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"But Hamlet advocates independence so much. If we do nothing, won't it make those rebels even more arrogant?"

The emperor received the news about Hamlet, and after being reminded by the minister, he quickly realized that this was an opportunity. However, he was not willing to be slapped in the face like this. The spread of these rumors was damaging his prestige, although there was no such thing. How many.

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

"Is that all there is to it?"

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

“Hamlet is in the north, and the rebels are before us.”

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the emperor fell back on his seat, his expression obscured by the shadow.

Of course the emperor wanted to send an army to send Hamlet to heaven.

But he actually knew that the empire was in a mess now, and there was no way he could abandon the rebels in front of him and run to the north, otherwise he would take action when Count Bastia lost control.

"That's it..."

The emperor waved his hand, knowing in his heart that what the minister said sounded good, but in fact it was all nonsense.

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

Facing the rise of Hamlet, we can only say some self-deceptive words and make some unrealistic fantasies.

The minister exited safely. He was one of the few people who could appease the emperor. But that night, someone saw two corpses being carried out of the palace. No one knew how they died, but the cold wind deep in the palace was like a ghost crying and a wolf howling. Even more terrifying...

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

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

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

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

But Lance demands more than that. The real audience of these messages should be everyone. He wants the empire and even the whole world to know about Hamlet.

If you want to spread news on a large scale, you mainly rely on the bustling commercial activities of Totnes. Those caravans need to travel to many places, especially those adventurers who need entertainment in the high-pressure mission life.

Among them, it is a very common way to show off by spreading news that has not been heard elsewhere in order to gain others' attention.

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

It is the help of these people that makes Hamlet's existence reappear in the eyes of the world...

However, following the caravan in just a few days caused the news to appear all over the empire, even the capital of the empire, St. Helier.

It started to spread from the adventurer's tavern, and everyone was curious about this place called Hamlet, and even took the initiative to explore it.

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 like revenge dramas the most.

A family that was once glorious and then fell after being attacked by the emperor finally rose again under the leadership of the heir, then regained the territory, punished the traitors, and exposed the conspiracy, which is a lot of fun for ordinary people.

Although the turmoil did not involve the capital, it spread to almost half of the empire's provinces. Moreover, the exorbitant taxation and expropriation as the civil war continued made ordinary people more dissatisfied with the emperor. They did not dare to express it directly, but this kind of slap in the face plot is still very Match their mood.

In addition, everyone under the shadow of war needs a stable environment as a psychological sustenance. Some people even began to inquire about Hamlet's location, or some old people talked about the prosperity of the year...

But those high-level officials spent money to get more information, and their judgment was the same as that of the emperor. Hamlet came with bad intentions!

Hamlet was horrified by what he did to the nobles, the church, and some merchants during his reconquest of the territory.

No matter how you fight, everyone is within the rules of the nobility. After the fight, you still want to be a nobility. What do you think?

This is equivalent to a group of dogs suddenly jumping out of a tiger. Regardless of whether the tiger attacks or not, even just staying there makes the dogs feel uneasy.

On the contrary, they are not surprised that the emperor was involved in Hamlet's affairs, because everyone is not a fool. From the emperor's intervention in Owendo, and his many interventions in the Hamlet area, he followed other people's approach to balance, and created three barons, and a lot of chaos. knight collar.

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

If they were concerned at the beginning, it would be a bad reputation and it would be difficult to get support.

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

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

Those nobles who have long been dissatisfied began to think that the core of their conflict with the emperor is power, which cannot be reconciled because both sides cannot 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 even many adventurers run back from Hamlet.

The circulation of information makes it even more difficult to understand the full picture of Hamlet in the already complicated situation.

Some people keep praising the public security, clean streets, and high efficiency of Hamlet.

Some people are dissatisfied with the many restrictions and the suppression against them, such as imprisonment and fines.

Of course, the most terrifying thing is those who have experienced extreme darkness and blood moon. Whenever someone asks, even the most experienced adventurers have a trace of fear in their expressions. They don’t say what they have experienced at all, 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 know it, which is why she is 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 glimpsed a trace of strange power in the dark and successfully broke through, 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 out with two holy objects.

Do you want to say that she really cares about Hamlet? Yes, but more for herself.

Because after coming out, she heard that Hamlet was in trouble, and thought of her own breakthrough situation, and immediately remembered what Lance said to her at that time, and realized that her problem might be related to that.

But when she was halfway there, she suddenly felt that the abnormality was alleviated, and when she arrived in Totnes, she heard that Hamlet's problem had been solved, which made her fall into a dilemma.

Because when her own problems were temporarily suppressed, she had to consider the price she had to pay to go to Hamlet to contact Lance.

Tamara is not a child. She was busy improving herself before, but after she came out, she had time to get in touch with more information and could think carefully.

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

Amanda was marginalized and even cut off. She became a person who seemed to be non-existent in the organization from the seeker of the past.

The teacher told her that Amanda had lost the trust of the organization because she was more and more inclined to Hamlet, and on the contrary, she was perfunctory about the organization's orders.

Now the organization is increasingly dissatisfied with Hamlet. If it weren't for the reluctance to give up the pharmaceutical business and intelligence transactions, I'm afraid it would have been a long time ago, but they also noticed something was wrong, so they asked her to come for review.

Tamara knew very well that this was an inspection, because she was also protected by the lord to go back. In the eyes of many people, she has the label of Hamlet. She can only be recognized by getting rid of this label.

It would be a lie to say that she had no ideas. It would be impossible to give up easily after enjoying the convenience brought by the organization.

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

If she can really do something here to prove herself, she is confident that it will not be difficult to become an elder as long as she practices for a few years and steadily advances in the future.

On the contrary, Amanda, that fool, has fallen, and now she may not even break through to the master level...

For the values ​​of the Roma people, betrayal seems to be nothing, as long as the benefits are enough to cover the risks.

If it were an ordinary noble lord, she would offer her loyalty without hesitation, but the problem is that the lord of Hamlet is that man.

She has been in Hamlet for a while, and she saw with her own eyes that the elders could only bow to the lord, and that the corrupt situation actually improved rapidly, all kinds of anomalies were suppressed, and now even the territory was recovered.

It is precisely because of this that she is in a dilemma. On the one hand, she wants to be recognized by the organization, and on the other hand, she does not want to offend the lord.

She can only stay in Totnes and wait and see on the pretext of investigation, while seeking opportunities to break the situation, and the target she chose is Sera, the person in charge here.

But she also felt that she was suppressed by Sera, the person in charge here. This place was run by that guy tightly. As an outsider, she was considered careful not to be sunk to the dock.

Even if she realized that something was wrong, she just couldn't find it out. The account and all aspects were in line with the rules, and she couldn't use some shady means.

This is the distress after entering the power. She also has to abide by the rules. She is no longer the wanderer who ran away when something happened.

And she was afraid of the people behind Sera. It's okay if she can't find out, what if she really finds out?

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

When she walked out of the room, two guards in dancers' costumes came over. If someone familiar with them would find that this was not Sera's confidant, wouldn't it?

"Where is the envoy going?"

Tamara looked at the two of them with cold expressions. This was not something she brought from the organization, but was forced on her by Sera on the pretext of protecting her safety. She followed her wherever she went, but in fact no one knew that this was surveillance. warn.

"Where's Sera?"

"Sir Sera is not here, just give us any instructions."

"I'm leaving Totnes, you don't have to bother following me." Tamara didn't pay attention to the two of them at all, and left simply after saying a word.

At this moment, she seemed to have found the freedom that came and went like the wind when she was wandering, and the world could not stop her...

And Sera really didn't miss her. Now she is in a gorgeous manor in the inner city. In Totnes, where land is extremely valuable, it is still in the inner city. Owning such a manor shows that the owner has an extraordinary status.

Of course, these were the only customers that ordinary people couldn't handle. She, the person in charge, could only communicate with them and explain them in person. Not only did she collect the information, she even took the initiative to talk about her experiences in Hamlet.

That place was also very scary. Let’s not talk about the cult. Last time, she almost died due to the invasion of the deep divers. There were also phenomena such as extreme darkness and blood moon...

Of course, heroes are rare in other places, but in Hamlet, they appear together like cabbage.

"You have never seen the lord take action. Didn't the people you put in also see it?"

The elegant and somewhat questioning tone came, which made Sera feel nervous for some reason, as if the blood flow in her body had accelerated a lot.

"I have never seen that lord's actions. The only record I can refer to is that he defeated [Martyr] Brother Martin and his follower, Priest Burning Candle, in public and imprisoned them.

But those of us around him were very secretive about this, leaving only one sentence - no one would want to become the enemy of the lord. "

The strength of an extraordinary person is all based on abilities, and information related to this battle is particularly critical. Once the skills are targeted, it will be difficult to use them even if they have the strength.

So asking about someone's battle is basically peering into someone else's true vitals.

Not to mention that Sera has never seen her and doesn’t know, and even if she has seen her, she doesn’t dare to tell her. How could she betray her business partner for a little profit?

“What if I add money?”