Chapter 256 – The Rule of the West 2 (2/2)

“I think there’s a suitable person,” Woohyuk said.

Chimera, Irene, was born from Aris’ biological research laboratory.

It seemed that she would be able to completely absorb the power of the Queen of Thorns through her absorption ability.

Woohyuk used the Power of Resuscitation to restore Cadiz’s body to its original state.

“Pant, pant…”

“Be relieved. It’s all healed now,” Woohyuk flatly stated.

Even if a problem occurred, Woohyuk had the ability to solve the problem, so he boldly decided to start the experiment on Cadiz.

Fiona emerged from thin air as Woohyuk was consoling (?) Cadiz.

“Hero King, I have something urgent to report,” Fiona said.

“What is it?”

“It is said that Joanna of the Clavis Family line, the ruler of the Rhine Kingdom, suddenly fell ill from high fever during a /banquet.”

Joanna was one of his important figures who helped maintain his Western order.

Woohyuk’s expression hardened.

“Is her condition serious?”

Fiona answered, “According to the court doctor, she was poisoned. Fortunately, she was not poisoned to the extent of immediate death, but the poison that she’s afflicted with is of unknown type, and they’re struggling with treatment…”

Around this era, being poisoned was a very frequent occurrence.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Woohyuk immediately pulled out a teleportation scroll.

“Master, are you really thinking of using that?”

“If Joanna dies, a frenzy will occur, and chaos will ensue.”

The descendants of Queen Iona were assassinated, so Drake, the Black Dragon King, would not remain still.

He’d probably run rampant in the Rhine Kingdom and turn the place upside down to find the culprit.

Woohyuk wanted to avoid any turmoil in his current situation, when he needed to set off for his Eastern Conquest and the attack the epic dungeons. In other words, he needed stability to be maintained.

Woohyuk tore the teleportation scroll that he had saved for a long time and teleported to the Royal Palace of Rhine.

“H-Hero King. How are you…”

The court doctor, who was nursing Joanna in her bedroom chambers, jumped up in surprise.

“Don’t make a fuss. Each second is precious and urgent right now,” Woohyuk stated.

Even though he was relatively close to the Rhine Kingdom, the reason Woohyuk used the teleportation scroll was that he didn’t know when Joanna would die.

Woohyuk took out a poison remedy from his pocket and fed it to Joanna, who groaned.

“Ugh…”

The poison remedy was obtained as a loot reward while he traveled around the continent in the past.

When Joanna woke up, the court doctor stared at her with a happy expression.

“The poison phenomenon has completely disappeared. What did you do?” he asked in astonishment.

“I just had the cure,” he responded.

As a Demigod, he no longer had a use for the poison cure.

Furthermore, he had just used the Power of Regeneration a moment ago on Cadiz, so it was down on cool time.

Woohyuk looked around and sat next to Joanna.

“Are you feeling better?”

“Oh, Hero King. Sorry for making you worry. I have a lot of things to care about lately, so I’ve been overwhelmed…”

Joanna was unaware that she was about to die from poison.

As Woohyuk explained the situation, her expression froze.

“Are there any people who would do this to you?”

“… I do not know. I don’t have an idea on who would lead this sort of action and who would support it.”

The Queen’s assassination plan was not something that one or two people could do together.

Woohyuk decided that he needed to get to the bottom of this case by himself.

‘The Rhine Kingdom is the most important of the western small kingdoms.’

Right next to it was Inotia, the City of Magic and Engineering, and because of that, the economies of the two countries worked closely together.

Well, if one moved the floating island to another place, Inotia would be able to work with another kingdom, but it was difficult to find a better location than the current one.

Of course, another purpose of the Rhine Kingdom was to prevent the Black Dragon King Drake from going crazy.

‘At least one of the leaders of the Queen’s assassination plan should still be in the palace.’

Even if he wasn’t a detective like Sherlock Holmes, it was easy to recognize the perpetrators.

Woohyuk wore his disguise and transformed into Joanna.

“I will pretend to be you for a moment. I’ll have Leifina tend to you, so rest here in the meantime,” Woohyuk explained.

“… Please…”

Joanna raised her torso and showed a pitiful expression. She wanted to state her thanks but was only able to say and do this much.

Woohyuk summoned Leifina and left Joanna’s bedroom once Leifina arrived.

A royal guard, who was guarding the entrance, was amazed at the Queen’s appearance.

“Q-Queen. Is your body well?”

“Someone tried to poison me,” Woohyuk said offhandedly as if it was bothersome to deal with the royal guard commander.

The face of the royal guard commander turned cold.

“Who would…”

“I have to find the culprit, so close off the royal palace immediately. No one is allowed to leave,” Woohyuk, disguised as Joanna, ordered.

An eye for an eye.

A tooth for a tooth.

He didn’t know for what purpose the perpetrators tried to assassinate Joanna, but they would have to pay the price for taking his time.

He had to show up in a public place first to find them anyway.

[Reinforced Andvaranaut].

By using the reinforced artifact’s ability, he’d be able to identify those who were hostile to him.

Woohyuk made the royal guard commander gather all the people inside the palace inside the banquet room.

“Is this all?” he asked.

“Yes, no one tried to sneak out of the palace,” the commander dutifully replied.

Since the turmoil, the royal guard commander had been responding appropriately.

Woohyuk nodded his head and looked at the gathered nobles and statesmen.

‘That’s him.’

A man stared at him/Joanna like a wild beast waiting in a bush, ready to pounce and extinguish the other’s life at any moment.

No one else had feelings of hostility toward him/Joanna.