I Like This Dream!

The whole winter was calm and the news of the envoy's death did not spread to the lord's palace. The king heard nothing of it, and his lovers and newborn illegitimate children took up most of his free time. The plague has almost disappeared in Yamenan. The Holy See does not know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd. The main force is still staying peacefully in the sealed Alinggu. Even the relationship with the royal court that was on the verge of an outbreak has calmed down. .

Nothing happened, everyone agreed to stay in their own territory. There are some rumors in Count Anna's house. Flora, the head maid who has been ignored by the Count for some reasons in recent years, is very happy. She privately says that "that proud omega" has finally lost her favor. However, the chief knight has been serving as the general of the Wengaro border army, and Count Anna has not seen a new favorite. Therefore, these rumors are just rumors. What is the inside story is not enough for outsiders to tell.

When the weather warmed up, the plague jumped around like a grasshopper in autumn, but was suppressed by the combined efforts of the doctors. Makeshift clinics took root with people's help, and hospitals sprouted up all over Armenam. Impatient people have begun to look forward to the annual St. Cecil's Day, when a crow flies into Urburg and accurately throws an anonymous letter to Richard who is sleeping soundly in his lover's bed # II.

No one knows what was written in the letter, and no one knows where it came from. People only know that the king killed a lover out of sudden anger and mobilized troops to conquer the territory of the lover's family. The Royal Guards and the Royal Knights were ready to attack, claiming to find out the betrayer who had colluded with the sinner Ronald, but the final attack was not the place announced in advance.

The knights who took Prime Minister Roland to meet the king suddenly attacked, locked Duke Roland with the lock of divine punishment, and dragged him rudely to the palace. Richard II was waiting in the drawing room with a grim expression, and Queen Eve was also there.

"Your Majesty?" Roland was pushed to his knees, his face full of confusion, "May I ask what crime I have committed?"

"What crime have you committed?" The king squinted his eyes and sneered, "Isn't it a serious crime to deceive your monarch?"

"I don't understand, Your Majesty." Roland said calmly, "If someone makes false accusations against me, I will apply to confront them."

"No need!" Richard II suddenly stood up, his eyes about to burst into flames, "Who allowed you to conceal the death of the envoy? Roland Wellesley! You betrayed me!"

"The envoy is dead?"

The prime minister showed just the right amount of shock. He was actually a little surprised because this news was leaked. It should have been foolproof under their concealment. The queen sat at the desk and looked timidly at her furious husband. Roland's peripheral vision flashed over her without any trace, and he stared at the king sincerely and said, "I don't know anything about this."

The king snorted contemptuously and slapped a stack of letters onto the table. "Read it to him!" he ordered Eve.

The red-haired queen picked up the document on the table and began to read.

It was a confession written by Roland's confidant. It explained the prime minister's process of concealing the death of the special envoy and the list of transferred personnel, which was exactly the same as the real situation. Not only were those confidants extremely loyal, but the entire family's fortune and life were in Roland's hands, so they should have been foolproof. Roland was secretly frightened, but did not show it on his face. He only repeated: "Your Majesty, it was indeed my fault for not discovering the death of the special envoy, but this letter is a complete slander! I don't know who bribed the retainer. What is said above is not true. A word of truth.”

Unexpected witnesses emerged, but Roland, who was always cautious, never left any physical evidence that could be produced. No matter how arrogant the king is, he will not kill the prime minister just because of suspicion.

"Including your affair with the queen?" Richard II asked with squinted eyes.

"What are you talking about!"

The queen screamed, like an omega misunderstood by her husband, covering her mouth in surprise and grief. Her eyes filled with tears in the blink of an eye, but the king did not even glance at her.

"This is a slander." Roland shook his head. "Your Majesty, you should thoroughly investigate the villain who said such slanderous words. That person not only insulted the queen and me, but also insulted you. No alpha can compete with the golden blood. How can an omega who belongs to a king choose someone else when compared to a king?"

What he said next could be said to have hit Richard II's mind, making his face light up a little. The king snorted coldly and said: "Without the help of the queen, who could have concealed the death of the special envoy until now?"

"No one," Roland said. "Without the help of Her Majesty the Queen, even if you trust me, it would be impossible to keep the news from you."

Richard II was prepared to hear a defense, but the prime minister unexpectedly admitted it. He was furious. Before he exploded, Roland said: "But this just proves the viciousness and absurdity of this slander."

"Tell me about it!" the king said in a bad tone.

"The letter claimed that the envoy was dead..."

"I checked, he is indeed dead!" Richard II interrupted.

Roland nodded obediently and continued: "His Majesty the King, who should know everything about Yamonan, did not know about the death of the special envoy. There are only two possibilities for this matter. One is that the spies arranged by His Majesty in Wengaro were killed, and I neglected to observe this. Secondly, I, who was trusted by you and bear the heavy responsibility, betrayed you for some unknown reason. At the same time, Her Majesty the Queen, who loves you deeply, betrayed you inexplicably with me, and joined forces to create a seamless scam, which was successful. You were deceived."

The king's face was still ugly, but he did not speak.

"First point, I am very shocked and saddened by this. I consider myself a careful and prudent person. Since I received your favor as prime minister at the age of twenty-five, I have not dared to slack off for a day, for fear of letting you down. With your trust, I have been lucky enough to do so, but now I am so negligent, and my staff are instigated without any clear explanation. I cannot shirk this crime." The prime minister sighed, "And the second point... first of all , what reason do I have to betray you? I am already the prime minister, have no worries about food and clothing, and have no successor. To say something extremely disrespectful, no matter who sits on the throne, it will not be better for me than you with the crown on your head. "

"Secondly, what reason does Her Majesty the Queen have to help me? Everyone knows that Her Majesty the Queen is a chaste omega. We have only met a few times in public places, and the person who made up such rumors that damages our reputation must not remember me. It’s a holiday with the Stewart family. Would I betray His Majesty the King, who appreciates and trusts me, for an omega? Will Her Majesty the Queen betray her Alpha for a lover who has a grudge against her family?”

"Finally, an action that can deceive the king requires long-term planning and orchestration, and it cannot be accomplished with a few words and a few looks." Roland concluded, "What makes me angry about this accusation is not only that I was wronged, but also that I was wronged. It insults the reputation of the royal family, and even more insults your character and vision. If the accuser stands in front of me, I will definitely throw my gloves in his face."

Richard II's anger calmed down as Roland explained, and his face became expressionless. The prime minister knew very well that he was not brought here to convict him, and the king was not reckless enough to believe a letter entirely. This majesty was just seriously suspicious and would not give up the temptation.

The king was stroking his beard expressionlessly. The prime minister had already finished defending himself, and his face showed an anger rarely seen in the past. The only sound in the room was the faint sobbing of the queen, while the omega sniffled and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief. After a while, Richard II walked towards Roland and helped him up kindly.

"You are right, this abominable instigator!" said the king, "because he pointed out Anna Sullivan's atrocities, I will not pursue him anymore. As for the crime of negligence, no one can do anything about it. However, I will naturally not criticize Mr. Wellesley harshly. The most tragic, deplorable and hateful thing is that friendship deteriorates and trust breaks down. Just now I was possessed by the devil and became suspicious of you!"

With a "clang" sound, Richard II drew out the sword from his waist and pointed it at Eve.

"I have never suspected that you intend to betray me, dear Roland. But I am afraid that there will be disloyalty, enchanting and depraved snakes to drive a wedge between the king and his subjects." He put on a distressed look, "Let me ruin this. The beautiful omega who carries the original sin must apologize to you!"

The king's sword fell down, not very fast, as if the sword would cherish the fragrance and cherish the jade. The queen opened her eyes wide, as if petrified, and watched it fall on her face.

Blood gushed out from the white and tender skin, and the tip of the sword penetrated the queen's right cheek, slashing all the way from her eyes to her chin. The queen whined and begged her alpha without even looking at the other person. Roland maintained an expression of surprise and a bit of disgust, watching in silence as the tip of the sword slashed down Eve's face.

That couldn't be the look on an adulterer's face when he sees his lover suffering.

Richard II saw what he wanted to see out of the corner of his eye. He retracted his sword, let out a burst of hearty laughter, and began to comfort the ministers who had been wronged. The queen covered her cheeks and choked with sobs. Her husband had no intention of calling for the healer. "Let this remain on her face!" said the king, "that I may forever remember the day when I jealously suspected Lord Wellesley!"

Look, he thinks this is an apology.

Duke Roland could feel the king's scrutiny. The other party wanted to see his expression when he heard that the queen would have permanent scars on her face. Roland cooperated and remained expressionless, as he always did. Roland could also feel the king's scrutiny of Eve, and wanted to see if she would tell more in a panic when she was about to lose her appearance. Eve lowered her head in cooperation and sobbed desperately. Every move she made was in line with the king's heart of a wife whose "omega is the most important thing" was scratched by her husband. They could all feel that the king's guard was quickly softening.

Roland remained unmoved. The most important part of the queen's body to him was never her face. Eve was also unmoved. Her face was just one of her tools. It was still replaceable and could be discarded for the current situation. Roland knew this very well and appreciated this.

Richard II was not stupid, just blind. He never thought that an alpha and an omega would form an alliance for reasons other than the lower body.

Neither the queen nor the chancellor were severely punished in the end, but others who fell prey to the king's wrath were not so lucky.

Duke Roland was not allowed to perform meritorious service. When he was under house arrest and questioned, the king's hawks and dogs had already scattered. The Royal Knights and Royal Guards did not attack Count Anna's strong Wengaro defense line. In the name of searching for Ronald's remnants, they quietly covered Yamonan.

The king publicly ordered: Fight against the former earl who was deprived of his title, the devil who spread the plague and then used it to win back the plague, and the sinner who killed the king's envoy, Anna Sullivan!

Richard II's secret order came to his army one step ahead of the announcement. Before the announcement of the crusade spread, these knights and guards drew their butcher knives at Count Anna's people outside.

People who have stayed outside for nearly a year have become accustomed to the outside environment. Doctors, evangelical missionaries and troubadours, under the protection of the escort, successfully blended in with the locals and established good relations. Like aquatic plants that improve water quality, they take root and grow and become a part of the local ecology. They begin to be needed by the people around them and change the surrounding environment. In this case, all those who chose to stay had the hope of improving this place into their homeland.

Their vigilance is no longer as strong as it was at the beginning.

The power of the queen and the prime minister were unable to convey the news due to the fact that they were closely watched by the king. Urburg was the first place to suffer. The Royal Court and the Holy See learned a lesson, but their blockade was internal rather than external. The inner city that smelled of danger was locked, and then any place that was suspected was suddenly attacked, and no one was left alive to leak the news. So when the hammer came over other strongholds, no one knew what happened in Ulburg.

Suspected nobles were deprived of their titles and inheritance rights, their property was confiscated, and their heads were beheaded.

Suspected businessmen's homes were ransacked, their shops were sealed, and they themselves were tortured. The Nightingale's Throat in Ulburg was on the list of confiscations. It accidentally caught fire during the inspection. Most of the prostitutes in the Nightingale's Throat and the royal guards who came to seize it were killed or injured. Rebecca, the owner of the Nightingale's Throat in the capital, died.

Is the king crazy? This word spread quietly among the nobles, and then everyone fell silent. Prince Ronald's rebellion, the plague, the discovery that he may have been betrayed by those closest to him... this may have been the final straw for Richard II's suspicious nature to explode. He was rational and crazy, restricting the prime minister, indifferent to the queen, expropriating many nobles in the order of succession, and concentrating power and wealth on himself. He didn't necessarily believe that they really betrayed him, he just decided to do it. After this great purge, not much of the royal family at the top of the line of succession was left, except Richard II and his children.

After the great purge of the royal capital was completed, all this was extended to places outside of Uburg.

The Guards were only used against bandits, squires, and local bullies, not against the official armies of Amenan. Killings occurred all over Amonam, and many places where people were rescued turned into living hells. The hospital was burned down, and a new scaffold was built on the ruins. The doctors, nurses, missionaries, troubadours, and patients who could be caught--not suffering from the epidemic, just ordinary diseases, unfortunately were begging for help when the officers and soldiers rushed in. The civilians of the doctor - all were thrown into the burning platform, whether they were alive or had been killed, whether they were really the subjects of the sinner Anna, or local civilians who were later inspired to join these people.

When the atmosphere of fanaticism and panic spreads, beatings and random biting appear everywhere. Lords everywhere were happy to fish in troubled waters and report anyone who had offended them to the king's army. The emerging medicine-hunting movement, like the traditional witch-hunting movement of Armenan, broke out in the second year of the plague.

Jane Stewart, Thebans' general, received an order from the king to mobilize her troops to attack Aberyshire. Because of her sister Eve, Jane's loyalty to the king has long been depleted, but also because Eve is in the king's hands, Jane can't blatantly disobey the king's orders even if she is afraid of him. The border army at the Tibes border and the patrol team from Abery City began a protracted drill. The sound of cannons on the "battlefield" was so loud that the supervisory troops were frightened and did not dare to step forward. Naturally, they could not see the damage caused by those cannons in the sky. What effect.

The field application and improvement of artillery continued to improve during this exercise, and the explosive ammunition invented by the alchemist named Tina became increasingly mature and stable during the exercise. The soldiers from both sides participating in the exercise knew in their hearts where their muzzles would be pointed when the time came.

The supervisors sent by the king were completely unaware of this realistic form of fake warfare. They listened to the sound of drills from a distance every day and handed over the casualties provided by Jane to the king. The person who submitted the battle report was a writer for the newspaper. The battle situation she wrote was extremely thrilling and immersive. The supervisors were pleasant to her and felt that it was thanks to her that they were able to write authentic and credible reports miles away from the battlefield.

However, most of the troops were hampered by this incident, and there were not many rescue teams that could be secretly sent out from the Tibes border and Abori County.

The rescue team disguised themselves as refugee bandits and attacked the army of hunting doctors. They focused on rescuing people, supplemented by attacks, and brought all Anna Territory citizens who could be contacted back to a safe place. There are lords in Amonan who use the king's orders to eliminate dissidents by pretending to be powerful, and there are also lords who have tasted the sweetness of trade in these years and fell to Anna under the sugar-coated bullets. The lords near the southern border opened their doors and hid all the "sinners" who escaped into their territories.

Soon the rescue team discovered that there was another group of "robbers" who came uninvited. Rather than being bandits, this team is all assassins. They broke into pieces, sneaked into the big city that the rescue team could not enter, and then pointed their swords at the knight.

"Arrows" to be exact.

The Royal Knights are much more powerful than the Royal Guards. The knights are all excellent noble alphas. Most of them have special powers. They wear good armor and can easily break through defenses. But the unconventional bandit team did not resist them. The assassins always appeared at unexpected times and places, shooting arrows at the exposed faces, eyes, and necks of the tin cans, often killing them with one arrow.

This ghostly band has terrible accuracy, their arrows are sharp and silent, and they use crossbows so weird and small that they can be hidden in their cloaks. The furious Royal Knights searched and executed many hunters with bows, but could not find these rats with poisonous claws.

During the closest encounter of the siege, someone saw the attacker. "Crossbow!" a knight exclaimed, "blast..."

He had experienced the Black Beast Rebellion in Urburg and had fought against the Knights of the Wind. Unlike other knights of Prince Ronald, the flexibility of the Knights of the Wind and the extremely fast arrow weapons in their hands were a complete nightmare. Thanks to them having been fighting the alien beasts for a long time before being surrounded, the Royal Knights were able to take a huge advantage. Destroyed these rebels. Hasn't the Knights of the Wind been destroyed? The royal knight who had killed members of the Knights of the Wind with his own hands thought, but he didn't have time to shout out the second half of the sentence, and he could no longer make a sound.

He saw the attacker showing a grin like a wild beast's teeth from under his hood, and felt a cool breeze rush into his throat. His colleagues watched as the royal knight fell on his back with an arrow in his mouth.

The word Knights of the Wind spread among the people who had participated in the siege, accompanied by countless murmurs of fear. The assassins followed the Royal Knights like leeches and disappeared like ghosts. Knights fell from time to time, but not a single assassin was arrested. Gradually, the terrifying legend of "The Revenge of the Evil Spirit of the Knights of the Wind" spread among the knights. The crossbow's evil reputation also spread, and it was called the "Knight Annihilator" ".

The Avengers of the Stormtroopers liked this title quite a bit.

Under the king's high pressure, some nobles also secretly contacted each other and had other thoughts in their minds. Compared with a king who is getting harder and harder to serve, of course it is more beneficial to them to have a son emperor who is a few years old. Illegitimate children were not considered. The prophesied son of the red-haired queen was now four years old. He was still frail, but alive and well, which showed that his mother was not a fool. The nobles thought about it and secretly planned to replace the king and become an auxiliary minister.

The Wengala defense line, which is targeted directly by His Majesty the King, has not come into contact with the King's hawks and dogs so far. A small rescue team was also dispatched, and the main force stayed in Wenjia Luo. The beast tide came.

The timing of the Great Purge was very precise, just when the summer beast tide in the north appeared. Even if this year's beast tide is no longer a life-or-death situation for all border residents, Wenjialuo's border troops cannot be transferred. What's more, the next year is obviously the year of the great beast tide, but this year there are unexpectedly many strange beasts in Wenjialuo, just like the great beast tide that happened once every ten years.

The people at the Wenjialuo Defense Line had nothing to do but Anxu couldn't leave. She felt "something" approaching her territory.

According to An Xu's careless character, in the past, when she knew that one of her people was being killed by the king, she would have sneered like the wind and said, "I'll come as soon as I can," and fly directly to Urburg to kill the king. Xie died. But this time, when Anxu was preparing to fry the king, the feeling of meeting the firebird arose again.

The induction between the firebird and Anxu will appear within a certain distance (a distance several times larger than Spring City). Over the years, the beast tide has calmed down, and Anxu has never felt the approach of the firebird again. Misfortunes never come singly this year. I wonder if I should say God bless the king. Since the beginning of spring, the tide of beasts has become more and more powerful, which has made the border army prepare for it. The dots on the GPS in An Xu's mind are gradually moving at a much slower speed than before. Approach the defense line.

It felt more powerful than the previous Firebird. An Xu couldn't tell how much more powerful it was, he just felt...weird. The existence of the firebird is like a flame, wild and fierce, and cannot be concealed in the darkness, but this similar induction is much more restrained, and even disappears from time to time, making it impossible to predict its whereabouts. Anxu couldn't leave. If it reached the defense line in her absence, no one could stop it.

This situation lasted until An Xu's patience reached its limit. As the beast tide rose in vain, the point in An Xu's mind appeared less than a few kilometers away from the defense line.

Anxu suddenly flew up amidst the horns of the beast tide, and the heavily armed Chris rushed out of the house almost at the same time as her. They looked at each other and looked away. One headed towards the fortress and the other flew towards the sensing wilderness.