Chapter 868: Location
Nonsense, how could I be a XIE? Marcus was really confused, when did he become a XIE cultist, the most outrageous thing was that he was still the last one to know, "This is a false accusation!" No, I have to ......"
Speaking of this, Marcus was directly stunned again, yes, this is obviously a frame-up, but the question is what should he do now? The announcement here was issued by the Church of Light, so the normal way to do it is naturally to go to the Church of Light immediately to make it clear, he is not a XIE cultist at all, Marcus feels that if he goes to explain it now, it must be clear, but the problem is ...... I can't go by myself.
Where Marcus was at this time, even Linton didn't expect. The so-called most dangerous place is the safest place, and the location where Marcus is now is actually in the capital of the Holy Empire of Ilan, the city of St. Drawand. As for why it is here, there are two main reasons.
The first reason, of course, is also one of Marcus's plans. Marcus himself was a complete gambler, and his own plans were extremely daring. As a prince, it is very dangerous for him to go deep into the territory of another country, but he is not satisfied, and he actually comes directly to the other party's capital.
Of course, if he can come here, there are naturally people to help, in addition to their own spies of the Yatis Empire, as well as the traitors of the Holy Empire of Elan itself. Of course, these traitors don't know that Marcus in front of them is the prince of the Yetis Empire, they are just helping Thomas, the illegitimate son of His Majesty the Emperor. Heihe, so in their opinion, what they did was not treason, it was all for the good of the country, how could those two women become emperors, and most importantly, once they ascended the throne, the Merlowe family was not going to be a monopoly, how could they endure a small nobleman from the countryside to become the most powerful nobleman in the empire, they were not qualified at all.
Originally, they were naturally a little hesitant about this, but what they didn't expect was that this Thomas. Heihe actually had such courage to come directly to the city of St. Drawand. Although they had also proposed to meet this illegitimate child before, they didn't expect the other party to really come, and to be honest, this attitude really shocked them.
Of course, Marcus also told them about the whole plan, including the reinforcements that he had already persuaded the Yatis Empire. Then when these nobles heard about the Yetis Empire, they also knew that the other party had bad intentions, can this help you for free? But when they heard that the other party's condition for helping them was to get the land of the north, they felt ...... It seems that this business can be done.
Yes, the land in the north has nothing to do with them, and their fiefdom is not in the north, and the north seems to them to be a place where hillbilly nobles stay, a barren land, and there are few nobles from the north in the entire imperial capital, because they are too poor over there, and the nobles over there have no resources to mix up the mountains, and it is impossible to come to the imperial capital.
And the Yetis Empire is indeed very concerned about the northern region, and they have wanted to get that area in the previous wars, so this time they proposed this reward, and these nobles believed it. Although in their eyes that place is chicken, the Yetis Empire seems to want it very much, and that ...... Since it doesn't involve your own interests, give it.
They really wanted to pull down the Merlowe family, but they really didn't look down on this illegitimate son before, after all, now that the two princesses occupied the imperial capital, they felt that it was difficult to do this. But now that all of Marcus's plans have been stopped, they feel that this thing seems to be really possible, after all, they didn't know how to deal with the First Army near the imperial capital, and it was not easy to deal with this military power in the hands of the other party, but now with the troops of the Yates Empire, there is suddenly a way.
Marcus not only came here to personally win over these nobles, but he also prepared to appear directly when the troops of the Yates Empire arrived and start a riot in the city. In terms of the defense capability of the imperial capital, even if it is surrounded by 100,000 troops, it is not a simple matter to capture it, even if it is completely cut off from the outside world, cut off water and food, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to hold on for a few months. The wall of the imperial capital has never been attacked from the outside.
Marcus certainly can't wait that long, in a few months, anything can happen. Then this brings us to the second reason why he came here, yes, Linton.
Although Marcus is bold, he is not really afraid of life and death, of course he is also afraid of death. And what he fears most now is Linton. Before he came, of course, Marcus also collected a lot of information, especially Linton's intelligence, and his plan must be against Linton, so he naturally knew this.
Speaking of Linton, one of the things he did recently was to run to the Duke of Norberley's house and kill his whole family. So what can you play with? Isn't it too much for you to do this directly at a saint-level end?
What's even more excessive is that this guy hasn't been crusaded against by the Saint-level Association yet, because people can still come up with a reason for "personal vendetta", so do people with a little brain know that this is a personal vendetta? Marcus isn't stupid, but the problem is that people really just say that.
Of course, with his identity, can he still go to the Saint-level Association to protest? Do you see that other saint-level people care about you as an ant? Now the question is, if he dies in the same way, what if this guy kills him directly? The situation of the Duke of Norberley's family is vivid, you said that the Holy Association, even if they find Linton later, the grass on their grave will grow to a meter high.
In the face of such a frenzied enemy, one of the ways Marcus can think of is to hide, can't I still hide if I can't provoke it? If Linton showed up, he would definitely go to the headquarters of the rebels to find him, but he is not there, can you think that I am in the main city? The second is time, which is why he can't wait a few months. Linton doesn't know why he often disappears for a while, what are you doing Marcus hasn't found out yet, it is probably a retreat or something, anyway, this guy doesn't seem to be there during this time, and it's best for him to solve the problem before he comes back. As for the future, as an emperor after he ascends the throne, there are several holy levels in the empire to protect him, although Linton's holy level is terrifying, but as long as you ascend the throne and become the emperor, can you directly kill the emperor of a country? Even saint-level people can't do that.
In short, although it seemed very dangerous for others to go deep into the Imperial City, Marcus actually felt that it was safer. Now even the people of the Northlands have never seen themselves, although they are the prince of the empire, but no one here knows them, not even Thomas. What is the danger of Heihe's fake identity?
As for launching a rebellion in the city, the current public opinion base is obviously also on his side, plus there are many nobles in the city to assist him, and sudden action will definitely catch the other party off guard, and as long as the city gate is opened, his own troops will be able to control the entire situation.
The current situation is that his plan is going very smoothly, and several nobles in the city have been persuaded by him, and even the city guards can control some of them. Now he just had to wait for the arrival of the forces of the Yates Empire. As for Linton's guess that he went to the northern defenders to persuade them, Marcus certainly didn't know, the northern defenders had already been persuaded by them before, and he didn't need to go there himself.
Originally, the plan was carried out well these days, and after calculating the time, the troops of the Yates Empire should have converged with the rebel army in the north, and now the troops on both sides should have been coming towards the main city again, but I didn't expect that what I heard was actually the announcement of the Church of Light Thomas. The Black River is a matter for the XIE cultists, and this is simply a bolt from the blue.
Do you think you can show up now? He is now in the capital of the Empire, how can he show up? His own soldiers haven't arrived yet, and now that he is showing up, isn't that letting the other party arrest him?
Yes, now the only thing that the Holy See of Light has announced on its side is Thomas. Heihe is a matter for the XIE cultists, and it doesn't say that there are three-headed monsters in the north now, and the troops of the Northern Rebel Army and the Yates Empire have been trampled by these three-headed monsters. Marcus didn't know that his plan had already gone bankrupt, and he thought that if he went out now, wouldn't it be a failure?
Marcus didn't want to show up, and in his opinion, he had to wait until his troops arrived. When the time comes, I will succeed in ascending the throne, and it will not be too late to explain to the Church of Light, anyway, I am really not a XIE cultist. He even suspected that it might be the conspiracy of the two princesses or the Merovie family, who were waiting for him to get out.
But he didn't want to go out, and the few nobles who had decided to follow him here quit. Originally, they thought that following His Majesty the Emperor's illegitimate son, letting him ascend the throne, and being a minister of the dragon himself, they could also solve the Merlowe family, of course they could do it, but now that the people they follow have become XIE cultists, or the notorious Cthulhu church, then they don't do it, how dare they have anything to do with the enemies of the Church of Light, isn't this a big death.
But what people didn't expect was that Marcus actually relied on his eloquence to temporarily stabilize them. He told everyone that he was definitely not a XIE cultist, this was the conspiracy of the Merlowe family, and this matter would come to light sooner or later, and he would definitely not show up now, just wait for the troops to arrive, directly control the situation, and after he ascended the throne, he would explain it to the Church of Light.
Of course, he also vaguely reminded everyone, you have been harboring me for more than ten days, is it too late to get out of the car now? Hand me over, even if you make it clear on the side of the Church of Light, what will happen to you as long as those two princesses ascend the throne?
This can be regarded as calming a few people, and it is true that now that they are in this car, it seems that it is not a simple matter to go down, and it seems that they can only continue to do it. So these nobles could only continue to grit their teeth until two days later, when the news from the north came now, and everyone, including Marcus, was stunned again.
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