There was no one getting in Juan’s way, until he arrived in front of the Imperial Palace.

Juan frowned upon sensing that the veil of benevolence had been destroyed. The veil of benevolence was always kept turned off when Juan used to be the emperor so that anyone could freely enter and exit the Imperial Palace, since the Imperial Palace served as an administrative headquarter.

However, the true reason why the veil of benevolence was originally created was to prepare for enemy invasion during a war. It was quite ironic that the veil of benevolence had disappeared when such a situation actually happened.

Juan walked into the Imperial Palace and found blood stains scattered at the entrance of the Imperial Palace. Considering the amount of blood, the victim seemed to have suffered from severe injuries.

The bloodstains extended quite far into the Imperial Palace, and Juan could tell at just a glance that blood had fallen from a fairly high location upon looking at the bloodstains.

Juan knew only one person who was that tall.

“Barth Baltic.”

Juan didn’t know what had happened, but there seemed to have been a person skilled and powerful enough to wound Barth Baltic. Juan continued to walk along the bloodstains. The bloodstains continued to the deepest parts of the Imperial Palace, and it wasn’t long before Juan saw a huge door.

It was a huge steel gate with all of Juan’s history, from his birth, all the way to his...