Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 222
The rapid end of the civil war in the north frustrated the Nilfgaardian Empire in the south.

Originally, after the civil war broke out in the north, the empire once believed that the chaos in the north would provide the empire with unprecedented opportunities.

Perhaps amid the chaos, the Empire might return to the north.

The Emhyr government, which is plagued by various internal conflicts and pressures, also vigorously promotes this argument to reduce the pressure on itself.

Although this is drinking poison to quench thirst, for Emhyr, who can only count the days now, drinking poison to quench thirst is just drinking poison to quench thirst. One more day to live is one day.

If the civil war in the north becomes protracted, he can always use this to divert the attention of the domestic people.

Now, with the Northern Civil War over, Emhyr has to bear the impact of the backlash.

"When will that dog emperor get out of here? He's just sitting there without any ability. It's really an eyesore."

"Yes, such a waste should have gone away long ago."

On the streets of the Golden Tower City, the people were now openly complaining about Emhyr, although of course they did not dare to speak louder.

However, with the appearance of the Iron Giant and the Imperial Guards, everyone immediately became quiet.

After the Iron Giant and the Guards passed by, people began to whisper again.

The theme of the discourse is nothing more than complaints and hostility towards the emperor.

Even the word hedgehog, which was once considered a taboo word, is now spoken more frequently by citizens.

The citizens of the City of Golden Towers are the most realistic group of people in Nilfgaard. They will support anyone who can bring victory, glory and benefits to the empire.

And whoever cannot bring this, who will they turn against.

The citizens are very enthusiastic about participating in politics. If conditions permit, they would not mind changing the empire to another emperor.

Although the citizens of the Golden Tower City have become more and more ferocious due to various preferential policies, the wealthy property owners still have weapons and armor in their homes.

As for mobs with armor and mobs without armor, those are two completely different concepts.

As for what the conditions are, of course they are inseparable from ancient families and merchant associations.

The ancient families and merchant associations are also constantly active. Of course, these hyenas of power have smelled the opportunity to rise to the top in one step, and they will not let go of such an opportunity.

Emhyr would have lost his throne long ago if it weren't for the Iron Giant who was loyal only to him and the strong support of the Imperial Intelligence Service in Vatyr Lidorik.

As for Emhyr now, it can be said that he has completely entered the mode of drinking now and getting drunk next.

The once strict emperor focused more on feasting and enjoyment. He frequently visited places such as the Imperial Theater, and the imperial harem also expanded.

This naturally caused Emhyr to further lose points among the Nilfgaardians, and the morale of many of his subordinates became even lower.

But Emhyr's idea is also very reasonable. Now that it is the case, this fact cannot be changed.

At the moment, no matter what you do, you can't change the overturned ending, so instead of wronging yourself, you might as well enjoy yourself.

To be honest, Emhyr has not enjoyed much since he took the position of emperor. Now is his last chance, so he must seize it.

In the current situation of the empire, people from all walks of life are ready to make a move, and the change of throne is completely irreversible.

Therefore, it is better to enjoy yourself and spend your last days. If you can live one more day now, then live one more day.

And just when Emhyr was immersed in the drunkenness of today and tomorrow, his death came unknowingly.

"Lord Vatier, do you really want to do this?"

In the gloomy mansion of the Imperial Intelligence Department, a subordinate of Vatier asked again, with an emotion called timidity in his eyes.

"Just do this, go get ready, I must kill that bastard, tonight he will be there without me, there will be me without him."

Valtir Lidorik put two small spring guns on his waist, and his face was filled with the joy of being about to take revenge.

"Yes."

The subordinate wanted to say something else, but seeing Vatier's expression, he finally kept his mouth shut.

Li Daorike has made up his mind about something that no one can shake.

And Li Daorik's goal this time is to kill that bastard Alberich.

In the City of Golden Towers, Alberich's power has continued to expand during this period and has overwhelmed Vatier.

Alberich controls the iron giant who is absolutely loyal to the emperor, which makes his power within the current imperial government continue to increase.

It is possible for people to betray, but it is impossible for machines. What Emhyr needs now is machines that will not betray.

It is precisely because of this powerful force in his hands that Emhyr was able to maintain a deterrent to all parties in the empire. The Iron Giant has reached a very considerable number due to the overtime production during this period.

This number of steel giants is enough to suppress any coup launched by any party in the City of Golden Towers.

Therefore, Alberich, the head of the Imperial Security Office, became more and more powerful, and all parties who noticed the expansion of his power also took the initiative to flatter the head of the security office.

And Alberich, a man who was once driven at will in the empire, began to get carried away after gaining power in his hands.

As the Imperial Intelligence Department that has a direct conflict of authority with the Imperial Security Office, Vatier has been hit the hardest.

In order to gain as much power as possible, Alberich often pointed his fingers at Vatier's affairs, constantly provoked him, and violently interfered with the work of the intelligence department.

In terms of getting along with each other, in order to show his strength, he often spoke rudely to Vatier and got carried away in various ways. When facing the emperor to report on his work, he always suppressed his own opinions immediately.

Over time, Vatier became more and more dissatisfied with Alberich.

Emhyr's attitude has intensified this hostility. The emperor is now using Alberich, and he needs the power of this sorcerer, so he always tends to Alberich in disputes between the two.

Undoubtedly, this intensified Li Daorike's dissatisfaction and sense of crisis.

After Alberich tried to interfere with the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the imperial intelligence department, Vatier decided to completely fall out with him.

He had to kill this bastard. If he didn't kill him, it would be difficult for him to let go of his anger.

Tonight, Emhyr decided to hold a private banquet, mainly inviting his two subordinates.

The emperor naturally noticed the bad relationship between the two subordinates, so he wanted to ease the relationship between them.

Whether it's Alberich's Iron Giant or Vatier's intelligence organization, they are what he needs now.

Vatier planned to use this to get rid of Alberich. He could no longer stand this lowly warlock.

Vatier also planned to purge the power of the Imperial Security Office and completely control the emperor, so he took the initiative to activate the special forces of the intelligence department.

As for Emhyr, after seeing his dissipation these days, Vatier has no fear of him.

Since he is bound to Emhyr and can only be on Emhyr's ship, then why can't he be the captain of this ship?
After emphasizing the mission to his subordinates, Vatier then got on the carriage heading to the Imperial Palace.

In the Imperial Palace, dishes of delicacies are constantly being served on the table, seemingly endless, and cups of wine are constantly being filled, seemingly endless.

In the end, everyone was satiated with wine and food. Vatier didn't eat too much and drank even less. But Alberich kept eating and drinking heartlessly, until his mouth was full of oil.

The emperor mainly drinks. Compared with the emperors in the past, although the emperor now still has majesty, he cannot hide the lethargy in his temperament.

After all three of them finished eating, Emhyr ordered the food on the table to be removed, and then looked at his two subordinates.

"Alberich, Vatier, I know that there are very serious conflicts between you, but now for the sake of the empire, I need you to put aside these conflicts. Now is the time to unite."

Vatier was very disdainful of Emhyr's words.

You are still talking about this at this time. You can lie to other people. You can’t lie to me anyway.

Empire, can you still represent the Empire now?What you represent now is nothing more than your power and position.

As the head of the intelligence department, Vatier is the person in the entire Nilfgaard Empire who is most aware of how bad the situation in the empire is today.

Now in the core area of ​​Nilfgaard, the governors of various provinces and the troops who fled from the north seem to be in a separatist posture. They are also fighting fiercely with local forces and actively absorbing local forces.Now the empire is completely preparing for a civil war, and everyone with ambitions or not is actively preparing for war.

After all, in everyone's opinion, chaos in the empire is simply unavoidable.

While Vatier was thinking about this information, Alberich said to the emperor with a respectful and even flattering face, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing this scene, Vatier almost vomited, but he still had to follow Alberich and express his respect to the emperor.

Next, the emperor and his two important subordinates talked about some unreasonable things, mainly to ease their emotions. Alberich, a flattering bastard, was very willing to obey the emperor's wishes, so he did not appear to be in the scene. How embarrassing.

It was also in this atmosphere that Vatier suddenly stood up, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and pointed it at Alberich and Emhyr respectively.

"Your Majesty, how can we manage the empire well with such an insect?"

After saying that, the pistol fired at the astonished Yabeliqi. This shot directly blew Yaboliqi's head. The powerful director of the Imperial Security Office died in the Imperial Palace. middle.

"Rebel!"

Emhyr had not been offended like this for a long time, even if he was like this now, so the emperor subconsciously yelled at Vatier.

This made Vatier's eyes widen and he looked at Emhyr.

That look made Emhyr subconsciously feel a little scared, but he still forcibly controlled his emotions and did not show any timidity. Instead, he exerted more authority.

This makes the situation develop in an even more unreliable direction.

Vatyer was filled with anger and fear, and he simply pulled the trigger on Emhyr.

As the spring gun roared, Emhyr looked at the gunshot in his chest in disbelief, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The blood then poured out one after another, and soon Emhyr fell to the side.

After completing all this, Vatier looked at the scene in front of him, feeling extremely nervous, and then he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Only now did the shouts of killing reach his ears. It was the special forces taking action.

As the imperial special forces, they could naturally enter the palace. After Vatier sent the signal, they also started to take action. They used extremely fast speed to deal with the guards and security room members near the room to ensure that the situation was under control.

"Lord Vatier!"

Several members of the special forces rushed in. They were covered in blood and had obviously experienced a hard battle.

They were all stunned when they saw the scene in the room.

Although they knew what they were doing, seeing the death of the emperor and the chief still gave them a huge shock.

"Hide the news first, and announce to the public tomorrow that Alberich tried to assassinate the emperor, but was killed by the emperor, but his majesty also died of serious injuries."

At this time, Vatier felt very calm. He realized that the emperor was no different from the other people he killed.

Then, he turned over something from Alberich's body and put it away. This was the key to controlling the Iron Giant.

"Go ahead and execute it. Next, I have to control the Iron Giant."

"Yes! Lord Vatier!"

Soon, Vatier came to the Iron Giant base in the City of Golden Towers. The security room members here once wanted to prevent their department's biggest enemy from entering, but after Vatier pulled out Emhyr's tiger skin, they They all shut up.

Then, Vatier took out the badge and stood in front of the rows of steel giants. It was the key to controlling the steel giants.

However, just after Vatier activated the mechanism above, he did not see the Iron Giants obeying his instructions. Instead, he saw the Iron Giants exploding one after another.

And such an outbreak happened to all the steel giants in the Golden Tower City at the same time.

Looking at the explosive waste in front of him and the explosions ringing in his ears, Vatier's expression was extremely ugly.

Now, how could he not see that he was plotted against by that dead man Alberich.

That badge is probably a trap, and if activated it will cause the Iron Giants to explode one after another.

"Fuck you."

It was extremely rare for Valdir Lidorik to use foul language.

What happened in the Golden Tower City continues to spread. Regarding this news, most people are shocked and feel absurd. That Emhyr was actually killed by his intelligence minister?

This really caught everyone off guard. Emhyr's death was expected by everyone, but dying like this was completely unexpected.

And those who are always prepared for this will seize the opportunity as soon as possible.

Soon, Torres's Nilfgaardian Hundred were in action.

After receiving the news, Torres immediately mobilized the three divisions under their control into the capital.

Torres dared to do this mainly because he got the acquiescence of Marshal Marcos, the commander-in-chief of the garrison in the core circle.

Although Marcos was a staunch emperor, he actually lost his allegiance when the emperor died and there was no heir.

Now that he has lost his allegiance, he can only be loyal to the interest group that has the greatest relationship with him, that is, the military.

As a rapidly rising officer organization in the military, the Nilfgaardian Hundreds, in Markosh's opinion, can undoubtedly represent the interests of the military.

Therefore, he acquiesced to the actions of the Hundreds, which was exactly why the Hundreds dared to mobilize troops into the capital.

Facing the entry of these Nilfgaardian troops, the Golden Tower City, which fell into chaos due to the death of the emperor, could not make any resistance at all.

After all, the emperor was dead and the imperial government had fallen into complete chaos.

Vatier tried to control the political power, but as a spy leader who had been living in the shadows for a long time, he did not have enough military support. Therefore, after he briefly gained power by pulling tiger skins, he soon failed to obtain ban. The support of the Guards again lost power.

When the Centurion Army entered the capital, only the Praetorian Guards loyal to the emperor resisted, and the two sides started fighting directly on the streets of the Golden Tower City, turning Nilfgaard's imperial capital like a battlefield.

The two sides built barricades on the street and kept fighting with each other.

As Emhyr's most loyal troops, even in such a disadvantageous position, even if the emperor is dead, they still remain loyal and fight against the troops entering the capital.

In such chaos, there are naturally many lawless elements taking advantage of the situation, making the Golden Tower City even more chaotic.

However, the number of the Praetorian Guards was limited after all, and due to the death of the emperor, many of them continued to leave the team during the battle.

The Centurion finally won.

"Congratulations, Lord Torres."

Torres' adjutant said respectfully, and in front of them, a large number of imperial soldiers were rushing into the palace.

Inside the palace were the last batch of Guardsmen who were still resisting. Once these people were eliminated, the throne would completely belong to Torres.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Torres was filled with emotion.

After so many years of absence, the throne was finally opened to him again.

But he was not very happy, because he knew that everything was just the beginning.

"This is just the beginning."

Torres replied, "The ancient families and merchant associations were completely caught off guard by the military this time. They will not swallow this breath. The war is still going on."

However, no matter what, he finally sat on the throne again, and there was nothing better than this.

On top of the empire's famous towering golden tower, a bald man was looking at the chaos in the imperial capital. The chaos made his face reveal an unprecedented smile of satisfaction.

Manipulating the world is so satisfying. Sure enough, nothing can feel better than this.

(End of this chapter)