Chapter 287 - 151. The Approaching Darkne (2/2)
“This is ,” said Duke Duran calmly
The Basilisk scanned the nobles, then slithered right in front of Rehton before opening itsstench came fro that Rehton felt like his skin wasaway
Duke Duran settled down on the throne in front of the Basilisk He held his head high with a truly arrogant deushed out, and so did powerful waves of dey from the wound
“And so, ill you do now?” Duke Duran asked
Rehton stared at the Progenitor Vampire, entranced by the scent of the blood
“Are you still planning to form an alliance with us?”
“O-of course H-however, as long as Royal Princess Tina is around, the rest of Aslan will support her Eli her will only invite confusion and chaos, instead Indeed, the Necromancers will not follow us if we do Even the citizens will…”
“Isn’t there already a most optimum way to form the alliance? The most efficient ill utterly eliminate all opposition from the citizens and nobles of Aslan Also, I hold no aversion towards the noble blood floithin Royal Princess Tina”
Rehton’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets “Are you perhaps suggesting a political ree to it, then yes, it’ll be possible to pull it off We only seek to for authority will be handed over to the nobles, while the Dark Elf will remain as a puppet This is the opportunity that you’ve been waiting for, the one where you get to finally beco’ that holds all the power So, what say you?”
Rehton walked up to Duke Duran
The other feudal lords reached out as if to stop him, but he shook their hands off violently
Duran spoke again, “You should know by nohat itan apex predator that stands at the top of the food chain”
Rehton sed drily oncefrom Duke Duran’s hand like ahands
Duke Duran’s crian to burn even deeper in red “That’s why you should follow me, Lord Rehton”
Rehton went down on his knees
He extended both of his hands to catch Duran’s blood before bringing it into his mouth
(TL: In 1st person POV)
I was sitting inside my office in the Theocratic E a document
Here it was, the perfect plan And it was none other than…
“…The Loaded Unemployed bu and frowned deeply “If I may inquire, what do you mean by that, Your Majesty?”
“You know, I heard about White’s current situation”
White, as soon as he ascended to Holy Emperor, ran away fro for theSecond Imperial Prince Ruppel Sure, his personalityhisthe affairs of the Ih
Whatever the case ht have been, the main takeaway from that story was this: he skipped town as soon as he ascended to the throne
And now, look at hiht now?
Even if the Imperial Family wanted to saddle him with some kind of administrative duties, White had all of his authority revoked, so there was basically nothing he could officially do
Most of the tio out to satisfy his favourite pastiet dispatched to other nations along with Paladins forliving his free life
“…But Your Majesty, do you really not wish to become the new Holy Emperor?” Charlotte asked ht now?”
Froent of the I my butt off for theet deeply involved, just so that I could protect the empire’s subjects
It was almost like I acted subconsciously, out of instinct, etc, etc
Some part of that could be blahwas, I also just couldn’t sit back and do nothing while innocent people were ending up as snacks for so, vile monsters
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But at this rate, I’d never be able to escape from the prison called the Imperial Palace
Sure, the throne of the Holy E, but your freedom would be taken away just as much To put it in simpler ter in some future wars, I’d be confined to the Imperial Palace for the next hundred years or so
The real reason why I was going out of my way to raise an army of ten thousand Crusaders was to make my life so much easier in the future
(TL: The literal translation of the [1] would’ve been the “Golden buhtly to avoid the inevitable ‘bum’ jokes)