General Dreshuka's repeated reminder made Prince Gasen fall into deep thought.
After a moment, Prince Gassen sighed tiredly and said, "So, General Dreshuka, can you really guarantee—"
"As long as the royal family grants me the authority to clean up the nobles in the western region, the military region will face the next difficulties together with the royal family."
"I see. Then I understand. This is what you want."
Prince Gasson handed the stamped contract he had prepared earlier to General Dreshuka. The contract was signed with Prince Gasson's name.
This means that General Dreshuka's "loyalty" is specifically given to Prince Gasson. Because this contract is mandatory and is guaranteed by magic, General Dreshuka cannot betray the contents of the contract no matter what - but the same is true for Gasson.
After this transaction, the power of killing of the nobles in the western region was entirely at the hands of General Dreshuka.
As for Prince Gasson, the important purpose of his visit has been achieved.
In the future, the military district will be the loyal thugs of the royal family. In this way, he can avoid being like the regent at that time, who had no military force when he had no choice but to avoid it...
But why do I have such a strong ominous premonition in my heart now
After the meeting, Prince Gasson was about to return to his camp outside the city to rest. At this moment, a messenger delivered an urgent report into the meeting room.
The messenger rushed into the conference room directly, first looked at General Dreshuka, and then looked at Prince Gasen. A few drops of cold sweat flowed down his forehead.
In the end, he still forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart, and directly read out the contents of the urgent report in a voice like a drake:
"The capital has been attacked by a black dragon! The palace has also been attacked by invaders. The situation inside is unclear. What should we do now?"
This was obviously intelligence specifically given to General Dreshuka. But now, not only General Dreshuka learned everything in astonishment, but even Prince Gasson also learned everything in horror.
"What did you say?!"
At that moment, Prince Gasson made the frightened sound that only an old hen with its neck grabbed would make.
In short, on January 14, when Prince Gassen rushed back to the capital at a faster speed, what he saw was the burned-out wizard tower on the city wall, the round towers that were originally equipped with crossbows but were now only left with charred remnants, and the noble residential areas that were burned to the point of only one tenth of what remained.
It was terrible. It was terrible—seeing the tragic scene of the nobles' residential area being burned, Prince Gassen's panic had reached its peak.
The mage tower was burned down and many mages were killed or injured. The worst that could happen was that the royal wealth would continue to be used to recruit people and rebuild it.
By the same token, if the tower was burned down and the city defense equipment was destroyed, the worst that could happen was that the royal wealth would be used to rebuild it.
But the nobles in the noble residential area suffered heavy casualties. This is no longer a big deal that can be solved simply with "money", right?!
The nobles who were burned to death by the black dragon in the report all had their own connections, and the fact that nobles could live in the royal capital itself meant they were special.
Maybe he is the leader of a certain aristocratic circle, maybe his father is a founding father, maybe his territory can provide a lot of output...
In short, nobles who can live in the capital for a long time have extremely high influence! And the important responsibility of protecting these nobles lies with the royal family of the capital!
In other words, someone must take the blame for the invasion of the capital and the heavy casualties among the nobles.
At this moment, Gasson was extremely glad that he had made his niece a puppet and a target.
It was precisely because the Queen became a target that Garson was able to protect himself from such an unexpected incident... But then again? What about the Queen
His head maid should have immediately let the Queen take the blame after something like this happened!
At that time, all the punishment will be on the Queen. As long as she can give birth to an heir, all her value will be completely consumed - so, what about the Queen
Where is the Queen's statement? Where is the Queen's announcement
Where is she
Prince Gasen returned to his palace as quickly as possible in a daze.
Afterwards, in the messy palace where the bodies of the dead and wounded were being dealt with, he saw his head maid and a group of servants who lowered their heads and dared not speak.
"Gasen..." The head maid's face turned pale as she brought Prince Gassen to a lounge where no one would notice her. "The queen has been kidnapped."
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At this moment, Garsen seemed to be hallucinating. He heard the trembling sound of countless metals being struck. He did not hear clearly what the head maid had just said, so he could only cover his forehead in confusion, and then subconsciously asked:
"What happened to the Queen?"
The head maid looked outside and finally closed the door.
"The Queen has been kidnapped."
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This time, Gasson was completely stunned.
With eyes wide open, he stared blankly at his head maid, his heart twitching uncontrollably.
He only felt an unbearable pain in his heart. He lowered his head and subconsciously wanted to take a deep breath, but he almost coughed up blood in the pain in his throat.
The Empress, his niece, the puppet and target that the Roman Empire could not afford to lose—had actually been kidnapped?!
Or was he kidnapped in the heavily guarded palace? !
Garson couldn't believe that this had happened! But compared to what had happened, Garson's mind was undoubtedly working fast.
He knew very well what would become of the Roman Empire once the Queen was lost!
The only way to prevent the collapse of the Roman Empire is to let a person with Roman royal blood serve as regent during the period when the Queen is missing!
But the problem is, once he becomes the regent, all the bad things that are happening now will be put on Zaigasen. Not only will he have to bear all the responsibilities, but he will also be hated and loathed by all the nobles!
This was something he wanted to avoid at all costs - but the problem was, he was one of the last remaining members of the Roman royal family!
In other words, he could either watch Roman completely collapse... or become the target like Yang Hao at that time, bearing all the pressure, or... he had to order someone to find the queen before the situation became irreversible!
Garsen clutched his heart in pain. He collapsed on the sofa, while the head maid stood in front of him, using magic to relieve his pain.
"Where is the Queen? Didn't our people place a tracking spell on her? And where is the President of the Court?!"
"They were all kidnapped. Their marks finally disappeared in the southwest. According to the surviving wizard, the people who kidnapped the queen should have disappeared on the sea."
"Why did this happen? Didn't our wizard play a role?! What about the Night Witch? Didn't she do anything at all?!"
"Regarding the Witch of the Night, that's another matter."
The head maid turned her head away and sighed bitterly, "She... betrayed us. She is gone now. She has taken away all the documents in the Mage Tower. We don't even know where the Night Witch is now."
Another heavy blow.
If possible, Gassen wanted to capture the Night Witch immediately, and then use all kinds of torture to make this shameful traitor die in the dungeon... But unfortunately, the Night Witch's betrayal at that time was too heavy.
Her betrayal not only enabled the people who kidnapped the Queen to achieve their goal, but also caused heavy casualties among the Palace Guards and Imperial Knights in the trampling caused by the darkness, even though the casualties would not have been too great otherwise.
If it weren't for the betrayal of the Night Witch, all this could have been avoided! But she betrayed in the end... And after the betrayal, Garsen was unable to confront the Night Witch.
He could only grit his teeth and wail in agony... After taking the cold water handed to him by the head maid to calm the pain in his heart a little, Gassen took a deep breath.
At this point, there is still a chance to salvage the situation...
"How many people know about the Queen's news?"
“Those who knew have been controlled.”
"Tell them not to reveal even a single bit of information to the outside world, otherwise I will immediately execute their entire family! Also... immediately block any news about the Queen, and announce to the outside world that the Queen was attacked and seriously injured and must rest, and that she will not be able to rule during this period, and I do not have the authority to succeed the Queen."
"I know. But Garsen, you know we can't keep it secret for long!"
"So we have to ask the wizard to think of a way to make my brother's body move! He still has authority in the country. As long as he can move, even if he just sits on the throne without saying a word, the nobles below won't dare to say anything! Now let the trusted wizard come here immediately!"
"Regarding the coffin of the late emperor... Gasen, you should come and see it yourself."
The head maid smiled bitterly, helped Gasson out of the lounge, and walked step by step into the memorial hall under the gaze of others.
Gassen looked at the empty memorial hall, and saw that the place where the coffin should have been placed was now only the floor tiles of the memorial hall.
The pain in his heart could no longer be relieved. With a painful wail, others thought that Jason was crying because his beloved brother's body had been stolen. However, they did not know that Jason was in despair and pain because he had lost his last viable option.
Even my brother's body was taken away... Those beasts! They are just beasts!
It's fine if you kidnap the little queen and the president of the court. After all, they are women with political identities - there is no problem at all in kidnapping them!
But why did you take away the bodies too? And you took away two bodies, two!
Gassen seemed to see the nobles in the court discussing the empty throne.
If there was no emperor or regent sitting there for a short period of time, perhaps the nobles could wait patiently for two or three days.
But if not a single person is seen after a week... then the enraged nobles will probably cause trouble on the spot, openly asking about the Queen's whereabouts, and hoping to personally express their "condolences" to the seriously injured Queen.
Once that time comes, it will be useless for Garson to do anything. All he can do is delay, delay again and again - but if he keeps delaying, things will eventually get out of control...
So what? What? What can I do now to save the situation
Gassen covered his heart, his face becoming extremely hideous due to the pain... Many hallucinations appeared in front of him, and in the hallucinations he was forced into a desperate situation and had no choice but to sit on the throne.
Once he sits on that throne, all the anger will be focused on him. He will become the target of everyone's hostility.
But if he doesn't sit on that throne, all the power he longs for will vanish into thin air.
By then, the Roman Empire will be completely divided because of the unrest of the nobles, especially now that the entire Roman Empire has not yet recovered from the rebellion.
Not to mention... who kidnapped the queen at this time? Where did the Witch of the Night rebel
At some point, Gassen suddenly began to think about this question. At some point, the attendant that Gassen had hired stood beside him and subconsciously sighed:
"Disappeared at sea... Apart from the Alessians, the only people who were missing were the Isgardians."
Isgard
Yes! Ishgard!
At this moment, Gasson has realized that the only people who could have kidnapped the little queen could be the Isgardians!
Because in the end the tracking technique disappeared on the sea, and now the only maritime countries that the Roman Empire has come into contact with are Isgard and the Ares!
The Alesse people wanted to marry Roman, so it was impossible for them to attack the little queen.
They had already agreed on all the matters related to the marriage, but at this critical moment, they didn't wait for the engagement, but kidnapped the person first... Is this reasonable? This is definitely not reasonable! So it must not be the Alese people who did it!
If it's not the Aresians, the remaining ones can only be the Isgardians!
Just as Gasson was thinking about something angrily, the servant suddenly held a small object in front of Gasson.
Gasson looked and found that they were several orange-yellow bullet casings.
"The Alessians don't seem to use these things... The elves like to use longbows, so after thinking about it, maybe only the Isgardians would use these things."
"Uh..." Physical evidence, witnesses from tracking mages, and the dead and injured at the scene all indicate that it was all done by the Ishugard people!
In anger, Garsen didn't even think about why his servant had such a strange expression -
He only knew that it was all done by the Isgardians, so he had to take revenge on the Isgardians no matter what!
But on second thought, if I use this incident to condemn Isgard, I might get more respect from the country first.
Garson's pain worsened.
He sighed dejectedly, with an open hatred for the Isgardians in his heart, and planned to take care of some affairs in the palace before resting.
This treatment made Gasson's heart numb: because many of his supporters seemed to have died in the attack of the black dragon. Not only that, many nobles were even ready to impeach the royal family for their inaction in the audience hall...
It seemed he was running out of time. But where was Garson's last straw
He looked at the elite soldiers of Ares who had already entered the palace... Yes, it seemed that he still had the people of Ares to rely on!
Garson chose to grasp at his last straw.
On January 16, when the nobles in the court had reached the limit of their patience and needed to "meet the Queen", Prince Gasson, who had no intention of handling state affairs, stepped forward as a representative of the royal family and stated a new decree in the form of "exclusive order from the Queen".
"Considering the threat from the enemy at this stage, the Queen has decided to have Arese's elite soldiers protect our palace. She announced that the palace will remain closed until she can take office. Before that, she hopes that the nobles will not be emotional when attending court."
Gasen's decree made all the nobles look at each other in bewilderment.
Because this was the first time in Roman history that a foreign army was used to protect a country's palace.
Even when the people of Arese accepted Arese's request to send troops, the reason they gave was only "assisting in suppressing the rebellion" instead of moving into the Roman Palace
What's happening all of a sudden?!
Doesn't the Roman royal family have the power to protect themselves now? They have to rely on foreigners to take care of everything? !
The nobles were outraged, and after they put all the blame on the Queen, Gasson secretly retreated to his own lounge.
He was tired. He was really tired during this period of time. Not only was he extremely tired physically, but he was also exhausted mentally and spiritually.
He wished he could rest, but he couldn't rest yet... He was in great pain, and the only person who could ease his pain seemed to be the servant.
The servant always provides the service that Garson wants when he needs it most. Even now when Garson is almost desperate, the servant can use his flattery to make Garson feel better.
"Let me have a good rest... Stop bothering me with those dirty politics and noisy nobles. Don't let them bother me anymore."