In the barracks of the 1st Legion, the news that the Duke of Aquitaine had become the temporary head of the legion had already spread. Everyone already knew that Li Huailin was now their superior, not Kartheros. The problem of the 1st Legion was also handled by Li Huailin, which made everyone a little worried.
In fact, everyone was very afraid of Li Huailin. Before, Li Huailin scared 90,000 of them by himself. To be honest, if it weren't for Kartheros suddenly ordering them to return, they might have already escaped. It could be seen how afraid they were of Li Huailin. Now that their fate was in Li Huailin's hands, how could they not be worried?
For the soldiers of the 1st Legion, they actually hoped that their acting head was Kartheros. After all, they were very familiar with Kartheros, so he wouldn't really deal with them. At most, he would just kill a few non-commissioned officers. However, Li Huailin might not necessarily do the same. This guy was the Duke of a million.
In any case, when Li Huailin and Kartheros walked into the main tent, they seemed to be discussing something. All the soldiers surrounded them. Everyone thought that they were discussing how to deal with the 1st Legion, but in fact, they weren't talking about it at all.
"Okay, what do you want to talk to me about?" Li Huailin asked.
Kartheros seemed to be a little hesitant. Although he had already decided, this matter was a bit too big. But after thinking about it, he still had to say it, hoping that it could convince Li Huailin, "Your Excellency, this matter is very shocking, and the people involved may also surprise you. Please be mentally prepared."
"Mentally prepared?" Li Huailin smiled casually. In fact, he basically knew what was going on, so there was no need for him to be mentally prepared. The most important thing now was to ask Kartheros if he knew the whereabouts of the last secret treasure.
"Yes." Kartheros nodded, "Because this matter involves Prince Anthony …"
"Oh? Li Huailin nodded. "Alright, tell me, what happened to Anthony?"
"Before that, I want to be honest with you about my identity," Kartheros said.
"Identity problem?" Li Huailin looked very surprised.
"Yes, my current name is Karzylus, but that's not my real name. My original name is Karl Guitalera," Karzylus, also known as Earl Guitalera, said.
System Notification: [Hidden S-rank Quest triggered: Find the Missing Person. Completed.]
System Notice: You have lost 500000 EXP, 51540 Gold, and 1500 Reputation Points. Please head to the Wealthy Merchant Area to receive your special reward.
As soon as Count Chittallera finished speaking, Li Huailin's system prompt popped up. Of course, the mission here was to find Count Chittallera. Now that the other party had admitted his identity, it meant that they had found him. Of course, the mission was completed. On Li Huailin's side, 500,000 EXP and more than 50,000 gold coins were deducted (because the money had to be shared with 5 people). He was almost out of money, but Li Huailin didn't care because he wasn't short of money at the moment.
System Notification: You have received a long-distance call.
Li Huailin looked at the system notification. As expected, there was more than one long-distance call. Of course, they were his other teammates who had received the quest. By now, they should have completed the quest and were probably looking for him to ask what was going on. Li Huailin thought for a moment, then accepted the call to summon the Jade Emperor.
"Summon, I completed the quest here. I just found this Earl Guitalera, but there's something I need to do here. Talk to them first. I'll talk to you after I'm done here," Li Huailin said simply.
"Okay, I got it." The Summoning Jade Emperor immediately nodded, and then immediately hung up the long-range.
"Karl Guitalera?" Li Huailin looked a little surprised as he continued to speak to Chittallera, "I think I've heard this name somewhere before."
"Yes, in fact, I was originally a Earl of the Empire," Guitalera said.
"Eh? That means you changed your name? What's so strange about that? What does it have to do with Anthony? "Li Huailin asked.
"I have to start from 16 years ago," Guitalera said. "At that time, I was only 18 years old and had yet to inherit the title of Earl Guitalera. At that time, I was just a researcher in the Royal Library. By chance, I discovered a kind of gem. This gem is very mysterious. It is said to be related to the Protoss and the legendary Chosen One. It is said that the Church calls this stone a secret treasure. This stone also has a special ability. On one hand, it can enhance the abilities of the Chosen One. On the other hand, it can cause strange mutations to creatures other than the Chosen One."
"I know this. In fact, I've really obtained a few pieces of this gem," Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Really?" Guitalera was slightly stunned. "Then, Duke, you must be careful. This thing is actually a trap."
"A trap?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned because Marlina had said the same thing. "What happened?"
"I found records about this in the basic ancient books. According to these few words, I deduced that collecting these gems might give you great power. It might be the power of the Protoss or something. That was what I thought at that time, so I started collecting these gems. Unfortunately, I was wrong. That's not what happened at all," Guitalera said.
"Then what's that?" Li Huailin asked.
"I'll explain this later. Let's talk about the important thing first," Guitalera said. "Because I began to collect gems at that time, I found Prince Anthony who had yet to leave the capital at that time."
Li Huailin really wanted to tell him that the secret treasure was the most important thing. Li Huailin didn't want to hear anything else at all. However, he couldn't listen to it first. "Why did you find him?"
"Because I found out that one of the gems was kept by the Murat Family. At that time, Marshal Morpheus had been guarding the borders, so I found Anthony, who was staying in the main city," Guitalera said.
"I see." Li Huailin nodded. "Then you told him about this?"
"Yes." Guitalera nodded. "In fact, I didn't think that much at that time. Obtaining great power wasn't my intention. I was actually just curious about these gems. I saw that Anthony was very concerned about it, so I told him about my discovery. However, he was obviously very concerned."
"Yes." Li Huailin nodded. "So, you mean that Anthony wanted to collect these gems and sent you to look for them?"
"It wasn't just me. Empress Marlina and the three of us started looking for these gems," Guitalera said.
"Empress Marlina was involved too?" Li Huailin sounded very surprised, as if it was his first time hearing about this.
"Yes, Empress Marlina and Anthony have been engaged since they were young. The two of them have always been very close. Anthony also said that Marlina is someone he trusts very much, so he got Marlina to participate in this matter," Guitalera said. "After that, we were looking for these gems. I didn't think too much about it at that time. I was just looking for gems with Anthony and the others. After a period of time … something suddenly happened."
"Huh? What happened? "Li Huailin asked immediately.
"I was already 18 years old at that time. This young man was still staying in the main city as a researcher. Don't you find it strange, Your Grace?" Guitalera said.
"Strange?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. "What's strange about it?"
"Usually, the heir of a noble has to join the army at the age of 15. This is because the Empire has a rule that if one wants to inherit the title, he or she must have joined the army for at least three years. According to this standard, I should have returned from joining the army at that time. However, I haven't actually joined the army yet. Of course, it's not that I don't want to, but it's my … my father." Guitalera still seemed a little unhappy when he mentioned his father. He had a gloomy expression, but his expression was a little complicated. Li Huailin couldn't quite understand his attitude towards his father.
"Your father didn't want you to join the army? Could it be that he didn't want you to inherit the title? "Li Huailin asked.
"That's the only deduction I can make," Guitalera said. "At that time, I begged my father to allow me to join the army, but I was still rejected. Of course, I couldn't accept it, so I thought of a way, which was to discuss it with Anthony …"
"Because he's the son of Marshal Morpheus of the First Legion and also your father's superior, so you wanted him to help you, right?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes." Guitalera immediately nodded. "Of course, it was also because of Marina. She was still the First Princess of the Empire at that time, so I thought she could help. In the end, I only found out after asking … I didn't expect the three of us to encounter the same situation …"
"I've heard of this before." Li Huailin said. "The former King Rene valued sons over daughters and only cared about the princes. He even sent Marina to work in the intelligence department and didn't allow her to participate in royal affairs. Anthony's father, Marshal Morpheus, also didn't like Anthony?"
"Yes." Guitalera nodded. "Although Anthony never said anything, I think the reason was … He was jealous of his son."
"Oh?" Li Huailin smiled. "So the three of you with the same circumstances came together …"
"Yes, the three of us got together and discussed something that could never be made public …" Guitalera lowered her head and said, "To put it simply, it's … the Pact of Patricide."
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