Chapter 50 (1/2)

The Imperial Palace was built in the center of the Eo when the Eranite shi+pped from the north From the Empire's few centuries' worth of history, Rody learned that the Eh many hardshi+ps and wars Rody was unable to remember them all

During the Empire's 49th year, the Empire was at ith the Northern Roland Continent and entered a ranite palace becahold Both sides had about 200,000 soldiers and they fought at the fort of the palace for a total of 17 days Finally, the third Duke of the Tulip Family led 100,000 soldiers that helped to repel the enemy and defend the palace

During the Empire's 109th year, there was an internal strife The emperor was assassinated by a rebellious minister The rebellious minister then put a prince there and controlled him like a puppet After that, the sixth Duke of Tulip Family ran away from the Imperial Capital Fifteen days later, he came back to the Imperial Capital with 9,000 soldiers They took six days to break through the city walls and later fought 20,000 rebels for two days and two nights The duke personally killed the rebellious leader, Davis and continued to attack the Imperial City with thousands of soldiers Due to that war, the river near the walls turned red with blood for a full teeks, before returning to its original color

During the Empire's 209th year, after the internal strife theemperor in the whole of Empire's history, Abbas the Great ascended the throne Abbas was the Ereatest en he was also the emperor that killed the most people Abbas had the support of the Tulip Family and killed more than 1,000 of the ministers and kinser brother and his uncle About 100 years later, the Eain experienced a bloody baptisht, the whole Empire was filled with shrilled screams and the stench of the blood After a heavy downpour, the whole Empire was covered in red

During the 30 years of Abbas the Great's reign, he created the Empire's formidable cavalry The cavalry ell known in the reat leadershi+p and the Tulip Fa commands, the cavalry conquered the entire continent Only in theand unknown resistance from the nomads who refused to be ruled by the Eies ”In all parts of the mainland where the sun shi+nes, everyone must respect the imperial law and authority! The obedient ones will be rewarded while the rebellious ones will be mercilessly punished” Finally, the n troops and captured their leader, Halifax Abbas the Great then ordered for this foreign leader to be publicly trampled by horses until he died

At last, the whole continent finally unified and became the Empire's territory As a result, the Empire in the south and Roland in the north, separated by the straits, were in quite a confrontational setup Also in that era, the Great Sage Dandong was born He becale handedly planned a series of reforor Also in that palace, Abbas the Great renamed the Empire as the Radiant Eh the whole continent

Twenty-three years ago, the Eh a historical moment It was its first defeat and huners from the Northwest Grasslands raised their banners and declared independence They then fordom On top of that, the commander of the army as Tulip Family's head died of illness Eventually, the Edom's armored cavalry As they were defeated, the Edom's independence After that, the Eree to the division of their lands

Rody sat in the carriage and occasionally gazed out of the , looking towards the palace in the distance He recalled seeing the picture of the palace in history books He did not knohat his fate would be when he arrived there

Rody stared at the palace which was getting closer As night drew nearer, he had a peculiar feeling

This is the heart of the Empire!

The palace was surrounded by about 60 e rocks Its height and thickness were about the sath wason the ere the I spears There was also a brightly colored banner with a thorny flower, flapping in the wind This as originally so the war A few hundred years later, an ancient eiven ato ate was replaced with a golden gate, the synity

As the carriage passed through the gate, Rody could not help but mentally try to calculate as to how many years of a coate's platinu

Under the guidance of the Ie stopped at the entrance of the inner city of the Ie nobody except His Majesty the Ee into the inner city

Twelve fully aruards led the way Rody eventually reached the audience hall The thick and heavy doorGordon's instructions, Rody sloalked into the audience hall alone

The 16 huge pillars in the audience hall looked dignified The audience hall was surrounded and illue candles, ht that it seemed as if it was daytiave out a soft sound Rody noticed that the floor of the audience hall was old On both sides of the audience hall, rows of guards in armor stood They only revealed their eyes and they had axes in their hands They looked straight in front and did not glance at Rody