Chapter 292

Karl massaged his temples which were throbbing in pain after hearing the report that Hades had just given him. On his desk, there was still a mountain of piles of documents that just looking at them made him sick to his stomach.

Karl opened his eyes, realizing that from the time he was in this room until now, Hades had still been standing before him since he had arrived at his residence.

Hades?

"Yes, Your Majesty?" Hades took one step closer to him. "Is there anything I can help?"

"You better sit down now."

Hades's eyes widened, then bowed his body. "Thank you for your concern, but I can still stand–"

Hades didn't dare to continue as Karl gave him a threatening look, giving up. Karl's personal assistant finally pulled up the chair in front of him and sat down.

"Thank you."

"I should have realized this from the start." Karl sat back up straight. His hand reached for a new document that he had not read, then skimmed through it before he finally placed the document on his desk while yawni