Chapter 879: Difficult to Reverse

After reaching an agreement, Duanmu Huai turned and left, and the king returned to his office, where a man was waiting for his arrival.

"Your Majesty, are you sure you want to do this?"

Looking at the king in front of him, Duke Granz looked at him solemnly, and the latter shook his head.

"For now, I can only hope that this can work to some extent."

"To be honest, I think it's too risky for you to bet on an adventurer and an organization you have never heard of."

"After all, he is an adventurer. If he doesn't take risks, can he still be called an adventurer?"

Hearing Duke Granz's warning, the king laughed, and then he restrained his expression again.

"But to be honest, I'm just taking insurance, Granz, at least, that one is indeed a warrior who stands tall and upright. I believe in my intuition that he should be a trustworthy person. To be honest, the current Kingdom of Paletia... maybe this is the best way for the time being."

Speaking of this, the king walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside with a solemn expression.

It is no wonder that the king looked so solemn, because he knew very well that the Kingdom of Paletia was in a state of turmoil.

And all this started from the ancestors of the Kingdom of Paletia.

In the ancient times, one day, the demons suddenly appeared in front of humans. They were able to manipulate unimaginable miracles—magic, and they could also fly in the sky. In this way, the demons launched a large-scale massacre against humans. At that time, humans had almost no means of resistance against the demons.

At that time, the ancestors of the Kingdom of Paletia found a way—they gained the ability to use magic by making a contract with the magic elves. Because of this, the Kingdom of Paletia became one of the few countries that could survive the attack of the demons at that time. They also relied on the power of the elf magic to create a barrier to isolate the demons.

And naturally, the magicians who could use the elf magic became the royal family and nobles of the Kingdom of Paletia. They were also proud of their bloodline and believed that the Kingdom of Paletia would eventually become a beacon for mankind.

However, it is a pity that although the ancestors of the Kingdom of Paletia are smart, other people are not fools. Although the magic used by the demons cannot be analyzed by humans. But humans still use their own intelligence to create a brand new magic system that belongs to humans.

So... well, in this way, the position of the Kingdom of Paletia instantly became very embarrassing.

Although the magic of the elves is powerful, this kind of magic requires a contract with the elves, and only the blood of the royal family and nobles of Paletia can sign a contract with the elves. Ordinary people cannot use elf magic, which is also the source of pride for the nobles.

As a result... the emergence of the human magic system completely defeated the pride of the nobles of Paletia.

It's like driving a car. You drive a Rolls-Royce and watch others walk, and you will naturally feel superior.

After all, I drive and you walk, which means I am better than you, right?

But just when you were complacent, a Wuling Hongguang drove up next to you, and a foot on the accelerator directly hit you in the face...

Don't we all run on four wheels on the ground, what's so great about it? My Wuling Hongguang can still drift, can you, Rolls-Royce, dare to do it?

Although the nobles of Paletia believe that the elf magic is noble, and look down on the human magic system, calling it civilian magic.

But what about this?

Whether it is elf magic or civilian magic, can't the summoned fireballs destroy the demons?

It is precisely because of this that the nobles of Paletia hate civilian magic very much, but as a royal family, they obviously cannot be as short-sighted as the nobles. The royal family of Paletia has long discovered that if this continues, the elf magic will sooner or later decline, and the human magic system will eventually dominate the world. After all, elf magic still requires blood to sign a contract, while the human magic system can be used by anyone with talent.

So the royal family has also tried to change this situation. In fact, the previous king once tried to give a noble title to a person who made meritorious contributions using the human magic system.

But this made the nobles extremely dissatisfied. They regarded it as a threat. After all, the nobles are not stupid. They also know that compared with elf magic, the human magic system is easier to learn and spread. If this precedent is set, then in a few years, all the nobles who use elven magic will be completely eliminated by those who use the human magic system.

So in order to maintain their status and reputation, the nobles launched a rebellion directly and decisively.

That's right, rebellion.

They would rather start a war and completely destroy the entire country than allow the human magic system to occupy the position that originally belonged to them.

The current king was forced to take the throne during the rebellion. Although he joined forces with his friend Duke Granz and eventually forcibly suppressed the rebellion and purged the nobles who started the rebellion. However, the nobles' insistence on their status and elven magic still shocked the king.

In fact, the Northern Fortress that was lost before was because of the civil war caused by this noble rebellion, which caused the North to be attacked by the demons and lost. It was not until the demons arrived at the royal city that the royal family and the nobles finally reached a consensus and joined forces to repel the demons' attack. However, after this battle, the royal family did not dare to talk about the human magic system casually anymore.

The previous rebellion has caused the Kingdom of Paretia to lose one-third of its territory. If it happens again, the entire country may really be destroyed.

After all, the Kingdom of Paretia is on the border of the demons. It can be said to be one of the front lines of mankind's fight against the demons. Stability is paramount and nothing can happen. Therefore, the king also wants to continue to maintain it like this.

Unfortunately, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind continued, and the birth of Agnesphia gave the king another headache.

Strangely enough, Agnesphia, as a bloodline of the royal family, was unable to sign a contract with the elves and use elven magic. Of course, Anisphia can also learn the human magic system, and others might have done so.

But Agnesphia——No!

Because she is the princess of the Kingdom of Paretia!

If she learns the human magic system, the threat to the nobles will be even greater than before! Because Agnesfia is a princess, she theoretically has the right to inherit the throne. If a princess who has learned the human magic system inherits the throne, will the nobles who use elf magic still have a way to survive?

It is conceivable that the second rebellion is just around the corner.

What makes the king even more troubled is that he obviously cannot sign a contract with the elves to use elf magic, but his daughter likes magic very much. I don’t know where she got so many fantastic ideas, but my daughter finally chose to create a strange knowledge—magic!

Anisphia's idea was simple. Since she couldn't use magic, she could just create a prop that could use magic. At first, the king only thought it was a whim, so he let her go.

But what the king didn't expect was that Anisphia actually achieved results...

Now the trouble is big.

You must know that magic props are more terrifying than the human magic system. The human magic system ultimately requires talented people to learn, but magic props can be used by everyone. Because of this, many people actually saw Princess Anisfia's potential and supported her career.

However, to the conservative nobles who use elven magic, this is even more hateful than the human magic system.

Although they look down on the human magic system, but taking a step back, the human magic system is still magic, but magic is no longer magic at all. Can you imagine a snot-nosed kid on the street just taking a stick and doing it? Unleash fireballs as powerful as elven magic?

So what's the use of magic?

Take the lightsaber Anisphia made before. It can easily split the bodies of monsters that cannot be split by swords. In fact, the Knights have proposed several times, hoping to equip the army with this kind of magic. lightsaber. After all, the army needs to fight against monsters and demons on the front line. If it can use this magic lightsaber, it will definitely reduce casualties and expand the results.

From the national and royal levels, this has only advantages and no disadvantages, and there is no reason to disagree.

However, these proposals were withdrawn under the pressure of conservative nobles. They would never allow people who have not learned magic to easily master the circulation of power comparable to magic.

Even so, this also alerted the conservative nobles. They also discovered that if magic continues to spread, Agnesphia may gain the support of the majority of the people by then, and things will change. It's getting trickier. So they are all standing behind the prince at this moment, trying their best to advise him. In the opinion of these nobles, the best way is for the prince to become the king, and then marry this rebellious princess to other countries far away. That's it.

Therefore, they worked hard, hoping to let the prince command the war to regain the Northland Fortress in order to gain the popularity to be able to confront Agnesphia.

Of course, the nobles also know that if they cannot fight against the demons and monsters in the sky, then trying to take back the Northland is just a fantasy.

But I didn't expect that this matter would turn around.

What was even more unexpected was that the turning point came from Her Highness the Princess, whom they despised.

As a result, these nobles went against the norm and began to brag about Princess Anisphia's bravery in front of the king, and strongly recommended that she must participate in this northern expedition.

This is certainly not a discovery of their conscience. In fact, the king also knows what they want to do - it is obvious that these nobles are trying to take advantage of this crusade in the North to completely eliminate the "unstable factor" of Agnesphia.

The king even thought up a script for them - the brave Princess Anisphia sacrificed her life to fight against the powerful demons during the crusade in the North. Her good character is worth learning from all of us... Anyway Death is like a lamp going out. As long as Agnesphia dies, the magic she discovered will be over. Saying a few good words to the dead will not cost the nobles a few pieces of meat.

But if Agnesphia were alive, that would be the problem that would cause her head to fall off.

If Agnesfia was the only one, the king would also be very troubled. He knew that similar political struggles would be too easy, because Agnesfia was the only one who could fly, so the nobles could take advantage of those dangerous situations. And the task she had to do was given to Agnesphia, leaving her alone in danger and then being killed.

But it is not possible to not let Enisfia go. After all, the current situation is like this. If you need to recover the North, you need to fight against the aerial attacks of the demons and monsters, so you must let someone who can fight in the air come forward. Not to mention that Enisfia is a royal family, and it is also her mission to protect the Kingdom of Paletia.

But fortunately... there is Duanmu Huai.

Although it was just a few words, the king has discovered that the iron warrior in front of him is an extremely domineering and arrogant person, that is, he is unlikely to be bribed by the nobles. Therefore, he specifically asked Duanmu Huai to help protect Enisfia to prevent her from being harmed by the conspiracy of those nobles.

For him as a king, he can only do so much at present.

The king also knows that things will not be so simple. Those conservative nobles will never let Enisfia go, and now the only thing he can do is... pray.

I hope that after recovering the North, the situation will develop in the favorable direction that I expect.

Duanmu Huai didn't know what the king was thinking, but when he returned to the hotel, he immediately found Zhen Jiling.

"Zhen Ji Ling, there is something I hope you can help me with."

"What is it? Big brother?"

Hearing that Duanmu Huai needed his help, Zhen Ji Ling's eyes widened immediately.

"I hope you can investigate some intelligence about the nobles and royal family of the Kingdom of Paletia."

"Investigate intelligence?"

"That's right, I don't want you to explore some secrets, I just want you to collect some "obvious" and "well-known" things."

Although Duanmu Huai didn't know what problems had occurred within the Kingdom of Paletia, he was sure that there was definitely a problem.

The reason was also very simple.

The King of Paletia had only one son and one daughter. Logically speaking, you had to keep one as insurance. How could you send both to the battlefield? If one of them was not good, and both died, wouldn't your royal family not even have an heir? After all, this was not a battle with humans, but a battle with the demons. The magic of the demons was strange and varied. Who could say for sure what would happen? Frankly speaking, it would not be surprising if both died.

Of course, if you want to say that it is a battle that will lead to the destruction of the country and the family, then that's fine, but if the recovery of the North fails, it will not lead to the destruction of the country, so Duanmu Huai thinks that this approach is really against common sense.

Moreover, if Duanmu Huai guessed correctly, the demons in this world are likely to believe in treachery, so conspiring at the national level is even more their specialty.

Regardless of whether it will succeed or not, it must be done anyway.

Duanmu Huai and Ogis are not good at inquiring about intelligence, so they can only leave it to Zhen Jiling.

"Can you do it, Zhen Jiling?"

"Of course."

Facing Duanmu Huai's question, Zhen Jiling nodded vigorously.

"I will definitely bring you the information you want!"