Chapter 749: Chapter 466: S-Class Side Quest and Spiritual Vision Potion
At this moment, Chen Lun’s interface popped up with a mission prompt—
[You have triggered “S-level Side Quest: Tragic Prince”!]
Mission Description: You have learned of the past of Arno, the eldest son of the Sun, from the mouth of Princess Anna, and He is “Proud Sun,” the deity worshipped by the Solar Cross Society. Anna wants to follow Destiny’s guidance and the oracle of the “Proud Sun,” to kill Prince Dazlert, avert the calamities foretold, and aid the “Proud Sun” in escaping his predicament.
Princess Anna is now inviting you.
(Refusing will lead to unknown consequences, please choose carefully!)
Mission Target: The death of Dazlert Tresor.
Mission Reward: 1M Experience Points, 10K Gold Pounds, 50 Points of Regional Reputation, 20 Attribute Points, 10 Special Attribute Points, 1 Blessing Point, and Affection from Anna Tresor.
‘An S-level side quest… The rewards are indeed generous.’
Chen Lun fell into a brief contemplation.
He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, knowing that if he refused Anna’s invitation, he could not avoid her Affection dropping to rock bottom, and even conflict might arise.
Being the leader of a secret organization, Princess Anna could not possibly be soft-hearted. Now that she had let him in on these secrets, she would not allow him to leak them.
If it ever came to a confrontation, even if he could use Cloud Leap to escape, it would become difficult to move around in the Royal City again, and all his efforts here would be wasted.
Turn to Prince Dazlert and inform on her?
Chen Lun lacked concrete evidence.
How could the Royal Family trust the one-sided words of an “outsider” over the Sun King’s favored daughter?
‘Arno was Philip’s close friend and considered me a friend too. If it weren’t for him, I might have been lost in the dark depths of the Immortal Realm. Floey’s ancestor, Asina, also died because of Dazlert’s betrayal…’
Chen Lun turned his head and glanced at the tendrils dancing in Floey’s palm, took a deep breath, and said:
“Alright, Your Highness, I believe I know how to choose…”
He silently accepted the mission, then looked at Princess Anna again.
“I agree to help you, but I cannot blindly offer my support… All I can say is, I will do my best.”
“Thank you, but that is enough,”
Princess Anna said with a smile.
“On the ninth of next month, it will be Dazlert’s twenty-third birthday, and the Royal Palace will host a grand banquet to celebrate… That day will also mark his end.”
She briefly outlined the plan to Chen Lun.
“Normally, his daily life and outings are secretly protected by five ‘Holy Guards of Sunlight’, making it hard to find an opportunity for assassination… But it’s different on the day of the birthday banquet. At that time, they will have other duties and will temporarily leave Dazlert for a while.”
“Even so, killing him will not be easy,”
“At the Royal Palace banquet, many important figures will gather, including high-ranking officials from the Seven Gods Church… And in front of His Majesty, the Sun King, how will you kill him?”
“Father King will not attend the banquet… He hasn’t shown his face for many years now, he didn’t even attend my coming-of-age ceremony two years ago,”
Princess Anna calmly shook her head.
“As for how I will act, I’m sorry, but I cannot tell you for now… only that at that time, I will need a bit of your cooperation.”
Chen Lun’s brow furrowed slightly.
After a moment of silence, he let out a sigh.
“Alright… But Princess Anna, since you do not wish to divulge the specific actions, if the situation at the time puts me in grave danger, I will refuse to participate.”
“Don’t worry, you will not be in any danger,”
Seeing her earnest gaze, Chen Lun finally nodded.
In the following time, the two tacitly avoided continuing that topic and instead chatted about other matters, as if they were just ordinary friends conversing.
After two cups of tea, Princess Anna stood up to take her leave.
Chen Lun and Floey accompanied her back to where her carriage was positioned and watched as the carriage slowly left down the street lit by lanterns.
Standing in place for a while, Chen Lun recalled the words previously spoken by Princess Anna, and then his eyes suddenly narrowed, realizing there was something unsettling.
‘The oracle of Proud Sun…’
Chen Lun muttered the phrase internally.
Despite his short acquaintance with Arno, he could tell that given his character and nature, it was unlikely he would issue an oracle to Anna and the believers to “kill his brother Dazlert to aid his own escape from predicament.”
Leaving aside whether he retains his clear Sanity to issue an oracle now… when Chen Lun parted with Arno, he had asked why he did not leave together, and Arno replied that staying at the dark end was his mission, to hunt darkness, forever.
If that was the case, why would he want to escape?
There seemed to be a contradiction…
‘Has the Pollution changed Arno’s state of mind? Or does He indeed harbor hatred for his brother Dazlert…’
Chen Lun found it difficult to grasp.
He couldn’t even ascertain whether the “corpse” he had seen at the end of the darkness was alive or dead.
The current true state of Arno remained a mystery.
In the end, Chen Lun could only sigh to himself and tuck these thoughts away deep in his heart.
Time swiftly passed by a week.
The orders issued by Prince Dazlert had been gradually relayed from the Royal City to various parts of the Empire. The official Shelters, the Seven Righteous God Churches, along with many other major and minor supernatural forces, responded to the call, beginning to recruit more Undead Foreigners to prepare for the upcoming invasion into the Spirit World, hunting the spreading Pollution Tide.