The lifespan of the undead is too long, and only one monarch has appeared since its appearance. fight. In the face of this situation, Augustine was the only undead who overwhelmed all the nobles with his personal strength and influence and took the throne.
He personally cast the "Bone Throne" to show his authority. As long as Tasman has this throne for a day, no matter how violent the parliamentary nobles are, no matter how much they stumbling each other, they will always be within the safe threshold.
No one dared to touch the bottom line of "civil strife", because all the guys who had encountered were "handled" by Augustine with thunder.
But now, the "Throne of Bones" that deterred everything suddenly shattered, and the meaning behind it couldn't be more obvious:
Augustine is dead!
His death not only means that Tasman has lost a top powerhouse, but also means that there is no one in the entire high-level undead who can suppress all nobles and integrate undead resources as much as possible.
In other words, from today onwards, Tasman executives will inevitably fall into internal friction again—unless someone can once again stand in Augustine's position and re-erect the "Bone Throne"!
But... is it possible
The nobles of the council, whose expressions changed drastically, looked at each other, feeling the fear and greed in each other's eyes. However, Augustine's years of suppression made them maintain the most basic vigilance... No one can confirm whether Augustine was really destroyed, what if he suddenly came back to settle accounts
So soon someone proposed to leave, and other nobles began to follow suit. When everyone left, they all breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the battle for power did not directly start in the meeting hall. However, behind this, I feel a little at a loss...
When Augustine was here, many people blatantly opposed his political views, and everyone was clamoring for you to come and go, but Tasman was thriving after all, and its national power accumulated to an unprecedented strength.
But now that Augustine is gone, who will formulate national policy? Who can stand up and convince the public? Who has the final say? How many people will actually be able to do it
The nobles who were a little bit smarter were very heavy-hearted. Counting the rebel army that had not been wiped out in the kingdom, they sighed uncontrollably... What Tasman had to face next could only be an extremely gloomy future.
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While the undead nobles were all worried about the future, the royal family of the Karen Kingdom was in a happy atmosphere at this time.
To talk about the reason, it is naturally because the news just came: Earl Moore has successfully surrounded the orc army. Next, as long as they cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of the "Viper Cross" troops, the orcs, the main force of the rampage, will definitely die!
In fact, the atmosphere in the palace was not so positive a few days ago. Sauron's hosts raged through the middle of the kingdom with almost as much ferocity as wolves rushing into a herd of sheep. Even the biggest lord, Earl Mirno, was blocked in the city by this army and dared not go out. However, in order not to let Charles II regard himself as an incompetent person, he concealed most of the news about the fall of the city in the reported information, so that Charles II always believed that the army that rushed into the kingdom was "a group of people who only know how to rob". Raiding orc bandits".
It is said that what is good at the top is good at the bottom...Charles II believed that he was very talented and had great ambitions that he could not tell others, so he indulged in ideas such as opening up the country and glorifying his ancestors all day long. Although he has his own set of balance theories in terms of power tactics, but sitting in the imperial city, the information channels are blocked, and what he can see is often what others want him to see. Therefore, in the view of Charles II, Since the orcs attacked Efta, it can basically be called "successful news".
Efta suffered a large-scale attack, and several cities were almost breached...
The important fortress was occupied by orcs, and the traitor Sally was alone...
Many cities have no power to resist, so they can only close their cities and defend to the death. They will soon run out of ammunition and food, and floating corpses are everywhere...
If the letters on Charles II's desk were all true, then the orcs would have already taken half of Efta by now. But the real facts were covered up by these colorful battle reports. Just like the letter in the hands of Charles II at this time, the content on it reads: "A large army of orcs assembled to attack the city of Elson. The owner of the city, Rody, was frightened and led a small group of troops to flee in advance."
Later on, it described in detail how Rody fled in a hurry after the orc troops approached, with the words "this is the information blocked by the city of Elson, and the residents of the city don't know about it", which made Charles II clap his hands and laugh after reading the letter: "Okay!" A 'Cabinet Prime Minister', huh, who can run faster than anyone else when he encounters an orc!"
"I thought he might become an opponent worthy of my attention, but I didn't expect him to be so vulnerable, tsk tsk..."
The monarch threw the letter to the side, and then said to Earl Mirno, who was always bowing his head and standing aside: "I know your difficulties, the orcs have never been like humans. They are all tribal, and the chief refuses to accept it." Discipline is a normal thing. This time, you suffered a loss because you don’t understand the orcs, look... Earl Moore has solved the problem, there is nothing to worry about, and you don’t have to blame yourself.”
Milno has always maintained a guilty and repentant attitude since he came in to report. It is too shameful that the Bergen territory is used as a granary by the orcs. It was a big mistake, so now he puts on this posture to let Charles II understand his loyalty and "difficulties".
It now appears that the emperor has apparently forgiven him. Because according to the current battle report, as long as the group of orcs outside the imperial city are resolved, Charles II can then prepare to recover Efta—the power of the royal family will also take an unprecedented big step from this moment, and then the entire Karen The kingdom will gradually be merged into the territory controlled by the royal family...
Thinking of this, Charles II was full of pride, and waved his hand: "You have worked hard these days without credit, Mirno, you are my most trusted right-hand man, so for you, any reward is deserved."
He patted Mirno on the shoulder and promised: "When Moore finishes cleaning up these green-skinned savages, I will promote the war to conquer Efta. And you will also be the main force to participate in the war. As long as you can If Efta is defeated, then I will promise you three counties!"
These words immediately made Mirno very excited. The earldom of Efta is much larger than the rest of the kingdom. The three earldoms are combined into one, and the area is almost comparable to the entire territory of some small countries in the east.
He immediately knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Mirno remembers that all of this is bestowed by His Majesty, and the Mirno family will always be loyal to His Majesty!"
It's a pity that the drama of sympathy between the monarch and his ministers has not yet ended, and a new military report was handed over by the servant. Charles II took it with a smile, and said to Mirno: "At this time, it can only be Moore's news. It is estimated that he has already dealt with the orcs."
In Charles II's opinion, there was no need to worry about the outcome of this battle. He opened the letter, and the words on it were still as formulaic as before. Beads of sweat...