our family is gone

Chapter 805: News Spreads
"But Hamlet advocates independence so much. If we do nothing, won't it make the rebels even more arrogant?"

The emperor received the news about Hamlet, and with the reminder of his ministers, he quickly realized that this was actually an opportunity. However, he was unwilling to be slapped in the face like this. These rumors would damage his prestige, although there was not much to begin with.

"Then spread more false information to confuse them. What do ordinary people know? They listen to and believe anyone."

"Is this the only way?"

The emperor's tone was slightly dissatisfied, and his body leaned forward slightly from his seat, full of oppression.

"Hamlet is in the North, and the rebels are before him."

As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, the emperor leaned back on his seat again, his expression obscured by the shadow, and nothing could be seen that was unusual.

Of course, the emperor wanted to send his army to send Hamlet to heaven.

But he actually knew that given the mess the empire was in now, it was impossible for him to abandon the rebels in front of him and run to the north. Otherwise, he would have taken action when Count Bastia lost control.

"So be it……"

The emperor waved his hand. He knew in his heart that what the minister said sounded good, but was actually all nonsense.

Even if there was no Hamlet, there would be Totnes and rebels. Now the empire does not listen to him at all. This emperor is acting like a clown.

In the face of Hamlet's rise, we can only speak self-deceiving words and have some unrealistic fantasies.

The minister left safely. He was one of the few people who could appease the emperor. But that night, someone saw two bodies being carried out of the palace. No one knew how they died, but the cold wind deep in the palace was like the howling of ghosts and wolves, which was even more terrifying...

The intelligence system previously built by the Roma in the Empire was paralyzed to a certain extent due to the failure of the psychic network, but there is no efficient means of information transmission in this world, so after the initial pain, the flow of intelligence slowly recovered.

The reason is simple. This is a huge market, and driven by profits, there is naturally a strong desire to recover.

The Roma still have some means of single-line communication. The difference is that they used to be able to access the Internet, but now they can only make phone calls, and more resources, that is, more ritual materials, are required.

High-end, authentic, and detailed information will circulate through these internal channels, putting the intelligence into the hands of buyers.

But Lance asked for more than that. The real audience of this news should be everyone. He wanted the empire and even the whole world to know about Hamlet.

The main way to spread news on a large scale is to rely on the prosperous commercial activities in Totnes, taking advantage of the caravans that need to travel to many places, especially those adventurers who need entertainment in their high-pressure mission life.

Among them, it is a common way of showing off to spread news that has not been heard of other places without any scruples in order to attract other people's attention.

That’s why Sera, who operates in Totnes, is so important, and why Lance is willing to trade with her.

It was with the help of these people that Hamlet's existence reappeared in the eyes of the world...

However, within a few days, the news spread throughout the empire along with the caravan, even to the imperial capital of St. Helier.

Starting from the adventurer's tavern, the news spread to everyone, and everyone became curious about this place called Hamlet, and some even took the initiative to explore it.

There is no way. There is really no entertainment for ordinary people, but scandals and conspiracy theories about the royal family are still very popular.

What’s more important is that ordinary people love revenge dramas the most.

A family that was once glorious but then declined due to the attack by the emperor of the empire, finally rose again under the leadership of its heir, and then recovered the territory, punished the traitors, and exposed the conspiracy, which is a very satisfying experience for ordinary people.

Although the turmoil did not involve the capital, it affected almost half of the provinces of the empire. Moreover, the heavy taxation and extortion during the continued civil war intensified the ordinary people's dissatisfaction with the emperor. They dared not express it directly, but this kind of face-slapping plot was very consistent with their emotions.

In addition, people living under the shadow of war need a stable environment as a psychological sustenance. Some people even start to inquire about Hamlet's location, or some old people talk about the prosperity of the past...

But those senior officials paid for more information, and their judgment was the same as that of the emperor: Hamlet came with ill intentions!
What Hamlet did to the nobles, the church, and some merchants during the recovery of the territory horrified them.

No matter how you fight, it is within the rules of the nobility. You still have to be nobles after the fight. What are you doing?
This is equivalent to a group of dogs fighting and suddenly a tiger jumps out. Regardless of whether the tiger attacks or not, just staying there makes the dogs feel uneasy.

On the contrary, they were not surprised that the emperor was involved in Hamlet's affairs, because everyone was not a fool. From the emperor's intervention in Owendo and his repeated intervention in the Hamlet area, they learned how to maintain a balance and create three barons and a bunch of messy knights.

However, Hamlet's incident did serve as a reminder to them that there was no point in continuing the stalemate. Perhaps they could learn from Hamlet and become independent directly. It was also normal for the empire to split into several small principalities. The emperor could not control them anyway.

If at the beginning they were still worried that doing so would give them a bad reputation and it would be difficult to get support.

But now it's different, Hamlet jumps out to help them bear the pressure.

Even if someone scolds them, they can say "Hamlet did it too."

Those great nobles who had long been dissatisfied began to think that the core of their conflict with the emperor was power, which could not be reconciled because both sides could no longer trust each other.

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Totnes, the point where the news about Hamlet first broke out, compared to those untouchable people, they often have ships sailing, and many adventurers even ran back from Hamlet.

The flow of information makes the already complex situation even more difficult to understand the full picture of Hamlet.

People constantly praise Hamlet's public security, clean streets, and high efficiency.

Some people are dissatisfied with the many restrictions and the suppression against them, and have been imprisoned and fined.

Of course, the most terrifying ones are those who have experienced extreme darkness and blood moon. Whenever someone asks about it, even the most experienced adventurers have a hint of fear in their expressions. They don't say anything about what they have experienced, but just emphasize that they will never go to that place again.

Others may not know why the news about Hamlet suddenly became popular, but Tamara must have known about it, which is why she was in a dilemma...

At the beginning, she fought for the opportunity to enter the observatory, but it was difficult to break through in her cultivation. However, she managed to break through after glimpsing a trace of strange power in the dark, but she felt that her spirituality was unstable and even polluted. You should know that the first time she was abandoned was in a similar situation, but this time she suppressed the abnormality and found an excuse to quickly run away with the two holy objects.

Do you think she really cares about Hamlet? She does, but it's mostly for herself.

After I came out, I heard that Hamlet was in trouble. Thinking about my own breakthrough, I immediately remembered what Lance said to me at that time, and realized that my problem might be related to that.

But when she was halfway there, she suddenly felt the abnormality eased, and when she arrived in Totnes, she heard that Hamlet's problem had been solved, which made her feel conflicted.

Because when her own problems were temporarily suppressed, she had to consider the price of going to Hamlet to contact Reims.

Tamara is not a child. She has been busy improving herself before, but after she got out, she has time to come into contact with more information and can think carefully.

In fact, when she was promoted to champion in such a short time, she could feel the organization's inclination towards her, or even a little exaggeratedly, a hint of flattery.

Amanda was marginalized and even cut off, and within the organization, she went from being the omen seeker to someone who seemed non-existent.

The teacher told her that Amanda had lost the trust of the organization because she was increasingly leaning towards Hamlet and was perfunctory in responding to the organization's orders.

Now the organization is increasingly dissatisfied with Hamlet. If they were not reluctant to give up the pharmaceutical business and intelligence transactions, they would have probably caused trouble long ago. However, they also noticed that something was wrong, so they asked her to investigate.

Tamara knew very well that this was an examination, because she was only able to return because of the lord's protection. In the eyes of many people, she was labeled as Hamlet, and she could only be recognized by getting rid of this label.

It would be a lie to say that she had no ideas. Having enjoyed the convenience brought by the organization, she would never give up easily.

But now he is the champion, one of the top leaders of the organization, qualified to lead an area outside, and only one step away from becoming a legend.

If she could really do something here to prove herself, and as long as she gained steady promotions over a few years of experience in the future, she was confident that becoming an elder would not be difficult.

On the contrary, Amanda, that idiot, has already fallen, and now she probably hasn’t even broken through to the master level…

Betrayal seems to be nothing to Roma values, as long as the benefits are enough to cover the risks.

If it was an ordinary noble lord, she would have offered her allegiance without hesitation, but the problem was that Hamlet's lord was that man.

She had been in Hamlet for some time, and saw with her own eyes that the elders had no choice but to bow to the lord, and that the corrupt situation had improved rapidly, all kinds of strange phenomena had been suppressed, and now even the territory had been recovered.

This is why she is in a dilemma. On the one hand, she wants to be recognized by the organization, but on the other hand, she does not want to offend the lord.

She could only stay in Totnes on the pretext of investigation and look for a chance to break the impasse. Her target was Sera, the person in charge here.

But she also felt that she was being suppressed by Sera, the person in charge here. This place was run tightly by that guy, and she was an outsider, so it was a sign of her caution that she was not sunk into the dock.

Even if she realized that something was wrong, she just couldn't find it. The accounts and all other aspects were in compliance with the rules, and she couldn't use any shady means.

This is the distress after entering a powerful force. She has to abide by the rules and is no longer the casual wanderer who runs away when something happens.

And I’m afraid of the person behind Sera. It would be fine if I can’t find out, but what if I really find out something?

So Tamara was trapped here until a new round of news came from Hamlet. The announcement was even more domineering, offending the empire, the church, and the nobility. At this moment, she, who was already a little tired of the world, understood the joy of Lance's freedom.

When she walked out of the room, two guards dressed as dancers came over. If someone familiar with them found out that these were Sera's confidants, wouldn't they?

"Where is the Special Envoy going?"

Tamara looked at the two men with cold expressions. This was not something she brought from the organization, but was forced upon her by Sera on the grounds of protecting her safety. They followed her wherever she went, but in fact, everyone knew that this was both surveillance and a warning.

"Where's Sierra?"

"Master Sera is not here, just tell us if you have anything to ask."

"I'm leaving Totnes. You don't have to follow me anymore." Tamara didn't care about the two of them at all. She just left after saying that.

At this moment, she seemed to have found the freedom she had when she was wandering, coming and going like the wind. The mundane world could not stop her...

And Sera really did not want to see her. Now she lived in a magnificent manor in the inner city. In Totnes, where every inch of land is valuable, and in the inner city, owning such a manor showed that the owner had an extraordinary status.

Of course, these are the clients that ordinary people cannot handle, so she, as the person in charge, has to communicate with them and explain them in person. She not only gathers information, but even takes the initiative to tell about her own experiences in Hamlet.

That place was also very scary. Not to mention the cult, she almost died last time because of the invasion of the Deep Ones, and then there were the extreme darkness and blood moon...

Of course, heroes are rare in other places, but they appear in large numbers in Hamlet, like cabbages.

"You have never seen the lord take action. Haven't the people you have planted seen it either?"

The elegant voice with a hint of doubt made Sera feel nervous for some reason, as if the blood flow in her body was accelerated.

“I have never seen that lord take action. The only record I can refer to is that he defeated the Martyr Brother Martin and his follower, the Candle Priest, in public and imprisoned them.

We who are around him are very secretive about this, and only said one thing: no one wants to become the enemy of the lord. "

The strength of a superhuman lies entirely in his abilities, and intelligence related to this battle is particularly crucial. Once a skill is targeted, it will be difficult to display it even if he has the ability.

So asking about a person's battles is basically prying into their true weaknesses.

Not to mention that Sera really had never seen it and didn't know it, even if she had seen it, she wouldn't dare to say it. How could she betray her business partner for a little bit of benefit?

“What if I pay more?”