Chapter 308: Fear
In recent days, Tasa has been in contact with His Royal Highness the Prince once a day. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although he had seen many strange things during his year as His Highness's personal guard, the new order still made him feel unbelievable and ...... Confused.
Rendering the attack on the palace of the royal capital as Roland Wimbledon's punishment for Tifeco Wimbleton?
When the militia attacking the western frontier was defeated and returned to the royal capital, he had not heard the warnings carried by the group, and Tasa had thought that this was just a bluff by His Highness, or a strategy to attack the west, taking advantage of Tifeco's focus on vigilance and defense, to attack other cities, as Garcia had done, to loot his opponents before winter came.
However, the follow-up orders from the border town made him feel that something was wrong, and His Highness seemed to really plan to attack the royal capital, and asked him to prepare for propaganda. The latest order clearly states that the attack will be launched on the first day of mid-autumn, exactly the same time as the warning announced.
Look at this sentence and render the incident of the attack on the palace of the royal capital as punishment, that is, His Highness will directly attack the inner city of the royal capital - but how is this possible? The royal capital has the strongest walls of the Gray Castle, thick enough to accommodate two houses side by side, and even His Highness's artillery is difficult to destroy. Coupled with the royal knights, the personal guards, and the conscripted militia, it was difficult for an army of more than 10,000 people to storm the city.
Launching a raid with a witch is also a fantasy, and there are many Divine Punishment Stones in the palace, and giant Divine Punishment Stones are set up in the main hall and the dormitory, and the witch will be deprived of all her abilities as long as she steps into the room. That's why Tifeco hunted witches on a rampage, but no one retaliated - it was impossible to assassinate a royal nobleman in the palace.
And there is a hidden danger to this method, if Tifeco Wimbledon does die at the hands of a witch, the church will probably benefit the most...... With a little guidance, the four princes' vain attempt to unite with the devil's minions to seize the throne can be confirmed, and the nobles will unite to resist his forces. However, with the intelligence of His Highness Roland, Tasa believed that he would be able to see this.
So how exactly can His Highness attack the inner city?
"My lord, what do you want me to do?" Pushing open the half-hidden door, Hill Fox stepped into the living room.
"Wait for a new order," Tasa said, spreading his hands, "and you sit down first." ”
“...... Be. ”
Seeing the surprised expression on the face of this former acrobatic troupe member, he could only smile helplessly, usually he received the exact order to inform these people, but this time it was inconvenient for him to inform His Highness of the task in advance - if the palace of the royal capital was not attacked, this seemingly absurd order could easily reduce the other party's trust.
But on the contrary, if His Highness did this, it would have been an unprecedented shock to them, and it would have greatly boosted the confidence of this group of people, especially since seeing His Highness thousands of miles away would pose a real threat to Tifeko's throne, and such propaganda would be more effective than his tongue would have been exhausted.
So Tasa chose a compromise and called Ciel to the inner city first, waiting for His Highness to fulfill his warning. If he succeeds, everyone will be happy, and if he fails, he will simply lie that the messenger may have been delayed on the way.
"Have some tea," Tasa laughed, "don't keep your questions on your face all the time, as an intelligence officer, the most important thing is—"
"Hide yourself, sir. He took the teacup and said, "By the way, there have been a lot of patrols on the streets lately, and even the guards on the city walls have doubled. Don't...... These transfers are all related to the orders of His Highness?"
"That's true, Tifeco—"
In the middle of Tasa's words, a dry thunderclap suddenly rolled over the mansion, so loud that the windows trembled. At the same time, the ground shook slightly, and the tremor was felt briefly and clearly. Hill was caught off guard, and the teacup in his hand fell straight to the ground, breaking into several pieces.
"I'm sorry, sir...... But," Hill was dumbfounded, "this is ...... What's going on?"
"Follow me," Tasa said with a serious expression.
The two of them rushed out of the garden house, and were immediately attracted by a black pillar of smoke in the direction of the palace, from where it was obvious that the thunder had just come from. He had seen His Highness's artillery and muskets, and naturally knew that only alchemy powder could produce a sound like the wrath of heaven, and such a violent tremor was not caused by artillery bombardment, but more like the explosives bag originally used to deal with the thick-armored evil beast.
Ciel's mouth opened wide, barely believing his eyes, "Could it be that His Highness's declaration in the warning is true?"
"That's right," Tasa finally relented, he turned around, and said in a pretentious manner, "This is also a new order that His Highness wants to give you. ”
Tifeko blushed and looked at the falling chandelier in front of him, half speechless.
"Your Majesty, ahem...... Your Majesty, are you alright?" the Imperial Prime Minister coughed in the dust, "Hell, what the hell is going on outside?"
Tifeko didn't answer, only felt a terrible dry throat. Beneath the chandelier was a knight in silver armor, who was reporting to him on the recruitment of the homeless, but now his neck was broken by the falling chandelier. If I take another step forward, I'm afraid I will ......
As soon as he thought of this, he felt his hair stand on end.
"Is this an earthquake?" said the Chancellor, in shock, "we must get out of the castle and go to the open area." ”
"That's right, Your Majesty, it's not safe here!"
"Shut up!" exclaimed Tifeco, and it was only when he opened his mouth that he realized that his voice was hoarse, as if someone had been pinching his throat, "Sir Weimas, take me to the basement at once!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Steelheart Knight, though he also looked a little nervous, was very calm compared to the performance of the other important ministers, and he walked over to help Tifeko and walked downstairs.
Along the way, the new king saw that the aisles were full of broken glass, and through the broken windows, the vault on the side of the castle no longer existed. Amid the rising smoke and dust, only a few lone stone pillars remain of the majestic building. This is not caused by an earthquake, but by an explosion of a large amount of snow powder!
Leaving the castle now is a self-defeating one, and God knows if Roland Wimbledon has planted snow powder elsewhere, only the basement with heavy stone walls is safe enough.
Damn, Tifeko thought hatefully, why did the fourth brother also have this alchemy weapon? Could it be that Garcia also gave him the recipe when he left the Blue Water Harbor, and asked him to use snow powder to fight with him!
But even if so, how did he bury the snow powder in the palace? Not even a witch of extraordinary power could do that!
"You take the Knights and search the entire palace area thoroughly, especially the sewers, gardens, and warehouses where snow powder can be easily hidden!" As soon as he stepped into the basement, Tifeco immediately ordered the Steelheart Knight, "If you find any suspicious characters, whether they are nobles or not, they will all be arrested first, and all the attendants and servants who enter and leave the palace must be thoroughly searched, and no one will be spared!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. ”
After Sir Weimas left, the new king found that his back was wet with cold sweat.
Roland actually did just that!
Regardless of how he did it, this time he could hide the snow powder in the palace, and the next time he could put it in the castle.
Your position is far less secure than you think, and everyone will see that your throne is shaky.
Thinking of this warning, Tifeco couldn't help but shudder.
As the anger subsided, he felt fear rise from the soles of his feet, grasping his heart little by little. (To be continued.) )