Lord of War

Five hundred and five. Undercurrent of competitors

There was a sound of breaking porcelain, followed by the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

All the sounds are transmitted from one room.

There were dozens of people standing outside the door, more than half of them were contracted soldiers with indifferent expressions but lifeless eyes. The rest were mainly servants, but there were also a few embarrassing people standing there. These embarrassing faces were all wearing luxurious clothes. Although the style was not the most popular luxury style in the capital today, it was more retro and chilling.

Only nobles in the northern border of the kingdom would wear this style of clothing.

After the cremation ceremony, they wanted to go back to their residence to catch up on sleep. After all, they were noble lords, and naturally some nightlife was indispensable. Even if they were from the more pragmatic northern nobles, they wanted to relax here in the capital. But they didn't want to, they were summoned by Adams' urgent order not long after they fell asleep, and when they rushed over, they only heard the sound coming from the study.

Thinking about it with his toes, he knew that Adams was venting his anger in the study at this time. None of them, the northern nobles, wanted to go up and seek death at this time, so despite the embarrassment on their faces, they would rather choose to wait outside. What just made them curious was why Adams lost his temper after the old king's cremation ceremony? Logically speaking, even if it is impossible to obtain the support of the Kingdom's acting military and political council, it shouldn't be so furious.

The so-called Kingdom Acting Military and Political Council. It is an independent operation mechanism created by the first king of the Ryan Kingdom. Its purpose is to prevent the chaos and division of the kingdom's government affairs caused by the failure of the previous king to designate a successor. In addition, the Kingdom's Acting Military and Political Council also has the power to inspect and evaluate all royal children. In order to determine the next successor to the throne, and in order to prevent the power of the kingdom's acting military, political and parliamentary power from falling apart and splitting and changing the Kingdom of Ryan, the law also limited the administrative power of this parliamentary body to only one year.

In other words, the acting military and political council of the Kingdom must decide on the next heir to the throne within one year.

In the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Ryan Kingdom, the kingdom's acting military and political council has been activated twice, and this is the third time. This is also the reason why the old king died without a designated heir in the Kingdom of Ryan. The three princes and princesses competed with each other for the right to inherit, but there was no root cause of the civil strife in the kingdom.

The Kingdom's acting military and political council is composed of eight people, four of whom are powerful nobles who have been awarded the title of "National Pillar Minister" in terms of government affairs. The four are powerful nobles who have won the trust and reliance of the king in terms of military affairs. This list was drawn up by the current king himself, because it is related to the urgency of the kingdom's future, and the characters on this list are constantly being tested and tested. Therefore, every other year, someone will ask the current king whether he wants to revise list.

If Sean hadn't already conferred the title of Grand Duke of the Principality.

He would actually be on this list too.

After the cremation ceremony of Ingus Lane, the government affairs of the Kingdom of Lane were temporarily transferred to the acting military and political council that had been activated. No matter whether it is the eldest prince Adams, the third prince Allan, or the fourth princess Voorhees, they all have one year to compete to become the next person to sit on the throne.

For this reason, they naturally don't want to make any mistakes by themselves, so that other competitors will catch the loopholes, thereby eliminating themselves from the ranks of competitors.

But at such a time, the eldest prince Adams made a mistake. This made the arrogant as how could he calm down.

In the study, as expected by outsiders, Adams was destroying things to vent his pent-up anger.

The whole study. As if it had been damaged by a typhoon and an earthquake above magnitude 10, whether it was the bookshelves, the vases, bronze statues, etc. placed in the room, all had been dropped, or broken into pieces, or turned into rotten iron. Even many precious books, scrolls, picture books and the like were scattered all over the place, many of which had been torn or missing corners. I'm afraid that anyone who is good at art will see this scene. They would yell and yell and couldn't hide their anger.

"You mean. Can you be dealt with by Sean Connery's two swords?" Adams waved his hand and threw all the remaining things on the desk to the ground, then asked in a deep voice, "Didn't you say, Isn't that woman your opponent?!"

It was Lauren who was beheaded by Alexis with two swords who intercepted Sean before, standing intact in the study at this time. Although he didn't wear the heavy armor that Alexis shattered, and he didn't carry the heavy sword on his back, but his neck also didn't have the scars of Alexis' beheading. No matter how you look at it, this Lauren doesn't look injured at all.

But only Adams and Lauren themselves knew that he had indeed died once at the hands of Alexis.

It's just because of the role of the contract and oath that Lauren was resurrected afterwards, and then led the twelve subordinates back to the king's capital - not only did Lauren not die, but even the twelve he brought with him Soldiers, like Lauren, were resurrected. It is said that when a few ordinary people saw the resurrection of these soldiers, they were frightened and went crazy, thinking that some undead creatures had appeared.

Facing Adams' roar, Lauren could only bow her head and bear it silently.

After a long time, after Adams' anger subsided slightly, Lauren said, "It was I who seriously underestimated the strength of that woman and caused trouble to Your Highness. Your Highness is not good enough to punish you."

"Punishment?" Adams laughed angrily, "Is there any use in punishing you!? And if I punish you now, it will only give my good brother and sister an opportunity to rise up, and it will not benefit me!" After venting , Adams finally calmed down a bit: "The most important thing now is how many people know about this matter? And, what kind of response will that Sean make?"

"It's better for the subordinates to lead the Covenant Legion to attack immediately, and then..." Lauren wiped his neck.

Adams glanced at Lauren. He said coldly: "How sure do you think you are? According to what you said, that woman has at least a strength close to the fourteenth level, and may even be close to the peak strength of the fourteenth level. In this case, even if you give You have two thousand pledged soldiers, and you can only entangle her Bubai, if you really want to finish off your opponent, you need at least the help of a legendary powerhouse....Do you think it is possible for Elizabeth to assist you?"

Lauren bowed her head in silence.

"Go and let them in," Adams said in a deep voice.

Lauren quickly turned around and opened the door to let the northern nobles come in. After all the northern nobles entered the room, they all chose to ignore the mess on the ground, as if the room looked unusually empty and tidy. So even if there were some precious scrolls and picture books on the ground, they stepped on them without squinting.

"I'm not going to hide it from you." Seeing these nobles from the northern border who were truly his confidantes. Adams also got up from the chair behind the desk, and then said in a deep voice, "Because of an intelligence error, I have committed a stupid thing. This is likely to cause trouble for me and everyone. ... So, I need you now Return to the north immediately and mobilize the army to prepare for war."

"Preparing for war?" A northern noble general frowned slightly, "Who are you fighting with?"

"The Grand Duke of the Void." Adams said in a deep voice, "I asked Lauren to intercept the Grand Duke after the cremation ceremony today. I wanted to ask him to assist me in investigating the mysterious death of my father, but I didn't want the Grand Duke of the Void to refuse to cooperate, so As a last resort, there was a battle between Lauren and the followers of the Void Duke, and finally the Void Duke escaped by chance."

Hearing these words, the faces of several northern nobles changed immediately.

They are all powerful nobles with enfeoffed territories. So it is clear what Adams means by this statement.

Although their identities are not as noble as Xiao En, who is already the grand duke of a country, even the military department of the Ryan Kingdom has no right to intercept their cars. The only one who is truly qualified to intercept and order them is His Majesty the supreme king of the Ryan Kingdom, but now that His Majesty the King has passed away, even the activated military and political council is not qualified to intercept them.

Let alone hands-on.

To put it harshly, this could already be considered an assassination.

Even the king of a country or even the emperor of an empire. It is also a very troublesome thing to openly assassinate a nobleman. It may even cause a rebellion. But if the action is successful, then naturally no one will doubt it, and even if they doubt it, they will never dare to criticize it openly. But let Sean Connery, the Grand Duke of the Void, escape, and the next thing will be much more troublesome.

After all, regarding the reputation of the grand duke, even they in the northern region can be regarded as familiar.

Several northern lords took orders to leave immediately, and only Adams, Lauren, and an older northern noble were left in the room.

"Your Highness, is there no possibility of reconciling with Grand Duke Xiao En?" The northern nobleman frowned slightly, his face showing a bit of fatigue, and then said, "After all, Your Highness, you just want to invite the Grand Duke I just came back to assist in the investigation, even if there is a conflict, it should be just a minor conflict, if it can appease the Grand Duke's anger, even if it is to give up a little interest, I don't think it is too bad."

Adams smiled helplessly, and said: "Although I am arrogant, it does not mean that I am stupid....Even if I am willing to reconcile with Duke Void, will my brother and sister miss such an opportunity? I am afraid Now the fact that I attacked the Grand Duke of the Void has spread in the capital. No matter how the Grand Duke of the Void reacts now, I am afraid that the acting military and political council has already deducted my points. In the competition for the throne, I have already fallen behind My two brothers and sister."

Hearing Adams's calm words, the northern noble also showed a dignified expression.

...

A person who can become a contender for the throne is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.

The eldest prince Adams is indeed not good at government affairs, but it does not mean that he is not politically minded. From the moment he saw Lauren returning empty-handed, he had already realized the mistake he had made. Although the next series of actions were not the best strategy, at least they would not let him fall into a passive position in the future. It can be said that It's a one-size-fits-all approach. Of course, he himself has seen it very clearly, his younger brother and younger sister will never miss such a good opportunity to strike.

In fact, as Adams guessed. Lauren blatantly intercepted and fought with Alexis—of course, in the eyes of both Allan and Voorhees, it was an attempt to assassinate Sean Connery, Grand Duke of the Void—information. has fallen into the hands of the two contenders for the throne.

Voorhees handed over the information obtained from Marquis Floris to Asuna. The latter immediately frowned after reading it, but she did not speak, but passed the information to Elizabeth and Vivienne, but her eyes fell on the person standing behind Her Royal Highness Princess Voorhees On the Marquis of Floris, in the territory of the Kingdom of Ryan south of the entire Fortress of Tonis. Nothing can be hidden from this giant of the underground world.

Facing Asuna's slightly indifferent gaze, even the Marquis Floris, one of the three underground giants of the Kingdom of Ryan, seemed a little uncomfortable. But fortunately. Asuna didn't mean to embarrass the marquis, she quickly looked away, looked at Voorhees, and said, "What is your highness' plan?"

"I want to spread this information. How does Grand Duke Asuna think?" Vorshees said softly, with her unique delicate tone, but there was an air in her voice that was also cultivated by the royal family over the years. The awe-inspiring will, "Although this cannot bring fatal harm to brother Adams, it is enough to arouse the vigilance of some people. Especially the acting military and political council, they must definitely come forward to investigate this matter immediately, but no matter what the outcome is, Brother Adams His reputation will definitely be damaged, which is obviously not good for him in the competition for the throne."

"But this kind of thing involves Grand Duke Sean after all, and we don't know how Grand Duke Sean will react..." Asuna frowned. Then he spoke.

"I heard that the Void Principality has now shifted its focus and energy to the thousand-year-old empire's control area in the barren land. I'm afraid it will ignore what happened on our side in a short time." Standing behind His Highness Voorhees, the Buddha The Marquis of Loris suddenly said, "Afterwards, as long as we make proper compensation to Grand Duke Sean, I believe Grand Duke Sean will not mind, and maybe he will be very happy with our attack on His Royal Highness Adams."

Asuna just stared at Marquis Floris. He kept his mouth shut, but the look in his eyes obviously made the Marquis of Floris feel abnormal palpitations. Even the back was soaked.

"Grand Duke Asuna, I believe that even if Duke Xiao En pursues it afterwards, you will definitely find a way to solve it." Furches said suddenly, interrupting Asuna's gaze on Marquis Floris, " Moreover, with such information, even if we don't use it, my Brother Three Kings will definitely use it...so in a sense, the most we can do is just to add fuel to the flames."

...

Arlan, who has a handsome face that is enviable by many people, now the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, which makes his handsome face look even brighter. He raised a piece of information in his hand, and then whistled softly: "Fanny, that brother of mine has really done a stupid thing... Haha, I believe he should now It's going to be a real headache."

Fanny's complexion has completely returned to normal, and she is no longer the serious injury before. Her vermilion lips parted slightly: "Your Highness seems to be very happy."

"Of course I'm happy." Arlan nodded, "My brother was as brainless as I expected, and asked his oath knight to intercept the car of Grand Duke Sean. As a result, the man next to Grand Duke Sean The follower's two swords are solved... If he is not a sworn undead, my brother would have lost a legendary follower, and now I am afraid that he is completely unqualified to compete for the throne."

"Then I want to congratulate Your Highness in advance."

"No, my brother hasn't completely lost power yet. At least he still has the power to compete, but he won't be as popular as before." Arlan said with a smile, "Although I don't want to fight with that Duke of Void." Enemy, but...it's not bad to take advantage of a little bit of power. Moreover, I believe that my sister who lacks courage will definitely not let this matter go, after all, there is a girl hiding in the shadows by her side. Fox.... Besides, I'm also very interested, how my brother Wang plans to solve this matter, he doesn't seem like someone who is just waiting to die."

"Could it be that His Highness Adams has any other means?"

"Hmph, he certainly won't have any other means, he will only consider the way of a soldier's war." Alan said coldly, "But beside him, there is a conspiracy man who was called the black hand in Ryan in the past Home....He is as annoying as that old fox hiding in the shadows in Floris. I was kicked out of the capital because of him....Well, I believe this old guy will definitely not Letting Adams do whatever he wants, he should find a way to make up for it, at least to minimize the damage to Adams."

Having said that, Arlan reached out and tapped the table lightly, and there was a unique rhythm-like knocking sound: "Fanny, these days, you pay attention to the road leading to the Fortress of Tonis from the king's capital, as long as it is Anyone who finds any suspicious person will be killed without mercy.... In addition, let people go to the teleportation magic circles in several nearby cities to stay. If they find suspicious people, report them immediately, and then carry out follow-up investigations. In the case of Tonis Fortress, regardless of their status, they will all be killed."

When he said this, Arlan's body looked murderous, and he didn't have the frail look when he saw Sean before.

"Old guy, no matter what means you want to use, you must get in touch with the Duchy of the Void, and I'm not as good as you want." Arlan sneered, "You said that I was not resourceful enough back then, but so what ? I just need to be smarter than the one you supported.... I will fundamentally ruin your plan, and no matter how you save it, you will never be able to regain control of the situation." (To be continued)

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