At this time, the eldest prince Alec no longer had the bearing of the imperial prince before. His face was pale. The act of killing the king and his father was carried out in the palace hall. There were many ministers above the hall. This kind of thing It cannot be hidden.
After a night, he was tortured by this thought, but he did not have the courage to fight against Abel.
The entire city of Denan is full of knights from the Principality of Kamai. Even most of the servants in the palace have been replaced by servants from the Principality of Kamai. The housekeeper of the palace has also been replaced by Butler Burbage. The palace steward, and only he can reluctantly serve as the palace steward.
In this environment, the eldest prince Alec did not dare to take any action. Why did he kill the king and his father? It was to save his life.
A prince who has never had his life threatened while growing up, a prince who has never tasted failure, when faced with a life threat, his performance is always beyond the expectations of others.
As a nobleman, as a prince who will inherit a huge empire, after losing everything, in the eyes of most people, this prince should be holding a long sword and leading the knights to regain the throne.
This is the content of a legendary story, but worldly affairs are not stories. After facing the threat of death, the eldest prince directly chose to kill the king and his father, and then took the initiative to hand over the imperial power for Abel's promise.
He is currently holding a gorgeous scepter. This scepter has a history of more than a thousand years and is the best scepter in the entire empire. He has long taken a fancy to it and has been looking forward to holding it when he inherits the throne.
Today he is indeed holding the scepter he has always wanted, but this is only for a short time, and the empire is like a dream, so unreal.
"Honorable Duke Abel, I, the Emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, Alec, voluntarily hand over the throne to you. The three wizards from the Wizards Guild of Leante City and the Wizards Guild of the Kingdom of St. Ellis will act as notaries!" After Li Ke finished saying these words, it seemed as if all the strength in his body had disappeared, and his legs weakened and he sat on the ground.
At this time, no one would pay attention to him anymore. He was indeed brilliant before, but now he is just an ordinary nobleman, and he is still the kind of nobleman who will never be in power again.
"Your great Majesty Abel, please take the imperial scepter!" Duke Ernest walked to the side of the eldest prince Alec, took the scepter from his hand, and then announced loudly.
Abel stood in front of the throne, waiting for Duke Ernest to deliver the scepter to his hand. Abel took the scepter in his hand with a smile on his face, played with it, and then raised it high.
"I, Abel Harry, have become the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Alice today. I solemnly promise to govern the Kingdom of St. Alice. I will keep the citizens of the empire away from disasters and weapons. I will safeguard the rights of the nobles in the empire. , the Kingdom of St. Ellis will become stronger under my leadership!" He said loudly while looking at the many nobles in the hall under the throne.
"The Emperor is victorious!" All the nobles bowed and saluted.
Abel's declaration was very simple. He did not need Duke Ernest, who presided over the ceremony, to lead the ceremony. Although this violated the rules, as a powerful emperor, what rules could restrain him.
"After the nobles in the Kingdom of St. Ellis swear allegiance to me, their rights will not change!" The news he announced next really excited the nobles in the hall.
There will be no major changes in the empire's power structure. As long as the nobles swear allegiance to Abel, they will maintain their original rights. This made the nobles of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, who were already preparing for a major blow, extremely excited.
No matter what the thoughts of the many nobles present were at the beginning, they have now decided to swear allegiance to Abel immediately after the ceremony.
Abel had no choice. He had no talent. The Kamai Principality itself was short of manpower, and now it controlled such a large empire. If the original nobles were not used, where would the talent be available
This is not his original world. Everyone can read and knowledge has become cheap. In this world, knowledge is part of inheritance, and only those with corresponding inheritance can participate in corresponding national governance.
All knowledge is the secret of each family. Even among these inheritance families, only a small number of elites will receive complete inheritance.
The most unexpected thing is the ministers. Abel's meaning is very obvious. Their status will be guaranteed. This is what they should do. It is the tradition of the empire to swear allegiance to the new emperor. Although Abel, the emperor, used force to force his victory. Come, but this will not make the ministers feel any difficulty.
The most important reason is that Abel's throne was obtained through the most legal method. It was the throne transferred by the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, and it was the orthodox imperial power.
Abel waved his hand to signal the nobles in the hall to be quiet. Almost immediately, the entire hall became extremely quiet with the wave of his hand.
"Duke Ernest, you will become the patriarch of your family in the future, and I also formally invite you to participate in the government affairs of the empire!" Abel said to Duke Ernest with a smile.
There was a hint of surprise in Duke Ernest's eyes. The promise he had just made to the nobles was to maintain the stability of the empire. Now if he is asked to be the family patriarch, then the original royal family will become the ducal family.
The decline in status is also expected. In any case, there can only be one royal family in the empire, and that is the Harry family of Harvest City.
But Abel invited him to participate in politics, which meant that his status would not change much.
"Isn't His Majesty Emperor Abel worried that he will rebel?" As soon as this idea arose in Duke Ernest's mind, he thought of the five invincible sky boats and the tens of thousands of full-body armors. The knight thought of three seventeenth-level senior wizards, and the powerful emperor Abel who would kill even his ancestor who was an eighteenth-level senior wizard. He already knew in his heart that Abel didn't care at all. Some people rebel because their strength is enough to fear anything.
"Your Majesty, the great Emperor Abel, I, Duke Ernest, will lead my family to be loyal to you forever, to the Harry family, and to the Kingdom of St. Ellis. Please accept my allegiance!" Duke Ernest knelt down. He landed on the ground, knelt down in front of Abel, and spoke loudly.
"Duke Ernest, I, Emperor Abel of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, accept your allegiance!" A knight's sword appeared in Abel's hand, and he placed the knight's sword on Duke Ernest's left and right shoulders and head. Touch it lightly, and then say in a deep voice.
Duke Ernest's behavior made Abel very happy, because it meant that the royal family of the original Kingdom of St. Ellis was officially loyal to him. This made it possible for the nobles who might have been loyal to the original royal family to become This reason is fundamentally removed.
As for loyalty, no matter whether Duke Ernest is truly loyal or not, nothing can be done with just a piece of magic contract.
Abel saw the looks in the eyes of the nobles in the hall. He could already imagine that after the ceremony, this huge empire would soon become his.
He held the armrest of the throne with one hand and slowly sat on the throne. Since arriving at the palace yesterday and the former emperor Ambrose stepped down from the throne, no one has sat on this throne again.
The same is true for Abel. He has only now completely mastered Denan City and then sat on the throne.
If Denan City is controlled, then the entire Kingdom of St. Ellis is equivalent to being controlled, because there are many nobles in the empire, but for countless years, intermarriage between nobles has made the various nobles have connections.
Especially the more powerful the nobles, the more connections they have, and all these connections are basically in Denan City.
This is also the reason why Abel directly skipped all the cities and came directly to the capital city of Denan.
As long as he controls this city, the Kingdom of St. Ellis will be completely controlled by him.
Of course, this city is not that easy to break. Even if most of its knights and wizards have been captured, without the three senior wizards and the sky boat, this city will not be so easy to break.
Sitting on the throne, Abel did not feel any aura of dominance. He smiled and stood up from the throne.
"Duke Ernest, please arrange the allegiance of the nobles for me. I will accompany a few wizards to the living room first!" Abel said to Duke Ernest, and then turned to senior wizard Dunn and Luo Senior wizard Renzo and senior wizard Allenby made a hand gesture.
Watching Abel and the three senior wizards disappear into the hall into white light, Duke Ernest sighed. He had just seen that Abel had no nostalgia for the throne. Maybe he was really like him. As expected, Abel didn't think much about power.
Everything that the Kingdom of St. Ellis encountered was because of a wrong decision by His Majesty Ambrose. If he had not taken the initiative to provoke this Abel, maybe the empire would still belong to their family now.
Regardless of what Duke Ernest thought, Abel and the three senior wizards had already arrived in the living room.
Here, Butler Burbage had already prepared the living room, and the fruit juice had been prepared. After seeing Abel appear in the living room, he bowed and exited the living room.
"Grandmaster Abel, I heard that the ancestor of the empire is already an eighteenth-level senior wizard?" senior wizard Dunn asked curiously.
"Yes, the eighteenth-level senior wizard is really difficult to deal with. It took a lot of effort to deal with him!" Abel nodded and replied.
His answer made senior wizard Dunn feel unable to answer the question. As an eighteenth-level senior wizard, he naturally knew how powerful the eighteenth-level senior wizard was.
After reaching level 18, the suppression of levels becomes more and more obvious. It can be said that when an intermediate wizard faces an advanced wizard of level 18, he cannot even activate his spells. This is the suppression of levels.
But Abel's evaluation was that he was difficult to deal with, which made Dunn, a senior wizard, really speechless.
"Grandmaster Abel, for the interests of the original Kingdom of St. Ellis in Liante City, Wizard Allenby and I assure you that there will be no loss at all!" Senior wizard Lorenzo assured from the side.
The interests of Liante City are an important income for the empire, and the points obtained are used to exchange for various training resources. This is why the Principality of Camai is already very struggling to have three or four wizards, while the Kingdom of St. Ellis has five Ten intermediate wizards can still maintain the training of one eighteenth-level senior wizard.
Many of these resources belong to the interests of Leante City, which also illustrates the importance of Leante City's interests.
Of course Abel knows this. His hotel has gained a lot of points in Liante City. It is precisely because of these points that the knights and wizards of the Kamai Principality have obtained many resources.
Of course, the fundamental reason for the rapid development of knights and wizards in the Principality of Kamai is that he himself is an alchemist master. However, in the past, he could still rely on his own alchemy ability to maintain the training of knights and wizards in the Principality of Kamai.
But now that the scale of knights and wizards has increased several times, it is really too much for him to rely on his own ability.
In addition, the empire cannot rely on one person alone. In the future, he will leave the Holy Continent. At that time, the development of the empire will only rely on itself, so the importance of Liante City is self-evident.
"Wizard Lorenzo, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis will always be your friend with Wizard Allenby!" Abel said with a smile.
"Grandmaster Abel, Liante City will also be your forever friend!" Senior wizard Lorenzo said with a smile on his face.
Originally, he only respected Abel because of his status as a master blacksmith, but it was different now. When he saw Abel today, he discovered that Abel was already a level 15 wizard. As long as such a genius does not die young, he will eventually become a wizard. Powerful wizard.
The previous investment has made him and the senior wizard Allenby have a very close relationship with Abel, and now he wants to tighten his friendship with Abel even more.
"Grandmaster Abel, what happened to the three senior wizards including Wizard Dana?" Only senior wizard Dunn could directly raise this question because of his special relationship with Abel.
In fact, not only him, but also senior wizard Lorenzo and senior wizard Allenby also wanted to know the reason.
You must know that there are not many senior wizards at level 18 in the Holy Continent. Senior wizards at level 17 are already the strongest wizards in the Holy Continent, and every move they make can affect the entire Holy Continent.
"Three wizards have pledged their allegiance to me, and they will become the guardian wizards of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis!" Abel explained with a smile.
"Grandmaster Abel, I still hope you can treat the three of them kindly. The senior wizards in the human world cannot suffer any more losses!" Senior wizard Dunn said sincerely.
In this war between the Principality of Camai and the Kingdom of St. Alice, about forty intermediate wizards were lost. This loss has already made senior wizard Dunn feel heartache, because these intermediate wizards are nominally from the Kingdom of St. Alice. Wizards of the Wizards Guild.
"Wizard Dunn, it is precisely because I want to preserve the combat power of high-level human wizards that I keep them. Otherwise, given the mistakes they have made, I would like to deal with them directly the same way I dealt with my ancestors!" Abel Shen said the voice.
He also understood what senior wizard Dunn meant. He wanted to intercede for the three senior wizards. The senior wizards had their own group pride, and the three senior wizards obviously acted out of their own control.
But what Abel needs to solemnly explain to the senior wizard Dunn is that it is magnanimous for him to spare a person like this who threatens his family. As for how to treat the three senior wizards, there is no need to say more.
It was impossible to unlock the soul control of the three senior wizards. He would not let the three senior wizards go. Since they had done it, they would have to pay the price.
"Grandmaster Abel, I won't say much more. Just try to be friendly to them. That way you will gain the respect of more senior wizards!" Senior wizard Dunn shook his head, and he was not going to persuade them any more.
Senior wizard Dunn is actually sincerely good for Abel, because once a senior wizard sees that Abel uses the soul contract to control senior wizards, it is likely to cause hostility among senior wizards.
"Wizard Dunn, as long as the three of them serve the empire seriously, then I will respect them just like I treat other guardian wizards!" Abel explained with a smile.
"That's good!" Senior wizard Dunn nodded and said.
"Grandmaster Abel, you won't ascend the throne just like this. Should you hold a grand event to announce this to the Holy Continent?" Lorenzo, a senior wizard, noticed the gravity of the atmosphere and asked, changing the subject.
Three seventeenth-level senior wizards committed suicide to provoke Abel. Now as long as they are not dead and can still serve the human world, he will not argue with Abel about this kind of thing. He is not a senior wizard from Dunn.
Senior wizard Dunn is Abel's elder, so it's okay for senior wizard Dunn to talk about it. Once senior wizard Lorenzo gets involved, the nature of it will be different, so he changed the topic very wisely.
"The Kingdom of St. Ellis is not completely stable yet. I need some time to stabilize the empire, so I estimate that I will have to wait until June to hold an event. I will definitely invite a few wizards to come by then!" Abel thought in his mind. After a while, he said with a smile.
"We will come without your invitation!" Senior wizard Lorenzo said with a smile.
The control of the Kingdom of St. Alice is far simpler than Abel imagined. The main reason is the 20,000 captive knights, who come from most of the noble families in the Kingdom of St. Alice.
Due to the presence of 20,000 knight captives, in just ten days, all the cities in the Kingdom of St. Ellis pledged allegiance to Abel.
During these ten days, Abel was busy all day long, and his most important job was to accept the loyalty of nobles.
This is because the nobles who come to pledge allegiance are all noble families with a certain status, and the most outstanding members of a family are the head of the family or the best members of the family who come to represent the family. , even at night, they were receiving nobles who came to pay their allegiance.
Ten days later, the entire Kingdom of St. Ellis truly belonged to Abel, and the 20,000 knights had officially pledged allegiance to their new emperor. The knights in Abel's hands now exceeded the size of 30,000 knights.
The Knight Legion composed of 30,000 knights is already the most powerful Knight Legion in the entire Holy Continent, and its combat power can already disdain the entire continent.
The most powerful thing is the air combat power of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. Five sky boats can drop 10,000 knights into any battlefield in a short time, and their own combat power is extremely powerful.
More than two hundred gryphon knights also ensured that the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not affect the combat effectiveness of its flying knights due to the change of political power.
The main ministers of the empire and the great nobles all signed semi-mandatory magical contracts, which not only ensured their loyalty, but also strengthened the leadership of the empire.
In this case, the celebrations originally scheduled for June were moved to May.
This is also because Abel wanted to end his political affairs early and devote all his energy to cultivation, so he postponed the celebration.
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In the royal palace of the Kingdom of St. Alvos, His Majesty Emperor Aldous held an exquisite invitation made of gold and inlaid with gems in his hand and remained silent.
In the main hall, stood the important ministers of the Kingdom of St. Anerva. Due to the special relationship between Prince Landseer and Abel, he also rarely stood in the main hall.
"Your Majesty, the relationship between our Kingdom of St. Angelva and His Majesty Emperor Abel is very good. I think the empire should sign another peace contract with His Majesty Emperor Abel this time, because the last contract was signed with the Principality of Kamai!" The minister bowed and said.
The minister did not say much about whether His Majesty the Emperor would go or not. There would be no problems on such an occasion. Large organizations such as the Wizards Guild of the Holy Continent would send people to attend. Participating in such activities is also in collaboration with those organizations. An emotional connection.
"His Majesty Emperor Abel has developed too fast. It has only been a few years since the principality became the empire. I am worried whether his ambition will exceed the stage of the empire!" Another minister stepped forward and bowed.
"Yes, the Principality of Camai swallowed up the Kingdom of St. Ellis with almost no effort this time. I wonder if he has thoughts about the other two empires!" Some ministers echoed.
The ministers here are all aware of the current strength of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. Although Abel has just taken control of this empire, the strength of the original Principality of Camai is already extremely strong, and now it has the support of almost all the nobles in the empire. This makes Abel Bo has established a firm position in the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
A kind of panic arose among the ministers. The most important reason was that Abel used the orc war drum obtained from the orc empire. You must know that in the human world, only Miracle City has a dragon horn that can target the orc war drum.
Without the Dragon Horn, the threat of the Orc War Drum would directly lead to the fact that no matter how powerful the Knight Legion was, it would be unable to truly face Abel's Orc War Drum.
"Father, may I express my opinion?" Prince Landseer bowed to His Majesty Emperor Aldous and said.
"Landseer, you are the one who knows Grandmaster Abel best here. Please tell me!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous nodded. He also wanted to hear what difference his son, who was friends with Abel, could make. Views.
"Father, dear ministers, the Grandmaster Abel I know is a cultivator. He focuses on the cultivation of wizards, but at the same time, his attitude towards the enemy is extremely violent. During the orc battlefield, he was alone on the orc battlefield. Among them, the orcs did not dare to provoke him!" Prince Landseer recalled the days when he fought with Abel and talked about the Abel he knew.
"On weekdays, you can hardly see him. He practices crazily every day. Apart from performing tasks, he always stays in his residence at other times. Such a wizard will be obsessed with power. Is he able to become the king of the Kamai Principality because he achieved such astronomical feats during the Orc War that the Wizards Guild and the Kingdom of St. Elis had to grant him the title?" Prince Landseer continued to analyze! road.
"So I don't believe that a powerful wizard will focus on worldly rights. I believe that what Grandmaster Abel said is true. His Majesty Ambrose did give an order to assassinate him. At the same time, the Kingdom of St. Ellis took the initiative After sending troops to the Principality of Kamai, Grandmaster Abel took action to capture Denan City and finally obtained the imperial power. My opinion is to have good relations with Grandmaster Abel and the Kingdom of St. Ellis, and not to have any hostile actions. He is a wizard, and it is his instinct to kill his enemies, he is not a politician!" Prince Landseer said at last.
"Landseer said it well. Grandmaster Abel is not a politician, nor is he a king or emperor with a legacy. He is a powerful wizard. When dealing with beings that are dangerous to him, he will instinctively eliminate them. His Majesty Ambrose just didn't consider this, and the price he paid was him and his empire!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous nodded and affirmed in a deep voice.
He paid more attention to Prince Landseer. Among his many princes, Prince Landseer had never been outstanding. Unfortunately, Prince Landseer was a wizard and he could not become the heir to the empire. .
If Abel is not a master blacksmith, and his status is higher than that of ordinary wizards, how can the Wizards Guild make a wizard the king of the principality? A wizard like Prince Landseer will not become the heir to the empire. , unless he has a noble status other than a wizard like Abel.
"Landseer, get ready. You will go with me to the celebration of the Kingdom of St. Alice in May!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous stood up, put the invitation away, and said to Prince Landseer.
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His Majesty Manfred, the Emperor of the Kingdom of St. Paul, had also received an invitation from Abel at this time. He summoned the Prime Minister, the Duke of Chesterton. How could His Majesty have time to attend such an event? He had to have This time might as well spend more time having fun with the harem.
"Duke Chesterton, you can go on my behalf for this invitation letter from Grandmaster Abel. Just say I'm not feeling well and I won't go!" His Majesty Emperor Manfred threw the invitation letter in his hand to Chase. Duke Teton said casually.
The Duke of Chesterton would not tell His Majesty Emperor Manfred that Abel sent him an invitation alone, and he bowed and took it with both hands.
"Your Majesty, I will attend the celebration on your behalf. This time I will probably make a new peace contract with Grandmaster Abel. Do you agree with this?" Duke Chesterton asked after receiving the invitation. .
"Peace contract, can the Kingdom of St. Ellis, which has just stabilized from the war, still go to war with us?" His Majesty Emperor Manfred asked lazily about political affairs. On such a major matter, Duke Chesterton must ask for help. He reported, he questioned.
Duke Chesterton felt helpless. Everyone in the Holy Continent knew that his power in the Holy Continent was greater than that of His Majesty Emperor Manfred, but how many people knew that in the empire, if he did not If we deal with these political affairs, then there will be no one to deal with these political affairs.
It is basically impossible to wait for His Majesty Emperor Manfred to deal with it. The only thing he is happy to do every day is to have fun. For the sake of face, the Saint-Palde Kingdom can only cover up the emperor's affairs, and only the Duke of Chesterton is exposed to the outside world. The impression of authoritarianism.
"The military strength of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis has far surpassed that of our empire, and it has more high-level wizards than the empire. Therefore, it is the most appropriate time to sign a peace contract when Grandmaster Abel first takes over the imperial power of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis!" Chase Duke Teton explained patiently.
"Then what are you waiting for? Sign it!" Emperor Manfred waved his hand and said, then stood up and turned to leave. Before leaving, he stopped again and said: "Duke Chesterton, what can I do for you? Let’s figure it out!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Duke Chesterton looked at the leaving figure of His Majesty Emperor Manfred, his eyes full of disappointment.
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In addition to the human world, in addition to the Orc Empire in the Holy Continent, various organizations as well as the dwarves and elves have received invitations.
As the celebrations of the Kingdom of St. Ellis are getting closer, the five original vassals of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, the Principality of Thunder, the Principality of Laca, the Principality of Koror, the Principality of Larvi and the Principality of Tekos, have all sent out envoy, begging the new emperor to clarify his status as a vassal state.
The reason is that after Abel became the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, due to the troop transport role of the sky boat and the appearance of the squadron of gryphon knights, the bandits who originally came to rob the five principalities were able to rob in a short time. Disappeared within a short period of time.
All the principalities and nobles did not want to provoke such an empire with enough food, a large number of knights, and invincible air power after Abel had just demonstrated his most powerful power.
This made the five principalities realize the importance of a strong suzerain state. Once the Kingdom of St. Ellis no longer recognizes its status as a vassal state, the five principalities, which are already extremely weak, will face the danger of annihilation.
Abel did not reject the requests of the five principalities, but the treaties of the vassal states stipulated the maximum number of knights that each principality could have, and the resources dedicated to the suzerain every year and the surrender of excess knights were all written into the treaty.
Of course, although these treaties have strict requirements, there is one thing that made the five principalities who were now cornered agree to this treaty, that is, the empire will guarantee their safety!
The treaty was signed very quickly. Almost within a few days, the five principalities once again became vassal states of the Kingdom of St. Alice, and then powerful knight legions began to go to the five principalities to assist in the protection work there.