Chapter 236: The Fall of the Empire (2) (1/2)

Chapter 236: The Fall of the E like that…’

Distressed, Marquis Baker Gotham entered his barracks alone He was sure that Duke Florian was the one who had assassinated Antras It wasn’t vague speculation; he had a valid reason for thinking this

He may be a blind man, but he was a superhuht, his other abilities developed greatly; one of which was the ability to read other people’s eh it was ihly identify their feelings

That hy he was able to know

Duke Sebastian had grieved as if he had lost a member of his own family when Antras’ dead body was in front of hirief and bitterness

Except for one person Dominic Florian had been that exception

Marquis Gotha of joy and relief - Duke Florian had the feelings of someone whose plans had succeeded

Marquis Gothauessed who had killed Antras

Fro, it hadn’t made sense that souarded camp and assassinate Antras

Because the battlefield was a place that was uarded than any other location, itsomeone more difficult And yet, the most important person in the military had been assassinated just like that…

To be able to hide frohts meant that the assassin had to be at least a Master Currently, there were three Imperial Masters in the camp

There was no way Duke Sebastian killed Antras And it wasn’t Marquis Gotham himself either

That meant there was only one suspect left Even if he wanted to deny it, it was impossible to do so

The problem was

‘Would it help the Empire to reveal this?’

There was no way it would

Given Duke Sebastian’s current state, he would immediately want to duel once he found out the culprit was Duke Florian No, it wouldn’t just be a duel, it would be a fight to the death

Then, regardless of the outcome, the Imperial Army would be finished They had lost Duke Schweiker They lost Lucas Florian They had lost Antras And if the two of theht?

‘No That’s a truth that cannot be revealed’

In the end, Marquis Gotham believed it would be best to hold this fact close to his chest At least, until this as over

‘But who knows if this is the right decision…’

Marquis Gotham shook his head Even he wasn’t confident about his own decision

What was certain was that this ould only get more difficult in the future

“The E fro for a peace treaty?”

Milton looked surprised when he heard theboth the Republic and our Lester Kingdo the battlefields on fire It’s said that Duke Sebastian isparticularly enthusiastically, sir”

“What’s the current war situation?”

“Sir Jero them, sir So far, no important fortresses or castles have been taken over by the enemy”

“I see Keep me posted if there are any further details”

“Yes, sir!”

After sending the er out, he turned towards Count Sabian

“Seems like you’re a little off the mark at the end”

“Yes, it’s a bit unexpected, sir”

Count Sabian had been sure that the Empire would ask for a peace treaty

The Eht with General Barron of the Republic They were in no position to continue fighting this war

For the Empire, this had been a war of conquest In other words, they didn’t need to put their country’s fate on the line A war of conquest’s main purpose was to achieve the best result possible: coe the enemy’s country with their own

That was the best result but in reality, it wasn’t always possible to get that kind of a great result Even if they hadn’t gotten their enemy to completely surrender, it ise to withdraw if the war for conquest was getting difficult

Currently, the Eainst the Republic They had codo the Republic to less than a third of its original size Even if the Eained sufficient benefits by having a peace treaty and strengthening political relations with the Lester Kingdom

Count Sabian had known this, that hy they had taken Lucas Florian as a prisoner It would have given the Lester Kingdoe over the Eotiation table But he never thought the Eive up on the peace treaty and launch an evenhonest, sir, this was really unexpected That e like this” Count Sabian shook his head as he spoke “What the E, no, it’s more closer to suicide, sir”

“You think maybe they have an ulterior motive?”

“I’ this?”

A variable like Antras’s death was so unexpected that Count Sabian hadn’t thought of it, that hy he had no idea why the E like this

“Then, let’s keep an eye on the situation for now”

“That seeood idea, sir”

And so, Count Sabian decided it would be er

Because he didn’t fully understand as going on with the E different

However, there was someone who could

“Antras died?!”

Siegfried sprang up from his seat

“Really?”

“Yes, sir One of our informants in the Imperial Ary of Republicanism was all over the world Thanks to that, he had been able to plant informants even within the Imperial Army And because of that, he knew about Antras’ death before Milton

“So an opportunity has cofried had a hunch that this was his last chance The E berserk due to the death of Antras and Lester Kingdom wasn’t aware of the situation yet Noas the time for him to draw the sword he had prepared

“David”

“Did you call for me, Fuhrer?”

“Is the plan complete?”