Erathia, Royal Palace, late at night.

The news of King Ryan Geffenhardt's death on the plains of Bracaton had reached the country, and the entire kingdom of Erathia was suddenly shrouded in a lingering haze, of course, except for the low-level commoners, most of the nobles were not mourning the death of the king, they were more worried about what would happen if the barbarian army came to war, the treasures in the warehouses and the silver on the tables.

When the remnants of the Battle of Bracaton returned to White Rock after a long journey, an even more frightening news spread across the land of Erathia, that is, they had lost their most pious cardinal Archbishop Ronis during the retreat.

If the death of the king was still reluctantly acceptable to the people and nobles - after all, that man had the title of a tyrant on his head, and even secretly many people wished that he would die in battle sooner, then the loss of Bishop Ronis made such a mistake that even the lowest populace began to accuse the expeditionary force of incompetence, after all, except for Pope Ronis, who was far away in Ehfast, he could be said to be the spiritual leader of all the believers in the Kingdom of Erathia.

Ever since Ryan Geffenhardt was a young knight, the story of a knight and a priest working together to overthrow the decaying Mudlan dynasty is almost a household name in Erathia, and unlike Ryan, after becoming Cardinal, Ronis continued his usual benevolence and humility, which made him extremely prestigious among the lower classes and even the aristocratic circles.

It is no exaggeration to say that King Rien's orders could be disobeyed, but the oracle of Archbishop Ronis was carried out without hesitation at any time.

However, it was in this case, in a war that the people thought was certain to be won, and even made a little fuss, the king and the archbishop were killed and the other disappeared, so that all the blame was placed on the remnants of the defeated army on the plains of Brakadon.

Some accused them of not being able to protect the Lord, others accused them of having no courage to fight, and even more viciously cursed them that they should be buried with the king under the city of Chessem.

If there is a beneficiary of this matter in the whole territory of Erathia, it must be Rodhart, because in the midst of such a wave of negative condemnation, the declaration issued by the temporary commander of the defeated army, Viscount Maurice and Baron Sousa, to gather the domestic nobles to fight against the putschists, has been even more violently invective, and even the residents of White Rock have poured into the streets to protest en masse, demanding that these cowardly cowards get out of White Rock City.

Such a result made Rodhart laugh out loud in his dreams.

So he soon had a new plan.

According to the law, when the king dies, the eldest prince should inherit the throne, and if there is no prince, then it will be the turn of the eldest princess, which means that the eldest princess Catherine will become the new queen of Erathia, but if the eldest princess is married and willing to give up the succession to the throne to her husband, that man will become the first in line to the throne.

Although he was thirty years older than Catherine, and although Princess Catherine had already been engaged to Prince Rogge of the distant Ironfast dynasty, these difficulties were not worth mentioning in the face of the golden throne.

An elegantly worded letter to break the marriage of the daughter of a deceased tyrant is sufficient, and marriage does not always require love, and coercion and threats to life are also very effective in some cases, after all, the whole king is now under his control.

But Rodhart was not going to do that unless he had to, he was a gentleman, and he had been educated in chivalry since childhood, so he chose the gentler way of first step—to release Princess Catherine from the dungeon and carefully select a team of maids for her, from the maidens who served the house to the who cleaned, and tried to have someone to relays his kindness in the princess's ear twenty-four hours a day.

Aside from not being able to step out of the palace, Catherine's life is almost the same as it was when Ryan was alive, and Rodhart himself would go to Princess Catherine's bed every now and then to say hello.

It stands to reason that foreign ministers are not qualified to enter the harem without the king's permission, but now that the king is dead, what is not up to him?

If nothing else, Princess Catherine should wake up to her current situation one bright morning, agree to his marriage proposal, and give him the right to inherit the throne, so that Earl Rodhart, with his ancient noble bloodline, can go one step further and become the new king of Erathia and lead the new kingdom to great glory.

Unfortunately, his dream could only be a dream in the end, because Princess Catherine was famous not only because of her royal blood, but also because of her maverick and bright and wise character, and even her marriage contract was negotiated by her own visit to Ainfast.

Even before she set off, she had made a bold statement that if the husband that His Majesty Lane had chosen for her could not satisfy her, she would stab the other party to death in the palace of Ainfast with a sword, although it was just a joke, but this sentence came from the mouth of a ninth-level female swordsman, which also made many people break out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, Prince Rogge is also one of the best people in the world, and the story of their love at first sight before the teleportation array has been passed down as a dream by those aristocratic girls.

Such a princess naturally won't let Rodhart succeed so easily.

But when she rushed out of the dormitory with a blood-stained sword in her hand, she was shocked to find that the guards at the door were already lying silently in a pool of blood, and according to her thoughts, there should have been a hard battle here.

"Who!"

A low cry like a phoenix came from her cherry lips, but it drew out a dozen shadows lurking in the darkness.

"Sister?"

A figure wrapped in a black robe was stunned, but it was also a woman from the trembling voice and delicate figure.

"Adrid, why are you here?"

Obviously, he was also very surprised to see his cousin Catherine in this situation.

"You killed all these guards?"

She asked again.

"No... Not me... I just helped cast a drowsy spell..."

As if still frightened by the bloody scene just now, Eldred's voice trembled slightly.

If Lear was there, he would have recognized this at a glance as the daughter of Count Svein, who had been kidnapped by him twice, although time has passed, and the other party is no longer the little magician who first entered the battlefield back then, but his temperament has not changed at all, especially when he is nervous, he will stutter.

"And who are these people?"

Catherine's gaze turned to the men in black behind Eldrid, and when she asked again, she had already clenched the sword in her hand.

Tonight's action was the final decision she had made after a long period of deliberation, so no one should be allowed to sabotage it.

However, this time, without waiting for Eldred to stammer, the tall man in gray behind her walked straight out.

"His subordinate Ou Ling is the chief knight under Baron Sosa, and he came to rescue the princess on the orders of Baron Sosa and went to White Rock City. ”

The man in black knelt on one knee and stood in front of him with his sword in his hands, and gave Catherine a standard knightly salute.

"How many troops are there in White Rock City?"

However, Catherine was not surprised in the slightest when she heard this, but asked calmly.

"Princess, there are eight hundred Holy Knights, four thousand Crusaders, plus a total of 10,000 marksmen and halberd troops, as long as the princess can go to White Rock City to raise her arms, I believe that she will soon be able to regain the strength to recover the royal capital. ”

Ou Ling Zhengse.

"Do you know how many people are in Castelos' army now under the control of Rodhart?"

Catherine asked again.

"This... Ignorance. ”

Ou Ling told the truth, when he came, he brought an elite team of 100 people, but because of the strict investigation, he only scored ten batches to enter the city, but until three days later, only three batches of the agreed meeting place arrived, and he had to decide to start the operation in advance, knowing that there was already a risk of exposure.

"10,000 halberds, 10,000 marksmen, 5,000 griffins, 5,000 crusaders, and 1,000 holy knights, not counting the monks and holy archangels in the monastery, even if I go back to White Rock City with you and ascend again, do you think you can really gather the power to resist Rodhart? ”

Catherine let out a sudden long sigh, and a heavy sadness suddenly appeared in her eyes as she thought of the dead Ryan.

"Rodhart is really a traitor, and his current supporters may not follow him very sincerely, and the princess, you are careless, as long as you raise your arms, you will definitely gather followers. ”

Ou Ling originally wanted to say that he must be able to, but when it came to his lips, it turned into another euphemism, I am afraid that even he knew that the remnants of Erathia's military force had almost completely fallen into the hands of Rodhart, and it was almost impossible to confront him head-on.

"Hey, you are too naïve, where is there any loyalty, it is nothing more than an exchange of interests, the benefits that Rodhart can give now are in line with the pursuit of the vast majority of nobles, so they support him, otherwise you think that the coup d'état to control the king is such a simple thing, not only because the father has transferred all the military forces near the royal capital, but also because this war has damaged the interests of the vast majority of people, and the death of the father and the disappearance of Bishop Ronis are just an excuse for the attack. ”

There was no emotion in Catherine's eyes when she said this, as if this seemed to her to be a very normal thing, even if the victim of the betrayal was herself.

Born in the Wang family, he has known that the world is ruthless since he was a child.

"So what should we do?"

Adridrid on the side couldn't help but shout anxiously, she finally mustered up the courage to rescue her cousin with Ou Ling, thinking that all the problems after the rescue could be solved, but she didn't want to end like this, looking at her like that, I was afraid that she would cry in the next second.

"I'll tell you the truth, if you don't come, my original idea was to enter the palace to assassinate Rodhart, if I can kill this culprit with the prestige I have accumulated every day, maybe there is still a little bit of hope, but this little hope is almost equal to nothing, because with my current strength, it is impossible to kill him, it is nothing more than the last struggle, but since you are here, I have other ideas, I don't know if you dare?"

Catherine turned to Ou Ling, two scorching fires in her phoenix eyes.

"I have no regrets even though I die!"

Ou Ling said in a deep voice.

"Good!"

Catherine applauded.

"Then please protect me all the way to the teleportation array leading to Einfast, if the general is unfortunately killed, I will be named for the general on the future Erathia Protector Hero Monument!"

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