Chapter 759: A Helpless Choice

"How did this happen?"

Looking at the tragic situation inside and outside the room, looking at the horrible corpses of Kendall and Alexander, Inheim, who hurried to check on the situation, was only shocked and angry.

The deaths of Kendall and Alexander were not in the Catherine faction's plan this time.

"Derek, this guy has done it to such an extent"

Inheim scolded in his heart.

Through the letter left behind on Kendall's body, Inheim already knew that it was all Derek's doing.

And it is also written in the letter that the reason why Derek did this was to force Catherine to have to take the throne again.

At the same time, the letter also made it clear that Derek knew that this would not be approved by everyone and Catherine's understanding, so he had no choice but to leave.

"Everything is for the Empire, as long as Her Majesty Catherine can return to the Empire, all the sins will be borne by me alone"

At the end of the letter, Derek wrote:

But Derek writes simply, and Inheim knows it's much more than that.

He didn't know how he was going to explain it to Catherine.

Although it was the authoritarian Derek who caused this situation, he and the other members of the Catherines inevitably played a very dishonorable role in this incident, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were the murderers of Kendall and Alexander indirectly.

However, while panicking, Inheim couldn't help but have a hint of anticipation.

Because, as Derek said in his letter, the current situation has no way for Catherine not to do anything.

Without Derek, Kendall's cronies, the Kendall's descendants who have now rushed back have begun to take action against the situation in the castle, and this elite army has quickly suppressed all kinds of rebellion in the castle, capturing many members of the Catherines who caused chaos, and then they began to try to break through the blockade of the Catherines and attack the upper floors of the castle in order to rescue their regent and His Majesty the Emperor - they don't know that Kendal has already surrendered, and has been secretly killed by Derek along with Alexander.

Due to Kendall's constant precautions, the Catherine faction did not have many people who could sneak into Gffenhardt Castle this time, and they had to act separately, which was even more stretched.

Seeing that the situation was not good, after explaining the situation to Catherine, Inheim rushed to the room where Kendall and Alexander were being held with a roar, wanting to pull Kendall out as a hostage town, and now Kendall and Alexander were dead.

At this time, if Catherine doesn't make a move, Kendall's death and the actions of Catherine's faction, coupled with the huge army with different positions, the only result is to lead to a civil war in the Erathian Empire, and Geffenhardt Castle at this time is afraid that it will also become the first battlefield of the civil war.

Will Catherine sit back and watch such a situation?

Inheim doesn't think so.

He peeked a little apprehensively at Catherine, who was looking at the letter left by Derek with a blue face and a frosty face.

Catherine was already angry at this time.

If it hadn't been leaked just now, she would have almost gone on a rampage again.

"Well, I didn't expect that in the empire, there would be such a person who calculated me to death Inheim, you did a very good job"

Almost squeezing the words out between her teeth, Catherine resisted the urge to tear the letter to shreds, and turned to look at Inheim.

Although it was already spring at this time, the weather was still very cold, but when Catherine stared at her, Inheim still couldn't stop beading sweat on his forehead.

"Your Majesty, we really don't know about this matter, how dare we ......"

"Enough," Catherine exclaimed, interrupting Inheim's defense, "what are you people not daring to do now?" What's more, even if you don't know, you can't escape the blame for it, and I'm the same, people are not killed by you and me, but they really died because of you and me."

With that, Catherine turned around and strode out of the room, "But it doesn't make any sense to say this now, you guys really disappointed me."

Inheim looked at Cather's back in a daze, and hurriedly chased him out, but he didn't know what to do at this time, and in a panic, he saw Catherine, after sighing, snatched from a member of the Catherine faction the beautiful crown that she had thrown away before, but was later picked up again.

"Your Majesty" Inheim and the rest of the Catherine faction were surprised and delighted by this scene.

Holding the crown and hesitating for a while, Catherine, who had mixed feelings, sighed helplessly again, and finally put the crown on her head.

She didn't want to be the Empress of the Erathian Empire again, but at this moment, she had no other choice.

Previously, in that hall, after listening to Inheim's rough explanation of the current bad situation of the empire, she originally planned to let Kendall come forward to try to control the current chaotic situation, and then try to help Alexander to grasp the real power, and let Catherine send him to assist him, let Kendall step down, and complete the transfer of imperial power by relatively peaceful means.

After that, as long as Alexander and the Catherines could adopt a moderate policy to deal with internal and external affairs as she envisioned, and withdraw their troops from the Tytalia Marsh, she would use her previous friendship with Jian Chen to try to broker an alliance between the Erathian Empire and the Entagri Empire, and the Erathian Empire would have a relatively stable environment to recuperate.

The Erathia Empire is an old power, although it is not as good as it used to be, and it has only suffered a major defeat, but its strength is still incredible; The Entagri Empire was in the limelight at this time, first defeating the Elven Kingdom and then the Erathia Empire.

As long as the old and new empires join forces, above the big 6, who dares not to be afraid of three points?

At that time, she, the former empress, can retire and return to Enros Da 6 to be her Enlos Empress.

But now, this idea has become her wishful thinking.

Kendall is dead, Alexander is also dead, the chaos is like this, even if she wants to choose another person from the royal family to push her to the throne, it is estimated that no one is willing to do it, and now there is no outstanding talent in the royal family, in the last war, due to the unexpected fall of Standwick City, a large number of royal elites died in the defense of the imperial capital, the Erathia royal family is now a talent transfer, just pick someone out to be the emperor of the empire, it may not be a good thing, and it will not be able to convince the public, if you barely get on the throne, Catherine may not be able to assist on the side, and as soon as Catherine leaves, she is afraid that something will happen again.

And the arrogant generals under Kendall, as well as the Erathian army everywhere, can only be suppressed by Catherine at the moment.

At the beginning, most of the doubts about the legitimacy of Empress Catherine's identity were advocated and raised by the old nobles of the Erathian Empire, and the Erathian Army itself did not have much idea about Catherine's empress status, in fact, if it were not for Kendall standing with the old nobles for his own purposes, the Erathian Army might not have participated in the plan to force Catherine to abdicate.

And now, the old nobles have long been bulldozed by Kendall, who vigorously eradicated dissidents, and if Kendall, the regent of the empire, has done anything beneficial to the Erathian Empire after he took the throne, I am afraid that this is the only one.

Without the influence of the old nobles, without the influence of Kendall, with Catherine's prestige in the army and her superior skills, it would not be difficult for her to regain the support and allegiance of the vast majority of the Erathian army.

Catherine's abdication in order to avoid civil strife in the empire made her still enjoy a high reputation in the Erathian army, and her performance in the last war to restore the Erathian Empire, as well as her performance in the Battle of Doom, even after abdication, still insisted on fighting the Legan to the end, which also made her image of thinking about the empire quite popular among the Erathian army.

Despite the presence of high-ranking generals such as Kendall and Mrak who opposed Catherine, Catherine was the goddess of victory for ordinary Erathian soldiers.

Therefore, only Catherine's return to the throne can reduce the possible turmoil of the Erathian army to the greatest extent in this turbulent situation, so that the vitality of the Erathian Empire will not be damaged again.

What's more, despite her reluctance, Catherine really can't turn a blind eye to the current chaos.

When she really returned to the Erathia Empire, Catherine realized that to this day, she still can't completely let go of the empire left by her father.

She used to think she had let go, but it wasn't what she thought.

When she was in Enroth, she was out of sight and out of mind, she could devote herself to her husband and children, assist her husband in handling political affairs as an empress, and forget everything about the Erathia Empire for the time being, but when she returned, she could no longer sit idly by and ignore everything in front of her.

After all, this is the home where she grew up, and there are too many memories of her, happy, sad, and never forgotten.

She couldn't have watched her former home fall into chaos and begin to go to ruin.

Her sanity made her realize that she should not wear that crown again, that was no longer her responsibility, but her emotions made it impossible for her not to take on this responsibility that did not belong to her in the first place.

So she had no choice but to make the same choice as she did back then, and to pick up the burden that should not have been carried by her.

The crown was worn on her head, and it was heavy, and so was Catherine's heart.

"I'm sorry, dear Roland, I'm sorry, dear Nikolai, it looks like we're going to be separated for a long time"

Silently apologizing to her distant husband and son in her heart, Catherine's eyes moistened again, but this time, she held back her tears and did not let the tears fall.

Taking a deep breath, the pain in her eyes slowly disappeared, replaced by incomparable perseverance.

She asked people to find pen and paper, and quickly wrote a short letter, explaining to Roland what was going on at this time, and having them teleport out with the magic letter she had used to contact her.

By this time, the shouts of killing were approaching, and Kendall's men had finally broken through the blockade of Catherine's faction and attacked the upper floors of the castle.

"Your Majesty," Inheim reminded Catherine.

"Let's go, it's time to end this" Catherine nodded, although her expression was a little lonely, but there was no hesitation, "Tell everyone, I, Catherine, have returned"

At the same time, in the Erimir Forest, in the Emerald City.

Gru looked at the report he had just received from Derek, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Your Majesty, you're finally back."

He gathered the report into the flickering flame of the candlestick on the table, and threw it into a brazier beside the table.

"In this way, the reorganization of the Holy Alliance is not impossible, right? Jian Chen, Jian Chen, you should be satisfied with the opponent I found for you, right? But you and Catherine seem to have a good relationship, and if you succeed in provoking you to become enemies, I will have to do something to do."

Seeing that the report in the brazier had finally burned to ashes, the smile on Gru's lips became more and more obvious.

"But just think of the look on your face now that Catherine has become your worst enemy, and I'm glad to do it, even if it's troublesome, and what kind of reaction will those old Catherines under your command have to do about it? Will you be suspicious of each other? Surely it will, right? What kind of expression will you have when the time comes? At that time, could your Ntagri Empire still be as strong as it is now? Can your Ntagrui army still retain its current combat effectiveness? It's really exciting, I hope you don't let me down."

But thinking about it, Gru's brow gradually furrowed again.

He remembered Alice, who had managed to escape from him, and the mysterious man who had appeared in the forest that night.

He knew that this matter had nothing to do with the Entagri Empire, because although he was not very sure, he could still roughly guess who the person was through the figure and skills of the mysterious person that night.

Tanan, Friends of the Dragon, Tanan.

For Tanan, Gru is no stranger, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two are friends, the two have also sparred, Gru has always remembered Tanan's unique skills.

Gru has always taken care to build relationships with all kinds of characters so that he can use them one day, and Tanan is one of the few of them that he can't see through.

Previously, Gru was not sure whether this Tanan was the legendary immortal hero Tanan, but he preferred to believe that the half-elf had always had a heart, and he believed in the vision of the forest dragon clan, and the forest dragon clan immediately recognized that this Tanan was that Tanan, so this barbarian would be the immortal hero, which made the half-elf even more jealous of Tanan.

So although Gru is affectionate on the surface, he has been secretly keeping a distance from Tanan, and he feels the aura of insecurity from this barbarian, who is a terrible figure who cannot be used by him.

And now, Tanan has joined the Entagri Empire, is loyal to that Chen Jian, and even persuaded the Forest Dragon Clan to join the Entagri Empire as well.

The positions of the two sides have long been hostile.

After the mysterious person appeared that night, it was very likely that it was Tanan, and Gru was very uneasy in his heart.

What does it really mean for Tanan and Alice to appear together?

Gru was a little worried.

He was skeptical that the Entagri Empire had become aware of his true plans.

He knew it wasn't impossible.

The half-elves still haven't forgotten the elemental clan's attachment to the Doomsday Blade, and also remembers the rumors that the Krigan people were going to use the Doomsday Blade to destroy the world, although this rumor came from that unlucky guy Roland, but after all, this is a fact, the Doomsday Blade does have the power to destroy the world, and the elemental clan, do you also know anything about it?

If the Elemental Clan tried to snatch the Blade of Doom because they knew the true power of the Blade of Doom, then did Jian Chen, who seemed to have an ambiguous relationship with the Elemental Clan, also know the secret of the Blade of Doom? Although judging from the current situation, the relationship between Jian Chen and the Elemental Clan does not seem to be as close as people think, but the sudden rise of the Entagri Empire, as well as those magical technologies, are really inexplicable.

Gru Jue, if Jian Chen really knew the secret of the Doomsday Blade, and Alice showed some clues about the disappearance of Lloyd and the Doomsday Blade, it would not be very difficult for the Ntagri Empire to reveal its true purpose.

In addition, it is not a secret that the Elven Kingdom sent a fleet, assuming that Jian Chen knew the true secret of the Doomsday Blade, he must not be ignorant of the Ice Sword, so it is normal for the Entagri Empire to focus on itself.

What's more, Gru has always thought that the time when the first fleet of the Entagri Empire appeared in the coastal waters of the Elven Kingdom is a bit strange, because from the time calculation, no matter how fast the voyage of this fleet is, it is impossible to move from the southern sea of Big 6 to the northern coastal waters of the Elven Kingdom during the period between the Elven Kingdom's invasion of the Ofer region and the Entagri Empire's raid on the forests of Tulaleon, unless this fleet is used to fly.

Therefore, Gru thinks that this fleet is very likely to have started to move towards the Elven Kingdom long before he led the army to raid Off, and why it moved to the Elven Kingdom, the reason is also very simple, it is impossible for the Elven Kingdom to send a fleet to do such a big thing secretly, it is normal to be known, if the Entagri Empire knows about the existence of the Ice Sword, it will rush to action, it is not difficult to understand.

The more Gru thought about it, the more suspicious he felt.

The half-elf didn't realize that although he had guessed the wrong direction in many things, he had come to a conclusion that was closest to the truth.

The Entagri Empire is watching Gru's every move, and Gru has finally noticed his true goal.

"In terms of the appetizer before the main meal, isn't this dish of the Entagri Empire a little too hearty?"

Thinking about it, Gru's brow furrowed again, and he gently stroked the hilt of the Doomsday Blade that he wore at his waist.

"But that's fine, if not, it doesn't seem to be fun, Jian Chen, Jian Chen, this game is getting more and more interesting."