80. But...brother Is Begging Me!!
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Desperate frozen soil.
It is a dead place located in the north of Leta. The area outside the Deep Sun Wall is called the Deep Area, where there are a large number of special beings named "Black Era" wandering there, which are extremely dangerous.
for a long time,
The exploration of deep frozen soil by mortal beings has never stopped, but they have never achieved results.
According to the explorers who came back alive, there are only vast snowfields and black holes everywhere in the deep permafrost area. Apart from these two things, there is nothing.
There is no life, no civilization, no ruins, and no one has even seen Heie's lair.
And there,
This is the next battlefield that Rhine will go to, and it is also the area pointed to by the golden crystal given to Rhine by the Lake Giant.
That frozen world of darkness,
It is the home of order.
At this time, Rhine was thinking about the strategy behind the desperate frozen soil, and at this moment...
There was a knock on the door.
Rhine went to open the door,
As expected, it was the Prince and Italion.
Today, His Royal Highness the Prince still looks like he is confident of winning and showing off his power.
Next to him, Italian looked worried.
Facing the visiting guests, Rhine showed a friendly smile.
"Welcome both of you, Your Highness the Prince, and—Etalion~"
"Hey...don't hug me as soon as we meet!"
Seeing Lain walking toward her with open hands, Italaine said no, but still waited obediently to be embraced by Lain.
"Wait a minute! Rhine, you left in such a hurry yesterday, and we haven't said anything to you yet."
When the prince saw Rhine, he was about to repeat his same tricks on Italien. The prince smiled coldly and immediately took a step forward to block Rhine.
Italian, who was not hugged: "..."
The prince said straight to the point:
"Rhine, I have something. I want to solemnly inform you that as a prince, you are morally corrupt and incompetent, which has made many people dissatisfied with you, and among them - your sister, Italaine! "
Rhine was stunned and looked at Italian in surprise: "Is that so?"
Italian was stunned for two seconds, and then nodded helplessly: "...That's right."
The prince smiled, and seeing Etalian cooperating with him so much, he felt a little more confident.
There are some things that no longer need to be kept secretive.
So the prince straightened his back and said calmly:
"Rhine, I just want to advise you to give up the throne as soon as possible. Now Etalian has decided to join forces with me to defeat you!"
Rhine looked very calm when he heard this, and nodded gently: "That's it."
The corners of the prince's mouth twitched.
In the prince's expectation, the strongest demigod in the world joined the battle. Rhine should have been shocked, and even begged for mercy in despair and panic...
But Rhine was extremely calm.
Then he looked at Italian:
"Is that so, Italian, do you want to support His Highness the Prince in ascending the crystal throne?"
Italion: "Give up, Rhine, the crystal holder is not something you deserve."
Italian said in a cold tone:
"This is for your own good."
Hearing this, Lain nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Italion: "???"
For a moment, Italian was stunned.
Italian seemed to have seen a ghost. She stared at Rhine in disbelief: "What did you just... say?"
Rhine: "You asked me to give up the crystal holder, and I said, okay."
Italian's face was full of confusion: "Wait...you guys, don't you plan to hold on a little longer?!"
Lain smiled and said: "No need, the crystal pedestal of Hein is cursed by the elves. Starting from His Majesty Kaysers, all the emperors of Hein will be devoured and tortured by the curse - I know, Italian, you are actually You don’t want me to sit on the throne because of me, right? Thank you, Etalion, I appreciate your concern for me.”
"It's, it's not..."
Italian looked aside awkwardly.
Although that is indeed Etalion's true thoughts.
But facing Lain's sincere thanks, she was a little embarrassed to admit it.
Italian never expected this.
She threatened Rhine to give up the crystal throne's mission, but it went so smoothly.
It only took two sentences to make Rhine give up the idea of fighting for the crystal seat.
Isn't he acting?
Even the prince on the side felt that things were a little too smooth.
The prince asked suspiciously: "Rhine...have you really decided not to be emperor?"
Rhine: "Yes."
But then, Lain said seriously: "However, Italian, Your Highness the Prince, although I may not be the emperor, there will always be someone in Hein who will sit on the crystal throne, and there will always be someone who will bear the curse from Laita, so - The ownership of the throne is just a small problem. The first thing Hein needs to solve now is the curse of the crystal seat. "
Well.......
Indeed.
Italian's expression became a little strange.
She didn't expect that this guy Rhine... would suddenly become so human-like.
He doesn’t covet the throne, and he doesn’t want to make a fool of himself to extend his life—what Rhine really wants to do is to break the curse set by the demigod of the Leta elves from the root!
Rhine: "Italion, do you think it's okay to continue to let the elves of Leta curse our emperor and kill our leaders?"
Rhine said firmly: "That is the biggest insult to Hein, and it will seriously affect Hein's national destiny. No matter who our emperor is, he cannot be tortured because of an enemy's curse, right?"
Having said that...
Italian asked: "So Rhine, what do you want to do?"
The smile disappeared from Rhine's face, and he said seriously: "I want to lift the curse for Her Majesty the Queen, go to Leita, find the source of the curse, and then eradicate the curse - Italaine, I can't do this alone, I hope Can you come and help me?"
"This won't work, Rhine."
Etalion shook his head repeatedly: "The curse of the White Tower is unsolvable. If there was a way to lift the curse, the Imperial Guards would have taken action long ago, wouldn't they?"
Rhine seemed to be very shocked when he heard this. He didn't know how to argue, and in the end he could only show a hint of pleading:
"Xiaoyi...even if it's just once, can you trust me this time?"
"well……"
Italaine was speechless, Rhine's plea made her feel a little shaken.
Rhine...brother...he, he is begging me? !
Italian tightened his expression, gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "Don't go off topic, please promise me now that you will never want to be the emperor of Hein again!"
Rhine sighed, his face full of disappointment and sadness:
"Okay, I promise you. But about lifting the curse, Xiaoyi, I am serious. I really need your help. If you can change your mind... I will be very happy. Goodbye then. , Xiaoyi.”
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that's all,
After receiving clear assurance from Rhine.
Italian and the prince left Rhine's residence.
The victory came so easily, and the prince looked very satisfied.
He originally wanted to humiliate Rhine severely.
However, the final development of things exceeded the prince's expectations.
On the way back, the prince laughed and said:
"That Rhine is really ridiculous. He actually wants to lift the curse of the crystal seat. Etalion, you are right. If there is a way to lift the curse, the Imperial Guards would have done it long ago. How could it be his turn? Is he better than the Imperial Guards? It’s amazing.”
Etalion didn't answer.
After leaving Rhine,
Etalion remained silent.
My dear, I just said... Is Rhine more powerful than the Forbidden Army?
This can't be said for sure.
After all, no one in the Forbidden Army can defeat the ancient dragon, and no one can defeat the evil god Justice.
"Those are just his brags. It's easy to say that it's easy to lift the curse!" The prince sneered and dismissed it.
As powerful as the prince, and even the imperial army, there is nothing that can be done about the curse.
How could it be possible in Rhineland?
However……
Italian remained silent and said nothing.
She was thinking.
Unfortunately, the prince beside him was particularly noisy at the moment.
"Leta regards us as enemies. If Rhine goes to Leta, wouldn't he be killed immediately? It's really unrealistic. Hey... Italian, won't you say a word?"
The prince was a little panicked:
"Hey, Etalian, you're not really considering his words, are you? He's lying to you all those words. How could he possibly be able to lift the curse?"
"Now this guy has given up. In a few years, when Kesers dies, I will become the emperor of Hein. That will be good for you, right?"
Etalaine finally spoke, she asked:
"So, Your Highness, do you think it doesn't matter? From now on, every generation of emperors in Haiyin will be cursed by the elves and die in humiliating misery?"
The prince smiled: "Didn't I say that you can use the regent's method to avoid it..."
"Ah……"
Italian was silent for a moment and said calmly:
"Your Highness, our cooperation ends here."
"What?!"
The prince was shocked.
Prince: "Wait a minute, hasn't our cooperation just begun? Without your help, Rhine will come back and compete with me for the throne immediately!"
To the anxious and noisy prince,
Etalion held out five fingers.
"five."
"Huh? Five? What five? Please explain clearly!"
"Four……"
"Wait, are you counting down the time? Tell me what will happen if the time is up!"
"three……"
"Hey, wait, calm down, okay, if you quit, quit, I won't pursue it, don't do anything unnecessary, okay!"
"two……"
"I was wrong! Madam!! I will leave now! I will disappear from your eyes immediately!!"
"one……"
When Italaine finished counting the last number.
The prince had rolled away and disappeared.
"Etalion, you can't do this to me! You can't!!"
Under Etalion's cruel threat, the distant prince let out that miserable cry like a defeated dog!
It was finally quiet.
Etalion sighed.
really……
She couldn't just leave that guy from Rhine alone...
Let's go see him...
The space was torn open.
Italaine walked into it and arrived in front of Rhine's house again.