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Chapter 505 The Menacing Sorcerer King, Ainz Ooal Gown

The impact of this incident on the royal capital was far greater than Lin imagined.

It will take a long time to repair the damaged buildings, and the cost will undoubtedly be huge, which is a big burden for the royal family.

In addition, the civilians were robbed, and the royal family was unable to give an explanation, which caused some civilians to talk about it.

Of course, more praise.

The king fought bravely against the devil and worked diligently to restore the royal capital, and the people's hearts gradually moved closer to the royal family.

When the demons invaded, the royal family ordered the surrounding nobles to defend the royal capital, but all of them except those who supported the king refused.

The reason was naturally to protect their own territory, and at the same time they accused the royal family of not even taking good care of the capital they managed. The supporters of the king naturally shouted that the king had personally gone to the battlefield to praise his greatness.

The opposition between the aristocrats and the royalists intensified.

During the commotion outside, Lin enjoyed the careful care of the two beauties.

Lana and Lax.

One is the nominal fiancée, and the other is a close childhood sweetheart.

It has been a month since the demonic invasion incident, and Lin's health has almost recovered. Lana still insists on him to rest as if taking care of a child. It will obviously bring a burden to her, but she still enjoys it.

Today, Lana is rarely here.

"I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy lately."

"...Could it be because Lana is not around?"

Listening to the slightly jealous tone of his childhood sweetheart Chacha, Lin shook his head and said: "No, I just simply felt that something was going to happen."

Things have changed a little too fast this month.

The Theocracy, the Fortress City, the Kingdom, and the Empire were all caught off guard by a series of changes, not to mention that the Royal Capital was still in a period of turmoil, and the Kingdom, which was already on the verge of destruction, was even worse.

The empire naturally has his intelligence network.

Recently, there is a new ruin that has appeared... called the Great Tomb. It is an extremely dangerous place. I heard that everyone who enters it dies inside. The Blood Emperor received an invitation to visit, but his temperament changed drastically after he came back.

After telling Nina this information, her face turned ugly and she was glad that she had made the right choice.

Looking at the piles of information, Lin felt a little confused.

He is smarter than ordinary people, and with the blessing of [Goddess' Favor], he can even compete with Lana, but this does not mean that his ability to process information is the same as Lana, so he simply handed over all this information to the other party to deal with.

It was a lot easier to relax, but the anxiety also increased.

"By the way, there will be a palace council today."

"Well, I heard that the royal family and the six nobles are going to be present today. It seems they want to discuss something important."

"Really, is that why Lana didn't come?"

Lin pinched his chin.

I always feel like a storm is coming.

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In the palace.

Gazef remained motionless and stood beside the king sitting on the throne. He spotted the figures of the six nobles among the many nobles gathered, and his eyes widened slightly.

It is a rare situation when everyone is present.

The six nobles whose territory is second only to the kingdom are each in charge of their own dynasty. In terms of military strength or financial resources, at least one of them is superior to the king, so they often miss the king's summons with excuses.

Especially the aristocratic faction, the current leader of the alliance, Marquis Bolop, did not even hide his contempt for the king. For a period of time, people suspected that the kingdom might collapse from within.

Then came the three princes and princesses present.

The most eye-catching ones are the three-female golden princess Lana, followed by the second prince Senac who became famous for standing up for the people after the king during the demonic turmoil, and the eldest son Pablo who is supported by the noble faction.

The Marquis of Borop will attend this palace meeting, probably at the request of the eldest prince. With him here, this palace meeting will definitely be a mess.

Gazef looked at the six nobles again.

The Marquis of Polumrasio, who has the largest financial resources in the kingdom, the Marquis of Pespeia, who is married to the king's eldest daughter, and the Earl of Urovana Border, these three are royal supporters.

Sitting across from the three of them was the Marquis of Bolop, who had the largest territory among the great nobles. He was also the black hand who vetoed almost all of Princess Lana's bills. Next is Earl Litton. Because he is the weakest among the six nobles, he does everything possible to increase his own value, even by any means.

As for the last one...

This person has blond hair smoothed back and has blue eyes with slender corners. His face had the sickly pallor characteristic of people who don't spend time in the sun, and coupled with his tall and thin frame, he gave people a snake-like impression.

On the one hand, the other person is the brother of a friend, and on the other hand, the other person is a bat that is disrupting the kingdom. Gazef had mixed feelings about him, Lord Rebun.

The issue of succession to the throne further complicates the kingdom's power struggle.

The aristocratic Marquis of Bolop and Earl Litton, plus the king-supporting Earl of Ulowana Border, supported the first prince to become the next king.

Yes, it has nothing to do with factions.

Many nobles support the king's eldest son-in-law, the Marquis of Pestpeia. After Rebuen has shown his identity as a werewolf, he supports the second prince, and the Marquis of Bolumlash has stated that he will not give up his support for whoever wins.

This situation indirectly formed the reason why the king has not been able to abdicate so far. Because once the king names a successor now, it may cause civil strife.

Not long ago, Gazef thought that anyone could be the king, but now he personally supports the second prince or Princess Lana, the dark horse.

To be honest, he prefers the latter, not just because of Lin as a good friend. However, there has never been a queen in the history of the kingdom, so there is little hope. Of course, it would be a different story if Lin got engaged to Lana.

"Then, the meeting will begin now."

The king's tone was a little different from what he usually felt. People with sharp ears should have already known the reason for being summoned today. Those who didn't know also noticed the subtle changes in the atmosphere, and their expressions became serious.

"The Empire has sent a Procurator. Read out the Empire Declaration this person brought."

"As commanded."

The attendant on standby read the article on the parchment. The content is as follows:

The Bahas Empire recognizes the Nazarick organization led by the great magic caster Ainz Ooal Gown as its state, and an alliance has been formed between the two countries.

Ultimately, the Kingdom is illegally occupying the land occupied by the Sorcerer King Ainz Ooal Gown, E-Rantel's immediate neighbor, and therefore the Kingdom should return the land to its original owner.

If the kingdom does not listen to the good words, the empire will assist the Sorcerer King Ainz Ooal Gown and launch an invasion of the kingdom to regain the territory.

It was an act of justice to free the land from unjust rule.

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What was read out was simply absurd, and it was absolutely crazy to force the kingdom to obey.

Obviously, this is unacceptable to the Kingdom.

Many people yelled at each other for this, and even began to criticize others. One of them was Gazef.

"By the way, I think I heard the name of this madman who calls himself the Sorcerer King somewhere. Did I say it wrong? Your Excellency, Warrior Captain Stronov?"

"...It should be the magic caster who helped me when I went to the outskirts of E-Rantel."

"So that's it. He regards the villagers as his subjects, so that's why he helps?"

Undoubtedly, this was a mockery of Gazef cooperating with outsiders to plot the kingdom's territory.

Even if everyone knows this is impossible, they don't need the truth of the matter, they just need a reason to criticize the royal family.

Annoying.

"But the most important thing is not that crazy magic caster. What we should decide is how to reply to Emperor Jia's declaration. Are you right, Your Majesty the King?"

"Well, what Marquis Bollop said is absolutely true."

"Then... I think the emperor's declaration is unacceptable, so we can only go to war. This time it's our turn to repel the other side and directly counterattack the empire!"

His words were recognized by all the nobles, and the atmosphere became heated.

However, this is also extremely annoying.

The same thing is said every time, and I don’t know how many times I have heard it.

In the past few years, wars between the kingdom and the empire have always been staged regularly in the Kaz Plain. This year, the confrontation between the two countries will begin again, or it will end when the kingdom suffers some losses. It is just a small-scale war that remains unchanged. The nobles issued this A relaxed atmosphere that is commonplace.

These rubbish!

Why don’t they understand the principle of being born in sorrow and dying in happiness?

Only Gazef, who knew how powerful Ainz Ooal Gown was, had the courage to speak out even if he was ridiculed, criticized, or tortured by the nobles. He said, "His Majesty the King...can you move the area around E-Rantel?" Give it to the empire... no, give it to the magic caster?"

After a moment of silence, the insults suddenly exploded.

"What are you talking about! Do you have any sense of shame?!"

"How dare you ask the King to give up his territory to others after receiving so much love from His Majesty the King!"

"When did your monarch become a fake emperor?"

There was a lot of noise, and some people even said that Gazef was a mole sent by the empire, and that the purpose of coming to the kingdom was just for this day and other fallacies.

Lana, who was sitting in the corner, looked at her with disdain.

A group of stupid people who cannot see clearly the current situation.

Gazef's loyalty is unquestionable, and such a powerful person has made it clear that the kingdom cannot defeat the enemy. Shouldn't he choose to bow his head at this time?

It's boring. The council should end as soon as possible. Now she just wants to go back and continue taking care of Lin.

While she was smiling softly on the outside and grumbling darkly on the inside, the king stretched out his hand to silence the noisy hall.

"alright."

"But!"

"You are angry because of me, and I thank you for your thoughtfulness. In this case, I hope you can also remember that my warrior captain will never betray me. He has gone through fire and water for me many times, and there is no way he can say anything to harm my interests. "

Although the King is old, his mind is agile.

Of course, he also thought that if the other party could make Gazef say this, he must be superior in some aspects, and he could even persuade the empire to help him.

but--

"My right-hand warrior commander, even if it is your proposal, I cannot agree to it. Giving away territory to others without fighting is not the behavior that a ruler should do. Besides, thinking of the local residents, this kind of behavior undermines the peace of the people. It’s not allowed.”

The current state of the kingdom must not undergo major changes. Once part of the basic base is removed, the kingdom will fall apart in an instant.

In addition, we must take care of the feelings of the local residents, and we cannot leave them behind when transferring the territory, otherwise the other party may do cruel and inhumane things to the local residents.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my foolish remarks."

After hearing the king's speech for the sake of the local residents, Gazef bowed his head and apologized.

If it were a foolish noble who only regarded the territory and people as tools to make money, he would definitely not say what he said just now. It is precisely because the king is kind-hearted that Gazef devoted himself to the king.

At this time, one of the nobles said: "But, maybe what the warrior-captain said is not wrong? As long as we hand over a city, we can avoid war. It is also the king's duty to try to avoid the people's complaints in advance. Only those who would rather sacrifice themselves than let the people grieve are the real kings, aren't they."

It sounds good, but the purpose is just to reduce the king's territory.

...

"So, what is the king's response?"

"Father, of course, refuses."

Faced with Lin's question, Lana smiled and answered.

Five cities are cut off today, ten cities are cut off tomorrow, and then you can sleep well for one night. Get up and look around, and the Qin soldiers are here again.

Even if there is no such sentence in the other world, they also understand what it means. Once they are easily cut off, the other party will not stop talking, and this will naturally not be agreed.

"Then the nobles started quarreling in the hall like children. Hehe."

Lana laughed happily.

The nobles who quarreled in the parliament were so red in the face that the contrast was too great and made people feel very funny.

Laqisi also sighed helplessly.

She also knew the current predicament of the kingdom, but she was just an ordinary noble daughter. At most, she had the status of a hero's descendant and a steel-level adventurer. She was still a little short of influencing the kingdom with this.

Lin thought for a while and said, "I guess we will have to go to war with the empire in the end, and my brother expressed his full assistance, right?"

"Yes, that's it." Lana smiled.

The soldiers of the kingdom are ordinary citizens who were conscripted. Their strength and quality are very different from those of the soldiers of the empire. In order to defeat the powerful empire, the kingdom can only use the human wave tactics, and it has been dealing with it in this way for the past few years. If it loses to the opponent in terms of numbers, the result is self-evident.

"With the speech of Lord Rebuen, the nobles who own territories in E-Lantir have all agreed to assist."

"Brother, are you going to do this? A smart move."

Almost all the nobles who own territories in E-Lantir are aristocratic factions, so this can reduce most of their manpower.

...If it is the same as in previous years.

"Then who will command the war? Could it be the king?"

I don't know if the benefits of the king's personal expedition are high enough, the king always wants to play this trick, and it is foreseeable that he will go to the expedition in person. However--

"No, it is brother Pablo who is going to the expedition."

"The first prince?"

Lin raised his eyebrows.

No need to think, this idiot must be thinking of taking the initiative to fight for credit, after all, his father-in-law is the Earl of Urowana Border with a strong military force.

"This idiot prince, he is dead."

Lin issued him a death notice.

The Empire was coming with such force that it even issued a notice, obviously determined to take E-Rantel. Even if the First Prince went, no matter what the final result would be, they would kill him to establish their authority.

Most importantly, the Kingdom had no way to retaliate, so they could only sulk.

Who made the Kingdom weak?

After thinking about it, Lin and Lana had the same idea and had already begun to prepare to take over the First Prince's forces. At the same time, he summoned all of E-Rantel's men back, and he had already acquiesced that the territory had been taken away.

But...

Ainz Ooal Gown?

Gazef was able to say such words in front of so many nobles, and he became more and more curious about the powerful magic chanter.