Chapter 125: Conspiracy
The Winter Palace of Ice and Snow, when the news of Electralde's rebellion reached Caterina's ears, the queen of Kislev was undoubtedly furious. In dealing with Erengrad, she sent a secret police and Afra, the Frost Witch, to her side.
However, what he didn't expect was that Count Tilce of Erlengrad still introduced the witch hunters into the city without authorization. And tied Afra up. This is a complete mutiny!
She should have thought that the Earl of Tilles, who looked cowardly, was actually scheming inside. The appearance of vampires in Erengrad was not uncontrollable in the first place, it was just some evil spirits from the Streig family who wandered to Errengrad to commit crimes. This is not the first time, and with the cooperation of the secret police and the local armed militia, it is entirely possible to hunt them. The reason why things went unchecked was because the Count of Tilce and the local nobles were in the way.
Yes, she should have thought that a small group of vampires of the Streiger family could not have been solved for two months, and these nobles ostensibly cooperated with the secret police, but in fact, they had already colluded with the witch hunters of the empire behind their backs. Using the Vampires of the Strygg family to make trouble, the witch hunters are rightfully introduced, and then the witch hunters hunt the vampires in the city as well as the Frost Witch.
Tilce ...... You're a good hand...... Use both sides to play witch hunters and the brainless vampires of the Strygg family in the palm of their hands......
Thinking of this, Caterina couldn't help but grit her teeth with hatred. It was she who was careless, and when she saw Tillce that day, she was bewitched by his timid and cowardly appearance. Now that Afra has been arrested, the secret police sent to the line of duty are isolated, and the gates of Erlengrad are closed. The people listened to the nobles and Tyrs, fanned the flames, and instead became the despicable queen who did nothing.
Politics, how terrible.
Today's Erlengrad, even if she hasn't even entered, Caterina can roughly guess the current situation inside, vampires, witch hunters, City Guards, Moors, all kinds of forces are entangled and entangled, making the whole city a mess. Feeling distraught and unrelenting in such a chaotic situation, the people pinned their hopes on the head of the municipal governor Tils, who took the opportunity to form an armed force loyal to him......
Winner in Life...... However, this is only temporary, and this is only a preliminary contest.
Caterina bit her lip, believing that the traitors of Errengrad would not fight her. Even though she lost Afra and a group of loyal guards, she still had a lot, there were still many excellent frost witches in the Kislev School of Magic and Wizardry, the secret police had only lost a small part, and many more were still on standby in the capital.
Moreover, she also has an army, the regular army of the kingdom. If Errengrad's rebellion really reaches the point of being out of control, she will use this most precious trump card.
Now, that's not necessary. She is the queen and has the power to command her subjects. They had all sworn allegiance to the Tsar, so now, let them fulfill their promises.
Problems that can be solved by local armed forces will not use their own direct forces, and Caterina knows that the rebellion in Erengrad is also a good opportunity to weaken the power of the local lords. Once the war starts, the troops that the lords have worked so hard to pull up will be depleted, which is good for strengthening the centralization of power. Of course, there is also a situation where Erlengrad is directly defeated, then, it is okay to resolve the war in a short time, so that the lords everywhere can also learn a lesson. She will punish Tyles severely, letting the various counts and marquis know that there is only one way to die against their queen.
That's what she thinks, and that's what she does......
In the palace in Bangada, Katerina called her own scribe and ordered her to write a letter to be sent to various places. Ask the local lords to bring their armies and join their queens in their crusade against the traitors.
She will command the local lords of the whole country to join this war, and the city-states of the north, the south, and the surrounding cities of Kislev, the various lords, yes, she will wage an all-out war to besiege Erengrad, so that the nobles of Erlengrad will know the fate of betraying their queen.
It was only after the scribe had finished writing the letters that Caterina carved her seal on them. Have your personal knight deliver the letters.
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"You have no chance of winning, you are fighting against the whole of Kislev, the Queen's army will soon arrive outside the city, and when the time comes, you will face more than a few police officers from the capital. ”
In Erlengrad's dungeon, the frost witch Afra's face is like frost, even if she becomes a prisoner and a captive, she still has no change in her face, as the queen's darling, she will definitely not betray Queen Katarina. At the same time, even if she is a prisoner, she still wants to get some information from Tils, and if she can, she will still find a way to get the information out of the place and get it to Caterina so that her queen can save herself and let Caterina know more of the city's secrets.
Yes, now, it's a secret everywhere. Tills alone holds many secrets.
"No chance? Not necessarily, my dear lady Afra. You've been in Kislev for too long, so unaware of the outside world. Don't you know how many people in the kingdom want to oppose your Snow Queen, who is nothing but an executioner, a servant of darkness. How much has the number of vampires in the kingdom increased since she came to power?How much has the dark forces increased?How many nobles and commoners in Kislev have long been dissatisfied with her rule in the era of harsh laws and no freedom of speech, and I am just piercing the paper and letting the fire spread. ”
Through the bar, Tilce said mysteriously. He looked at Afra as if admiring a work of art, she had a good figure and skin, and she was powerless to resist, and through the potions provided by the witch hunters, he dripped some of the witch's meals every day, causing her to slowly lose her magic without realizing it.
"Do you know how much the population of Errengrad is? Let me tell you, a hundred thousand! And that's not counting the merchants who trade with foreign trade, the High Elves who have settled in the city, and people of other races. The number of civilians alone is 100,000. Now, the whole city of Errengrad believes that your queen is indulging in the vampires' trouble. The news will soon spread, and when the time comes, the surrounding city-states and castle lords will also know what is happening here. Their dissatisfaction with your queen is not a day or two, as long as there are lords on my side, more and more local lords will join. Currently, there are at least three local lords of Kislev on the side of the Lordelin Noble Alliance. You should know the power of public opinion, a spark can start a prairie fire, and the Tsar's throne of the Ice Queen may not be as strong as she imagined. ”
Tilce said, narrowing his eyes at the Frost Witch in front of him. She still retains her nobility, but she is disheveled......
"Tell you, why do you hate Queen Caterina so much?"
Afra asked.
Through the iron bar, you can also feel the resentment in the witch's heart. She couldn't wait to use magic to freeze this villain to death immediately. However, since being captured by the witch hunters, she feels that her magic is fading every day...... What is the reason, but there is no way to know......
"Why do you hate her so much? As I said, she's an executioner! My daughters, my granddaughters, they're all witches, and they're all dead in that Ice and Snow Winter Palace!
Tilles replied angrily.