Chapter 1,235 The Destruction of the Past

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Nineveh Palace, one of the safest places on the Lost Continent.

The highly favored commander of the Guards had his own room in this palace, adjacent to the emperor's palace. The exclusive knight attendant was struggling to disassemble the legendary armor. The armor was deformed on the waist and abdomen, and many movable buckles were stuck. This made the job, which was not easy in the first place, even more difficult.

The royal medical officer was examining the injury of the commander of the Guards Corps. However, except for the waist and abdomen, which were not yet visible, there were no internal or external injuries, not even a single bruise. It was completely impossible to tell that he had just experienced a big battle.

But for the person involved, the mental fatigue is more serious than the internal and external injuries. No one can remain calm in the ups and downs of being on the verge of death again and again and escaping death again and again.

Moreover, when His Highness the Prince drew out the magic sword to attack people, even though it was only for a moment and he was not the main target, Old Yomel was still affected by the aura of the Abyss Lord. This is why when the three of them separated, he didn't pick up his sword and fight again, but put himself on the defensive. Because at that time he was struggling to resist the countless dark thoughts in his mind.

With a muffled groan, the armor on the waist was finally dismantled. A large piece of the chain mail originally used for lining had been bitten into the flesh of the abdomen. You have to carefully stretch the muscles that have been trained to be very hard before you can pull out the chain armor. The surrounding bruises were so dark that there was no bleeding on the surface, but the inside of the stomach was probably a mess.

When the experienced medical officer saw this, without saying a word, he took out a thin tube for bloodletting and inserted it into the slightly swollen belly. The thick black blood in his belly was drained out along the thin tube.

This is not a form of healing that everyone can do. Generally, bloodletting therapy involves cutting hands or feet. There are too many important organs in the abdomen. If any one is injured, it will not be easy to deal with later. The old medical officer's therapy, if it is inserted too deep or in the wrong position and hurts the internal organs, there will be endless troubles. Fortunately, the old medical officer's skills were strong enough and Yomel's physique was extraordinary, so he could use such a treatment method.

At this time, a sound of mountain calls and announcements came closer and closer, and the emperor of the empire, Armin Kazalnia, came to visit the old man he trusted most in his room.

Although the old emperor's attitude towards his subordinates was gentle and kind, if he forgot his duty as a minister, it would be tantamount to betrayal. So no matter how many times the old emperor emphasized it, Yomel still struggled to get up and salute. "His Majesty."

The old emperor didn't say much. He stopped the guard leader's movements with his own hands and pushed him back into the chair so that the medical officer could continue to treat the injury. The old emperor said: "Tough guy, you look pretty bad. Tell me what happened."

Yomel didn't hide anything and told everything he knew. The old emperor combined the information he got from the leader of the imperial guard on the way here and roughly deduced the cause and effect.

Specifically, the young man of the Muhashebesi family met the fourteenth son of the emperor and a magician, and the magician was regarded as the initiator of the dispute between the two grand dukes, Risa and Kawi. So the granddaughter of the old man in front of me led her team to capture the magician, regardless of life or death.

Who would have known that the woman and her team who were granted permission to enter the personal guard would never return, so the old man in front of him rushed to take revenge. Unexpectedly, revenge failed and ended up like this.

"So, who kicked those two kicks in your body?"

"Your Majesty, these are all masterpieces by His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Emperor." Old Yomel had two injuries on his body, one serious and one minor.

One was the injury sustained by the Fourteenth Prince to save himself when he was attacked by the magician at the beginning of the war.

The other serious injury was a heavy kick from the Fourteenth Prince to himself at the end of the battle in order to use his strength to escape. And this kick also got him out of the battle circle, and stopped the magician from continuing to attack.

The old emperor Armin felt mixed emotions when he learned that the two wounds on his most trusted subordinate came from his own son. He asked directly: "In this case, should I be proud of my son, or should I be angry for your heavy injury?"

"Be proud, Your Majesty. His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Emperor has indeed grown to an unimaginable level. At least, it is impossible for us to deal with him like the last time." Old Yomel said bluntly.

I heard the person I trust the most give such a comment. The old emperor felt relieved and had a headache.

Yomel mentioned the same 'thing' as last time, but Emperor Armin did not ask, and he also knew that the other person was talking about the matter of the Fourteenth Prince's destruction of the Guards Corps. There are many rumors about that incident, and many of them are true; but no matter how they are spread, they are not the complete truth. At least no one can explain correctly why 10,000 people lined up to die and did not retreat until they were all dead.

The rumored reason is that because they have to guard the safety of the palace, the bodyguards cannot retreat and can only attack the fourteenth prince who was red-eyed at the time until they are all dead. But the truth of the matter is that Emperor Armin personally ordered it, forcing his bodyguards to die one after another.

It stands to reason that in a war in the cold weapon era, when the battle losses exceed 30% but the army is still not disintegrated, it is already a rare and strong army. As long as it exceeds 30%, even if the commander insists on not retreating, the soldiers will find a way to survive on their own. But when the authority of the emperor and the life and death of all their families were in the hands of that supreme being, not retreating became a reminder.

However, the reason why the emperor issued such an order was to defeat the fourteenth prince who had really killed him at that time. Even killing it is not ruled out!

Except for Azad, who killed the thirteenth prince who was a compatriot of his own mother, all living people inside and outside the palace at that time were his targets, including of course the emperor himself. As for the cause of the incident, there is no point in pursuing it. But the old emperor speculated that it was related to the fact that the Fourteenth Son had just awakened the devil's physique not long before that incident happened?

If you just want to survive, then if someone cuts off the rear, you can let the Guards Corps protect all the important people and escape. Perhaps it is quite embarrassing for an emperor to be forced to escape from the palace, and it can even be regarded as a lifelong shame. But what Azad did was different from a rebellion or a coup. He didn't want to rule the empire, he just wanted to destroy everything! So running away is not necessarily a bad choice.

But who can guarantee that the red-eyed killer will not be chased out? Guarantee that he will not attack ordinary people outside the palace? You must know that every servant in the palace will be killed, and no one can escape if they are seen. Or guarantee that His Highness the Prince will not kill those nobles, or even the family members or himself of the great nobles?

It is true that the emperor has considerable authority, but this authority has not yet reached an absolute level. Under the feudal system of Midi, the so-called king or emperor is just the most powerful noble in the country. In addition, there is no theoretical support for the divine right of kings. Compared with the emperor or king under centralized power, the authority is not at the same level at all.

Under such a premise, once someone from the royal family arbitrarily kills a noble... Mi Di will not use the idea of ​​'if the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die'. There is no need to discuss the betrayal of the targeted nobles at any moment. Anyway, everyone's forces have been reshuffled, and whoever can stand out will be in charge. The unlucky ones just disappear.

Therefore, in order to prevent the empire from falling into civil strife and for the sake of the royal family, Emperor Armin could only make a decision to prevent the problem from going beyond the palace. Let your own vassals, the bodyguards, try to kill your own crazy heir.

The method that was decided in a hurry was to sacrifice a large number of soldiers to consume the fourteenth prince's physical strength and strength, and finally send someone to deal with him. There is no clever tactic, just use more people to defeat the opponent head-on. Even so, Old Yomel, who finally showed up, failed to kill Azad, only defeated him.

In other words, the fourteenth prince who has awakened the demonic constitution cannot be killed by normal methods; at least the body cannot be completely destroyed. And once the body loses its soul, the next thing that comes in may not be easier to get along with than the original Azad. This was the problem the emperor faced at that time.

Fortunately, Azad, who woke up again, no longer had red eyes and continued to chase the others, but returned to his usual unpredictable appearance.

Also because of the destruction of the Guards Corps, this matter was too serious. Therefore, driven by the nobles, the emperor had to order to deprive his beloved son of all rights. This is also a way to protect the royal family as a whole. When Azad went crazy again and pointed the butcher knife at other nobles, those people could not regard such behavior as a reason for royal provocation and held high the banner of rebellion.

But in fact, in the heart of the emperor who consciously moved the entire country closer to a centralized system, a strong leader like Azad was the best candidate for succession. Perhaps no one in this era can clearly explain what enfeoffment is and what centralization is, but a powerful force that can fight and no one can stop is the guarantee for the implementation of all government affairs.

As for the direction in which this will take the country, no one can guarantee. In fact, even if we don't do that, who can guarantee that the country will not decline for other reasons. In any case, it is better to fight than to be bullied. This is the universal value of Midland. This is also the reason why Emperor Armin Kazalnia valued his fourteenth son, even if this son once raised a butcher's knife to him.

However, what Old Youmel meant was that the old method of dealing with the Fourteenth Son was no longer useful. Although this kind of growth was within Armin's expectation, he never expected it to be so fast. But this led to another question. The old emperor asked: "If that kid really grew up, how did you survive? That magician?"

Before coming here, the old emperor had already learned the general story of the matter from the head of the imperial guard. He also came to see the leader of his own bodyguard. In addition to offering condolences out of trust, he also wanted to get first-hand information from the person involved.

The key point of this incident lies in the inconspicuous but very important magician - Guybrash Tripwood.