Realm of Power

Under the black night sky, the firelight in Castle Rock in the distance was extremely clear. They were some burning houses. Several black smoke rose straight into the sky in some parts of the city. Castle Rock, which had been peaceful for several years, was completely bloody tonight. Shrouded by the Purge and Cleansing, one can faintly see the brightly lit Palace of Fontainebleau, the main residence of the Medici family.

The first to move were the Medici captains with red feathers on their helmets. These Medici hounds broke into the noble area with the lists in their hands. Soon there was a chaotic sound, mixed with various people. There were all kinds of screams, and at the same time, groups of Castle Rock Guards entered the main streets in the city. Behind them, the law enforcement teams wearing long pointed hats and holding behead axes stood in front of them. The central squares of these neighborhoods give people a chilly feeling even though it is a hot summer night.

A city guard officer looked at a gorgeous carriage approaching slowly in the distance, gritted his teeth, and walked up.

"Stop and check"

The city guard captain raised his hand with an unusually stern face towards the oncoming carriage. The attendant on the carriage was wearing a red dress and had curly hair. On the roof fender of the carriage, there was a star and moon representing the Kingdom of Aden. The coat of arms is particularly eye-catching. Although the Kingdom of Aden and the Empire are at war with each other, they are treated as distinguished guests in Castle Rock.

Damn it! What happened tonight?

The captain of the city guard was not unaware of what happened just two hours ago, but he knew in his heart that something big must have happened.

"Captain Ragus, is this Lord Ashley's carriage? What do you want from Castle Rock? You must know that Lord Ashiza is the special envoy of the Kingdom of Aden. You, Castle Rock, are fully responsible for the diplomatic problems caused by this."

The attendant on the carriage obviously knew the city guard officer who stopped him. His face suddenly became a little confused and he shouted sternly that although he was only an attendant, he was also the attendant of Aden’s special envoy, Mr. Aixiza. The representative of Mr. Aishiza was the overlord of the Gulf of Aden, Aden. In the face of the kingdom, what does a mere Castle Rock mean?

"Stop and check, did you hear me?"

The captain of the city guard's face was reddened, and his eyes occasionally glanced at several figures wearing Medici uniforms not far away. The collar of the coat was set high, but the brim of the hat was held low. This was the Medici Wearing the uniform of an inspector, the captain of the city guard knew very well how serious consequences he would have if he stopped this carriage. As a result, the order from above is to strictly inspect any passing carriage, even if it is a carriage belonging to the Prentas family. Otherwise, once it is discovered that one is missing, the inspector behind will immediately arrest him without mercy. Get up, and then let the vice-captain who has been thinking about his position for a long time take over.

"Asshole, Ragus, you crazy dog, you think you have a long life, don't you? ..."

"Eron, stop the car and let them check."

There was a thick voice from the carriage, the door opened, and a thin middle-aged nobleman in a formal dress got out of the carriage.

The middle-aged nobleman had a slightly protruding forehead, and his deep gaze gave people a powerful feeling. He glanced around, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. He was none other than Aishiza, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Aden stationed in Locke Castle. , although his status in the Kingdom of Aden is not high, he is just a marquis, but compared to the small power in the region, It is more than enough for the powerful Castle Rock, and Castle Rock, as the neutral force of Barro in Central Europe, is itself the center for the exchange of information from all parties. Especially in the past year, the tentacles of the Kingdom of Aden’s intelligence have been captured by the Imperial Intelligence Department one by one. Pulled out, the intelligence personnel suffered heavy losses, and there was even a gap in intelligence about the empire.

In addition, the focus of the Kingdom of Aden has begun to tilt eastward towards Central Asia, and its investment in the west has become even more stretched. One can imagine the importance of Aishiza, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Aden stationed in Fort Locke.

Looking away from the surroundings, Aixiza could already feel the strong smell of blood and frowned slightly, "Is it Your Excellency Aixiza? We are from the Medici family. There are some matters that I need to ask Your Excellency to assist in the investigation!" Right in the city guard When the officer wanted to express that there was no problem, several inspectors from the Medici family who were parked on the roadside came over. This made the captain of the city guard shudder even more. It was so dangerous. If he had deliberately released the water just now, I'm afraid I'll be invited away together.

"Okay, I'll go with you"

Aixiza just hesitated for a moment, nodded and said

Tonight, the situation is so tense. It seems that the Martins have taken action. There are city guards all over the street and the murderous Medici private army. It seems that whether they succeed or not, the Medici have decided to cleanse. Now, as one of the allies of the Confederacy, Although the Martin Liya people did not tell the Aden side about the specific plan, they did vaguely warn the Aden side. At this time, if he hesitated, he would be causing trouble for himself. Now he must at least save the Kingdom of Aden from this matter. Just take it out.

Ahiza's decisiveness saved her life.

"Fortunately, the Aden people should have no problem, otherwise, our Medici family will be in trouble." After receiving the news, the head of the Medici family, Prentas, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He pressed the list in his hand heavily on the table. Offending two major southern countries at the same time is also a huge pressure for Fort Locke. However, the Martinluars reap the spoils, no matter what they do, it can be justified, even if the Aden people are involved, But if we don’t investigate the Yaden people, the empire will have no way to explain.

"Sir, the time is almost up. Although not all the people on the list have been caught, only a few small fish have slipped through the net." A Medici family attendant glanced at the white sky and said cautiously.

"Let's get started." Prentas closed the list in his hand, closed his eyes and was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

In the morning light shining from the east, a Medici secretary read a series of names loudly. Dozens of bare-armed executioners raised their sharp axes and said, "Don't bother me." Come on, let's get started." Prentas raised his hand with a stern expression. Just now, Prentas had received a report from the military. As expected, the 50,000 imperial army had already Quietly approaching Fort Locke for fifteen miles, the imperial army came with a large number of Thors, and on the sea of ​​Fort Locke, just last night, the main force of the Imperial Navy, which was originally docked at Anthea, arrived at four o'clock this morning On the sea surface of Fort Locke, according to the emergency report from the port, the side gun bay baffles of at least fifty imperial warships have been opened and are ready to fire at any time.

Looking at such a report, the Lord of Castle Rock felt cold. Even if the navy suddenly came to kill him, Castle Rock had almost no naval power. There were only a few old ships bought from the Strand Sea Kingdom. The sailing warships are obsolete, but what is going on with the army? The empire’s 50,000-strong army is not a rat. What's more, on the way from the Kingdom of Rila to Castle Rock, it was impossible for 50,000 rats to avoid being discovered, but the imperial army did it. This can only be said that the entire route has been completely controlled by the imperial army. So that the information could not be delivered, this should be the emperor's most terrifying warning.

As long as Castle Rock has different intentions, the empire can storm the city in the blink of an eye. "The family leader's order, no need to read it, just execute it directly"

The fast horse galloped past the execution position like a shooting star. Following an order, the flashing ax was raised violently, shining coldly in the livid morning light. Almost all the Martins in Castle Rock were gathered here. Li Ya businessman, noble, enough One hundred and sixty-four people, including their families, nearly 2,000 people. How long will it take to think about it? I put the butcher knife on the heads of these people. Why didn’t the empire put the butcher knife on my neck? These people will not die today. , after dawn, the Medici family will die!

"Kakaka"

The ax chops at the marrow, and the head rolls off. There were constant clicking sounds and blood spurted out so high. The fallen heads had their mouths gagged with cloth.

The same goes for the people who were pushed up in the second row. Because they were stuffed with something, they couldn't make any sound. They could only let out low and miserable howls. The old, weak, women and children, without exception, struggled to beg for mercy in vain. They were pushed forward in a row and were pushed down by the executioner and fell to their knees. Then with a flash of axe, even the executioner's face became ugly. He took a deep breath before his expression changed. He said rigidly, "Next one."

After killing one batch, another batch came up.

The shirtless executioner's body was steaming with heat, and the fine thick steel ax was also bruised by the cuts. He replaced it with a new ax and continued to chop, and there was thick blood for an hour. It quickly soaked the executioner's feet. Rows of headless corpses were carried onto carriages that had been prepared long ago

"Sir, Elder Pulunmu committed suicide!" In the distance, a fast horse galloped over. The messenger above jumped off the horse before the horse stopped, and hurriedly ran over and said

The outskirts of Castle Rock,

He pressed the documents sent by the Medici envoy with a hesitant look on the table. The black-haired young man didn't even raise his eyelids. The wind blew in from outside the tent and lifted up a corner of the emperor's armor. A one-eyed man in heavy armor is kneeling on the ground. Behind the strong man, more than a dozen imperial generals are also kneeling on the ground at this moment. "Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Biang is in rebellion, your subordinates I have an unshirkable responsibility and dare not ask for your Majesty’s forgiveness. I only hope that Your Majesty can bestow upon his subordinates the glory of conquering the Kingdom of Biang.” The one-eyed man said in a thick voice. It was the Empire’s military minister responsible for the Barrow region in Central Europe. Long, as one of the five army commanders of the empire, a vicious man who can make children stop crying just by his name, this time can be regarded as a capsize in the gutter.

In order to equip the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, a warning was issued to the entire Central European Barrow Kingdom: "Anyone who is detrimental to the legal behavior of the imperial merchants will be punished." Later, the Kingdom of Biang burned the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce in a fire in Melbourne. Devastated and with more than half of the losses, the Kingdom of Biang directly raised a flag against the empire.

For Salon, this was a slap in the face, and it even made Salon the laughing stock of the imperial world. This famous general in the empire has experienced hundreds of battles and is invincible. Who can bear this? Assemble The army was preparing to attack the Kingdom of Biang. Who knew that the emperor gave this task to the Xiting Army with an order, "I will give the task of attacking the Kingdom of Biang to the Xiting Army. You, Salon, are not dissatisfied with this." understand"

The black-haired young man glanced sharply at Salon and the generals behind him, and snorted coldly, "But if I give you the task of attacking Bion, what are you going to do? Do you want to do it in front of the entire Europe?" In front of the Barrow Kingdoms, can you show your glory by killing all the Biang people? Failure is not terrible, but what is terrible is that you can't even defeat it. You know, the Kingdom of Biang is just a trap set by our opponents for the Empire. The Kingdom of Biang has made it clear that it will defend with all its strength. Even if you can finally conquer the capital of Biang, all you will get in exchange is the empire’s presence in South Europe. Luo's total collapse, then you Salon will really become the first legion commander to be executed for failure in the history of the empire."

"Or maybe you, Salon, are already prepared to die? But what's the use of you dying? The empire's two full years of hard work and the bloody battles of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers were ruined just because of your so-called face! "The black-haired young man suddenly stood up from his seat, suddenly smiled coldly, and sighed meaningfully.

"Do you know why I transferred Varisien away and replaced you with Central Europe Barro?" It should be because of the bad reputation of his subordinates." Salon hesitated for a moment, and he also thought about this matter Weird, "Stupid, if you only need one murderous imperial general to take charge, there are so many in the empire. As the governor of the southwest region, you, Salon, are also one of the top five in the empire." One of the legion commanders, I asked you to take charge of Central Europe Barrow because Central Europe Barrow is an area that has not been conquered by the imperial war. The southwest region of the empire is the center of northern overland trade. As the governor of the southwest region, you can establish yourself and Yes, you should have been able to use business relationships to capture the traitors from the Barrow countries in Central Europe and draw them into the imperial camp. But what did you do? For two whole years, not only did the Central and European Barrow countries fail to be drawn into the imperial camp, but they also caused frequent troubles in Central and European Barrow. If you had realized this earlier, you wouldn't be in today's situation! ""Subordinates deserve to die! "

Salon's face turned pale and he knocked his head heavily on the ground.

If the emperor hadn't pointed it out, he really wouldn't have thought of this. Although he was in charge of Barro in Central Europe, he was still the governor of the southwest region of the empire and was still in charge of the southwest region of the empire. The southwest region was the empire's commercial center in Gaul. With prosperous commerce and dense population, it is an area where the empire's productivity is focused, supporting most of the commerce and trade in the Empire's Gaul region.

To a large extent, the hostility towards the Empire in the Barro region of Central Europe is due to the Empire's excessive management of coastal ports, which seriously affects their vested interests. This is how people's hearts are. These countries should be grateful for the benefits they gain from the ports. The empire, but seeing the empire making profits that were unbelievable in the past, over time, it was natural to feel resentment towards the empire.

Salon never thought that he could actually use his advantage as the governor of the southwest region to find a land trade route for the Barrow countries in Central Europe. As long as time passed, the Barrow countries in Central Europe would naturally fall into the imperial camp, but It's a pity that two full years have been wasted like this, "Get up, for the sake of your salvation, I'm not afraid to reveal it to you, The reason why the Xiting Army is allowed to deal with the tough Biang people is because the Xiting Army has the natural advantage of being able to do whatever it takes. The fat man looked at the blue sky outside the military tent and sighed. " This time the Biang people are determined to defend. If they want to capture the capital of Biang, the empire will have to pay at least 100,000 people. Not only will the gains outweigh the losses, but it will also cause the empire to lose face."

"The West Court Army can massacre civilians without any scruples, drive the civilians to attack the Biang people's strongholds, and let the Biang people collapse from within. The West Court Army can leave after it is done, and you, Salon, can leave after you have done it? The Empire Although it has a reputation for cruelty, the empire does not use all means. Will it kill every area after conquering it? "

"And don't forget, it was the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce that was burned in the Port of Merle, not the Imperial Navy. How can you, Salon, want to kill all the Bion people? If you, Salon, were to do this, what would you do? Even if Long's reputation was completely ruined, it would still be On the contrary, when the Xiting Army captures the capital of Biang and you, Salon, come forward to ask the Xiting Army to evacuate, all of Central Europe Barrow will remember you Salon as a favor. In addition, as the governor of the southwest region, needless to say, you You should know how to do it too!”