I, The Dragon Overlord

Chapter 540 - Killing Father and Brothers

Subila Palace, in front of the king’s chambers —

The two royal sons, Aldrich and Amos, unexpectedly met in front of the bedchamber. Each of them was accompanied by a legendary-rank powerhouse and their personal guards.

The two were very careful. They would almost always have their guards follow them, in case of any assassination attempts. They knew each other clearly and knew that as long as the other died, then the rest of the power could be easily swept up and the kingdom could be united. One would obtain glory and the other would lose everything. Their true backers and the one who stood to gain the most was the maternal family of the victorious prince.

This was why Andrea, as the third in line to the throne, could not even participate in the battle for it. Andrea’s mother had died long ago, and her mother was not a great noble, just a baron’s daughter. Even if Andrea had the will to compete for the throne, she had no one supporting her domestically, so she needed to look for power in other places for support.

The two princes were flabbergasted at the sight of each other, and then just greeted each other with a false smile.

“What a coincidence that we would meet here, royal brother.”

Amos greeted his own brother, Prince Aldrich, in style. He smiled and appeared generous, but the only things in those eyes were venom and malice.

Aldrich naturally did not take his brother’s greeting seriously, but as a royal and as a nobleman, he had to maintain sufficient etiquette in front of the enemy. He returned back the smile and greeting, cordially saying, “Amos, you’ve also come. I wonder what matter father wants to discuss with us to have us both summoned.”

“That’s right, but I think the reason that father called us is not for a small matter.”

Amos chuckled. In fact, for the two princes, there was no longer any meaning as to who their father assigned as the heir. The king of the Subila Empire had long lost power ever since the awakening of the gods. His will had no more legal effect. The only thing that could truly decide the ruler of the country was a head-on confrontation between the two princes.

Now that the capital was under martial law, both Aldrich and Amos knew that this final victory would require them to fight to the death.

“Then let’s wait here a little bit until Lord Derek comes to deliver the message. Lord Derek should be coming with royal sister. Since our father is going to announce a major matter, third sister should also be here to act as a witness.”

The two princes spoke, each sentence uttered dripping with hypocrisy.

Soon, Derek brought Princess Andrea followed by the chief of the princess’ guards, Corwin, and an old man that the two princes hadn’t seen before.

The two princes did not care about the fellow, but the two legendary rank powerhouses behind the princes frowned. They were wary of this old man due to how obscure his breathing was. They could not sense any power from him, but their sixth senses as legendary rank powerhouses told them that he was not simple.

After seeing Andrea, a flash of regret and jealousy passed through Amos’ eyes. He already knew from Andrea’s personal maid Emma that his own sister was pregnant. At first, he suspected that the one who had an affair with her sister was her head guard Corwin, but after the second prince’s investigation, he found that it was not Corwin. Even with his abilities and resources, he could not find out who Andrea had a private relationship with.

‘I was planning to treat you well, but you have already degraded the face of the royal family. No matter whose child is in your belly, I will have you abort it once I become king… Sister, because of your stupid choice, your position in my heart is also going to plummet.’

Amos regretfully thought. Then he looked at his royal brother and sneered. He guessed that their own brother still did not know what their royal sister had done.

Although he was thinking of dark things inwardly, he was still sunny and cheerful on the surface. He and Aldrich stepped forward and gave a warm greeting, “Andrea, our angel! You are still so beautiful today.”

The two legendary rank powerhouses following the princes did not feel anything wrong when the two princes stepped forward. In the past, these two had done the same thing whenever they saw the princess.

Seeing that her two royal brothers were temporarily free from the protection of their guards, a flash of killing intent flashed in her eyes. She smiled purely and flawlessly on the surface, then curtsied, “Royal Brother Aldrich, Royal Brother Amos… do it!”

The order to kill was instantly laid down by Andrea. In an instant, the two princes were stunned, but in the next second, Derek pulled out the sword on his waist and the old man behind Andrea also pulled out his dagger.

The two legendary rank powerhouses suddenly attacked, and the two princes’ bodies flashed with spell runes during the panic. Andrea had already expected this and did not panic as she continued to innocently smile. At first, the two princes were stunned, but they immediately calmed down under the protection of the magic runes, but in an instant, their expressions changed to desperate panic. Derek and the old man’s weapon had easily penetrated their barriers.

In a short moment, Andrea saw plenty of changes in their expression which made her heart feel more pleasant.

Before coming here, she had already begged the Church of the Dragon God to bring the highest level magic scrolls for breaking spells. Louie, who possessed the divine authority of magic had already created the occupation of mage killer, as a result, there were a lot of magic scrolls that could break magic inside the church. These were all the weapons of mage killers.

In an instant, Aldrich and Amos were in horror. Their heads fell straight to the earth, followed by their headless corpses, and blood ran over the floor of the bedchamber.

The surrounding maids shouted in horror, and the two princes’ guards drew their swords, but Andrea only let out a sigh of relief.

She knew that she had won.

Although she had already predicted the outcome, there were still many variables before the results arrived.

Now that she had seen the headless bodies of her two royal brothers, she was relieved.

The matter seemed simple to solve, but no one knew how long Andrea had planned for this and how much she had paid for it.

Assassinating the two princes was impossible unless it was a demigod or a god. The gods in heaven had an unspoken rule to not be directly involved in these kinds of things, so Andrea had to think of her own way to kill them.

On the surface, she did not have the support of her mother’s side of the family. In terms of resources, she was far behind her two royal brothers, especially in terms of having strong allegiances. In so many years, Andrea had only trained a legendary rank assassin and this assassin only followed her to repay her kindness.

Having no resources, she had to play as the perfect nobleman, play as the pure and good princess for her people, to gain the popularity and love of the people, to prepare for her future ascension to the throne.

Since she did not have enough people and powerhouses under her, she secretly created an organization that was based in the capital, the ‘Brotherhood of Lies’.

However, this was still insufficient. Compared to the resources and power of the mother’s side family of her two royal brothers, the reserves that she had accumulated all these years were still not enough.

Just when she thought that she had no more chances and could only helplessly accept her fate, fate played a joke on her again and let her meet the Dragon God.

She gave up all she had and tried her best to love the great and terrifying dragon. With her strange encounter as a child and everything she had as a bargaining chip, Andrea was finally able to exchange for the ending she wanted.

She borrowed the power of the Dragon God to obtain the help of His church. She then asked the church to help her eradicate powerful noble families that would become her enemies. Then she forced Derek to swear loyalty to her.

Finally, she borrowed Derek’s power and cashed in on her own disguise for so many years to deceive her two royal brothers. In one fell swoop, she had obtained the best chance to kill them.

Now, everything was all worth it. She was now walking on a straight path to the ending she hoped for.

“Put down your weapons and surrender. As long as you surrender, I will spare you!”

Princess Andrea looked at the two princes’ personal guards and ordered as if she was a queen.

The two legendary warriors were hesitant, but the two princes’ personal guards were inflexible. Seeing that the princes were dead, they were filled with righteous indignation. They rushed toward Andrea and shouted ‘revenge for the prince’.

Seeing this, Andrea sighed. Although there were more people on the other side, these personal guards were not enough to kill Derek alone. They were just following their loyalty while the two legendary rank warriors had already surrendered.

Sure enough, these legendary rank powerhouses would never make an act of allegiance by dying.

All of this was also within Andrea’s expectations.

“I’ll leave this to you guys.”

Andrea commanded. Then as if she was entering no man’s land, she ignored the surrounding shouts and screams, ignored those splattering blood and corpses, and walked alone towards her father’s chambers.