Chapter 272: The King’s Deceit

— A Few Hours Ago - Tessia Kingdom Royal Palace —

Within the suffocating confines of a dark and ominous chamber beneath the royal palace, a figure shrouded in black ragged clothing and adorned with a grotesque human skull mask stood before a malevolent magic circle. The unholy sigil was etched with the blood of countless victims, and in the shadows lurked a grotesque pile of human corpses, each bearing the gruesome scars of brutal mutilation.

"Arrrrrrrgggghhh, why! WHYYY!!!"

The man, clad in tattered darkness, roared in a haunting mixture of anger and frustration. His ragged garments were violently discarded, revealing a body grotesquely adorned with blood tattoos. This man was none other than Lucian Blackscar, now identifying as Lucian Justius.