Chapter 1,428 Everyone’s Thoughts

The reason why the Empress and her party were able to leave smoothly was actually because Prince Behar did not try his best to save the life of His Majesty the Emperor. Even if all the guards around the emperor were cleared, the most they could do was capture the empress alive. At present, there is no time to kill the king.

But in fact, where the prince didn't care, things gradually became different from what he imagined.

The real reason why the heavily armored soldiers on the prince's side couldn't catch up with the empress was because they didn't want to face the magician directly.

The incident on Dragon Island may not have reached their ears yet, but among the people who assassinated the magicians in the first two waves, there were also people they knew who had died. There are countless examples of broken families before their eyes. Of course they don't want to experience such a thing or bring such a tragic experience to their families.

The soldiers did not dare to push away or harm the nobles who were running randomly and blocking their advancement route. Even if the superior officer issued an order, these nobles were not something they could touch or kill.

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What if you were really stupid and obeyed orders and did those things that were not allowed? Regardless of whether the empress was captured in the end or not, everyone knew that when the families of the nobles who died wanted an explanation, they would be pushed out to silence those nobles.

In other words, the mess in front of them is a dead end for these soldiers.

Even if they disregard the life and death of the nobles and push forward forcefully, the final result will only allow the capture of the empress, rather than the regicide of the emperor to ascend the throne. Then in the process of dealing with the aftermath, this group of people will inevitably become bargaining chips and props to appease people's hearts, or else they will be an explanation to the empress.

If the mission fails, you will be reprimanded by the prince, and there may even be other punishments. As for the inability to implement orders and insufficient training, there will of course be some excruciating training afterwards.

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In comparison, it seems that it would be better to let the mission fail. At least he could save his life in the end, and his life would be a little miserable. At most, he would be expelled. In short, no one believed that the prince would protect himself.

Of course, the soldiers did not discuss or connect this kind of thing in advance. Everyone just followed the same rhythm in a tacit understanding and firmly maintained the advancing formation. Even if some people don't understand it at first, they will understand it after being slowed down by the people around them.

To be able to join the Guards Corps and serve as a guard for the royal family, loyalty is the basic requirement, but shrewdness is the most basic quality. Even if they are just low-level soldiers, they can all become non-commissioned officers after being released. Of course, no one is a fool.

Compared to the small thoughts of the soldiers, the nobles had other ideas. They never thought about what it was like to watch a play and see people being forced to act on stage, let alone those who even lost their lives.

Especially those grand dukes who attended the meeting. You must know that the location where they originally stood was the closest to the beauty lamp.

If the magician did not cast a spell to displace the beauty lamp, but instead exploded around them, even though he had life-saving magic props on him, what about the children he brought with him? Can they all be safe?

Even if they have life-saving magic props to defend themselves, it doesn't mean that these noble people are willing to be bombed! More importantly, they had no prior knowledge of this arrangement. If the magician makes the wrong choice, they will most likely be sent away.

Almost all the nobles who stayed by the beauty lamp had expressions so dark that they could drip with ink.

Except for the Archduke Frias, the father of Prince Thomas and a staunch supporter of Prince Behar. His expression was not an expression of irritation that he was also being plotted, but an expression of regret that things were not as expected.

No one asked, but they probably guessed that Archduke Frias must be the insider, or even the planner! This made everyone even more angry.

Even though everyone is uniting to deal with the emperor now, competition between nobles still exists. If all the grand dukes present were really killed by the bomb, they could all imagine what kind of frame-up would follow. Then he coerced all the nobles and raised the flag of rebellion against the emperor.

Don't think that your family can benefit from doing this. If the successor cannot be determined, or even who the successor is, it is possible that the family will weaken or even be wiped out in the subsequent changes.

As for the little nobles who were injured or killed by the bombing, they now hated both the empress and Prince Behar. They would not foolishly think that if the empress gave up resistance, the corpse explosion technique would not befall them.

One by one, the protagonist of the struggle must be hated, and the person who set up the corpse explosion trap must be hated even more!

Therefore, Prince Behar's heroic explosion pushed many small nobles away from their own camp. It means that these little nobles have not been noticed by the prince from the beginning. Even if it's all gone, he probably doesn't care.

But those nobles who were not considered to be great nobles, who were not in the area affected by the original beauty lamp, and who were certainly not harmed by the corpse explosion, could not continue to stand in the prince's camp in their hearts. Because a certain magician's words reminded them of something.

To them, the best emperor would be a mediocre and incompetent man. In this way, the emperor would not torment them.

A little better is the kind of person who has no connections or strength, just like the current Queen. In this way, everyone still has a way to isolate the emperor from the core of power.

But if a tyrant succeeds to the throne...do you expect this child's character to change on his own when he grows up? Those words are used to deceive others, but not yourself.

You must know that Prince Behar's current character was the result of the nobles' joint efforts. But it seems that the effect is too much, and it backfires on oneself.

Because everyone trusted the host of the banquet, Prince Behar, everyone came dressed in gorgeous clothes and did not bring armed guards. However, the prince took the initiative to break the rules, only for his own purposes, without caring about the life or death of others.

Comparing the actions of the empress' side, they mainly avoided the situation and understood that this banquet hall was not a suitable place for fighting. So they didn't counterattack from beginning to end, they just kept defending. This did not make the already messy situation in the banquet hall become uncontrollable.

The performance of both parties made everyone's original stance of supporting Prince Behar quietly shift. Of course, it is impossible to switch to the Empress camp, but everyone no longer trusts and supports Prince Behar.

It can be said that this banquet, on the surface, was a loss of face for the empress. Let Saint Alegria have one more deed on the pillar of shame. But in fact, the person who lost face and dignity was probably the prince who coveted the emperor's throne.

All this is actually not a magician's calculation. It just happened suddenly, so he just made the choice he would make according to his own habits. It's just that the concessions and evasions that have been criticized in the past have produced unexpected results this time.

However, someone did not realize what good thing he had done, and his whole mind was still focused on the empress' retreat.

Of all types of battles or wars, retreat warfare is the most difficult one to fight. How to reduce losses, break away from the battlefield, and block pursuing troops? It can be said that there is no standard answer, and we can only act according to circumstances.

The moment they left the big house, the knights guarding the empress blew a dragon flute. This is a slender, sharp whistle that can emit a high-frequency sound that only dragons or dragons can hear. At best, humans feel their ears are a bit harsh and uncomfortable. This was to call the Dragoon Corps to come to support.

At the same time, someone among the Empress's guards fired a firework into the sky. In addition to calling for reinforcements, they also asked the people driving the carriages to come over as soon as possible.

The actions of boarding and evacuating the bus were very smooth, because no one seriously blocked it at all. This surprised Lin and made him feel lucky. He is not a murderous person in nature. Although he has been living in the Lost Land until now, he does not feel guilty for taking lives, but it does not mean that he takes pleasure in killing people. Killing is not a pleasant thing.

The empress, who was brought out under her arms, and her close friends were thrown into the emperor's carriage by the tall and strong guard. Lin followed the car shamelessly, and the knights guarding him didn't stop him in the slightest. In urgent matters, the knights also need the magical robes of the magician to become the shield of His Majesty the Emperor.

After getting in the car, Lin not only helped carry and fix the body of Acorus, but also took care of the empress. Who knows whether Prince Behar's people will suddenly have a seizure and change from a pretentious posture to a real killing.

There are many such things in the art of war that I know. First let down their guard, then attack and kill them in one fell swoop.

If he stayed away from the empress, something like what happened with the Corpse Explosion Technique just happened again, and he might not be able to save people in time, so Lin insisted on getting on the same carriage. It's completely uneasy to let this empress stay far away from her eyes.

In the carriage, the dead silence was quickly broken by the guarding knights from outside. One of them patted the window of the emperor's carriage and asked inside: "Your Majesty, the support of the dragoons has arrived. Do you want to leave first on the flying dragon?"

When Alegria was about to reply, Lin held down the other person's hand and said, "Turn all the way to the temple of the Church of the Three Holy Lights."

The empress didn't understand what someone meant at first, but when she followed Lin's fingers, the pained expression on Acorus made her understand instantly. Then he ordered outside: "Turn to the Temple of Life and find the Archbishop."

The empress's orders were always simple, clear, and unquestionable. Of course the guard knights had no objection.

Perhaps it would be very shameful for a nobleman, even as an emperor, to seek refuge in the temple of a god. But no one can guarantee the return to the palace, and there will be no other ambush.

Even returning to the palace from the air is not so safe. The empire's flying team is not just dragoons. So in the name of saving people, transferring to the temple is a very clever tactical move. At least give them more time to mobilize His Majesty the Emperor's bodyguards.

On the carriage, the returning empress looked at the painful expression of Acorus. She didn't dare to look at a certain magician, so she just asked in a suppressed voice: "Just now, that was a lie. My Lisa was just locked up in a place we don't know yet."

Lin thought for a while and said tactfully: "That was the corpse explosion technique in undead magic. I don't think the prince would specifically change the appearance of a corpse to look like Lisa to confuse us. With that little Considering the guy's reckless character, he can't do such a delicate operation. So..."