Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 167 The Gorgeous Rebellion Against My King

12 month 31 day.

In a dilapidated and small apartment in Backlund East District.

Edesak stood quietly in front of the only shabby and narrow window in the apartment, looking into the distance, even in the East District, it was still clearly visible, with layers of gorgeous palaces and towering Gothic clock towers.

There is Sodlark Palace, the royal palace of the Loen royal family, where Edesak spent his childhood.

And tonight, there will also be a grand New Year's party.All nobles and members of the royal family in Backlund will participate in this annual feast to celebrate the New Year.

For those little-known nobles, this is undoubtedly a great honor, which can bring them unparalleled pride.Because in normal times, they are not qualified to go to Sodlark Palace, even if they just go to the outside.

Edsack stared at the gorgeous palace looming in the mist, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"When I was young, my father would kindly let me sit on his shoulders. At that time, he was so tall, majestic, and full of love. He once told me kindly: My son, the day you were born , the entire Loen Kingdom is whispering a name: Edsaac."

"During the coming-of-age ceremony, my father said proudly: One day, his life will come to an end, and I will finally be crowned king!!"

Edsack's eyes were a little blurred, and he murmured in a low voice, half proud and half nostalgic.

Triss sneered, mocking mercilessly:

"I'm sure George III didn't say anything like that."

Edsack is only the third prince, and his right of succession can only be ranked third.As a qualified king, George III would not say such things even to the eldest prince who is the first in line heir, let alone Edesak?

Edsack came back to his senses, but he was not angry at her words. He just looked gently at the girl in front of him who was wearing a plain long dress, with a round face, slender eyes, and a gentle and sweet temperament, and said with a smile:
"No, he did."

Triss stared at him for a long time before sighing softly, "You're crazy."

"I'm not crazy." Edsack shook his head with a very serious expression.

Triss didn't reply, but just turned her head and looked out of the window, looking at the layer upon layer of gorgeous palace in the distance.

Triss suddenly asked in a low voice: "Are you sure?"

"No."

Edsack shook his head and said frankly, "As you can see, I'm just a low-sequence Extraordinary, and I'm even worse than you in terms of strength. How do you think I'm sure to overthrow the royal family that rules the strongest country in the Northern Continent? "

Triss frowned and reminded:

"Although the Witch Sect believes in a true god, this is Backlund. Among the comments of the three righteous gods, He dare not descend. And the Witch Sect is not considered powerful even among secret organizations, and there will be no There are a lot of high-sequence powerhouses. And the two sides are just using each other, far from mutual trust. The Witch Sect will not send angels to assist, only a few saints at most."

"I know."

Edsack looked at the girl's eyes more and more tenderly, and said softly, "You have told me many times."

"Be normal."

Trisde frowned slightly, and said angrily, "I told you, I used to be a man, and I was bigger than you when I took it out!"

Edsack nodded, and said seriously: "I know, you have said this many times."

But before Triss got angry, Edsaac shrugged again, pointed to the gorgeous palace in the distance, and asked:
"Do you know what it's called?"

There was a fire in Triss's heart, but she still took a deep breath to suppress her anger, and answered his question with a crisp voice:
"Sodlark Palace."

"Correct."

Edsaac nodded, and said seriously, "It's called Sodrak Palace. In ancient Feysac, this word means 'balance'. Although the royal family is cooperating with the Witch Sect, but with my father Because of his character, he will never trust the Witch Sect. Therefore, he will definitely introduce other secret organizations to compete with it, so as to achieve the balance he wants."

After a pause, Edsack continued, "Of course, I prefer the Witch Sect to be the one introduced."

Triss frowned, thoughtful.

Edsack opened his hands, as if embracing the new dawn, with a look of fanaticism on his face:
"Tonight, I will present a magnificent rebellion to my dear father!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blows, engulfing the cool morning air, blowing a refreshing, disgusting, rancid air into the house.

Edsack felt nauseous for a while, bowed his body and almost vomited.

Trisqiong wrinkled her nose and complained:

"This is the East District, it's a slum, do you think it's your luxurious manor? Really, what kind of windows do you want to open!"

While complaining, Triss stepped forward and reached out to close the dilapidated window on the stained wall.
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Queens, the luxury villa of Earl Hall's family.

Outside a living room on the second floor, there was a dull knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Come in~!"

The girl's crisp and sweet voice penetrated the door and reached the ears of Ember standing in the corridor.

He twisted the doorknob, pushed the door open, and was greeted by Audrey, dressed in front of a full-length mirror, and many maids standing behind her, helping her to dress.

Audrey held up the skirt and turned around, with a slight smile on her face, revealing two small and cute dimples, and asked with a little expectation:
"Does it look good?"

"very beautiful."

Ember gave a compliment, and at the same time tugged on the bow tie.

"Then this one."

The corners of Audrey's mouth raised slightly, showing a smile with a little pride and joy under the watchful eyes of the maids.

Ember stretched out her hand to the girl, and asked in a rather gentlemanly manner:
"So, beautiful Miss Audrey, shall we go?"

Audrey raised her chin slightly, and gracefully handed the hand wearing elbow-length gauze gloves to Ember.

Ember took the girl by the hand, went down to the first floor and came to the living room under the surprise gaze of the maids knocking on CP.At this time, Earl Hall and Hibbert were sitting on the sofa, and they immediately smiled when they saw them.

Earl Hall's eyes were full of love and pride, while Hibbert quietly gave Ember an encouraging look and a thumbs up.

"dad."

Audrey's face was full of excitement and excitement about participating in the New Year's party, and she asked curiously, "Aren't you going together?"

"You go first."

Earl Hall smiled and said, "Hibert and I still have some things to deal with, and we'll be there soon."

"Ah."

Audrey nodded obediently, and didn't ask any further questions.

She just let Ember lead her out the door reservedly and gracefully, walked through the red carpet laid out in the garden, boarded the luxurious carriage that belonged to her, and drove towards the Sodlark Palace.

Although there is still a period of time before the New Year's party, noble young men and women will always be unable to suppress their excitement and rush to the palace with their servants ahead of time. This is normal, very normal.

In the living room, Earl Hall watched the two of them leave the villa, but the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said calmly:

"Don't tell your sister about that."

"I see."

Hibbert nodded solemnly, but soon a trace of worry flashed across his face, and he asked hesitantly, "But, can we really succeed in doing this?"

"Why not?"

Earl Hall chuckled, "The prime minister supports us, and the nobles of the entire Loen Kingdom are on our side. Even the royal family, even the royal family cannot and dare not ignore our opinions."

Hibbert nodded silently, but it can be seen from Earl Hall's always slightly dignified eyebrows that he is not as sure about this matter as he said.

Outside, in the luxury carriage driving on the spacious road, Audrey's original expression of excitement and excitement disappeared, and she became a little nervous.

Audrey whispered:
"Father and the others have something to hide from us."

Ember withdrew her gaze from looking at the street outside the window, and said softly:
"It should be related to the royal family. Earl Hall was hypnotized by the royal family. This touched the interests of all the nobles. They wanted an explanation from the royal family."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully, but soon thought of the purpose of their trip, and her expression became weird.

Dad, they just want the royal family to give an explanation, so they will definitely not embarrass the royal family at the New Year's party.And the royal family will definitely compromise on this matter, but this is not because of the nobles' common hatred, the power of the nobles is not worth mentioning to the royal family.But after all, there are still three major churches standing behind the nobles, and the behavior of the royal family this time not only violated the interests of all the nobles, but also touched the bottom line of the three major churches.

With the support of the three major churches, the nobles have enough confidence.And no matter what the reason is for the royal family, they will definitely give in.

But this plan will not succeed at all, because after tonight, the entire situation of the Loen royal family will be completely changed!

"Dad didn't tell me what they were going to do because he didn't want me to get involved, but they had no idea what we were going to do."

Audrey thought silently, feeling a little proud and excited.As for the tension and slight uneasiness of overthrowing the royal family, it had disappeared as early as the moment the royal family hypnotized Earl Hall.
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Queens, Sodrak Palace.

George III sat on the throne, staring at the woman in evening dress with a cold expression:
"Georgina, it's been three days, tell me the results of your investigation."

Grand Duchess Georgina took a step forward and reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, all traces of Edesak have been covered up. The person who made the move has the ability to counter divination and anti-prophecy, and is of a very high rank. Even Prophecies and divinations at the saint level can't capture any traces of Edsaac."

Georgina bowed her head deeply, not daring to look up at George III's expression, lest she offend the majesty.

George III said coldly:
"The Church of Steam is unwilling to help?"

Georgina shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Bishop Horamick said that the Heart of the Machine needs to rely on '2-111' to deduce the real culprit behind the 'Becklund Great Smog' incident, and cannot lend this sealed item. But They also promised to continue to track down Edesaker's whereabouts and notify us immediately if there are relevant clues."

A trace of helplessness flashed in Georgina Augustus' eyes, and anyone could tell that the Church of Steam's remarks were completely refusal.But that is the Orthodox Church after all, and before their plan is completed, the royal family has no ability to contend with it, and of course it is even more impossible to snatch it from the Church of Steam.

Moreover, since the 'Great Smog of Backlund' incident was easily resolved by an angel who 'just happened to pass by', no one in the Eastern Region died in the smog.Not only did this completely fail the royal family's plan to cover up the disappearance of the population in the Eastern District, but it also attracted the focus of the investigation by the three major churches.Because it is easy for them to find out that there are still a large number of innocent people missing in the East District without one person dying.

Although the three major churches don't care about the Eastern District on weekdays, there are more than 150 million people living there. Including those unregistered black households, there are at least 200 million people in the Eastern District!

And a large part of these people are believers of the three major churches. Now that hundreds of thousands have disappeared out of thin air, it is impossible for the three major churches not to pay attention.Even if the royal family makes a timely remedy, destroys all remaining traces, and disturbs the sight of the three major churches, and at the same time handles anti-divination and anti-prophecy on related events, but doing so itself will leave traces .The three major churches can completely follow the vines, and it is only a matter of time before they suspect the royal family.

Therefore, even if the royal family's pursuit of the traitor Edesak was justified, they did not dare to act too outrageously, because this would likely further arouse the suspicion of the three major churches.

George III asked in a deep voice:

"Where are the nobles?"

Georgina breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that George III didn't care about her faux pas, and said quickly:

"Agusid restarted the investigation of the 'Assassination of Duke Negan' case, and rejected the independent investigation of MI[-], and invited Extraordinary from the three major churches to join in the investigation. At the same time, Earl Hall has been frequently Contacting other nobles seems to be trying to contact all nobles to put pressure on the royal family. Shall we..."

"Don't mind him."

George III said indifferently, "It's normal for him to have grievances, and all he wants is an explanation. As long as there is no more outrageous behavior, ignore him. Also, let Hvin Rambis come to see me."

Georgina nodded silently. Earl Hall is only going around contacting the nobles. This is certainly to put pressure on the royal family, but at the same time it also sends a signal to the royal family: this is a matter between the nobles and the royal family, as long as the royal family gives an explanation Just nothing.

And "extraordinary behavior" naturally refers to the three major churches.

It is nothing to pressure the three major churches. After all, the strength of the nobles is nothing compared to the royal family. Without the support of the three major churches, they would not be able to compete with the royal family.But as long as Earl Hall did not explicitly introduce the three major churches, there is still talk, and the royal family can tolerate his "willfulness".

George III waved his hand and retreated:
"Go back."

"Yes."

Georgina bowed respectfully and slowly exited the palace.

But George III, who was on the throne, suddenly became gloomy.

Even the divination of the saints could not find any traces, and at least one angel provided shelter for Edsaac.And it is definitely an angel with anti-divination and anti-prophecy power, and there are only a handful of ways with this ability.

And among them, the 'secret' of the Church of Evernight is undoubtedly one of them, and it is the most outstanding one.

In other words, it is very likely that the Church of Evernight is secretly sheltering Edsaac!

This is not good news for George III, especially as his plans have been thwarted time and time again.If this continues, his plan to become a god may end in miscarriage.

"Snapped!"

George III crushed the armrest of the throne, a trace of cruelty and determination flashed across his face.

His plan to become a god must not be disturbed by anyone, not even a god!

(End of this chapter)