Chapter 918: Doing it personally

Chapter 918: Doing it personally



The way that he said this seemed like he wasn't surprised to see the second prince doing this. The way that he said this made it seem like the second prince was laying a trap for us.

So I couldn't help clenching the Staff of Earth in my hand and the royal guards couldn't help clenching their weapons.

But that wasn't what the king meant by this.

The king continued by saying, "You're initiating a coup at a time like this? Do you know how much turmoil this will put our citizens in? Do you know how many people will suffer as a result of your actions?"

This didn't seem like the king was working with the second prince to lay a trap for us.

It just seemed like the king had expected the second prince to lead a coup because he expected the second prince to try to seize power from him.

Though we still didn't let our guards down for even a second.

"Ha!" The second prince suddenly gave a loud laugh before saying, "When have you ever cared about the people of our kingdom? The only thing that you and your cronies have ever cared about were your own benefits."

I could see that the royal guards of the Midra Kingdom all clenched their fists when they heard this.

It was as if the second prince's words deeply resonated with them.

It seemed that the situation of the Midra Kingdom was even worse than I thought it was...

But I still waited to see what would happen next.

The king's face twisted a bit when he heard this, but he still said, "Nonsense! Everything that we do is for the benefit of our great Midra Kingdom! I am the king, what I say is naturally law!"

His words made him seem like a tyrant that only cared about his authority, though that wasn't a bad description of the Midra Kingdom's king since that was what I had seen this whole time.

The way that he said this was as if he still believed that we were a neutral party.

Though to be fair, that was the only thing that he could believe since anything else would mean his death.

Klein didn't say a single thing in response, he didn't even move a single muscle as he stood there staring right back at the king.

Seeing that Klein wasn't moving, the king roared, "I knew it, you were all colluding with the second prince! What did he give you? I'll double his price, no, I'll triple it if you save me now!"

But even then, none of us made a single move.

After all, we still believed that this was a trap...

Though it really didn't seem like a trap with the way that the second prince, the king, and the other nobles were acting. It really seemed like a proper coup with how the situation was

changing.

The second prince had just been calmly standing over the king with the axe in hand, shaking his head and giving a sigh as if he was disappointed in the king.

Then all of a sudden, he raised the axe in his hand above the head of the king.

The blade was just a few inches away from the king's neck.

He held it there as he said, "Father, this is the first and final thing that you've done for your people. As your son, I'll personally send you on your way."

"No! No! I don't want to die!" The king screamed in a pitiful voice, but they fell onto deaf ears

until...

"Chop!"