Crown of Chaos

On the second day of the Spring of Susar, Aaron formally entered the palace to receive an audience.

The people of Cormyr actually don’t know much about what happened last night. The local residents of Susa only know that a very strict curfew was carried out last night and there was a large-scale military mobilization in the city. However, due to the extremely strict curfew, no one will be able to wait until Little did the citizens at home know that they might be facing an extraordinary military operation that was close to a civil war.

Only a handful of residents who had gotten a little bit of information and some higher-status local household registration holders in Susar looked at the shogunate's army and Susar's army in bewilderment. The shogunate army occupied the palace and the headquarters of the Purple Dragon Knights. The Purple Dragon Knights in turn surrounded the Triple Crown Block. The two sides faced off for a while. The cabinet envoys and shogunate army representatives each arrived at the front line, and both sides retreated.

In the end what happened?

No one knew, so all eyes were on the ceremony the next day.

Sure enough, when Aaron entered the palace for an audience the next day, what he saw was not the regent Alice Searle, but Phil Farrell, the queen of Assan IV. The late king's widow had not appeared for many years. In front of the citizens of Cormyr, her appearance made the entire Susar cheer for joy. People cheered for the glory of Obeszil's royal power, celebrated the perfect handover between the golden age of the previous king and the golden age of the current regent, and celebrated the perfect handover of Cormyr. Starting from Dragon Lake in the south and reaching the absolute hegemony of the Moon Sea in the north, we celebrate the great victory of the Battle of Teswe and the great achievements of the Salian Shogunate.

The royal family of Oberszil officially announced the canonization of Aaron as the Lord Protector of Cormyr, integrating legislative, administrative and military powers. According to the Constitution of Cormyr, the "Lord Protector" is a lifelong position, in charge of taxation, and in charge of the police and justice. , leads diplomacy, and is also the commander-in-chief of the kingdom’s army and navy. He can designate his own successor and share legislative power with Congress and others.

This power is really ridiculously great.

It was so big that many Cormyr nobles and bureaucrats couldn't help shouting in their hearts.

Queen Mother, you are confused!

There are no two days in the sky and the people have no two masters. If you make Aaron the protector of the country, how will the royal family deal with it? It would be fine if it was a weaker king, but Alice Thel has always been known as the Iron Princess. How should these two get along with each other? If a fight breaks out between them, how will Cormyr, who has finally regained the "Salian Prosperity", continue?

As if knowing that such a situation might arise, Queen Mother Phil Farrell then announced a second decision.

Alice Searle-Obeszil was unanimously approved by the Kingdom's Parliament and was officially installed as the 73rd king of Cormyr. This is the first time since King "Garysla" of Cormyr (succeeded in 360 Vale Calendar and passed away in 369 Vale Calendar). Another Queen of Cormyr exactly one thousand years after her cousin, who died in the 390th year of the Vale Calendar.

Aaron officially presented the lost seal of Assan IV and Cormyr's dragon crown that had been lost for who knows how many years, to crown Alice Ser.

This was what everyone expected, and in the city, nine Chaos Hell Cannons opened fire at the same time, giving a salute for the coronation of the new king.

Then, Queen Mother Phil Farrell announced the third big thing.

Aaron would marry Alice Thel, and their child would be the sole legal heir to the Dragon Throne of Cormyr, the Salian Shogunate, and the Archduke of Rivellon.

This event was called the "Suzal Marriage" in history. Since then, the northern and southern Cormyrs have announced their merger through this marriage, and Cormyr was officially upgraded from the kingdom to the Cormyr Empire. Without abdicating the throne, the Cormyr Empire will have two monarchs at the same time, namely Prince Husband Lord Protector Aaron Salian and Queen Alice Searle. After that, their heirs will merge all titles and become the only monarch in the Cormyr Empire. The emperor.

The 1,300-year reign of the House of Obeszil over Cormyr came to an end.

The Salian-Obeszil dynasty begins.

And the reaction of the people of Cormyr was - well, we thought it was some big deal.

There is absolutely no difference in the result. Isn’t there no change at all?

At the canonization ceremony, Aaron thought there would be objections, but what he heard was even louder cheers. People wished the two monarchs of Cormyr a happy wedding and the birth of a prince soon, and also noticed Alice, who was already in her thirties. Selja's cheeks fluttered, and she held her belly a little unconfidently. She might have some doubts in her heart about whether she could still give birth.

After all, the two of them had done it many, many times in private, but there was still no movement in Alice Serre's stomach.

Aaron couldn't help but laugh, thinking that the fact that you were too bad to get pregnant actually had nothing to do with you, but with me.

He slowly took Alice Searle's arm and said loudly to all the nobles, bureaucrats, generals, soldiers and ordinary citizens who came to attend the ceremony in front of everyone's attention: "From today on, the shogunate will Let’s work together with the royal family to create greater glory. We are now an empire, and Salian will breathe the same breath and share the same fate as Obeszil!”

"Long live the King! Long live the Lord Protector!"

"Long live the King! Long live the Lord Protector!"

"Happy wedding! Give birth to a prince soon!"

Amidst the thousands of cheers, an invisible power of faith, including other powers, gathered on Aaron, making him feel something.

In an instant, Aaron felt his divine power expand.

He suddenly had a deeper understanding of the two fields of [Domination] and [Order].

These understandings are summarized in two paragraphs.

First: "Anyway, I just want to be the queen's husband. I don't care who the queen is."

Second: “They support whoever wins.”

In fact, many times, Aaron found that he looked at problems too idealistically. In fact, many problems were not that complicated. The so-called Cormyr royal family was not so noble, and the glory of Assan IV was not enough to make some subjects die loyal to the end. .

The gods of the country look very powerful, but in fact they are just "people" at a higher level who have mastered higher power. Eilistraee is a true god who has lived for tens of thousands of years, but in terms of strategic strength, she is not as good as Aaron. .

marvelous.

Aaron smiled, he felt that he was beginning to get involved in the two priesthoods of [Domination] and [Authority].

I gradually understand everything!

Cormyr's grand celebration lasted for a day and a night, with the flowing water mats never ending, and people cheering from one side of the city to the other, with beautiful illusions about the arrival of a new era, and contentment with the country's strength.

What Aaron didn't notice was that two guests also observed the promotion ceremony.

Tom, the god of loyalty and courage, stands beside him a shining golden Holy Knight.

Leonard, the Holy Spirit Knight of Tom.

Leonard is dead. He defied Baal, defied fate, and defied his monarch and father. He was trapped in hardship and pain all his life. He was a paladin and the son of Baal. He was the embodiment of justice. , and has the blood of evil, he has the courage to take responsibility, regards honor as his life, but chooses to regret his marriage and say goodbye to Ms. Lisa.

In the end, Leonard chose death, and it was only at this moment that his soul controlled by Baal was truly free.

Leonard's choice greatly exceeded Barr's expectations. The remnant soul of the God of Killing wandering in the star world scolded Leonard for his stupidity and cowardice.

Some people denounced it, but naturally some people appreciated it. Leonard's sacrifice and dedication earned him his own place among the gods. The three gods of justice called him a "hero" and a "warrior". The gate of Paradise Mountain was named Leonard. Turn on.

Tom, the god of loyalty and courage, personally received Leonard's soul. Jaeger, the gatekeeper of the underworld, rarely agreed to Tom's request. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for the descendant of the god with the blood of Baal to go to Paradise Mountain.

"A person who can look Baal in the eye and defy Baal has transcended the shackles of fate and will surely have the last laugh in all crises."

These are Jaeger's exact words.

From this day on, a new Holy Spirit Knight appeared on Heavenly Mountain. He followed Thom closely and always fought in the name of justice.

"I have known for a long time that Aaron has a relationship with His Highness the Regent." Leonard held his sword "Holy Avenger" and smiled: "Okay, let's go."

"Aren't you going to congratulate him?" Thom gestured very humanely to allow Leonard to leave him for a while: "He must be really hoping to get your congratulations at this time."

"You are right, but I will not congratulate Aaron, never." Leonard shook his head: "I chose to sacrifice and give my Baal divinity to Aaron in the hope that he can fight against Bane and seek justice. , hoping that he could end this chain and reincarnation of hatred one after another, but what about him? He just took away Bane's [Dispute], he accepted Bane's peace proposal, and also accepted the allegiance of the Moon Sea. , he launched a coup after gaining power. His family has been favored by the country for generations, and his status is not inherent, but he still takes action against the royal family. "

"For this reason, I will never congratulate him on becoming the Lord Protector of Cormyr." Leonard said calmly: "But I still thank him, thank him for completing this coup without shedding a drop of blood, thank him Let Cormyr live in peace and prosperity, he is indeed great, I’m sorry, I just don’t feel happy to see him become the Lord Protector.”

"...Leonard, you are still young, you don't understand." Thom patted Leonard on the shoulder, the God of Loyalty and Courage showed a trace of vicissitudes of life: "For us, as long as there is 10% ruler With someone of Aaron's level, why should we worry about the cause of justice and kindness in the country? He sympathizes with our righteous cause, but he has his own chosen path, and we should not force everyone to be the same as us."

Leonard didn't answer.

"Aren't you going to see your fiancée?" Thom joked, "She's not married yet."

Ms. Maria Lysa was also in the ceremony. Because of Leonard's incident, she was considered an unknown woman. The nobles believed that "a woman who even a paladin would regret her marriage" did not dare to propose marriage. Go, Miss Lysa becomes Lady Lysa, a complete old maid.

Alice Searle made arrangements for Ms. Lysa afterwards. Since Leonard ran away, the regent princess took Leonard as the Champion Knight of Obeschiel and the Purple Dragon Knight for Aaron's sake. All the benefits of the regiment flag officer were transferred to Ms. Lysa, and she was made a civilian general of the knights. It was agreed upon when Ms. Lysa would get married and when the benefits would end.

As a result, due to the high benefits and status that Ms. Lysa enjoyed, Count Lysa's family had enough of the benefits and simply asked Ms. Lysa to remain a widow for Leonard.

In front of this civilian general, you can speak in front of Aaron and Alice Searle from time to time, which is far more valuable than your marriage.

"No." Leonard continued to shake his head, and the Holy Spirit Knight took one last look at somewhere in Susar.

"Then let's go." Tom left with Leonard. The God of Loyalty and Courage received an invitation from Aaron, and he wanted to go back to discuss with the Three Gods of Justice.

Aaron invites them to go to the Abyss to fuck Rose!

Among the people in Susal that Leonard was watching, a hooded man silently took a glass of malt wine from Pastor Suellen's hand and drank it in one gulp.

Junior, happy wedding.

Your incompetent and useless senior has come to congratulate you on becoming the King's Husband and the Protector of the Country.

The hooded man drank a glass of malt wine, confirmed the presence of Lucian and Ms. Lysa, and turned to leave.

At this time, Pastor Su Lun suddenly reached out and grabbed his robe.

The hooded man's hand instantly touched the weapon at his waist, and murderous intent burst out in his eyes, as terrifying as a snowy peak about to collapse: "?"

"Have you made any meritorious service in the Battle of Arabelle?" Pastor Su Lun did not pay attention. She pointed to the medal on Disma's robe: "Is this the commemorative medal of the Battle of Arabelle?"

"Yeah." Disma snorted lightly.

"There are extra roasted meats and honey cookies!" Pastor Suellen held a package and stuffed it into his hands: "We are always grateful for your efforts, respectable warrior!"

A respectable warrior, huh?

Disma's lips trembled for a long time, but in the end he couldn't say "thank you".

Shamu died and Fuzor surrendered.

Leonard died, and Aaron became Lord Protector.

Cormyr was upgraded to an empire, the Moon Sea surrendered, and the Dark Army and the Church of Bane's Sons changed their banners and returned to Bane's account.

The days when he served under Shamu's tent, became the adopted son of Shamu, and led the army of darkness to run rampant in Sere, were like a dream.

The country is so big, where is my home?

Disma will not return to the Church of Bane. This is his pride and repayment of his kindness to Shamu.

Disma will not return to Cormier, which is also his pride and compensation for his past mistakes and regrets.

But where should we go next?

On the shore of Long Lake, Disma chewed the honey pie and spiced barbecue in his mouth. He thought to himself that the Salem Church was really rich, but the delicious food was tasteless in his mouth.

He didn't know what to do next, he didn't know where his future should go.

Until the fragrance of burning candles enveloped Disma, forming an emerald dance around him. This fragrance was light, tasteless and hazy.

The breeze blowing through the hood on Disma's head is not a physical feeling, but more like the residual wind that has passed away long ago, or the memory of the breeze that has not yet occurred. If he closed his eyes, he might find that he was standing on a high wall with vague memories, the smell of pine trees was very strong, and the rustle of the sea breeze in Long Lake was constant.

But when he opened his eyes, his world was dark. The rustling sound did not come from the woods, but from a circle of solemn knights wearing hoods.

The leader was unusually tall. Disma suspected that even giants would find it difficult to have such a height, and there was an "invincible" sense of oppression coming from his body. The sharp blade on his chest penetrated the wings, and Mo The green armor has a golden lion on one side and wings on the other, and two skull sculptures with empty eyes stare at Disma.

"Who are you?" Disma held his sword and blunderbuss.

"We are the First Army," said the hooded warrior nearest him, his aura so dark that the echoes of his destiny were like ghostly whispers in the forest breeze.

On his robe he wore a silver mother-of-pearl amulet. "We are invincible, even if no one but us knows it."

Disma looked at them in confusion. At the same time, the tall knight leading the way stepped into the circle around him. A pair of deep eyes looked at Disma from the white beard and hair under his hood.

"I heard your story from my father. A man burdened with sins, a heartless man longing for redemption. The deeds of past heroes should be honored with respect. No matter how dim the memory of their fierce battles is. People are like dew in the morning, they will be forgotten, but their Their deeds are a manifestation of their courage and will remain in the hearts of future generations if only one person remembers them."

Disma frowned: "What have I done to deserve your praise? What have I done to deserve you... to welcome me like this?"

The leading knight pulled down his hood.

The leader of the First Army, the Primarch of the Dark Angels Legion, Leon-El-Jonson Furukawa.

"Because of loyalty."

"Become my son, Disma, and join the Dark Angels, where you will achieve your ultimate repentance and redemption."

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