Chapter 1262: Traitor

Chapter 1262: Traitor

Erwih Dynasty.

The emperor couldn’t help but look at his subject, who had once been obsessed with his vengeance.

“Grand Duke Johnson. It’s been a while since you came to the capital.” The emperor smiled.

The entire hall had been vacated, leaving only five people. The emperor, the two guardians, Johnson, and Evelyn.

“It is my greatest honor that Your Majesty still considers me a grand duke of this dynasty.” Johnson closed his eyes.

“You are always the Grand Duke of the Erwih Dynasty. Nothing can change that. That tragedy pains both of us.” The emperor nodded.

“…” Johnson bit his lips.

“There is no brother who won’t be sad at the death of his beloved sister. There is no uncle who won’t mourn his nephew and niece.” The emperor’s voice cracked.

Johnson turned out to be a relative of the imperial family. Even Evelyn didn’t expect this information. It looked like he married one of the princesses or, more like, a princess close to the current emperor.

The emperor let out a long sigh. “Yet, you haven’t moved on. It pains me to see you like this.”

“I have sworn that I won’t move on before I can avenge them. And I never plan to break that oath. I won’t rest until I kill the people who are involved in that massacre.”

The emperor obviously knew about the oath. “So, coming to the capital is something you need to do to fulfill that oath? What do you want to ask me, Johnson?”

Johnson hesitated for a moment. “Your Imperial Majesty. I would like to ask you. You once promised a young man that you would lend the dynasty’s power to crush the Death Society. Is that correct?”

“Of course.”

Johnson raised his head, looking the emperor in the eye. “In that case, what if I tell you there is a mole in the imperial palace?”

“!!!” The emperor raised his eyebrows. “What are you talking about, Johnson?”

“When that young man came to me, the first thing I got was an ambush. Ever since I left my previous base, I haven’t received any more ambushes. That’s solely because no one knows my location anymore.

“However, what’s more important is the fact that I was ambushed the moment that young man came to me. It was as if they already knew about his arrival.”

“The mole…” The emperor squinted his eyes. If this were truly the situation, it was normal to suspect a mole.

But it brought a whole different problem. The only ones who knew about the young man’s existence were the emperor, his wives, and the two guardians.

There was also the marquis and his daughter, but they were far from here.

Johnson revealed several clues. “In the past few weeks, I have been monitoring the movements in the dynasty.

“I have noticed something. One week ago, Kurena was destroyed.”

“Kurena, one of the cities under Marquis Lindwurm.” The emperor nodded. “Marquis Lindwurm expected an attack, but he evacuated the place.”

“Certainly. And during my investigation, the one who orchestrated this was actually involved in the attack that happened several years ago.”

“The same organization? Do you mean the Death Society?”

Johnson nodded with a solemn expression. “Yes. More importantly, this city was supposed to be one of the cities where the marquis planned to concentrate his production.

“If not for his wisdom, the production of the device would have been halted.

“I couldn’t help but wonder where they got this information. After tracking everything, we managed to capture one of the messengers who was supposed to deliver the message to the Death Society.”

“!!!” The emperor raised his eyebrows. “Did he tell you anything?”

“Yes. Thirty years ago, a certain family managed to vanquish its competitors and grow exponentially. During the purge and the retaliation, this family managed to grow even stronger.

“It was as if this family was able to figure out what would happen and take advantage of it.”

“!!!” The emperor stood up and raised his voice. “Grand Duke. Mind your words!”

“Your Imperial Majesty. Is your promise to crush the Death Society still in effect?”

“You…” The emperor gritted his teeth.

“I would like you to capture Minerva Legaula—no, Minerva Taula Erwih, the empress.”

“Johnson!” The emperor glared at him.

“The evidence I brought is concrete, Your Majesty. If you still uphold your promise, please… I beg you, please capture the empress. She has been the one secretly leaking the information.”

“Do you know what it means to capture the empress?” The emperor clenched his fists.

“I’m aware. With the current world’s situation, it will be troublesome for the dynasty if the people know that the traitor is actually the empress.

“However, the massacre couldn’t have happened without the help of an insider.

“If Your Majesty doesn’t want to do it personally, I’m willing to do the task. We can put the empress under house arrest and investigate the Legaula family in secret. We can reveal the truth only after the Death Society has been taken care of.

“By doing this, we can even tell the people that Your Majesty is only following the idiom, ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’

“You have sacrificed yourself to crush the Death Society that has been terrorizing this world.”

The emperor dropped onto his seat before shouting, “Get out! All of you, get out. Give me… some time… alone.”

They had no other choice but to leave the hall.

Outside, while looking at Johnson and Evelyn walking away from the hall, a middle-aged man couldn’t help but think, ‘Heh… Idiots. They don’t even realize that the empress has been chosen as a scapegoat. With this, the dynasty is one step closer to being destroyed.’

…

Just like the dynasty’s capital, Nathan just discovered another storm that might shake the continent. After teleporting several times, he had gotten close to the Eleren family’s territory.

It was at that time his hand was trembling. He could sense a fluctuation from what Cthulhu had left behind.

That was right.

While raising his hand, Nathan couldn’t help but stare at the sigil on the back of his hand.

There was a reaction from Cthulhu’s sigil.