On this ordinary night in the summer of the first five years, the most important change in the history of the mainlanders in hundreds of years occurred. White Rock City, a magnificent city on the northern continent and the pride of the Desik people, has become a hell of blood and fire on this summer night.

After the death of Prince Ferdinand, the former crown prince of Desic, Kaiser Wilhelm IV did not appoint a new crown prince. But it was clear to the whole Desik political and aristocratic circles that this position did not belong to Archduke Edward.

Originally, Wilhelm IV was very old, and even if Archduke Edward did not do anything, he would naturally be able to succeed the Kaiser in a few years. However, William IV himself was a very powerful emperor, and after only Edward was left in White Rock City, he began to do some strange things.

For example, General Jin, who had not appeared in Baiyan City for a long time, was transferred back to the capital and served as the general of the central garrison of Baiyan City, responsible for guarding Baiyan City.

For example, he did not give Edward the title of Crown Prince for a long time, nor did he promote him to the rank of prince. Although, he is already the de facto crown prince.

All kinds of actions began to cause dissatisfaction with Duke Edward. However, later historians were very surprised by the inexplicable actions of the Desik Empire during this time. If William IV is the Duke of Edward, then why has he been kept in the position of the head of the military joint council ~ seat, you know, except for the emperor, this is the highest military governor of Desik.

And Duke Edward, however, inexplicably staged a very strange coup d'état. After all, William IV was already very old, and even if Archduke Edward did not do anything, it would be impossible for William IV to pass on the throne to someone else, such as the third prince, Archduke Bazemore. One can only assume that Archduke Edward is seizing the day, hoping to ascend to the throne as soon as possible to achieve his goals. This speculation is relatively reliable, because a series of subsequent actions proved that Archduke Edward was actually a madman.

If William IV was still emperor, then he would not have been able to agree to the series of crazy actions that followed, and why Archduke Edward did this is a history that cannot be revealed.

On this night, Archduke Edward actually did three things.

First, after unremitting efforts, Edward bought off Jim Guderian, the deputy head of the Wasteland Warriors. Jim was one of the three lieutenants of the Samurai Order, and at the age of forty, he chose to give up his glory and dignity in favor of Duke Edward. The leader of the Wasteland Samurai Regiment is a respected veteran general, and among the three deputy commanders, he is the youngest one, and he has no possibility of rising at all. Therefore, after defecting to Duke Edward, he was immediately promised to be the new leader of the Wasteland Warrior Order.

The second thing is that Grand Duke Edward sent his cronies to kill the general of the Central Garrison of White Rock City at that time, General Jin, and took control of the entire Central Garrison through other means.

The third thing is to coerce and lure other ministers in White Rock City, including the Prime Minister Earl Norton, the affairs officer, the treasurer and other giants of the state account.

In other words, after doing these three things, Archduke Edward basically completely gained control of White Rock City and the support of his supporters, and now all that remains is to break through the palace and ascend to the throne. Later scholars are very puzzled by why William IV, who has always shown strong control over the country, did nothing in this coup, but in fact, William IV's side has been infiltrated by a terrifying dark organization, this behemoth deep into the Desik Empire, is the real promoter and supporter of Edward's coup, they are the masterminds behind everything, Archduke Edward is just a big nobleman who has been exploited for ambition.

Seeing his army surround the palace, Archduke Edward, who was no longer young, looked in high spirits. His main army consisted of the Western Frontier Army, a force of close associates of the Western Generals, who had been his loyal supporters, and the other part was the Wasteland Samurai Regiment and the Central Garrison, under the command of Jim, the deputy commander of the Samurai Corps. The two forces worked together, with the samurai being responsible for attacking the palace and the garrison guarding the surrounding roads, while the remaining samurai regiments and the nobles' private soldiers loyal to the royal family were all stopped by the garrison around the palace and were not allowed to enter.

The coup d'état went very quickly and very smoothly. At eleven o'clock in the evening, General King was killed in the streets of White Rock City, and at twelve o'clock, Archduke Edward's men surrounded the palace, and by two o'clock in the middle of the night, the outer defenses of the palace castle had been completely breached, and the old William IV, hurriedly put on the armor of his youth, could only watch in amazement as thousands of troops surrounded him outside the palace.

Kaiser Wilhelm IV, who reigned for thirty years, did not say a word in the end, and when he saw that among the soldiers besieging the city were soldiers of the Wasteland Samurai Regiment and the Central Garrison, he naturally understood that the general trend had gone, and the two cronies he had high hopes for fell to Archduke Edward, so there was a funny side on the walls of the palace, and the old emperor in his seventies, looking at the fifty-year-old "young" duke, was so angry that he couldn't say anything, and almost died of anger.

William IV, in the end, preserved his dignity by ordering the soldiers defending the city to lay down their arms, and then locked himself up in the highest sleeping chamber of the palace, and chose the same ending as the king of Nanmadur, and set a fire to burn himself, along with his imperial concubine and maids.

The nobles of this continent, inheriting the tradition of the Magic Empire all the way, will choose a fire to end their lives after defeat, such as the consuls of the Magic Empire, the king of South Madur, and the Kaiser Wilhelm IV.

Archduke Edward finally got his wish, and that night, despite the raging fire in the palace, he took office outside the palace as the new emperor of the Desik Empire, known as Edward VI. And the hero of the night, Jim Guderian, also became the new leader of the Wasteland Warrior Order, and Edward's cronies and generals took control of the positions of the generals in the base camp.

At this time, William IV's choice was admirable, and even in the face of the seizure of the throne, he still maintained the integrity of the Desik Empire to the greatest extent possible, so that the empire would not be weakened by civil strife. The next day, when the light of the red sun and blue sun shone on the White Rock City, the Desik Empire had entered the era of the new Emperor Edward VI.

The army remained intact, the state tent remained largely intact, a central general died, a prime minister ran away, and in any case with this result, Archduke Edward, oh no, Emperor Edward VI, was quite satisfied. Earl Norton had been in charge of the State Tent for many years, and with the help of his cronies, he escaped from White Rock at night, and it was a critical time for Edward to win over the Central Garrison.

Of course, Emperor Edward was not very worried about Earl Norton, after all, he was an old man who was older than himself, and he had no army in his hands, so he could not turn the sky upside down. A few days later, White Rock City, the capital of the Desik Empire, was as calm as if nothing had happened.

Of course, that was just for ordinary people, in the Desik Palace, Edward, who was wearing a luxurious emperor's dress, was calmly looking at the row of generals kneeling in front of him. "I know that you are all meritorious contributors to the coup d'état, and of course I will reward you. However, I also want you to know that I am not sitting on this throne for pleasure, I have a lot to do, and you have a lot to do. ”

After a pause, Edward took a sip of water, looked at the unusually complexioned generals in the field with satisfaction, and then said, "Some of you have followed me for a long time, and some of you did follow the old emperor before, but I am a soldier, as long as you think that you are still a soldier, I will not care about your past, from now on, we, or our Desik Empire, have greater tasks and journeys." Court eunuch, bring it up. "

Hearing General Edward's orders, the court eunuchs brought up a huge military map and unfolded it in front of the generals. Edward's voice continued, "Some of you have already seen it, some of you have even participated in the preparation of this plan, and some of you are first-time, so let me explain to you again, what is our next goal......"

Jim Guderian, unexpectedly, received a special assignment on the first day he became the leader of the Wasteland Warriors. He was not like his predecessor, who needed to be stationed in White Rock City at all times to protect the emperor's safety. Emperor Edward, a soldier-turned, gave him a lifeless mission, he had to lead 8,000 of the most elite warriors of the Desik Empire through the Sunset Snow Mountains for hundreds of miles to attack the smallest and poorest kingdom of Southern Madur in the Shang Alliance. Jim didn't know how many people would die in the process, but Emperor Edward's words were clear, "I will not allow a single person to return from the Sunset Snow Mountain, you can only come back from the territory of the Shang Alliance." ”

Jim knew what the Emperor meant, and they had only one way to take South Madur. In fact, it was not difficult to defeat Nanmadur, that country was very weak and had no military strength, but after that, did the emperor want to provoke a full-scale war with the Shang Alliance?

Jim didn't dare to question that since the emperor had given the order, he, as the leader of the most loyal wasteland warriors in the Desic Empire, had to carry it out to the letter. But the funny thing is that as a warrior of the wasteland, he actually betrayed the old emperor.

On the day that Jim's 8,000 Wasteland Warriors took the oath of war, a group of people hurried to the northernmost city of Oakland in Desik. Earl Norton, wiping the snow on his face, looked at a strangely shaped castle in front of him, turned to ask the knight behind him, "Are you sure it's here?"

The knight in a jacket in the back, the knight is the captain of the guard of the Earl of Norton, "That's right, the earl, the intelligence says that the third prince, the Grand Duke of Bazemore, lives in seclusion in a castle in the north of Otlan City, along with Princess Elizabeth." ”

"It's strange why he's here!" Earl Norton wondered as he braved the snow and wind as he walked towards the solemn little castle.