"Alright, true god!"
Deloris adjusted her breathing, which was heavy from the fierce battle, tidied her clothes, and then looked up, walking slowly towards the royal palace hall.
Zhang Chen and the three kittens followed closely behind.
At this moment, the guards outside the hall had also mutinied.
Many nobles who supported Deloris, seeing the princess return with a powerful expert by her side, immediately turned their allegiance, killing the guards who supported the emperor.
They removed their helmets, signifying their change of allegiance to the army supporting the new king, and followed Deloris.
Rumble...
The palace gates, ten meters high, were slowly pushed open by over a dozen soldiers.
The ministers and nobles in the hall, upon seeing Deloris arrive with a group of guards behind her, immediately descended into chaos.
At this moment, before the throne, the second prince was kneeling on one knee.
The old emperor was tremblingly preparing to take the crown.
As the coronation ceremony was about to conclude, Deloris burst in.
"Quickly, help His Majesty place the crown on the head of the future monarch!"
A minister supporting the second prince whispered urgently.
"Yes!"
Two palace maids quickly approached the emperor, each taking one of his hands, guiding the crown rapidly towards the second prince's head.
"Stop!"
Deloris abruptly unleashed a sword qi!
Swish!
The hands of one of the palace maids were severed.
The blood-stained crown clanged and fell to the ground.
"Ah!!"
The women among the nobles screamed in terror at the gory scene.
"Are you blind? I am the empire's first rightful heir!"
"To place the crown on my brother's head in front of me, do you take me for air?"
"And are the Emperor's hands something that lowly servants like you can touch at will?!"
Deloris's voice was sharp, piercing the hearts of everyone present. A chilling and majestic aura instantly suppressed the atmosphere in the hall to freezing point.
Dozens of royal guards, arrayed in formation, quickly cleared a path between Deloris and the throne, then stood guard imposingly on either side.
The nobles and ministers in the hall were struck dumb with fear.
It wasn't that they feared these guards, as many of the nobles present were martial artists themselves, and a dozen guards wouldn't have caused much trouble.
The reason they feared was that the fact these mutinous guards and Deloris could stride into the palace unhindered only indicated that all the outer defenses had been crushed.
The Eight Supreme Beings, the emergency teleportation gate, the city defense army, and the outer city guards were all annihilated.
Otherwise, if even one of them had been present, they wouldn't have been able to enter the palace so openly.
"Sister? They said you were dead..."
The second prince, seeing Deloris, was first startled, then a flicker of joy appeared on his face.
"Who are they?"
Deloris slowly walked to her brother's side, helped him up, and asked softly.
"It was..."
The second prince was about to say the name when he suddenly realized something was amiss and quickly fell silent.
However, his gaze couldn't help but shift towards the minister who had just urged the palace maids.
Poof!
Deloris swung her sword, and the minister immediately fell into a pool of blood, the crimson liquid spreading across the floor.
"Deloris, what are you doing?!"
"This is the royal palace hall, and no one is allowed to enter with a sword. Not only are you carrying a weapon, but you are also killing people repeatedly."
"His Majesty is still here, this is open rebellion!"
A warrior rebuked sternly.
Poof!
Deloris struck again with her sword, cutting down this person as well.
"I am rebelling? I am merely reclaiming what should have been mine. If anyone is rebelling, it is those who framed me!"
Deloris stood in the center of the hall, her sword in hand, her gaze sharp as she slowly swept across everyone's faces.
She didn't know who had targeted her, but without a doubt, anyone who dared to stop her now deserved to die!
If she hadn't met Zhang Chen, she didn't know what would have become of her today; she might have lived worse than an animal.
It was all thanks to those detestable people.
Seeing Deloris killing indiscriminately and without question, those who had intended to speak up all lowered their heads.
In this situation, opening their mouths meant death.
"Alright, Father, since you intend to abdicate, you can now pass the throne to me!"
Deloris said, picking up the crown from the ground, wiping it on the second prince, and then placing it back into the Emperor's hands.
"Begin the coronation!"