The disappearance of King Kraster has deprived the whole palace of its backbone, and everyone feels a sense of despair, and at such a critical moment, His Majesty cannot even find a single figure, and the country seems to be exhausted.

The Kingdom of Correa has been supported by the king and several major families for many years, and now the major families have either rebelled or are trapped in Pesanis by the Holy Cult, and the only thing they can count on is the king and some lords of the royal family. However, the king has been very strong all these years, and the other lords have been weakened except for himself, and now once the king is gone, I really don't know who else can carry the country.

Without the backbone, everyone didn't know what to do next, so the ministers gathered around the prime minister and asked him to take on the role of interim decision-maker. This can make it difficult for the prime minister, who has been extremely strong over the years, and many major matters have been directly decided by him, and the role of the prime minister is at best a striker.

Although Craster's strong style played a lot of role in strengthening the royal power, it also led to the lack of decisiveness of his subordinates, who could only follow the arrangement and rarely had the opportunity to make their own judgments.

The prime minister waved his hand again and again: "No, no, I really can't be the master of such a big thing alone, so let's ask a respected person to act as the king." ”

The Prime Minister's attitude has disappointed everyone, but others are also reluctant to come forward, and whoever is in power now is sitting on the fire, and whatever decision is made, it is likely that they will have to bear unbearable consequences in the future. The ministers blamed each other for a long time, and finally the prime minister made a suggestion that Craster's son, Kaiest, take the throne of the king.

Prince Caister is only fifteen years old this year, and according to the laws of the royal palace, he must wait until he is an adult to be eligible for the throne, but these are extraordinary times, and there is no better way than to make an exception for the prince to ascend to the throne. This proposal was unanimously agreed upon by the courtiers, who collectively asked to see the queen and told her about the proposal.

When the queen heard this, she immediately burst into tears, everyone knew that this temporary king was destined to be a scapegoat, and once the palace was captured, the responsibility for the destruction of the country and the family would be borne by her son, who was not yet a minor. Waiting for the future history books will only record that the kingdom of Correa fell at the hands of Kaiist, which is too unfair for a child.

However, there is no other way now, this kingdom is still theirs after all, and who else can there be if Kaiist is not allowed to bear this responsibility?

"Okay, let's do it. The queen had no choice but to agree.

Soon a brief succession ceremony took place in the palace, and the courtiers, led by the prime minister, pledged their allegiance to the new king, and Keist sat on the throne and looked at the ministers below with a sad face, so cramped that he did not know where to put his hands and feet. After the ceremony, the Prime Minister made his first and final proposal to the new king.

"Your Majesty, the only thing we can do now is to negotiate with the Holy Sect Army, hoping to keep the royal family and the ministers safe, this is really a helpless move, please forgive your Majesty for the incompetence of the ministers and others. The prime minister said with a look of shame.

Kaist also knew that he was destined to become the king of the dead country, and he only hoped that the process would end as soon as possible. "Your Excellency Prime Minister is speaking from the bottom of my heart, I ...... I also...... So be it. I would like to ask the Prime Minister, as the Plenipotentiary Representative, to ...... with them Let's negotiate. The new king stammered, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Keyist signed the power of attorney with the help of the Prime Minister, and then handed over the matter of negotiations to the Prime Minister, and his duties were over. The Prime Minister wrote a letter and asked the soldiers to throw it to the Holy Religious Army outside the wall, presumably saying that they were willing to negotiate with the other side, in fact, everyone knew that this was a surrender.

The Holy Religious Army quickly replied and was willing to accept their surrender, and the specific negotiations would be presided over by the Holy Religious Army's high-ranking personnel. Everyone in the palace was relieved to see that the other party had agreed to negotiate, at least the other party would not attack for the time being. A day later, the Holy Cult sent a negotiator, and that person was Elwin.

Alvin went straight from Salem City to Solandaniel through the teleportation shaft, and when he saw this majestic city, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, who would have thought that the most powerful country on the continent would fall so easily. The giant that used to be looked up to is now just a body lying on the ground and being trampled on, and all this has taken less than half a year.

Alvin had communicated with Savin before coming to Solandaniel, and Savin didn't make too many requests, only mentioning a bottom line, that is, not letting Elsira's family be dominant, as for how to deal with Correa, Sawin let Alvin decide. Alvin knew that the reason why Savan was so relieved was because now that the strength of the Holy Cult Army had increased greatly, a disabled Correa was no longer in Sawin's eyes.

Alvin chose the location of the negotiation in a nobleman's mansion, and the back garden of the mansion was very neatly built to make people feel very relaxed. Alvin walked slowly through the garden, enjoying the quiet moment before the negotiations began, for he knew that the next negotiations would be difficult, not only about Correa's surrender, but also about how Correa's forces would be divided.

Correa is a big country, and one country is worth the size of several countries, and how to redivide forces in the future will directly affect the political situation of the entire continent in the future. Although Sawan's request is simple, Alvin is well aware of the complexities involved, and if it is not handled well, it will be difficult for all parties to accept it.

Negotiations began early the next morning, with Prime Minister Correa representing King Correa and Curt representing the Elsira family, in addition to Elwin. It stands to reason that there should have been several other families involved, but the armies of these families had just returned to Correa and were not involved in the war against Solandaniel, so they did not send anyone to participate, but they were now part of the Holy Cult Army, so they were all represented by Alwyn with full powers.

At the beginning, Kraster sent an army to attack Pesanis in order to prevent the power of the Holy Cult Army from infiltrating Correa, but he didn't expect that after a big war, not only Correa himself perished, but also several major families became vassals of the Holy Cult Army, which was really unexpected. As soon as he thought of this, Alvin admired Sawin even more, and he was not wrong when he chose to follow Savan in the first place.

The negotiations began with the surrender of Prime Minister Correa to the Holy Religious Army and the Elshira Army on behalf of the King, and the ceremony was passed after both sides signed and sealed the instrument of surrender, and then the aftermath negotiations were met with headaches but expectations.

The name of the aftermath is actually to redivide the forces, according to the meaning of Prime Minister Correa, it is best to continue to have Caister as the king, of course, Correa will greatly reduce the current power, so that although it is more cowardly, at least it can keep Correa as a country. The meaning of the Elsira family is completely opposite, since the Correa Kingdom has ended, it is natural to remove the original king and replace it with the Elshira family.

However, Curt also knew that he did not know much about politics, and although he was a representative, the real negotiations were carried out by Albert, who was now on his way. Alwin, as the strongest party in the negotiations, is in no hurry to take a stand, and he needs to assess the attitudes and bargaining chips of all parties now, and then consider how to play his cards.

In other words, the Cult is now the dealer, and the dealer has the freedom to choose when to play the cards, while the others play the hand according to the route he has drawn. The three people in the meeting knew that the negotiations were going to be very long, so on the first day, everyone did not get into the main topic, and after the surrender was finalized, everyone only talked about some inconsequential issues, such as who would garrison Solandaniel and so on.

Curt was waiting for Albert to arrive, while Prime Minister Correa was thinking that the longer he delayed, the better his chances of mediation, and Alvin was waiting for the others to come up with real bargaining chips. The three of them knew each other tacitly, and they were all ready to fight a protracted battle.

(End of chapter)