Lilly ignored King Libra’s tantrums, and announced calmly: “Starting today, Redley Stevens will no longer hold the title as King Libra, King of the Ninth Palace. He will be stripped of his position, and demoted to wandering ghost. Does anyone oppose this?” King Libra looked at the others immediately.
The King of Transformation was the first to speak: “Redley Stevens paid no mind to the rules that were set. He traveled to the human realm as a ghost king to kill Little Hades when she was still a mortal. He had broken the rules of the Underworld. | agree with your decision, Ruler of Hell.” The King of Styx waved his hand. “I agree! He is a traitor, so he should bear the consequences!” King Libra looked at the King of Contemplation.
Even if that little pest had become the Ruler of hell, there's no way that they could just let her behave however she wanted! He wasn't shocked that the King of Transformation agreed with Lilly. He already could barely understand why the King of Styx would agree with her too.
But there's no way that the King of Contemplation would agree with her as well. And the King of Five Offices would follow suit. If the both of them disagree, there would still be a chance...
“I have no objections as well.” The King of Contemplation said.
“Drag him to be punished then! | have no objections either!” The King of Five Offices replied.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtKing Libra was shell shocked.
“No, | am not a traitor! How could | be?” King Libra’s eyes were red. “How do you even determine who is a traitor? Is a traitor one that just wants to get to a superior position? Only ones who are from the same camp but rebel after are traitors! And | am not one of them!” Lilly remained quiet. She waited for the other Kings to respond.
The King of Five Offices replied instantaneously. “How are you not? We were all colleagues first, and then you decided to stab us in the back! If that's not a traitor, | don't know what is!” The King of Styx chimed in. “That's right. You don’t have to justify it anymore. Just from the fact that you went to the human realm to get your personal revenge when you were still a King, you aren't fit to hold your title anymore.” King Libra wanted to vomit blood.
Even more so when the King of Transformation added on: “Redley Stevens, you say that you wanted to be promoted... with what power? Your strength is just a mere ghost king's. Are you asking to be promoted just to get beaten up?” King Libra: “...” He slumped over and knelt on the floor, looking at the Ruler of Hell with a dumbfounded expression hanging on his face.
Maybe he really was too hungry. After all, he had been starving in prison for the past three to four years.
The gusto he had suddenly disappeared. Everyone had crushed any spirit that he just had. Thinking about it now, he suddenly couldn’t comprehend what he had done.
He was too self-serving. He thought that he could easily kill off the Ruler of Hell and take her place without anyone knowing.
So, as a result of that? He was going to be eliminated.
“I give up!” Redley Stevens had lost his title as King Libra as much as he didn’t want to. But what could he do about it? The current Lilly was not one that he could even compare with, let alone be able to kill her. He couldn’t even tell what rank she was in anymore.
Her master, Pablo, and the other ghost general were already much more powerful. What could he amount to still? “Well then, since we have all agreed to strip Redley Stevens of his title as King Libra, now let's decide, which corners of Hell should he be banished to?” Redley raised his head abruptly. “What?!” It was one thing that he was going to be demoted as a mere wandering ghost, now they wanted to banish him too?! Lilly smiled coldly. “Unless you want a punishment that’s far worse?” “Disobedience to your superiors, abetting crimes, causing bodily harm, raping and killing others, envy towards the kind and virtuous... What have you *not* done?” Redley went quiet.
The King of Transformation nodded. “The Ruler of Hell is right. | personally think that he should take a trip to all eighteen levels of hell, starting off with the one with the boiling sh*t... What do y'all think?” Lilly coughed. She nearly choked on the water she was drinking.
My oh my, Uncle George clearly knew her too well! What a feast this was tonight.
Unexpectedly, the King of Styx strongly objected. “Nope! | think that this is inappropriate!” Redley saw a glimpse of hope. “Exactly...” “What do you have in mind, the King of Styx?” Lilly was surprised.
The King of Styx pursed his lips and snorted. “Why banish them into the hell of boiling sh*t? This is not too appropriate for the both of them, now is it? Especially for King Libra. They have been starving for such a long time... Won't they just get a free endless buffet there then? We can't be too merciful to them.” Lilly: “..” The King of Transformation: “...” The King of Contemplation: “..." The King of Five Offices: “...” Redley almost flipped a table. Oh wait, he doesn’t have one to do that.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“You're avenging your personal hatred with official matters, King of Styx!” He exclaimed furiously.
Redley let out a snort, but then Lilly continued: “No we don’t do that here. Why don’t you go take a bath in boiling sh*t first then~" “Then it's set!” “Are you satisfied now, Redley Stevens?” Redley: “...” “LE %H%.
He was *very* satisfied.
How did things end up like this?! He wanted to be the leader of the Ten Palaces. Initially he was a mighty King who could crush anything. How did he end up with a fate so bad like this...
Redley felt a huge pang of regret. Why did he run off to the human realm so impatiently from the start, just because he heard some rumors from the King of Reincarnation... Thinking back on it now, he really was just some cannon fodder. He was too foolish! Lilly raised her hand and moved her fingers! She put shackles on Redley’s hands and legs.
And just like that, Redley was dragged into the hell of boiling sh*t in all his regret, anger and unwillingness...
The King of Cities watched all of this in a cold sweat.
It was his turn! And naturally, he found Lilly's gaze had landed on him...