From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 500 Coronation?

"Agnes is to be crowned?"

Amber was stunned for a moment after hearing the news, and then asked: "So the old emperor passed away?"

"Well, I haven't received any news about Frederico Rosa León's death." Lilith's eyes flashed again, as if she was quickly searching for relevant information.

"According to the information we have collected so far, the old emperor should still be receiving some kind of treatment in the basement of the Grand Palace to prolong his life."

Hearing Lilith's words, Amber frowned: "Why did Agnes suddenly want to be crowned? Is she planning to let Frederico be the 'emperor'?"

Lilith naturally had no answer to Amber's question, because although she was powerful, she was not a true "prophet". Her calculations about the future were based on the deductions made from the massive amount of existing information.

However, due to the degree of confidentiality and very little information exchange with the outside world, it has not been possible to obtain much useful information about the Star Dragon Empire's royal family.

The information that Lilith collected through various channels contained more royal gossip that was "mind-blowing" in various senses.
Although some information can be gathered from these news stories, which are nine false and one true, it is still far from enough for Lilith to make deductions.

Amber was naturally aware of this, so he did not expect Lilith to give an answer. Even though he knew a lot of royal secrets, it was difficult for him to guess what the two "protagonists" of the Star Dragon Empire's royal family, mainly Princess Agnes and the old Emperor Frederico, were busy with.
"Could it be a 'loving father and filial daughter' scenario?" Amber muttered quietly, while mentally evaluating the likelihood of this 'scenario'.

After a while, he realized that he couldn't come up with a solution for the time being, so he put the question aside for the time being and asked Lilith, "How did LLS943823 get this information?"

"I just heard it directly~" Lilith seemed to be talking about something very ordinary.
"Ever since she lurked in this celestial fortress and made contact with me, her main body, apart from the regular information exchange and self-iteration with 'version updates', she has been in the stage of 'free development'.

At present, she has completely replaced the fortress's control personality without anyone noticing, and at the same time left a backdoor in the entire fortress's system, so that when necessary, she can control all facilities that do not require manual physical operation by humans.

Moreover, during the construction of this fortress, the Star Dragon Empire has been using some new technologies, especially automated control programs, which means that the sixth artificial celestial fortress requires much fewer personnel than the previous five fortresses.

So she was able to monitor almost all the people inside the fortress, and she got this information from a conversation between the chief construction manager of the fortress and a royal envoy. "

Lilith took the opportunity to answer the question and reported on the recent "work" of LLS943823, her clone, as if to take credit.

Amber sighed after hearing this. He really didn't expect that Lilith's clone could achieve this. It can be said that he has quietly got an unexpected 'trump card' in his hand.

He had a hunch that if the Atlas Group got involved in the internal struggle of the Star Dragon Empire in the future, this "trump card" might have the final say.
Thinking of this, Amber couldn't help but smile and said, "Well done, Lilith and LLS943823. You and your clone have done a great job this time. This is really a 'surprise'."

"That's not right, Master, don't you think about who I am~"

Lilith said with her head held high proudly. Amber looked at her and felt that if she had a tail, it would have been up in the sky by now.

After a moment, Amber continued to ask, "By the way, Lilith, what was the specific content of the conversation between the fortress construction chief and the royal envoy?" "It is said that the empire believes that the old emperor may not be able to continue to rule in his current state, and 'a country cannot be without a king for a day', so they hope that Princess Agnes can be crowned in advance and inherit the throne."

"They hope that the princess will be crowned in advance, instead of hoping that the regent will continue to be the regent. Does this mean that the wind direction within the Star Dragon Empire has changed?"

"There have indeed been changes, Master."

As Lilith spoke, she opened a new briefing: "This is the information I compiled about the 'Regent Party' during this period. I was going to provide it to the Intelligence Analysis Center for them to report, but since the Master has asked about it now, I will tell you in advance."

"Say it, I'm listening."

Lilith: "The main cause was the previous 'strategic decisive battle'. The death of Duke William and the loss of the Chaos Fortress caused the 'Regent Party' to not only lose an extremely important person, but also caused a great loss of their hard power.

In short, the balance of power between the 'Prince Regent's Party' and the 'Princess's Party' was once again broken, but this time the scales tipped in favor of Princess Agnes. "

"Wait. Wasn't the Fortress of Tranquility also severely damaged, and unable to be put back into use in a short period of time?"

Amber asked with a frown. In his opinion, until the Tranquility Fortress was put back into use, theoretically the hard power of the two sides would still be balanced.

Lilith nodded: "Master, you are right, but the nobles of the Star Dragon Empire generally believe that one was completely destroyed and the other can still be repaired, so the ratio of the two celestial fortresses is 1 to 2 at the moment."

"This is really a simple and direct comparison."

As Amber spoke, she thought of the old nobles in the 'Regent Party', especially those members of the 'Cloak Society'.

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "It's not just external factors that can cause this situation. There must be problems within the 'Regent Party' as well, right? For example, those people from the 'Cloak Society', I don't believe they won't take this opportunity to cause trouble."

"There is indeed another voice within the 'Regent Party' - that is, seeking to reach a reconciliation with Princess Agnes. As for whether the people from the 'Cloak Society' are behind this, although the probability is very high, there is indeed no direct evidence to prove it. Master, do you suspect that those old nobles are taking the opportunity to cause trouble?"

"It's covered."

Amber answered without hesitation:

"Humph! I know all too well the little tricks of these old nobles of the Star Dragon Empire. They may not have the guts to follow the Regent to overthrow the Leon Dynasty, but they are very brave enough to seek benefits for themselves in the name of the so-called 'revolution'."

(End of this chapter)