Chapter 1311 The Crowning Ceremony

"I knew it! You are Basil! But what's wrong with you? Why did you behave like this? What on earth happened?" Isis asked in a husky voice. She never expected that Rocky would suddenly be twisted in this kind of scenario. In her mind, she believed that he must have had some pretty serious and complication reasons for being in such a situation.

Needless to say, Rocky did not express any eagerness to explain himself, or at least, he could not begin to articulate his defense. Perhaps, this was because he found it too hard to put the right words together because it involved too many secrets, reasons, and too much helplessness that Isis might not even understand. Now, he could no longer have any connection with the past. Otherwise, misfortune would come to his life in the most unpredictable way possible.

That was why, at that moment, he did not utter a single word. Instead, he turned around and left immediately.

Isis saw nothing but Rocky's back as she felt her heart ache. Next thing she knew, she opened her mouth and shouted at him, "Don't you know that Father is critically ill? He wants to see you one last time."

Before she could finish that desperately, Rocky had vanished.

The night fell and the dark sky enveloped the quiet and serene Palace City. It reeked of depressing aura as the emperor was dying from his illness at that time.

Dead silence crept the royal chamber where the emperor lived. No one dared disturb his peaceful resting, with only two maids guarding his door from the outside.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew and howled where the two maids were stationed. Their delicate bodies trembled for a moment, but the atmosphere quickly returned to its original state not long after.

Almost at the same time, a man's figure appeared inside the chamber. There, he stood beside the bed patiently and looked at the dying emperor who had his breaths numbered.

The emperor slowly opened his eyes, looked back at the figure beside him, and said in a shaking voice, "Basil... Is... is that you?"

Nothing but a slight hum was heard as a reply.

"You finally... finally... came back! It is so great... to see you, son... for one last time... before I rest in peace. I'm glad. I can now die without any regret. I'm really happy!" the emperor said in a hoarse and feeble voice.

A groan was heard from the figure beside the emperor.

"I... I only have... one final... wish. I hope you... can help... the Holy Dragon Empire... survive the crisis this time. No... no matter what... happened

so knew that her son could not understand anything that was happening around him at all, and that comfort was actually directed to help herself. Apart from this, she also knew that it was not easy to ascend the throne, especially when Rocky was a wanted man by all the spiritual race clans in the entire Wild Spirit Land. She knew that as long as her son ascended the throne, he would surely suffer an unprecedented situation. Despite the messy situation, she had already mentally prepared herself for whatever might happen. She knew that she had to fulfill the wishes of the deceased emperor and Rocky, and let Nigel inherit the throne.

Not long after, Isis and Nigel reached the throne. There, she assisted her son and led him to his rightful seat.

At that moment, the leading elder among the several elders of the royal family immediately came up with an imperial edict in his hand. Written by the deceased emperor in person, this imperial edict was considered to be a testament and could not be changed. Therefore, as long as the decision on the imperial edict was announced in public, Nigel could ascend the throne smoothly.

The leading elder looked around at everyone present. Then, he picked up the imperial edict and announced the words written in it publicly. He tried to make his voice loud and clear as much as he could so that everyone present could hear it with distinction.

After the leading elder finished the last word, he shouted with all his might, "Your Majesty, please ascend the throne!"

Then, Isis carried her son and helped him sit on the throne. All of a sudden, a gloomy voice echoed from the sky, "He is not qualified to inherit the throne at all!"