Chapter 603 - 603: Quest
The King looked at the Minister who was tasked with killing Eve.
He had recognized Eve already, but what he couldn't understand was why she was in the middle of nowhere. She was killed around nineteen years ago in this city by his minister on her command. So how did her body end up so far?
"Would you like to explain yourself?" he asked the Royal Advisor, who was the Minister of Defence nineteen years ago.
He was also the person who was tasked with killing Eve.
Almost all the Ministers here were trustworthy to the King, but even then, there were some ministers who didn't know about the past and how Eve was killed.
Right after the disappearance of Eve, it was declared in the public that Eve had run away to be with her fraternity, leaving Atlantis behind.
The ministers who had heard that announcement were slightly surprised that she was still in Atlantis, buried in a coffin. They had a feeling that something was wrong.
There was probably a scheme that they didn't know about. And it looked like the King, and the Royal Advisor knew about it, the way they were looking at each other.
"I-i..." The Royal Advisor stuttered.
"Are you just going to stutter or say something?" The King frowned.
"I buried her body there, far away from the Royal City." The Royal Advisor accepted.
"Why! Why didn't you destroy the body of that witch as I commanded!" The king raged.
The ministers who had known about this were perfectly calm, but the others were slightly surprised.
They finally understood what had happened. Eve hadn't run away. Instead, she was killed. And they could understand why it had happened.
They remembered the rumors going around at the time before she had disappeared. It was said that there was a lot of distrust between her and the Royal Family. No wonder the Royal Family killed her, they thought.
"I-i wanted to destroy her body. But I couldn't..." The Royal Advisor said, lowering his head.
"I'm asking you why! Why didn't you destroy her body!"
"It happened on the day when I invited her to dinner. My wife saw me put the poison in the food. After she asked repeatedly, I told her the truth about what I was planning."
" She didn't want her to die, but after a little insistence, she agreed to let me kill Eve. However, my wife was a little superstitious."
"She said that destroying or burning the body of hers will bring bad luck to Atlantis and us. Even though I didn't want to believe in superstition, I couldn't get it out of my head either."
"So you didn't destroy her body," the King said grimly.
"Yes. I killed her. So it didn't matter if we destroyed her body or buried her. It wasn't as if she could come back from death. The only risk in burying her was the chance of someone finding her dead body. So I took the coffin to a barren land and buried it safely."
As the Royal Advisor finished explaining, he bowed respectfully.
"Buried her to a place where no one could find her, isn't that right?" The King scoffed sarcastically. "Apparently, that wasn't the case, was it?"
"But Your Majesty, she has been dead for close to two decades. She can't come back to life. And it's not as if the Variants can have an advantage with her body," the Royal Advisor suggested.
"You're too naive! If they took the risk of infiltrating Atlantis to get the body, they must be planning something big! We must bring back the body or destroy it!" The King declared.
"Destroying it would be easier. We already know where the intruders went. We can send some men to destroy the body of Eve," the Royal Advisor suggested.
"Hmph!" The King scoffed as he sat back on the throne. "We have to go through so much, all because you failed to destroy a body! Royal Advisor, I am not happy with you. You have made a big mistake!"
"Generally, I would have killed you for this oversight, but I'll give you one more chance to correct your mistake!" He glared at the Royal Advisor.
"Your wish is my command, My King!" The Royal Advisor bowed respectfully.
"I want you to go to the mainland! Take as many people as you find suitable! Your task is to find Eve's body and destroy it! Also, you are to find out what the intruders wanted to do with her body!" The King commanded.
"It shall be done." The Royal Advisor said before bowing again. He started leaving.
"Failure won't be tolerated. Just remember that!" The King reminded the Royal Advisor, who nodded in respect.
"You're coming with me," the Royal Advisor told the soldiers who had informed everyone about this incident.
The soldiers were slightly worried about going with the Royal Advisor. They could feel that the Royal Advisor was angry at them. It was because of them that the King found out about the oversight of his. The soldiers wondered if they were going to be punished by the Royal Advisor.
That wasn't the case though. After leaving the Royal Chamber, the Royal Advisor stopped and looked at the soldiers. "Give me the coordinates of their teleportation."
The soldier in the lead did as he was told.
"So the nation of Zeston... Good. You five are coming with me to the mainland. I'm sure you already heard of the mission?" The Royal Advisor asleep the soldiers as he walked to the end of the hallway.
"We did. It would be our good fortune to accompany the Royal Advisor on this mission." The soldiers nodded.
"Good. So wait before the intercontinental portal. I'll be right back after getting some things ready. Then we shall leave on the hunt!" The Royal Advisor said before disappearing.
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Lucifer teleported from the academy in Atlantis only to appear in a small room.
The square room was only three meters wide, and it was covered in strange formations everywhere.
The symbols looked similar to what they did in the chamber in Atlantis.
"Are we in Zeston?" Lucifer asked the Dean.
The Dean nodded his lifeless head.
"So this is the connecting portal. If I want to go back to Atlantis, can I use this?" Lucifer asked.
The Dean again nodded.
"Are there more such portals in Zeston?" Lucifer asked.
The Dean shook his head.
"In the continent of Triton?" Lucifer inquired.
The Dean again shook his head.
"Good." Lucifer nodded.
He fired a couple of lightning bolts, destroying the formations on the ground, effectively making the only outlet of Atlantis in the continent of Triton useless so no one could chase after them.