Chapter 172: The Most Unlikely Man
In fact, the so-called royal faction and the southern faction are just two interest groups, and there is no division between justice and evil. 【For more exciting novels, please visit】As a die-hard member of the royal family, the North Wind family, if they do not support the new king, I am afraid that they will lose their position. In other words, if you don't show loyalty to the king, what right do you have to call yourself a diehard loyalist?
After the queen expressed her intention, many nobles of the royal family, including even members of the North Wind family, thought that this was a very suitable opportunity. If Sword Castle can marry the royal family, it will mean that the royal faction and the southern faction will be reconciled again, which is a good thing for everyone.
But the current head of the family, Michelo, has his own considerations, because he concealed Diana's talent at the beginning, even the family members don't know much about it, but only he knows best how talented his daughter is, if she can advance to the Sword Saint, then the North Wind family will no longer need to compromise with any of the forces.
But he also knew that although the royal family valued the strength of the North Wind family, they would never expect such a surprise. Just as Istalon was a lesson from the past, the rise of the North Wind family will inevitably be suppressed by vested interest groups. If Diana's secret is revealed, it is conceivable that all kinds of shady means will follow.
Michelo was right, and even though he tried his best to hide the secret, the North Wind family was not monolithic. Under the continuous investigation of well-intentioned people, the news was finally leaked. Although no one knows where Diana has come now, the fact that "the North Wind family has bad intentions to hide the truth" makes Michelo speechless.
After a series of bloody plots that are popular within the family, the North Wind family finally inevitably split. And the result of this internal struggle is the current rebellion of El and Tiana.
Simako, who sided with the current head of the house, called the farce a "rebellion", but the people of Wallrhine and Hibbert, who started the rebellion, thought they were "setting things right". They regard Michelo as a "crazy gambler who is bent on going his own way", and after confirming that they cannot solve the problem through dialogue, they resolutely draw their swords in order to protect the future of the North Wind family.
"It sounds like the gang has no faith in Miss Diana. Hearing this, El couldn't help but sigh.
"It's not that there is no faith, it's that there is too much confidence. [(7764)]" Ximako sighed and smiled bitterly, "When they found that they could never catch up with the eldest lady, they began to feel jealous. They were all proud geniuses, and they simply couldn't tolerate a woman inheriting the name of the Sword Saint. ”
"It's a bit of a fuss to use force for this reason, isn't it?" Tiana snorted, "Since they dare to start a rebellion, they must be ready to deal with Diana." In the Sword Castle...... Or the North Wind Family, is there still a strong person who can suppress the eldest lady?"
"Of course not, otherwise it would not have been possible for the eldest lady to stand up and preside over the situation after the head of the family fell ill. Xi Mako said without hesitation: "These people must have prepared three indiscriminate means, since they can poison us, they will definitely poison the eldest lady." ”
"The poison that can bring down a quasi-sword master is not something that money can buy. Tiana said quietly.
"Wait a minute, I don't know if it's something wrong with my understanding. You say the reason they started the rebellion was to force Diana to marry the king, right?" El blinked his eyes and asked with some confusion, "Whether this can be done or not, the price paid by the Sword Castle is a bit too great, right? Not only do they have to bring down the current head of the house, then they have to eliminate people like you who support the head of the house, and finally they have to deal with a would-be sword master...... Is it worth it?"
"This ...... Who knows what those madmen think, maybe someone gave them more benefits, enough for them to betray Sword Keep. Schimako was stunned by the question, and said with some uncertainty.
What kind of benefits can make a swordsman of the silver rank have the courage to calculate a quasi-swordmaster? If it is not for you and me, who can force a quasi-swordmaster to do something she is not willing to do?
This question is also bothering Miss Quasi-Sword Saint herself.
Diana was so overwhelmed by the conflict between the Istalen and the Masonry Brotherhood that she had gone to the camp to ask the Prophet about the destruction of the local lord, but as El and Tiana had expected, she had received no meaningful answer from the Prophet.
The Prophet warmly welcomed Diana's visit, but innocently said he was completely unaware of the accusations of murder. With the exception of Mr. Baron Farrah, all the people involved that night had been killed and died without proof. As long as the Masonry Brotherhood bites to death and doesn't admit it, Diana can't do anything.
It was just a matter of drinking a cup of tea, and the news came from the north that the Istalon people were killing, and Diana rushed over and forcibly suppressed the strong men on both sides. As the temporary owner of the Sword Keep, Diana is not very good at handling this kind of dispute, and she only hopes that both parties can calm down and put the problem on the negotiating table to be resolved, but this is obviously an almost impossible goal to achieve.
The Easterens wanted to continue their march south through the Sword Castle, and their goals did not conflict with the Masonry Brotherhood, and they should not have conflicted, but it was in this situation that they actually carried out a merciless massacre of unarmed refugees, directly turning the Masonry Brotherhood into mortal enemies.
Diana recreated the scene according to the descriptions of both sides, and found that it was indeed the Istalens who made the first move, and these Istalens did not deny or conceal it in the slightest. In the face of the wrath of the Masonry Brotherhood, the girl who covered her face with her hood showed no remorse, but instead gave a strong answer that either let us go or we pass over your corpses, there is no third option.
No one doubts that these Istaron exiles are still qualified to speak like this, Isttalon was originally one of the most powerful territories in the country, and the force of the White Lion family is not in vain. After thousands of heavily armed warriors set up in battle formation, the momentum alone was enough to make people feel suffocated. Without Diana's presence, this force would have been enough to sweep through the Sword Keep.
Thinking of the words of the two guests who were guests in her home now, Diana vaguely realized that this time the friction was probably not as simple as it appeared on the scene. The Masonry Brotherhood seems to be behind the scenes, and the Istarons don't even have the slightest intention of compromising. There seemed to be another goal behind the conflict between the two sides, but this kind of intellectual confrontation was beyond Diana's comprehension, making her feel like an idiot who didn't know what to do.
For a true warrior, the solution to the problem should never be to think with the brain, which is pointless and a waste of time. So Diana chose the simplest method, which was to directly threaten the two sides with violence to retreat some distance from each other, using the current line as a barrier and not provoking each other. Whatever the reason, anyone who crosses this barrier is considered an offense to the majesty of the Sword Keep.
The order was crude and unreasonable, but Diana also assured both sides that it was only a stopgap measure. Both sides were not happy with this, but they had to follow the rules, because the simplest rule in the world is that the strong prevail. A Sword Saint, even if it is just a quasi-Sword Saint who has not yet successfully advanced, the words she says have supreme authority here. As for how to deal with this matter, she had to go back and ask the elders in her family for advice.
But when Diana returned to Sword Castle, she found that after a while, her own home was also in a mess. Seeing the collapsed houses and the smoke of the fires in the city, the girl's eyes widened and she didn't react for a long time.
"What the hell is going on, what the hell are you bastards up on!" Diana, who had spoken foul for the first time, rushed back to the family castle in a rage, and everywhere she could see the signs of fierce fighting. The battle here has apparently just ended, and the castle guards are picking up the bodies of their former colleagues. Seeing Diana return, everyone fell to their knees and was silent.
"Where are you?" Perhaps having never experienced such a change, Diana did not even think to ask the truth from the mouths of these ordinary soldiers, let alone notice the strange look in the eyes of those soldiers. She screamed as she walked towards her father's sleeping room.
When she came to a corner, Diana saw the little maid Kiki holding her head in the corner and not moving, and she couldn't help but move, and quickly rushed over, and was relieved to find that she was not injured.
"Kiki, don't be afraid, it's me. What's going on here?Where have they gone?" Diana patted the little maid's head, and the little maid subconsciously shrank her neck, let out a pitiful whimper, raised her head and looked at Diana with tears in her eyes and whispered, "Miss, it's Hua Rhine......"
"Is he crazy?" said Diana, blinking in confusion. Of course, she knew that Hua Rhine was not very peaceful, and she had been secretly making some small moves after her father fell ill. But after all, he also grew up in the Beifeng family since he was a child, what contradictions have to be so out of control now?
Maybe it's because there are so many things happening today, and everything is foggy, which makes Diana feel that her IQ has not been enough, so that her brain is a mess and she is groggy and faintly painful. There was a sudden blur in front of her eyes, and she shook her head and came back to her senses, realizing that the pain was not an illusion, and a dagger had been inserted into her chest!
The other end of the dagger was in Kiki's hand.
Source of the novel: Ran Library
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