Chapter 44: Squeeze the Throat
"To avoid the destruction of this country," Oga said with a heavy tone, "we need a new king and a new messenger."
Although I had a premonition of such blunt words, Robin still felt the chill out of his body when he heard her say it so straightforwardly.
"What does it mean?" Robin narrowed his eyes.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Oka held his forehead with his fingers, showing an exaggerated expression of surprise. "Our Lord Selected seems to be not very familiar with the history of the kingdom."
She chuckled, "Or, you're used to the life of collecting bread in Bingfeng, so you can't think about the meaning behind the history of the kingdom?"
Robin frowned, looking unhappy.
Grand Duke Aojia is not only the legendary poisonous snake, but also the poisonous tongue.
Can these great masters really tolerate her thorny personality in her words?
Robin was deeply suspicious of this.
...
From Oga's words just now, Robin probably knew something-
That is his true identity, and it was not concealed as the king and the god envoy hoped. It is estimated that the grand dukes here have long understood that he was summoned.
But so far, although Oga's words have some hints, it still has not made this point clear.
Robin didn't say anything, looking at Oga coldly, waiting for her explanation.
"Since Olivia became king." An old voice sounded, and the oldest Duke of the five great dukes spoke slowly and took Ojia's words.
“The whole kingdom began to move towards a path of destruction.
During these sixteen years, Olivia firmly controlled the military power in his own hands through war.
She fought in the Fengyi Dynasty in the west, and consumed the glorious leadership forces under my control in many wars against the Fengyi people in the West Wilderness.
The glory of the glory of the glory is all exchanged for blood and tears.
There is a saying circulating in us-
Only blood and sand can bring glory.
I used to be proud of my family and my people's ability to fight, and at the same time I was glorious about defeating the wind wings.
But, now, there are only deep worries in my heart.
After several wars against the people of the Western Wilderness, the population of the Honor Territory has dropped drastically. I don’t know how much blood we have to flow, how many heads we can break, and how many lives we can be buried.”
The old duke's hands holding silver cane trembled slightly, and even his tone became rapid.
She lowered her eyes sadly and hid her face in the shadows.
"If I could, I would rather not have such glory, and I would like to exchange for the warriors who had sacrificed for the kingdom and the lives I cherished.
The life led by glory should not be squandered by Olivia like this.
And all this is just for her personal arrogant ambitions and desire for power!”
war.
life.
sacrifice.
that power.
Robin lowered his head and thought about what Duke Gwen said, and the appearance of King Olivia appeared in her mind, holding a golden scepter in her hand and hitting the ground.
It made a deafening sound.
Is Olivia's conquest of the Western Wilderness really just for his own selfish desires?
"More than that." Duke Aiden took over the words of the old Duke Gwen, "King Olivia weakened the strength of the Glory and the San Beta through war, and at the same time accumulated strength for himself. This is only the part we can see.
After she became king, she did something even more terrible to further control other Grand Duke territories."
Aiden paused and said secretly, "In history, something less glorious happened-
The fruit of life flowing out of the temple was sold privately to other countries by local gods at high prices, especially the Paroxon Alliance, which was established in the past century, has become the largest buyer.
This is also an important reason why the Merchant Alliance clearly does not have any divine tree of life, but it still rises.
Later, in order to crack down on the black market circulation of the fruit of life, Olivia set up a new independent organization in the major territories-
Inspectorate.
The inspector's personnel have very direct and powerful power. They can break into private houses for investigation without the permission of the local court and the grand dukes. Because the purpose of this institution was to curb the outflow of the fruit of life, they even blatantly went to and from the divine association and arrested clergy at will.
After ten years of development, the power and power of the Inspectorate have slowly eroded the jurisdiction that the Grand Dukes should have. In many cases, they dare to directly conflict with us.
This is the new king's iron fist.
She forced us to give in again and again until we had only the title of Grand Duke."
Duke Aiden stood up indignation and hit the table with both fists.
"I inherited the blood of the Valen family and shouldered the burden of Sunrise Corps. From the day I succeeded to the throne, I have been determined to revitalize Sunrise Corps.
But, Lord Robin.
Listen to what outsiders say about me.
A playful young master.
Duke who is addicted to traveling and hunting.
But, I can only say but…”
Aiden sighed heavily, with a lonely face.
"If possible, who would have been willing to become like this? I showed weakness and showed playfulness, and just to protect myself, just to better paralyze King Olivia so that she would not just tie the rope that was tied to the throat of the sunrise collar so that she would not have been so tightly."
rope.
throat.
Robin looked at the young duke in front of him with a hint of pity, as if he had seen the invisible shackle on her neck.
The conflict between the king and the grand duke will only end up fighting to the death.
Perhaps this is the necessity of history.
"But when we thought about it later, we discovered something terrible."
When Duke Aiden said this, his face suddenly turned ashamed and his teeth couldn't help but tremble.
"At that time, God would sell the fruit of life, was it really what God did?
As wise as Lord Robin, you can definitely figure out the key. Without His Majesty the King's support, who dares to sell the fruit of life? "
"What?!"
Robin's eyes suddenly widened and his pupils shrank violently.
...
Robin has heard of buying and selling the fruit of life before.
Grand Duke Rosalind and Carista both talked about this.
but……
It's completely different from what Duke Aiden said.
He raised his gaze and looked coldly at Grand Duke Oga who was sitting at the other end of the table.
In the other two versions he heard, it was clearly the Grand Princess of the Saint Beta who led the circulation of the fruits of life in exchange for more benefits.
From this point of view, the truth of the matter is probably not that simple.
What Aiden said just now is really shocking.
She was equivalent to suggesting that the king was in charge of selling the fruit of life, just to be able to control the territories of the major lords through this.
Such things can't help but make people frightened.
"What about the Parkson Alliance?" Aiden reminded, "who can guarantee that they are not the backing found by the new king. They can provide military and financial assistance to His Majesty the King when necessary.
A friendly alliance placed outside the kingdom.
Many of these populations are still raised by Yitnell's fruit of life."
Chapter completed!