rise of empire total war

Chapter 373

"Damn it! What are they trying to do? Force the palace?"

The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and the sound of cursing came into the room with the movement of the person. Behind this figure in white robe was a man in gray robe. He followed the steps of the man in white robe and entered the room. After entering the house, he turned around and closed the door. When he turned around, the man in white robe was already sitting on the main seat.

"I'm so pissed off, this group of bloody traitors, greedy for life and afraid of death, should be thrown into the boiling oil pan and suffer!"

The white-robed man was still cursing, while the gray-robed man below couldn't help but say, "Your Excellency, Speaker, you don't have to be so angry, I think, even if we follow those cowards , send people to negotiate peace with the Winsters, and the Winsters will not agree."

"How do you say it?" The white-robed man, oh no, he should be called Edel Valencia, the general speaker of the general city-state, the middle-aged man with the highest status in the entire city-state except the high priest, asked suspiciously.

Facing the general speaker's question, the gray-robed man who was his confidant smiled slightly, and said: "The purpose of the Winsters is very clear, to turn us into their vassal state, and let us lift the vassal state of Sipes city-state." relationship, admit that Sipple and his son Phyllis are the most legitimate rulers of Sipples-if we go ahead and execute Sipple in a cage and hang his head on the city gate, you see , how will the Winsters react."

"They will be angry because of this, and directly reject our peace request." The chief speaker of Valencia quickly understood, and answered the questions of his cronies. When he finished speaking, the two laughed tacitly.

After this conversation, Edel Valencia bypassed the parliament as the general speaker, and directly ordered the execution of Sipple who was locked in a cage. Although the miserable old king was in a whole body, he still knew something about it. As for the outside affairs, he also knew that his son was surrounding the city with the reinforcements he had invited.

However, after all, he had no chance to see his proud heir again. He was forcibly put on a hood, taken out of the cell, and hanged—I don’t know where the news leaked out, and the parliament also learned of it In this matter, when the members of the council came to prevent the execution, Sipple had already suffocated on the gallows, swinging in the wind.

When the news was passed back to the Parliament, everyone was silent. Even the youngest member knew very well that with the execution of Siple, the hope of peace talks was shattered. Prince Felice outside the city was grieving. I will definitely oppose the peace negotiation desperately, and in order to appease this ally, the Winsters will ruthlessly reject their peace negotiation.

For a time, the parliamentarians were resentful of the Speaker of the General Assembly of Valencia. They secretly called Edel Valencia a dictator (referring to the fact that he bypassed the parliament and executed King Sippur without authorization) and called him a disaster. The president-general's revenge also unfolded quietly amid resentment, as if there was a large invisible net covering the entire chamber, and everyone in it was like a grid, intertwined in it.

Edel Valencia was unaware of all this. He was still complacent about his actions. From his point of view, he had defended the freedom and independence of the city-state. He should be a hero of the city-state and should be supported by the people. , this cannot be said that he is at fault, because he loves the city where he was born and raised so deeply, and he does not want this city to become a vassal or puppet of the Winsters.

Their starting points are different, and their ideas are also different.

In the next few days, the shelling of the Winster army outside the city continued, and bad news reached the parliament every day, which made the members feel anxious. In order to cope with the pressure brought by the Winster people, they even even There was no time to take care of the cleanup of the explosion. Whenever they walked out of the gate of the House, they could see the terrifying crater and the surrounding ruins. All this seemed to remind them that the final moment was coming soon.

Finally, on the fourth day after Sipple was executed, the congressmen finally decided to take revenge on the speaker who made them lose their hope of peace. , Pretending to ask Edel Valencia, approaching him slowly, when the congressman slowly unfolded the scroll in front of the chief speaker, the dagger hidden in it suddenly appeared, and before Edel could react, the congressman grabbed the dagger , stabbing fiercely at Edel's chest, but he did not expect that Edel was once an elite hoplite, he reacted quickly after a brief astonishment, dodged to dodge the stabbing dagger, and continued Kicks the attacker over with his feet while shouting to those around him.

When he shouted, it was as if he had sent a signal, and the surrounding councilors left their seats one after another and surrounded them. Their expressions were expressionless, making Edel think that they were here to help him subdue the assassin, but soon, He saw the surrounding councilors draw out their daggers and stare at him with dangerous eyes.Edel was terrified in his heart. He looked around, trying to find a suitable route to escape from here, but in despair, he found that all the councilors holding daggers were around.

"What are you doing here? I am your chief speaker, my personal safety is granted by the gods, and no one shall infringe it!" He shouted in despair, intending to force these councilors to retreat through verbal threats, but it had no effect.

"Dictator! Kill the dictator!"

"You damn disaster star, even if you die, we will kill you first!"

The MPs shouted angrily. They surrounded the President of Valencia, and one by one, they stabbed the sharp dagger into the body of the President. The dagger with the cold light easily cut his white robe and entered his body. When it was pulled out, it was already stained with bright red blood.

When the councilors dispersed with the blood splashed from the chief speaker, Edel Valencia fell into a pool of blood and died. He was stabbed nearly a hundred times and his white robe was almost stained. Cloaked in blood, his eyes were wide open, with a pained and unbelievable expression on his face. He never imagined until his death why he would suffer such an end for defending the freedom and independence of the city-state.

The MPs did not deliberately cover up the news of the death of the Chief Speaker. They slowly walked out of the House gate covered in blood. All this was witnessed by the civilians on the street. They surrounded them in surprise and asked the MPs loudly what happened The councilors also truthfully narrated what happened. At the end, they said loudly:
"We're doing this to save everyone's life in this city, we have no other choice!"

(End of this chapter)