Chapter 332 - Chapter 332: Chapter 316 Funeral (4k Single Update) (2/2)

“I am very clear they will do so because conquest and plunder are in the very bones of the Lorne people.”

“Every citizen of this nation is my subject and child, it needs to be saved by me, even at the cost of some sacrifices, we cannot become another Vallere.”

The Cyart King gazed out of the great hall, his mind already fully made up.

“Absolutely not!”

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The news of Duke Black Iron’s death quickly spread throughout the entire Cyart Kingdom.

The message instantly shocked many, in the minds of many, Duke Black Iron, the legendary figure who had lived for centuries.

He was thought to be immortal.

Why would such a person die?

It was an unbelievable thing, he was not defeated by someone stronger, nor did he die in an epic battle, his end was merely to be murdered by time.

Regardless, people had to accept the reality.

The great Cyart co-founder, the legendary hero Duke Black Iron, had truly passed away.

His funeral invited most of the nobility from throughout Cyart, with thousands of Extraordinary nobility rushing in from all over Cyart, so the entire city was bustling with people.

Apart from the many invited nobles, a large number of people from Emerald Lake Province also came spontaneously, they were people who had grown up listening to the stories of Duke Black Iron and had received his kindness in Emerald Lake Province.

People genuinely worshipped this departed hero.

Without him, there would undoubtedly be no Cyart of today.

Many wise individuals were full of emotion, Duke Black Iron’s passing may signify that Cyart, and even the Eastern Four Kingdoms, are about to enter a new era…

However, for the influential Romann family in Cyart, Duke Black Iron’s death was almost a fatal blow.

In fact, as long as Duke Black Iron lived another day, the Romann family’s status would be second only to the Cyart Royal Family. However, his death directly caused the Romann family’s influence to be halved.

Duke Black Iron himself was a peak mid-level Monarch with extensive connections to speak of, almost spanning the Ten Great Pillars families of the Eastern Four Kingdoms.

“Dragon Taming Lord” Aldrich and “Stars Mortal” Ariel, although both Monarch powerful experts, could not defeat the mighty Duke Black Iron even if they joined forces, and the gap in connections and influence was even greater.

In the first few years immediately after Duke Black Iron’s death, the favors he had left behind could still be utilized, but Aldrich knew in his heart that in just another decade or so, those so-called relationships would gradually fade away.

By then, the attitude of other major families towards the Romann family would largely depend on the value he and Ariel had, as well as whether “Blazing Fire” Amos himself could become a Monarch.

In the luxurious parlor of the Romann family, the servants had all very considerately left, leaving only six people to conduct a secret meeting.