Chapter 237: The Fall of the Empire (3) (1/2)
Chapter 237: The Fall of the E difficult”
Ehed as he heard about the information from the front lines
At first, when this war had been going well and the Empire had victory after victory, the dos had changed
Starting with Duke Schweiker’s death, things began going downhill and there were even people aan to raise opposition to the war So far, no one had spoken directly to the E concerns about the war
As an E This as the result of hi for it That meant he was responsible for the consequences of this war It had been great when they inning, but as the crisis continued, the Emperor couldn’t help but be anxious
The position of an Emperor was an absolute but lonely position If there was even the slightest chance, nobles would try to divide up his power for themselves That was the law of power
‘Should I have the heard about Antras’ death, the E really nervous about this war Duke Sebastian had sent a report saying that he would continue to fight and end the hilethe current border, but Emperor Andreas doubtful about whether that would be possible He couldn’t trust their will enough for him to place his hopes on thereat
“Grand Chamberlain?”
“Yes, Your Imperial Majesty?”
“How much spare supplies do we have available for war?”
“There’s notit to them, the Empire will be all emptied out within threehis hand on his chin, the Eht
‘Three months…’
Could the war end in three months? He didn’t think that would be possible
Of course, a lack of reserves didn’t mean that the Empire would ie and vast territory
Even though he had moved half a million troops, he hadn’t collected more taxes than he normally would have Why? Because the E dry their own people - the vassal countries
Before squeezing the people of his own people he would squeeze dry the vassal countries’ citizens
The Gloucester Kingdodohboring kingdodom, to procure war supplies
“It’s probably better for us to be prepared in advance”
The Emperor believed it was necessary to increase the stockpile of supplies besides the supplies needed for war He i countries to provide supplies and military supplies
A couple of roup of troops appeared on the Eht there!” The person in charge of border security shouted at them “I am Viscount Pato, a member of the Imperial Border Guard Identify your affiliation and purpose”
“I’ht supplies and soldiers as you requested”
“Hh he was a Marquis of a kingdom, Viscount Pato didn’t shrink in front of him at all Even if he was only a Viscount, he believed that a Marquis of a kingdom was at best the same rank as himself as an aristocrat of the Empire
“It checks out, it’s His I the imperial edict, Viscount Pato allowed thedom’s men entered the border fortress, Viscount Pato spoke, “You sure brought a lot with you How ht 70,000 men”
“Ho… His Imperial Majesty will be pleased with your sincerity”
“I hope so”
“Of course, he wi… keugh!”
Viscount Pato had been speaking when he was surprised by the sudden touch of a cold blade on his neck The one on the other end of the sas Marquis Setius who had led the reinforcedoant Imperial aristocrat”
And with that, Marquis Setius’s sword pierced through Viscount Pato’s neck
“K… keugh…”
With the sound of bloody rasps, Marquis died in disbelief But with his death as a signal, the Gloucester Kingdoan to seize the fortress and attacked the Imperial soldiers frorace and humiliation is over We will have the Empire for it!”
“Ooohhhh!!”
70,000 elite troops frodoainst the Edo
60,000 troops frododom
After the vassal countries received the Empire’s reinforcement request, they had launched simultaneous counterattacks All of theainst the E for the Iiven by it
Their justifications were all the same
[Until now, the Empire has repeatedly suppressed and exploited our country]
[Our country was exploited beyond reason in order to supply the necessities that the Empire needed to satisfy the E the continent]
[Our children died of hunger while farief]
[We hereby declare that ill boldly stand against the Iance will lead to the destruction of the Empire]
The three countries had decided they couldn’t stand the excessive deer and had attacked the Empire simultaneously