Chapter XXVII: The Dissolution of the Elite Group
On the other side, due to the addition of Brad, the three of them worked together to break through the encirclement of the five people in the elite group, and even fought back.
Thanks to the critical moment, the appearance of Luo Ya and Bake caused the pressure on the three to increase sharply, and they felt that they were not opponents, so they jointly broke through.
At lunchtime, Lubbock secretly added an antidote to Brad's meal, and Brad did not notice the little tricks that Lubbo had played on him. After this battle, the three finally formed trust and became a small group.
Arriving at the branch of the revolutionary army, at the strong request of the three people, the ranks of the revolutionary army carried out a strategic shift, so that the imperial army that had received the news from the elite group and pounced on it was empty.
A few days later, the general Najeta was appointed as a general, although the original army under her command was wiped out by Estes, but the upper echelons of the revolutionary army were very interested in Najeta's talent, and still assigned her 5000 elite soldiers, coupled with Najeta's young and beautiful, for a while became the object of many young men in the upper echelons of the revolutionary army.
Lubbo saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, and felt more and more that his road to chasing Najeta was a long way to go, and all kinds of villains were in charge, hindering the success of his love.
Thankfully, Najeta turned them all down, but ...... Sadly, her reason made it impossible for Lubbo to express his longing to her with a dead face.
Lubbo buried that feeling in his heart, and at the same time saw the decay of the revolutionary army, which in time might even be more severe than the situation of the Empire, and suddenly felt that he had been deceived, so he spent his days debauchery, making a lascivious appearance, and numbing his wounded heart with wine.
At one point, he wanted to leave here, but when he thought of Najeta's figure, he forced himself to stay.
Brad was silent, and found signs of corruption within the Revolutionary Army. He became more and more quiet, as if he also saw the future of the revolutionary army, but he had almost nowhere to go after he rebelled out of the empire, and he could only wait here to watch the changes, and he was also silently looking forward to the day when the top of the revolutionary army could usher in a rebirth.
Najeta founded the "Night Raid", a special group of killers with her as the boss and Brad and Lubbo as members, with the goal of ending the corruption of the empire and killing the evil Chancellor Ornest.
But Lubbo was a little unimpressed with this goal, in his opinion, what could he do if he killed Ornest, the decline of the revolutionary army had begun to emerge, and even if it could take the place of the empire, it would still be controlled by a very small number of nobles, and began to act arbitrarily and disrupt the existing order. The revolutionary army will eventually decay, even faster than the empire.
Lubbock was not hostile to Ornest, on the contrary, he actually admired him, and Lubbo was well aware of the situation in the Empire, which was not something that Ornest could cause alone.
This is the perennial disease of the empire, which has penetrated into the bone marrow, and there is no cure, and Minister Earnest is only doing the opposite on this basis, inflicting all the sins on himself, hoping to cause the fire of the empire to erupt, burn out the existing darkness, and break the rule of the aristocracy.
Because he won the trust of the little emperor, who was a child, he wielded great power and trampled on the privileges of the nobility in order to alleviate the suffering of the poor, whether it was the official who was killed by Ornest, (including Loya's adoptive father, Councillor Panjet) whose family had earned wealth by squeezing the poor, and they were the bloodsuckers who stood on the poor.
Earnest tried his best to govern and infringed on their interests, which made them desperately discredit him as revenge, and now everyone in the imperial capital believes that the corruption of the empire is the fault of Chancellor Earnest alone.
However, in the countryside farther away, because there is no noblemanship, there is no peace, and no one has the ability to spread bad words about Onest, and Onest's reputation has always been good.
Only the children of a wealthy local merchant like Lubbock can understand Earnest after he has seen a lot. to really understand what a great unsung hero he is.
With the strength and reputation of one man, he propped up this crumbling empire.
He is a truly respectable man.
……
Neither Loya nor Bake knew any of this, and it was too extreme to wishfully think that Minister Earnest was to blame for everything.
After all, their so-called intelligence sources are all hidden in the imperial capital, and they don't have the opportunity to hear the voices of the wider people, so what qualifications do they have to comment on the man who supports the rise and fall of a country with his shoulders?
"Failed?" Earnest listened to the report of the squire coming in, and nibbled on the chicken leg again.
"Yes." The attendants trembled, for fear that the man in front of him, who held the power to kill most of the people in the empire, would have any dissatisfaction.
"Got it, you get out." With a nonchalant wave of his hand, Earnest drove the squire out.
The attendant thanked God and hurried out of here.
"Failed? I hope your revolution won't disappoint me, and I won't mind erasing your efforts if it's hopelessly rotten again. Muttering to himself, Earnest finished another chicken leg and threw the bone into the trash can beside him.
The door opened, and a young man with blond hair and blue eyes entered.
He had a dull hair on his head that dangled and looked stupid.
However, the shrewdness in his eyes still made his disguise not thorough.
Dressed in a burgundy vest, he wears a white scarf and a pair of black boots.
"Almichael." Chancellor Earnest narrowed the corners of his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Lord Ornest." Bowing his head slightly, he knightly saluted to Earnest, and Almichael knew that the fat man in front of him, who was not good-looking, was a man who even his brother admired for "manipulating the overall situation in the shadows".
No one else knows, but Almichael knows a lot about the minister's character.
His brother had told him that he was the most respectable man in the empire.
He single-handedly offended the many elites and put them on the opposite side of the empire, hoping to use it as an opportunity to force the disgusting aristocracy to compromise and promote the renewal of the empire in a special way.
Although the elder brother went out to fight against ethnic minorities under his orders (in essence, he took the opportunity to eradicate those relatives who did bad things in his name on the orders of the minister), but on the way back, he was attacked by the so-called revolutionary army. Those bastards usually only rebel and make trouble, stir up the empire into a miasma, and even hinder the empire from maintaining peace on the border, and they also claim to be doing the right thing for heaven with a righteous face, which is really ridiculous.
Almichael heard his brother's last words and kept him loyal to His Majesty and the ministers.
He always called other people mundane, because the masses who listened to the rumors of the nobility laid all this fault on his brothers and ministers, who were dedicated to the country and the people, were really ignorant and ignorant people.
Since then, Almichael has continued to play with the old and famous idea of loyalty, but he no longer has any hope for the foolish people.
I once wanted to defect from this country, but I still remember what my brother said before he died: "I protected the people, but the people failed to protect me!" ”
The worldly people always listened to and believed and killed his brother, and the nobles were unforgivable accomplices, and Almichael was no longer willing to give his life for them.
"Your brother is a good man." Earnest said.
"Lord Ornest." Almichaleton was thrilled, this was Lord Ornest's approval, and it was much more important than the slander of the ignorant masses.
"I hope you can become a stronger person than him, you don't have to care about the eyes of the masses, the public opinion of the moment has no effect, history is always written by the winners. As long as we eradicate the nobility, we will still be admired by everyone. ”
"Yes."
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Elite Group Positions.
"What, Green is dead?" Red pupils were surprised and sad......
"That's right, killed by that guy named Brad." Astin was very unhappy that he was beaten to the ground. However, he didn't have any feelings for Green, after all, he was just a new acquaintance.
"Green is dead too......" Loya whispered to herself, and no one else could see the fleeting sadness in his eyes.
"There's one more piece of news." The Imperial Herald's voice was slightly low, and he looked at Black Hitomi and Aithia with pity, "The candidate group entered the grave guard's position while we were on our way to carry out our mission. When they went to crusade against the grave keepers who posed a threat to the safety of the empire, they fell for the tricks of the other party, and more than a dozen people, including the instructors, did not survive. Although General Estes destroyed the evil organization, he ...... They were all dead. ”
"Natara, silver ......" Hitomi's mood also fell.
Alcia was also at a loss, and her stammering began to occur again, unable to say a word, and almost fainted in one breath.
"Treacherous? It's just empires watching each other's wealth. Luo Ya looked at the herald coldly and said this without hesitation.
"You ......" The herald pointed at Loya, the resentment in his eyes almost swallowing him.
"Shut up, Loya." Seeing that the situation was not right, Bake hurriedly tried to stop Luoya.
However, Loya's combat power was completely beyond his expectations, and he killed the herald in front of him in the blink of an eye.
"Mr. Bake, there's no need to hide anything, the empire has reached this point of decay." Luo Ya's face was expressionless, but the words he said were shocking, "Our so-called maintenance of the happiness of the people of the empire is nothing more than killing some people who rebel against the empire for the benefit of the people, and plundering the wealth that others have painstakingly accumulated. ”
"Loya!" Bake's eyes were quick, the black gloves [Ten Thousand Gold Enemies] were urged, and a large number of dense swords surrounded Luo Ya, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and Luo Ya's figure could not be seen at all.
"Luoya, stop your foolish activities, you can't get the results you want by relying on this alone, hurry up and come with me to ask the minister for guilt." The concern is palpable.
"Don't!" Loya was as stubborn as a calf.
"Alas!" Sighing, Bake stopped using the tools and turned his back, "You go, if you want to go with him, go too!" ”
"Mr. Bake!" Loya stopped talking.
"As he said, the decay of the empire has penetrated deep into the interior, and I want to rescue him from the inside, but there are always people who want to put pressure from the outside, and only a two-pronged approach can cure the problems of the empire!"
Luo Ya walked out silently, and the red pupil followed closely behind him, she never wanted to see the loss of her companion again, and it was because of the tenderness hidden deep in her heart that she felt this pain even more.
"Black Hitomi, let's go!" Red Hitomi looked at Black Hitomi gently, hoping for her sister's affirmative answer.
"No, sister, you stay!" Black Hitomi also has her own ideas.
"Why?"
"For the sake of those dead partners, who died for the Empire, we also have a responsibility to protect the peace of the Empire!" Black Hitomi didn't seem to be sure of her heart, and she didn't want to leave her dearest sister, and her voice trembled a little.
"Boom!"
The black pupil's eyes went black and he fainted.
"Captain!" Red Hitomi was surprised by Nahasiu's movements.
"Stop mother-in-law, haven't you already made up your mind? Your sister can't make a decision, so you can help her make a decision! Nahasiu scolded.
Red Hitomi was speechless, watching Nahaxiu walk out of the gate, dragging a Boni who was reluctant to leave.
"Uh......h Captain, let me go! Bonnie blushed and wanted to say that he was staying, but when he saw Nahasiu's handsome face, he suddenly felt speechless.
"Don't let it go!" Nahasiu said coldly.
Bonnie struggles with ......
Nahasiu pressed his head close to her ear, and Bonnie felt his face hot, and he was even more shy to speak.
"Come with me!" The voice is soft, but it is extremely firm.
Boni nodded his head in disguise.
"It's Nahasiu!" Loya greeted Nahasiu with a smile.
"Hehe......" Nahaxiu coughed dryly, as if he also sensed that what he had just done was inappropriate.
"You go, I'll stay." Ignoring the mox, Athea had already made up her mind.
"Huh? You're a friend of Black Hitomi, let's go together! The red pupil leaned over and looked at Athea's ice-blue eyes and said.
"No...... I...... I'm going to ...... Stay in the Empire...... Seeking to address the adverse effects of the drug...... Method. Althea bowed her head shyly, it was too difficult for her to communicate with the living.
"Medicine?" Red Hitomi didn't know anything, and looked at Luo Ya on the side cutely.
Loya met Nahasio's meaningful eyes, and suddenly felt that the whole world was not quite right.
Also coughing dryly to hide his panic, Luo Ya pretended to be calm and said the secret that was no longer secret, "In order to maintain the stability of this empire, the top of the empire elected 100 orphans from all over the country a few years ago. They went through various trials and ended up surviving only about 20 people, and the top seven of them were placed in the elite group, where Gozzi was taught a unified group. ”
"Daddy?" Boni said, caught up in nostalgia for Gozzi.
Nahasiu's face was terrifyingly dark, and he seemed to have a deep grudge against Gozqi.
Why, exactly?
You know......
"The rest, due to their lack of quality, are strengthened by Esquire's medicine, so that they have strength comparable to that of the members of the elite group."
"How could there be that kind of drug?" Astin was a little surprised, but the desire to become stronger made him yearn for that kind of drug as well.
"But that drug, because of its powerful effects, is bound to be flawed." "One of its flaws is that it makes people feel dependent, so they can't quit it, and the more they eat, the weaker their resistance becomes, just like the drug that raged five hundred years ago. ”
Five hundred years ago, in order to reverse the trade deficit with the empire, the small barbarian states of the West not only raised tariffs, but also smuggled drugs into the empire.
It hopes to make huge profits by destroying the bodies and minds of the people of the empire.
However, the top brass of the empire immediately discovered this, and the emperor was furious and issued an anti-drug order, prohibiting the sale of drugs everywhere, and those who found it would be killed!
At the same time, monstrous anger was spread on those island nations not far away.
The imperial army leveled those island countries, and in that battle, the emperor glorious, but there were also several emperor envoys who were besieged by tens of thousands of people, and after being killed, the emperor was left there and was not recovered.
At the same time, when the imperial army returned, it suddenly found that someone in the country took advantage of the emperor's envoy and the army to start a rebellion, and the two sides fought, each suffered heavy losses, although in the end the empire won the victory, but the emperor also lost most of it, and what is worse is that many of the techniques for making the emperor were also lost!
The remaining concentrated technical inheritance, some of which are due to the high requirements for materials, and the current super dangerous species cannot provide those materials; There are also some because the skills of the craftsmen are too demanding, so it is impossible to produce it now, so the imperial tool has been lost inexplicably.
"Of course, there are pros and cons, normal." Astin knew that history very well, after all, he was from an ancient family in the West, and those secrets were recorded in the family scroll.
"Of course it's not only that, it's overdrawing people's vitality!" Loya sneered, as if mocking Asterin's indiscretion.
Asterin's pupils shrank, and cold sweat broke out on his head.
As for the drug or something, he didn't dare to use it to kill him, although he longed to become stronger, but he still valued his life very much.
"Then you can stay." Loya saluted Ethya politely, "The next time we meet, we may be enemies, but I won't release water, so please be stronger." ”
"I ...... I won't ...... either. Drain the water! Like an enraged kitten, Alcia raised her little fist in protest against the other's contempt for her.
"If I find an antidote, I'll send it to you." Loya didn't look back.
But what I thought in my heart was, for the sake of being a friend of the sister of the red pupil, I would try to help you as much as possible.
Athea's face was also slightly red, looking at the figures of everyone leaving.
Asterin also rushed out after Loya.
"Huh? Are you coming too? Loya was a little surprised.
"Nonsense, you're the strongest in the team, and I like to deal with the strong the most!" Asterin grinned, his golden pupils showing his excitement.
"But the strongest is General Estes." Loya said.
"Hmph, you and I are the same kind of people, both of whom are unscrupulous people who seek to become stronger, how can we watch a woman press on our heads." Asterin replied with no measure. (Note: I'm also a queen fan, queen fans don't beat me, this is to help Astin set up a flag first)
"Let's go." Loya said no more.
Red Hitomi followed with a boneless black pupil in her arms.
Astin followed suit.
"Nahasiu, where are you going?" Seeing that Nahasiu's direction was different from his own, Loya asked with concern.
"The empire is not at peace anymore. I can't tell who is right and who is wrong on both sides, maybe I'm a stupid person compared to you. However, since I can't tell right from wrong, I don't want to stir up this mess anymore, and I'm going to take Boni overseas. Nahasiu looked fondly at Boni in his arms.
Boni's face turned even redder, as red as a ripe apple.
"Then I wish you two a happy world!" Loya laughed.
"Captain, Bonnie, come on!" Red Hitomi clenched her small fists, looking serious, and she didn't know if she understood what Luo Ya meant.
Neither Nahaxiu nor Boni were embarrassed.
Astin looked up at the sky to the side, feeling more like a lone warrior, completely unable to fit into this so-called group.
"Goodbye!"
The elite group, disbanded on this day, three groups of people, each going to the east and west, for their own ideals and purposes, this is the most special year in the imperial era, and it is also the beginning of all changes and blood.