Late at night, in the palace of Susar, the capital of the Cormir Kingdom, the regent Yalusail still did not rest, but wore a nightdress and half lay on the bed to read the latest information just sent by the secret agent.

As the largest city in the country, Susar, like all the regions that have joined the trade alliance, has seen a huge increase in population in a very short period of time, and now has a full 100,000 permanent residents.

Countless young and middle-aged laborers from the nearby countryside are looking for opportunities here, eager to one day make a lot of money, dreaming of becoming a respected aristocrat or a wealthy businessman.

After all, the Cormier Kingdom is too close to the West Coast Empire, separated only by an inland sea called "Dragon Lake", which is surrounded by land on three sides, and only the easternmost port of Ximen guards the entrance and exit to the Falling Star Sea, so trade naturally becomes prosperous.

Ships large and small sail freely on this water, which is neither pirates nor stormy.

Some boats are so small that they have only one mast as a sail, and they require manpower to row the boat, and they look round and fat, almost like a large bath.

They transported grain, livestock, wine, fruits and vegetables and other agricultural products from the Komir countryside, as well as exquisite carved handicrafts, coal and timber to the port city opposite.

Then they purchased all kinds of exquisite clothing, sex toys, magical items, strange potions, weapons and equipment made by industrial assembly lines, spices and various luxury goods from the West Coast Empire and brought them back to Cormier and even the valley for sale.

Although due to the close proximity, the profit is usually not too high.

But the risk is almost negligible.

The bold will also enter the Aino-Aoke Desert to do business with the Netherel Empire under the control of Netherland.

The explosion of population and thriving trade naturally led to a mixture of ports and entire cities, with large and small aristocratic forces involved, making it extremely difficult to manage and collect taxes.

Especially those who are disgruntled and even full of hatred for the royal family are often hidden among these merchants and peddlers.

What made Yalusail even more unbearable was that due to improper management, several thieves' guilds and subordinate gangs and thugs had popped up in the docklands.

Some so-called "rules" that override the law are beginning to be accepted by many businessmen.

You must know that Yalusail is a person who has been the governor of the empire for a while, and has systematically studied and understood what is the root cause of the birth and long-term existence of the Thieves' Guild and all other underworld groups.

To put it bluntly, there are two points.

One is the lack of grassroots control and governance capacity, and the other is the collusion between officials and gang members.

As long as these two things are taken care of, the seemingly dangerous and murderous Thieves' Guild is a bunch of out-and-out garbage.

An officer and a few teams of soldiers can easily clean it up.

Threat?

Intimidate?

Suborn?

I'm sorry, but in the face of a state-level violent machine like the military, even legendary thieves or assassins have to flee in disgrace.

Because their profession determines that they are not suitable for the front at all, and they can't rush into the crowd like a legendary warrior to open a matchless, or kill dozens or hundreds of people with a high-level spell like a spellcaster.

So Yalusail is very sure that there must be the support of the nobles behind these thieves' guilds, and the status and status are definitely not too low.

Otherwise, the previous raids of the Purple Dragon Legion would not have been in vain.

Someone must be tipping off the leaders of the thieves' guilds.

Sometimes she was really envious of the unlimited power that Zuo Si and the Imperial Cabinet wielded.

If the Empire were in a similar situation, it would 100% send out a forbidden army to surround the port of the entire city, and then investigate everyone in the entire area.

Through forcible mental detection and memory reading, all the people involved are found out, and those who should be executed are executed, and those who should be sent to hard labor are sent to hard labor.

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If the circumstances are serious, the criminal's family will be affected.

What?

Human rights and the law, you say?

What made you think this thing would exist in a tyrant-ruled totalitarian empire?

Moreover, the first article of the first page of the laws of the empire stipulates that the emperor himself has the supreme power over all laws, and that he can add, delete, and modify existing legal provisions at any time.

The powers of the cabinet were vested in them by the emperor.

It is naturally not necessary to use such means to deal with ordinary crimes.

But organizations such as the Thieves' Guild, which can cause great harm to society and promote the rapid corruption and degeneration of the bureaucracy, have always been in the spirit of preferring to kill a thousand by mistake rather than let one go.

Yalusail himself had cleaned up a thief guild supported by a red-robed mage on two islands in the province of Araur.

At that time, 730 people were executed in public at once, including their families, and the entire sea water in the execution port was stained red with blood, and the corpses thrown into it made the residents of the island afraid to eat fish for a long time.

Even the evil, cold, selfish, and cruel red-robed mages trembled with terror at this merciless slaughter.

Since then, there has been no sign of the Thieves' Guild activity in the province of Araur.

Even if someone wants to fight for a higher salary, the local residents will stay away from it.

As the saying goes, the death penalty and appropriate joint sitting are always the most effective weapons to raise the cost of crime and deter criminals.

Now, it is clear that Yalusail is also a big believer in Zosi's theory of tyrants and tyranny, and is eager to make the Cormier Kingdom a powerful centralized state as well.

Just as she was concentrating on finding out the valuable information from the large amount of messy information, an older woman walked in from outside and asked in a rather helpless tone, "It's already midnight, and you still haven't rested?" You know you're pregnant, and you're about to give birth."

"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I'm not sleepy now, and I've never felt any fatigue. I don't know if it's because of this little guy, but every night I get extra clear and energetic."

Jalusail casually threw a useless piece of information into the red basin and burned it.

As the due date approached, she was not as sleepy and tired as a normal pregnant woman, and she did not even have the slightest pregnancy reaction.

This is obviously quite unusual.

But the priests and court physicians could not find any problem with this, and could only think that the fetus in the womb with an extraordinary life was the devil.

Because every time night falls, a mysterious energy force field will be enveloped around Yalusail's body, making his whole person in a state of enhancement far beyond his own ability.

Whether it is strength, agility and physique, or intelligence, perception and charisma, it will be greatly improved.

Therefore, the more night you are, the more energetic you are, but during the day, when the sun comes out, you will become listless.

"Well—if you go out day and night like this, you'll probably be mistaken for a vampire."

The woman who was called her mother by the Iron Princess sighed helplessly.

From this title alone, it is not difficult to judge that she is the queen of Ahsan IV and the current queen mother - Phil Farrell.

Although according to the tradition of the Cormier Kingdom, the Queen Mother had no right to interfere in political affairs, she was still an important figure in the court that could not be ignored.

Among them, the nobles who owe allegiance to the current king, Yasan V, are now nominally united under Phil Farrell.

There's no way, who made Yasan V still a babbling baby, belonging to a veritable lord and young country.

Moreover, the news of Yalusail's pregnancy has made the already complicated and chaotic kingdom even more chaotic.

The royalists feared that the regent would do it to the young king in order for his children to ascend to the throne.

Those ill-intentioned nobles hope that the two factions can fight, and then

You can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

So for now, even in order to maintain the apparent unity of the royal family, the mother and daughter have to meet at least once a day.

If nothing else, just to communicate in time to prevent the people below from suddenly doing something.

If the royal family fights for inheritance at such a time, it will only cheapen the real enemies.

Thinking of this, Yalusail couldn't help but rub her eyebrows and asked, "Queen Mother, you came all the way here so late, could it be that something happened?"

"Shafa is missing."

Phil Farrell said an explosive piece of news in a very serious and solemn tone.

"What? Say it again!"

Yaluselten stood up suddenly, his face full of shock and disbelief.

Because this Shafa is none other than the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion of the Cormier Kingdom, and at the same time the security of the capital Susar and the royal family.

Above all, the man was loyal to King Yasan V.

If he disappears at this sensitive time, it will definitely be a big deal, and maybe it will be used as a trigger for a war over the succession to the throne.

Phil Farrell obviously knew how this news would affect the already tense situation right now, but he explained anyway, "According to Shafa's guards, after leaving the Purple Dragon Legion barracks, he habitually went to a tavern called Blue Dream for a drink, and then walked straight to his residence.

But on the way, he was intercepted by a mysterious person.

The two whispered a few words, and Shafa followed each other into an alley.

After waiting for ten minutes, the guards went to check again, and found that the alley was empty, and there was not even a single figure.

As soon as I heard the news, I sent someone to Shafa's house and learned that he had not returned today.

So now I can't rule out that I was kidnapped."

After hearing this, Yalusail immediately frowned and questioned, "As far as I know, Shafa has a lv10 warrior level and a lv5 purple dragon knight.

How could such a battle-hardened and well-trained high-ranking warrior be quietly kidnapped?

Even if something like this happens, there should be at least a sound or trace of a fight.

And who is the mysterious person who stands in the way?

Who are standing behind him?"

"I'm sorry, I can't answer these questions right now.

All you can tell you is that the royalists became extremely restless when they learned of Shafa's disappearance.

They suspect that you have taken out the Shafa and want to change a cronie to take control of the Purple Dragon Legion in order to prepare for the next usurpation.

This is clearly a deliberate move by the enemy for a long time, with the aim of provoking a struggle for succession within the royal family.

I suggest you better be careful.

I can't guarantee now that some extremists within the royalist party will choose to take the risk of launching an attack against you."

It has to be said that Phil Farrell is obviously a rather politically sensitive woman who sees through the truth behind the whole thing at a glance.

Because she had long known the arrangement of her youngest daughter, and she also acquiesced to the change of throne.

No way, who can't let the arms not be able to twist the thighs.

With the support of the behemoth of the West Coast Empire, the Cormier Kingdom actually had no choice at all.

What's more, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat.

There is clearly no essential difference between the child of the deceased eldest daughter becoming king and the child of the younger daughter becoming king on the throne for a grandmother.

As long as he can ensure that there is as little bloodshed as possible throughout the process, then Phil Farrell will also be happy to see it.

After all, Zuo Si has really a lot of help!

Whether it is the royal army built by vibranium or the mountains of gold coins in the vault, it has helped the Cormier royal family to successfully get out of the huge shadow caused by the death of the king and the first heir.

"Damn! It's a problem."

Jalusail immediately set his sights on his former friend and court archmage, Caradnay.

Without saying a word, the latter immediately cast a prophetic detection spell, and quickly replied, "Shafa is still alive, and there is no danger to his life."

"Can you determine his location?" Yalusail asked in a hurried tone.

Karadena tried a little, but finally shook his head with a wry smile: "No, the other party used magic to block detection.

But since Shafa is still alive, it means that the situation is not at worst.

I suggest finding a way to find his sights in Susar at once.

After all, he is the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion, and he is extremely recognizable among the people.

And according to the time calculation, unless it is to use teleportation magic, there is a high probability that it will still be in the city at this time."

"I will give you three days, and after three days you will see people alive and corpses when you die."

Jalusail decisively gave a very tight time.

She was well aware that three days was a tipping point.

If the living can be brought back within three days, then there will be no big problems on the Royalists' side.

But if the corpse is brought back within three days and cannot be resurrected, he must first uproot the entire royalist party and quell the civil war that may break out as quickly as possible.

"Okay, I see."

In a very rare move, Karadenai did not bargain, but immediately turned around to contact the eyeliner he had set up in the streets of Susar.

But before she could go far, she suddenly saw a pale maid running towards her, trembling uncontrollably and violently.

As soon as the latter rushed in, he fell to his knees with a thud and stammered, "No...... Oh no! His Majesty Ahsan V has just ...... I was snatched by a bunch of guys who just burst in."

"It can't be!"

Queen Mother Phil Farrell rushed forward like crazy, grabbed the maid by the collar and pulled her up from the ground, and shouted, "Tell me! The entire palace is protected by a magical enchantment, and there is a team of purple dragon knights guarding the king's bedchamber, who can break in and snatch him away?"

"Yes...... It's the Duke of Shafa and a group of mysterious people with hoods on their heads. It was he who took His Majesty the King and all the Purple Dragon Knights. Now the only thing left in the palace is the regent's guard."

The maid did not dare to hide anything, and told what she had seen.

As someone who had been assigned to serve the little king, she was obviously smart enough to know what such an act meant.

To put it simply, it's two words - coup d'état.

Taking control of Ahsan V, who was still an infant, was equivalent to obtaining the name of righteousness, which not only greatly increased the loyalty and confidence of the royalists, but also won a considerable amount of popular recognition.

After all, although the heroic king Ahsan IV did not do well in internal affairs, he was indeed full of personal prestige and achievements.

It is precisely because of him that the Cormier Kingdom has such a resounding reputation in the entire Feren continent.

In addition, in the end, he fought with the red dragon and died together, and even death was dyed with a layer of tragic heroism, which is difficult not to make people admire and admire.

Therefore, most of the common people of Cormier recognized Yasan IV very much, and felt that as a continuation of his bloodline, Yasan V should also grow up to be a good king.

Such a blockbuster news suddenly made several women in the room with extremely noble status and status stunned in place.

Because they couldn't believe that this kind of thing could be done by the Duke of Shafa.

You must know that anyone who can sit in the position of the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion has only been the most trusted nobleman by the royal family throughout the ages.

Moreover, Shafa himself has always been a mature and steady representative, and he has been conscientious and has never made a single negligence during his tenure.

Would someone like this take a risk to launch a coup d'état?

No kidding!

At the moment, Jalusail felt that this shafa was either controlled by some kind of spell, or it was transformed by change-based magic or shapeshifters.

Before she had time to think about it, she immediately ordered the captain of the guard standing at the door, "Immediately take your men and take over the entire palace.

If I find a suspicious person, I will arrest him immediately, and if he is not caught, he will be killed on the spot.

Remember, don't show mercy, be sure to be fast, steady, and ruthless.

Immediately after taking control of the palace, the gates will be closed, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave without my orders."

"Understood! Rest assured, I will live up to your trust."

The captain of the guard hurriedly gave a military salute, and then turned away with a few officers.

After arranging the control of the palace, Jalusail turned to his mother and said, "Queen Mother, it is important for you to stay with me for a while."

"Got it, I'll cooperate with you."

Phil Farrell agreed without hesitation.

She knew that after losing King Ahsan V, she was the only bargaining chip in her youngest daughter's hands that could restrain her political opponents.

After all, she is the legal wife of Yasan IV and the maternal grandmother of Yasan V.

This identity and seniority are here, and they can help Yalusail stabilize the situation in the capital.

While the palace was in turmoil, the Duke of Shafa had already returned to the barracks with Ahsan V, who was still a baby, quietly avoiding all eyeliners.

By now, he had gathered all the officers he had drawn up by himself.

Anyone who attends the scene can feel the tension and depression on their faces almost as soon as they enter.

Especially when you see the king on the table, your pupils dilate rapidly, and your heart starts to beat faster and your breathing becomes rapid.

After all, the baby was wearing clothes that bore the mark of the Cormier royal family.

As long as it is not intellectually problematic, you can guess eight or nine, and at the same time, a series of highly sensitive topics including coups and throne battles immediately come to mind.

A high-ranking officer with a noble rank who had a good relationship with Shafa was the first to ask, "My dear old friend, you'd better explain to all of us what this is all about. Know that the abduction of a king is an unforgivable sin!"

"Hijacking?

No, I'm not kidnapping, I'm protecting the only legitimate heir to the Cormier royal family.

I'm sure you've heard the news that the regent Iron Princess Jalusail is pregnant and about to give birth.

Imagine that once she had an heir, would she be willing to continue to maintain the status quo?

So our Majesty the King is in danger!"

The Duke of Shafa made his attitude clear to these cronies in an extremely angry tone.

However, if you look closely, you will see that there is an extra pin on his collar that emits a strange light at some point.

Whenever this thing began to flicker, the Duke of Shafa's mental state would become extremely unstable.

"But you have no proof! And you do that by doing so, you will provoke a civil war, you know?" The senior officer scolded.

But the Duke of Shafa retorted without flinching, "No! I have proof! I know who the father of that child in the regent's womb is!"

"Who is it?"

"yes, who is it? Speak up!"

This sentence immediately aroused the interest of all the officers present.

From the day Al Luxel returned to Cormier with his stomach straight, there was a lot of discussion about the child's father.

After all, anyone who has come into contact with this princess knows that she has always been pretentious to men.

Many suitors with handsome looks and prominent family backgrounds were dragged to the training ground and defeated mercilessly, and threatened to become a qualified suitor at least to be able to win against themselves.

Since then, aristocrats from all walks of life who are eager to marry the royal family have given up on unrealistic ideas.

Are you kidding!

You must know that Yalusail is a warrior with lv7, a purple dragon knight with lv2, and a ranger with lv1, adding up to a total of lv10 warrior class level.

And she was not yet twenty years old at the time!

What does this mean?

It means that she is a true genius!

Even if his talent is placed in the entire Faren Continent, it belongs to the category that is quite against the sky.

As the son of God chosen by fate, Aberdell was only a lv7 warrior in his twenties.

For an ordinary young man to be able to train to become a lv1 warrior at the age of twenty is already quite a good result.

So Jalusail definitely inherited the warrior talent of his father, Yasan IV.

If you are not distracted and continue on this path, there is a high probability that you will cross the threshold of legend at the age of thirty or even twenty-seven or eight.

It's a pipe dream for her peers to outperform her.

The nobles of the Cormir Kingdom are very eager to know which macho man conquered the Iron Princess, and even made her willing to become a lover without any name.

Unfortunately, the royal family has sealed this matter very tightly, and there is no definite news so far.

There are even outrageous rumors that Yalusail was the first to be exiled and then subjected to some ruffians and hooligans, which eventually led to pregnancy.

But the nobles who knew the inside story knew very well that time was simply not right.

If it was *** at that time, the child would have been born to learn to speak.

"The father of the child in the regent's womb is the Emperor of the West Coast Empire, Soth!"

The Duke of Shafa whetted everyone's appetite before announcing this bombshell news to the public.

Moment!

Every officer present had a look of shock, consternation, and disbelief.

Soon, however, they began to take each other for granted.

Among her peers, there is probably no second person who can conquer this tough iron princess except Soth.

Especially since Yalusail has been sheltered in the West Coast Empire for so long, and they are all young lonely men and widows, it is normal to spark a little spark.

All of a sudden, the officers present were quickly digesting the news that was enough to set off a violent shock.

Leaving aside the rest, the bloodline of the unborn child alone is so noble that it makes people's scalps tingle, and it is completely a combination of the imperial royal family and the royal family of the Cormir Kingdom.

You must know that there is no law in the empire that illegitimate children do not have the right to inherit, so he or she theoretically has the second right to inherit the emperor's throne, and it is not possible to be like Princess Anne from birth to be a powerful god-like power.

One can imagine what kind of monstrous waves will be set off after this child is born.

Would the always powerful Emperor Zuo Si watch his children become the courtiers of Ahsan V?

The answer is clearly no.

At this point, the officers finally understood why the Duke of Shafa would take a huge political risk to kidnap the infant king from the palace.

He feared that if Jalusail gave birth to a child, the young king would disappear or that something would happen to him.

When the time comes, it's too late to do something.

The problem, however, is that such acts are clearly a rebellion in law.

After all, no one can blame the princess regent with something that hasn't happened yet.

The most important thing is what happens even if it is hijacked?

You must know that the West Coast Empire is only separated from the Cormier Kingdom by Dragon Lake, whether it is the huge Falling Star Sea Fleet or the combination of air gunboats and dragon knights, as long as they are ordered, they can come to the city within a few hours, and strangle all opposition forces in the cradle in the name of helping allies put down the rebellion.

Even if someone revealed the identity of the child's father afterwards, the civilians of the Cormier Kingdom and the surrounding countries and forces would not have much reaction.

After all, Yalusel is the daughter of Ahsan IV, a direct descendant of the royal family "Obaiszir", and her children naturally have the right to inherit the throne.

What's more, the empire is not trying to annex the Cormier Kingdom, but just to let a child with the blood of the emperor inherit the throne and strengthen and deepen the alliance between the two countries.

This is only good and not bad for the Cormir kingdom.

Many countries and city-states can't get what they want.

For example, in Turmis, which borders the empire on the eastern land, many of the families of its councillors want to marry the empire's magnates, and even send their most beautiful daughters and granddaughters to the empire's capital city of Ascatra or the political center of Port Carlin to participate in frequent banquets, hoping to take the opportunity to get close to Zuosi himself, and then have some ulterior intimacy with him through the skills he has learned.

Finally, through this relationship, you can benefit your family.

"So what do you want to do?"

After a long silence, the senior officer finally raised his head and looked into his friend's eyes with a serious question.

"I'm going to stage a coup d'état to expel the princess regent and ensure that the true king of Cormier can grow up and inherit the country. And we must move quickly, and we must not give the Empire any time or excuse to intervene."

The Duke of Shafa gave the answer without thinking.

To be exact, this plan was already in place from the moment he stormed the palace and brought out Yasan V.

"Damn!

It's just crazy!

Do you know how many people will die in this?

Do you know how many families will fall apart and disappear completely because of this?

Isn't the lesson of the Great Purge enough?"

The senior officer really couldn't hold back the gritted teeth and cursed, completely devoid of the so-called aristocratic demeanor and etiquette.

Because this involves not a few people on the battlefield, but also the families behind them.

After all, the Purple Dragon Legion was originally a tool used by the royal family to strengthen its own ruling power, and perhaps many of the lower-level soldiers came from the lower-class civilians, but one of the officers was from a noble background.

They may not have inherited any titles or lands, but their parents and brothers were among the upper class in the noble council.

Duke Shafa didn't react at all to such a scolding by pointing his nose, and only asked in a tone without a trace of emotion, "So you don't plan to join?"

Without hesitation, the officer refused, "Nonsense! I certainly won't join this rebellion! Not only does it not have the slightest chance of winning, but it will drag the family and the whole country into a dangerous civil war......

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his chest.

Looking down, it turned out that the other party had already pulled out his magic saber at some point, piercing the heart directly through the armor.

"Since you don't join, then I'll have to ask you to die."

Duke Shafa pushed the other man to the ground, drew his sword and let the blood gush out of the wound, his eyes flashing with madness.

The officer, who lay in a pool of blood, took only a few seconds to completely breathe, and at the last moment he could not believe that he would die at the hands of his friend.

Moreover, his death instantly made the rest of the officers in the room realize that the old boss in front of him was obviously iron-hearted, and he did not intend to leave any way out at all.

They have only two choices at the moment, one is to risk their family being implicated and join the rebels to become one of them, and the other is to sacrifice their lives to fight and protect their family.

Shafa obviously sensed the reaction of everyone present, shook off the blood stained on the sword, grinned and said, "You don't think you still have the right to choose, do you?

In fact, when I summoned you, I sent men to break into your homes and take control of your parents, wives and children.

If anyone dares to disobey my orders, you should be able to see your family's heads being sent in half an hour.

So no

Try to resist, let alone think about disobedience.

Return to the barracks immediately and gather the entire Purple Dragon Legion, and I will take control of the city in an hour and capture the palace in three hours.

In the name of the king!

We are the one who is right!"

With the last word blurted out, the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion, who was trusted by the royal family, picked up Ahsan V with blood-stained hands and held the baby who didn't understand anything high above his head, instantly shocking everyone present.

Soon, the officers, who did not have any choice, were forced to sign their names on an oath and then returned to the barracks under the watchful eye of a dozen mysterious people to begin calling the soldiers.

After all the officers had left, the man who had been standing behind the Duke of Shafa took off his hood to reveal a face distorted by hatred. He sneered and said to the subordinates beside him, "See?

This is the power of the Great Prince of Lies, Shirek!

In just a few dozen minutes, he turned a person loyal to the royal family into a suspicious madman.

I only took advantage of this suspicion a little, and easily caused the whole royal family to start killing each other.

As long as the attack on the palace caused a little surprise, it is better to have Shafa kill Jalusail and destroy her soul so that it cannot be resurrected, and the enraged Emperor Soth will inevitably start a war of revenge.

At that time, the entire Obaiszir family will be completely wiped out.

And isn't that what we've always wanted?

After all, the royal family has destroyed our family and confiscated our territory, leaving us nobles of noble blood to hide in the shadows like rats all day long.

It's time for them to taste the same."

"Praise be to Ciric, the Prince of Lies! Praise be to the Great Supreme God! It was his generosity that gave us a chance at revenge!"

Another believer, whose face was severely burned and disfigured, also took off his hood and prayed as if he were a psychopath.

You don't need to ask to know that these guys are all nobles who were convicted and purged in the previous Cormier riots, but they were lucky enough to escape.

It's the pain of losing everything all of a suddenness that makes them both twisted and crazy.

Especially full of naked and undisguised hatred for the royal family.

Coupled with the fact that the belief in Ciric has gradually become more and more extreme, there is no hope for the whole person, and the only motivation to survive is revenge, so that the entire Obeszir will completely disappear from history.

As the Purple Dragon Legion began to assemble urgently, the streets of Susar City became tense at night.

Many citizens who saw this scene closed their doors and windows one after another, peeking through the cracks.

The night market, which was originally very lively, also ended hastily.

You must know that the merchants of the Faren Continent are very sensitive to danger.

Because everything that is not sensitive is basically dead.

The changes in the city naturally can't be hidden from the archmage of the palace - Karadnay.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, she did not hesitate to issue an urgent order to gather the mages to defend the palace, and at the same time alerted all forces loyal to the regent Yalusail through magical teleportation.

It was about two o'clock in the middle of the night when the battle finally broke out in the streets near the palace.

Duke Shafa personally led a full thousand and five of the most elite Purple Dragon Legion soldiers, taking advantage of the cover of night to seize the outermost gate at lightning speed.

As a result, he just ran into another 600-strong purple dragon army that rushed to support.

The two sides did not even talk a word of nonsense about the exchange, and directly started the war in the same place.

Since they were all members of the Purple Dragon Legion, they were all very clear about each other's tactics and tactics.

The battle was at a fever pitch from the very beginning.

In less than ten minutes, there were two or three hundred more corpses at the forefront.

Because the Purple Dragon Legion is Cormier's trump card, no matter how many casualties it bears, it will not collapse in the period, which undoubtedly turns the battle into a bloody meat grinder.

Among them, the people on the side of the Duke of Shafa believed that they were under the orders of King Yasan V, so they showed justice and legitimacy.

The side loyal to Yalusail believed that the former had kidnapped the king to start a rebellion, and that it was justice that he had accepted the regency's order to come to quell the rebellion.

What's worse is that just when the armies loyal to the royal family began to kill each other, those nobles with bad intentions finally found an opportunity to unite and start fishing in troubled waters.

Instead of participating in the battle for control of the palace, they targeted political opponents loyal to the royal family, taking advantage of or in the midst of the civil war to launch a sneak attack to kill all the relatives in the other party's family, and then faked the scene to make both the royalists and those loyal to the regent believe that the other party was responsible.

And that's not all!

Far beyond the capital, in towns and villages, this sinister and cunning group of nobles has also risen up to attack their territories, including political opponents and the royal family.

It can be said that with the official start of the battle for the throne, the entire Cormier kingdom was in chaos.

This is no longer as simple as turmoil, but has completely entered the mode of aristocratic warlord melee.

The biggest drawback of the traditional feudal system was vividly highlighted at this moment.

After all, you can't expect a family that is relatively politically, militarily and legally independent to actually keep the so-called "covenant" of allegiance to the royal family.

It does not conform to human nature or the objective laws of the development of things.

It is a miracle that the feudal rule of the Cormier Kingdom has lasted for thousands of years.

Now, all the contradictions accumulated during this period have finally exploded in one go.

Shirek, the prince of lies, is the biggest driver behind the whole thing.

He was sitting on the roof of a noble mansion with only corpses and blood remaining, admiring the chaos and carnage he had created with a vicious smile on his face......