The second prince snorted. "No, I'm not being controlled by an outsider. Taking over the throne was my idea!"

The king of the realm frowned. "Come clean. Which of the princes are working with you, and where's the Jinghun clan?"

Upon hearing the king of the realm's words, except for the crown and ninth princes, the remaining princes' faces uniformly turned pale.

The third prince asked, "Father, do you mean that you're suspecting one of us as well?"

The king of the realm nodded. "Your second brother spent years importing third- and fourth-level beasts into the hunting grounds without being discovered—a...