Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 126 Monty VII (2)

"The war with the southern dukes?" Monty frowned, "Do you know what happened after King Lin?"

Did father agree to fight these dukes with Queen Lozaria?No, it's not like my father's style, and there's no point in fighting these dukes unless he wants to claim all these territories for himself.

"I didn't want to say too much, but for the sake of your politeness, I'll tell you." Melch Mostek replied, "Lozaria messed up, the surviving Marius S Jagoron, Yarus Pelke and the newly succeeded Felician Zarek convened the Kingdom Council in Rock Pit City. These three families were already close, and their combined army was enough to rival your father's imperial army. Balanced."

Although Mundy didn't think that the three dukes together could resist the empire, he didn't refute it. "You said it was the Kingdom Council, did they invite the Mostek family?"

"Of course, their messengers brought the news before my brother woke up." Melch said, raising his eyebrows, "but we won't be attending."

"why?"

"I know what they want to do, and the Mostek family will not let others lead them by the nose." He explained, "I will not bet the fate of the four white snakes on other people's choices."

"Then what are you going to do?"

As if expecting Monty to ask this question, Melch Mostek chuckled, "The queen of Hall of Ashes is no longer worthy to be the king of Vivalia, so we have to crown a new king."

"The new king?"

"That's why I'm here." Melch waved his hand and asked the jailer to open the iron lock of the dungeon. "The prince of Hastza must not miss the coronation."

The fat jailer walked into the dungeon and untied Monty's ankle chain, which made him a little uncomfortable with the sudden relief. His feet were so light that he could fly.

"It's time to see a real king take over." The black deer reached out and grabbed Monty, pushing him as he walked out of the dungeon.

The glare of sunlight outside the dungeon blinded Monty, who saw the light again. He turned to Melch and asked, "So you want to be kings?"

"No, self-proclaimed king is only suitable for usurpers." Melch's broad body was similar to Zhuo Ke's, but his body exuded a frightening smell, cold as death, and stench like a beast. "We just took the lily crown from the head of the illegitimate queen that didn't belong to her."

With that, he gave Monty another push, and he staggered on.The entire Bonestone City is gloomy, like a castle of ghosts, and the cold north wind makes Monty sneeze, and the inner castle is actually colder than the dungeon in summer.

"But you put the lily crown on her yourself, didn't you?" asked Monty without looking back. "The dukes could have chosen Rudomir Corva, but ended up making the youngest Lazaria the Queen."

This may be the retribution your selfishness deserves, and Monty didn't say this from his heart.

"When she was chosen, no one thought she was a lunatic who wanted to kill us all, did they?" Melch snorted, "It is the birthright of dukes to choose a king, and so is deposing a king. "

"Queen Lozaria said it was for the death of her grandfather, King Rezad Korva. What happened back then?"

"No one knows the truth, or those who know the truth have long been buried." Melch replied, "Lozaria was not even born at that time, so what does she know? She treats Jun Yan as a joke, and her grandfather The dead blame is on our heads, a person who does not know the weight of his own words is not worthy to be the ruler of the kingdom."

The more he came into contact with the politics and history of the Vivaria Kingdom, the more Monty felt lost in a bunch of unclear questions.King Rezad was assassinated by his guards. There is only such a sentence left in the history books, but there are different opinions about the reasons for the assassination, all of which are stories passed down by word of mouth.Everyone has a different story, and whose word should he believe?
They walked through the inner courtyard, up a winding staircase, along a lifeless corridor, past guards wearing breastplates engraved with the family crest of four white snakes, and walked into the carved stone snake door among the hideous stone pillars.

The hall of the Mostek house was brightly lit, and Monty found a rare warmth in it.When the people gathered inside saw Melch, they knelt down or bowed respectfully, as if they were waiting for his arrival.

Monty looked across the Pale Hall, and the stairs of bones he saw confirmed the stories he had heard before.Under the black throne at the end of the hall are five steps, all made of bones, the bones are twisted and uneven, the surface is bare but intertwined like silver thorns.

The bones of this first tier belonged to Borno Snowpe, the last governor of the White Field Province, and his family, but whose were the other four tiers?Thinking of this, Monty couldn't help but feel scared. If he died here too, his bones might become new-order materials.

And sitting on the black high seat on the steps was the "Duke of Bone" Lek Mostek who was unconscious before.He slumped on the seat with his neck crooked, his mouth slightly open, his eyes dimmed, and his thin face seemed to be more slender than before.

"Go." Melch asked Monty to follow him, and he walked forward while showing off his spoils.The duke's two sons and his wife were at the front of the crowd. When Melch walked up to them and patted the shoulder of the eldest son Simon Mostek, the latter's eyes were full of worry and concern. fear.

The old priest in gray robes stood beside Lek Mostek and waited for Melki, holding in his hands a crown made of white bones carved into a snake entwining a lily, and they Made a crown of his own.

After approaching the "Duke of Bone", Monty realized that his eyes were a bit strange: Lek Mostek's eyes were not only dull, but also extremely empty, his loose dark brown eyes were not focused on any point, he It looks like an empty shell without a soul.

He remembered what the priests said when they were in Dark Anvil, that even if the body of the Duke of Bonestone wakes up, his soul will be trapped in a dream forever, living with the dream flower.

"Kneel down." Melch turned around and put his hands on Monty's shoulders, forcing him to kneel down on the ground. "Everyone, kneel down to me."

The huge hall was eerily quiet, only the sound of people kneeling silently rubbing their clothes against each other could be heard.Monty imitated them and lowered his head, but couldn't help but cast his eyes forward.

The white-bearded priest read the coronation words in Vivarian, and he prayed to the gods, may they bless the new king, but Lek Mostek, who was about to be crowned, remained unresponsive and remained sluggish mouth open.

"Enough." Melch called the priest to stop. He grabbed the crown from his hand, straightened his brother's body, and placed the crown on the head of the Duke of Bone with both hands.

"Lek Mostek, the new legitimate king of Vivalia," cried Melch, raising his fist. "Long live the king! Long live Mostek!"

After a moment of silence, bursts of shouts erupted in the hall. "Long live the King! Long live Mostek!" But Monty couldn't say it, he had only one strange question in his mind.

In the celebratory cries that echoed through the hall, did Lek Mostek know that he was king?
(End of this chapter)