Chapter 352: Coronation
The coronation took place at 12 noon.
Because at 12 o'clock, the sun is about the center of the sun, and it is at this time that the kings of the Holy Dynasty have chosen to be crowned, implying that the rule of the royal family is supreme.
However, the guards and staff will be in place in the morning.
These included soldiers for security and order, a royal guard of honour for the guard of honour, and a clergy for crowning the king...... This group of workers arrived at the venue at 8.30am.
The time came to 10.30.
Accompanied by Vega, Thea set off from the palace in a horse-drawn carriage towards the Royal Square.
The Royal Square is not too far from the Royal Palace, only about 20 minutes away, but since the coronation of the Emperor is the grandest ceremony of the dynasty, the road is already lined with civilians who cannot enter the Royal Square.
When they saw the princess's carriage coming, they immediately burst into cheers.
Therefore, the speed of the carriage had to be slowed down, and at the current speed, it was estimated that the original twenty-minute journey would take an hour, which made Vega, who was riding a war horse and following the carriage to the right side, frown.
Need to know.
In order to make the coronation ceremony come to a perfect end, one garrison after another was deployed on the Royal Square to prevent some outlaws from taking the opportunity to attack Thea.
However, Vega's manpower is limited after all, and it is inevitable to lose the other.
Vega did not expect the people of the dynasty to be so enthusiastic, nor did he expect the cohesion of the city of Saint Laurent to be so strong, so he did not arrange much garrison on the way to the square, he originally wanted to march quickly, and directly take Thea to the well-guarded venue when the enemy did not react.
Hence the addition of Vega himself.
There is only one squadron of mages and one brigade of professionals in charge of guarding.
If it is placed in peacetime, this force is already considered to be the top of the sky, even if the commander-in-chief of the group army travels, he will not deploy a mage squadron, at most two mage squads.
But today is different.
Vega wasn't quite sure if a squadron of mages and a battalion of pros would be enough to deal with an unknown attack.
But at this point, Vega had no other way.
"General, there's news from the dark line. ”
Ilo approached Vega quietly: "There are two forces planning to attack Her Royal Highness the princess on the way to the venue, please prepare in advance, we have only caught a few low-level members on our side, and it is not known how many people, when and where they launched the attack." ”
"What are those two forces?"
"It's an underground organization within the territory of the dynasty. ”
Ilo thought about it for a moment, and then said, "These two organizations have been working together to carry out terrorist activities with the aim of subverting the rule of the royal family, and the two organizations have a history of about 50 years. ”
"Is there any news of the kingdom and the West Bank?"
"Not yet. ”
Vega nodded and said, "Focus on searching for the people of the kingdom and the forces on the West Bank, these internal organizations do not pose a threat to us, and our real enemies are only the kingdom and the West Bank." ”
"Yes, General. ”
As Vega had instructed, Iloh quickly left the place and continued to search for traces of the kingdom and the West Bank.
At this time, Vega also secretly gestured, signaling everyone to be on guard.
And everything turned out to be as Iloh said, and when the team was halfway through, the two third-rate groups attacked.
At the forefront are professionals and ordinary people.
Each of them had a frenzy and hatred in their eyes, as if they had a bitter enmity with the royal family.
The two teams seemed to have reached a coordinated position, and nearly 300 people rushed out of the crowd and charged towards Thea's carriage, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.
"Stay in formation and don't get scattered by civilians. ”
This kind of scene is simply pediatric for Vega, so he calmly gave the order, and the entire escort team also set up a defensive formation in the scattered crowd.
Wait for the civilians to escape.
On the street, only more than 160 people on the Vega side and more than 300 enemies were facing each other.
"There are 321 ordinary people and 32 professionals, and no magicians have been found for the time being. ”
Vega muttered to himself as he looked at the more than 300 people standing in front of him, and after assessing the strength of the enemy in front of him, he glanced at the surrounding hidden spots at the mages who tried to find the enemy, but found nothing.
"Is it a shadow mage?"
Vega turned his head and said, "Spirit Mage, check out if there are any traces of Shadow Mages around." ”
"Report to the General, there aren't any shadow mages. In less than 10 seconds, the Spiritual Mage gave an answer.
But this answer made Vega uneasy, could it be that the enemy had the means to hide the eyes of the spirit mage? Sure enough, he underestimated the heroes of the world, and it seemed that even a third-rate organization had a killer feature.
"All of them are on top alert. ”
Vega immediately crossed from the war horse to the top of the carriage, stood at the best defense point in this perspective and said: "Your Highness, we have been attacked by unknown forces, please do not get out of the carriage no matter what, this carriage is specially made by us, it is enough to defend against the blows of three flameburst level magic, and I will not leave to protect your safety." ”
"I see, please be careful, general. ”
Thea's calm voice came, as if as long as she stayed by Vega's side, she would not be afraid or panicked.
"Kill, kill all the royal people. ”
A strong man with a subordinate professional at the head carried a huge axe and rushed towards the carriage in the lead: "Finally, when the dynasty is ownerless, we must not let that little girl be crowned emperor." ”
More than 300 people rushed up.
Vega's vigilance was at its peak, and he watched as Six Ways tried to find the traces of the enemy mage, but this time he found nothing. In desperation, he could only order the professional to stand in the way, the fire mage output, the wind mage assist, and the earth mage defend, and at the same time let the spirit mage follow him to guard against the shadow mage.
Boom Boom Boom –
The power of fire magic speaks for itself.
A single burst of firefire ploughed straight ahead, leaving only more than 20 survivors of the 300 people lost.
"For now, cover me. ”
The strong man with the giant axe roared, taking advantage of the interval between the magician's chanting, to let his subordinates block the professional, and he broke through the defense line with one axe and rushed to the front of the carriage with great momentum.
The Law of Sighs –
It seemed to be affected by the strong man's momentum, and even the war horse was frightened and neighed.
Leap down.
Vega slashed at the strong man's face with the blade of Dolan in his hand.
"Little ghost, you want to stop me too?"
The strong man obviously didn't take Vega seriously, he raised his axe to block Vega's attack, and then split the carriage to kill Thea, so that the great credit fell on his head.
Pity......
How could a mere professional who could only use low-level combat skills and wield low-level magic weapons be able to block Vega's attack.
Strike.
With a single sword, Vega, along with the giant axe, directly cut the strong man in half, and he didn't even use his combat skills and magic.
Although the strength of this enemy was not even as good as that of the ants, Vega did not support it, and he returned to the roof of the carriage as soon as he killed the strong man, guarding against the enemy that even the spirit mage could not detect.
Until ten minutes later.
Vega finally determined that these two organizations had no magicians at all, and the highest level of force was a low-level professional!
Although Vega knew that this was a third-rate force.
But he didn't expect that the third-rate would reach such an extent, a group of professionals and ordinary people, vainly trying to provoke the dignity of magicians?
With this strength, how exactly did these two organizations exist for 50 years?
It can be seen that the corruption of the dynasty is not a minority.
After killing a few ants and scaring off a group of civilians, Vega's journey was finally much quieter, so Vega and Thea arrived at the Royal Square in less than 10 minutes, and they did not encounter assassination attempts by the Kingdom and the West Bank forces during this time.
He let out a long sigh.
Vega relaxed his tense nerves a little, after all, the square was already surrounded by garrisons on the inner and outer three floors, and if the enemy rashly launched an attack, Vega would not be as busy as before.
But less than five minutes after that nerve relaxed, Iro's urgent report came.
With an anxious expression on his face, he said, "General, the front line is in an emergency. The Kingdom Army has launched a massive offensive on an unprecedented scale, our high-level forces are seriously underwhelmed, many fortifications cannot be opened without magicians, and the Temporary Operational Command of the Front asks you for reinforcements. ”
"The most worrying thing is still coming. ”
Vega frowned, caught in a dilemma.
If the high-ranking armed forces of the square were to be sent to the front, the coronation would be empty.
At this time, if the enemy attacked, Vega thought that he could guarantee the safe retreat of Thea with his own forces, but he could not guarantee the smooth progress of the ceremony.
Follow the rules.
The ceremony is not carried out to the end in the presence of civilians, and the coronation is not considered a success.
If you choose not to support the city defense.
Although the coronation ceremony can be guaranteed to be completed smoothly, the city gate may not be secured, and if the kingdom army commander is allowed to drive in, then even if he is crowned emperor, I am afraid that Xia will not be the king for a few minutes, and he will have to kill the enemy together with Saint Laurent.
What should I do now?
Ilo nervously awaited Vega's decision.