The skyrocketing fires at the guard office were gradually extinguished by the increasing rain, and the citizens who had gathered retreated under the threat of spears.

It was as if calm had returned.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the soldiers patrolling the city defense battalion were already beginning to discuss which tavern to go to for a drink after the shift change at dawn.

"Beep"

A piercing magic whistle sounded suddenly.

It was small and intermittent at first.

After a few seconds, the "beep" of countless magic whistles was as continuous as the chirping of insects in summer.

Something is wrong!

This is the subconscious thought of everyone after hearing the siren.

"Gather here. ”

"Move me, hurry up. ”

The officers of the city defense battalion on the street began to assemble their own squads of soldiers.

Soon, the soldiers of the city system began to rush to the spot where the siren sounded.

...

The sound came from the Panier neighborhood.

Before the explosion of the guard dungeon, the private soldiers of the nobility were uniformly arranged in the garden square at the exit of the Panier neighborhood, waiting for the reorganization of the officers of the military department.

And at this moment, the noble private soldiers were gathering to storm the escort of the military officials.

As spears surged, many civilian officials of the military department were stabbed to death on the spot.

Soon, the bloody clash that swept through the Panio neighborhood broke out!

The arrival of the officers and men of the city defense battalion did not stop the conflict, but only intensified the determination of the nobles to resist, and in the end, they even began to mobilize heavy crossbows and magicians.

Half an hour later, the clashes began to spread to Central Street and Patwede Street, and the officers and men of a battalion of city defense battalions that had been urgently assembled were defeated by the onslaught of the nobles' private soldiers due to a lack of heavy armor and equipment.

This move of the nobles of the Panir neighborhood completely angered Prince Sinda, and the order to storm was immediately conveyed to Major General Yalvis, who was in charge of specific affairs, and at the same time, a regiment of the city defense battalion stationed in Victory Square was transferred by Prince Sinda to the Panir neighborhood.

...

And just as there was a bloody clash in the Panier neighborhood, Knight Brill, the leader of the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Battalion of the Praetorian Guard, received an order from Sir Auger, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, asking him to lead his troops to the main hall of the Lion Castle.

Ten minutes later, Brill and his troops arrived in the garden outside the ballroom.

"Whoosh"

The Sound of the Sky carried the arrow, and it struck the soft armor of the Brill Knight's throat with unmistakable accuracy.

"Wow"

A mouthful of blood stained the visor of the Knight's helmet of Brill.

At the moment of his fall, Brill saw through the gap in his visor that at the door of the banquet hall, a knight with a crossbow was standing.

"Shoot them all!"

A familiar voice came, and Brill, who was lying on the ground and dying, turned his head to see Viscount Dempto under the protection of a group of armored soldiers.

"Why?"

Brill asked to himself, and then he lost consciousness.

...

The garrison headquarters of the city defense battalion, the private office of Prince Sinda.

Duke Eric and Prince Sinda sat face each other on the reception couch by the window.

"You shouldn't have let the city defense battalion get involved in the conflict in the Panier neighborhood. Duke Eric frowned, "We just need to send a noble nobleman of repute to mediate, and those nobles will soon lay down their arms." ”

Prince Sinda looked at his uncle in surprise, "I thought you would agree with my approach, haven't you always advocated using strong measures to solve these problems, or are your strong methods only aimed at certain people, such as those merchants?"

Duke Eric said: "The Golden Throne needs the support of these people, although most of these nobles are just small nobles in local territories, but they represent the interests of most nobles in the empire, if you lose their support, it means that you will have to go to war with the entire imperial nobles!"

The prince asked rhetorically, "Can they represent the whole empire?"

"Of course not. Duke Eric shook his head, "I don't know what happened to you in the past few hours, but the rebellion in Lionburg half an hour ago and the mass arrests that are going on everywhere now, you should communicate with me." ”

Prince Sinda smiled and said, "Do you mean that all my decisions must be approved by you?"

The prince's words made Duke Eric stunned, and then, the duke began to look at the prince seriously, and after more than ten seconds, Duke Eric said, "Storming the Panier neighborhood will make you lose the support of most of the traditional nobles... I didn't expect you to be so stupid!"

"I..."

"Think about what has happened in the past few hours!" Duke Eric's voice suddenly increased, "Who is you ultimately benefiting from doing this?, during the day, you have just lost the support of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and now you will lose the support of most of the nobles of the empire, what the hell are you doing?"

Duke Eric uttered at the end of his speech, looking at Prince Sinda with disappointment in his eyes, "You are pushing yourself into the abyss, and your stupidity will plunge the entire empire into turmoil. ”

Prince Sinda stood up from his seat, "Those nobles have put their knives on my neck, and the majesty of the empire does not allow anyone to challenge. ”

"It's just a couple of inconsequential military officials, my people are dealing with this, and they'll be able to handle it soon... I'm even about to find out who is hiding behind the scenes, the appearance of the soldiers of the city defense battalion ruined everything, you idiot!" Duke Eric also stood up, he kicked the coffee table between the two, and roared: "You are a stupid pig, I have never seen such a stupid person as you, you don't even know what is wrong with you!"

"I..."

Duke Eric suddenly walked towards the door as the prince spoke, and as he walked, he said: "The emperor can doubt everything, but you can't lose supporters... Before coming here, I had already arrested Yárvis, who was in charge of suppressing the Panier neighborhood, and you can see what to do next. ”

...

At 5 a.m., a faint white light began to appear on the horizon.

Prince Sinda and his guards appear in the Panir neighborhood.

The clash had stopped half an hour earlier, and it was Duke Eric who personally arrived at the scene to deal with it. Prince Sinda is now in charge of the final negotiations, which is the last condition of the nobles of the Panir neighborhood.

An hour later,

The nobles of the Panier neighborhood, with the combined efforts of Prince Sinda and Duke Eric, handed over several leading nobles on the condition that the Lion Castle would not hold anyone else accountable.

...

Has this conflict really stopped, though?

The bloodstains and piles of corpses on the streets weren't made by a magical illusion!

But it's a question that only the real parties can answer, and they're all silent for now.

They can only remain silent.

But silence doesn't mean doing nothing,

So... Probably, the real conflict has just begun!()

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