THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 290: LANA'S GOAL
The 7th prince's face became gloomy after hearing Lana's reply, he asked in a heavy voice "Why? Is the queen's position completely unsuitable for you? If you're interested, I wouldn't mind choosing you to be the prime minister or the great general of the kingdom in the future! I don't understand, what's better than Myro that you chose him over me? Lana, only I can give you the power you seek! People like us are considered cruel and heartless by others, but only we understand the most, our actions are not for cruelty but so that the ambition of power we seek can be obtained! Don't you understand yet?".
Lana did not change her face at all even though the pressure from the 7th prince was very strong "If it was me, I would have rejected your offer because I would have gained power for myself! I have no interest in being the queen of a ruling king or prime minister, I am interested in being the king and taking all power! But after many things happened and then meeting Mr. Myro, I changed my mind! I am no longer interested in the power that I have been seeking, the ambition that I have now is to make Mr. Myro sit on the throne! That's my goal!".
"Why? Whereas we have the same nature, you should be an ambitious and ruthless person like me!", shouted the 7th prince in anger, he regarded Lana as his companion.
No, even the 7th prince had considered Lana like a trusted partner, he did not understand why Lana refused his invitation even though he gave a lot of advantages over Myro.
"I'll tell you a past event, assume this is our last story as friends" Lana said smiling "There used to be a very ambitious person, he started the fires of war all over the world and took his army east, west, north and south of the world to attack all the other rulers and rule the world! No matter what means should be used both murder, trap, arson, and all other cruel means, he used the plan without hesitation, it was unknown how many people had already died at his hands. Not just enemy soldiers, he killed countless innocent residents to make his ambitions a reality".
"When defeating the sages of the East, this evil ruler got the advice of a wise man who was about to die. The wise man tells us that the path he chooses only brings destruction, even if he succeeds in conquering the whole world, no peace or prosperity will ensue, but war and chaos will continue to ensue! The evil ruler did not hear the wise man's advice and kept killing him, after which he continued his cruel path to become ruler!".
"One day, the ruthless ruler managed to achieve his goal! He won the war and defeated all the other rulers, he managed to rule the entire world! As he became king, he began to realize the meaning of the words of the sages of the East! The kingdom he ruled was not prosperous at all, but he managed to rule the entire world!".
"Wealthy nobles and officials are getting richer, but the poor continue to live hard lives until many die of poverty. When he learns of this, the evil ruler plans to improve his royal government. But he only realized 1 important thing, he did not have people who really support him!".
"The evil ruler realizes that due to his greed for power, those who are very loyal to him begin to leave him. Be it the result of dying on the battlefield for the ambitions of evil rulers or any other reason, those who are loyal are not by his side anymore. The ones who were beside the evil ruler were only those who sought to profit from him, without any loyalty. Therefore, when the wicked ruler tried to take back their property to be given to the starving population, they put up a fight".
"The rebellion began from nobles and officials who fought against him to defend their gains or the population who lived hungry to be unable to sit still, they decided to fight in order to get freedom and food. In the end the prosperous kingdom that the evil ruler sought never happened, he died at the hands of the rebels. If the evil ruler does not give much thought to his own ambitions and pays more attention to his loyal followers, all that may not happen".
The 7th prince looked at Lana in confusion "What does this story have to do with our problems?".
"You don't understand?" said Lana with sharp eyes "You who are now no different from the evil ruler, you don't have what a king should have! Neither you nor the evil ruler has the most important thing of being king, that was the intent of my story".
Lana stood up from her chair and planned to leave, but the 7th prince remained confused so he shouted "Then what do I not have to be a king? Does Myro have that thing so you're loyal to him?".
Lana who walked away stopped her steps, she closed her eyes while remembering the times she had just met Myro before smiling "You are right, my master does have the most important thing of being a king! What is most important is not the strength or cunning of trapping the enemy, but the human heart! Unlike you, my master understands the heart of man! What's even scarier, Mr. Myro used his abilities without himself noticing!".
The 7th Prince had yet to understand what was so great about understanding the human heart that Lana had said just now, but the most important thing now was that he had to stop Lana from leaving here.
"Do you mind following Myro and being banished when his kingdom is at peace? like I said, Myro and you are different! Myro was a good ruler, he definitely could not accept a blood-soaked and ruthless figure like you in his kingdom! But I'm different, I can give you the position of queen! As long as you and I help each other, we must defeat even the one who understands the human heart" cried the 7th prince.
Lana continued walking without turning back the slightest "It seems that you misunderstood me, from the start I did not plan on staying beside Mr. Myro! When Lord Myro succeeds in conquering the entire Kingdom of Azeroth and building his own kingdom, when that time comes then I will leave! As you said, a blood-soaked and ruthless figure like myself should not be next to Mr. Myro, my existence would only worsen Mr. Myro's name in the eyes of the population! As for being the queen of Lord Myro? I never thought about it, besides Mr. Myro there is a woman more suitable to be a queen than me".
"A smart and beautiful woman, she made many good plans for Mr. Myro to become a king using his intelligence. On the other hand, he was different from me, his hands were not covered in blood and he also gained recognition from the loyal followers, warriors as well as the residents who followed Master Myro! Such a figure was much more suitable to be on Mr. Myro's side as a queen than me! 7th Prince, this is our last meeting as friends! If we meet again, we will definitely become enemies, I will not hesitate to kill you at the next meeting".
Lana has left the 7th prince's room.
Seeing the figure of Lana disappearing, the 7th prince became gloomy. Because Lana refuses to be loyal to him, he must kill Lana.
The 7th Prince understood how frightening Lana's abilities were, as long as the woman helped Myro, he must be troubled.
Therefore, the 7th prince hit the table hard "All of you, kill Lana! Don't let him get out of here alive!".
"Shelf!".
When the 7th prince thought the dozens of Shadow Hands around the room would chase after Lana, he was shocked to find dozens of Shadow Hands that were supposed to keep him from falling to the ground and losing his consciousness.
Suddenly the 7th prince realized his sight was diminishing, he soon understood Lana was secretly using sleeping poison which was most likely to spread through the air without knowing her or the dozens of Shadow Hands that fell to the ground.
Gazing at the door where Lana had just left, the 7th prince muttered before losing his consciousness "Truly a scary woman-".
The 7th Prince and the choice of the Shadow Hand fell to the ground, they all fell asleep.
The guards who were at the door were instantly aware of the oddity that was happening in the 7th prince's room, they rushed towards the 7th prince's study room.
At least because the guards and servants around were too busy towards the 7th prince's state, they were completely unaware of Lana leaving the 7th prince's palace wearing her robe again.