CHAPTER 657: CHAPTER 439: CRUSADE TARGET: WHITE EAGLE_3

Beastification!?

"Clap, clap, clap."

The sound of applause emerged in the darkness. She struggled to open her eyes wide and clearly saw the man walking towards her.

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At noon, Royal City.

The Founding Square was bustling with voices, and the citizens gathered around the central platform of the square that was built at the beginning of the Kingdom’s establishment, symbolizing the Kingdom’s glory.

This noon, Princess Selene, General Eliphas, and Minister Oro will be giving a speech here.

The crowd was very curious about the content of the speech. Could it be that the time has finally come to announce the Princess’s succession as the Queen?

A large number of guards protected the platform, preventing any potential attack.

In reality, the citizens had no intention of harming the Princess and others, and the guards appeared to be on duty but were actually daydreaming.

If you looked closely, you could spot several familiar faces of the Light Eagle Group among the guards.

"What is about to happen?"

Leon and others also arrived at the scene, merely standing at the perimeter watching.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived!"

The crowd cheered, accompanied by the performance of musicians, as Princess Selene appeared on the platform.

To her left was the promising Eliphas, and to her right was the seasoned Oro, whose eyes still seemed somewhat bleary after his recent recovery from illness.

Selene showed the crowd her usual gentle smile, but it contained more than before, interpreted by people as qualities like "strength" and other admirable traits.

The music gradually subsided, and the people voluntarily stopped their noise, looking up at the platform with expectant eyes, gazing at the three figures representing the future of the Kingdom.

Eliphas considerately used a handkerchief to wipe clean the Sound Transmission Magic Item and gestured "please" to Selene.

She nodded with a smile, and this interaction elicited cheers and screams from some onlookers.

Standing on the platform, overlooking the citizens below, Selene’s eyes flickered with complex emotions.

Despite the excitement and fervor of the crowd, she felt as if she were in a bone-chilling winter.

She glanced at Eliphas, who showed her an encouraging smile.

This man, who had acted like a demon during this period, had now left her utterly incapable of resisting.

He quickly crafted a liquid capable of controlling beastification and injected it into Selene’s body, enabling her to transform into a beast at his mere thought.

It wasn’t just her, but Minister Oro, General Gulimanpo, and others—all had been injected with this liquid, which seemed to amplify brainwashing effects.

To generate more negative emotions among the people, Eliphas canceled all delicious food within the Royal Palace, replacing them with crude flavors. Items such as roasted whole pig, dimwitted beast tails, Happiness Eggs were no longer offered.

It’s safe to say he had already taken control of the Royal Palace.

And now, through today’s speech, he aimed to take control of the entire nation.

Moreover, he even planned to widely spread the beastification blood!

The myriad bitterness and desperation within her transformed into a superficial smile, as Selene believed there was no saving the Royal Palace—she had to at least save more citizens.

The Transmission Device on her necklace still retained footage of that night with Eliphas, which she intended to publicly reveal here. Upon seeing this, the crowd wouldn’t necessarily overthrow him, but they would at least flee—from this country sinking into the Abyss.

Even if it meant she might be tortured to death by the furious Eliphas.

Feeling the increased courage from Ornstein’s Lion Ring on her finger, Selene spoke into the Sound Transmission Magic Item:

"I will become the Queen."

The crowd paused for a moment, then erupted into a landslide of cheers.

She pressed her lips together.

Behind her, Eliphas, already aware of her next words, wore a triumphant smirk, as a gentle breeze lifted his silvery long hair.

The man about to achieve his dream appeared proud and spirited.

Feeling the intense gaze from behind, Selene finally spoke:

"General Eliphas, he..."

Eliphas smiled, as the Transmission Device emitted a faint glow, and the curious spectators widened their eyes while the guards lazily yawned.

The birds flying across the sky were startled by the people’s cheers, while the insects on the ground quickened their steps, sensing the faint tremor.

An apparent flash seemed to streak through the sky.

"He will become my—"

"Boom!!!"

The word "husband" hadn’t yet escaped her lips when a sudden earthquake shook the Founding Square!

No, it wasn’t an earthquake, but a powerful Combat Skill!

The ground of the square cracked open, people screamed and fled, and the guards were taken aback.

A Big Shield, resembling a towering Giant Gate, burst out from the ground and surrounded the platform from all sides like an inescapable cage, firmly isolating the guards and the Princess’s party within!

The guards were about to assist when suddenly a fierce wind arose, filled with violent Blade Qi, instantly causing blood to spurt from them in fountain-like streams!

The Big Shield and Blade Qi, they seemed so familiar.

Wait... Isn’t this the signature Combat Skill of the Golden-level Adventurers "Giant Gate" Bara and "Wild Blade" Alice!

The full force of the Gold Level made these guards, who never expected someone to dare launch an attack, completely unable to react!

Selene’s mouth opened in shock, and the Transmission Device, just about to react, ceased operation due to a disruption of Magic Power.

A golden flash crossed before her.

The next moment, warm blood splattered onto her face.

Whose blood was it?

She turned her head in confusion, only to see a person cloaked in a cape suddenly appear behind her.

The long blade in the cloaked person’s hand was soaked with blood, and the blade...

Was deeply embedded in Eliphas’s neck!

"Huh?"

Eliphas didn’t die immediately, and in return, slashed at the cloaked person with a Wind Blade!

The fierce wind blew aside the hood of the cloaked person, revealing a face Selene couldn’t be more familiar with.

"Fingerley!?"