In the hall of the Witch Palace in Holy Dragon Empire's Palace City, a conversation was unfolding.
"Excuse me? Can you repeat that please? I think I misheard you." Lena's eyes were wide with disbelief after the shocking news she just received. Her face was thin and pallid, which showed that she had not slept well for days. In front of her was a woman clothed in white.
"Just as Your Royal Highness heard, Prince Basil is still alive. General Marcia sent me here to invite you to her mansion. Prince Basil is waiting for you there," the woman in white said respectfully.
"Basil is waiting for me? What does he look like now? Is he really still alive? Oh, please don't play such a cruel joke on me!" Lena's body trembled weakly, and she could not utter another word. Part of her wanted to believe the news desperately, but how could she? It was impossible! This kind of thing only happened in her dreams. However, she also knew that Marcia wouldn't lie to her. It seemed that her dreams had finally come true today, but it was taking her too long to believe it.
"Your Royal Highness, please hurry up. We don't have much time. If you will it, I can bring you to Prince Basil. But we need to leave the Palace City as soon as possible, before the acting emperor comes back," the woman in white urged.
"Okay, I'll go with you. Please wait for a moment. Randi, please go outside and keep watch for me. I need to go and grab something before leaving," Lena instructed.
Randi nodded at once and promptly walked out of the Witch Palace.
At the same time, Lena carefully turned around and closed the door behind her. Then she walked to a corner, hidden by a massive cabinet. She waved her hand, making a sweeping gesture over the empty wall. Immediately, the entire wall caved in, which revealed a passage for one person.
Lena hurriedly walked along the passage and soon got to a secret chamber filled with all kinds of ancient books.
She went straight to a stone table in the center of the chamber, where a thick book entitled 'The Witch's Book' was placed. Lena swept her hand over it and put the book into her Magic Spiritual Space. Then, without another glance at the other books, she turned around and left the chamber.
However, Lena found something unexpected just as she came back to the hall. The white-robed woman that Marcia had sent was lying in a pool of blood, while Randi who stood a couple of meters away was shaking slightly, and her face was white as a newly bleached sheet. There was another person in the hall, and he was standing right by the woman's dead body
d to be shed. Therefore, the test that was coming their way would be crueler than ever before.
All the people gathered in the conference hall of Marcia's mansion, and the atmosphere was solemn and quiet. However, it was only the calm before the storm, and no one knew what would happen next.
"Master, what should we do next?" Sabina asked.
"Now, I'm going to the Dragon Valley to visit the elders of the Emergency Chamber. I'll give a detailed explanation of the situation to them. If I can persuade them to join us, things will be simplified, as they are authorized to discharge Alston from the throne. And when Alston is no longer the acting emperor, he will lose the support of the entire royal family. And by that time, everything will be in our hands," Marcia boldly explained.
"I'm afraid they will refuse to believe a one-sided statement," Elvis said worriedly.
"This is our only hope. Anyway, we have to try first before we give up. If it doesn't work, we will have to fight against the entire royal family. That won't be easy, but if we have to, then we will." Marcia heaved a sigh. She had already made up her mind, but she didn't want things to go that far. Once they became enemies of the royal family, it would affect the entire Holy Dragon Empire. In the end, the empire would bear huge loss if the two major forces started to fight.
"Can I ask a question? Where is Lena now? She should be here now, but I have not heard anything from her," Rocky cut in suddenly. He had a bad feeling that she was in danger. Although Marcia had told him before that he did not need to worry about Lena, he could not help but feel that something was wrong. He couldn't explain it, but he could feel it in his guts.