Chapter 757: Please enter the urn

The sun was almost completely down.

On a cliff on the northeast side of Standwick, the imperial capital of the Erathian Empire, in the famous Gffenhardt Castle, the maids were busy lighting candles in the various rooms, and the torches used for lighting in the castle hall and in the corridors were also lit.

In the kitchen of the castle, the chefs are busy with each other, and under their skillful hands, each ingredient is turned into a delicious meal, ready to be served to the table.

The gates of the castle were about to close, and the soldiers were panting heavily, pulling up the drawbridge, lowering the gates, and on the walls, the call for a change of post was heard one after another.

Everything is the same as usual.

Except that there are a few people.

And the reason why there are few people is because not long ago, some of the castle garrisons received a special order and left Guffenhardt Castle in a hurry.

Kendall, the regent of the empire, who had just finished a day's work, was in a good mood.

Because he has completed his strategic plan for the Krurod region today, he will officially announce the news to everyone tomorrow morning, and then, under his orders, the army of the Erathia Empire will move and storm the Krurod Kingdom.

He was confident in the battle.

Hammondal's failure was just an accident, and the reason why the accident is called an accident is because it cannot and should not be born continuously, and there are enough failures, and Kendall believes that this time, after all kinds of preparations, there is no reason for him to fail again.

He didn't realize that he had touched the bottom line of some people for the sake of this war, and that the Catherines could no longer tolerate his unbridled squandering of the vitality of the Erathian Empire.

In addition to this incident, there is one more thing that makes Kendall happy today.

That is, Kendall received an important piece of information from the Catherinees.

A renegade member of the Catherines revealed to him that somewhere this afternoon the Catherines were going to gather to discuss something they considered to be of great importance.

This gave him a great chance to wipe out Catherine's faction.

Due to the urgency of time, there was no time to make more transfers, and he was not at ease with some of the emperor's troops, Kendall sent a subordinate army of his troops stationed at Gffenhardt Castle to complete this work, and then not long ago, this army was already led by his close generals, and rushed out.

Calculating the time, this force should have almost reached its destination, and imagining the panicked expressions of the Catherines who dared to oppose him when they saw this force appear, Kendall's mood became better, which made him have a rare smile on his face that he hadn't seen for a long time.

On the way out of the Governor's Hall to dine in the castle's dining room, he even chatted with his attendants for a while, telling a few little jokes.

A good mood brings a good appetite, although today's dishes are nothing special compared to the past, but Kendall feels that it is very delicious, he eats a lot more than usual, the only regret that he regrets is that no one has dinner with him, and now he has no relatives.

Originally, Emperor Alexander would occasionally invite him to dine with him, but that was in the past, and since Alexander realized that he was actually under house arrest, His Majesty the Emperor, who had been doing nothing and was almost just a puppet, did not give Kendall a good look at him again.

Kendall was indifferent to this, the mission-minded regent believed that what he had done was right, that he was doing everything for the sake of the Empire, that he was planning to bring the Empire back to its former glory, and that one day, when Alexander was a little more mature, he would understand him.

In his eyes, young Alexander was now just a child's temper.

He still has a lot of very important things to deal with and doesn't have time to coax the little ones.

But at this moment, seeing that he was the only one at the table, Kendall couldn't help but feel a little sad, he thought of his adopted son, the half-elf who betrayed the Erathian Empire and betrayed him.

For a long time, Kendall couldn't figure out why Gru left him and returned to the elven kingdom, he really liked this half-elf adopted son who was cultivated by him, he poured a lot of effort into Gru, it was he who trained Gru to be an excellent general, he taught the half-elf everything he knew, of course, he used what he thought was the most correct and effective method.

Even if the half-elf was really a spy sent by the elven kingdom, Kendal felt that after the two had been together for so many years, the mutual affection should be enough for the half-elf to abandon his spy identity.

What the Elven Kingdom can give to Gru, the Erathia Empire can also give, and he can give it too, isn't it?

So for Gru's betrayal, Kendall couldn't accept it at all, and his heart changed drastically because of it.

Thinking of the past, remembering Gru, Kendall's mood turned bad again.

"What do you want that ungrateful boy to do?"

Sighing, Kendall suddenly lost his good appetite, he put down the dishes, and prepared to get up and leave.

Just then, he heard a commotion outside the restaurant.

"What's wrong?"

He asked unhappily, and then asked one of the attendants to check it out, but before the attendant could take a few steps, a fully armed figure rushed into the dining room first.

Kendall looked at it, but found that this man with obvious signs of battle on his body was Derek, the staff officer he admired the most.

After Derek, several more castle guards stormed the restaurant.

This situation gave Kendall a sense of foreboding, and then he faintly heard the shouts of killing coming from outside.

Several of his attendants, as well as some of the other castle guards in the dining room, drew their weapons to protect him.

"Protecting Adults"

At this time, Derek, who rushed into the restaurant first, stumbled on his feet and fell to the ground.

When he got up from the ground a little embarrassed, he finally saw Kendall who was being protected by everyone, and his face immediately showed surprise: "My lord, are you okay?" ”

Then he looked at the others in the restaurant alertly.

"What the hell is going on? Derek? Kendall frowned and looked his staff officer up and down, "Didn't you go back?" Why are you back again, how did you get dressed up? ”

Derek didn't answer Kendall's question right away, he turned around and shouted at the castle guards who had followed him in, "It's safe here, keep the door, don't let those guys come in"

Then he turned back to Kendal and said in a deep voice: "My lord, we calculated that the Catherine faction did not meet anywhere today at all, everything was their trap in order to transfer the troops in the castle and make the castle empty, and now, they are taking advantage of this rare opportunity to start a rebellion"

"What? Rebellion? Kendall couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, "How dare they do this? ”

Derek laughed miserably: "Don't you dare, my lord, we all underestimate the strength of the Catherine faction, and I don't know what method they used, and even said that most of the castle guards were mobilized to participate in their rebellion, I haven't walked out of the castle gate just now, and now the gate has been controlled by them, maybe now an army is rushing over and wants to join them inside and outside, my lord, let's go, while there is still time for me to gather some warriors who are still loyal to the empire, and take control of the stables, We have to protect His Majesty immediately and kill it a little later, but it is too late, and they have too many people, and they are prepared......"

"," an enraged Kendall roared, interrupting Derek's persuasion, "are you telling me to run away without a fight in front of these rats?" Do you want me to surrender Guffenhardt Castle, which represents imperial power, to these rebels? No, I will never defeat them and drive them out of this castle, I will show everyone what kind of tragic fate will happen to those who dare to betray the Empire"

While yelling, Kendall snatched a long sword from the hand of one of the attendants: "You, and you, immediately rush to the liaison room, ask for help from several nearby garrisons, and inform the troops who have left from the castle, let them hurry back as soon as possible, they are not far from here, and they should be able to arrive soon"

Although the situation was urgent, and although he was furious, Kendall did not lose his mind: "Everyone else will come with me, let us go for a while, these foolish warriors who dare to rebel regardless of their own honor, and when the time comes, we will go and protect Your Majesty first"

He rushed out of the dining room with the crowd, preparing to rush to the upper floor of the castle, because the residence of the Emperor Alexander was on the upper floor of the castle.

At this time, Kendall was not flustered, in order to de facto house arrest Lishande, the guards he arranged on the upper floor of the castle were all elite soldiers loyal to him, and the terrain on the upper floor of the castle was also suitable for holding, as long as he could take these people to hold on to it for a period of time, and wait for the army of his descendants who were designed by the enemy to be transferred, as well as several loyal troops stationed near the imperial capital, these rebels sent by Catherine would have only a way to die.

Because the number of the other party could never be too large, he had long been afraid that the Catherine faction might come to this hand, and he used this method to force Catherine out of power, and it was impossible not to take corresponding precautions in this regard.

It's just that Kendall didn't notice that Derek, who was walking with everyone, had a smile on the corner of his mouth at this time.

Unbeknownst to Kendall, the Catherines had already infiltrated his side.

He didn't know that everything that was born at this time was actually just a trap carefully set by the Catherinees.

Not long after the group marched, they were surrounded by a group of Catherine's ambush soldiers in a relatively wide corridor.

As the seat of the royal family of the Erathia Empire, the Gfingert Castle was guarded by elite crusaders, and now, the ambush soldiers who blocked the way of Kendall and his party were these crusaders who were guarding the castle, numbering nearly a hundred, and there were some Imperial priests.

Kendall noticed that the rebels had a blue strip of cloth tied to their left arm as a sign to distinguish friend from foe, and he noticed that among them, there were some faces he was very familiar with.

For example, at this time, these people were led by Inheim, who was dressed as an imperial priest soldier, and Kendall didn't have to think carefully to guess that the other party was dressed in this outfit and pretended to be a castle guard to sneak into the castle.

But he never imagined that even a person of Inheim's level would participate in this rebellion.

"You ...... You guys ......" Kendall was speechless.

"Lay down your arms and surrender, you don't have any chance of winning in Kendall's current situation," Inheim shouted at Kendall.

At this time, the warriors around Kendall were only about twenty people, and there were no magicians, and the strength of the two sides was not on the same level at all.

But Kendall is certainly not one to rest on his laurels.

"You Dream"

He cursed through gritted teeth, then retreated to his own crowd and pulled out an escape scroll.

Although he has always been brave on the battlefield, Kendall is not a fool, and seeing that the situation is critical, he will not fight hard, so he decides to get out first.

What's more, with the escape scroll in his hand, he can also reach the upper level of the castle smoothly.

Geffenhardt Castle has two extremely important locations, one is the living quarters of the Imperial Family, and the other is the unified exit set by the Erathian Empire's escape scroll, a large hall.

Both of these places, both on the upper floors of Guffinghardt Castle, are guarded by elite warriors loyal to Kendall.

Through that hall, Kendall could also rush to Alexander's side, and then use the forces of the upper echelons of the castle to hold on.

Although he was a little sorry for the soldiers who came here with him, at this moment, Kendal didn't care about these small details, and everything was focused on the overall situation.

"Derek, I'll leave it to you here, I'll take them to try to break through after I leave" Handing the long sword in his hand to an attendant, he quickly explained to Derek who was following behind him, then grabbed the escape scroll with both hands, intending to unfold it.

But it was too late, and at this time, a sword light suddenly lit up, and the unsuspecting Kendall let out a painful cry, and his hands and wrists were cut off by this sudden sword light.

Warm blood gushed from the wound.

The escape scroll, still held by the two severed hands, fell to the ground with a clatter, and then was stained red with blood.

"Lord Derek, what are you doing?" A soldier who had seen the man who had made the attack was exclaiming.

But more sword light appeared quickly, and after the first blow, Derek did not stop, he swung his sword and attacked the squires and castle guards around Kendal.

At the same time, the castle guards who had come with Derek had also taken action, and like Derek, they attacked the soldiers loyal to Kendall.

"Up"

At the sound of Inheim's order, nearly a hundred ambushers also surrounded him.

Soon, after a very brief fight, except for Kendall, only the Catherines of Inheim and Derek were still standing.

"Derek, you...... You're ...... too."

Although the blood was still losing blood at the wrists of both hands, and the severe pain was even more unbearable, Kendal didn't seem to feel any of this, he looked at Derek who was covered in blood at this time, and his eyes were only extremely shocked and angry.

He even raised a severed finger to Derek.

"You're a Catherine Pie too"

He roared and roared.

At this moment, Kendall finally understood why he had never been able to grasp the exact information of the Catherinees.

Because all along, he had delegated Derek to take charge of this.

It is conceivable what kind of result will be if a person sent by Catherine goes to check the details of the Catherine faction.

"Why?" Kendall angrily scolded the subordinate he had once trusted best.

"Yes, my lord, I'm a Catherine pie," Derek sighed, shrugged his shoulders again, and looked nonchalant, "As for why, does it need to be asked?" For the sake of the Empire, of course, I'm sorry, but I can't agree with many of your practices today, you are leading the Empire down the path of destruction, my lord, although you don't think so"

"It's useless to talk more" Inheim coldly interrupted the conversation between the two, and casually threw a healing wound ** on Kendall's body to control his injury, "Time is pressing, start the next move, Derek, act according to the plan, you go and lure away those guys who are rushing"

Derek answered, turned away, and several soldiers stepped forward to tie Kendall with the ropes they had prepared.

"You want to take me hostage?"

Kendall instantly understood the other party's intentions.

"Yes, that's it, you have placed too many troops on the upper floors of the castle, and a strong attack will increase the senseless bloodshed on both sides, although the methods are different, but we are all for the Empire, I don't want my own people to kill each other, and you don't want your loyal subordinates to die in vain, right? The big picture is decided, Kendall, it's useless to let your men lay down their arms and surrender to stubborn resistance, we have taken control of most of the castle, including the castle gates, and Her Majesty Catherine is also rushing over"

Inheim glanced at Kendall and replied lightly.

But in fact, Inheim's heart was not as calm as he appeared on his face.

The exit of the escape scroll that Derek got was also set in the hall on the upper level of Gffenhardt Castle, and if they couldn't control that hall, they wouldn't be able to safely welcome Catherine back.

Moreover, the strength of the Catherine faction near the imperial capital is far less powerful than Kendal imagined, and the so-called participation of most of the castle guards in this rebellion is just an illusion, in fact, the members of the Catherine faction who participated in the operation this time are only a few hundred people, and its elite main force has been gathered here, and the rest of the people are creating riots everywhere in the castle to distract the attention of the defenders.

With such strength, let alone capture Gffenhardt Castle, even if you want to control the upper floors of the castle, it is extremely difficult to attack, so the Catherines have no choice but to outwit it.

All of this was designed to lure Kendall into their trap, and using Kendall's trust in Derek, the Catherines succeeded, and under Derek's arrangement, the members of the Catherines infiltrated Gffenhardt Castle in various ways, and then launched an operation.

"Do you still think that you are more fit to lead the Empire than Your Majesty Catherine? Kendall, stop struggling uselessly, and we will always welcome Your Majesty's return, and then wait for Your Majesty's disposal of you."