Chapter 336: Charles I is at a loss
From the very beginning, Vincent, who devised today's assassination plan, knew very well that the clumsy drama of the assassination of Garnes on the rostrum to the Solan Cult was definitely enough to incite civilians who didn't know anything about the seriousness of the herd, but it would be really wishful thinking to use this drama to deceive the really smart people.
Especially if Charles I in the royal city knew about the situation on this side of the arena and took some countermeasures at the first time, then the probability of their plan failing would definitely increase greatly.
Let's not say that the Nolans are Avengers, but they have not been part-time actors, first of all, the actions of His Royal Highness Garnes, the main character in this scene, are not something they can control, if there is too much unnecessary cover-up, maybe the assassination has not started yet, then the shrewd prince will first discover the flaw.
The solution Vincent finally came up with was to completely take over the magic guide broadcast system on the Arena side, cut off the magic guide video signal from the arena to Alrant City just before the assassination was about to start, and pretend that it was just a problem with the broadcast line, so as to delay the speed of Charles I's knowledge.
The chaos in the arena can be spread out, no, it must be spread out, but it must be spread first by the civilian spectators who don't know the truth. As long as the civilians who fled back to Arrant City from the temporary arena on the outskirts of the city spread the rumors first, then the direction of public opinion will naturally be completely controlled by them.
Their plan worked.
In Allante City, because the image on the magic screen was cut off, it still showed the image of the host Cook enthusiastically preparing to announce the start of the second game, so the civilians in Alrant City who were watching the broadcast and King Loris and his staff in the royal city did not expect such a big riot in the arena after the video was cut off. Even the screams of the spectators in the arena on the outskirts of the city because they saw the assassination scene were directly turned off by the inexplicable people who were cutting off the screen in the city as the cheers of the spectators in the city when the game officially began.
Until the moment before the spectators in the arena fled back to Alrant City one after another, the civilians in the streets and alleys of Alrant City were still complaining about how the magic guide broadcast equipment was so ineffective and broke down at such a critical time.
As the first major celebration of the new king's accession to the throne, the Elemental Festival included the four chamber races, and all the events held so far were very satisfying to Charles I.
The people of Loris were very happy, and tourists from all over the world also had a personal experience of the "magic country" of Loris, and even the negotiations with the Solan viewing group were smoother than Charles I expected, and from the Solan Cult, which was eager to obtain the full support of the Kingdom of Lloris on the Nolan issue, Charles I basically obtained the best alliance conditions that could be expected.
However, on the final day of the four-court tournament, a completely unexpected upheaval took place.
When the magic signal transmitted from the arena to the city of Arlante was artificially cut off by the Nolans, King Loris was in the king's study in the palace, watching the broadcast in the arena with the large magic guide screen specially placed here.
Although Charles I, as a father, has never shown his tender and fatherly side to this daughter too much since Sekaria was sensible, in fact, Charles I is still very proud and doted on Sekaria in his heart. Today, because there is a game in which Sekaria plays, Charles I, as a father, ended the daily royal court discussion that has not been worth paying attention to recently, and returned to the palace, originally planned to enjoy the wonderful performance of his complacent daughter through transmission, but he didn't expect that the magic guide broadcast would go black just when the game was about to start.
β...... Huh?"
Looking at the screen that suddenly became pitch black, Charles I frowned a little unpleasantly, and spoke in too high a voice.
"Someone ...... coming"
The door to the study was gently opened, and Hyde, the old butler of the royal family, appeared at the door, bowing respectfully to Charles I.
"Your Majesty, what do you command?"
"Go and ask what's going on. β
Old Hyde glanced at the completely blackened magic screen, then bowed again with some trepidation.
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the old slave will go and inquire. β
After Hyde left, Charles I looked at the blackened magic screen, and suddenly had a sense of foreboding in his heart.
Standing up, Charles I went to the window of the study, opened the window and looked out into the street outside the royal city.
From his angle, he could just be able to erect large magic guide broadcast screens in the squares closest to Wang Cheng, and to the surprise of the current King of Loris, those screens were all pitch black at the moment, and no images appeared.
All the magic broadcast systems in the city are out of order?
Charles I suddenly felt that things were a bit big, today was the last game of the Four Chambers Competition, and even he, the king of a country who appeared directly in the arena because of his poor identity sensitivity, was so concerned about today's game, and those civilians who were full of expectations for the battle between Her Royal Highness Secaria, the princess, and Her Royal Highness the future Holy Maiden, could imagine the expectations of today's battle, but now the broadcast system actually seems to have a large-scale failure, which can be regarded as a large-scale event accident.
Although the Four Chambers Tournament is not hosted by the Lorris royal family, it can be regarded as a representative program of the Elemental Festival, and it is also the face of the Loris Kingdom that is lost when there is such a fork. Charles I was a little angry, turned around and just wanted to call someone, but realized that Hyde should have left to find the Wangcheng Magic Wizard Instrument Advisory Group at this moment, so he had to quickly return to the desk and press the summoning bell button on the desk.
Soon, a palace maid who heard the magic guide bell in the standby room hurriedly appeared at the door of the study.
"Go tell Hyde and ask him to call everyone in the Wizard Advisory Group as soon as possible!"
Soon, the old director Hyde came to Charles's study with the people of the Royal Wizard Advisory Group, due to the suddenness of the incident, the advisors had no clue about the sudden collapse of the Wizard Broadcasting System throughout the city, and just before they could discuss a result, suddenly the door of the study was opened in a hurry.
"Your Majesty!"
A royal guard ran in with a panicked face and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty the King, something is wrong! Her Royal Highness Garnes was assassinated in the Arena, the Assassin is said to be a member of the Cult of Solan, and now Her Royal Highness is leading the soldiers of the Third Brigade of the Royal Guard to attack the Royal City Inn, and the Knights of the Templar who are guarding the Solan Viewing Group are in a fierce battle!"
Charles I rose from his seat with a sharp slap, and he had never looked so stunned in front of any of his subordinates.
"What did you say!?"
"Her Highness Sekaria, she ......"
After the royal guard explained the events on the other side of the arena as briefly as possible, Charles I's face suddenly turned pale.
"Conspiracy...... It's a conspiracy!"
Charles I's temples were bruised, his only son was assassinated on the side of the arena and his life and death are still uncertain, and his only daughter has added such a big mess to herself at this time, the royal guard attacked the Knights Templar, not to mention the reason for this matter, this almost means that the royal family of Loris has completely declared war on the Cult of Solan and the Holy Kingdom of Solan without the knowledge of the king, which is simply terrible!
According to Sekaria's character, she would never do such a hasty thing...... There must be something wrong, something must have happened to Sekaria!
"Hyde, immediately put the second and third stationed in the royal cityβ"
Charles choked suddenly, wait a minute, strange, he remembered that the one in charge of garrisoning outside the city today should be the first brigade of the royal guard, this kind of military garrison order was read by him personally this morning and then gave instructions, how could it be the third brigade?
Charles I suddenly felt a chill pass through his body, the Royal Guard is the descendant of the Loris royal family, but today's garrison order of this descendant unit was unknowingly dropped by someone without him knowing it, this is simply-
"Your Majesty the King! Enemy Attack Alert! The Royal City has been attacked!"
Just as Charles I was distraught by the series of surprises that had shocked and frightened him, news that had been so bad for him was brought into the study by another royal guard.
"Your Majesty, the army of Fort Guard, without receiving any orders, has entered the city of Arrant without permission and is heading towards the royal city......! It is an unpopular atrocity to say that His Majesty's act of attacking the troops of his ally Solanist God Cult without going through the royal court is an atrocity that has unpopular feelings! Demand that His Majesty immediately withdraw his order, otherwise they will support Prince Naris to take over the royal court temporarily!"
With a click, the pen holder with the quill on the desk was swept to the ground by an angry Charles with a wave of his hand.
"Nah!ri!"-
Streets of Alante City.
"Hey, have you heard, there's a fight on the royal side! The Royal Guard and the Holy Knights of Solan are fighting!"
"What are you kidding, why are our His Majesty's guards fighting with the knights of the Cult of Solan?"
"I heard that it is the will of His Majesty the King!"
"Nonsense, how could our King give such an order, this time the Elemental Sacrifice Saintess has specially come to reconcile with our Loris Kingdom!"
"Hey, what he said is true, this old man, but I saw with my own eyes that it was Her Royal Highness Princess Sekaria herself who led the royal guards to attack the Knights of the Templars at the Royal City Post House! If it wasn't for Her Majesty's order, how could Her Royal Highness lead the team herself! And the two sides are fighting in real hands!"
"Allah, husband, are you serious?, but how can His Highness Sekaria be here, shouldn't His Highness be playing in the arena?"
"Hey, this lady, what your husband said is not wrong at all, I just met those people who escaped from the arena, and I heard them say that something big happened in the arena just now! It is said that just before the start of their match, His Highness Garnes was suddenly assassinated by the people of the Cult of Solan!"
"Huh!?"
"Liar, huh?"
"How can you ......?"
"Big brothers and sisters, I'm really not talking nonsense, otherwise how would you explain why His Highness Sekaria suddenly attacked the Knights Templar with the royal guards? I told you that this is the first-hand information I heard from the arena, before the magic screen went black, you thought it was really an accident? It was the ghost made by the assassins in the arena!"
"But why did those people from the Divine Sect do this? Didn't you say that Her Highness the Holy Maiden had come to make friends with our kingdom this time?"
"Alas, this old brother, you can embarrass me, where can we figure out the specific inside story......"
"Hey, no! no!"
"What's going on this time?"
"Hey, this little brother, please wait a minute!"
"Ahh
"Fort Guard?!Hey, little brother, wait, okay, tell us what's going on? What's the matter with Fort Guard? The army of Fort Guards has also been sent to fight against the Knights of the Templars?"
"What kind of Knights of the Templars are being recruited, don't you guys know yet, the news that has just come out of the royal city, the first and second guards of the royal family don't know anything about attacking the Knights of the Templar Knights, and the assassination of His Royal Highness Garnes by the Solan Divine Cult is all made up by those people in the royal court! Today's farce is basically that His Majesty himself wants to capture the Holy Maiden of the Solan Divine Sect as a hostage and ask for benefits from the Solan Divine Cult!"
"What, you, young man, don't talk nonsense, you slander His Majesty......
"Hey, what a big rebellion, you go to the royal city to know, just now many people have heard the conversation between the messenger of Fort Guards and the gatekeeper of the royal city, hehe, our beloved king almost deceived everyone this time, and even his own son and daughter took out a piece to design a deception. β
"But, but His Majesty has no reason to do so......"
"There is no reason? This old brother, do you remember the scene when Her Highness the Holy Maiden led the team into the city half a month ago? Isn't that the end of it, that is the best reason! If you are His Majesty the King, can you tolerate a saint from another country who has a better reputation than yourself on your own territory and is popular with the people?"
"But ......"
"Besides, do you remember the quarrel two years ago when the old king was still in power......?
"You, you mean...... But it has always been not a private gossip that says that Prince Naris is related to the Nolan clan......"
"The grapevine is also from people...... Hehe, anyway, the final throne is inherited by His Majesty the King, and whoever has the most power will not be able to speak......"
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Looking at the group of ordinary people in front of him thoughtfully, the last strange young man who came over to "ventilate the news" showed a sinister smile that no one noticed.
"Hey, I'm patronizing and talking to you, don't talk about it, the general of Fort Guards will bring someone later, if you don't run, I'll run away." (To be continued.) )