rise of empire total war

Chapter 397 The Assassination of the King
"Your Majesty, you should go to rest."

Under the shadow of the flickering lights, a slightly older voice rang out from the side. As soon as he finished speaking, his hand that was still writing stopped, and then the tired voice of a middle-aged man also rang out.

"Unknowingly, it was already so late."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you should rest." The old voice continued.

"Well, let them clean up, I will continue to check tomorrow." The king said, put down the pen in his hand, stretched again, and slowly got up. He is the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Milanas, that is, Milana King Deperas Diverus.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old voice said, and he was about to go to clean up the scrolls on the table. When King Deperas saw this, he suddenly remembered something, pointed to the letter on the corner of the table, and said: "This one Well, don't lose it."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The servant replied and went to get the letter, but the king suddenly repented and said, "Forget it, give me the letter, and I will keep it myself."

Hearing this, the servant picked up the letter and handed it to Deperas respectfully. The latter stuffed it into the lining of his robe after taking it, and then walked out of the study. With the light and heat, being here, you can't feel the cold outside at all.

Thinking of the consequences of sending out the letter in his arms, King Deperas couldn't help trembling slightly with excitement. Since he inherited the throne more than ten years ago, he has been doing nothing during his reign. Good decisions might be wise to join the Mutual Defense Agreement against the Kingdom of Winster and accept Prince Jairo's army from the Duchy of Lasik (the latter in his own opinion).But now, as long as he sends the letter, the structure of the entire Vardasia Peninsula will undergo earth-shaking changes. The powerfully rising Winster Kingdom and its alliance are likely to be destroyed, and the international status of the Milanas Kingdom will also be destroyed. Unprecedented improvement - all of this is in his hands!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but swallow the saliva secreted by excitement, as if he could see the kingdom's dazzling future from the burning flames on the torches hanging on the wall at the corner of the corridor.

With longing for the future, he quickened his pace and quickly finished this aisle and turned the corner. He was so excited, but he didn't know that he was walking towards death step by step.

One step, two steps, he was about to push open the tight door and walk into his room. He didn't feel the person hidden behind the door in front of him at all. He stepped forward and pushed the door open, accompanied by a creaking sound. With a gritty voice, Deperas walked into the room. He habitually scanned the furnishings in the room, but found nothing unusual, so he turned around to close the door again.But in the next second, he only felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, and a sharp pain in his chest swept his whole body. He opened his mouth wide and wanted to scream, but his mouth was covered by a big hand, and he could only utter a dull whimper He opened his eyes wide and looked at his attacker in pain. He found desperately that standing in front of him was a strange middle-aged man whom he had never seen before. His eyes were full of darkness, as if Like a poisonous snake.

The next second, the dagger inserted in Deperas's chest was suddenly pulled out, and blood spurted out like a fountain. The blood-stained dagger stabbed into his chest again, once, twice, three times, each time. All of a sudden, there was scarlet blood. Gradually, Deperas stopped struggling and slowly collapsed on the ground. His eyes turned up, leaving only the full whites of his eyes. His chest was bloody and bloody, and every stab was Bones were visible, and one of the knives even pierced the king's heart, almost piercing it.

Seeing that King Deperas was completely dead, the assassin let go of his hand covering his mouth, then threw the bloody dagger aside, squatted down and rummaged to see if there was anything on the king. What did he find? From the inside of his torn robe, he found a blood-stained letter with several holes. Although the words on it were somewhat unclear, he still took the letter away. Thinking about it, something that can be kept by the king must be very precious.He thought so.

After searching the whole body of the king, Reese found nothing else, so he got up and prepared to run away, when he suddenly heard a sound of orderly footsteps in the aisle outside the door, he was startled and looked around He started the escape route, and when his eyes glanced at the window, his eyes lit up. He walked quickly to the window, opened a crack slightly, and looked down, and there was actually a carriage full of hay below.

Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, Reese looked at the hay cart underneath. Reese hesitated a little. Such a strong smell of blood could easily be discovered by the soldiers. If they found out, they would definitely break in to check, but he could only look at it from Escape here, but the king's bedroom is four floors above the ground. If you are not careful, you may fall to your death on the spot.

Just as he was hesitating, there was a sudden noise outside the door. Reese's heart tightened, and without thinking about it, he opened the window and turned it out. He looked at the hay cart below, gritted his teeth, jumped, and The guard jumped before breaking into the room.Rees could only feel the wind whistling in his ears, and after a few seconds, he fell heavily into the haystack. This fall really knocked him out of shape, his head was dizzy, and his nose was full of hay. The smell, he struggled to get up, but was shocked to find that his limbs were weak, not to mention standing up, even turning over was difficult.

"No, I can't lie here all the time, it's not safe here." He thought in his heart, but no matter how hard he tried, his limbs still couldn't move, he only felt his mind getting heavier and heavier, and then his eyes darkened, and he passed out.

Before he fell into coma, he could still vaguely hear the sound of the alarm bell ringing.

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When Reese woke up from the darkness, he opened his eyes and saw the blue sky in front of him. Although the surrounding air was still filled with the bitter smell of hay, it was not as strong as before the coma. He struggled to get up, However, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his limbs regained control, so he stood up again and found himself in a forest surrounded by a pile of hay. Although he didn't know why he came here, the current situation Look, he's safe.

After looking at the surrounding environment, he checked the situation on his body. He was still wearing the military uniform and armor of the Milanlas soldiers. It was stained with a lot of dried brown blood and a piece of hay. He quickly put on the armor on his body. He took it off to reveal the gray clothes underneath. He didn't dare to walk outside wearing this blood-stained armor. If someone discovered and arrested him, he would be finished.

After dealing with the obstructing armor, he walked towards the nearby town, wanting to inquire about the situation of King Milanas first.

(End of this chapter)