However, it was okay not to cheer up, and once he cheered up, Kobra realized more clearly how chaotic Alabastan is now. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In previous years, even when there was a disaster, it was far less than the current chaos.

"Bastards, all bastards!"

In the study, Kobra swept everything on the desk to the floor, furious.

When he decided to pull himself together, the first thing he did was to start facing up to Alabastan's current problems and decide to solve them one by one.

The first thing he put on his agenda was the issue of sand bandits and rebels.

Throughout the history of the Kingdom of Alabastan, since the 'Neferutali family' took root in [Santing Island], sand bandits and rebels have always existed, the former murder and arson, and the latter have never given up subverting the rule of the 'Neferutali family'.

But in normal years, they can only lurk in the dark, waiting for an opportunity, because compared to the official forces, they are too weak to expose themselves.

However, this time King Edmund was assassinated, giving them an opportunity.

In particular, the rumor about the 'Celestial Dragon Man' that circulated in the upper echelons of the kingdom emboldened them, and not only did they come to the front of the stage, but the two also joined forces.

The first thing that came to Kobra's mind after cheering up was to sweep away both!

But what made him angry was that he issued several orders one after another, all of which were rejected by the people below with all kinds of excuses. All in all, no army is willing to deal with the bandits and rebels, and as a king, he has no troops to use?

"Your Majesty, please allow me to take my escort and go to destroy them!" Ikalem resolutely pleaded.

As the saying goes, the Lord humiliated his ministers to death, and seeing Kobra suffer such a great humiliation, as a retainer of the 'Neferutali family', he couldn't turn a blind eye!

"No, the number of the escort is okay to defend the palace, if you want to go on the expedition, it will not be enough at all, there are many bandits and rebels, and you will be sent to death if you go. Kobra rejected Ikalem's request and said in a deep voice, "And, from what I've just read, I have reason to believe that these bandits and rebels are not united for no reason......

"Your Majesty, do you mean?"

"Although sand bandits and rebels are enemies of the kingdom, the enemy of the enemy does not mean that they can become friends. The sand bandits act is unscrupulous, everything is only for plunder, while the rebels' goal is to seize power, the two sides have different codes of conduct, how can they come together?"

Kobra said solemnly, "What can make these two ignore each other's differences and come together is mostly a terrible force that both of them can't resist!"

"As far as I know, such power should not yet exist in the kingdom. ”

"What about the ministers?" asked Ikalem.

"Of course not by their own forces, unless they can mobilize the army, but this kind of thing, the army cannot easily participate, because that would mean treason...... Therefore, the mastermind behind this incident should be an external force. "If I'm not mistaken, it's the same group that assassinated my father." ”

"Damn!" Ikalem clenched his fists.

As the captain of the palace guard, but failed to protect the king's safety, this is his greatest dereliction of duty, if Edmund had not confessed and let him continue to protect Kobra after his death, he would have gone down all over the world to hunt down the murderer, even if he died in battle!

But he didn't expect that after the successful assassination, the gang didn't even bother to escape.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, please allow me to lead the convoy to avenge His Majesty Edmund!"

"No, I'm not going to let you die. Kobra vetoed it again.

"But ......"

Akalem was still trying to convince Kobra when a guard knocked on the study's door.

"Come in. Kobra said.

"Tell your Majesty, there is a young man outside the palace who has asked to see him, and he claims to be Your Majesty's cousin, whose name is Lefa, would you like to let him in?" reported the guard, who knelt down on one knee.

"What, my cousin?!" Kobra was stunned for a moment, then remembered the identity of this cousin he had never met, and his expression was a little complicated for a while, but he still quickly ordered, "Invite him in, please go to the living room, and I'll go over." ”

"Yes!" the guard quickly stepped back.

"Your Majesty, when did you have one more cousin?" Ikalem didn't know about Lefa.

"I also learned a while ago that I had such a cousin, who, according to my father, was a legacy of Uncle Farrell...... Cobra said.

"Lord Farrell still has bloodline?!" Ikalem was startled.

As a confidant of the 'Neferutali family', he naturally knew that Edmund still had such a younger brother, but he had left [Santing Island] a long time ago.

"Let's go, come with me to meet this cousin......" Kobra sighed.

His mother died shortly after giving birth to him, and he was an only child, and with the death of his father Edmund, he had no relatives other than his wife and newborn daughter.

But this cousin, who has never met before, is an exception.

......

Refa sat in the living room, calmly drinking the tea brought by the servant, waiting for Kobra's arrival.

Suddenly, his ears twitched slightly, and he put down his teacup and looked towards the door.

But he saw a young man who looked a little like him in this life, accompanied by a tall guard, walking through the door.

"Cousin Kobra?" said Refa tentatively.

"You're Refa cousin, I didn't know about your cousin not long ago, it's been a long time......" Kobra disappeared from the moment he saw Refa.

Originally, he was still thinking about what kind of attitude he should use to deal with Leifa.

Because in a sense, the death of his father Edmund was to save Lefa.

If it weren't for Lefa, my father might not have died.

But even my father himself said that he owed all this to his deceased uncle Farrell, and besides, everyone was a family, and it was natural for them to help each other.

It wasn't until Kobra met Riffa that he suddenly realized that his idea was too ridiculous, and it would be too unreasonable to anger this cousin, who was also a victim, because of the shamelessness of the 'Draconian'.

The descendants of the 'Neferutali family' should have been united.

"I came here to apologize to you, cousin, that Uncle Edmund died because of me...... If it weren't for me, Uncle Edmund would have been fine. Refa sighed.

"What is this saying? Kobra shook his head and said, "If you want to blame, blame the person who killed my father, and the group of high-ranking bastards, but I can't blame your head, don't say this kind of thing again, it's all your own family, what's wrong?" )