Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 708: Enemies in the National Assembly
Belloberg was under martial law.

Although the army and steam knights had begun to appear on the streets after the news of the Queen's critical illness was announced, there was no state of martial law, only a curfew.

But as news of the attack on the Northern Lords spread, the Royalist-controlled army and the Steam Knights began martial law.

They blocked the roads leading to the National Assembly building and prohibited people from leaving their homes. The streets were filled with troops and steam knights rumbling as they moved.

For a while, the whole of Beloberg was in a panic and all kinds of rumors were flying around.

Some people said that the Earl of the North launched a coup to purge the entire Belloburg, some people said that the Queen had passed away and the Royalists wanted to support Princess Anne to ascend the throne, and some people said that Perfect could no longer tolerate the insects in the cabinet and wanted to take the opportunity to seize the supreme power of the empire, and some people said that Prince Edward had returned and wanted to take back his throne...

In short, all kinds of outrageous remarks are spreading everywhere.

Although people cannot leave their homes, the news always spreads everywhere unknowingly.

However, just when the royalists used troops loyal to the royal family to blockade the entire Belloberg, blocked other uncontrolled troops and knights in the barracks, and took control of the National Assembly Building and most of the members of parliament, thinking that the situation was settled, a piece of bad news came like a bolt from the blue.

Perfect's airship arrived above Beloberg, and an organized group of flying knights had already deployed their formation in the air.

But this is not the crux of the bad news. The really terrible thing is that although the Northern Lord's special train was attacked, it still drove to the outside of the city of Beloberg and was now parked outside the city, as if waiting for something.

"How is this possible? We sent an entire field infantry regiment to attack her, she should have been dead!" The royalist officials couldn't believe it.

In their opinion, if they sent out an entire field infantry regiment to attack Perfectot, she would not be able to withstand a round of attacks even if she had a steam knight with her if she was unprepared!
They even consulted the knights loyal to the royal family for this purpose. They all said that if the knights were not wearing armor, they would not be able to respond in time if suddenly attacked. In particular, the attack of field infantry artillery was enough to tear the knights who had not yet put on steam armor to pieces.

According to their idea, the infantry regiment's artillery bombardment should have immediately blown up the special train that Perfecto was riding on, destroyed the steam armor carried by the knights beside her, or even gone further and killed Perfecto with the first shot.

Even if not, they still have a second hand in reserve. An entire order of knights who obey their orders are on standby along with the infantry regiment.

Although not all of them are grand knights' guards, and not all of them are luxurious enough to be equipped with steam knight armor, the entire knight order can still gather dozens of steam knight armors.

In their opinion, even if Perfect didn't die in the first attack, the subsequent second wave of bombardment and the attack of the Steam Knights would be enough to crush all the struggles of this girl who was not even eighteen years old.

Even if she had a Steam Knight with her, she would still be defeated by her own Steam Knights due to their numerical advantage.

However, what they did not expect was that Perfectot's special train was not stopped, and now appeared on the outskirts of the city where martial law had been declared, as if it was ready to attack the city after reinforcements arrived.

As for the airships and flying knights in the sky, they have already moved above the city and do not seem to intend to move together with the troops outside the city.

In the National Assembly Building, after martial law was completed, all the members of the Royalist Party had gathered here. They were preparing to launch a new National Assembly vote after the news of the Northern Lord's resolution was confirmed, so as to enact new laws and completely control the situation. However, at this time, the news that Perfecto's special train had not been destroyed came, which shocked everyone.

Someone's expression was obviously shaken.

After all, the Northern Territory has not been dealt with, and their current actions can easily be characterized as rebellion or a coup.

"Now is not the time to worry about why she is still alive. Order the troops to attack and kill her!" The radical royalist members shouted loudly, obviously wanting to make this a fact.

"Are you crazy? Attacking her is fine, but launching an attack now is tantamount to declaring war on the North!" The others were not so crazy and tried to persuade the other party not to go to extremes.

After all, they are no longer sure whether they can deal with Perfectot. If the Northern Lord retreats and they mobilize the Northern army to attack, they cannot afford a real war.

Sending troops to attack the Northern Lords might be justifiable. At most, they could call it a coup, or accuse Perfect of any crime.

As long as we can really get rid of her, everything will be fine, whether we catch her alive or kill her directly.

But if he sent troops to attack the Northern Lords without resolving the issue of Perfectoth, it would undoubtedly be the beginning of a war.

When the time comes and the army in the north and the army loyal to the royal family start fighting, the result will be something no one wants to see.

"I'm not crazy! We have no way out at this moment! Once the Northern Lord enters or leaves the city, we will be in a passive position! Only by getting rid of her now and making this matter a fait accompli, can we control the situation!" The radical royalist explained to others, and said to them earnestly: "Think about this country! We have no way out. Only by getting rid of her here can we solve the threat brought by the Northern faction and bring this country back on track!"

"But... we couldn't kill her in the wild, so is it really possible to attack her now?" Someone seemed to be backing off.

"No matter if it works or not, we have no way out. This is our only choice, understand? Unless you want to surrender to her and see if this bloody earl will show mercy to you!" The radical royalist members looked angry at the lack of fighting spirit, as if they felt that these guys were too weak.

But in the end, under his persuasion, the royalists decided to launch an attack on Perfecto.

The Royalist-controlled army and the Knights attacked Perfecto's train, this time with a much larger force.

But facing the attacking army, the Northern Lord's special train only had a steam knight flying up.

"The enemy is in the National Assembly Building, kill them." Perfect simply gave the order indifferently, while Befa flying in the sky started killing.

(End of this chapter)