Chapter 213

The exposure of Monaldo's healthy state served as a crucial catalyst for this intense struggle. Although all seven candidates had been drawn into the massive conflict, Monaldo alone had remained entirely aloof. Those who supported him could not help but feel surprised and suspicious. From their perspective, Monaldo's pretense of illness could not possibly remain hidden forever. Among the nobility, intelligence networks were inextricably linked, and it was impossible for everyone to have been fooled by him. Let alone the fact that certain actions and large-scale transactions by the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce had not been deliberately concealed—nor could they have been. In their eyes, unless the other seven candidates and the forces behind them were blind, they could not have failed to notice the clues. Yet while the other seven candidates fought tooth and nail, Monaldo was the only one left untouched. This situation was simply too glaring.