Heart of the Castle

Chapter 807 Soul Bound, Message Blocked
Just as the winter of 592 in the Dawn Calendar was about to pass, a sudden cold wave hit the recovering Arthur Kingdom. The bone-piercing cold wind blew from the extreme arctic ice sheet, sweeping across manors, villages, towns and fields, even Not even the Silver Frost Mountains that stretched across the middle of the kingdom could stop the cold air from moving southward, and even the four southern counties, which had always been warm and humid, had heavy snowfalls one after another.

This heavy snow caused huge economic losses to the Kingdom of Arthur, especially in the unprepared four southern counties. Many refugee camps in the deep mountains were cut off from the road by the heavy snow, and some temporary shacks were crushed. Tens of thousands of people died of severe cold and hunger.

This was a tragedy that should never have happened.

Most of the villages and towns in the four southern counties have returned to the hands of King Arthur's army. The resistance of the remnants of the demons is very weak in front of tens of thousands of elite troops. Only the last few strong castles and fortresses that are dangerous and inconvenient for the army to launch an offensive are still barely there. hold fast.The messengers holding the crown and double sword banner had already spread the order from King Arthur to every refugee camp, asking them to return home as soon as possible and start the reconstruction work after the catastrophe.

However, the leaders of these camps did not all obey the orders either because of timidity or selfishness. Some even ordered the gates of the camps to be closed forcibly, prohibiting all people from entering and leaving, and led their cronies to the wall with bows, arrows and long guns.

They don't want to give up the power in their hands, even if this power has never been recognized by Arthur's court; they are more afraid of the ensuing revenge. Butcher knife in hand.

King Arthur’s court’s order did contain words such as letting go of the past, but there were also stern warnings that the culprit must be held accountable. Many leaders of refugee camps did not dare to pin their lives on the fact that the refugees who were exploited, blackmailed and blackmailed by them could be closed. Keeping their mouths tight, the only way they could think of was to use the power that fell into their hands when they were facing a disaster, to contend with the conquest troops sent by King Arthur's court, and to bargain after a fluke.

This heavy snow wiped everything out. Their ambitions, crimes, and lives were all covered under the tens of centimeters of white snow, and thousands of innocent or not so innocent lives were buried with them.

However, compared with the harsh natural disasters, the political turmoil in the Kingdom of Arthur is more violent and terrifying. Perhaps this invisible storm did not cover up so many lives like a blizzard, but the lives it swallowed—from a certain In one sense - the quality aspect is much higher.

The initial turmoil came from rumors that Queen Fleischer had been assassinated.An incautious royal squire stumbled past the regent's chambers, and through the half-closed door saw Queen Fleischer lying in the arms of the regent, Levisstone, while a knight - the royal squire swore it was the regent The king's squire knight, the young ice dragon knight Grun Worm - knelt before them, with a blood-stained sword beside him.

The royal attendants didn't dare to listen, because Sir Rodriguez's cold voice had already sounded, "Master Levi," he vaguely heard the legendary black armored knight say loudly as he slipped away, "The news must be read It is tightly sealed, and all witnesses must be secretly imprisoned until the dust settles. Otherwise, I am afraid that there will be an uproar in the Kingdom of Arthur..."

What happened next made the royal attendant even more terrified. Two important officials of the kingdom who had gone to see the regent disappeared inexplicably. Immediately afterwards, news came that Queen Fleischer was seriously ill and was bedridden.At the same time, countless big crow messengers soared into the sky like dark clouds and flew in all directions. There is no doubt that they sent more accurate information to the commanders of the Griffon Knights.

Without hesitating for a long time, the royal servant passed the information he had seen to a family he was loyal to, and after the family received the information and carefully verified the authenticity, they immediately linked up with other supporters of King Regent Li Weiston. A resentful royal nobleman.

Now is not the time when the capital of King Philmeyer has just fallen and the kingdom is in turmoil. King Arthur's army who regained the lost ground will send back news of success every day, while the remnants of the demon army are rapidly collapsing, and there is no way to fight back.Even those country bumpkins have already felt that the evil disaster is coming to an end, and these nobles who are more well-informed are of course no exception.

If one year ago, Li Weiston was still a banner against the demon army, now this young man has become a thorn in the eyes of all the nobles of the kingdom whose interests have been damaged.The cake of power will always be only so big. At the beginning, the various families have divided it up completely, but now the piece owned by Levi Ston is much larger than the sum of other families. Of course, these people will have some dissatisfied.

Especially those hapless families who took the wrong side in the initial power game struggle.

The lords of the four southern counties were also panicked. Contrary to the northern counties, about half of the lords and nobles of the four southern counties died in the tragic retreat of the king's army, while the remaining half gave up their lives. For the lord's duty of guarding the land, he followed the remnants of the king's army and retreated all the way to the Holy White Stone Fort.When the entire kingdom was in a trough, their actions were understandable, and Queen Fleischer did not intend to deprive them of all their territories and titles. However, in order to reward the king's soldiers who regained the lost land, large tracts of land in the four southern counties were taken back. And redistribution has become an ironclad fact.

The news of Queen Fleischer's assassination became a life-saving straw for these people, and the practice of Lord Thomas Jonsen, who lost his reputation and life in Northern County not long ago, became their emulation.However, these people obviously did not agree with each other, and unexpectedly elected three heirs to the throne at once, one of which is said to be the illegitimate son of His Majesty the Dragon King Fidel and a certain tavern maid, the other is the son of Grand Duke Raul, and the last one is the heir to the throne. The child with the color of the hair - the gods can testify - is still in his infancy, and His Majesty Fidel must be so powerful that he can still have a passionate relationship with a red card from a brothel when he is dying of serious injuries. Fight all night.

The news leaked faster than expected, and the alliance of nobles whose interests conflicted with each other was simply a mess, and King Arthur's court never made any response, making these people think that they had a chance to win, and even more so when the overall situation was uncertain. fierce competition.Several reckless noble children even started to attack each other, thick smoke and flames then rose in the streets of the far-reconstructed royal capital, screams and exclamations one after another.

For the residents of a city, fire is the most terrifying demon. Even the noble children who were quarreling and fighting stopped, and turned their heads to look around in fear. "Damn it, which lunatic actually lit a fire?" Someone shouted, "This is the city we will rule in the future!"

No one could give an answer. There were hundreds of noble private soldiers holding torches high in their hands, and as long as there was a reckless man who was blinded by anger, he might set one or two houses on fire intentionally or unintentionally.Just when the crowd began to be restless, the two doors of the tightly closed Ashes Fortress suddenly opened with creaking sounds, and hundreds of heavily armed Griffin Knights and Ashes Knights walked out side by side. A majestic banner.

Those were Arthur's crown and swords, and the King Regent's golden griffin.

The head of the iron guard knights, Marquis Osiris, the green lion, stood at the forefront of the team, and the sharp blade of Fury of Nature seemed to be coated with blood under the firelight, "Belongs to the Knights of Ashes!" He said in a cold tone, At the same time, he put down the visor of the roaring lion to cover his too-beautiful elf face, "Follow me, we will wipe out the rebellion, and you will be killed!"

"Squeeze the rebellion, shoot and kill!" Hundreds of majestic and powerful voices chanted at the same time, and the gleaming swords and spears immediately formed a storm of destruction, advancing fiercely along the streets of the royal capital Fermeyer, sweeping all The stupid people who tried to resist were crushed to pieces, leaving only a piece of dark red blood mud where the iron boots passed.

Many nobles threw down their iron gloves and sabers and knelt on one knee to express their surrender. The Regent, Levi Ston, had always been lenient, especially before the rebellion caused real harm. They had reason to believe that they would be forgiven this time.

This time, however, they were wrong.

What fell on their heads was not a magnanimous forgiveness, but a resolute disposal like a thunderbolt.A total of 120 nobles with a title of Lord or higher on their heads were publicly executed, including more than a dozen members of ancient families well-known in the royal capital Fermeyer, and more southern lords who tried to start a rebellion.Although Li Wei did not throw the corpses of the dead who were charged with traitors into the wilderness as usual, but buried them on the spot, the water of the Oath River was still dyed red with blood, so that until night fell on the earth, it was still like a river. The blood-red streamer surrounding the white royal city.

From the beginning to the end, Leviston and Queen Fleischer stood on the top of the city and watched everything, watching the lives die, listening to their wailing, cursing and screaming.Both were very pale with weakness, but they refused to return to the warm room where the wood was burning in the fireplace, but insisted on watching the execution.

The important minister of the kingdom at the round table, the eloquent Marquis Geralds, tried to dissuade the two of them from continuing to brave the wind and snow to watch this cruel scene on the grounds of taking care of their health, but Li Weiston's answer left him speechless. He spoke, as if the all-pervasive cold wind suddenly froze his flexible tongue.

"Luther King, the great sage who formulated the Brunhill Code, once said that the person who makes the death sentence must go to the scene and execute it with his own hands, or at least witness the whole process and listen to the last words of the criminal. I'm afraid those criminals are not as good as dead."

(End of this chapter)