Surrounded by towering black spires, it is like a mysterious dense forest firmly rooted in this hard earth.

After a few days of construction, the royal city has been partially restored.

However, the shattered decay of the royal city could not be quickly restored by ordinary repairs.

Passing through this iron-forged forest, a majestic palace of steel beasts stands majestically in the center.

In the spacious and deserted palace, two pieces of silk as red as blood hang slowly.

It was like a blood-colored waterfall hanging in the air, its tail gently stirring the cold ground.

The palace was filled with rows of seats, luxurious and cold.

The nobles, dressed in lead-gray robes, sat down solemnly.

Their gaze swept around the noble seats, looking at the many empty seats, and a gloomy color appeared on their faces.

The aristocrats, who were holding the armrests of their seats tightly, had their eyes full of disappointment and confusion.

Their gaze was fixed on the empty throne.

August, who was supposed to sit on the throne, disappeared without a trace at this moment.

It was only a day since the death of Earl Laurien.

The nobles also had only a short day off.

Having received the order to assemble, they had to hurry back to the royal city.

The order from the Grand Duke of Barlow made them dare not slack off in the slightest.

So they didn't even have time to tell the cronies of the realm about this shocking incident.

This time they returned to the palace of the royal city, and looking at the empty throne in front of them, everyone's heart was turbulent.

The Kingdom of Kante has been ruled by the Samuel royal family for more than a decade, and I am afraid that this time, it will change dramatically.

There was a dreary and unsettling atmosphere in the palace.

Until the crisp footsteps broke the silence and walked into the sight of this group of sad-faced nobles.

The nobles looked up one after another, and a black trench coat that was too familiar to be seen appeared in their sight.

"Lord Victor!"

"Lord Victor, you're here."

Victor's arrival sent a look of surprise and awe on everyone's face.

They all stood up, with solemn expressions on their faces, and bowed in salute.

His eyes were fixed on Victor, watching him slowly settle down on the guest seat that August had prepared for him at the beginning.

Uncertainty and doubt filled the hearts of the nobles present.

Why is only Victor coming?

Where is Princess Aurelian?

As a diplomatic corps from the Empire, Princess Aurelian should always be inseparable from Victor.

This time, Aurelian didn't follow.

Under normal circumstances, diplomatic missions of other countries need to follow the diplomatic team of their country and travel around the pre-planned area.

The reason why diplomatic missions cannot appear may be related to the private handling of sensitive matters related to royal power or the transfer of territories.

After all, as outsiders, they have no right to interfere in the politics of other countries.

Counting the events that have taken place recently, the call of the Grand Duke that happened today may be inextricably linked with these events.

But isn't Victor also an outsider?

Although many of the nobles present recognized Victor, this did not mean that Victor was a member of the Kingdom of Kanter.

He is still the Count of the Empire and a member of the Mage Council.

The nobles in the palace had already begun to discuss in low voices, guessing at each other.

Amidst the disturbing discussions, Archduke Barlow stepped out.

He was dressed in a lead-gray robe, with a cane in his hand, and his somewhat rickety figure appeared in the eyes of the nobles.

His cloudy gaze swept over the crowd, and when he saw the empty noble seats, he paused for a moment.

Immediately, he set his gaze on the seat next to the throne.

The nobles had just sat down when the arrival of the Grand Duke of Barlow made them stand up again in respect.

But when they saw the people slowly following behind Grand Duke Barlow, the nobles were all dumbfounded.

"O'..... August? ”

"It's really August!"

"Was he really caught......

Auguste shuffled behind Archduke Barlow.

His eyes were hollow, like a puppet, and he slowly walked in front of everyone.

The nobles present were all stunned, their eyes widened, and their mouths were wide open.

But in addition to shock.

Excitement, anger, resentment...... and a series of emotions, all of which poured into this heinous king.

And when they were stunned to see that August was still wearing the crown that symbolized the king, on the top of his head.

Someone could barely suppress his emotions, slapped the armrest of the seat heavily, and scolded:

"August! What else do you have to wear that crown? ”

The other nobles were equally angry, but they held back their emotions and did not curse.

After all, what August has done is simply too brute.

He is not worthy to continue to sit on it as a king just by introducing the subhumans to siege the city and killing innocent people.

However, the angry shouting did not cause Auguste to react.

His face was still flat, and his eyes were hollow.

It's just that the cloudy eyes of Grand Duke Barlow calmly glanced at the nobleman with a scolding voice.

Seeing the look in the eyes of the Grand Duke of Barlow, he exhaled heavily, and did not continue to speak, but sat down again.

The others followed suit.

It's just that everyone's mood is like a layer of gloom.

Because, August's body, has sat on the throne again.

This made it difficult for everyone here to accept.

And the reaction of the Grand Duke of Barlow.

No one knows what this legendary duke, who is admired by thousands of people, wants to do.

At this time, the Grand Duke just glanced at everyone and said in an extremely calm tone:

"If he doesn't continue to sit down, does he want you to sit in this position?"

After everyone listened, the anger that rushed to their brains instantly dissipated, and cold sweat broke out all over their bodies.

Angry, they almost forgot about it.

Regardless of Auguste, he was always the king of the country and the sole blood of Samuel's royal family.

Since a shocking upheaval in the kingdom a few years ago, all the princes of the first king and Samuel's royal family and all their bloodlines have perished.

In the entire Samuel royal family, only the only son of the previous king remained.

August, who was still studying at the Academy of Stars, escaped this terrible catastrophe.

But this has also led to a fault line in the kingdom's strength and power.

Except for the Grand Duke, every royal family has the strongest strength, as the high-end power of the kingdom.

This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Kanter has always been strong enough to rival the Empire.

However, when Samuel's royal family was almost destroyed, only Auguste was left in the entire royal family.

The kingdom's high-end combat power has obviously declined, so much so that only Grand Duke Barlow is left to take the lead.

And no matter how unworthy Auguste is, he is also the only bloodline of Samuel's royal family,

He had to sit in that position.

Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the Samuel royal family, to the great kings who preceded it.

The most important thing is that there is no one else who has been able to win the approval of all the nobles like the Grand Duke of Barlow.

Anyone who wants to sit on the throne must weigh how many heads they have.

But what the nobles could not accept was that their country should continue to be led by such a criminal.

Fortunately, at this time, Archduke Barlow gave them a reasonable answer.

The Grand Duke's cloudy gaze swept over everyone's solemn and unwilling faces, and a hoarse voice slowly sounded:

"However, August's crimes are irreparable."

At this moment, the audience was silent.

Everyone's eyes refocused on the Grand Duke.

"In a few days, we will arrange a marriage for August and the Queen."

"The child born at that time will be raised by the queen's sister."

Everyone looked at each other and felt a wave of surprise.

Correspondingly, there is also some speculation in their hearts about the choice of the queen.

At this time, the Grand Duke said categorically:

"The bloodline of Samuel's royal family must continue."

After listening to Grand Duke Barlow's arrangement, all the nobles let out a long-suppressed breath of long-suppressed breath, and the pent-up feeling of embarrassment was swept away.

They felt that the Grand Duke's arrangement was very reasonable.

In the future, Samuel's heirs must not be allowed to continue August's training.

Otherwise, the father is already like this, so what does the son have to be?

Leaving it to someone else to raise can correct the nature of the new king, and they will naturally be willing to support the new king.

Just wait for the new king to grow up, and Auguste, a puppet who can only have children, does not need to continue to sit on the throne.

However, the next issue raised by the Grand Duke that attracted everyone's attention:

"Next, there is the question of Shulben's succession."

"Guys, do you have any suitable candidates?"

At the mention of this matter, the nobles present were also interested.

They sat up straight.

Because of Auguste's actions, many lords died.

Those realms are okay and will be inherited by the lord's heir as the first in line.

But Shulben is different.

Because all the crimes committed were all committed by the lord of Sulburn, Laurien.

Therefore, after his death, it is impossible for Shulben to be inherited by his sons.

To put it simply, Laurien's crimes were assigned to his son, not to mention that his daughter was also a Bloodline.

How could the Bloodlines lead the humans?

This can't help but make everyone a little interested.

Although they have their own territories, Sauerburne is a treasure trove of feng shui in the Kingdom of Kanter.

Although they can't get it, they can recommend their nobles to fight for it.

Here's the problem.

Despite the hearts of the crowd, the question of Shulben's reign was a problem for them.

Because Shulben introduced the Church of Fertility, most of the inhabitants went to the Church of Fertility.

This will undoubtedly have an impact on the reign of the new lord.

I don't know what Laurien is capable of making these people love him so much.

It was clear that Laurien even wanted to suck their blood dry before he died.

However, there is a solution to this problem, at least take down the territory in front of you before discussing it.

The nobles had already made calculations in their hearts and were pondering their own time.

At the door of the palace, a figure walked leisurely.

"I'm sorry, Grand Duke Barlow."

The soft voice suddenly passed through the ears of everyone, interrupting the thoughts of the nobles present.

They couldn't help but look at the source of the sound together.

It was a nun wearing a black robe with a thin veil covering her eyes.

With his hands on his lower abdomen and a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, he stood quietly at the door.

The sunlight from outside the palace shines through the steel tower, shining on the nuns' bodies and reflecting into the palace.

She stood in the light, and the black robe on her body seemed to be draped in a looming golden robe, which was extremely sacred.

In the sight of everyone's doubts.

With a soft smile on her face, she whispered to the crowd and asked:

"Excuse me, may I have a comment?"