Chapter 824 (2/2)

Right now, he appeared to be in a very pathetic state, all skin and bone. The body he had just regenerated seemed as if it would break down at any moment.

He was the first to drop to his knees and cry out loudly, “Great master is right, but the Prince 2 is young after all. Now that the Empire’s core has been destroyed, we’ll still need someone who is both knowledgeable and skilled in martial arts, a person who is able to spread his might to the experts from all other places. This person will calm down the country and support the Prince.”

“That’s right!” Another person stepped out. This person was Charlie, who had appeared before.

Charlie was the first enemy at the level of a Conferred Knight that Fang Xingjian had encountered. In the past, he had interrogated Fang Xingjian by himself in Kirst Prefectural Academy. Back then, Fang Xingjian was merely an apprentice, and he got injured by Charlie. In the end, Charlie was impeached and banished to the southern borders.

At a later time, he made a deal with Fang Xingjian, imparting Fang Xingjian with the Effulgence Weapon skill, thereby avoiding his fate of being banished to the southern borders.

In the past, Charlie had still been able to suppress Fang Xingjian when he met the latter during his apprenticeship days. However, right now, Fang Xingjian had already become an existence that Charlie needed to look up to.

At present, Charlie had already become a level 25 Conferred Knight, and he had struggled to survive this great disaster.

He had lost all of his resources in the past few years due to the fact that he had offended Fang Xingjian.

This time around, the Imperial Capital had gotten destroyed, and over half of the core members of the Empire’s upper echelon had died. At this moment, Fang Xingjian displayed the capability of becoming the Empire’s protector. To Charlie, this was a great opportunity blessed by the heavens.

However, he had not expected that the Beast God would beat him to it, so he could only be the second one to step forward.

Still, he did not have the time to think too much into it. At this moment, he only wanted to grab onto this opportunity to lick Fang Xingjian’s boots. One reason was that he hoped Fang Xingjian would forgive him. Another reason was that he hoped he could get a slice of the pie in the distribution of power in the new Empire.

Charlie lay in prostrate and shouted loudly, “Only Lord Fang Xingjian is able to take on this great task. The prosperity of the world and of the Empire will be decided with a single word from you.”

Just as Charlie came out and groveled before Fang Xingjian, another white-haired old man walked out.

Yue Shan raised his brows “Britz… He’s the Chief of the Royal Knight Association.”

The Royal Knight Association was an organization that the Empire’s royal family had set up to exert control over everyone who had been conferred the Knight title in the world. They could be said to be the greatest agency of violence in the entire Empire.

Each generation’s Chief of the association would either be a member of the royal family or was one of their relatives.

It was the same for this old man who went by the name of Britz. His wife was a Princess of the previous generation, so Britz met the criterion as one of the royal family’s relatives.

Britz lowered his head and said extremely respectfully, ” Master Fang 3 , please don’t decline any further. Right now, the country is in great danger and Prince Charlot is still young. Only Master Fang can become that great pillar to provide support in this dire state.”

“Please step up and take on the role of being the Imperial Preceptor for now, helping to rid the Empire of its worries.”

Over 100 years ago, the King had abolished the position of the Imperial Preceptor taking back all the authority in his own hands.

However, the Knight Association’s Chief caused an upsurge of public sentiments when he raised this up. The many Governors, Regional Chiefs, leaders of the various departments, and instructors in the National Academy who had great seniority all stood out, trying to persuade Fang Xingjian to assume this position. It was as if it would be extremely intolerable and that it would spread great indignation and discontent if he declined.

At the sight of this scene, the First Prince’s countenance became extremely grim and great fury rose in his heart. Compared to hating Fang Xingjian, he hated these past subjects and officials of the Empire even more. This was especially the case after he saw that even the Association’s Chief had stepped out. It made the First Prince so angry that he almost made a move to kill the Association’s Chief.

‘Rebels and traitors! All of them are rebels and traitors! All of you will die a horrible death! The vast territory belonging to our Krieg Clan has all been lost by your hands.’