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Chapter 418 Elijah's Self-Destruction: Entering the Game with His Own Body, Breaking the Game with His Own Body? (First Update)

"Alright, Xiao Zhou, I understand. Well done. I've already asked Chairman Huang to pick you up. We'll talk about the rest after we get back to China."

Having gained a better understanding, Zhao Fangxu said to Zhou Fengliu.

"Understood, Mr. Zhao."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Fengliu briefly summarized what he had gained from his trip to Nathan Island to demand his unpaid wages.

Aside from the one million US dollars he recovered from King Nathan and the reward for this mission, he still had a lot of gold and US dollars in his sac, plus the immovable land on the entire island of Nathan... It can be said that he made a fortune.

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Just as Zhou Fengliu was on the phone with Zhao Fangxu, Nason Wang and the others finally shifted their attention away from Zhou Fengliu's hand-made Qi-controlled missile that sank the Behemoth aircraft carrier.

There is a question that neither King Nathan nor Nathan's guards have figured out...

So... who exactly broke the golden branch?

Although the sacred tree was uprooted and destroyed when Zhou Fengliu appeared, it was still strange that the golden branch was broken under the watchful eyes of their group of Nasen Guards.

Unless the person who broke the golden branch was exceptionally powerful, capable of evading the surveillance of so many Nathan Guards, infiltrating the royal city, reaching the sacred tree, and breaking the golden branch...

Otherwise, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to sneak into the royal city undetected.

Several Nathan guards chatted in front of King Nathan, speculating whether the person who broke the golden branch was a Behemoth or a traitor from within Nathan Island.

As Elijah listened to their conversation, a subtle change occurred in his expression.

The sacred tree is gone. Shouldn't I, a traitor from Nathan Guard, be a little more sincere?

Elijah asked himself this question in his heart.

Although the sacred tree was not destroyed by his hand, his betrayal of Nathan and breaking of the golden branches were real.

He could act as if nothing had happened and continue being his Nathan guard...

But... if the trees are all gone, what's the point of guarding them?

Elijah, having decided to self-destruct, calmly spoke in front of everyone:

"I folded it."

"?"

Upon hearing his words, the Nasen Guards present were all taken aback and did not react for a moment.

Elijah, what are you saying?

“I said… it was I who broke the golden branch with my own hands, becoming the king’s challenger.”

As Elijah spoke, he stretched out his left hand, and a branch radiating golden light appeared in everyone's sight.

He also appeared before Zhou Fengliu, who had just returned from making a phone call.

"!!!"

Upon seeing the golden branch, all of Nathan's men present felt as if their cerebellum had shrunk.

The traitor... was right among them?!

The most loyal guard! Instead of protecting the king of Nathan, he has become a challenger to the king? This is truly a first in Nathan's history.

Everyone was speechless at Elijah's self-destructive act.

Elijah, tell me...why?

King Nathan looked at the golden branch in Elijah's hand with mixed feelings. She suppressed her anger and asked Elijah if he had any difficulties.

Faced with King Nathan's questioning, Elijah took a deep breath, looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky over Nathan Island, and began to tell a story as if reminiscing.

He was indeed dissatisfied with Nathan Island and the rules governing the tree, but if it weren't for that incident, he might have hesitated for a very long time before taking action.

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Through Elijah's account, everyone present learned that there was a group of extremely fanatical Chinese people who were trying to get Elijah to lead them to Nathan Island and take away a man named Seventeen.

Elijah did not agree.

After all, the rule between Nathan Island and the outside civilized world is that once you step onto Nathan Island, you automatically become a resident of Nathan Island and cannot leave the island again.

However, after being rejected by Elijah, this group of Chinese came up with an even more outrageous idea: to break the golden branch.

By forcibly exploiting the rules of Nathan's succession, Nathan Island can be opened, thus bypassing the rules of Nathan Island.

Upon learning of their plans, Elijah, as Nathan's Guard, naturally killed them to put an end to this insane idea.

However... these Chinese people seemed to have been brainwashed and were not afraid of death. They threatened Elijah, saying something like:

"Go ahead and keep killing if you dare. The people who break the golden branches will keep coming and getting stronger until we break the golden branches and stop."

Elijah, who had dealt with this group before, knew their madness; what they said was never just empty talk.

And so... because of the existence of this group, Elijah made a decision that went against the will of Nathan Island: he himself broke off the golden branch, bringing the seeds of destruction to Nathan, openly drawing the attention of the civilized world to Nathan Island...

Once he destroys the Divine Tree, the rules built around it will be gone, and no one will be able to threaten Nathan Island with such an absurd reason as breaking a golden branch to find someone.

Dig up the roots!

Rather than letting the ambitious Behemoth take advantage of the opportunity presented by the Chinese to break the Golden Branch and open the island to invade Nathan Island, it would be better to let him be the player in this game.

Those who provide clues to Behemoth, thereby misleading him, will ultimately destroy the sacred tree.

Enter the game with your own body, and break the game with your own body...

Elijah was willing to perish with the divine tree, and the divine tree responded to him, not regarding his breaking of the golden branch as a betrayal.

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After Elijah finished telling his story, Zhou Fengliu, as an observer, increasingly felt that the group of Chinese people who threatened Elijah seemed to have been brainwashed by Qu Tong...

Qu Tong is quite talented.

For the sake of Nguyen Phung, they first sent people to threaten Nathanwei, and then sent people to the island to find...

In the end, he was the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and reaped the fruits of victory.

Thinking about this, Zhou Fengliu suddenly felt that he was being somewhat inhuman.

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Just as Zhou Fengliu was speculating, King Nathan, having finished hearing the story, couldn't contain himself and stared at Elijah as he began to speak:

"Just because of the coercion of a madman, you're going to destroy the sacred tree with your own hands..."

"As a member of the Nasen Guard, isn't this a betrayal of the Divine Tree? A betrayal of the King?!"

Hearing King Nathan's question, Elijah countered with:

"Otherwise what? Should I allow them to take the islanders away from the island? Do you think that would be more acceptable?"

King Nathan found it difficult to empathize with Elijah, and she answered:

"Let them break branches! Protect the king, kill those who break branches—that's the duty of the Nathan Guard!"

Elijah's actions were like playing a MOBA game: because the enemy hero was pushing his own crystal, he destroyed it before the enemy even reached his base...

And they even boasted: "As long as I blow up my house, no one can blow up our house again!"

What else could this be but the posture of a "Hidden Dragon"?

Hearing King Nathan's words, Elijah shook his head and then said:

"The behavior of that group is completely unpredictable. I cannot believe that they broke the golden branch just to make a guarantee to find someone."

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"But they proved to me their determination to keep going up the island and breaking branches until they succeeded."

"More importantly, if we break their golden branches, it means that Nathan Island will open to the public. I have traveled all over the world for many years and have some understanding of various organizations around the world."

“I know the true colors of Behemoth and his gang very well. As long as the island is opened, Behemoth will find a way to intervene no matter what.”

King Nathan was unconvinced by Elijah's explanation. Seeing her furrowed brow, he spoke:

"So what? We can fight, even to the point of destruction, all within the rules..."

“Don’t you understand?” Elijah looked at King Nathan, paused, and then said:

"What I want to destroy... is this very rule; those who pressured me are perhaps just the trigger..."

"The root of it all comes from my desire to destroy this rule."

"You know what? The divine tree knew my thoughts, and it gave you a hint. Now that I think about it, I think I understand what the divine tree's hint meant..."

"he..."

Elijah looked at Zhou Fengliu, then said, word by word:

"He was never the savior; he was the one the divine tree chose to end..."

“I have confessed everything that needs to be confessed, Your Majesty… You may punish me now. I am Nathan’s traitor, and I will accept whatever punishment is given to me.”

Elijah was prepared to atone with his death.

Faced with Elijah's desire to apologize, King Nathan felt conflicted, but she had no right to punish Elijah, this traitorous guard.

“Elijah, we are aware of your betrayal of Nathan. As for whether or not you should be punished, that is not up to me, but up to the King of Cinder…”

King Nathan stated that only Zhou Fengliu had the authority to deal with Elijah.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Fengliu, who had been observing the situation, raised an eyebrow slightly.

How did this get dragged into me?

Zhou Fengliu, an angel investor in Nasen, felt somewhat presumptuous being stared at by Nasen Wang and Nasen Wei.

"King of Cinder, what do you think... should we do with this traitorous guard?" King Nathan asked Zhou Fengliu for his opinion.

This question really stumped Zhou Fengliu.

From Nathan Island's perspective, he wasn't deeply affected by Elijah's betrayal, after all, he had only been an angel investor in Nathan Island for two and a half days.

From a purely self-interested perspective, he should even thank Elijah for his betrayal of Nathan Island...

Without Elijah's betrayal of Nathan, he wouldn't have been able to acquire so much money and establish a partnership with Nathan Island.