Chapter Seventy-Four: Assassination
The Earl has a small group of seven or eight people, and they are amazed by William's experience, a noble boy who was trained by his father as a civil servant since he was a child, can become a powerful nobleman with a fief through his own struggle, I have to say that this is very inspiring.
The atmosphere in the small circle was merry, and at that moment His Majesty, the most honorable King of Brolin, came down the stairs.
He appeared in front of everyone with a shining crown dressed in splendid garments carefully sewn by court tailors.
All those present stood up and bowed to the king, and the nobles at this time, whether they supported the king's faction or not, were respectful.
"Excuse me, my courtiers!" The bell of King Brolin generally resounded throughout the hall through the amplification of the dome, and it looked extremely majestic in the light of the light.
"Thank you, my Majesty!" Everyone straightened up and returned to their seats, and now was no longer the time to make casual small talk.
The ladies of the noble family were arranged at the back of the hall, and the front position was all used to house the male head of the noble family.
After King Brolin took his seat, he said with a smile: "Today's competition of this year has come to a successful conclusion! I am very happy that the Kingdom of Tskema is full of talents, and in the future, everyone will also make their own contribution to the prosperity and strength of the kingdom! ”
As he spoke, King Brolin's gaze fell on the four dukes at the front.
"Did you say yes, Duke Gvia!" King Brolin said pointedly.
"Of course, Your Majesty, as the most loyal courtier of the royal family, Your Majesty's most loyal subordinate, of course I will give everything I have for the strength of the King." Duke Gvia hurriedly got up and said with a look of sincere fear.
"Well, as your king, I will protect your rights!"
William looked at the intrigue above at the bottom, listening to the explanation of the Earl of Creman just now.
"Duke Gvia is a supporter of Prince Bunkerson, Bunkerson is the eldest son of the old king, but he is not as wise as King Brolin, it is said that the death of the old king has something to do with Prince Bunkerson, but it is indeed King Brolin who benefited in the end."
"Of course, this is just speculation, everything has not been confirmed, but Prince Bunkerson has always been a strong contender for the position of king, and now although the king has ascended the throne and Bunkerson has been made a duke, he has not dispelled the idea of becoming a king, and this Duke Gvia is one of Prince Bunkerson's strong supporters."
"In this athletic conference, these dukes were forced by the authority of the king to come to this athletic conference, and most of their knights were eliminated, you look at the ten people, only one person is the person of these dukes, three royal knights, plus you, the rest are wandering knights, this time they are a big loss of face, His Majesty the King is continuing to attack their prestige now!"
"That's right, what Count Kliman said is true, listen well, I'm not as good as Count Kliman in this kind of thing!" The Count of Loire said from the side.
William listened to Earl Kliman's explanation in surprise, although he had long known that the royal family of every country was definitely not clean, but such a direct close look at the royal struggle was something William had never imagined.
"See? There were only five people at the front, but there were six dukes of the kingdom of Tskma, and Duke Bunkerson did not come to the tournament, and even forbade knights from the principality to participate. ”
"His Royal Highness the Duke who acted recklessly has completely torn his face with the king, but he doesn't want to think about how a duke with the support of a minority can fight through a past supported by the majority?" Count Creman said mockingly.
"That's not the case, Kliman, the number and strength of the nobles who support His Majesty the King and the nobles who support Prince Bunkerson are not much different, we can't be too complacent, we still have to be careful of their counterattack, although His Majesty's position has been relatively consolidated, but it is not ruled out that they will directly send troops to rebel against the king's rule!" The Count reminded from the side.
"You guy, always be so careful!" The Count of Climan said helplessly: "Although you, the Count of the Loire, are not very good at war, but you are really clever in politics, and it reminds me of your father who is skillful!" ”
The small group was talking in a whisper, and there was a war of words going on above, but it seemed that King Brolin still had the upper hand, and said that the duke could not be parried.
King Brolin saw that the heat was almost over, and he estimated that the Duke of Gvia was about to become angry, so he stopped talking.
"The banquet is about to begin, how about a wonderful acrobatic session in our hearts?" King Brolin said.
As soon as he clapped his hands, an acrobatic troupe of seven or eight people walked into the hall with their props.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am a clown from the stinking gutter, Brurush!" The clown greeted everyone in a strange voice, and his exaggerated movements amused the aristocracy.
William also watched his performance with great interest, which was quite rare in this era of lack of entertainment.
"Our first show was bucket acrobatics!" The clown exaggerated.
Then, one of the members of the group held three small buckets, and stacked them on top of their heads, and stayed for a long time without falling off.
Such a difficult performance immediately drew cheers and applause.
This was followed by several very difficult performances, and the atmosphere at the banquet reached a climax.
"Next, it's the finale that our acrobatic troupe has specially prepared for all of you!" The clown said mysteriously.
He succeeded in arousing the curiosity of everyone, and even King Brolin craned his neck to find out.
The Joker and his members pull out a large box, and everyone puts their hands in the box as if to hold something.
At this moment, the people of the acrobatic troupe suddenly drew a long sword from the box and rushed towards the king of Brolin at the top.
The nobles were stunned for a moment when they saw the sword, followed by piercing screams, and they fled in all directions, fearing that they would be targeted by the assassins.
There was an assassin at the royal banquet!
Now that no one cares about the life or death of the king, the pampered bodies of the nobles have long been incomparable to the strength of their youth.
Now the king has no protector but two guards.
William had already rushed out the moment the assassins took out their long swords, I don't know what the reason was, William's mind was very clear at this moment, if he could save the king's life at this time, the benefit would definitely be great.
Two guards armed with halberds rushed down the throne, and the eight Assassins, all with swords, were not sure to deal with them.
Sure enough, the two guards were all eliminated after replacing the four Assassins, and the Assassins were about to rush in front of King Brolin.
William kept pushing away the panicked nobles who were in front of him, and this group of pampered nobles ran faster than anyone else when they were in danger.
Finally, just as the Assassins were about to catch up with King Brolin, William arrived just in time.
At this time, William had no weapons, searched everywhere, and finally found a suitable weapon, he picked up the table knife on the table, and cut the throat of the assassin in front at once, the blood was suddenly splashed, and the long sword in his hand also fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
At this time, the three royal knights at the banquet also reacted and rushed towards the king in front of the crowd.
William pulled the king behind him, dodging the assassins' swords in disarray, and William rolled on the ground and picked up the dead assassin's sword.
With the long sword in hand, William has nothing to fear, although he is not wearing armor and riding a war horse now, but it is more than enough to deal with the remaining three assassins who are not equipped with armor.
With three strikes and five divided by two, William eliminated the remaining three non-professional combatants, and William did not suffer any damage.