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The Kingdom of Asbellud was founded 117 years ago and had six rulers. Although not every king was as wise and capable as their founding ancestor Cromay, at least he had come here with the help of his neighbors, and the help of his neighbors, until the reign of the last king Frod Cromay, he reused the Duke Murphysus, which officially opened up the fate of the kingdom declined and was usurped by others.

After King Frod's death, the third prince of the kingdom, Royd, defeated his two brothers and won the throne with the help of the duke. As the loser of this battle for the throne, all the princes who have the qualifications to inherit the throne ended up with only one outcome.

This bloody coup, known as killing brothers to fight for the throne, was later proved to have been premeditated, so when it really broke out, almost shocked everyone. Before that day came, the first prince, who was appointed by the old king, was still fasting and bathing happily, waiting for the loss of the old king, took over the golden crown and scepter and became the treasure. As a result, his body was found dead on the bed at home the next day, and his death was extremely miserable and terrifying.

The prince who was about to inherit the throne was assassinated, and the whole country was shocked. People had not had time to come back from their surprise. Next, the second one died tragically. If everyone was shocked when the first prince died and shouted desperately to arrest the murderer and pay for his life, then when the second one died, he almost slapped everyone loudly.

Because the perpetrator was not someone else, but the third prince Frod, who had been standing not far behind the second prince, suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and pierced the second prince's back in full view of everyone.

Blood stained the sword, floor tiles and royal city red.

On that day, countless people died. Some people were unwilling to believe that the person who sent people to kill them was the originally humble and gentle third prince. He would be in a state of terrible command of the army that had been ambushed and attacked them. On that day, many old subordinates of the royal ministers were uprooted. On that day, the fire burned until dawn, including the Lefipain family, who had been loyal to the royal family since the founding of the country and had assumed the priesthood, and the Lefipain family, who had been responsible for the clergy, could not escape this disaster.

After a night, Asbellude was no longer the same Asbellude as before. History remembered two names, one was the "user" Royd Cromay who relied on bloody suppression and killed his compatriots, and the powerful ally who stood behind him. "Duke of the Viper" Murphysus.

Two years after that bloody coup, the Duke has completely become the spokesperson of the king. People can no longer easily see the king sitting on the throne alone. Even the envoys of other countries are hosted by the Duke. Therefore, the Kingdom of Asbellu was described as the Duke's one-man show.

This result naturally caused many rumors, such as the plot planned by the duke, or the prince was just forced. But this is not an abyss. People usually don’t like usurpers who killed their compatriots, and the rumors that the king might have been replaced were also because King Reud would show his face on the founding anniversary of the year and fail to defeat himself. People began to believe that this was the king’s own will.

What is troublesome is that the king's iron blood and cruelty are not only reflected in the coup that is still fresh in memory, but are further affected by people's livelihood, the army and their relationship with surrounding kingdoms.

The wood elves who had always been in friendship with Asbellude also deteriorated because of this cruel king. Not to mention the predecessor of Asbellude, the military power Kingdom of Ganiria, the borders between the two countries have been constantly marching in recent years, and there is a possibility of escalation into war at any time.

Regarding this, let alone the people don’t know, even Pandrison III, the king of the Kingdom of Ganilla, was confused. Although Asbellud was considered a kingdom, at best it was just a small border country with less than one-tenth of the territory of Ganilla. If Ganilla hadn’t had the constant internal troubles and a super military power to the east were eyeing it, Cromay, the new aristocratic party in the country, took away a group of subjects to explore the wilderness, how could the Kingdom of Ganilla be able to withstand this tone?

Although strictly speaking, Cromayta founded not the territory of the Kingdom of Ganilla, but the wilderness mountains closer to the Green Field Plain to the west, it was really not very good for a powerful and face-saving kingdom. It was not such a problem that hindered the kingdom's western expedition, and wood elves interfered. The Kingdom of Asbell had long disappeared from the territory of the mainland, but, such a weak kingdom tightened his tail and shrank in the corner without gratitude, and he wanted to jump out and bite himself. He really thought that the army of the Kingdom of Ganilla could not control him?

After thinking about it, everyone really didn't understand the joints. In the end, it could only be attributed to one point-the king of this kingdom was already crazy.

The king of Asbellude was already crazy, which can explain well why he committed such crazy things as killing his brother and usurping the throne and killing wise ministers. However, this explanation is simply unreasonable for the king's only sister Princess Thea, who survived and was transferred by a person with a heart when the incident happened.

"My brother is manipulated!" At this point, Siya's mood was obviously fluctuating. Of course, she had put on her clothes and sat opposite Lance at this moment, but perhaps to prove that she was now in defense of the kingdom and her brother as Siya Cromay. She did not wear that mask.

A hint of sadness appeared on her beautiful face: "In fact, before coming here, I had already met my brother in the palace."

This surprised Lance: "How is it, did he say anything to you?"

"He was not very clear, but he could still recognize me occasionally," Thea gritted her teeth, his face full of reluctance: "I want to take him out of there and leave the cold palace. But he refused, just asked me to escape quickly, the farther away, the better, he must stay and bear those charges."

Lance was not surprised by this. There must be a duke arranged in the palace to monitor the king's whereabouts. Even if Thea can catch a loophole and meet his brother, if she wants to take such a living person away from the palace, it would be too underestimated the ability of the lich.

Thea's words reminded Lance, and it seemed that Murphysus's potion was not as perfect as imagined.

Lance fell into silence. He unconsciously tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers, immersed in his thoughts. But Thea couldn't hold back.

"I said, why do you want to help us?" After she said this, she also expressed doubts: "Are you... really going to help us deal with the Duke?"

Lance smiled back and said, "Hey, is it really good for you to say this? Don't forget that we are in the Duke's Mansion now, and I am the Duke's guest of honor. Are you not afraid of hearing the walls?"

Xiya couldn't help but speak. She was about to give up, but she was too unwilling to give up, so she planned to bet on her appearance. But unexpectedly, the other party suddenly made a proposal to join forces with her. There is no need to say how weird this is, but Xiya was helpless to find that she actually had no extra choice.

"Let me repeat the words, Princess Thea," Just as the mind was in chaos, Lance's voice sounded again: "What I just said was to help you Cromay regain power to regain the Kingdom and to free your brother, right?"

"What's the difference between this and what I just said?" Thea frowned gently. Lance's intentional emphasis made her female intuition uneasy. "Do you expect to convince him to hand over the power in your hands without dealing with the Duke?"

"It doesn't matter to you," Lance said confidently: "You just need to do your own thing?"

"What am I going to do?" Thea wasn't angry, but she really didn't know.

In fact, she came here this time to assassinate the Duke. The Duke's Mansion was so vigilant that a woman who was not proficient in martial arts and magic did not think that she could leave alive. She would undoubtedly choose this path when she was desperate, but now Lance said that there was something she could do...

"Revolution!" Lance said a word as if he was not shocking.

"What?" Thea thought she had heard it wrongly.

"I said that the revolution was launched, and the lower class meant to overthrow the rulers." Lance did not care and explained it to her very considerately.

"I know the meaning! But I don't understand what you meant by saying this. Why did I launch a revolution to overthrow my country?" Xiya felt that the other party's words were simply unreasonable.

"Do you really recognize the form, or do you think that as long as you assassinate the Duke, this country can survive in a desperate situation?" Lance said bluntly, blocking the language of the Aya and said strongly: "If you think so, you will be very wrong. This country will not only not be reborn because of you, but will immediately fall into a state of doom for you."

"How...how is it possible! Yes, you and the Duke were colluding with each other, but I was so stupid that I almost believed you!"

Lance still had the calm expression: "It turns out that you are the only woman who is desirable to look. Why don't you try to use your brain? What do you think is the biggest worry in the Kingdom of Asbellud now?"

"Duke!" the girl answered in anger.

"Wrong, it's an external trouble!" Lance shook his head as if he was really not satisfied with this stupid student: "I didn't ask you what the reason is, but what the result is now. Now Asbell has violated the bottom line of the Kingdom of Ganilla due to border reasons. War between the two countries may break out at any time. As you said, the Duke is the culprit, but he is also the center of the power of this country. With him, this system will not collapse, but once he dies, the entire kingdom will be in chaos. At that time, the army of Ganilla has started to drive. Do you use anything to stop the other party? Or use your own body?"

Thea was speechless for a while, and she knew that Lance was laughing at her for the matter, but apart from her blushing face, she was speechless and could only argue in a nearly tricky way: "You are sophistry!"

Lance ignored her and continued, "And even if the Kingdom of Ganilla did not take advantage of the situation, then let's look back at home, you said that the mastermind behind all this was done by the Duke. Even if I am willing to believe you, the supporters behind your back believe you, but how many people are willing to believe you? The prince is the one who kills his brother and usurps the throne and acts arbitrary. In the eyes of everyone, the Duke is just his deputy to help the evil, and the real sin is blamed on the king. Now the Duke is dominant, but what do you think will happen when the power that controls the kingdom suddenly collapses?"

Xiya opened her mouth, but even she could not tell that her brother was whitewashed his identity and took over the kingdom. After all, there were more than tens of thousands of witnesses who killed the Second Prince, and the family members who died in the bloody coup could never forgive him.

Lance's words made Thea silent. But for the former, he had no mercy and had a blatant attack on the truth: "Don't you know, it's okay, let me tell you the result. That is, other parties hidden in this kingdom take over the Duke's power, but sorry, those nobles who really care about the kingdom had been slaughtered, and the rest were just flatterers and despicable villains who were inclined to the Duke's power. They would fight each other for this big cake that suddenly had no master and bites the dog. The most direct result was to trigger a civil war!"

"The kingdom will be divided into many factions, fighting each other and fighting each other. Based on your understanding of this country, how long can the kingdom of Asbellude last in this catastrophe?"

Lance's words were like a ruthless blade that pierced into Siya's chest, making her suddenly feel that her breathing became a little difficult. She would think of those ugly faces full of fat in her head. Siya hugged her arms as if she had given up on resistance and asked weakly: "What should I do?"

"As I said just now, launch a revolution!" Lance said: "Civilians need a place to vent their long-standing recession. The country needs a brand new regime to divert the contradictions. This is what you, who have the blood of the Cromai family, can do, lead the people to rise up, overthrow the cruel tyrant and his minions, and then crown them as queens. For the elves, you can seek assistance from them as new allies, so that the Kingdom of Ganilla wants to get involved in Asbellude, and also

You have to consider the attitude of the wood elf. During this period of time when the other party is hesitating, you can use the revolution to stabilize the domestic situation as soon as possible. When you are in power, it is probably not easy for Ganiria to invade again. It also has many shackles. As a king of Ganiria who can endure even the current situation for a long time, he will not send troops easily. In this way, the shadow of the bloody coup looming over this country can be dissipated."

"You mean to make me the king of this country?"

"That's right."

"But what happens to my brother, Royd?"

Lance narrowed his eyes and said hypocritically: "You are already the queen of this country by then. Why do you want to ask me what to do?"

"That means I can let him go, right?" Xiya asked expectantly.

"Yes." Lance closed his eyes and nodded in agreement.

Thea imagined the beautiful ambitions built by Lance, but she couldn't help but show her concern: "But if a duke interferes with it, will it be hindered if he wants a revolution?"

"Don't worry about this. Since I said that, there will naturally be ways to make you successful. You just need to do it according to my arrangement..."

Thea nodded subconsciously, but suddenly she realized something was wrong, because the mysterious young man in front of her was the guest of honor who originally wanted to assassinate the Duke.

"Who the hell are you and why should you help me?"

"My name is Lancelot. As for why I want to help you, just pretend that I am fascinated by your beautiful temperament, my princess." The cunning demon showed his usual smile and said.
Chapter completed!