Chapter 247

In the palace.

Arthas frowned as he looked at Langdon who was standing in front of him, reporting on the progress of last night's negotiations.

After Rosalin came back last night, she locked herself in a small room to be alone. It seemed that the previous bloody scene had left a deep psychological shadow in her heart.

Arthas listened to Langdon's report silently.

"So... our method of dismantling the enemy has failed?"

"Yeah." Langdon nodded.

"Then if I take the risk of catastrophe and take out the money from the vault, where will it be used in the end?!"

Alsace suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Langdon in front of him.

Of course he knew that Langdon was not the one who came up with the idea, and it would be useless to ask him, but now he just lacked a channel to vent.

Langdon naturally knew that after being a knight for so long, he still had some understanding of the royal family's character.

Therefore, he simply accepted all the blame for this incident.

"When this happened, I am entirely responsible. I already felt that someone was watching us, but the first thing I thought of was to protect the safety of Her Majesty the Queen."

"I didn't expect that the other party's real target was the mercenary leaders. If they were discovered in advance and let them return to their control area to die, even if the purpose of disintegrating the enemy could not be achieved, it would still cause turmoil within the enemy, so... This time it was all my fault. It would have been better if I had noticed earlier."

When Arthas heard Langdon's sincere apology, he didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only nod.

"Yes, it is indeed your problem, but the matter has come to this, and there is no other way."

Alsace said this, looked at Langdon in front of him, and sighed helplessly.

"Now that the matter is over, you can go to the front line. After all, those mercenaries are still a mob. Rosalin should only be able to stay in the palace during this period. There is no need to send you to protect them all the time."

"Yes." Langdon nodded after hearing this. After thanking Alsace, he turned and left.

After Langdon left, Alsace sat on the chair, his whole body limp.

He was so tired these days that he even had a lot of gray hair on his temples.

He is less than thirty years old and is already approaching fifty.

Of course he knew that all this was thanks to his great rival Orson.

If it weren't for Orson, he would have successfully secured the throne now.

When he mentioned Orson, he felt itchy with hatred.

Sure enough, when he was in the security station, he should have ignored his previous friendship and imprisoned Orson forever or simply killed him. Although he would have attracted a stronger wave of resistance, at least he would not have had such a shrewd opponent as Orson. .

Alsace also felt regretful when he thought that such a powerful person could not be used by him.

At this time, a guard came from outside and brought a message to Alsace.

"Your Majesty, our informant at the Imperial College sent a message that our actions have paid off. Now the students of the Imperial College are asking the court magicians to withdraw from the Imperial College."

"good."

Finally hearing some good news, Alsace felt much relieved.

When these annoying magicians come out, I must catch them all and cripple Elsa's right-hand man.

At the same time, after the guard finished telling the news, he did not leave, but continued:

"They also sent news that Orson is planning to return to Imperial College."

"He can go back as soon as he goes back." Alsace said nonchalantly.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something and raised his head suddenly, his eyes eager.

"Wait a minute! Orson wants to go from his control area to the Imperial Academy. He should need to pass through our control area, right?"

"That's right." The guard nodded. "The people over there said that we can ambush a large army on Orson's only way to the Imperial Academy and take the opportunity to intercept Orson."

Arthas nodded after hearing this. Just as he was about to do so, he suddenly thought of something.

"That's not right... Orson is so smart, there's no way he doesn't know that we will ambush the army on his only path..."

"But this is the only way we can do it now, Your Majesty."

After hearing what the guard said, Alsace also made up his mind.

"Okay, then pass on my decree and send out a legion to intercept and kill Oson!"

"yes!"

…

The time came early the next morning.

Although the street fighting in Saint Laurent City was fierce, both sides fought with restraint, and there was even a neutral zone between the control areas.

Because it is a war zone, the security on the border between the two sides is usually quite complete, but today the security here in the royal family is even tighter. The purpose is to stop Orson who is about to cross the control zone and go to the Imperial Academy.

And sure enough, in order to cover Orson, the mercenaries launched attacks in multiple places, trying to attract the attention of the royal army.

Orson took advantage of the lax security of the defenders and sneaked into the area controlled by the royal army from a corner.

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The street was deserted at the moment. He wore the armor of the royal army, lowered his helmet, and walked alone on the street.

When he met soldiers patrolling back and forth, he said that he was returning from the front line to submit a report to his superiors. For a while, no one noticed anything unusual about Orson.

The deeper into the control zone, the fewer patrolling soldiers there were.

Finally, when there were still three streets away from the Imperial Academy, Orson stopped.

In front of him, a fully armed elite army appeared at the street entrance.

Many soldiers appeared in the alleys next to him, the streets behind him, and even on the roofs on both sides.

They seemed to know that Orson would definitely pass this road and waited here.

In front of Orson, the person surrounded by the army at the street entrance was Arthas.

He looked at Orson in front of him with a smug smile, and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect it, Orson, you are in my hands again now."

As he said this, he led the army towards Orson.

Orson seemed to be panicked at this moment, standing there at a loss.

Until Arthas walked in front of Orson.

He patted Orson on the shoulder, as if he was sighing for him.

"You may be very smart and find the safest way to get here, but, sorry, this road is exactly what we deliberately gave you."

"I gave you a chance before, but now, I won't give you another chance. Before you die, you still have a last word to say."

At this time, "Orson" slowly raised his head.

When Arthas saw his face, his eyes widened in surprise.

This guy is not Orson at all!

So, where is the real Orson now?

Chapter 56: Back to the Academy (3.6K)

Imperial Academy, Dean's Office.

After Orson returned to the Imperial Academy, he first came to the office of Dean Luca.

"Dean, I'm back."

"Orson, you should have received the letter written to you in the name of the Board of Directors." Luca looked at Orson and walked into the office, raised his head and said.

"Yeah."

Orson nodded, and then sat down.

"That letter should not be Dean Luca's original intention."

"You figured it out."

Hearing this, Luca smiled bitterly.

"There are indeed many royal family members on the board of directors. They are very dissatisfied with your behavior, so through this incident, they want to keep you in the Imperial Academy and prevent you from commanding the battle outside."

"I know, but now the overall situation has been decided. It doesn't matter whether I command the battle outside or not."

Orson waved his hand.

"Now, I want to talk to Her Highness Elsa about the future."

"Elsa is in her dormitory. You don't have to worry about her safety. We are the Imperial Academy. Although we have grown to this point with the emperor's face, we don't have to act according to the emperor's face now."

Luka said such traitorous words so openly, but Orson just smiled.

After all, the two people are in a similar situation now. They are both standing on the opposite side of Arthas.

Luka stood up and walked to Orson's side.

"The election for the next council will be held in a month. If the war is delayed for too long, I am afraid I will not be able to protect Elsa by the time the council election comes."

"It doesn't matter. It won't develop to that time."

Orson said confidently.

There are two main reasons why Orson said this.

First, the war will definitely not be delayed until that time. If it is delayed until that time, and the general situation has not been determined, it will not matter whether Elsa stays in the Imperial Academy.

Because if it is carried out to that time, it proves that Arthas has shown his trump card and successfully repelled the mercenaries in Saint Laurent City, at least delaying the situation.

And if it is carried out to that time, the outer royal army will also withdraw to Saint Laurent City to attack and eliminate the mercenaries in the city from front and back.

After all, there is actually only one way for Arthas to go now. Once he successfully calms down the situation in Saint Laurent City, the offensive outside will become irrelevant.

After all, the important people are controlled by Arthas, and he can accumulate bargaining chips through this.

Second, if the war reaches that point, the people in the controlled area will be the first to become anxious due to the lack of supplies, leading to rebellion. In this way, the coalition forces will be forced to withdraw from Saint Laurent City.

In short, the next month will be the month when the war ends.

If the war is not over within this month, it can basically be regarded as a phased failure of Elsa's side.

With so much support, if Alsace cannot be quickly taken down, those who support Elsa will begin to reconsider whether Elsa is a monarch worthy of their support.

Once they have this idea, even if Elsa wins the war later, her royal power and prestige as an emperor will definitely be greatly reduced. Even if Orson intends to support her, they will think that Orson is usurping power.

After a few more pleasantries with Luca, Orson left the administrative building of the Council.

Orson first went back to his dormitory, changed his clothes, and came to the Student Union.

At this time, a row of students had already sat at the door of the Student Union. Compared with the previous time of Lit, there were fewer people, which was also because most of the students went back for the holiday.

Of course, there was no student present who didn't know Orson, so after they saw Orson for the first time, someone immediately came to Orson. They looked at Orson and said:

"President Osen, please give us an explanation!"

"President Ossen, we know that you and the emperor are now on opposite sides, but we do not want to get involved in this fight."

"We approve of Elsa's stay here, but the others, those court magicians, killed several of her classmates."

The classmates came up one after another, wanting to ask Orson for an explanation.

Of course, Orson knew that this incident was deliberately provoked by someone, but in order to stabilize the students' emotions, Orson could only say:

"Students, I am still learning about the specific reasons for the incident, but the information I have received now is that the death of those students has nothing to do with the palace magicians. They died due to their own reasons."

"Of course, I know that you will definitely not be satisfied with this result, so I plan to negotiate the transfer of the court magicians out of the Imperial Academy in the future, and I will also compensate the victims for this incident."

Orson obviously has no way of convincing the public when he talks about this kind of thing, but this is the only way it can be done now.

When the other students heard this, although they still expressed distrust, they could only express acceptance at this moment.

Orson's reputation in the Imperial Academy is sufficient. Even the last incident involving Li Te was handled quite well. Otherwise, that incident alone would have been enough for Orson to be impeached.

Seeing that everyone's emotions were calmed down, Orson also took the opportunity to return to the student union building.