412 A Short but Crucial Meeting (1/2)

Although there weren't any corpses remaining in the palace when Yale, Lina, and the new king arrived, the smell of the death was still in the air.

”Everyone is dead. No, they supported my brother and harmed the kingdom; they deserved it.”

The new king knew that most of the people he knew were dead or in prison, but those who were killed by Yale had surrendered to the previous king and were accomplices of his wicked acts, so the new king felt that they deserved it.

”Harming those close to me has a price, and your Dwarf Kingdom already obtained a bargain, so you should be happy that there is a kingdom left.”

The new king nodded to Yale's words, and he didn't plan to complain. Fair or not, the strong was always the one setting the rules and Yale alone was enough to make his kingdom submit. Moreover, the new king knew that Lina was as fearsome as Yale and since they stated that they were a couple, messing with one of them was the same as messing with both.

Even a fool would understand that offending any of them was just asking for a calamity. Of course, those who usually did wicked acts had the chance of offending them without knowing like happened with the previous king.

The ones the former king offended weren't that important in his eyes, but they were backed by two powerful experts that shouldn't be offended.

”I know. Offending any of your friends would be punished with a death sentence from now on in this kingdom.”

The new king was serious about the matter since it could end attracting disaster to the whole kingdom.

Yale was quite happy with that statement as what he feared the most was that his friends would be harmed when he was unable to help them. After all, Yale wasn't omnipresent, so he couldn't be at all places at the same time.

That fact would be even more notorious after leaving the world as going back to help would be difficult, so Yale wanted to ensure that his authority was respected by everyone before leaving.

Yale was about to reply to the new king, but then the light disappeared from the new king's eyes, like if he had lost his soul.

However, before anyone had time to react, the light returned to the new king's eyes, but it looked quite different than before, like if he was another person.

The new king was about to speak, but Yale's intuition yelled him that he knew those eyes, and unconsciously spoke.

”Tofesh?”

The new king smiled before changing the words he was about to say.

”So, you can recognize me just by the gaze, as expected of my best and only friend. I came with just a bit of my consciousness and possessed this body, but you recognized me before I had the chance to explain.”

Tofesh was quite happy of seeing his friend again even though they could only meet for a short while.

”Anyway, there is no time to lose. I can't remain here for a lot of time and what I can say is limited.”

Yale had already guessed some of the truth behind Tofesh, and the way he appeared possessing the new Dwarf King just confirmed that his guess was correct. Thus, Yale didn't want to make things difficult for Tofesh by asking questions.

Lina didn't understand the situation, but she decided to not interfere since it wasn't related to her.

”Usually, it should be impossible for us to come in contact again after I died, but since I left an unsolved matter here, I can use a loophole in the rules to come.”

Tofesh was deliberately speaking like if he had returned from a world of the dead because saying that he came from a higher universe was forbidden.

However, Yale could understand correctly the situation, so there wasn't any need for them to clarify it.

”The sword I made for you is flawed. My pride won't let me forget about that matter, so I needed to return to solve that problem. However, right now it is impossible for me to improve it since I am just a strand of consciousness controlling this body.”

Tofesh smiled while saying that because he was leaving clues in his speech to say what he couldn't say, and he noticed that Yale understood.

For a mere trace of consciousness to control completely the body and soul of a Law God, the level of such an expert should be incredibly high.

”Then, my deceased friend, how can I help you to solve your last wish before returning to the place where you belong?”

Yale followed Tofesh's setting, but Tofesh understood that Yale was doing it on purpose.