Alien world

Chapter 928 159. The Conspiracy of the Kingdom of Rekanel
《Annan Reeves, the former King of the North, cruelly assassinated the royal family! 》

The bold black title caught Annan's eye, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

It's not that the Kingdom of Rekanel is confusing right and wrong, but it's that they acted so quickly...

It has only been twelve hours since the assassination took place last night, and the Kingdom of Rekanel learned the news in just one night and printed tens of thousands of newspapers?
If they were this efficient, they wouldn't have been bullied like this by the ratmen, demons, and Annan.

unless……

"Did they plan this in advance?"

Ingrid didn't say anything and Annan continued reading the article.

The article tells the story of how the kingdom was invited by the empire, and Monzon, Cynthia and Anok led their team to participate in the victory parade, but were assassinated by the resentful Annan... The details are that what Isa did was blamed on Annan.

It is interesting to note that it was not only Monzon who died in the news, but also Cynthia and Arnold…

In the king's "script", the three of them were destined to die here in order to frame Annan.

However, no one expected that Isa, who "yearned for freedom", was actually the king's man.

The article later describes Annan’s cruelty to the royal family and the empire’s protection, which put the Kingdom of Rekanel in a weak and helpless position.

If it were just this, at most the Kingdom of Rekanel would want to throw dirty water on Annan, but Annan glanced back and saw that his name was on the entire page and even on other pages...

Is this a special period just for him?

Annan read on with great interest.
The story of "Annan" begins from his childhood. He robbed treasures, raped maids, and collected heavy taxes... But because of too much distortion, Annan was separated from this "submission to Annan". It was like watching a villain with the same name and surname who did all kinds of evil, started doing bad things since birth, and would kick old ladies when he saw them passing by.

The only thing that is true is a certain article revealing that the real Levis Reeves is dead and the current Annan Reeves is a fake.

"Will anyone believe it?" Annan looked up and asked Ingrid.

"Even if only one in ten thousand people believe it, there are still many people."

"You're right, where is Olmedo?"

"The City Lord's Mansion is waiting for you."

"I'll be there right away." Annan turned around and said to Francois, "I'll leave Moonlight Street to you."

"let me see?"

Leaving the newspaper with him, Annan followed Ingrid back to Liberty City.

……

In the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Olmedo and Itilia were both there and had been discussing for a long time.

This saved Annan from having to think: "What do you think of the actions of the Kingdom of Rikaner?"

"To be honest, it's not surprising." There are traces of this conspiracy, and even Olmedo wants to do it: "I was planning to let Evelyn accuse them in the next issue of "Voice of Freedom", but I didn't expect them to be so anxious."

"It's a lie after all. If it's not too loud, no one will care." Annan said, "What I wonder is, they killed three of their tribesmen and then made up another lie that was so unbelievable. Why?"

"Annan, have you heard the story of the reverse-blooded centaur?"

Annan shook his head. "The Nixue Tribe was once a powerful centaur tribe, but every beginning has an end. No matter how powerful an empire is, it cannot avoid the fate of decline. In the frequent civil strife, the future patriarch was born. He told all the centaurs that they shared the same blood and that the foreign races outside the grassland were the real enemies. He exaggerated their evil and slaughtered them in a bloody and brutal way, thus saving the tribe that was about to split."

"Big sister, do you mean that I am the 'alien'?"

“That’s what they think at the moment.”

Olmedo added: "If the Kingdom of Rekanel really wants to use us to ease internal conflicts, this is just the beginning... Next, they will probably do everything they can to incite the people and intensify the conflict with us."

"Then let them do it."

Liberty City has been invincible since it floated into the air. What else can they do as a country hiding in the north and being forced to survive by the ratmen?
"Don't take it lightly. The reason they are in this situation is because the ratmen are too strong, not because they are too weak."

Apart from anything else, the Kingdom of Rekanel still had at least three legendary wizards. Just for this reason, Liberty City had no way to deal with them.

Annan's eyes fell on the spread-out map. The Kingdom of Rekanel had moved to the northwest by the sea, just north of the old Violet Kingdom.

If they wanted to return to Xingyue Bay without taking a detour, that was the only way they could go.

Annan thought of someone: "How is Count Urmit?"

"He has been asking us for help for months."

"What's going on? Didn't we sell him an arcane energy core? Why is he asking for help?"

"The problem lies with that arcane energy core..."

In short, Count Urmit saw that Annan had a floating city, and he wanted one too. He led his men to search for treasures in the Violet Kingdom and finally gathered enough money. He bought an arcane energy core from Annan at the original price, and then he couldn't wait to raise the floating city... or floating village, while Free City was still staying on the ground.

So the problem arises. The continent of Allen is a magical place, and everything obeys the law of conservation of magic - even Martin has to eat a few apple pies before he is willing to work, let alone the floating city in the air.

Count Urmit soon discovered that life in a floating city was not wonderful. Water, food, resources... all needed to be sent up one by one. Although countless survivors came after hearing the news, these penniless people actually increased the burden.

He couldn't land because the ground was full of ratmen, and landing back would be like inviting the ratmen to dinner.

In order to survive, Count Urmit had to sell off his property, amass a fortune, and then - give it all to the Free City in exchange for supplies and help.

"They also want to sell us the land... but we have no use for it."

Knowing that it was not a Skaven invasion, Annan heaved a sigh of relief. Knowing that Liberty City was taking the opportunity to give out a lot of money, Annan wanted to praise Count Urmit——

But he had to pretend to be in a bad mood: "After all, the Earl is our friend, and he is fighting against the ratmen..."

"So the resources we sell to them are at normal prices," Olmedo said.

"Then let's wait and see what tricks the betrayer will come up with next."

The backhand of the Kingdom of Rekanel came faster than expected... The next day, a group of protesters appeared outside the Moonlight Opera House. Then news came from all over the country that many commercial streets were under siege.

But the influence of the Free City in Middle-earth is much greater than that of the Kingdom of Rekane. After all, they actually pay taxes and provide jobs. These people were easily dispersed.

On the third day, the protests escalated suddenly. People with ulterior motives led the poor people into the commercial street, looted and burned down a theater.

(End of this chapter)