Conferring the kingdom's first nobleman, and directly granting him a high-ranking title like an earl, proved Dane's determination.
Under the instruction of the high-level officials of the kingdom, Lieutenant General Palan has repeatedly stated in public that the Kingdom of Schindler greatly appreciates the good qualities of Earl Parrott, and will fully support the Countess' ascension to the throne of Grand Duke. . At the same time, Palan also said openly and secretly that Earl Ekla is not a suitable monarch. If he becomes the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Florence, it will bring another disaster to the country that has just recovered from He Ping.
This is a complete threat.
What is 'bringing disaster again'? Although the words are not so straightforward, I believe many people can understand the meaning - if Ekla really becomes the Grand Duke of Florence, then the Kingdom of Schindler would not mind using its military power to tell everyone in the world People in Florence, who has the final say in the end.
Under Palan's statement, many people were persuaded.
The Duchy of Florence really can't stand another war.
During the last war, Florence lost a bull collar, and the shame of unconditional surrender still pervades this country. Let them meet the wrath of the Schindlers again
Not many will.
Therefore, some grasshoppers who were wandering in the middle chose to retreat.
Ekla will not sit still. Secretly, he made a lot of moves.
For example, the riots of dock workers in Tarrence, the joint riots of several farms around Bauhinia, and even the fir collar, a territory owned by the former Earl of Sade, also saw mill workers riot.
These riots, for the time being, the Black Hand Academy has not found any direct evidence related to Earl Ekla, the son of the grand duke, he still has a certain level of work, and it is not so easy to catch his tail.
But in this world, many things do not actually need evidence.
From the analysis of motives, these riots ostensibly protest Schindler’s rule of Florence, or strive for more welfare benefits for their own groups, but in fact, no one will believe that there are some behind-the-scenes driving forces It doesn't matter.
Although, for the time being, the behind-the-scenes drivers found by the Black Hand Academy are some small nobles or some businessmen, but the Kingdom's foreign affairs department, the Black Hand Academy, and Lieutenant General Palan all basically regard Earl Ekla as the one who promoted all this. the culprit.
No one cares whether Earl Ekla was wronged or not. From Schindler's point of view, as long as we find it, then you are guilty.
Palan quickly attacked, and within three days, suppressed all the rebellions around the Bauhinia City, Port of Tarens, and the Fir Fir Territory, killing more than two hundred people and detaining thousands of people. Awaiting trial.
At the same time, when the competition for the succession of the Grand Duke of Florence was at its fiercest, the Black Hand Academy weaved a bunch of charges, waiting to be filled by Earl Ekla.
After solving the problem of the riot, Palan began to plan a surprise attack on Earl Ekla.
The earl lives in his own mansion in the City of Bauhinia, which is a heavily guarded place.
The grand duke's son obviously didn't feel safe. In addition to nearly a hundred personal guards who belonged exclusively to him, the troops of the Holy Alliance stationed in the city of Bauhinia also sent hundreds of elites to station in his mansion.
Palan had to plan carefully if he wanted to do it. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the operation, if you want to quickly take down a mansion with 200 people garrisoned, at least a thousand people will have to be invested. And once the scene is really made so big, the army of the Holy Alliance stationed in the Bauhinia City may also join in, and the situation will become very complicated.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Palan decided to gather all those who have the right to inherit the Grand Duke's seat in the square of the City of Bauhinia in the name of a 'Gathering of the Principality's Heirs'.
In name, this should be a close contact between the heirs and their future subjects, but in fact, Palan planned a series of actions, just waiting for that time, after Ekla left the mansion, he carried out a surprise attack, Arrest this guy.
The subsequent handling of Ekla has nothing to do with Palan, and the Kingdom's Foreign Affairs Department will take over this matter. All he had to do was grab Ikela and keep him from dying.
At the beginning of the matter, there was not much difference from Palan's plan. As a lieutenant general, he has enormous influence in the city of Bauhinia. In the entire country, more than 90% of the military forces are under his command, and no one dares to be disobedient.
The three children of the Grand Duke of Florence—Count Ecra, Countess Parrot, and another daughter who received little attention, as well as several nephews and nieces of the Grand Duke—were all present.
Although there are many people, in essence, this battle for inheritance rights is limited to Ikela and Parrot, and the others are just here to serve as a background board and make soy sauce.
The rally soon started. Several heirs distributed some food and snacks to the coming people, and then stood on the high platform to preach to their propagandists.
Everything is no different from an ordinary rally for national support, a public speech.
Until, at several street corners around the square, a large number of heavily armed soldiers appeared and surrounded the whole square.
The people who didn't know why were extremely panicked and stayed where they were at a loss. The soldiers of the Sixth Army didn't come up before they got violent, and divided into several small teams to 'protect' the people. The rest of the staff began to move towards the temporary high platform in the center of the square.
There were 20 or 30 personal soldiers around Ekla, and after the appearance of the surrounding Schindler army, they were very nervous to protect the Earl.
They even tried to catch Parrot who was next to him first, but on Parrot's side, they were obviously prepared in advance. The sturdy soldiers of the two squads are all composed of the elite of the elite who were killed from the battlefield in the Sixth Army. After being hacked to death three or four people, Ekla's men did not dare to act rashly.
They didn't move, and the guards protecting the countess didn't plan to move too much—anyway, there were a thousand soldiers of the Sixth Legion surrounding the square outside, and it was difficult for Earl Ekla to fly even with his wings.
But the duke's son is obviously not willing to let him go without a fight, and he seems to have made a plan for the current situation.
I saw that a servant beside him took out a scroll from his arms.
That's clearly a spellcaster!
As Ekla, it was not too difficult for him to find a spellcaster as a follower.
This spell caster should be a genuine mage. It seems that he has at least the strength of the fifth ring, which means he is at least a ninth-level intermediate mage.
A mage of this level possessed quite powerful spellcasting abilities. At least, spells like random doors, and even remote random doors, have entered their spellcasting list.
But at the moment, the flashing arcane light is just the prelude to casting a long-distance arbitrary door. The reason for using the scroll is obviously to speed up the casting speed. After all, activating the spells sealed in the scroll is faster than constructing spells and casting them yourself.
Any door, the distance that can be teleported, the limit is about two to three hundred meters, the exact distance is closely related to the strength of the caster. However, even if it is an archmage, it is impossible to teleport over a distance of 500 meters with any door. This is the limitation of the spell itself.
As for the long-distance arbitrary door, it is another spell, which can be teleported at a distance of ten kilometers to twenty kilometers.
This is the life-saving hole card that Earl Ecra holds in his hand. A ninth-level mage, using a scroll, only needs three to four seconds at most to complete the casting of a long-distance arbitrary door. At that time, he will be able to teleport from the square at the center of the storm to a place ten kilometers away in an instant—that is the secret base he prepared.
At that time, the Schindlers, who have not achieved their goal but made such a big move, will surely fall into the pressure of public opinion. The Holy Alliance will not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely criticize Palan violently.
As for him, he can escape from the city from the secret base he prepared, and then find a way to contact some of his supporters in the Principality, and then get some help from the Holy Alliance, so there may not be a chance of a comeback.
But, he was a little too naive.
He really thought well, but when another arcane light appeared on the scene, it shattered his thoughts into pieces on the spot.
Not far away, Lieutenant General Palan, who was in the private room on the top floor of a high-end club, was observing the scene with a glass of wine and the help of Eagle Eye.
When Ekla's mage retinue began to cast magic, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This hunt, which has been prepared for a long time, if the prey can escape under the nose, then Palan will not have to continue to sit in his current position.
As for Ekla, he was so naive, thinking that he had an escape spell as his hole card, so he could sit back and relax.
Schindler's magical power has never been as weak as the outside world thinks. Perhaps, the Schindler region in the past was indeed a magical desert. However, when Dane arrived, the existence of the three mage towers in Cormyr, above ground and underground, and White Wolf Castle, greatly expanded Schindler's magic power. There are not a few drow, elves, and human mages. In the future, the dwarven rune masters of Emhar, the shamans of the Warsong clan, and the demon warlocks of Lava City will greatly expand the magic power of the Dane forces.
As far as the moment is concerned, there are more than three high-ranking mages just by Palan's side, serving as his magic advisors in Florence. One drow, one elf, one human, three mages of three races, proficient in three different directions, can basically solve any magic problem that Palan encounters—as long as it is not too serious.
As far as the moment is concerned, the long-distance arbitrary door spell released by a middle-level mage using a scroll is certainly not a serious problem for the Schindler army with three high-level mages sitting in command.
The two mages of the elves and the drow are too lazy to do it, but the human mage casts the spell in advance, and a dimensional anchor must go down. In the area where the spell takes effect, all magic that has not yet been activated or completed and involves the ability to teleport , they were all directly suppressed on the spot.
Ekla was dumbfounded.
He had never imagined such a scene at all.
Looking at each other with his mage servant, Ekla wanted to ask with his eyes if there was any other way, but he could only see panic in the eyes of the other party.
It's also why the sorcerer's followers didn't panic. He could feel that the opponent who just released the dimensional anchor had a spellcasting level that was at least higher than his own, at least reaching the level of a high-level sorcerer. This was not something he could fight against.
After the last resort failed, Ekla had no room to resist, and he could only catch him without a fight.
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Compared with the extremely fast and extremely decisive actions of the Schindlers, the army of the Holy Alliance in the City of Bauhinia is very slow.
When Parrot had been protected by the Sixth Army and Ekla had been put under house arrest in a hotel, the army of the Holy Alliance had just arrived on the battlefield.
What can they gain? You can only reap the mess of one place.
Palan also badly threw the order maintenance and cleaning work of the square to the army of the Holy Alliance.
The chief officer of the Holy Alliance stationed in the Bauhinia City came to the door quite angrily. While asking for an explanation, they also strongly condemned Palan's actions, which violated the "Silver and White Agreement" and were a breach of peace. The Delaires handed over Earl Ecra as soon as possible.
Paran paid no attention to the group.
He didn't intend to kill Ekla, just put him under house arrest. After Parrott inherited the title of Archduke and became the first female Archduchess in the history of Florence, it is possible for Ekla to be released—it is only possible, if this kid decides not to cooperate, then Permanent house arrest is not impossible.
You have to believe that the Schindlers will be able to do this kind of thing.
For Palan, this is considered a solution to a serious problem in his heart. I believe that after Ecra is brought under control, Parrot, with the strong support of Schindler, will be able to sit firmly on the throne of the Grand Duke, and then as time goes on, Ecra, who is under house arrest, will be very important to the country. The influence of those forces here will also become smaller and smaller.
At that time, the endless riots and opposition forces that have emerged one after another should also gradually subside.
It is also because of these reasons that Palan's mood has rarely improved a lot.
However, this good mood only lasted for a few hours - on the night of Ekla's arrest, he escaped.