The King

Ranker Alliance 

The Legendary Rankers held another meeting among themselves. Ryong Minjun and Mathias Oliver cooked up another plan for Heero.

"What now? How many times are you going to call this meeting? Can we stop the petty revenge and focus on rebuilding our strength?" Park Haneul was the first to speak.

All his words were directed at Ryong Minjun, the incompetent leader. At least that was what most of the rankers called Ryong Minjun behind his back.

After they found out that the Hanzo clan did not take the bait. They agreed to put aside all grudges against Heero for the time being and focused on rebuilding the Alliance's overall strength. But still, the leader of the Alliance suddenly called them to a meeting. Everyone in the room had guessed that it had to be about Heero again.

Ryong Minjun sneered inside, 'Just you wait, Park Haneul! Just wait until my father comes back, it's your time to experience hell!'

He did not say it out loud and shot a glance at his brother, Mathias Oliver. Actually, it was Mathias Oliver's idea, everything from initiating the meeting to the idea. Everything came from Mathias Oliver. But Ryong Minjun supported the idea, the time had come for them to take another step.

"The time has come, the time for Heero to pay for everything he has done to us!" Mathias Oliver opened his mouth.

Of course, this meeting must have something to do with Heero. Park Haneul shook his head. He closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. He decided not to oppose the two brothers this time.

Instead, he wanted to use this chance to destroy the Ryong family's influence over the Ranker Alliance.

Thanks to the absence of Ryong Chong-Shik and Hanzo Keiji. He became the third most influential Ranker after the two sons of the Ryong family.

As long as the Rankers lost their trust in the Ryong family, he could take the leadership position for himself and the Ranker Alliance would become the property of the Park family.

Legendary Class Ranker - Rank 6, Jayden Duran frowned when he heard this.

"Didn't we agree to put this matter on hold?"

Everyone agreed that they would not touch Heero for the time being. At least not until the Ranker Alliance had regained its strength and influence.

"But we can't miss this opportunity. He is gone and the SES is sent to the Regal Kingdom. The Kingdom is under attack by the specters!" Mathias Oliver shared important information.

Everyone was surprised to hear this, as they had no knowledge of it.

"He is not at home, his two strongest disciples are away! This is our chance! I am not asking you to destroy the district, but to save my father and Hanzo Keiji. That will be the main priority!"

Jayden Duran wavered when he heard this. If they wanted to save Ryong Chong-Shik and Hanzo Keiji, this was indeed the right thing to do.

"Is that true?" Jayden Duran looked at Park Haneul.

The Park family had a big influence on the Hero League. So Park Haneul must know something big like this. However, Park Haneul's surprised expression made the other Legendary Class Rankers doubt the validity of Mathias Oliver's information.

Park Haneul did not answer the question, but opened his smartwatch to contact his brother.

Five minutes later, Park Haneul received the answer. He nodded to the others, confirming that the information was true.

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Regal Kingdom

Miao Miao on his neck, Moira on his back, Myung-Hee and Lan Lan in his arms. Heero brought the children with him as the group hurried towards the main castle.

Ki swords hovered around the group, protecting them from the specters. Of course, the Ki Swords belonged to Heero.

Benjamin was in front, leading the way, while Alexa was behind with two knights who brought the unconscious Crown Prince.

Heero's priority was the king. If the King also fell while the Crown Prince was unconscious, the order of the kingdom would fall. Without a leader, the kingdom would fall into a state of chaos, so Heero prioritized saving the king.

After a fifteen minute walk, the group arrived at the huge castle. The main castle was built based on the medieval design with the most advanced materials.

To their surprise, there were no specters around the castle. Benjamin was relieved when he saw this. This meant that the king was safe.

The same was true for the knight and Alexa, they were relieved to find the castle unaffected by the chaos.

Ten black knights were guarding the main gate. They stood there, unaware of the real situation facing the kingdom.

"Tsk, we must hurry! The specters have infiltrated the main castle!" Heero's words startled Benjamin.

While they could not see it, Heero could see that the ten knights were morphers. They were specters, and the original knights had to be transformed into specters.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Heero controlled his ki sword and attacked them. His control of the Ki Sword was far superior to Sun Zhou Yi's.

The knight and the Morphers were caught off guard by the sudden attack. They failed to react in time and were hit by the Ki Sword.

Immediately after the sword struck the knights, black gas emerged from where the sword pierced their bodies. It was a clear indication that the they were indeed specters.

Heero sped up and kicked at the steel gate.

Bang!

The kick shattered the steel gate and the gate flew into the castle, causing a great commotion.

As soon as they entered the main castle, they found many bodies lying on the floor. They were all knights.

"Where is the king's room?" Heero asked Benjamin.

"There! My father should be in that room!" Benjamin pointed to the golden door on the second floor.

Heero immediately jumped to the second floor while the children started screaming, startled by the sudden jump.

As soon as he reached the second floor, he kicked the golden door with less force. It would be absurd if the king died because of the flying door.

Bang!

The golden door was shattered, revealing what's inside.

"Close your eyes!" Heero covered the children's eyes. The scene inside was too horrible for the children.

It turned out to be a throne hall. The way from the door to the throne was blocked by dead bodies. The corpses belonged to the knights, knights who had died horrible deaths.

Most of the bodies were torn apart, their entrails and blood covering the beautiful floor. At the end of the hall, ten black cloaked figures stood in a row.

When the door was forcefully opened, they turned around.

"Hoho... you came! We wanted to visit you after we took care of the king, but you are much faster than we expected!" A rough and smug voice rang in the throne room.

But Heero did not pay attention to the voice. His eyes landed on the throne. There was a corpse on the throne, his eyes were gouged out and there were two large holes in his chest and stomach.

Even though Heero had never met the king, he was sure that the corpse was the king of the regal kingdom. The crown on his head was the obvious sign.

His heart and intestines had been dug out. All of his teeth were missing, and his golden robe was covered in blood.

The King of the Regal Kingdom had died.