Chapter 868 (1/2)
”This feeling is so great”
Edith took a deep breath while savoring the tang of blood in the air
She was intrigued by the panic spreading a the crowd
The God's Punish of encirclement The so-called resistance lasted only for a short period of time For the Taquila survivors, these nobles were no different from the common people that had no titles, and they would never hesitate to kill these self-satisfied coic power
Edith was clear that they killed those nobles because another common person ordered them to do so
She was also confident that under the influence of this common man, these God's Punishh she was just a common person like him
This was the charm of power
Through bonds and negotiations, a cooals, desires and aspirations to create a force which was th
When the last rebel was struck down, No 76, Phyllis, dropped her shich had many breaches now and reported to Roland ”Your Majesty, the filtering procedure is completed”
The floor was littered with over 60 corpses Their blood solidified into dark red blocks, looking like red wax in the flickering light of the bonfire
There was a dead silence All the re nobles clenched their teeth and were afraid to make any noise None of them wanted to become the next corpse All the three ”unsteady” nobles had already collapsed to the ground and were tre with fear
Even without Nightingale, Edith herself could guess the replies of the reain at this moment
Fear was a guarantee of loyalty
And none of the nobles killed in the filtering procedure was innocent During the first half of the banquet, Isabella had wiped out all the effects of their God's Stones of Retaliation in order for Nightingale to use her lie-detecting ability By doing so, she couldskill
The biggest mistake of the dead nobles was that they had overestimated themselves
These great nobles who had wielded absolute power over thousands of subjects turned out to be vulnerable in the face of greater power The new king took back over half of the doht As coht her success in eliht was not worth
Fortunately, this plan worked His Majesty had shown her enough trust, and the witches had followed her co had even adapted all the five state a word
The only thing different frolass cup he had tossed
She did not understand why His Majesty had insisted on sending the signal by dropping the glass Judging by common sense, she believed that this step would have been unnecessary, since this action would have been noticed by the enemy and the sound of it would have been drowned by some other noises She had doubted this decision and had considered the preparation of the wine and glass as a waste However, together with the lie about Roland's lass had indeed constituted a mystery atmosphere which had really scared the nobles
She had to ad was better at tactics
She licked her lips in excitement
Choosing to serve Roland Wiht decision
With this thought into share with him the joy of success However, she failed to find any exciteue attitude of exclusion and boredom in his eyes
”Is there any other banquet hall in this villa?” Roland asked in a deep voice
”The-There's one next door,” said Earl Delta, sing hard
”Let'sto say” He nodded ”As for these insurgents, please ask your men to count and ht”
”Yes, Yes Your Majesty!”
”By the way, please open all the doors and s in this hall and get rid of these dead bodies as soon as possible This s”
”I'll send ht now!”
”I see” Pearl of the Northern Region thought in her heart ”The king was not looking forward to this ed by a well-operating City Hall when the nobles relinquish their power For the king, killing is just a more effective way to inti the rebels to the ets disgusted by the smell of blood”
Her excitement suddenly died down She even started to doubt herself