Chapter 574: Great Joy
The life span of the undead is so long that there has only been one monarch since its appearance - before that, the undead were scattered, and the various noble hills were full of subjugation, which caused the entire kingdom to slow down and waste resources in infighting. Faced with this situation www.biquge.info Augustine is the only undead who has overcome all the nobles with his personal strength and power and ascended to the throne.
He personally forged the "Throne of Bones" to demonstrate his authority. As long as Tasman has this throne for a day, no matter how much trouble the nobles of the council make and stumble with each other, it will always be within the safe threshold.
No one dared to touch the bottom line of "civil strife", because all the guys who had ever met were "dealt with" by Augustine with a thunderbolt.
But now, the "Throne of Bones", which threatens everything, is suddenly shattered, and the meaning behind it is no more obvious:
Augustine is dead!
His death not only means that Tasman has lost a top powerhouse, but also means that there is no longer an existence in the entire undead hierarchy that can suppress all the nobles and integrate the undead resources as much as possible.
In other words, from today onwards, the Tasman hierarchy will inevitably fall back into internal strife - unless one person can once again take Augustine's place and re-erect the "Throne of Bones"!
But... Is it possible?
The nobles of the council, whose faces had changed drastically, looked at each other, and they all felt the jealousy and greed in each other's eyes. But Augustine's years of repression have kept them on the most basic of vigilance... No one can be sure if Augustine was really destroyed, what if he suddenly came back to settle the score?
So soon someone proposed to leave, and the other nobles began to follow suit, and everyone left with a sigh of relief, glad that the battle for power did not start directly in the council chamber. But behind this, I can't help but feel a little dazed...
When Augustine was there, many people were blatantly contrary to his political views, and everyone was noisy and noisy, but Tasman finally flourished, and his national strength accumulated to an unprecedented intensity.
But now that Augustine is gone, who will make the national policy? Who will stand up and convince the public? Who will have the final say, and how many people will actually be able to do it?
The slightly smarter nobles were all very heavy-minded, and counting the rebel army within the kingdom that had not yet been exterminated, they sighed uncontrollably... What Tasman will face next is nothing but a bleak future.
While a group of undead nobles were sad about the future, the royal family of the Karen Kingdom was in a jubilant atmosphere at this time.
If you want to say the reason, it is naturally because the news has just arrived: Count Moore has successfully surrounded the orc forces. Next, as long as you cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of the "Pit Viper Cross" troops, the main force of the orcs will definitely not escape death!
In fact, the atmosphere in the palace was not so positive a few days ago. Sauron's forces wreaked havoc in the middle of the kingdom, almost as fierce as the wolves rushing into the flock. Even the largest lord, Count Mirno, was blocked in the city by this force and did not dare to go out. However, in order not to see Charles II as incompetent, he concealed most of the information about the loss of the city in the information he reported, so much so that Charles II always believed that the army that stormed the kingdom was "a group of orc bandits who only knew how to plunder".
It is said that the upper part is good, and the lower part is effective... Charles II considered himself a great talent and had ambitions that no one else could tell, so he indulged in ideas such as expanding the land and honoring his ancestors. Although he has his own set of balance theories in terms of power, he sits in the imperial city, the information channels are blocked, and what he can see in his eyes is often what others want him to see, so in the eyes of Charles II, since the orcs attacked Ivta, it can basically be called "good news".
Evta was attacked on a massive scale, and several cities were almost breached...
An important fortress is occupied by orcs, and the traitor Sally is left alone...
Many cities have no power to resist, so they can only close the city and defend it, and soon they will run out of ammunition and food, and floating corpses will be everywhere...
If the letters on Charles II's desk were all true, then the orcs would have taken down half of Evta by this time. But the real truth is hidden by these flowery war reports. Just like the letter in the hands of Charles II at this time, the content of which reads: "The orc army has assembled to attack the city of Elson, and the lord of the city, Roddy, has fled in advance with a small group of troops."
The back tells in detail how Roddy fled in a hurry after the orc troops approached, with the words "This is the information about the blockade of Elson City, and the residents of the city do not know", which made Charles II, who read the letter, laugh: "What a 'cabinet minister', ha, I really ran faster than anyone else when I really ran into the orcs!"
"I thought he might become an opponent worthy of my attention, but I didn't expect him to be so vulnerable, tsk..."
The monarch tossed the letter to the side, and then said to Count Mirno, who was always standing with his head bowed and hunched aside, "I know your troubles, the orcs have never been like humans. They are all tribal, and it is normal for chiefs to disobey discipline. This time you're suffering from ignorance of orcs, you see... Isn't this the case solved, Count Moore, there's nothing to worry about, and you don't have to blame yourself. ”
Mirno has maintained a guilty confessional posture since he came in to report, it is too embarrassing for Bergen's territory to be used as a granary by the orcs to keep this kind of thing, even if it is said that it is a bandit fighting the autumn wind, it is enough to show that his previous plan is very flawed, so now he is putting on this posture so that Charles II can understand his loyalty and "bitterness".
Now it seems that the emperor has apparently forgiven him. Because according to the current battle report, as long as the group of orcs outside the imperial city is resolved, Charles II can prepare to recover Evta next - the power of the royal family will also take an unprecedented big step from this moment, and then the entire kingdom of Karen will gradually be incorporated into the territory controlled by the royal family...
Thinking of this, Charles II was arrogant, waved his hand and said: "You have no merit and hard work these days, Mirno, you are my most trusted right-hand man, so for you, any reward is deserved." ”
He patted Mirno on the shoulder and promised, "When Moore finishes cleaning up these green-skinned brutes who don't have long eyes, I will push for the war to conquer Ivta." And you will also be the main force in the war at that time. As long as I can bring down Evta, then I will promise you three counties!"
These words immediately made Mirno excited. The counties of Evta were much larger than the rest of the kingdom, and the three counties together were almost as large as the entire territory of some small eastern country.
He immediately knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Mirno remember that all this was given by His Majesty, and the Milno family will always be loyal to Your Majesty!"
It's a pity that the drama of the monarch and the minister has not yet ended, and a new military report was handed over by the inner servant. Charles II took it with a smile and said to Mirno: "At this time, it can only be the news of Moore, it is estimated that he has already solved the orcs." ”
The outcome of this battle did not seem to Charles II to worry at all, he opened the letter, and the words on it were still quite formulaic as before, but when he read the back, his face suddenly changed, and beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead... (To be continued.) )