The deepest part of the palace is the king's palace.

Because of the king's sudden serious illness, there are many more manpower here than usual, and the royal personal doctor is always waiting outside in case of sudden accidents.

Adrian, who transformed into Dracula Hanton, came here with a full body of blood. He asked everyone else to wait outside, and he walked into the room alone.

After driving out the nurses, maids and others who were responsible for serving Dracula XII, he came to the bed and sat down.

Dracula XII's body has been so thin that only skin and bones are left. He was once majestic and now he is just a living old man, with a head full of white hair that is unusually eye-catching.

Adrian just looked at him like this. After an unknown amount of time, the old man lying on the hospital bed suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyeballs were like crystal balls filled with sand.

Dracula XII sighed and said, "I let you do it after all. Hanton is already dead, right?"

Although it was a question, it had a positive tone. The old man seemed to know much more than his son.

"You shouldn't be attached to this position all the time. Your sons have been waiting for too long. They don't have much patience at all. As long as you have the slightest problem, they can't wait."

Adrian seemed to be talking about something unrelated, "You should be lucky to have me. Without my appearance, the three brothers would have fought to the death. In the end, it would have been a waste of the national power of the Emerald Kingdom and the loss of this country.

It will continue to decline. And I will lead this country in a stronger direction."

In fact, as he stood here, the answer was already clear.

"Look at those people outside. They are all Hanton's confidants. Although they are still taking good care of you, in fact, they have long wanted to welcome Hanton to this position. This is also an opportunity for them. This opportunity can you give

If we can't help them, only Hanton can do it."

"So he failed to seek skin from a tiger. He becomes a king and loses his life. Everything you say is right." Even in his dying years, Dracula XII still has a different kind of majesty. "I just want to know, who are you? Are you?

How did you do all this?"

"Is this important?" Adrian asked.

"Hahaha, I don't care whether it's important or not. I just don't want to be a fool. You came here alone and stood in front of me. Obviously your success needs to be shared and you need to show your superiority in front of me, a loser.

Everyone has such a desire to talk." After saying so many words, Dracula XII's breathing became much faster. After he finished speaking, he kept panting, as if he could pass away at any time.

Adrian suddenly burst out laughing, laughing heartily: "Hahaha, hahahahaha, you are right. He is worthy of being the king who has controlled this country for decades. What else can be done than to take it away in front of a person?"

It makes people happier that he has everything but he can do nothing about it, not to mention this is a country."

Dracula XII seemed to have recovered a little. He said: "It's really bad. You are a pirate! You are able to do all this because of your magical devil fruit ability."

"Sure enough, compared to you, your sons are far behind. Fortunately, I used a poison that I worked hard to obtain."

Adrian was not in a hurry to ascend to the throne at this moment. The position was right in front of him, and he only needed to take a step forward. But after all his plans were successful, this sense of superiority that overwhelmed everything with his IQ could not be overstated, "I am

Adrian, the captain of the Faceless Pirates."

"Faceless Adrian, the super rookie pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, the extremely evil pirate who once plunged several countries into war and ruin." Dracula XII's pupils shrank.

Adrian is obviously proud that his reputation is so well-known. The navy's reward order is a reminder to some pirates, and to some pirates it is a military medal.

Adrian was obviously the latter. He smiled calmly: "Yes, that's me. I have always felt that most pirate robberies in this world are a very boring thing. How much gain can be gained by robbing some civilians?

There is something richer about taking a country.

Do you know what my fruit ability is? I call it a replacement fruit, which can replace an entire person, a person's thoughts, or even a person's life. Don't you think it's very interesting? Hehehehe."

Dracula XII was silent for a while and asked: "Then why don't you just replace me with me? This will make it easier for you to control this country."

"Of course there are restrictions." Adrian said, "But you don't need to know the specifics."

"No wonder you used your ability on me when we first met, right?"

"Yes, I found that your strength is average, but your will is simply unshakable, so I just replaced your idea of ​​having some affection for me. In fact, I chose Hanton from the beginning and did not regard you as the first person.

select."

"Why am I not the first choice?"

"You are too old. Even if I don't show up, how many years can you stay in power, five years or ten years? And compared with you and the eldest prince and the little prince, Hanton is full of desires, and he is just a human being.

Ordinary people, as long as they exert a little influence, they will take action on their own. The most important thing is that he is very similar to me, not only in body shape, but also in our hearts we are the same greedy."

Dracula XII sighed: "Yes, I am too old, and I am too greedy for this position, which makes my sons very dissatisfied with me. They don't say it on the surface, but in their hearts they wish I would die immediately.

Power is alluring, but how many people can see through it?"

"So actually you should be grateful for my appearance. You know, if they start fighting among themselves, this country will immediately fall into civil strife and decline."

Adrian said sincerely, and it was obvious that he thought so in his heart, "I started planning when I met Robert Ridge Blade on the sea. When I came to the Kingdom of Emerald, I became Brad, and I deliberately contacted Han

Dun showed his strength and soon became the deputy commander of the Lion Army.

If you are seriously ill again, it turns out that the three qualified princes are ready to take action. Then I find those two princes and replace their ideas of competing for the throne.

Then he brought the pirates and the navy into the game, let Brad die, and led the Lion Army to defeat the pirates as Hanton, winning everyone's support. The navy was the best witness.

The last part is the scene where you pass the throne to me as a loving father and a filial son. Do you think this kind of drama is like a great epic? Hahahaha."

"I really can't believe that there are such shameless people in this world who steal other people's countries and still have others thank them." A third person's voice suddenly sounded from one side.

Adrian's face changed. He turned around suddenly and saw three figures appearing under a mirror on the originally empty wall. One of them was very familiar to Adrian, or three of them would be fine.

The two are Allen and his young brother, whom he has met and even fought against before. The other person he also knows is a very famous guy in the navy, Rear Admiral Porusalino, who has powerful natural abilities.

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Chapter completed!