Chapter 33: The Shocking Change (I)
"Attack?" An inexplicable smile appeared on the man's face, and after examining the charred corpses and unrecognizable mecha wreckage on the ground, Ether shook his head and said coldly, "The traces have been disposed of." "The entire Findel district is completely cordoned off by the entire military headquarters.
The sound of an explosion had sent shockwaves through the city, and in less than an hour, the kingdom's army had arrived. And at the head of the pack is a mobile unit led by Ether piloting the Achilles mech.
Ether looked at the traces that had been completely destroyed, as if thinking about something. Soon, the roar of the machine approached, and the black-pressed army rushed over, not the soldiers sent by the military platoon.
"Is it His Majesty's Praetorian Guard?" The officers beside Esher recognized the uniforms of the troops and wondered.
"It should be, uncle, it's rare for him to send these tin cans out." Ether sneered playfully and looked at the silver-white mechs and said.
"Since the Holy Armor Knights and His Highness's [Chosen Guard] were all wiped out, His Majesty's personal guard has begun to move. I heard that the new mechs developed by the royal organs of the kingdom may soon be ready for actual combat. The officer sneered. Since the beginning of its existence, the power of this country has been intricate, and not only foreign powers. There has always been a struggle between the royalists and the military, and the strength of the mechs determines their political superiority and inferiority.
"At least now the so-called Praetorian Guards are driving tin cans." Ether scoffed, ordering the army to continue the search without warning.
"No, Your Highness. It's just a coffin that moves. Even the officer did not hide his disdain for the Praetorian Guard's pilot. Due to the contradiction between the kingdom and the Holy See, the Holy See nominally greatly restricts the kingdom's overseas purchase of mechas, so the standard mecha of the Praetorian Guard is mainly the old mecha that has been eliminated. Today, the Holy See's Sacred Mecha is equipped with fourth-generation aircraft, and the mechs of powerful countries such as the Franks, Normandy, and the Holy Roman Empire are also in the transition stage from the third generation to the fourth generation.
Even the mechs of the Orthodox countries of the East, such as Bolgar, Serbia, and the principalities of Rus', are enhanced versions of the third-generation aircraft. And the enemies of the entire Christian world, the Crescentists of the East, have reached the level of resistance to the West with their research and development over the past ten years and the technical support of the remnants of the New Roman Empire.
The huge mecha stopped in front of Esther, and Esher impatiently said to the officers beside him, "You go and negotiate with them, I don't want to go and ink with them." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." The officer nodded, and stepped up to negotiate with the command of the Royal Guard.
I saw that the hatch on the mecha was slowly opened, and a knight landed on the ground from the halyard.
It was a middle-aged man, and as soon as he landed on the ground, the knight took off his helmet and said, "Hello, I am Major General of the Royal Praetorian Guard. ”
The officer under Esher was stunned, the other party did not say his name, but revealed his rank as soon as he came up, and his identity was only a colonel, and the other party didn't want to talk to him at all.
Holding back his anger, the officer looked at the knight with the rank of major general and saluted and said, "Report to the general, this place is temporarily handled by the Grand Duke Tudor and the military department." ”
"We have been sent by His Majesty to take over the scene, and ask other unrelated people to leave the scene now. If you have any questions, please consult with me. Is there a problem? The middle-aged man was aggressive, and Esther's colonel immediately became passive.
"But..."
"I don't want to repeat what I've said a second time, Colonel." The middle-aged man's gaze suddenly became fierce, and his angular face also looked majestic, that kind of momentum was obviously a long-term killing, but he didn't expect that there would be such a character in the Praetorian Guard.
"Stand down." At this moment, a lazy voice broke the tense atmosphere, and the colonel could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and it was Ether, who was watching coldly, approached.
"Hello, Your Highness Ether." The major general of the Praetorian Guard put away his rebelliousness and respectfully saluted the man in front of him, "There is a Janissary Guard Regiment directly under the Praetorian Guard who lost contact last night, Your Majesty ordered us to investigate this matter thoroughly, I hope you can hand this place over to the Praetorian Guard for handling." ”
"I represent the Ministry of War, and if His Majesty's order is not approved by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, I will consider it unlawful. Forgive me for not being able to obey my fate. Esher lightly refused the request of the major general in front of him, and showed no mercy.
This time, it was the turn of the major general to suffocate his face, as the nephew of the current emperor, the other party was so faceless. It seems that the contradiction between this pair of uncles and nephews is indeed not groundless.
"Grand Duke Tudor, this is the Emperor's order!" The major general raised his voice and emphasized, trying to use imperial power to suppress the other party.
But, apparently, he was going to be disappointed.
A frost covered Esher's face, which shocked the heart of the Praetorian Guard Major General, and although the style of this Great Fair Day seemed frivolous and rude, no one would deny that he was terrible, and that the title of butcher was not in vain. Even at that moment, the major general felt that he was being pointed at the center of his eyebrows by a long sword, and he would spill blood on the spot at any time!
"My identity is now a general in the military department, not a Tudor archduke, and the military only obeys the superiors and does not obey the emperor's orders." With a wave of his arm, the army of the kingdom behind him loaded their guns, and the mecha knight also sat back in the cockpit and entered combat mode.
"Your Highness Ether! You are a mutiny! The Major General of the Praetorian Guard changed color and said, he didn't expect the other party to be so crazy.
"You are now obstructing military affairs, and according to the Army Defense Regulations, I have the right to eliminate you directly without being tried by a military court." Ether said indifferently, not taking these Praetorian Guards into account in the slightest.
"Now, leave or die!" Esser's voice also cooled, and the kingdom's army unequivocally aimed their weapons at the Praetorian Guard.
"Good, good, good." The major general said three good words in a row, and said with a pale face: "I will go back and ask Your Majesty to transfer the approval of the Military Department and the Privy Council, I hope that before I come back, Your Highness will not fail to protect the scene in order to cover up something." ”
"Let's go!" The deflated Janissary Major General made a move, pulled the halyard back to the cockpit of his car, and gave his men the order to retreat.
Come fast and go fast. The Praetorian Guard's iron stream quickly disappeared into the sky from Ether's sight.
"Your Highness!" Beside Esther, the colonel asked tentatively, "We're now..."
"Intensify the search, I don't think it's that simple. The military department can't drag it out for long. Esher could not hide his exhaustion and ordered. And the heart is muttering.
Knight King, you really didn't die.