Chapter 466 You Haven't Been Here Before

When Aiwass just entered the Silver and Tin Palace, he smelled the smell of blood. (っ◔◡◔)っ

The breath of death and destruction permeated the once solemn and sacred silver-white palace. The building walls that had been repeatedly reinforced by the preservationists still could not withstand the aftermath of the knights' battle. At this moment, they had become tattered and full of cracks and rubble everywhere.

It was as if this was not the palace of Avalon, but the ruins of the palace of the old dynasty that had been destroyed.

When Aiwass passed by the door of the Round Table Hall, he could vaguely see that the glass steps were still intact.

However, there was no one in the Round Table Hall. No knight sat back at the round table.

Those surviving knights were either stained with blood or injured.

The knights stood scattered in various corners of the Silver and Tin Palace. Different eyes were cast on Aiwass from all directions.

Some were pitying, some were fearful, some were nervous, some were sarcastic, and some were indifferent.

Obviously, although they were on the same side now, their moods and goals were different.

Perhaps because they were afraid of Diomedes beside Aiwass, no knight dared to approach Aiwass or talk to him.

And Aiwass just stared at them quietly - looking at all of them in turn.

Aiwass's eyes were like a terrible catalyst.

Every knight who looked at him changed color. Either glared at him, or avoided his gaze, or ran away - no one could remain calm and peaceful after looking at Aiwass.

This silent confrontation ended only when Minister Droste came up.

"Bishop Moriarty."

Minister Droste, with his big belly that he couldn't see his feet when he looked down, took the initiative to greet him with a smile: "Oh, you're here..."

He patted his belly and glanced around.

Before he could say anything, the knights dispersed. They left in a hurry, as if they were afraid of being noticed by Droste.

Aiwass's mouth corners slightly raised: "Yes, I came as promised."

That attitude, if you think about it carefully... it's more like disgust than fear.

It turns out that even these traitors who killed their colleagues dislike Droste.

——This is actually reasonable, Aiwass thought.

The same thing, it is impossible for the Star Antimony people to buy off all the knights.

The reason they attacked Avalon is because the Star Antimony Kingdom fell into an unsolvable economic crisis. Star Antimony must have coaxed and deceived these knights to their side.

Most of them may not even know that Queen Sofia is going to be assassinated today. Even bolder, they may not know it at all.

Otherwise, in the CG, it is impossible for everyone to act so relaxed and happy.

Aiwass knew at a glance that their state was obviously a state of relaxation with a big sigh of relief. Assuming they knew that Minister Droste would poison the queen at this banquet, then some of them would definitely be nervous about it.

Because such a dangerous plan has the possibility of failure. And once it fails, they will all face the most tragic ending.

Iron-headed people on the path of authoritarianism rarely have the talent for the path of beauty and the path of adaptation. They don't have such a strong talent for acting or lying.

And from that CG, Aiwas has vaguely felt that Queen Sofia is wary of Minister Droste.

So from this perspective, they may have been brought by Droste to confuse Queen Sofia... Just because the people here are very relaxed and there are so many people, the queen believes that Droste will not take action.

As a result, she didn't expect that Droste would forcefully take action.

Aiwas helped Isabel handle government affairs for two months, and with his social skills, he had already recognized all the knights in the Round Table Hall.

Among these traitors, a large number of them have a close and trusting relationship with Queen Sofia. There are even some Knights of the Round Table who come from the families of the founders of the country.

Unless they are all bought off by the Star Antimony people at a high price, their originally stable position will become unstable as long as the Star Antimony people invade. So from the perspective of interests, they have the least reason to rebel. But they did choose to help Droste finish the rebellion after he rebelled.

Then there is only one answer.

There are not so many real traitors.

When Aiwas dismissed the ministers, he actually had this feeling vaguely. Now that he has watched the CG in full and compared it with his experience in reality, Aiwas has really confirmed it.

It makes sense. These cowardly knights don't even have the determination to resist Aiwas. They don't have the courage to rebel at all.

They are so happy at this banquet because they think Avalon is discussing peace talks and marriage with Star Antimony. They don't have to fight against the powerful enemy Star Antimony anymore, but instead have a powerful ally out of thin air... They are happy about this.

When Queen Sophia was poisoned and Droste unsurprisingly asked to seal off the scene, the knights knew they could not turn back; when the second "Princess Isabel" appeared in public and Droste had no hostility towards her, the knights reacted and knew which side they should stand on.

The knights were initially tied to Droste's side because they took money they shouldn't have taken or made mistakes they shouldn't have made. As a result, they unknowingly became the majority, and their behavior began to be swept up by the group.

And when they gather together, their strength will attract new allies... just like a snowball, the team continues to grow, but the individual free will is lost. In the end, they can't escape, and can only follow others who have already started.

They did not conspire to assassinate Queen Sofia, but they were all too smart and good at reading the eyes. So when Queen Sofia was dead and Xingtan was secretly controlling the Avalon Court, they all chose to be loyal to Xingtan and Minister Droste, who had a close relationship with Xingtan people.

This keen sense of smell and changing positions at any time are also the characteristic abilities of the authoritarian path.

Every knight who survived now has the blood of his former colleagues on his hands. They have become allies of the regicide Droste and traitors, and there is no turning back.

——Even if they regret it at this time, they will die the same way. They will be cleared out by Droste and be blamed for being traitors.

It's better to go all the way to the end.

When Aiwas scanned each person before, he was observing which of these surviving knights still felt ashamed, uneasy and sad, and had obvious disgust for Droste.

These people might still be useful.

At least Aiwas could give them another chance.

—— And those knights who reacted indifferently, were friendly or even flattering to Droste, Aiwas had already made a special note in his mind and made a separate list for them.

Black list.

Of course, it is unfair and immoral to punish them for something that has not happened in the future. But it is okay to directly investigate them - just treat it as a report by an anonymous person.

And Aiwas can be sure that he can find out something. After all, if they can be coerced by Droste, there must be some traces left.

... If you consider it from this perspective, this promotion ceremony is an extremely rare opportunity.

Only when the day of destruction comes, can we confirm which people will be absolutely loyal to Avalon until death, which people value the safety and happiness of themselves and their families more than Avalon, which people are hesitant and coerced by villains but still have conscience, which people will betray their friends without mercy and shame, and which people can't wait to smile when tragedy comes.

——The "human heart" that is difficult to test and can never be measured in the real world is clearly displayed in front of us in this ceremony.

And Aiwass doesn't need to explain to Isabel where his information comes from - because she also witnessed it all in person, and is definitely more angry than Aiwass.

Aiwass thought.

Is it because of this reason? So this promotion ceremony is fully responsible by the Lord of Scales and Feathers... This is indeed a "prophet" style that adapts to the Tao.

For Aiwass and Isabel, it can certainly be regarded as a "prophet". They can all get important information from it.

And for "Strangers" and others, this is even more of a prophet - especially Strangers.

In this world line, it was the armed gargoyles he designed that really broke Avalon. Without the armed gargoyle legion that could penetrate the Griffin Legion, the Great Guardian leading the Griffin Legion was still a very threatening legion.

When they attacked Xingti casually in the real world, Xingti could hardly fight back. If there were no armed gargoyles, it would be a matter of changing homes at most. It was precisely because this counterattack force from Avalon was perfectly intercepted that the final battle became one-sided.

In the real world, I am afraid that Stranger would not have the opportunity to develop it. But now, he will see what "him in another world" has done from this illusory world.

If you think about it from this perspective...

Then will the doctor, cheese, olives, grapes... be related to this matter?

Aiwass couldn't help but think a few more layers.

So far, every promotion ceremony he has experienced seems to be specially designed. Only this ceremony is completely responsible for a single pillar god... Then will the people chosen by the Lord of Scales and Feathers also have some meaning?

After all, He is a pillar god who adapts to the path, a beast of thousands of changes who possesses the power of foresight.

——If you can't figure it out, then just look at it as "I guess all this must have His deep meaning"!

Even if you think too much, it's better than thinking too little.

Thinking of this, Aiwas became more cautious.

He looked at Minister Droste's face and put on a natural and friendly smile.

In this unpredictable ceremony full of riddles, information and hints, only you are still as stupid as ever, and still so want to kill.

This stability can be said to be the basis of logic.

It's really touching.

... Then I have to seize the opportunity of Droste's "resurrection" this time, and dig out the information that I didn't have the chance to torture in reality.

Aiwas thought.

Minister Droste immediately understood Aiwas's eyes, raised his eyebrows in confusion, and was silent for a while.

As a fourth-level authoritarian, Drost can't easily see through lies like the fifth-level ones. But he can also perceive the true attitude of others.

This is also part of the "leadership" of the authoritarian path.

Insight into the heart, see through the lies, and see through the subtext and intentions of others. Drost can easily see that there is no fear, anger or uneasiness in the eyes of Aiwas when he looks at him.

On the contrary, he seems friendly and... compassionate?

Minister of Trade Drost was a little confused.

If he had not really intercepted the letter of denunciation from Aiwass, and had not guessed that Sherlock had an accomplice when interrogating him, he would have really thought that Aiwass was arrested by mistake.

... Doesn't he understand why he asked him to come?

Just when such a thought came to Drost's mind, Diomedes' words completely misled him.

"Mr. Drost."

Diomedes bowed slightly and said coldly and calmly: "When I went to invite Mr. Aiwass, I was strongly stopped by Professor Moriarty.

"- It was Mr. Aiwass who took the initiative to come out and said he wanted to see you. "

"Oh? "

Hearing this, Minister Droste became interested.

Although Diomedes addressed him in a distant way and there were subtle differences between their positions on some small matters, Droste absolutely trusted the old butler who had taken care of him since he was a child.

Since Diomedes said so, it means that Aiwass came to him after the kidnapping attempt failed.

That's really fresh.

The mouse ran to find the cat for food, right?

Then we can indeed listen to what Aiwass wants. At least this attitude is different from that of the kid from the Hermes family.

So Minister Droste patted his belly and laughed heartily: "Okay, then let's find a place and sit down and talk slowly.

"--Let's go to the Queen's bedroom, how about it? Bishop Moriarty, you probably haven't had the chance to come here before."

... Guess?

Aiwass thought.