Chapter 45: Coup d'état
"What a damn reason to wipe out all the princes who oppose you?"
Under the surprise attack and onslaught of the coup troops, a royal knight who led the only remaining Royal Guards to guard the gate of the main hall thought that Prince Harun, who was against him, would definitely say some righteous reason, but he did not expect the latter to answer so bluntly, which could not help but make him feel angry and stunned.
"Of course, it's also for our Kingdom of Sealand. Only then did Prince Harlan say what the other party wanted to hear.
"Why?" said the royal knight, pointing to the locked main hall behind the heavy sword shield, "in there, there is your father, and there is your brother. Who can betray even his own family, who is qualified to say that it is for the country?"
"Hmph, family......" Prince Harlan sneered at the command of the royal knights, "On the battlefield of Medin, when I fought bloodily with Duke Hoover and the soldiers of the 'King's Example' legion, I secretly sent my cronies to collude with the Medin army to fire cold arrows at me; When I do these things, those pampered fellows who hide in them, why do they treat me as a 'relative'! Uncle Wallace, don't tell me, you don't know anything about these things!"
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The royal knight named "Wallace" was speechless on the spot. For him, who is closest to the royal family, he has more or less heard of the disgraceful things that the princes who plotted for the throne did secretly after the crown prince was sent to the battlefield. But since there was no real evidence, and His Royal Highness did not order the investigation, Wallace was just a rumor, but now that Harlan himself said it, it was of a completely different nature. Coupled with Harlan's right call of "uncle", Wallace had to recall the past when he grew up watching Prince Harlan.
Although none of this was enough to make Wallace give up his hostility, it was already clear that the loyal old knight had begun to hesitate and waver.
However, the slightest hesitation and vacillation only lasted for a short time. General Wallace, who came to his senses, warned Prince Harlan with a grim face: "Harun, you have already been the prince for a long time, is it really worth your doing? I don't care if you can sit on the throne tomorrow, at least for this moment, the monarch to whom I am loyal is still His Highness!"
Before he could finish speaking, Wallaire was like an arrow from the string, and he pounced on Prince Harun. With a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, he formed an offensive and defensive posture, mercilessly knocking several coup soldiers who stood between him and Prince Harun into the air. However, as Wallaire approached Prince Harlan, a gray shadow suddenly stopped in front of him.
"Boom!"
The knight's sword shield and the black rune sword collided violently, and the heavy sword pressure and the powerful knight's battle spirit canceled each other out.
Wallace took a step back, stared at the young man in front of him in surprise, and shouted, "Who are you!?"
Although the number of troops involved in the coup far exceeded the number of the Imperial Guards he accused, and the garrison troops stationed outside the city were slow to see reinforcements, indicating that the entire palace had been completely sealed off, Wallace believed that he and the Imperial Army were not without a chance of victory, and with his own strength as a royal knight, he was the only "Condor Eye" that could compete with him General Finger was out indicting the troops at this time, and Prince Harlan, who was the head of the coup, came out in front of him without any scruples, so as long as Wallace launched a surprise attack to take Prince Harlan, he could force the other party to end the coup.
But Wallace missed someone. Since Prince Harun dared to appear in front of him, he would definitely not be defenseless. The young man who stood beside Prince Harlan without saying a word and had a terrible scar on his face, although General Wallace had noticed him a long time ago, but based on the age of the other party alone, Wallace thought that he was not enough to pose a threat, and he did not expect that just one confrontation would have to let General Wallace take back his self as a royal knight.
Julian had no intention of answering Wallace's question, and he did not hesitate to wave the magic sword "Tears of Repentance" and launch a counterattack. Wallace saw that the other party would decisively and calmly launch an active attack, and he did not dare to slack off, raising his tower shield to resist. Because after the first encounter just now, Wallace knew that although the young man in front of him had not yet reached the level of a royal knight, with that black magic sword, he definitely had the qualifications to fight with himself as a royal knight.
However, what happened next made Wallace realize that he was wrong again. When his tower shield blocked Julian's diagonal blade, and was about to strike back, Julian's other sword was handed over and stabbed at Wallace's throat from a dizzying angle. Wallace hurriedly returned to the sword block, and this time the black magic sword had regained its freedom, slashing at the skin of Wallace's arm that was exposed outside the armor.
This unknown young man with scars, with two long swords covering each other, alternately rushed, and actually temporarily gained the upper hand, forcing General Wallace, who was the commander of the Royal Forest Army, to retreat again and again. After retreating dozens of steps in a row, finally getting rid of the edge of Julian's double swords, Wallace did not feel distressed, but was amazed in his heart. Julian's superb swordsmanship left a deep impression on his already turbulent mind. Wallace realized that if the young man in front of him was enough to compete with the royal knight with that powerful magic weapon, then with such excellent swordsmanship, he might even lose.
But what surprised Wallace the most was not the win or loss itself, but the third sword that hung on Julian's waist and was not used—the mysterious sword wrapped in strips of cloth along with the scabbard and hilt. In the battle just now, Julian used a black demonic sword and an ordinary iron sword handed over by the soldiers, but deliberately did not use the mysterious sword, which made Wallace feel very puzzled.
But without Wallace having more time to think, Julian's second offensive began.
The two fought back and forth in front of the main hall, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while. Wallace didn't want to get caught up in this one-on-one knightly duel, but after the failed surprise attack on Prince Harlan, he was stuck by an unexpected mysterious enemy and couldn't return to his own troops.
This predicament gave Prince Harlan an opportunity, and in spite of the etiquette of a knightly duel, he ordered the coup soldiers to detour up from both sides, surround Julian and Wallace in the fierce battle, and ordered in a voice that everyone could hear: "Listen, everyone, try not to hurt Uncle Wallace." I will also need his assistance and faithfulness. The implication was to capture and surrender Wallace alive.
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest in the back also heard this, but none of them stepped forward to support their commander. First, because of the soldiers' trust in their commanders, they firmly believed that Wallace would get out of the enemy camp safely, and secondly, Wallace's death order that his subordinates should guard the door of the main hall no matter what, so as to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the situation.
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At this time, in the main hall, the old king who was dragging his sick body to preside over the work and the princes who opposed Harron knew exactly what was going on outside, and they could also hear the conversation between Harlan and General Wallace, and naturally they could also hear the momentary wavering of General Wallace, the only thing they could rely on. Reinforcements have not yet arrived, and the coup has been decided. Compared to his sons, who were trapped with him and didn't know what to do, the old king did not have the slightest panic or anger, but a subtle smile of relief appeared at the corner of his mouth.