Zosia had a hunch that things weren''t that simple. Where could all the guards have gone?

    "Did they carry out a siege?" If they did, she felt she would have noticed some things. Looking at the tall wall she was about to scale through, she became a little hesitant.

    She hates the feeling of not knowing what was happening. Currently, she is like a blindfolded cat struggling her way to find food.

    Gritting her teeth, she decided to continue with it, but not without using the last invisible talisman she had.

    She her heart ached at the loss of the talisman, but she couldn''t do anything. She was doing it for her mission and since she had vowed to get revenge, she wouldn''t be herself if she didn''t do it.

    Activating the talisman, she decided against scaling the wall. Going to the secret passage that leads directly to the Emperor''s room.

    She kept her spiritual consciousness active at all times. Getting close to the Emperor''s room, she felt the presence of a lot of people.

    Zosia was about to turn back and follow another route, when she heard a loud voice.

    "Why leave when you have come? After all you came to save your father."

    Hearing the familiar voice, Her heart pounded against her chest as she ran a list of possible people who could do this.

    It didn''t sound like Adrian''s voice, so she breath a sigh of relief.

    She first removed the invisible talisman.

    Pushing open the door, she looked around the room that seemed crowded. For the Emperor''s room to be crowded, you could imagine the kind of crowd.

    Among the People in the room, there was a man sitting on the throne chair in the room with others surrounding him.

    Beside him, were the Empress, Duke Chrisen and her brother — Kamal.

    Her gaze shifted from them to the bed. Her gaze became horrified. On the bed the Emperor''s skin had turned bluish purple. He looked like he would be taking his last breath soon.

    Zosia used Analyze on him and the results were anything but good.

    "What did you do to my father?!" She questioned, her voice loud and filled with a frightening chill that made those in the room shudder.

    Kamal looked at his sister and lowered his head. He had actually liked his sister but during these past five years, he had not heard from his sister and being with his mom, his psych had changed.

    Now, he didn''t actually like his sister as much again. If he took over the throne, he would at most, probably spare her life or use her to form alliances.

    Zosia ignored their looks as she stepped forward with a rush to the Emperor. The result from the scan wasn''t also good.

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    "What did you do to him?" She asked again, this time with a growl.

    She could imagine the pain he would be experiencing for his soul to dissipate. Kneeling down beside him, she cocked open a bottle and poured the liquid into the Emperor''s mouth which was tightly shut in pain.

    She noticed a slight relief and that his time increased a bit and slowed down how fast his soul was disppasiating.

    "Answer me!" Her voice reverberated and the building shook.

    People who had planned on ignoring the Princess and watching the show, looked up to see the Princess who had caused the building to shake at the sound of her voice.

    Their hearts were filled with awe and fear.

    Whoosh!

    Zosia swiped her hand and the tea cup that held the tea the strange man was leisurely drinking was swiped away and the tea evaporated with a whoosh.

    "You even dare drink with my tea leaves." Her voice reverberated again.

    Everyone could tell that the Princess was very angry. This was the first time they had ever seen the Princess angry.

    In fact, it was as if, the Princess had never been angry before.

    Zosia looked at the man but decided to start with the shrimps first. She could use this opportunity to kill them all.

    Starting from the last person, "What happened?"

    The person was shocked, he didn''t expect to be asked. Quivering in his place, he soiled his pants with urine, before he could even get to speak.

    "Princess, I.... don''t..... know." The man stuttered.

    Before the man could blink, his head was cleanly seperated from his neck.

    Kamal frowned at the sight. The sister he knew wasn''t one to be brutal but thinking of the fact that it was her favorite person that was dying, he understood.

    "Since none of you have decided to tell me what happened. Then I would cleanly send you all to hell as my kindness to you."

    Bringing out her sword, she swiped it and more than half of the people fell down, their head separated from their body but no blood was spilled.

    Others who remained, finally felt the horror of her fame — The Bloodless Princess.

    The Man who had been quiet, his eyes widened at the sight. "Seems like my guess is right. But from which department does she come from or which soul world?" He thought inwardly. He couldn''t help but wonder where she had gotten such liquid that could slow down the soul disppasiation process.

    His eyes glowed with greed. He must have it. Everything and then make sure he deals with her, if possible destroy her soul so that she would be unable to return.

    Indeed he wasn''t of this world. Just like Zosia, he had come here to complete a task. His task was to take over the Roza Empire and the Southern Alliance. Currently, he is the southern Alliance leader. So, his first task has been completed.

    He has met Zosia once before, unfortunately Zosia doesn''t remember.

    Suddenly the man laughed, drawing Zosia''s attention. "What you are doing is not helping the Emperor."

    "That familiar voice again." She thought inwardly, her eyes turning a degree colder and a shade darker.

    "Give me the antidote." Zosia said, unwilling to exchange more words with the person before her.

    "Hehe.... Princess, that is not impossible. Just give me the Royal Seal and you can have the antidote."

    "D..o..n''t" a croaked pained voice spoke., interrupting their conversation.

    Zosia turned to look at the Emperor. For him to speak despite being in pains, she could tell that even if he died, as far as the Empire still remains standing he would be happy. He didn''t want the Empire to enter the hands of the enemy.

    "My father has given you an answer. But, I still want my father alive. I wouldn''t care if it was my cheap mother you did it to."

    Zosia''s words caused Kamal to frown, "So mother is right. Sister is a demon." He thought inwardly.

    Zosia knew that her spring water couldn''t cure him, it would only slow down the process or extend his life a bit, but who would want to stay alive and endure the searing pain of the soul.

    "Let''s duel. A minute duel that will decide both the winner and the loser.

    If I lose, I will give you the Seal and if you lose, you will give me the antidote."

    The man frowned. He wasn''t confident in beating Zosia as his skills lay in planning and deceit.

    "And what assurance do I have that you''ll honor your word?" he countered, his voice dripping with skepticism. The room grew tense, the air thick with anticipation. Zosia''s eyes blazed with determination, her jaw set.

    "You have my word as a princess of the Roza Empire," she replied. "And you can have this." She produced a small, ornate box from her robe, revealing a gleaming royal crest inside. "If I break my promise, this crest will be worth nothing. But if you refuse and lose, I will kill you and every single person in this room."

    Everyone shuddered. Some tried to leave but found out they couldn''t even move their legs. Their eyes shook at the Princess statement. Now, they understood that just like how the Princess is the Emperor''s reverse scale, it is the same with the Princess.

    They turned to look at the Empress and Kamal, even Duke Chrisen turned to look at them.

    Nobody wants to die, they want to live. They didn''t want to participate again. And if words get out, there was no way to accuse the Princess of mass killing the officials since she wasn''t the one that called them. Even if they could do it, How?

    The Loyalists groups have either been killed or taken to a place they don''t even know about.

    Their eyes were filled with hatred towards the Empress and Kamal. They were on their own but because of them, they had found themselves in a quagmire.

    The man hesitated, eyes narrowing as he calculated the risks. Finally, he nodded. "Very well, Princess. A one-minute duel."

    Since, he wasn''t sure he could win it, he decided to use the trick he had used against the Emperor.

    Zosia moved to the center of the room, her sword glinting in the dim light. The man stepped forward, drawing a thin, wicked-looking blade from his side. The onlookers held their breath as the two combatants faced each other.

    With a swift, fluid motion, Zosia struck first, her blade flashing towards her opponent. He parried skillfully, their swords clashing with a sharp ring. They moved like dancers, each strike and counterstrike a deadly ballet. Zosia''s mind was focused, her every move calculated, but her heart pounded with the urgency of saving her father.

    Zargoza''s eyes focused, as he looked for a way to disperse the Soul devoring powder. He knew his strength was waning and that he wouldn''t last long.

    Time seemed to slow down as the duel continued. The man''s blade was quick, but Zosia''s was quicker. She could see the strain in his eyes, the realization that he might not win this fight. Just as the minute mark approached, she saw an opening. With a final, decisive strike, she struck, Imbuing her powers into the sword.

    The blade moved with an illusion of her losing but it was heading straight for his heart.

    Zosia noticed a strange smell and covered herself with multiple barriers as she struck. The smell was quite familiar. She remembered perceiving it from the tea leaves the Empress had wanted to give her.

    Her eyes flashed with a ruthless glint, increasing the concentration of her power.

    The powder landed on her with a swing of Zargoza''s blade and Zosia blade pierced his chest.

    "Hehe—" Zargoza laugh suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

    His heart wasn''t in the normal place a person''s own should be. So he had thought he had won but feeling the ravaging force inside him that was tearing him from inside, even his soul was suffering some degree of pain.

    He looked at the place he had been stabbed in shock. Raising his head slowly, he looked at Zosia who was also experiencing some degree of pain due to the Soul devoring powder but yet, she could still stand up.

    Zosia shakily stood up, drawing her sword out of his body. Zargoza vomited blood at her action, "Give me the antidote."

    "Antidote!" He laughed, "There is no such thing as Antidote to the Soul devoring powder. I will see the Princess next time, I will accept this failure but not the next, you will die by my hands." He laughed out loud, entering a coughing fit. Using his own blade, he slit his wrist.

    The onlookers eyes widened. They couldn''t have ever imagined in their life that the man they had seen as a god would die like that and at the hands of the Princess.

    They could already see that their death wasn''t too far. Some began begging while others who didn''t want to be tortured followed the footsteps of Zargoza.

    Zosia had scanned him before the duel, but his last words made Zosia feel anxious. She scanned him again and she got a whole different result. Her eyes narrowed, as she made some calculations. She decided to think about it later.

    She decided to scan him one more time and received another different result. Her heart pounded against her rib cage as a thought popped up in her head.

    Pushing it down, she walked up to her father, unconcerned about the traitors that were begging.

    She knelt down beside Aaron. Zosia suddenly felt overwhelmed with emotions and tear drops slid from her eyes.

    "Dad, I am back but I am late. Unfortunately this your daughter couldn''t save you." She sniffed.

    Someone among the crowd suddenly had an idea. If the Emperor said to forgive them, the Princess would have no choice but to do so.

    "Emperor please forgive me. I didn''t —" he wasn''t even able to finish and his head left his neck.

    Zosia felt a ball of fury within her. Her eyes were already red and if she doesn''t control herself, more blood will flow.

    The soul devoring powder was already working on her spiritual consciousness. It was greedily swallowing it up. She doesn''t know how much longer she would last.

    "Father, it seems like your daughter would end up following you." She cracked a smile that was worse than crying.

    Aaron slowly stretched his hand to his daughter. His hands trembled and, he forcefully opened his eyes, he decided not to conserve any strength. He was already resigned to die and today is his death day.

    "You won''t follow after me. I pass on the Luck of the nation to you. Take care and release your uncle and cousin from below this bed.

    Your mother cheated on me with my

    Half-brother. In this life, I thought I could use my own hand to finish them off."

    Those who heard the news were petrified. Duke Chrisen was more shocked and so was Kamal.

    Chrisen didn''t think his brother had already found out about it.

    Kamal stood in his place in shock, he doesn''t understand what they are saying. "Father, how could you say that? If you want to die why destroy mother''s reputation?" He shouted, unwilling to believe what he had heard.

    "You can ask her, she is beside you. Also, never call me father as I wasn''t your father. See your father standing beside you as well."

    Kamal eyes widened in disbelief, his hands trembled and his eyes twitched. Rotating his head mechanically, his gaze moved from His mother to the person he had always called Uncle. Who treats him exceptionally well unlike his own father.

    Now he understood the reason for why he was never favoured by his father.

    "Tell Adrian that he should take care of his son well as they are father and son. Tell him not to be like me and also tell him to tell you what I asked him to tell you.

    Do not die! I love you! Sorry, I couldn''t escort you during your debut." His hands dropped and he left the world with a smile on his face.

    Zosia screamed silently that things of breakable quality like vases, broke and it reached the ends of the Palace.

    Anyone who saw the phenomenon knew that something wrong had happened.

    Zosia finally calmed down after an hour. But her body was getting weaker. She noticed that when the Emperor died, Nora had returned to the body, so it was the expression of her emotions that led to things breaking.

    "Ring the Gong!"

    The Gong was rang nine times signifying the death of The Emperor.

    The commoners were shocked and those in the know, shook their heads. The nobles who were waiting for the sound to decide what to do, made their decisions.

    Zosia first dealt with the traitors, despite the weakening of her body, she was determined.

    She needs to complete everything before she also dies.

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