Chapter Seventy-Four: The Chaotic Capital
If a person is still conscious after death, then Bius must be blind to death. He risked his life for five months, but during this time there was no preparation at all in Yaki, not because Libera and Vultures were responsible, but rather because they couldn't move.
During these five months, Yaki was turned upside down, but unfortunately, the besieged Bius was unable to obtain any information. After the failure of the plan to attack Durbans and the loss of the Abdus Line, this time the operation of stealing chickens and bringing rice back to the capital of Yaki was undoubtedly shattered by a thunderbolt.
One of the hardest hit among them was King Qadir III, and whether the order was of his own will or not, after all, he had personally given it, and it was really unexpectedly that he would suffer such a heavy defeat. His wishful thinking completely failed, and this move not only failed to restore the decline and revitalize the morale of the army, but it backfired and defeated the army and suffered heavy losses. As a result, even his royal position will begin to waver, because since he suppressed the Prime Minister Usub and the Minister of War Andrasiu, the situation against the thief army has not improved, but has deteriorated. Never since he succeeded to the throne had been so indisputably defeated except against this army of thieves, and this frustration had been haunting him for several years, and the fact that he had been too obsessed with the affairs of the harem had damaged his body, and now this great blow had finally exploded into a long-hidden problem in him, and in the midst of his grief, Kadir III fell ill.
His Majesty was unconscious, which caused an uproar throughout the Yaki court. The question is how to govern during the king's critical illness. It stands to reason that if Kadir III dies, then it should naturally be succeeded by the only prince Kadi Monro, but at present, Kadir is still alive, so Kadi Monroe is involved in the question of who presides over the daily affairs even if he is temporarily in charge of the country. The two factions, the Minister of War Andrasius and the Prime Minister Usubu, began to wrestle with each other.
Kadir's illness could not have come at a better time, and if he had fallen ill a few days later, the situation might have changed. The few days he spent in his coma coincided with the time when Viscount Libera and Vulture returned to Ashtiton with the remnants of the defeated army. At this time, the war minister Andrasius and the prime minister Usub were fighting for power at their fiercest.
In fact, if he does not act at this time and is taken advantage of by his political opponent Andrasius, then his political life may be over, on the other hand, Andrasius deliberately puts the responsibility for this defeat on the plan suggested by Usub's son Tulayan, in order to gain an advantage, and the secret battle between the two camps quickly becomes superficial. Both sides took a fancy to the army that Libera had brought back, hoping to use it to strengthen their positions.
Viscount Libera hated this kind of power struggle the most, and Vulture, who was born in the priest army, was not good at these things, and with the intention of the two of them, they would not participate in it at all, but unfortunately, a considerable number of the remnants of the defeated generals they brought back were subordinate to these two forces, so these two generals actually lost their ability to control the army without any new appointments, and could only watch their officers and soldiers get involved in this political struggle.
As the battle between the two groups surfaced, things quickly went out of hand, less than a month later. The armies in the hands of both sides began an open armed struggle. Not long ago, the comrades-in-arms who fought side by side instantly became your life-and-death opponents. With no one at a loss and Libera and Vultures refusing to go to either side, both sides are targeting King Qadir III, who has just woken up and can't get out of bed.
Now that the King's condition has improved, the value of Prince Cad Monroe has been greatly reduced, and whoever can take His Majesty in the hands of the King first will win this all-out struggle.
However, when the rebels broke into the palace, Kadir III and Prince Cad Monro were nowhere to be found, and it was later learned that they had been rescued by the Shadow Brotherhood led by Brudasmo, but at that time both sides thought that the king had fallen into the hands of the other, and in order to avoid falling into passivity, they both accused the other party of abducting and killing the king. Yaqui's court was in chaos for a while. In the end, the two factions fought in the palace of the Yaki king. As a result, not only did the soldiers on both sides suffer heavy losses, but a large number of maids and female officials in the palace were either gang-raped or killed. Overnight, Yaqui Palace went from being a paradise on earth to a living hell.
This chaos lasted for four days, and not only was the palace looted, but Andrasius's mansion was burned down by the rebels, and many of the outer residences of the prime minister Usub were also attacked and destroyed by the rebels. In the end, Usubu finally gained an advantage by virtue of his decades-old background, and Andrasius, who could not support him, chose to flee to Memphis in the north, and his henchmen scattered in all directions. Those who did not have time to escape Ashtiton were physically wiped out after being captured by the Usubu faction.
Seeing that the situation in Ashtiton had begun to stabilize, the hidden Brudasmo finally brought Kadir III and Prince Kadmunro back to the world. Kadir was still very weak, but he had regained consciousness, and after learning of the great changes that had taken place in the royal capital during his coma, Kadir quietly summoned Libera and Vulture. At the same time, he announced to the outside world that he had recovered his health, and demanded that the two sides of the fight immediately stop fighting and do their duty as courtiers.
Seeing that the situation had changed, the treacherous and cunning Usub immediately claimed that he was only a necessary precaution to prevent Andrasius's misdeeds, and put all the blame for the chaos in the palace and the capital on Andrasius, who had fled, and announced that he would immediately return power to His Majesty. In fact, Andrasius and his party had been severely damaged and could no longer compete with him, and now the real power of the court had fallen back into his hands. Kadir III was well aware of the mystery, and immediately proclaimed Andrasius a rebel, praised Usub for his exploits in quelling the chaos, and entrusted the government to Usub in the name of needing to recuperate.
If that's all there is to it, there may be room for redemption. However, Usub soon discovered that Kadir was not only secretly in contact with Libera and Vultures, but also wrote a secret letter to Andrasius, trying to get him back on his arms in order to regain power.
With Usubu's power at this time, it was not difficult to stop this kind of thing, but the sudden appearance of Brudasmo and the Shadow Brotherhood revealed their terrifying ability and mystery to the world, which made Usub not only worry about what else the king was secretly doing that he did not know, but also worried that his safety could be threatened at any time.
Fear gripped Ashtidon, even Usubu, and it created even more chaos. (To be continued.) )