Nexus Palace, inside the House of Nobles.

Outside, the rain was pouring down, the thunder was roaring, the lightning was dazzling, and the scene of the end was coming, and the semi-circular hall had gathered all the members of the noble council in Rentat, a white hair cover, a black big hat.

If it weren't for the great power of natural lightning, the strong men below the Golden Knight would not dare to brave the lightning and thunder to fly quickly, I am afraid that there will be a rare scene of all the people in the noble council, and it is only an hour before King Feltis and Prince Patrick are summoned by the Lord.

Of course, the nobles who could not make it to the scene also learned what had happened from their spokesmen and allies in Rentat through remote contact, and conveyed their opinions.

At this moment, they were unprecedentedly grateful to the "Alinge Telephone and Telegraph Company", although the "wired telephone" they promoted was still in a loss-making state due to the complex and heavy infrastructure construction, and was still limited to the capitals of Rentat and several other counties, with an installed capacity of less than 500 doors, but in this weather, it was a rare communication channel for the nobles who could not arrange and use expensive teleportation arrays, so that many nobles tasted the sweetness and decided to assist in the promotion.

"How could His Royal Highness the Prince be called by the Lord?" Count Seapine took a hot shower in the lounge of the House of Nobles, changed his clothes and hair covers, and then got rid of his shocked and unthinkable state, and while wearing a white paper flower on his chest, he sat down in the first row of seats, and asked James, Duke of Pefors, Russell, Duke of Wolfsburg, and Viscount Harrison, who hurried to Parliament after informing Parliament.

The four of them are the leaders of the Enlightened faction except for Prince Patrick, and they must communicate well in advance at this time. There can be no infighting, otherwise it is easy to lose confidence in the nobles on your side.

Duke James also wore a white hair cover in the House of Nobles to hide his bald head, and he said gloomily: "I don't know what to say, it was already like this when Russell and I arrived at Nexer Palace, we have examined the body of His Royal Highness the Prince, and found nothing unusual, it is indeed excessive grief that caused the collapse of the already very weak body, I think that with the protection of His Excellency Ketonia, no one will be able to assassinate him." ”

The Heart of Time Ketonia is one of the two epic knights of the Kingdom of Holm. And there are no more than five knights in the entire world realm who can reach the third level of legend. He and Rudolf II belong to this ranks, and as for the epic knights who have reached the peak of the legend, there is only one human being except for "monsters" such as Prince Dracula, Prince of the Abyss, and the Lord of the First Layer of Hell. Head of the Knights Templar. Member of the College of Cardinals. San Melmos.

It was said that under the protection of Ketonia, there would be no assassination and other situations, but there was no trace of affirmation on James's face.

"His Excellency Ketonia is a hero in the War of the Dawn. He is an epic knight who defeated the Magic Empire's rule in the Holm region with the former king, but he is very old and is nearing the end of his life, and there will be more things to think about and arrange than ordinary people. "He is not like Lord Winston of the House of Sorenphine who can quietly watch the situation. ”

Winston the Night Kin is another epic knight of the Kingdom of Holm, currently rotating to guard the colonies that the Kingdom of Holm has won over in several different dimensions.

Viscount Harrison sneered, "Anyway, I don't believe that His Royal Highness the Prince will die of excessive grief for His Majesty the King. ”

According to Harrison, Haypine and others, Patrick has been in the position of the prince for thirty or forty years, and it is inevitable that the king will have a conflict of rights, and the relationship between the two sides has long been not harmonious, especially after their ideas are very different, it is even more strange.

"Things have come to this point, we need to put aside our grief and do two things, one is to secretly ask the mages of the Magic Council to investigate the truth of the prince's death and take the initiative for the future, and the other is to start a backup plan to fully support Davy's ascension to the throne. After Count Seapine calmed down, his blue eyes became sharp again.

Patrick had been in poor health, and the enlightened nobles had been prepared for his death before the king, so they were not at a loss after a brief moment of panic.

David's father was a cousin of King Feltis, the nephew and student of the archmage Maurice, although he had died in an adventure, but under his influence, the great knight Davy was completely liberal in daily life or territorial matters, and was the most suitable person in the royal family in the eyes of Duke James and others, and he was very close in blood, according to the laws of the nobility, he belonged to the fourth in line to the throne.

"Good. Duke James nodded heavily, his mouth opening and closing, conveying the results of the discussion to the other enlightened nobles.

After a while, the president of the noble house, dressed in a black coat and wearing a white hair cover, Rex, the "griffin of the king", walked in, and he was followed by a dark-haired man with a gentle smile and a silver-gray eyes that clearly told everyone that he was a member of the Hoffenberg family.

"Gordon!" Count Haisong and other enlightened nobles stared.

Duke James's face was ugly as if he was about to drip water: "Didn't he declare that he would serve the Lord for the rest of his life, and quit the Knights of the Sword of Truth and went to the holy city of Reims to join the Knights Templar?"

"Rank 8 Heavenly Knight who is less than fifty years old, the ...... of the Tearing Sword," Duke Russell and Viscount Harrison muttered to themselves with solemn expressions.

The whole hall suddenly became noisy, and the other nobles, whether enlightened or conservative, couldn't help but talk to each other, this Gordon was a genius and an outlier of the Hoffenberg family, he became a knight of heaven at the age of thirty-five, and was appointed by King Feltis as the deputy head of the Knights of the Sword of Truth, with high hopes, but he was a devout believer, and at the age of forty he went to the holy city of Reims and joined the Knights Templar.

His kinship with King Feltis is much more distant than David's, but the rank of the Heavenly Knight is enough to make his succession soar, almost in the first order like David, and Hoffenberg is not a human being, but most of them are either estranged by blood and are not knights. It's hard to compete with these two, or they've already gone into the path of magic and automatically give up their qualifications.

Duke James and the others initially thought that Rex would lean towards his nephew, Alex, who had just activated the bloodline of the Sword of Truth, and when the time came, whether it was the strength of the knight or the distance of the bloodline, David would be able to succeed to the throne without any suspense, but who knew that Gordon actually ran back.

The sound of the hammer striking in front of him sounded crisply, and the hall of the House of Nobles suddenly fell silent.

Rex drew a cross on his chest and said with a sad face: "Our great King Feltis and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Patrick were called by the Lord an hour ago. Let us observe a moment of silence for them. Bless them with the Lord's favor on Heavenly Mountain. ”

James and the others all stood up, drawing crosses, and lowered their heads in a quiet and mournful atmosphere.

Five minutes later. Rex, the Speaker of the House of Nobles, motioned for everyone to sit down. His gaze hardened: "Because of the first heir to the throne of the kingdom." His Royal Highness Crown Prince Patrick was also called by the grace of the Lord and left no heirs, so according to the Code. A crown prince will be selected by our House of Lords, based on succession and with the blessing of the Lord. ”

The so-called blessing of the Lord is that the succession ceremony is presided over by a cardinal.

Rex didn't let the nobles speak, but pointed to Gordon next to him first: "The royal family of Holm has been hit like this, it is at a time of turmoil, Count Gordon is determined to put his family first, quit the Templar Order, and returned through the teleportation array of the church, he is an eighth-level heavenly knight, in the prime of life, and he is a pure sword of truth bloodline, I propose that he inherit the throne, please raise your hands to vote." ”

"Wait a minute. James stood up and said in a loud voice, "In this case, according to the code, the consent of more than two-thirds of the councillors is required, and none of the nine dukes oppose it, and the chosen person can inherit the throne, Speaker Rex, isn't that so?"

Rex looked at James with a gloomy gaze: "Yes, no, when the other candidates can't get more than one-fifth of the votes, the remaining one does not need to meet this condition, and in an emergency, the one who gets more than half of the votes can directly get the inheritance, I believe that this is an emergency, and the throne cannot be vacant for a long time." ”

"Whether it's an emergency or not, it's not up to you to decide, everyone needs to vote. Now, I elect Count David, who is more closely related to His Majesty the King, who is far ahead of Earl Gordon in terms of succession, and who is a great knight, who has already inspired the power of the bloodline. James did not take the stage to speak, but looked around at the other nobles directly in place, "I don't think any councillor will oppose succession, right?

This is the basis for the aristocratic class not to collapse, which nobleman does not want to leave the title to his direct heir? If the strength is strong, he can grab it, then the family will already assassinate each other and infighting!

Of course, this is one of the reasons why they are attached to the church, which is independent and strong enough to ensure that no one relies on strength to ignore the law.

A conservative aristocrat stood up and saluted everyone very gracefully: "Quoting Article 7, Paragraph 6 of the Inheritance Part of the Code, bloodline ability is the basis of nobility, and strong strength can be used as a reference for succession, I won't say much about the specific calculation method, after adding the strength of the Heavenly Knight, Count Gordon and Count David are in the same order, so the election of Count Gordon does not violate the Code and will not cause the collapse of the aristocratic order." ”

"Moreover, Count David's father was a magician, and we have to consider whether he can receive the blessing of the Lord. ”

Concise and to the point, James' attack completely collapsed.

Count Seapine stood up with a quill pen, and saluted gracefully first, and then said: "Father is a magician, it does not mean that the son is not a devout believer, Count David has never been absent from service, often donates to the church, and his piety is known to everyone, I believe that the Lord will be able to see and be tolerant, and there are many repentant and converted magicians in the ranks of the night watch, isn't it?" And Count Gordon once entered the Knights Templar, and in the future in dealing with things, I find it hard to believe that he will put the interests of the Kingdom of Holm and the interests of everyone first, which is not a blasphemy against the Lord, but a confusion between divine right and royal power. ”

At such times, he did not care about tactfulness, and nakedly opposed the divine power to the royal power.

Gordon raised his hand and said with a smile, "Speculation is not evidence, I believe I will look at the issue of nobility from the position of King Holm, not the identity of the Templars." ”

One after another, the enlightened nobles and the conservative nobles stood up to express their opinions, and after the last moment, Rex said: "Now, please vote, and those who are in favor of Count Davy, please raise your hand." ”

The arms of the sparse Lala were raised, a full third, and the Enlightened were smaller but more united than the Conservatives, which made Rex frown, unable to use the first special terms, and then he said, "Please approve of Earl Gordon's raising hand." ”

With arms stretched out, seeing that more than half of them were not a problem, Rex began to think about how to get through the state of emergency discussion.

Suddenly, the raising of the arm stopped, stopping at nearly halfway through, Rex looked at Duke Sorenfen, only to see that he shook his head, saying that he would not support a candidate with too strong ecclesiastical colors, and as a major leader of the conservative faction, his statement directly affected a large part of the nobility.

Duke James laughed: "Speaker Rex, it seems that we are going to have a long discussion and consultation. ”

With the Duke of Sorenfen hesitating, he was sure that he would be able to mediate Gordon's outlet.

Rex fell silent, looking at the gavel in his hand, and suddenly, he raised his head: "I'll propose another candidate." ”

"Who—who is higher in line of succession than Earl Davy and Earl Gordon?" said Duke Russell.

Rex said unhurriedly: "Natasha Vaorit, Countess Violet, inspires the bloodline of the Sword of Truth, and her kinship with His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince exceeds that of Count David, and she is also a Heavenly Knight and a devout believer, and can receive the blessings of the Church." (To be continued......)

PS: Khan, almost 4,000 words, a little late, sorry, sorry.