Chapter 246

"...You are right." Rosalin finally nodded.

Anyway, Arthas has taken people to confiscate the imperial treasury, and the money there should be far more than the current 30 million.

In this special period, the things that can be done with money are actually the easiest things.

Thinking of this, Rosalin agreed with the ideas of several mercenary leaders.

Then, she took out a storage ring.

"Here is the money you want. Remember to do it after you take it back, otherwise, Orson and others will not forgive you for betraying you."

"Of course, everything will be easy if you have money."

The other party said so, smiled and took the money from Rosalin's hand, and then stood up to see her off.

Before leaving, a person deliberately touched Rosalin's arm, which made Rosalin angry.

It was not until Rosalin left that the whole room regained a cheerful atmosphere.

"Hahaha, this is five million! Five million, you can't spend it all in your lifetime."

A mercenary leader said so.

"That's right! If you give us so much money, we can disband the mercenary group directly. The Duke will enjoy a lifetime of happiness, while I have to support ten wives!"

Several people have already begun to fantasize about the future, and the door of the room was knocked again.

Several people looked at each other in confusion, and then one of them asked:

"Did anyone call someone again?"

"No?"

"What's the situation? Could it be that Queen Rosalin is back again?"

"Oh, what is she doing back? We won't return the money to her even if she regrets it."

They opened the door of the room, and a little blonde girl appeared in front of them.

"Big brothers, what were you talking about in there just now? Can I join in?"

Franca stood at the door and said with a harmless smile.

Her cute fangs were exposed...

Chapter 55: Concealing the truth (5.2K)

Rosalin returned to the palace under the escort of several knights.

In order to ensure Rosalin's safety, Alsace specially arranged an eighth-level high-level knight and several seventh-level knights for her.

Of course, in order to show her sincerity, Rosalin did not bring her guards into the negotiation venue.

"Your Highness, is the negotiation going well?" High-ranking knight Landon accompanied Rosalin and asked.

Landon was previously a high-ranking knight in charge of the police station, but he was dismissed from his post due to poor performance during the turmoil in the imperial city and returned to the Knights to continue serving.

Now, he has become Rosalin's full-time guard, responsible for protecting Rosalin's safety.

In fact, there are no more than fifty eighth-level strongmen in the entire empire, and no more than twenty who can really participate in this civil strife.

Therefore, the imperial queen, who seems to be in the limelight, can only arrange one eighth-level strongman around her.

Rosalin shook her head and sighed when she heard Landon's words.

Then, she said:

"The leaders of those mercenaries are not powerful enough. Don't put too much hope on them, otherwise we will suffer a great loss."

Landon nodded in understanding when he heard this.

"I just felt some unusual activity around here."

At this time, he gave Rosalin the report he had just found.

Rosalin became nervous when she heard this.

"You mean, someone is going to assassinate me?"

"No." Langdon shook his head.

"That strange breath appears and disappears, it should be someone from Elsa's side who is secretly monitoring us. I don't think there is any hostility, so there is no trouble here."

Hearing Langdon's words, Rosalin frowned.

"So, the people who are monitoring us have disappeared now, right?"

"Yeah."

Landon nodded.

"Then they are not here to monitor us!"

Rosalin made her judgment directly, then looked at Langdon, with a hint of command in her tone, and then said:

"Landdon, take me back quickly."

A bad premonition emerged in Rosalin's heart.

"Why?" Langdon asked in confusion.

Rosalin said quickly, "They are not here to monitor us, but to monitor another group of people!"

After hearing this, Langdon also reacted and hurried back with his men.

When they came to the meeting place again, the door was locked.

Langdon broke into the room directly, and then the scene in front of him made him feel sick.

The scene inside could be described as "hell on earth".

Several mercenary leaders who had just discussed cooperation with Rosalin died in the room in different postures.

A man was hanging on the beam, staring at the door with wide eyes, scaring Rosalin who had just entered and screaming.

Langdon had experienced the battlefield and returned to normal after a short adjustment, but Rosalin was different.

Although she was born in a military family, her life trajectory was no different from that of an ordinary lady. She had hardly seen a dead person, let alone the scene in front of her.

Others were nailed to the wall by swords, some were lying on the ground like mummies, some were scalded to death by boiling water until their skin peeled off, and some were even cut into pieces and placed on the dining table.

All these tragic scenes made the person who died by hanging look like the best way to die.

At this time, Langdon also found the thing that had just been used to lock the door.

It was a rope made of hair, with a finger tied to the rope and a ring on the finger.

This ring was the deposit that Rosalin paid to the leader of the group of mercenaries.

Rosalin could no longer stand steadily at this time, and several guards beside her helped her out of the house, away from the smell of blood.

Langdon looked around the house and walked out of the room after not finding any evidence.

"Obviously, this is Elsa and the others declaring war on us."

He came to Rosalin and explained.

"They knew that this group of people might rebel, so they had arranged people to monitor them. After finally finding evidence, they came to kill them."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, my first goal is to protect your safety. There may still be people here, so it's better for us to go back first."

"Yeah."

Rosalin had no other ideas at this moment. After seeing the bloody scene just now, she just wanted to slow down.

She nodded dully, and then let the guards help her back to the palace.

…

The next day came, and with the disappearance of the leader of the mercenaries yesterday, their men also realized that something was wrong, and some bad rumors began to spread among the coalition.

Orson had of course anticipated this situation, and he reorganized the mercenaries into a new mercenary group, gave each of them a large sum of money, and the incident subsided.

Mercenaries are ultimately profit-oriented, and sometimes mercenaries will have disputes with their leaders because of uneven distribution of benefits. Now that they can get extra money after the leader is gone, they naturally won't say much.

At this moment, Orson received a letter from the Imperial Academy, and a petition campaign broke out among students in the Imperial Academy, asking him to come forward.

Su Ri'an is now on vacation, and many students from the Imperial Academy have gone home, but some students are still staying in school, and it is almost known that the Imperial Academy has become a shelter for the Elsa faction.

As a result, several students came to the temporary residence of the court magicians in the middle of the night to cause trouble, and even caused a death. Therefore, many students took the initiative to petition and demanded that those who affected the neutrality of the Imperial Academy be driven out.

The beginning of this incident may have been secretly instigated by the Alsace side, but in the process of gradual development, it became a common goal of the students of the Imperial Academy.

Yes, most students do not want to be involved in the dispute over the royal succession. In their opinion, it is completely normal to keep Elsa, because Elsa is a student of the Imperial Academy, but that group of court magicians is not. If they stay in the academy, it will only hinder the relationship between the academy and Alsace.

They don't know that the academy has broken up with Alsace at this moment, and they just want to maintain their neutrality as much as possible to avoid being hated by the emperor.

The academy naturally cannot take the initiative to deal with this matter, so they found the student union.

Because it was a holiday, the student union was also in a semi-suspended state. Executive Director Manuel had crossed the war zone a few days ago and returned to the Duke of Aragon for vacation, and Vice President Olivia was unknown at this time. In desperation, he could only ask Orson, who was still in Saint Laurent City, to come back to deal with this matter.

Orson looked at the content of the letter and

had a headache.

The Imperial Academy was very close to the palace and was not in the control area of ​​his army. If he went to the Imperial Academy, he would have to pass through the control area of ​​Alsace.

But this was a request from the academy after all. If he didn't go, it would seem a bit too unkind.

In desperation, Orson agreed to their request in his reply to the Imperial Academy and prepared to return to the Imperial Academy to deal with this matter in person.

Of course, there was obviously more than one problem in front of Orson.

The civil war in Saint Laurent has been going on for some time. Citizens have been warned of the tense situation in Saint Laurent and have stockpiled a lot of supplies at home. However, as the war continues, the food stockpiled at home will eventually run out. In this case, whoever controls the remaining food and supplies in the area will be prepared for a protracted war.

Obviously, Alsace also anticipated this situation. The palace he controlled and the large wealthy areas around it already had many warehouses for storing supplies so that the rich could use them as they wanted.

The area controlled by Orson was relatively poor, and the supplies needed had to be transported from outside.

However, the supplies transported from outside could not come in at all at this moment.

After all, the entire Saint Laurent City was controlled by the royal army of Alsace, and it would take some time for outsiders to break in.

If Orson and his group succeeded, it would be called a center blooming, but if they failed, they would be surrounded and annihilated.

Supplies have become a big problem.

Fortunately, the supplies on hand can be distributed for one month after centralized dispatch. If the war is not over or external supplies are not delivered after one month, the people in the Orsen-controlled area will explode like a time bomb.

He stood up, put down the documents in his hand, and then looked behind him.

"During this period, everything here is left to you."

"Yes."

Behind him, Lit was standing there. She nodded obediently when she heard Orson's words.

When Orson was just released and started to rebel against Alsace, Lit sneaked out of the Imperial Academy and found Orson.

Of course, in order to prevent others from knowing, Lit did not appear in public, but served as Orson's adviser to help Orson deal with complicated documents.

Orson did this to make second-hand preparations.

Before everything is settled, anything may turn around. Although Orson has disintegrated Alsace's power step by step through many plans, if Alsace has a trump card that Orson doesn't know about and turns the situation around at a critical moment, Orson can save Lit by doing this.

At that time, all the blame can be pushed to Orson, and Lit, who has never appeared in public to oppose Alsace, can escape.

After all, Lit is also the only heir to the Dukedom of Antica. Alsace will not do anything out of line to Lit because of the relationship between the two families.

After all, the Duke of Antica's dispatch of troops was also Lucius's personal act, and it had nothing to do with Lit.

If Arthas really chose to be enemies with all the dukes in order to settle accounts with Lit and others, he would definitely lose.

"I will hand over all the military power to you, but you must promise me that you cannot reveal your identity to the mercenaries below, nor let them see your true face, otherwise if you fail... after the war, they will betray you, and you will also suffer."

Lit nodded.

She agreed to Orson only because of Orson's request at that time.

She didn't care about Orson's concerns at all. If she failed, she was willing to go to hell with Orson instead of living alone.

What's more, she couldn't lose now.

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