On the evening of the last day of 1349, Audrey officially came of age in a social sense.

Also on the same day, George III, the current king of the Kingdom of Rune, was assassinated.

When the nobles arrived, they saw only the palace in ruins, and George III, who was sitting on the throne with a cold body.

They even met the two archbishops of the Church of the Storm and the Church of Steam, as well as Duke Georgina and Prince Sunia. The first two are archbishops of the Orthodox Church, true saints. The latter two, as important pillars of the royal family, are undoubtedly also demigods.

Even if the nobles didn't know exactly what was going on, they could guess that the king had been successfully assassinated under the protection of at least four saints!

This discovery made the nobles' scalps tingle, and they thought of Duke Negan, who was assassinated a few days ago, and some people couldn't help but feel apprehensive.

But soon they came up with the more important question, which was who would be the next king?

A family cannot be left without an owner for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day.

Although the death of the king caused them great grief, choosing a new king is the first priority at the moment!

Compared to the other nobles, some of the nobles, led by Count Hall, had quite subtle expressions, because they were all believers in the Church of the Night.

As we all know, there are three major orthodox churches in the Kingdom of Rune, and the archbishops of the Storm Church and the Steam Church are all present at the moment, but Archbishop St. Anthony is nowhere to be found, does this represent the attitude of the Night Church towards the royal family in a sense?

If this is the case, then how should they, the nobles who are believers in the Dark Night Church, deal with themselves?

Earl Hall lowered his head slightly, and glanced at Prime Minister Aguside not far away.

Prime Minister Aguhid was standing beside the Dark Blue Priest at this time, as if he was looking for information. He turned around keenly to catch Earl Hall's gaze, and shook his head imperceptibly.

——

In a lounge at the Palace of Sodrak, Hibbert paced back and forth nervously in the room.

When the news of the king's death reached the hall of the party, the queen, though grief-stricken, took immediate action - the nobles went with her to check on the situation, and the nobles' families returned to their respective lounges, during which no one could leave the palace of Sodrrak.

"Click!"

The door to the lounge was suddenly opened, and a tired Earl Hall returned to the lounge.

Hibbert immediately greeted him, and asked in a low voice:

"Father, how's it going?"

Count Hall glanced at the impatient eldest son, and did not scold him, but shook his head and said:

"His Majesty has been assassinated, and the Assassin has been caught red-handed. Don't worry too much, we'll be able to leave early tomorrow morning. ”

"The assassin was caught?"

Hibbert breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked a little strangely, "Father, who are the assassins?" ”

"It's a Sequence 6 witch named Triss Cheek."

"Sequence 6? How can it be... Wait, Tris-Cheek? Triss! ”

Hibbert first thought it was impossible, how could a Sequence 6 witch succeed in assassinating George III. But soon he remembered another incident - the third prince Edsak secretly hid witches, colluded with the witch sect, brutalized the people, absconded three days ago, and is still wanted. And the witch he kept in his possession was Triss!

Hibbert's eyes were full of disbelief, and his voice was bitter:

"Is it the third prince?"

"That's right."

Earl Hall nodded, then sighed softly, "We all underestimated the third prince, including His Majesty the King. In order to assassinate the king, he entangled at least five sages to break into the royal palace. Not only did he succeed in assassinating His Majesty, but he even killed a sage of the royal family! ”

"Five-digit ......"

Hibbert felt that his mind was having a hard time turning.

If Edsak had gathered five Extraordinary, he wouldn't have been so surprised, even if it was a mid-sequence Extraordinary. But these are five saints, five saints who can be compared to the archbishops of the Orthodox Church, true demigods!

Where did he know so many demigods?

Hibbert subconsciously blurted out:

"Is it the Witch Sect?"

"Quite possibly." Count Hall bowed slightly, the information he had could only lead him to this inference.

From his point of view, Edsak absconded because of his collusion with the Witch Cult, and the Witch Sect was blacklisted by the Kingdom of Rune - although the Witch Sect was a regular on the blacklist.

And because of this, both Edssac and the Witch Sect hate George III to the core. Neither side is a normal person, and it is completely possible to directly entangle several sages to enter the palace with a single hit.

Hibbert remembered another important question and asked:

"What about Prince Edsak and the Sages?"

Earl Hall said vaguely:

"They're all dead, that's what the royal family said."

Hibbert knew it immediately.

The fact that the royal family said so shows that this is not the case-

It is likely that Prince Edsak killed someone and left safely, after all, it was a sage, how could it be so easy to kill?

The royal family wants to save face, and of course they will announce to the public that the murderers have been killed on the spot.

As for the facts, who cares?

As with Duke Negan's death, most people are not interested in who is behind it.

And it's the same now—

It doesn't matter who kills the king, what matters is that the king is dead and the new king should be established!

Hibbert's expression moved slightly, and he asked vaguely:

"Father, should we ...... the eldest prince?"

"No!"

Earl Hall shook his head and reminded, "The eldest prince is the first in line to the throne. ”

"Understood."

Hibbert nodded solemnly, the eldest prince is the first in line to the throne, so even if they don't do anything, the eldest prince is also the first in line to the throne.

In addition, the eldest prince has always been closest to these old nobles and can best represent their interests.

In contrast, the second prince knew that he was no match for the eldest prince, so he was closest to the emerging bourgeoisie.

That is, the House of Lords supports the eldest prince, while the House of Commons supports the second prince.

The former represents traditional power and influence, while the latter has a great deal of wealth and even the support of the king. Yes, although these people were far inferior to the aristocratic class in terms of power and influence, they had the support of the king.

For just as the name 'Sodrrak' means 'balance' in the ancient Phrsak, the king wanted balance.

It is not a good thing for the royal family for the nobles to have too much power, so the king has always suppressed the House of Lords and the nobility and strengthened the authority of the House of Commons. The enhancement of the authority of the House of Commons also indirectly gives the second prince the ability to compete with the eldest prince, which is essentially the 'balance' that the king wants to do.

And now that the king is dead, the balance has been broken, and the ownership of the throne has become a game between the two forces.

And in this regard, the aristocracy is inherently dominant -

The New Year's party was attended by aristocrats, which meant that those who came to attend had to have at least a knighthood.

Although there are also many members of the House of Commons who have been knighted with the support of the king, these people are in the minority.

Most of the parliamentarians were kept in the dark, unaware that the king was dead.

In addition, the eldest prince is the first in line to the throne, as long as there are no accidents, his succession to the throne is completely certain.

Even if you take 10,000 steps back, even if the eldest prince is defeated and the second prince ascends the throne, it will not hurt Count Hall-

Because in addition to being an old aristocrat, he was also a successful banker, and he did not have a bad relationship with those members of the House of Commons.

So even if Earl Hall doesn't do anything, he can still sit firmly on the Diaoyu Tai.

And for the death of the king, Earl Hall's senses are undoubtedly complicated.

The cooperation between the two sides has always been quite pleasant, although the king is suppressing the nobles, but the interests of Earl Hall have not been seriously damaged. Although the previous 'hypnosis incident' was very unpleasant, Earl Hall even contacted the nobles for this reason, regardless of the influence, and prepared to confront the king. But it was limited to confrontation, and he was incapable of overthrowing the king, let alone carrying out a coup d'état.

To be able to force the king to retreat and give him an explanation is already the greatest victory.

As a result, the king died, and the original plan was naturally aborted and ended without a problem.

Count Hall, who planned to go bankrupt, was not much frustrated by this, but his mood was a little delicate.

He was hypnotized and the king was assassinated.

Hypnosis can be lifted, but dead kings cannot be resurrected.

At this point, Count Hall could only sigh with emotion-

"It's like!"

——

Somewhere in the Palace of Sodrak.

The queen looked at the body of the king who was placed in the crystal coffin, and said with grief:

"Grand Duke Georgina, I want you to tell me the truth, did the murderer escape?"

Georgina Augustus said softly:

"Your Majesty, as I said, the murderers are dead." 、

The queen wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at the woman in the evening dress next to her, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Didn't you think about keeping a mouth alive?"

Georgina had a hint of bitterness on her face:

"Alive? If it weren't for Archbishop Horamik's timely rescue, even I would have almost died at their hands, how could I be caught? ”

Georgina is a little chilled in retrospect.

Those assassins broke into the palace with the idea of fighting for their lives, they never thought that they would return alive!

So even though they were besieged by the two demigods, even if they were already scarred and precarious, they never thought of escaping. Otherwise, even if the two demigods joined forces, it would not be so easy to solve them.

And it is this attitude of treating death as if it were home that makes Georgina extremely jealous.

After all, those red knights are all saints! And no matter which side of the force they are in, the Sages are the absolute mainstay, but their fierce appearance is simply the same as the dead soldiers cultivated by the royal family! It's as if death was a complete order for them.

"Good!"

The queen looked at Georgina expressionlessly, and said calmly:

"If they were dead, what about their corpses? Even if they can't keep their hands in battle, they will be crushed and scattered. And what about their extraordinary characteristics? What about the weapons and armor on them? Why nothing left! ”

Georgina opened her mouth, speechless.

Not because she couldn't answer the queen's question, but because even she knew her answer couldn't convince anyone—

The red knights who had broken into the palace had been executed, but they had died with nothing left.

There are no corpses, no armor, no weapons, and no extraordinary characteristics.

They left nothing.

If it weren't for the bodies of George III and another royal demigod lying in front of her, if it weren't for the faint pain of the wounds on her body, if it weren't for the fact that Archbishop Horamic himself testified for her, even she herself would have wondered if it was a dream or not.

But Georgina couldn't stay silent all the time, and finally gave her own answer with difficulty, and she said softly:

"The one who killed the king was an angel, an angel at least Sequence 1. We don't see the bodies, we don't see the extraordinary properties, maybe because they have long since been taken away by 'Him'. ”

"Angel ......"

The queen's expression changed slightly, why did an angel in Sequence 1 come to kill a king herself?

If it was really the angel of Sequence 1 who did it himself, then why did He have several saints to send them to death? He could have killed Georgina and these saints directly, then broke into the palace and killed George III, and finally left in style.

With the strength of the Sequence 1 Extraordinary, the whole process can even be done without being aware of it, and there is no need to be so troublesome to kill a Sequence 5 king, unless ......

The queen seemed to suddenly realize something, and subconsciously looked at Georgina.

——

On the other side, Ember, who was also left in the break room, fell into deep thought.

George III's death was not surprising, but the process went surprisingly smoothly.

Fools aside, he had expected that at least one side of the Dusk Hermit and the Night Church would intervene, but no fourth party had intervened until George III was killed. The Night Church stood still, and the Dusk Hermit never seemed to exist. Aside from Herwin Lambis, a demigod suspected of being associated with the Dusk Hermit, no trace remained.

On the contrary, it was Prince Edsak and the third-party forces he represented that were completely beyond everyone's expectations.

And the power he uses is also obviously different from the 'Extraordinary System' in this world, and does not belong to any of the twenty-two paths. Instead, they overlap with some of the power that Ember possesses, and they share a common origin!

Ember muttered in a low voice:

"Crucible Knights, Black Knife Assassins, and Dark Outcasts, why are they in this world at the same time?"

The man behind Prince Edsak may be able to give him an answer, but the other party doesn't seem to have any idea of making direct contact with him.

However, this is not necessarily a bad thing.

George III is dead, his share of the extraordinary properties of Sequence 1 is in Ember hands, and the 'Black Emperor' project has been declared bankrupt.

And whatever conspiracy the forces he represents behind him are having, they no longer have any meaning to Ember.

And until all the secrets behind this are completely figured out, he will not spread the fire.

Because he first had to figure out why he was spreading the fire.

(End of chapter)