Chapter 390 (1/2)

Chapter 390: A New Ruler and a Coincidental Meeting

Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Pranav

From a certain standpoint, the royalty bloodlines of s now, Bardi’s royalty bloodline was particularly messy

A necrophiliac prince, a lesbian vampire princess, an insane plant witch, and the current ruler was half dead and unable to have descendants And now there was evidently a Bardi royal siether with a dragon in order to produce the half-dragon descendant Halent If anyone told me that the Bardi Empire was cursed, I would be the first to believe it even if nobody else did

This true successor to the throne had never been considered a candidate nobody thought that the Dragon Knight Archduke had been in the running From a certain standpoint, it could only be said that Orloss’s secret plans were far too successful and that he did an a the information from everyone

“What!?”

The most surprised person present was actually Halent himself, and his shocked expression didn’t see you about this But you’re indeed my blood-related nephew I’ll tell you the rest in private We have honored guests with us right now so don’t let theht then Orloss had apparently kept this secret so well that even Halent didn’t know

“Ha! None of those idiots addicted to authority, wealth or pleasure are even re my life’s work I will also tell you directly that you’re not the only choice Even if you areto hand over my crown to you if you do not reach the level I believe a ruler must be at However, with the current situation, and due to your co with how all those idiots think I’liness, you’ve becoo ahead and tell you this now”

Hearing how energetic Orloss’s laughter was, I could only feel pity for all the other princes

Actually, if you analyzed the situation further, this result was only natural The current situation in Bardi was unstable—where all the do for an opportunity—and those with the greatest reatest power And as the battle at Nightrain City continued, Halent was now the greatestas Halent obtained sufficient cohtrain City, he would automatically become the top candidate for the crown even without Orloss’s support

Froroup of venomous insects He would intentionally have his potential successors fight each other using the most nefarious tactics possible and only then choose the successor he liked most

I refused to believe that Halent was Orloss’s only secret relative as a candidate It was evident, however, that Halent was the one Orloss liked most

Perhaps it was because Halent had always been staunchly anti-undead and continued to view the country’s issues with the ut with the willing to go against Orloss that allowed him to receive the e to be on his deathbed, and this would not only help him identify the best successor but also cause those with too much ambition to expose thee ruckus after the eift the new ee-scale sacrifice

“Rivers of blood will flow”

This was my prediction, and I felt quite confident about it The more ambitious schemers and unlucky fools who died, the more secure the new emperor’s position would be Rather than wait for the sche ruckus after the emperor’s death, it would be much more effective to kill them before they could cause trouble

With E this, the conference table now consisted of two royals from our side with actual authority, Bardi’s current ehest priest of their new church This was a conference of the highest rank, the best evidence of Orloss’s sincerity in wishi+ng to reach an accord

“I’ve always loved your quote fros to ordinary people Those Gods up above are just hypocritical an our forly ied—barely—to cootiations, the sky was light again

We received a good harvest frorand sche for ale for agreeing to be his helpers and allies

“A grand scheme? As expected of the most talented sche But if his plan really succeeds, perhaps he’ll be known to future generations as Bardi’s wisest ruler in history”

This areed to help his scheave me many benefits

“Two years’ worth of food reserves froh for all of East Mist to eat for five years Right, there’s also three thousand smiths and alchemists, and two hundred reed to these conditions A nouveau riche like Auland could never coa-eifts, but the pathetically poor Northlands would be able to save at least several decades’ worth of hard work He didn’t hesitate to give us anted most

“Then will you support the Northlands Mist Alliance in beco independent?”

“Of course If the Northlands increases in strength we can better guard the border of the hu Besides, even if I don’t agree to help, would San Antonio really be able to control the Mist Alliance and itswith each other? Rather than being hu back will help San Antonio save face I’ll write a letter to Sloan”

Making the Kasoa e Bardi would want in the first place As for the other payments… it didn’t matter since the Bardi royalty wasn’t the one ould pay Sacrificing so the do the centralized royal authority wished for as well

As for us, the most important harvest wasn’t the assistance we just received It was the fact that we had established a working relationshi+p with Halent Perhaps the newly born Mist Alliance and the future Bardi emperor would be able to create an ironclad alliance

To be honest, this was just chance, orbetween theleaders of the Mist Alliance and the future Bardi ee effect on history

Of course, for ely profitable As for what careed upon a ti the , I turned around and spoke to Glina

“Glina, in the future you need to reainst Bardi and Ehly doubt that even ten percent of the words he speaks are real Also, about that damned scheme of his, don’t participate in it I’ll do it by myself, so if it fails, it’s easy for reements on paper are upheld and we receive those resources, but don’t pin all your hopes on it It’s also difficult to say whether or not Halent can really obtain the position of emperor”

The reely confessed to Glina my distrust towards the Bardi royalty However, Orloss was probably saying soht now

“Yes, there’s no roos in national affairs You can only talk about benefits when dealing with a a empire”

“…This sounds familiar”

“You were the one who told me that”

I nodded, as it indeed sounded like so attention topolitics This was s not coure sos out, however After some hesitation, she asked me the question on her mind

“It isn’t like the princes are all useless Isn’t E the princes and domain lords ally with each other openly? What if one of the princes succeeds in a rebellion and overthrows him? I feel like it’s possible”

“…If that really happens, he’ll happily face his own de to raise the most venomous insect possible, so if he can raise a scorpion who surpasses hihted to have a successor who’s even better than himself”

I refused Orloss’s offer to send anizea walk

We didn’t intend to return to the ambush airshi+p In the earlier discussion, I requested a personal estate which I intended to use as the teroup I especially chose a location close to Evelyn