Vernon laughed when he heard that. "Do you seriously think that you, of all people, can make the Queen change her mind?"

The Queen took that opportunity to move behind the ivory bed quietly.

"Well, it seems like we have reached an impasse," Darryl said with a shrug. "The Queen knows what you're thinking about. Even if you killed me, you still wouldn't let her sister go, right?"

Vernon scoffed at him. He could not be bothered to explain further. At the same time, he realized the Queen had disappeared. Just when he thought something was not right, he sensed a dangerous aura coming from the ivory bed. From his point of view, Darryl could see the Queen flung herself toward Vernon while holding a golden sword in her hand. However, the same thing could not be said for Vernon.

The golden glint of the sword blinded Vernon. By the time he could open his eyes again, the golden sword had already pierced through his heart, and his blood was trickling down, staining the floor red.

"You—" Ver