Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 458 - 398: Mechanical Failure

"If you’ve read that memory, you should know, it’s a case of blame-shifting,"

Duan Mingyuan defended himself.

It was a textbook example of blame-shifting. When you were walking on the street, an old man who appeared out of nowhere grabbed your arm. In an attempt to break free from his pestering, you shook off his grip, only for him to fall and sustain a devastating fracture.

"So, you admit you broke the throne?"

The Dark Night Witch was quite lucid and didn’t get entangled in Mingyuan’s rhetoric.

However, this wasn’t about assigning blame but confirming her current predicament. Once Mingyuan had indirectly admitted it, her heart finally settled down.

Although she was prepared to sacrifice her soul for vengeance, if there were other choices, no one would opt for their spirit to vanish.

Still, this was truly incredible.

She couldn’t have imagined such an ending for herself, no matter what.

The will of the Demon Ancestor had dissipated, and she had stumbled upon such formidable energy.

The Dark Night Witch could feel her broken soul mending and establishing some deep connection with the Land of Eternal Night. To her, this plane was like her own set of building blocks, the Void Demon had become like toys sold in shops, and now she could manipulate these "toys" with ease. At her command, the Void Demon would do anything for its master.

At the same time, she understood the reason Mingyuan was confident in letting her ascend. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Freed from the will of the Demon Ancestor, her recognition of this "human’s" strength became sharper.

This "human" not only damaged the throne but also altered the operation of energy in the Land of Eternal Night. Had they seen each other as enemies, she would have missed her last chance to defeat him.

This is probably...

The vessel the Sun King has longed for.

"Blue Star was the Sun King’s last stop. What was His ultimate fate?"

The Dark Night Witch asked.

Mingyuan’s arrival meant that the Sun King’s experiment was successful.

Yet, the Sun King failed to smoothly take over the "vessel’s" body.

"It has dissipated,"

Mingyuan said.

The struggle between the Sun King and the Demon Ancestor ultimately got buried in the river of time.

To this, the Dark Night Witch had a different perspective, "Perhaps it lacked some crucial ritual, such as ascending the throne and receiving the transfer of His will."

Essentially, the Sun King and the Demon Ancestor chose the same method to continue their will.

After ascending the throne, the Dark Night Witch had glimpsed events transpiring on the physical plane, "However, it seems someone altered the Sun King’s wishes."

"Altered?"

"Someone else took your place and sat upon the Golden Throne."

There was a hint of schadenfreude in the Dark Night Witch’s voice, "Perhaps this is why he had to lure you here... Dawn also took advantage of the chaos and went to the Holy City, where she found something intriguing in the Holy City Cathedral."

A chamber sealed by Scorching Sun Power was located right next to the Golden Throne.

The remnants found within the chamber differed fundamentally from the fate declared by the Pope.

"The Sun King, in His prophecy, mentioned your arrival, conveying an order to His servants—when you return, they should flock to you to ascend the throne and welcome His return."

Yet, someone deliberately excised this part of the prophecy, locking it forever inside that chamber.

The current unrest in the Holy City has revealed the perpetrator’s identity.

"Our agreement still stands, I will have the dawn establish a teleportation array on the other side to help you return to the real plane. Your friends need your help right now."

.........

Meanwhile, at the Holy City Cathedral, in the interrogation room.

"I have emphasized that the Pope set himself on fire!"

Facing the stern-faced Judge, the Third Prince emphasized once more.

Not long ago, his negotiations with the Pope had reached a deadlock.

The Pope had left him only two options—swear allegiance to the Ashen Church and make a pact with them, or be executed in secret.

To display supreme power in front of the Third Prince, the Pope had grasped a staff inlaid with a ruby.

Bathed in golden radiance, his body looked divinely sacred, yet the next moment, the Pope let out a wail, and in the blink of an eye, he was ablaze from the inside out.

By the time the Judge rushed over, the Pope and the Golden Throne had melted together. Judges who tried to get close were also flung over ten meters away by the golden glow in an instant, apparently suffering serious injuries.

"I don’t have that kind of powerful strength; how could I possibly have attacked the Pope?"

Saying this, the Third Prince also showed the empty mineral water bottle in his hand to the other party, "And you should have seen, just like you, I also tried to help put out the fire right away."

To rescue the Pope, he too had paid a significant price.

Enduring the pain of dry mouth and throat, he resolutely emptied a whole bottle of mineral water onto the Pope, but to no avail; the flames were too great, and his actions couldn’t help the Pope escape the sea of flames.

The Third Prince could only express sympathy and regret for the Pope, whose fate was now uncertain.

"What does that mean?"

The Judge glanced coldly at Earth Wolf Twelve.

He indeed saw the Third Prince try to revive the Pope, but he also noticed that when the situation became chaotic, this Interstellar Cowboy was laughing uncontrollably, his hearty laughter in stark contrast to the tumultuous scene.

Haha, serves him right!

Everyone heard Earth Wolf Twelve say just that.

"Uh, well... cough."

Earth Wolf Twelve put on a stern face, "This is because my emotion controller suddenly malfunctioned. Friends who know me are aware that the parts of my body are quite old, and many controllers malfunction whenever there’s a sudden temperature change."

"Are you still trying to make excuses at this point?"

The Judge strongly condemned Earth Wolf Twelve for his blatant lies.

"What do you mean by that? Are you discriminating against half-mechanical transhumans?"

After searching his arm for a good while, Earth Wolf Twelve finally found a part blackened by fire, "Look here, smoke went up through my heat sink into my body just now, interfering with the normal functioning of my emotion controller."

However, the part blackened by fire had nothing to do with the self-combustion of the Pope; it was a mark left from frequently using his lighter to light his cigars.

But what of it?

This Judge did not seem like an expert in mechanics.

"I think instead of interrogating us here, you might as well go help put out the fire; your companion has been quiet for quite a while now."

The Third Prince suggested, "Once the Pope recovers, he will naturally tell you what happened in the basement just now."

The Judge huffed in acknowledgment of the Third Prince’s suggestion.

He stood up, walked toward the door, and before leaving, warned the two, "Stay right here until I come back, and don’t even think about stepping outside."

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