Chapter 613 People are in panic

  The extreme west of the continent, the Kingdom of Beelzebub.

  The royal city of Solidate.

   This is the residence of the rose royal family, and it is also a holy city surrounded by black roses. You can smell the strong sweet floral fragrance from every corner.

  In the early morning, the representatives and leaders of the highest levels of the kingdom climbed the circular staircase one after another, bathed in the falling petals, looked at each other silently, and walked into the main hall of the Obsidian Palace silently.

  Inside, the atmosphere is a little depressing.

  With the existence of the Red Apple Church in name only, coupled with the severe damage to the Knights, the pillar of the royal family, the high-level people in the kingdom are panicking.

As early as more than half a month ago, there was a saying among the rich and powerful that the Kingdom of Beelzebub was greatly damaged, and the empire would seize this opportunity, and use the Sunset City incident as a pretext to launch an all-out war against the kingdom to completely annex the kingdom. piece of land.

With the wanton spread of the news, countless dignitaries were so frightened that they could not think about food and drink, and could not sleep at night. What's more, they became sellers and evacuated overnight... because the high-level officials of the Beelzebub Kingdom knew the style of the empire quite well. There is no doubt that people must die.

But before the panic completely boiled over, Rose King Mansfield contained the spread of "rumors" with iron and blood, and publicly executed more than a dozen important people who took the lead in "rumour-mongering" for three consecutive days, which slightly suppressed the fear. atmosphere…

  But the anxiety still haunts the middle and upper classes of the kingdom like an indelible shadow.

  In the main hall of the Obsidian Palace, as the officer shouted orders, many figures wearing tall hats and satin robes sat silently.

  At the end of the long conference table, Mansfield, the Rose King, sat on the main seat.

   This is a thin and unsmiling man.

  He is wearing a thin black silk shirt today, with a dark red long vest outside, and a red rose pattern embroidered on the neckline.

  A head of black hair was combed back, tightly attached to the scalp, on a pale and beardless face, a pair of indifferent dark golden eyes scanned the leaders.

   "Let's start today's meeting."

   Rose King said lightly.

  Suddenly, there were bursts of clattering through the documents in the hall, but no one was willing to speak.

   Until the head of the affairs officer, a short and fat man noticed Mansfield's slightly frowning expression, and coughed twice quickly.

  Beside the conference table, a middle-aged man with dark brown short hair hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice:

   "Your Majesty, everyone, I think the Kingdom should beware of the Empire's actions in order to avoid a sudden war...It is best to tighten the eastern border defenses and send envoys to the Empire for negotiations."

  Before he finished speaking, several people across the conference table frowned.

  One of the gray-haired old men said coldly:

   "Minister Short, you also want to be hanged in Garland Square?"

   "I'm doing my best for the kingdom, not spreading fear!"

  Short's face was ugly.

   "What's the opinion of Minister Nichols? Why don't you tell me!"

  The old man Nicole winked at a young man beside him. The latter nodded, and immediately stood up with a stack of documents.

   "This is the latest information about the empire, you may wish to take a look first."

  The clerk took the document in his hand and distributed it to every participant present. Soon, bursts of exclamations sounded.

  Nicole stood up with a cane.

"The empire first launched a siege and hunt for the 'King of Cangyi', but in the end it failed. A total of two demigods and more than twenty saints were lost. The Church of the Seven Gods suffered heavy losses. Extinct, the situation is almost the same as that of the Red Apple Church..."

  The old man looked around, his tone cold and passionate.

   "The 'King of Cang Yi' took revenge afterwards, and large-scale pollution incidents occurred in various regions within the empire. As of the evening of the day before yesterday, hundreds of millions of empire residents had died in this disaster..."

   "I'm really overwhelmed!"

"Hahaha!"

   "Happy!"

   "Perhaps we can take this opportunity to befriend the 'King in Pale Cloth' and deal with the empire together!"

  At the conference table, the participants were discussing.

  The corner of the old man's mouth slightly raised, and then he said loudly:

"This is an excellent opportunity. I suggest that you might as well take advantage of the chaos in the empire and send troops to the east to reoccupy the new kingdom of the empire, which is the territory of the former United Kingdom of Anlong, and then use this to plan the desert and insect kingdoms in the west of the empire... Bye The Kingdom of Lun and the capital of Shuoli will never let go of such a good opportunity, and the possibility of forming an alliance to attack the empire is extremely high. By then, the era of the sun that has ruled for more than 4,000 years has passed, and roses will finally bloom on the corpse of the empire!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

  The ministers of the radical faction of many kingdoms echoed loudly.

  The atmosphere suddenly became lively.

   However, the conservatives headed by Short are worried.

   "Everyone, please calm down. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the empire is in great trouble and the territory is in chaos, our high-level military power is not as good as before. If we start a war rashly, I am afraid there will be a catastrophe."

   Short raised his hands, trying to cool down the atmosphere a little.

  However, most of the participants had already been aroused by the words of Minister Nichols to fight. For a while, the venue was a little noisy, and Short's words were almost covered, making it difficult to hear clearly.

   Seeing this, Short couldn't help turning his attention to the main seat.

   "Your Majesty..."

  Rose King Mansfield pondered.

  At this time, the leader of the radical faction, Nicole, shouted again:

"For a long time, the Church of the Seven Gods has not been united. After experiencing several catastrophes, the relationship between them has reached a freezing point...I suggest that we send envoys to have secret talks with the capital of Shuo Li today, trying to win over the Stars Sect. The inside should cooperate with the outside!"

   "Your Majesty!"

  Short couldn't help it, and called out again.

  This time, seven or eight members of the conservative faction got up one after another, looked at King Rose solemnly together, and waited for His Majesty's reply.

   "That's it for today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

  Mansfield said lightly with deep eyes.

  Nicole's old face froze, and the rest of the Radicals and others immediately fell silent.

  The conservatives headed by Short could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, with a smile on their faces.

   "Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

  Nicole had a sincere expression and his voice trembled slightly.

  Rose King ignored it, stood up on his own, left the hall directly under the support of the affairs officer, and walked outside.

  Seeing this, Nichol led the Radicals to chase after him.

  The scene was quiet for a while.

  Some neutral ministers discussed in low voices.

   "What's the matter with that old guy Nichol? This meeting is even more exciting than in the past. Seeing him like that, I'm afraid he will go to the battlefield with a gun when he is a few decades younger..."

   "I heard that it was his beloved second son who was exposed in the empire and was arrested and executed by the authorities for espionage."

   "Second son? Galwang? Didn't you mean to do business at the border?"

"It's all fake. At the beginning, Nichols had arranged a way out, so that the second son had a relationship with a duke of the Sun royal family, and wanted to buy excellent weapons and equipment from the Imperial Workshop... Later that duke died inexplicably. The royal family also used this as an excuse to launch a war against the United Kingdom of Anlong."

   "Hiss...so that's the case, no wonder Nicole insists on the main battle."

   Short and other conservative ministers looked at each other.

"The Kingdom must not be involved in the battlefield rashly. The Red Apple Church collapsed and the Wandering Knights were injured. We should try our best to advise Your Majesty to recuperate... No matter how turbulent the empire is, it is the best choice for us to wait and see what happens .”

  Short said in a low voice with a serious face.

  Conservative ministers nodded one after another.

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That night.

  Screams came from Minister Short's mansion.

  When the patrol arrived, they only found Short in pajamas, lying dead at his desk for a long time.

  His hand clutched a revolver tightly, his temples were eye-catching, and blood was spilled all over the desk and carpet.

On the table was a blood-stained suicide note, which recorded Short's own mental journey, and expressed that he was ashamed of the kingdom and His Majesty Mansfield's importance, and that he was powerless to stop the coming war. He hoped that his death could wake everyone up. .

   "This is murder!"

  At the palace meeting in the early morning of the next day, the conservative ministers were filled with righteous indignation.

   "Minister Short will never commit suicide! He repeatedly asked yesterday not to let the kingdom be involved in war!"

   "Isn't this confirming the content of his own suicide note?"

  Nicole said calmly.

   "I deeply understand Minister Short's ideals and ambitions, but those who evade the facts are not worthy to share His Majesty's worries."

   "Nicole! You insulted the dead minister?!"

  The conservative ministers stood up, their faces full of anger.

  The radicals and others were not to be outdone, and stood up to confront each other.

  The two sides started a heated discussion over the death of Minister Short, and even put the suspicion on the radicals and others.

   "Could this be the work of the empire?"

   At this time, a neutral minister said in a deep voice.

  Everyone fell silent.

"If, as Minister Short said, the empire intends to launch a war, then in a sense, assassination is an extremely convenient way... Without the leadership, our defenses will be slowed down, and it will be difficult to resist the sudden attack invasion."

  The minister analyzed.

   "Right now, the Red Apple Church is collapsing, and the Wandering Knights have suffered heavy losses. These ministers like us lack protection, and in the Church of the Seven Gods of the Empire, the Generous Council is particularly good at assassination..."

   "I suggest that from today onwards, all the ministers present be vigilant and beware of the empire's small tricks!"

  Nicole said seriously.

   "Nicole! I warn you not to spread fear anymore! This is definitely what you did, and then you threw the blame on the empire to create antagonism and start a war!"

  The conservative ministers pointed at Nicole and scolded.

   "Slander!"

   Radicals retorted.

   All of a sudden, there was another commotion in the hall of Rose Palace.

  Boom boom!

  Rose King Mansfield rapped heavily on the table twice.

"sit down."

   Seeing this, everyone quickly kept quiet and sat back on their chairs obediently.

   Mansfield was expressionless.

  He looked around and spoke indifferently:

   "Short's death has been ascertained. It was indeed a disguised suicide. In fact, it was the work of an extraordinary person with a conspiracy path... The murderer's strength is not low. Knight Commander Fairclough personally inspected it. He said that the other party is at least a high-ranking person."

   "?!"

   All the ministers present felt their scalps go numb and their backs feel cold.

   "Really...really did it by the Empire!"

   "Killer of the Council of Generosity?!"

  They began to feel worried and nervous, fearing that they would be the next one to be assassinated.

   King Rose couldn't help frowning when he saw the ministers were sweating profusely.

   "Don't draw conclusions arbitrarily. There are still many doubts about this matter. It may not be the actions of the empire, or it may be someone with ulterior motives who sow dissension... Don't worry, the Wandering Knights will work hard to protect everyone's safety."

   Mansfield thought for a moment.

   "Nicole, you can try to implement your proposal yesterday, so you will personally write the list of missions and go to the capital of sparkling gifts as soon as possible..."

   "Yes, Your Majesty."

  The old man showed joy, and quickly got up to salute the Rose King.

   Outside the Rose Palace, the sky is bright.

  Through the void, it seems to be able to see a grassland suspended in the sky.

  The man in the gray robe was standing under the holy golden tree, looking up at the figure in black suit who was leaning on the armrest and writing on the white throne.

   rustle...

  The ivory white fountain pen drops beautiful cursive characters on the manuscript paper.

   Following the last full stop, like a circle of fate, the gentleman slowly capped the pen.

  click.

   "Thank you for being willing to be a pawn, Speaker Azgielo."

  The gentleman took off his hat, and said to the gray robed man under the throne.

   "Everything is for my king."

  Azgielo had a calm expression. After taking a deep breath, he slowly lowered his head toward the opponent's chest.

   "If you have an assignment, please order it, His Majesty the King of Pale Clothes."

  Wow—

  Chen Lun threw out the manuscript paper, and it fell into Azgilro's hands precisely.

   "Next stop, the capital of sparkling rituals."

  The man in the gray robe scanned the contents of the manuscript paper, his expression slightly startled.

  He silently nodded, and immediately turned into a shadow and disappeared in place.

   Breeze blows.

   Blowing the hair of the gentleman in black.

  His gaze was far-reaching, looking down at the Rose Palace through the void, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

   'Step two...'

   Chapter 2 later

  

  

  (end of this chapter)