A beautiful melody flowed through the imperial banquet room, and all kinds of delicacies were displaying their appetizing appearance.

Behind where the emperor was sitting, Bloody hid and pinched his nose. "Uwack. It smells bad.”

It was one of the most spectacular banquet rooms in the world, but the smell of perfume from hundreds of nobles was mixing together and creating a disgusting scent. It was as if the hideous greed and stubbornness within these nobles gathered to take an intangible form.

At Bloody's grumbling, the emperor used ventriloquism to soothe Bloody while staring at the nobles in front of him. "Haha, sorry about that. I told him it was fine, but Arcanta said we needed to strengthen the escort from now on.”

The emperor naturally put the accountability for this matter on Arcanta. In fact, Arcanta's words were not wrong. Currently, the emperor’s authority and power were at an unprecedented high due to the Blood Emperor. The stronger the imperial power, the more power others were bound to lose. As such, it was inevitable that the dark forces seeking to end the emperor's life were abundant.

"Well, I know. That's why I’m hiding my presence as much as I can."

Bloody concealed himself so well that it would be hard to notice him even if he was in front of you. As he stood by the emperor, even the head...