't move the encirclement. Everything will remain the same tonight."

"The Knights of the Shattered Reef are out gathering provisions; they must hurry!"

Everyone turned their attention to Earl Greenwood, who was not far away.

As the eldest son of the Duke, this count was not assertive and even seemed somewhat nervous in the face of the many gazes he received.

The next moment, his wife stepped forward, her expression grim, and said, "Do everything as the Marquis says."

The second daughter of the Duke of the South, a young noblewoman named after a spider, is the one who holds up the count's territory in the absence of the Earl of Greenwood, making the servants tremble at the mere mention of her name.

“Execute them all… that’s too cruel.” Earl Greenwood hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, “Just arrest them. There are definitely innocent people among them, and I believe Father wouldn’t want to bear such infamy.”

The nobles whispered among themselves, and a hint of disgust appeared in the eyes of the Marquis of Black Whale. It had nothing to do with whether he was merciful or not; all of them were executed to purge the traitors and prevent the news from being leaked on a large scale.

Jiang He looked at Eleanor from the crowd.

Eleanor whispered, "Earl Green Forest was trained in the Imperial Knights when he was young. He was essentially a hostage, and all his mentors were arranged by the royal family."

The royal family wouldn't go so far as to secretly harm a hostage, but it's certainly impossible for them to spend a huge amount of money to train him into a qualified great lord. In fact, Earl Greenwood's personality was the result of such deliberate actions.

"The young count?" Jiang He asked casually.

Eleanor replied, "The young count has elven blood and is not qualified to be the heir. If the duke is willing to make it public, there are plenty of people willing to assassinate him."

Making it public is a way of making a statement.

The free people of the Empire generally consider humans to be superior to other races. The birth of a child between a duke and an elf is a great scandal. The great nobles of the North tacitly agree to this and give the duke face. The Imperial Prime Minister is behind everything concerning the duke's heir, or rather, the great nobles of the entire Empire.

"I see." Jiang He understood why the young count was so excited when he saw the Sun King. The Heavenly King's Holy Body contained the extraordinary factor of the Sun Elf bloodline. With the Sun Elf and the Sun Authority, it seemed that he could make a trip to the Elf race.

What Duke Felix drank was actually poison.

(End of this chapter)