062: Blood-spattered Council Hall
Facing the aggressive and fierce eyes of the admiral, Doros, who was a nobleman of a small country affiliated with Pella, couldn't help but feel humbled from the bottom of his heart, and he turned his head to look at a golden box on the other side of the upper floor, just in time to meet the cold gaze of the regent Perdiccas.
Doros shuddered, he did not dare to break his promise to the regent, so he had to ask Ptolemy rhetorically: "What is the reason for your Excellency to say this?"
Ptolemy smiled contemptuously and did not say a word.
At this time, the young admiral Likas (who had dueled Ellens in chapter 29) standing behind him immediately replied in a loud voice: "The reason is simple! The floating ship is a new weapon, and it is difficult to determine what tactics to use to ensure victory on the battlefield." In this case, no amount of experience is of much use, and who will be responsible for commanding the fleet has become secondary. The General Staff is in charge of both logistics and intelligence, and these two tasks are of vital importance to the fleet -- in short, if you want someone else's money and intelligence, you have to let someone else take care of it!"
"This ......" Hearing the words of the young general, Doros was dumbfounded, and Ai Ai was speechless.
In fact, Likas said it bluntly enough. At present, the General Staff is in charge of the Pera treasury, and the floating fleet is a big spender, and it is impossible to play without the logistical support of the General Staff. The problem, however, was that the General Staff was only one of the military institutions within the Alliance, and although it was authorized by the Imperial Council and the Emperor to manage the treasury in time of war, it had no right of its own, much less could refuse to provide funds without reason.
If it had been the reign of Alexander the Great, the General Staff would not have dared to disobey orders at all. However, since the emperor fell into a coma, the alliance was leaderless, and the staff was under the control of the deputy regent Melagaros, using his power to constantly try to obtain more benefits, and became more and more unscrupulous.
Now that Likas is openly saying this, he is tantamount to exposing the actions of the warlords of the Navy and the General Staff who are planning to set up another hill in defiance of the Imperial Council, and expose them to the sun. I don't pay attention to the royal family and the royal council at all. Such rhetoric is extremely dangerous, and the slightest loss of control can lead to a complete split in the alliance. The parliamentarians looked at each other in horror, and for a time the parliament hall was silent.
Eumenes, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother, angrily grasped the sword at his waist and said to Olympias: "I didn't expect that the navy has also colluded with Melaglos! These guys are too arrogant, and they must teach him a lesson!"
Olympias was also very angry, but she still held back the unhappiness in her heart, and she gave Eumenes a look: "Don't worry, it's not clear how many people are colluding with Melaculus, it's not time for us to appear, let's see Perdiccas's reaction first!"
The Janissary commander had no choice but to let go of his hand in hatred
Likas was beaming with pride at this time, but he didn't expect his words to shock the audience. It seems that the Queen Mother, Perdiccas, and these parliamentarians are nothing more than paper tigers, usually arrogant, but when it comes to real action, they are cowardly. Knowing this, there was no need for the navy to form an alliance with Melaglos and just grab the floating fleet!
However, at this moment, a cloud of silver light suddenly shot out from the regent's golden box! This blow was extremely fast, and it struck Rikas like lightning, and his mid-rank knight strength was powerless to resist!
"Bold!" Ptolemy, the commander of the navy, who had been sitting upright, could no longer maintain a calm posture at this time, only to see him snort coldly, holding the deep-sea scepter and slamming it on the floor.
"Mirror of the Seven Seas!!"
A ripple of blue water instantly appeared in front of Lycas, and at this time, the silver light had already struck with a chilling wind-breaking sound, and it immediately collided violently with the Mirror of the Seven Seas. I only heard a popping sound of 'bang', and colorful magical light shot out in all directions, stabbing people's eyes!
Then a heart-rending scream rang out: "Ahhh
At this time, the magic light had receded, and Elrence fixed his eyes to see that there was a tall man dressed as an assassin wrapped in black cloth and red eyes, holding a silver short sword that was dripping blood, and the magic on the sword flowed, and it was engraved with intricate spell patterns.
And Rikas was lying on the floor, his right hand had been cut off from his arm, and the terrible huge wound on his shoulder was spurting blood, and he was rolling and wailing on the ground in pain! This poor fellow had his nose broken in a duel with Ellens not long ago, and he was finally cured, but he didn't know that his arm was cut off not long after! But this time it was not so easy to recover as before.
Ptolemy's eyes widened in anger, and he sharply questioned the assassin: "Seleucus, what do you mean by this?! You dare to openly commit murder in the Imperial Palace, it is simply lawless, are you going against the entire alliance?!"
The Assassin, known as Seleucus, did not back down in the face of the enraged naval commander, and he replied calmly with a blank face: "Likas should have been executed immediately, but it is not appropriate to kill people in the council hall, so he will be killed!"
"You!" Ptolemy's hands trembled with rage, and he pointed at Seleucus and said hatefully: "Why do you say that he is a great rebel, can you make up charges and kill innocents indiscriminately?!"
"Whatever he said, a thousand councillors present can testify!" Seleucus said this, turning around without hesitation, and jumped back into the regent's box with a slight leap.
The Admiral raised his scepter in anger, but he hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up his intention to pursue him and take revenge. For a long time, the Coalition navy under his command had adopted a two-sided neutral attitude between the two regents, but since he was attacked by the Germanic druids some time ago, he had been grudging and eventually fell to the vice-regent, Melaculus.
This time he was used to make the first attack in the parliament, but instead of stealing chickens and rice, he was ruthlessly swept away by Seleucus, the regent's subordinate!
He wants to fight back, but his side doesn't seem to be reasonable, and if he makes things bigger, he is afraid that he will not be able to step down. Ptolemy had no choice but to rest and turn to treat Ricas's injuries
On the other side, Elrens asked Cleo curiously, "Who is this Seleucid?
The eldest princess nodded and whispered, "He is the leader of the Inner Guard Legion, and he is responsible for detecting and suppressing the rebellion within the alliance. This man has always been secretive, and no one knows what he looks like except my imperial brother, and no one knows how strong he really is. All I know is that the short sword he holds is called 'Silver Star', and it is said that the sword has a powerful magic array engraved on its body, which can ignore all defenses and directly attack the target. However, it seems that he has now submitted to the regent Perdiccas. ”
Elrence silently kept Seleucus in his mind, this man did not have the breath of the living, his martial arts were very secretive, and his black cloth must have hidden some kind of ulterior secret!
At this time, another hoarse voice came from a large red box next to Ptolemy: "Actually, although this kid Likas spoke too much, there is still some truth. ”
Elrens looked over again, and saw that the old voice was coming from a young man with gray hair. The man was dressed in ornate white carved armor, a gold crown engraved with the symbol of the sun, and a gorgeous sword inlaid with philosopher's stones, surrounded by more than a dozen high-ranking generals.
He was very young-looking, but he had a strange old air all over his body. When Seleucus, the commander of the internal guard, heard his voice, he turned around and asked in a cold voice, "Your Highness Melagaros, may I ask what you mean by this?!"
The parliamentarians all looked at Melagros and waited for his answer with fear, for fear that if the two sides disagreed, they would fight again, and Zuihou would hurt themselves!
The deputy regent smiled strangely, and said: "It's not interesting, we don't intend to offend the councilors, but the floating fleet is indeed a huge expense, difficult to maintain, and complicated to repair." Since Bixia fell into a coma, the management of the Alliance's affairs has been chaotic, and funds and equipment have often not been available in a timely manner, which I think is one of the reasons for the failure of the last operation. However, if the fleet is placed under the direct jurisdiction of the General Staff, it will be easier and faster to allocate resources and improve the situation of the fleet. I'm sure no one can deny that, right?"
It sounds like there is some truth to this, but only a fool would really believe it. In fact, his subtext is similar to what Likas just said: if you don't hand over the command of the fleet to the General Staff, don't want funds and equipment for the next maintenance!
After Moleachros finished speaking, he smiled and stared at the golden box opposite the main hall.
Next to Seleucus, the head of the internal guard, an old man was sitting in a chair in the center with a frown, tall but thin, with short black hair and a broad forehead, piercing eyes, a hooked nose, and thin lips that were tightly pursed, all of which showed his stubborn, tough character. This person is none other than Perdiccas, the current regent of the Olympian League
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