Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 Jenkins questioned.

　　 "Yes, but you can only use one bribe to do one thing at a time."

　　 His Majesty the King replied.

"This is a bit unfair. You have prepared before the duel. This coin is obviously an extremely targeted prop. But I was called here by you without any knowledge, and I didn't even have the opportunity to talk to my family. Say that I can’t go home tonight. I don’t have any preparations. It’s unfair to me.”

　　 "But life is inherently unfair."

　　 Salhi II said:

"I'm in the prime of life, but I have to stay up late to play games with you here to decide the next heir. Do you think it's fair? Williams, you can win the game by any means you can think of. Correspondingly, I will do my best. There is nothing unfair about it, because this is life."

　　 "This is what you said, there is nothing unfair about it."

　　 Jenkins confirmed, and regardless of the other party’s reaction, he announced:

"After taking over the troops that her father left to guard the palace, Dolores's manpower also informed Her Royal Highness that her brothers had controlled the city defense troops. So Dolores first sent all the police officers on duty in the police station. When she went to the city, she shouted on the street to remind the citizens to be vigilant tonight. Something might happen; on the other hand, she gave up the Luen city area and gathered all the people willing to be loyal to enter the palace with her troops , And actively launched defenses. Of course, Wendy, Pryce and Ajelena also followed Dolores."

　　 "Let me remind you, this means that your side has taken a defensive posture and left all the Ruen city outside the palace to Salot. Are you sure you want to do this?"

　　Salhi II asked, leaning on the table with one hand.

　　 "Yes, this is not just my idea, Dolores will definitely do it."

　　 Jenkins leaned back in the chair and petted the cat.

　　 He didn't care how many backs were left by Salsh II. Now Alexia has gone to Run to gather the snowman army in the snow castle in the mountains-Jenkins gave her own walking stick as a token. As long as the army came to Ruen, Dolores couldn't lose even if she wanted to lose.

　　Jenkins of course also uses props in his own round. He thought about what he was carrying, and finally drew out a sin coin [year gem].

　　 "This is the crystallization of real years and time, representing a closed time loop and self-consistent destiny. This is not a general equivalent cast by any intelligent race, it represents the deepest secret in the world."

　　 He introduced it briefly, and then pressed the round gem on the board. The cat immediately rushed forward, but was held down by Jenkins, who was already prepared.

Chapter 1713 The first thousand six hundred and eighty-six chapters of the kindness under the steam cannon

"In our duel, this coin also serves as a bribery tool. But my coin is more valuable than yours. Therefore, while having the function of the coin you hold, once both of you bribe at the same time The same object, then this coin that represents the deep years will have a higher priority effect."

　　 Jenkins explained the role of [the gem of time].

　　 "Are you targeting me specifically?"

　　 Salhi II asked.

　　 "No, it just happened to have coins on him."

　　 Jenkins replied.

　　 Time will not be suspended because of the conversation between Jenkins and Salsh II. While the two of Nolan's game talked, the situation of Ruen was constantly changing.

　　 On Jenkins's side, his Dolores and the other two princesses all acted according to his ideas. While shrinking all the staff into the palace, they also sent people to search in the palace. Dolores herself didn't know what to look for, but from the conversation, she seemed to think that her father would definitely hide something in the palace before leaving Luen.

　　The situation on Sarhi II's side is not optimistic. The hint he gave is to give up looking for Dolores, and send some of the city's defense forces to maintain order in the city, and some to send out guards outside the city of Ruen.

　　 But the thoughts of the prince are completely different from those of his father, so the actions shown are also different from those of his father. After the start of this round, he almost immediately spread the manpower he could mobilize to every corner of the city of Ruen, and his goal was to find Dolores, Wendy, and Pryce.

　　The Stuarts who entered Ruen didn't know the conditions of victory, so the simplest idea was naturally to exclude competitors. But when Dolores withdrew into the palace, there was no fanfare, so when her brothers and sisters found out that she was not in the residence, they immediately launched a city-wide search instead of going to the palace to find her.

　　 This resulted in Salot achieving almost no results in the third round, and there was a clash between the defending forces and the police forces, and the two sides almost started a gun battle on the street.

　　 "It's really unlucky."

　　 The fourth round is about to begin, Jenkins whispered. Sarhi II looked up at him, and ignored the mocking:

　　 "Salot has been like this since he was a child. Although he is capable, his eagerness for success often makes him unable to grasp his true thoughts."

　　 "There is one more round. The Northern Guards Corps outside the city is about to enter the city. I think that the princes will probably start the defense battle if they have to."

　　 "No, although Salot has many shortcomings, at least he is willing to trust his followers."

　　 Salhi II points to the chessboard screen, where a red star is on the edge of the chessboard, which is outside the city of Ruen:

　　 "Although my oldest son ignored the potential risks tonight, his younger brother noticed. So..."

　　 Salot Stuart in the picture suddenly received a letter sent by his servant. After reading it, his face changed a lot, and he immediately went to the commander of the city guard.

　　 Although everyone in Nolan couldn't see the specific content of the letter, they probably guessed that the prince had found traces of military actions in the mountains outside the city.

"No one is perfect or omnipotent, even a king is impossible. Therefore, to lead a country, the most important thing is not to be omnipotent, but to know one's own shortcomings, and to find followers who can make up for this shortcoming. By."

　　 Salhi II said to the three daughters at the table. The three of them didn't understand why they had to say this to them, and they could only nod their heads to show that they heard.

　　 "Then next round, do you plan to let your sons deploy a defensive defense, or attack the palace to catch Dolores?"

　　 Jenkins asked, paused and then said:

"This is really amazing. If the Northern Guards Corps outside the city successfully enters the city and purges the nobles in the city, then your goal will be achieved; and if they are successfully stopped by Salot and his brothers, you The pieces of chess became the heroes who guarded Loen...It seems that no matter what kind of result, it is beneficial to you."

　　 "So, when making any decision, you must try to ensure that you are invincible."

　　 Salhi II smiled, he took a sip from his teacup, and Jenkins noticed that his hands were shaking. Even if the spirit is good, the body is not good anymore, and the ability to stay up late is no better than a strong young man like Jenkins.

　　 "Then in the next round, Salot will rely on the walls of Ruen to fully deploy defenses. He will search Ruen's armory and find something unexpected in it."

　　 "You don't hide a few steam cannons in the Loen Armory, do you?"

　　 "It's just a small caliber."

　　 The king said, "And there are only 30 doors."

　　 The princesses at the table looked a little strange, and Jenkins was also a little surprised.

Probably because of the principle and some reasons of steam technology that Jenkins does not understand, the power of the steam cannon in this world is far greater than all the firearms that can be called "cannons" in the other world, and because of safety, cost and transportation issues, even Luen shouldn't have so many steam cannons either.

　　 "You are really prepared."

　　 Jenkins said, but he wondered:

　　 "Since you said that tonight's matchup was a temporary stance, in your original plan, what are these steam cannons hidden in the armory used for?"

　　 The three princesses are also curious about this question, but they dare not say it directly like Jenkins. Salhi II covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice before slowly answering:

　　 "Once the army's progress in'cleaning' Luen is not satisfactory, then it will be replaced with these guns to'clean'."

　　'S tone of speech is very plain, but the meaning in the words really makes the scalp numb.

　　 "But that's your capital, do you really plan to do this?"

　　 Jenkins couldn't help asking again. He knew that the kings were hard-hearted, but he couldn't expect the other party to be able to do so.

　　 "The country can be rebuilt when it is gone, and citizens cannot move from elsewhere. If this can allow the kingdom to transfer power smoothly, then it is worth it."

　　 "啧~"

　　 Jenkins couldn’t help being speechless. Seeing him like this, the king of the Northern Kingdom said to him again:

　　 "If you plan to inherit Fedictelli, then sooner or later you will understand what I think. If you take responsibility, you will definitely look at the problem from a different position. When you reach my age, you won't have the same idea as you do now.

Although the instructions given by Sarhi II in this round are defense, one round only takes half an hour. The city of Ruen is so big, even if it is backed by the ancient city wall, it can be better to give up the slums around the city It’s a defense, but it’s also very difficult to prepare for the lack of manpower in half an hour.

　　Salhi II certainly thought of this, so before Jenkins started decorating, he took out a folded yellowed sheet of paper from his pocket. This is not modern paper, but a small piece of parchment that has been cut neatly.

　　PS: Judging from the current progress...I am afraid that this book will not be finished this month, and there are still a few major plots to be written.

Chapter 1714 Chapter 1687 Symbols of Power

　　 Salhi II showed the paper to Jenkins under the firelight of the fireplace, and Jenkins saw the above:

　　 "B-07-5-7325 [King Stanley's constraints]? This thing is actually in your family's treasury?"

　　 Jenkins was surprised that even the list of items provided by Dolores did not have the name of this thing.

　　 "Do you know what this is?"

"Of course I know that in the Twelfth Century, a human king sacrificed the entire family and exchanged divine magic items for deities with no recorded names. As long as those admitted as kings touched the parchment, every Read the words on the parchment in the early morning, noon and dusk, then the country under his control will never be rebelled."

　　 "So, has that country existed for a long time?"

　　 the eldest princess Yanni Stuart couldn't help asking.

　　 "No, that country was wiped out by an abnormal meteorite rain the next year, and no one in the country survived. After that, no king dared to touch it."

　　 Jenkins sighed and said:

　　 "So, don't ask for strength from any existence you don't understand. This is a very dangerous behavior."

　　 Salhi II didn't care, probably pretending not to hear the hidden meaning in Jenkins' words. He pressed the parchment paper on the blank space of the chessboard:

　　 "Take the ancient contract as an oath. In the next war, all combatants will not die easily. As a price, the farmland around Ruen will be harvested this year."

　　 "Oh? Are you sure you want to?"

　　 Jenkins asked in surprise, Salhi II did not help Salot, but helped everyone in the turmoil that followed. He can understand this behavior. After all, his children are his subjects anyway, but it would be too cruel to let the farmland fail.

　　 Ruen, the capital of the northern kingdom, is located on the edge of a rare plain in the northern part of the kingdom, backed by the northern mountains. This is an important production area in the northern part of the kingdom. Although there is only one crop a year, because of the amazing soil fertility, the farmland near Ruen can produce enough food to support one-seventh of the kingdom's population.

　　 "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for this."

　　 Salhi II said peacefully.

　　 "I'm really curious, where did you get this chessboard? Don't say it is in the royal treasury. I don't believe your family can collect treasures of this level."

　　 Jenkins finally asked this question.

　　 "It was given to me by the ancestor who gave me enlightenment and made me understand that there was a problem with my own practice."

　　 "Ancestor?"

Jenkins thought in his heart, guessing that the ancestors of the Stuarts were sending messages to his descendants. If that ancestor was really lucky enough to enter the kingdom of dominance because of the ice shooter chess piece, he would “appear again” at the current point in time. "And giving instructions to future generations seems to be acceptable.

　　 Jenkins was after Salhi, and Jenkins continued to give Dolores instructions to keep the palace. Although Dolores has fewer manpower, but the firearms are abundant, and the palace itself is built on a small hill in the middle of the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is much easier to defend the palace than to defend the city of Ruen.

　　 Jenkins also did not forget the avatar of Salhi II who was missing, nor did he forget that the Duke of Rodbyr had an item that Salhi II asked him to keep. So Dolores directly used the "crime symbol" to bribe the duke to obtain the item.

　　 "Are you sure you want to consume that old coin?"

　　 "Of course, aren't we taking out the props just to use it?"

　　The use of this item in the duel is only a symbolic use, it does not consume the [year gem], but the gem will no longer be regarded as a chessboard item after that, and cannot be placed on the board again during the duel.

　　 "Finally, this is the item I want to place this round."

　　 Jenkins took out another coin from his pocket, this time a green wooden coin that represents profanity:

"The blasphemy born from the most terrible knowledge, the sin drawn from the depths of the soul, this is the meaning of this coin. It is a priceless treasure, representing the deepest secrets of the world. The role of this coin, and The one that will be used this round is the same."

　　 slap~ press the coin on the table, and then stop the cat trying to pull the coin again.

　　 "You don't bring a lot of this strange currency with you, do you?"

　　 Salhi II asked.

　　 "Of course not, I only brought four of them."

　　 Jenkins is telling the truth, but it seems that even the princesses at the table don't trust him.

　　 Ruen’s situation changed rapidly. Less than ten minutes after the start of this round, Salot received accurate information and learned that a heavily armed army was marching towards the city from near the snow-capped mountains. But fortunately, in the last round, another Stuart from the Salot camp discovered the traces of the northern guards in advance, so although it is a bit hasty to arrange defense, it is at least not too late.

　　 Of course, no one knows the purpose of this army yet, and Salot doesn't want to fight his own people in his own country somehow. So he had already sent an envoy to inquire about the purpose of the army, but it was only a short while before receiving a reply.

On the other side, Dolores arranged for a search in the palace, but did not find what was left by Sarhi II. So just like Jenkins thought, she directly "bribered" Luo with the first sin coin symbol. The Duke of Debyer, the Duke also surrendered the thing he was entrusted with-the heirloom ring of the Stuart family, which symbolized the identity of the head of the family.

At the moment when Dolores got the ring from the Duke of Rodbyr, who was kneeling on one knee, Sarhi II at Nolan’s table spoke to all the people in the city of Ruen in the tone of reading official documents. Tuyat said:

"In 1866 on the General Calendar, at the end of the Eighteenth Era, the Stuart family will decide the next king through a sacred duel. In the duel between Stuart and Middleton, the victory condition is the city of Roen. It is completely controlled by one party. It is difficult to completely control the city through normal means overnight. Therefore, when one party gathers three objects that symbolize national power, it automatically wins."

"I knew it."

　　 Jenkins, who was sitting across from Salsh II, smiled and said:

　　 "You didn't plan to let your children fight for the throne in Luen."

　　 "Why should I let them fight for their lives, Viscount?"

　　 After the aging king finished speaking the rules, his spirit suddenly became as bad as the beginning of the game. The eldest princess walked behind her father to beat him on the back, but instead of speaking to her, Salhi II said to Jenkins:

"This time I just want them to show themselves as much as possible, instead of letting them kill the last person. Although I am harsh on myself and have a little unkindness to the country and my subjects, at least I still care about my family. Yes. You have to remember..."

　　 changed this sentence to say to his daughters: