The emperor's birthday celebration festival was one of the few events in which the emperor made a public appearance. A majority of the occurrences where the emperor left the imperial palace were memorial services due to natural disasters like terrible droughts, floods, or a plague. More rarely, the emperor would also show up if there was an irregular incident, such as the death of an elder in the imperial family.

Therefore, for those seeking the emperor's life, the emperor's birthday was a rare chance. However, as the saying goes, crisis followed alongside every opportunity, and there were battle races guarding the emperor. It was nearly impossible to break through the battle tribes’ escort and stab the emperor with a dagger.

"Hehe, it seems like it’s started."

That is unless the individual wielding the dagger was also part of a battle race. Cancer, wearing a blue-green mask, smiled as he finished eating the tanghulu in his hand. "But it's a shame that there are no Crows. Was it Bloody? The one whose name is known even in our tribe.”

A few years ago, a small-scale local war broke out over Zaharam, the holy land. At that time, Bloody had slaughtered six Hunter Tribe warriors and defeated a thousand knights. Those who liked to make...