Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 174 Why Exists

On the evening of the last day of 1349, Audrey officially came of age in a social sense.

Also on the same day, the current King George III of the Loen Kingdom was assassinated.

When the nobles arrived, they saw only the ruined palace and George III sitting on the throne with a cold body.

They even saw the two archbishops of the Church of Storms and the Church of Steam, as well as Duke Georgina and Prince Sonia at the scene.The first two are the archbishops of the Orthodox Church, genuine saints.The latter two, as important pillars of the royal family, are undoubtedly demigods.

Even if the nobles didn't know exactly what happened, they could still guess that the king was successfully assassinated under the protection of at least four saints!

This discovery made the scalps of the nobles tingle, and when they thought of Duke Negan who was assassinated a few days ago, some people were unavoidably panicked.

But soon they thought of a more important question, that is who will be the next king?
A family cannot be without an owner for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day.

Although the death of the king made them extremely sad, choosing a new king is the top priority right now!

Compared with other nobles, the expressions of some nobles headed by Earl Hall are quite subtle, because they are all believers of the Church of Evernight.

As we all know, there are three Orthodox Churches in the Loen Kingdom, and the archbishops of the Church of Storms and the Church of Steam are present, but the Archbishop of St. Anthony is missing. Does this represent the Church of Evernight's attitude towards the royal family in a sense?

If this is the case, then how should these nobles who are believers of the Evernight Church deal with themselves?
Earl Hall lowered his head slightly, and glanced at Prime Minister Agassid not far away from the corner of his eye.

Prime Minister Agusid was standing beside the dark blue officiant at this time, as if he was looking for information.He turned around keenly, caught Earl Hall's sight, and shook his head imperceptibly.
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In a lounge of Sodlark Palace, Hibbert felt like pins and needles, pacing back and forth in the room nervously.

When the news of the king's death reached the party hall, although the queen was heartbroken, she still took immediate measures - the nobles followed her to the scene to check the situation, while the families of the nobles returned to their respective lounges, During this period, no one can leave Sodlark Palace.

"Crack!"

The door of the lounge was suddenly opened, and Earl Hall with a tired face returned to the lounge.

Hibbert immediately went up to him, and asked in a low voice uncontrollably:
"Father, how is the situation?"

Earl Hall glanced at the impatient eldest son, but did not scold him, shaking his head and said:
"His Majesty the King was assassinated and died, and the assassin was captured on the spot. Don't worry too much, we can leave early tomorrow morning."

"The assassin caught it?"

Hibbert breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked a little strangely, "Father, who is the assassin?"

"It's a Sequence 6 witch named Triss Cheek."

"Sequence 6? How is that possible... Wait, Triss Chick? Triss!"

Hibbert first thought it was impossible, how could a Sequence 6 witch successfully assassinate George III.But soon he remembered another thing - the third prince Edsaac hid the witch, colluded with the witch sect, harmed the people, fled in fear of crime three days ago, and is still wanted.And the witch who was hidden by him was Triss!

Hibbert's eyes were full of disbelief, and he said with difficulty:
"Is it the third prince?"

"Yes."

Earl Hall nodded, and then sighed softly, "We all underestimated this third prince, including His Majesty the King. In order to assassinate the King, he got at least five saints to break into the palace. Not only did he successfully assassinate His Majesty the King, he even Killed a holy man of the royal family!"

"Five..."

Hibbert found it hard to turn his thoughts around.

If Edessaac gathered five Beyonders, he wouldn't be so surprised even if they were mid-sequence Beyonders.But these are five saints, five saints comparable to the archbishop of the Orthodox Church, genuine demigods!
Where did he know so many demigods?

Hibbert subconsciously blurted out:

"Is it the Witch Sect?"

"Very likely." Earl Hall nodded slightly, and the information he had could only allow him to draw this inference.

From his point of view, Edsaac absconded in fear of crime because of collusion with the Witch Sect, and the Witch Sect was also on the blacklist of the Loen Kingdom—even though the Witch Sect was a frequent visitor to the blacklist.

And because of this reason, both Edsaac and the Witch Sect hated George III to the bone.Both sides are not normal people, and it is entirely possible to directly entangle several saints into the palace at the same time.

Hibbert thought of another important question and asked:
"What about Prince Edsac and those saints?"

Earl Hall said vaguely:
"They're all dead, that's what the royal family says."

Hibbert understood immediately.

The royal family said so, which means that the fact is exactly not the case——

It is very likely that Prince Edsac killed someone and left safely. After all, he is a saint, so how can he be so easy to kill?
To save face, the royal family will of course declare that the murderer has been killed on the spot.

As for the truth, who cares?
Just like the death of Duke Negan, most people are not interested in who is behind the scenes.

And now it's the same--

It doesn't matter who killed the king, what matters is that the king is dead and a new king will be established!
Hibbert's expression moved slightly, and he asked cryptically:
"Father, do we want the eldest prince to..."

"Need not!"

Earl Hall shook his head and reminded, "The eldest prince is the first heir."

"clear."

Hibbert nodded solemnly. The eldest prince is the first in line of succession, so even if they do nothing, the eldest prince is also the first in line of succession.

In addition, the eldest prince has always been closest to these veteran nobles, and can best represent their interests.

In contrast, the second prince knows that he is not the opponent of the first prince, so he is closest to the emerging bourgeoisie.

That is, the House of Lords supports the eldest prince, while the House of Commons supports the second prince.

The former represents traditional power and influence, while the latter has massive wealth and even the support of the king.Yes, although these people are far less powerful and influential than the noble class, they have the support of the king.

Because just like the name 'Sodrak Palace' means 'balance' in ancient Fuysac, what the king wanted was balance.

It is not a good thing for the royal family that the nobles have too much power, so the king has always been suppressing the House of Lords and the nobles, and strengthening the power of the House of Commons.The increase in the power of the House of Commons also indirectly gave the second prince the ability to stand up to the eldest prince, which was essentially the 'balance' that the king wanted for this.

But now that the king died, the balance was broken, and the ownership of the throne became a game between the two forces.

And in this regard, the nobles have a natural advantage——

Those who participated in the New Year's party were all nobles, that is to say, those who came to participate had to have at least titles.

Although there are also many members of the House of Commons who have won knighthoods with the support of the king, these people are a minority after all.

Most of the MPs were kept in the dark and had no idea that the king was dead.

In addition, the eldest prince is the first in line of succession. As long as there is no accident, his succession to the throne is a certainty.

Even taking a step back, even if the eldest prince loses and the second prince ascends the throne, it will not do any harm to Earl Hall——

Because besides being a veteran aristocrat, he is also a successful banker, and his relationship with those members of the House of Commons is not bad.

So even if Earl Hall does nothing, he can still sit on the Diaoyutai.

As for the death of the king, Earl Hall's senses are undoubtedly complicated.

The double-anti cooperation has always been quite pleasant. Although the king is suppressing the nobles, Earl Hall's interests have not been seriously damaged.Although the previous 'hypnosis incident' was very unpleasant, Earl Hall even contacted the nobles regardless of the influence, and prepared to confront the king.But it is also limited to confrontation. He has no ability to overthrow the king, let alone launch a coup.

Being able to force the king to retreat and give him an explanation is already the greatest victory.

As a result, the king died just like that, and the original plan was naturally aborted and ended without a problem.

Earl Hall, who planned to go bankrupt, was not much depressed about this, but his mood was a little delicate.

He is hypnotized and the king is assassinated.

Hypnosis can be lifted, but the dead king cannot be resurrected.

When this happened, Earl Hall could only sigh with emotion——

"Like!"
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Somewhere in Sodrak Palace.

Looking at the king's corpse in the crystal coffin, the queen suppressed her grief and said:

"Grand Duke Georgina, I hope you can tell me the truth, did the murderer escape?"

Georgina Augustus said softly:

"Your Majesty, just as I said, the murderer is dead.",

The queen wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at the woman in an evening dress, and said hoarsely:

"Haven't you ever thought of leaving someone alive?"

Georgina had a bitter look on her face:
"Live? If Archbishop Horamick hadn't rescued me in time, even I would have almost died in their hands. How would I be caught?"

Georgina feels a little terrified in retrospect.

Those assassins broke into the palace with the idea of ​​risking their lives, they never thought of going back alive!

So even if they were besieged by two demigods, even if they were scarred and in danger, they never thought of running away from the beginning to the end.Otherwise, even if the two demigods joined forces, it would not be so easy to solve them.

And it was this attitude of seeing death as home that made Georgina extremely afraid.

After all, those red knights are saints!And no matter which side they are in, the saints are the absolute mainstay, but their fearless appearance is exactly the same as the dead warriors cultivated by the royal family!It's as if death is completely commonplace for them.

"it is good!"

The queen looked at Georgina expressionlessly, and said calmly:
"As long as they are dead, what about their corpses? Even if you can't keep your hands in the battle, and you miss them and smash them to ashes. What about their extraordinary characteristics? What about the weapons and armor on their bodies? Why didn't they leave anything!"

Georgina opened her mouth and was speechless.

Not because she couldn't answer the Queen's question, but because even she knew that her answer couldn't convince anyone——

The few red knights who broke into the palace were executed, but they left nothing behind.

There are no corpses, no armor, no weapons, and no extraordinary properties.

They left nothing behind.

If it wasn't for the corpses of George III and another royal demigod lying in front of her, if it wasn't for the pain in the wound on her body, and if it wasn't for Archbishop Horamick who personally testified for her, even she herself would have doubted whether it was true or not. a dream.

But Georgina couldn't keep silent all the time, and finally gave her own answer with difficulty, she said softly:
"The one who killed the king was an angel, an angel with at least Sequence 1. We didn't see the corpse, nor did we see Extraordinary characteristics, perhaps because those had already been taken away by 'He'."

"Angel……"

The queen's expression changed slightly. Why did a Sequence 1 angel come to kill a king himself?
If it was really the angel of Sequence 1 who shot it himself, then why did he let a few saints come to die?He could have killed saints like Georgina directly, then broke into the palace majestically and killed George III, and finally left gracefully.

With the strength of a Sequence 1 Extraordinary, the whole process can even be done without anyone noticing. Killing a Sequence 5 king doesn't have to be so troublesome at all, unless...

The queen seemed to realize something suddenly, and subconsciously looked at Georgina.
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On the other side, Ember, who was also left in the lounge, fell into deep thought.

George III's death came as no surprise, but it went surprisingly smoothly.

Leaving the Fool aside, he thought that at least one of the Twilight Hermit and the Church of Evernight would take action, but until George III was killed, no fourth party intervened.The Church of Evernight stood still, and the Twilight Hermit Society seemed to have never existed.Except for Hvin Rambis, a demigod suspected to be related to the Twilight Hermits, no trace was left behind.

On the contrary, Prince Edesak and the third-party forces he represented were completely beyond everyone's expectations.

And the power he uses is obviously different from the "Extraordinary system" of this world, and does not belong to any of the 22 paths.On the contrary, they overlap with some of the powers possessed by embers, and they share a common origin!
Ember murmured in a low voice:
"The Furnace Knight, the Black Blade Assassin, and the Dark Forsaken, why did they appear in this world at the same time?"

The person behind Prince Edsac might be able to give him the answer, but the other party doesn't seem to have the idea of ​​directly contacting him.

However, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

George III was dead, and his Sequence 1 Extraordinary Characteristics also fell into the hands of Ember, and the 'Dark Emperor' plan was declared bankrupt.

And no matter what kind of conspiracy the forces behind him are planning, it no longer has any meaning to Ember.

And until he thoroughly figured out all the secrets behind it, he would not spread the fire.

Because he first had to figure out why he spread the fire.

(End of this chapter)