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When the army returned victoriously, the young king summoned her troops in front of the palace.
Although a similar evil incident with the ogre occurred, the merits outweighed the flaws. Isis made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion this time. The tyrant generously donated not only a considerable amount of property and treasures, but also promoted Isis's title - although Isis finally donated all the property given by the emperor to the Royal Capital Church.
The monarch would only summon her army and nobles from various fiefdoms. Jasmine also had the qualifications to meet the emperor. She entered the palace with Isis. Perhaps to appease the lord who came from afar, Flora gave Jasmine a insignificant court position.
At this point, the protagonists finally had an intersection with the palace, and Jasmine, who got the position, began to arrange for the protagonists to enter the palace to investigate.
Clues about the ogre are scattered throughout the royal capital, so the protagonists are separated at this plot point. Jasmine and Alice enter the palace with the player, Theresa enters the royal church, Anita joins the orchestra, and Julia enters the Alchemy Academy under the recommendation of Isis.
The game arranged a series of wonderful reversals and decryptions here. Su Yun remembered every detail clearly. He quickly made the right choices at each node and quickly got through most of the plot.
The protagonists outside the palace have made great contributions, and the clues they found all point to the palace, while the protagonists in the palace are caught in a heavy fog. No matter how Jasmine goes to the nobles to verify the news, and Alice looks for servants to inquire about the rumors, no matter how much time the players spend in the data room and the library, they get nothing.
To make matters worse, the cannibal incident broke out again at this time. The first victim was an elderly palace maid, who was eaten until only her bones and internal organs were left. This horrific crime caused a huge riot, and the king had to rush to send out his guards and ministers, and everyone's movements were strictly monitored.
The palace no longer allowed people to enter and exit freely, and servants in different positions were managed separately. The protagonist had to separate from his team. Even Jasmine could not be found immediately. Only Isis could provide care within her ability.
At this time, the palace finally unveiled its beautiful veil in front of the players, and all the ugly crimes were exposed in the tortuous plot.
If the church that Theresa had once relied on was just a den of filth, then the palace in the capital was rotten to the core. Even if there were no ogres, there were still filth everywhere.
It was "people eating people", maids committed adultery with guards, ministers bribed each other, rats coveted the treasury, and nobles exploited the common people...
As a librarian, the player sees the ugly faces of everyone. The interaction and rendering of this plot is unprecedentedly shocking. The perfect plot, painting, music and lines bring the game's appeal to a new height. It is both unreal and real. It is obviously just telling an ancient story, but it can make all the experiencers feel as if they are there.
The ogre killed more and more people, and the status of the victims also rose step by step, from an old maid to the captain of the guard, from a new knight to a veteran minister of three dynasties...
No one knows under what conditions the ogre kills. It kills people indiscriminately, regardless of gender, age or social status. Fear descends upon everyone.
At this moment, the protagonist met the solitary monarch Flora in the library.
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It was supposed to be a late night.
Because of the ogre incident, the palace was eerily quiet at night. No one dared to go out except the patrolling guards. All the candles and lights were lit together, illuminating the unsettling Nightless Palace.
The player heard some noise in the library late at night, so he went to the deepest part of the library and saw a tall woman with blonde hair and red eyes.
The woman was wearing a pure black robe with luxurious golden patterns shining brightly in the candlelight. She seemed to be looking for something. She flipped through the ancient bookshelves layer by layer, and then threw those heavy and precious ancient books on the ground.
The protagonist stopped her and helped the uninvited guest who broke into the library in the middle of the night find the book she wanted.
This is the first time the protagonist meets Flora. At this time, the protagonist in the story does not know Flora's identity, but the majority of players have watched the opening animation of "The King" and are happy with this somewhat routine plot.
After the first contact, everything became natural. Flora and the protagonist began to interact frequently. To everyone's expectations, Flora was not like the stereotyped "tyrant".
Although she has never concealed her arrogance, Flora is extremely polite to the protagonist. She seems to treat the protagonist as her own diary. Every day, she criticizes ministers and nobles in the court in front of the protagonist, sympathizes with the oppressed civilians and slaves, and laughs at the hypocritical and pretentious church and faith.
This is really strange, because it was Flora who ordered the death of Isis, and it was Flora who confided her feelings in front of the protagonist late at night.
The person who was still there was Flora. When the protagonist raised doubts, Flora gave him an answer:
"I will protect my subjects, but those who rebel and disobey me, they voluntarily give up the right to be protected by me, they are guilty."
This answer was extremely arrogant. Flora regarded herself as the standard for everything. She had an extremely overbearing desire for control and she rejected all opposing voices.
This is indeed a tyrant, but she does not need to express her tyranny through her volatile temper and rude and barbaric attitude; there are better ways to exercise her tyranny.
What's even more bizarre is that once Flora clearly expresses her disgust for a minister or priest, they will inevitably appear on the list of victims on the second day.
As such coincidences continue to increase, the conversation between the protagonist and Flora in the middle of the night becomes more and more dangerous. At the same time, Flora's affection for the protagonist also begins to soar.
As evidence from all sides was collected, the protagonist finally determined that Flora had an inseparable relationship with the ogre, and Flora also had an unshakable love for the court librarian. The demands and conflicts between the two sides finally broke out on the last night.
The final battle phase of this grand game has finally arrived.
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Apart from the music of the game, there was no other sound in the control hub of the Ark. The epic music was played by orchestral instruments. Su Yun leaned against the cold metal wall and manipulated the skill sequence according to the order he remembered.
Even though he had played it several times, Su Yun was still immersed in the game. He stared blankly at the pair of red eyes belonging to Flora on the screen.
Anita also has red eyes, but Anita's pupils are bright crimson, which always reminds people of beauty and ambiguity, which is completely different from Flora.
Flora's eyes are a darker shade of crimson. When he is emotional, his eyes will turn scarlet, making him look even crazier and more terrifying.
The monarch in the game raised his scepter high, and black power poured out, shattering Jasmine's defense that was blocking her. Su Yun cut through Theresa's healing skill and held on to Jasmine's last bit of blood.
In the card battle level, no card can be broken and evacuated, otherwise the player will not be able to block Flora's final attack. Many players will not notice this passing condition when they first play the level.
But this is easy to understand in terms of the plot... After all, the best ending is that everyone survives.
Flora's turn is over, it's her turn
Su Yun, Su Yun changed the formation again and carefully calculated the skills of all the character cards.
That's right.
The correct process led to the only victorious outcome. When the arrogant king knelt in a pool of blood, Su Yun knew that he had won the victory and also won the conditions for opening the final chapter.
The magnificent music sounded like thunder, and Chapter 7 "The King" came to an end.
The golden throne had already been shattered into pieces, and Flora's blood seemed to flow out of her chest without end. The sticky, fishy, and sweet red liquid spread all the way to the protagonist's side, mixing with the blood of others and becoming indistinguishable.
"...I can't have you." Flora used the broken scepter to prop herself up. Her back was straight, like a sculpture that would never collapse. "I can't kill you either."
At this time, the protagonist was the only one who could stand. After giving first aid to the seriously injured protagonists, he came to Flora with difficulty.
"Who is the Ogre?"
Flora raised her hand, and the king gently stroked his lover's face, smearing his blood on his body, half obsessed and half loving: "Who is it?"
"…It's you. It's always been you."
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"The King" ends, the final chapter, and "Despair" is about to begin.
Su Yun closed his phone. The screen in front of him was still meticulously recording every change of all the experimental subjects, and Su Yun looked at them carefully again.
After a long time, Su Yun stood up from the metal block, put away his mobile phone, turned and walked towards the gate.
Tang Chao and Lili Marlene were still waiting quietly outside the door. When the door opened, they looked up in surprise. However, the person they were waiting for was not the high priest they had been thinking about.
Su Yun said to them calmly: "Let the Ark collapse."
After the verdict was over, Su Yun walked forward slowly. He passed by two sculpture-like people. As he moved forward, his shadow gradually spread on the ground, filling the entire space in an instant.
Su Yun fell into his shadow.
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Ogres have always been the protagonists who are the "chosen ones".
From the villages in the countryside to the palace in the royal capital, hundreds of people died, all at the hands of the protagonist. Their flesh was torn, their blood was sucked, their bones were crushed, and they died with their eyes open.
There has never been a devil like a heel, there is only pure evil.
…the source of sin and the beginning of evil.
The author has something to say: It should be easy to guess that the protagonist of the game is an ogre. There are many hints. I think someone has already guessed it.
So the second question is, why would seven characters fall in love with such a protagonist!
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Muah!
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