94 Kingdom Takeover (1/2)

[Day 66]

Before going towards the surface, I made sure to save all the riches contained in the Castle underground. All of these valuable items will help my Kingdom grow even stronger.

It seems that I spent the entire night battling the Old Ancestor because when I finally got to the surface, it was a clear day.

As I looked over the devastated Castle, I found some corpses of various maids and butlers, which I swiftly saved on my Item Box for later consumption.

I encountered with Wagyu, Kekensha, and Yurei not long after reaching the surface, they were very worried about me and began to lick me with their sticky tongues, Yurei included.

I resumed what happened and the three were in awe as they almost couldn't believe that the Old Ancestor of legends was actually still alive right before their noses and that I just battled it and ate it some hours ago.

Sadly, the meat was just too good so I didn't save any leftovers.

Most of the guards also died on the earthquakes, so I saved all of their corpses inside of my Item Box. After several hours of looking around, we found the unconscious Caspian who was being protected by the dead body of two guards.

I grabbed the old man and quickly healed him; I want to ask him some questions.

\”Hmm? W-Where am I? Ah! K-Kireina!\”

\”Hello there\”

\”Kireina, a-are you okay? Do you know what happened? Such a tremendous earthquake! W-Wait… could it be the… The Old…\”

\”Hm? The Old Ancestor you mean?\”

\”Geeh! H-How did you know?!\”

I looked at Caspian with my most beautiful and honest smile.

\”Hm! Because I just ate him, he was very delicious!\”

\”Wha!? Aaah! L-Lies! I can't be! The Old Ancestor… H-He can't be dead! B-But then… The earthquakes… It would make sense… N-No… D-Demon! Monster! How could you do such a thing?! Don't you have any morals?! He was the Old Ancestor! First, you brainwash my family, and then you devour my ancestor!\”

\”Funny how you talk about morals after you offered your sister to the Old Ancestor, so he could recover his youth. I assume that Bell is dead, right?\”

Caspian began to scratch his head while looking at the floor.

\”I-I… I had no option! T-The Old Ancestor needed her! I… I… It was for the greater good, with the Old Ancestor recovered, he could protect us! From outsiders like you!\”

\”Oh? It doesn't seem like it worked as you two imagined… Sigh… It's certainly a pity for Bell, she was a radiant and sincere woman, what a waste. Haha, you really don't have any remorse?\”

The old man couldn't contain his anger and sadness as he began to tremble on the ground while crying.

\”I-I do! Of course, I do! She was my sister… Ooh! W-What have I done? Her dead was for nothing, the Old Ancestor was not able to stop you! Everything we did, everything I sacrificed, was for nothing! Oooh…\”

I patted the old man shoulder as I calmed him down.

\”Don't worry! I will make sure to make you reencounter with your lovely sister!\”

\”Eh?! W-What do you mean?\”

\”At first, I thought about using you to take care of the Kingdom when I absorb it, but there are more qualified people than you. Now, you're more valuable as food than as an ally\”

Caspian opened his old and tired eyes with fear, as he began to drag his body across the floor, trying to run away.

\”N-No! I don't want to die… I don't… P-Please, Kireina\”

Flash!

In less than a second, I appeared before Caspian.

\”Well, to be honest, I'm holding some grudges over what you did towards the sweet Belle, I wanted her as my wife. I suppose I'm pretty biased\”

\”A-Ah?! B-But! I can find you some women that are even more beautiful than my sister! Yes! T-There is no need to-\”

While Caspian tried to convince me to leave him alive, I slowly dragged my finger towards his abdomen, stabbing his belly with my long and purple colored nail, which was secreting a strong paralyzing poison.

Poke

\”Gh?! Gaah! W-Wai… Wa… Waa… Gh! Aaah! Gaaah!\”

I began to detach Caspian limbs and to cut his meat while he was alive and paralyzed, I was really angry over what happened to Belle. I guess I went a bit overboard.

After Wagyu and Kekensha petition, I ended up taking Caspian out of his misery earlier than I wanted, with a strong kick on its head, which blasted it like a watermelon.

SPLAT!

[You gained 470000 EXP]

[LEVEL 64/70   EXP 0615237/1120000]

[You obtained a new Title]

[United Kingdom of Aquaria King]

Aah, such a beautiful blood flower. I suppose my Vampire side is kicking in, because each day, I find blood more beautiful and fascinating.

I shared Caspian with my servants and we had a small feast, I also took some Beer and pickled vegetables that went quite nicely with the old man meat. Although he was quite old, his meat was surprisingly tender and flavorful, with a very strong taste. Perhaps he's like wine, getting more delicious as he got older.

[You learned the following Skills]

[Merchant Arts: Price Down]

[Merchant Arts: Price Up]

[Merchant Arts: Gold Rain]

[Merchant Arts: Gold Dig]

[Merchant Arts: Masterful Seller]

[Merchant Arts: Masterful Connection Maker]

Hmm, I've been craving for these skills for very long, and they're finally mine. Aah, it feels quite good.

I left some of Caspian meat for Mady, as she could use these skills quite better than Wagyu Kekensha or Yurei.

Without wasting much time, I ordered Mady to call on all the royals as I made them grieve over Caspian and Belle, announcing their death to the rest of the Aquarian Kingdom.

The cause of death? They just said that both of them died on the earthquake.

It seems that it worked, as the Aquarian folk is quite stupid and believe anything their royal family says. Afterward, they announced the King or Queen, which because of the sudden death of both Belle and Caspian, will go to the next closest bloodline familiar.

Interestingly enough, it was a young mermaid woman named Adelle, of course, I also brainwashed her beforehand. The girl was very beautiful and fitted the position of Princess quite well, however, she was forced to become a Queen.

Adelle had a petite body with small shoulders and a flat chest, her skin was pale white with a pink luster. She had two pigtails on her blonde hair and two beautiful blue eyes. Her fish half was pink colored and resembled a Koi fish.

Afterward, they announced the \”Kingdom Union\”. This is what surprised the merfolk the most.

It was the first time that something like this happened and most people were quite worried.

They announced the \”Kingdom Union\” which would pretty much combine both my Kingdom (Dark Moon Kingdom), which most people already knew about and their Aquaria Kingdom.

This union will be sealed with the marriage of a both crowned Queen and Empress of each Kingdom, which implicated that I was going to marry Adelle.