Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1091: Blood Crown

Among the people Allen knew, there was no other man other than Diego who would draw eyeliner on his face, put on eye shadow, put on white primer, and put on lip gloss. So he cut his hair short and even wore a curly beard to ripen it, but Alan recognized him at once. The young master of the Grant Clan, Diego, who had once lost contact with the clan. But now, he was wearing armor similar to Hawson's, with a short pitch-black cape hanging from his waist and a long sword hanging from his waist. He was standing in front of Allen with a battle spear in his hand.

"Brother Diego …" Alan nodded. "What a surprise. I didn't expect to see you here."

"Otherwise, Count Allen must have thought I was dead, right? Don't you think it's a pity that I'm not only alive, I'm also very well?" Diego blinked his eyes. This rather feminine expression caused a chill to appear on the faces of the men behind Alan. However, he didn't care at all. He said to Alan, "Look, I'm already Level 24."

"Is that so? Congratulations. After all, it's not easy for Young Master Diego to reach this level, but I'm already Level 26."

"Oh, so what? After this spring hunt, I will be the Earl of the Empire."

"I am already."

Right now, anyone could tell that this pair of "old friends" were not on the right track at all. Their words were full of competition, and the tent seemed to be filled with gunpowder. Alan and Diego's eyes almost burned in the air.

Diego shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, it's good to see you here. Because this time, I'm going to personally defeat you, Earl Allen."

"Then I'll really wait and see."

Diego did not respond and bowed to the Second Prince exaggeratedly before retreating behind Hawson. The eldest prince smiled and said to Julian, "My brother, don't let me bump into you on the hunting grounds. I won't show mercy."

"That's what I said, big brother." Julian said.

Hawson nodded and led Diego out. Before leaving the tent, Diego turned around and wiped his neck with a finger. He stuck out his tongue and looked at Alan with a cold smile. After he left, Julian coughed dryly, "You're a friend … really, really special."

Alan shook his head. The current situation was similar to the scene of the nobles' autumn hunt in Babylon back then. However, he was no longer the youth from back then. Alan turned around and said, "Looks like we have to be careful. I think the Eldest Prince probably has the same idea as us."

Julian was dumbfounded. "He wants to kill the shadow too?"

"There shouldn't be any mistakes. Didn't His Highness Hawson just say that he didn't have anything to decorate? If he had made up his mind to kill the Absolute Shadow, he really didn't need to waste his heart to decorate anything."

The Second Prince frowned and said, "Although there are rules during the spring hunt that prevent participants from being disabled or even dying, there have been many accidents during the spring hunt over the years …"

Ellen narrowed his eyes, "Your Highness, what you mean is that we can take this opportunity to surprise the First Prince?"

"No, no, no" Julian shook his head. "I was worried that they would cause an accident for you. As for Big Brother. In the past, I didn't mind letting something happen to him, but now the Shadow Duchy is invading. Roderick is leading the troops outside. If something happens to Hawson at this time, I'm afraid it will attract the dissatisfaction of the military and ruin the country's affairs. The crown prince's position is important, but I don't know how important it is for the Crown Prince to ruin the country's affairs because of the position of the Chu Jun. "I still need to ask you. If there is any friction with Big Brother and the others, it's best not to hurt his life."

Alan nodded, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have my limits."

In the camp, Diego walked behind Hawson. Back then, his hunting squad had unfortunately landed in the Dark Forest. After escaping with a near-death escape, they lost contact with their clan. This was a life-threatening matter on a distant alien planet. Losing contact meant that there was no backup, and the entire team, including Diego, was at a disadvantage when they first arrived on Paradise Star with Alan.

What was even more tragic was that Diego's team had also traveled to the border of the empire. Coincidentally, Shadow Duchy had sent an assault team to invade the border. Diego and Momingmiao had been forced to fight an outsider. When the Black Wolf Army arrived, Diego was the only one who survived. At that time, Hawson was in that team, so he met Diego.

Later, Diego was brought back to the Black Wolf Army barracks. He randomly fabricated an identity, but the Black Wolf Army did not investigate the identity that was full of mistakes. The root cause was Hawson. At that time, Hawson was looking for a candidate to form his own team. Diego's skill was considered to be quite good by the First Prince. As for Young Master Grant, he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity to ascend to the Empire's position of power.

After that, Diego continued to train with Hawson in the Black Wolf Army. Whether he wanted to or not, the environment forced the former noble young master to try his best to change himself. The current Diego was completely different from before. Apart from still liking to wipe things on his face, he had made great strides in military and personal strength.

"Your Highness, I am very familiar with Earl Allen's character. He dares to do anything. Although I hate that guy, I have to admit that he is crazy sometimes." Diego warned, "So with my knowledge of Earl Allen, he is likely to launch a direct attack on the Absolute Shadow during this spring hunt."

"Oh? That would be interesting. If Julian passes the plan, then I'll have to make a difference to Julian." Hawson paused and sneered, "But no matter what, the Absolute Shadow will only be mine!"

"Of course." Diego added, "Don't you think about it? Actually, if you want to kill Jueying, just leave it to us. You don't have to risk your life."

At this time, the Eldest Prince's tent arrived. Hawson opened it and entered. Seven or eight men and women were either standing or sitting in the tent. Everyone was dressed in black armor and black clothes, and their auras were solemn. When they saw Hawson, they all stood up and bowed. Hawson waved his hand and turned to look at Diego with narrowed eyes. "Do you think I'm Julian? Or Savis, the trash who only relies on his uncle? I want to prove to father that if I were king, I would decorate the crown with blood. And the first drop of blood begins with the Absolute Shadow!"

At this moment, Hawson was emitting an invisible pressure. Even though his Origin Energy was not the strongest in this world, everyone was impressed by his courage. Diego bowed when he saw the opportunity, "We are willing to serve His Highness to death."

Everyone else responded.

Hawson laughed out loud in satisfaction, but he didn't know that Diego glanced at him with a smile in his eyes.

When Hawson stopped, Diego said, "Tomorrow we will hunt. Your Highness must be careful of Alan and his party."

"It doesn't matter. I've already thought of how to deal with them."

Wuwuwu, a low and long horn character sounded outside the tent. Hawson turned around and his cloak flew like flames, "Let's go, Father is here."

The camp was extremely lively. Everyone crawled out of the tent and gathered at the roadside. Two teams of brightly armored knights, directly affiliated with Tangerio's "King's Sword" personal guards, separated the crowd. The knights kept shouting "Make way for His Majesty" while the excited crowd desperately rushed forward to see Tangerio's king demeanor. As a result, more than a dozen powerful auras rose from the guards, suppressing the surging crowd. They were experts from the King's Sword. They released their auras one after another, finally calming down the crowd.

Alan and Julian stood together, and the two of them had a small clearing. Berlin, Gao Hu, and the others dispersed, separating the crowd from the Second Prince. Alan took the light from Julian and didn't have to squeeze in with anyone else. He stopped to look. At the entrance of the camp, a group of people slowly opened up, led by Tangerio.

The Great Emperor was dressed in golden armor, sparkling in the sunlight. His might was like a god of war descending from the mortal world. He was also extraordinary when he stepped off a warhorse. He was a descendant of a wild horse and a powerful beast. This horse was as big as a buffalo, and its physique was as strong as a magical beast. Its fur was pitch black, and its head and body were wrapped in armor specially made for it. The black iron armor was painted with golden patterns that flew about, and from afar, it looked like a warhorse stepping on flames. Just the aura emitted by this horse made the other horses not dare to approach, highlighting the might of the Great Emperor.

Tangelio sat on his horse and waved to the people on both sides who were saluting him and screaming. As he passed Julian, the Second Prince bowed and Alan and the others half-knelt. Tangerio's mount, Black Lightning, came to a halt and the Great Emperor said in a deep voice, "Julian, your chances of winning this year with the help of Earl Allen have greatly increased. Tell me, what is your goal for this spring hunt?"

Julian glanced at Alan and said resolutely, "Only fight for first place!"

Tangerio narrowed his eyes and a smile appeared on his rough face. "Only for the first place? Well, my Tangerio's son should be so confident."

"In that case, Julian and I will have to have a good fight." Hawson's voice came from the other side of the road.

Tangelio turned his head to look. Hawson met his father's gaze and said, "Father, this year's Spring Hunt will be ranked first. It will only be mine!"

"Then let me see what you two brothers have done!" Great Emperor said cheerfully.

The thunderous cries, Julian and Hawson's declaration of victory, and the encouragement of the Great Emperor pushed the atmosphere to its most intense stage.

However, there was one strange thing. Until the Great Emperor entered his tent, Savis, the fourth prince, did not appear. It was as if he did not want to compete with his two brothers for first place. Quite a few attentive people noticed this, and it was not long before they discovered that Sylvius's men were pitifully few in front of his tent, and did not seem like they were going to participate in the spring hunt at all, but rather seemed to come to see a lively scene.

It was night, and there was a big bonfire party in the camp. Liquor, barbecue, fruits and vegetables and other delicacies were constantly placed before everyone's tables. Tangerio personally came to the arena and wished all the participants good results. On this night, countless people were unable to get up from their drunkenness.

Then, the next day, the spring hunt began!