The palace of the Kingdom of Mara was built in the southern part of Babus, near the lake. It was not as majestic as the Crete Imperial Palace, nor was it as holy and solemn as the Temple of Light in St. Sarl City, nor did it have the vicissitudes of the Saint Seville Empire.
Its surface area was not large, but in terms of luxury, it was far beyond them. The entire kingdom was built layer upon layer, with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants planted in the gardens. There were also rare and exotic beasts being kept inside. Between the gardens, there were densely packed canals, and a large amount of manpower was spent to create a man-made lake. The exotic rocks on the artificial mountains were all transported from various places with all kinds of manpower.
The overall design made the palace look like a water garden. The mountains, the palace, and the garden complemented each other, with waterfalls and fountains crisscrossing. Small and exquisite buildings stood amidst the lush greenery. Within the palace, there were works of art that the Monar family had collected with a lot of wealth. The murals and paintings on the walls and corridors could be said to be the treasures of famous artists.
Adonis, was the third prince of the Kingdom of Mara. In addition to him, there were a total of six people in this generation who had the right to inherit the throne. He was the sixth in line, the last one. From the beginning, his father had never had any intention of letting him take over the throne.
At this moment, the luxurious palace was completely silent, with not a single sound to be heard. The guards in the palace were all wearing armor and had their heads bowed as they guarded the four corners of the palace. They were as silent as the dead, not emitting the slightest breath or movement.
The old king's hair was now white, and he was lying on a large bed. His mouth was constantly trembling as he stared at Adonis,, who was sitting beside him. There was only fear and trembling in his eyes.
Adonis looked into the old king's eyes without flinching. He had been looking at him like this for two days. He had watched the king's eyes go from disbelief to anger, and then to fear and panic.
Adonis, looked at the hourglass on the wall and said, "There is not much time left."
After hearing this, the old king's whole body trembled with excitement. His mouth trembled as he said, "Why … Why … Do … Do … This …"
Adonis, poured a glass of wine from the Crete Empire and sat down. He smiled calmly and said, "I want you to feel the fear and despair your mother felt when she died."
Trembling, the old king struggled to stand up. With a ferocious look on his face, he shouted at Adenos, "But what does all this have to do with your sister, your brother, your two brothers, and isha? They are all your siblings!"
"Don't you have the heart to do it? How could you do it? How could you do it? Do you hate me so much? No matter what, I am still your father! "
Adonis, looked into the old king's eyes and said, "Isn't that what you told me? The Monar family had no kinship? That's right! At first, I thought it was hatred. I only had hatred in my eyes. It was the cornerstone of my world, my cage. It was hatred that supported me when I ate, slept, and breathed. I thought that when I died, my veins would be filled with hatred.
"People tend to use sincere appearances and pious actions to hide their devil-like hearts. I'm different. I've never tried to hide or pretend to be hypocritical. Now that I've come here, it's no longer just hatred. My heart is missing a piece, and I want to find it."
"Madman, madman, you are crazy! You are all crazy!"
The old king was stunned. He lay down and couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Two lines of tears flowed down from his eyes. There was no panic, fear, or anger in his eyes, only a sneer. He wasn't sneering at Adonis,, but at himself.
"This is really, hehe, hehe, retribution!"
"Cough cough! Cough cough! "
The old king coughed violently. Soon, blood seeped out of his mouth. His body stiffened, and he died on the bed. Not long after, the old king slowly got up from the bed. His skin had become much paler, and his eyes had lost some of their luster. However, his body had become stronger, and the blood under his skin was constantly squirming. The old king's originally thin body was becoming stronger, and there were signs of activating the knight bloodline.
After Adonis, returned, he immediately combined Levis' experimental notes and records with his own research on the ghoul bloodline. He developed the ghoul race. As long as he used the mythical cells and the power of the curse of the ghouls, he could control the ghouls he created. Adonis, combined some of Levis's research on the plague with the power of the ghouls, and developed the zombie poison. As long as he was infected, he could create ghouls.
Ordinary ghouls were easy to create, and even mythical cells didn't need to be used. However, they had no wisdom and no bloodline power. Although they retained the memories of their lives, their combat power was extremely low, and they could only be used as cannon fodder.
In addition, there were the high-level ghouls that Adonis, had personally modified and created. The ghouls had the Brain of the Undead. These ghouls had strong bodies, the bloodline abilities of knights, as well as the combat skills and memories from when they were alive. What the Brain of the Undead gave them was the highest efficiency of mechanical intelligence and learning ability after their consciousness dissipated. Such soldiers were the strongest warriors.
In addition, there were king-level ghouls. This was how Adonis, divided them. This was because these ghouls had been modified by Adonis, using a large amount of his own mythical cells and the Brain of the Undead to create them. Each of them could inherit part of Adonis's power and possess extraordinary abilities.
However, such a transformation required a high degree of bloodline compatibility. Adonis, found that his direct blood relatives were the most suitable. Moreover, because their original consciousness had dissipated, they had been reduced to mere tools of a corpse. The ghouls that only relied on their instincts had gradually developed a new consciousness due to the combination of mythical cells and the Brain of the Undead. It was also because of this that Lu Zhiyu recognized the ghouls that Adonis, had created as a new race. They were able to rely on their own life forms to develop their own consciousness, which meant that they were a completely new species.
At that moment, the King's Guards of the Kingdom of Mara had all been transformed into these high-level ghouls. There was an army of 1,000 knights. The Kingdom of Mara wasn't like other kingdoms, as its alliances were much looser. The king was just a big noble, so having an army of 1,000 knights was already the king's greatest power.
Adonis, knew that governing a country required wisdom and order, but he didn't need that. All he needed was power. The moment he gained control of the army, he had an army of high-level ghouls, and the situation in the entire Mara Kingdom had begun to tilt in his favor.
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