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Chapter 446: Night of the Black Knife (End)

On April 1465, 4, the entire Ginza was silent.

Silence and uneasiness permeated the entire city. Citizens who were keenly aware that something was wrong with the atmosphere in Ginza reduced the frequency of going out. Except for necessary things, citizens tried to reduce going out as much as possible.

A new storm is about to hit the city of Ginza, and the citizens of Ginza have long anticipated this.

As for the conflict between the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family, not to mention the citizens of the capital, basically all cities with relatively well-informed information already know about the situation in Ginza.

Everyone knows that Ginza will most likely have only two different endings.

Either the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family compromise with each other and the Silver Emperor regains some power, or the Silver Family forcibly kicks the Silver Emperor off the throne.

Judging from the atmosphere in Ginza and various rumors circulating, the Shirogane family obviously chose the latter.

A coup is about to break out in the capital of the Silver Empire. This is the consensus of everyone except the Silver Emperor and his cronies.

Late at night, citizens closed their doors and windows.

As the Silver Family's order was issued and martial law was declared throughout the city, a barrier covering the entire Ginza City slowly unfolded, enveloping the entire Ginza.

In the committee's Ginza Embassy, ​​Randy, who was sitting at his desk sorting out intelligence, raised his head slightly. In his ears, the alarm from the strange machine was sounding.

"The space standard stability is being detected to be increasing, please pay attention!"

"Current space standard stability: 11151921"

The spatial stability was eventually raised to 40. At this level, even for high-level spatial spellcasters, it was not easy to perform spatial teleportation.

At the same time, the military communication device in front of Randy also issued a warning.

"The communication signal is interfered with and the intranet connection fails. Do you want to enable the strong connection mode?"

Randy did not activate it, but turned to look out the window. He saw the barrier in the sky, the dark and silent city, and the soldiers and extraordinary people dressed in black and holding black swords under the moonlight.

A coup?
Randy thought thoughtfully.

As the entire city of Ginza was placed under martial law, unknown soldiers quickly entered Ginza through the wide-open city gates and placed the entire city under military control.

These soldiers of unknown origin quickly took over various important buildings and transportation hubs in Ginza, and quickly surrounded and arrested the Silver Emperor's confidants.

Faced with the sudden arrest, the Silver Emperor's cronies naturally would not surrender and they all tried to resist the arrest. However, everyone knew the Silver Emperor's situation clearly. Those who could jump off the boat had already done so. Those who stayed behind were either gamblers or had been completely tied to the Silver Emperor and could not escape.

Therefore, even if the cronies wanted to resist, few of their subordinates were willing to follow them all the way to the end. In the situation of outnumbering, although supernatural conflicts broke out in various parts of Ginza, they were basically quickly quelled and suppressed.

After arresting the Silver Emperor's cronies, the coup soldiers showed no mercy. According to the orders issued by the Silver Family before the coup, the coup soldiers arrested the cronies and beheaded them on the spot without any trial procedures.

As the coup soldiers attacked the Silver Emperor's cronies, high-level spellcasters from the Silver Family also gathered in the Ginza Palace. They stood in front of the Silver Emperor's bedroom, looked at each other, pushed open the door of the bedroom, and walked in.

The huge barrier slowly rose up, enveloping the bedroom and several nearby palaces.

Then, a huge amount of magic power exploded in the shield, and the entire palace exploded. The high-level spellcasters from the Silver Family and the Silver Emperor fought together.

However, due to the cover of the barrier and the absolute advantage of the Silver Family, these magical powers did not leak out and cause any major shock.

After the Silver Family decided to stage a coup, the Silver Emperor, who had lost almost all of his power and was not supported by the military, naturally had no choice but to face his final fate.

Due to the high level of confidentiality maintained by the Baiyin Family, only some tentative news was released on the day of the coup. Therefore, almost all external forces were unprepared for last night's coup.

Including the War Committee, facing the coup within Ginza, Ambassador Randy could only stay in the embassy and wait for the final outcome of the coup.

When the first ray of sunlight rises from the earth and shines on Ginza, the outcome of Ginza is decided.

After an overnight coup, the Silver Family successfully overthrew the current Silver Emperor, ending the internal friction and infighting between the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family.

The Ginza Palace issued an official obituary, announcing the official death of the Silver Emperor, who attempted to be promoted last night and died in his bedroom after failing.

Due to the unexpected death of the Silver Emperor and the fact that the next Silver Emperor has not yet been clearly identified within the Silver Empire, according to the convention of the Silver Empire, a Regency Council will be formed by the six major Silver Families to temporarily exercise the authority of the Silver Emperor before the new Silver Emperor is elected.

Although this is what the official announcement said, basically no one believed it. Even the humblest citizen in Ginza knew what happened last night.

It is possible that the Silver Emperor would die due to failure in promotion, but it is unlikely that the Silver Emperor would die due to failure in promotion.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that the Silver Emperor was probably killed by the Silver Family.

Therefore, the Silver Family did not deliberately disguise themselves. After the announcement was issued, there was no chaos at all. The Regency Council, which had been prepared, quickly took over the power of the Silver Emperor and began to govern as regent.

Countless accumulated government affairs were quickly passed by the Regency Council, including official appointments, noble succession, military mobilization, tax collection, etc.
Under the high-speed operation of the Regent Council, the Silver Empire, which had been stagnant for several years, finally started to operate again.

As the news of the Ginza coup spread, the coup in Ginza was also called the "Night of the Black Knife" because it took place late at night and the coup soldiers were all dressed in black and holding long black swords.

The impact of the Black Knife Night also spread to the entire Silver Empire as the news spread.

Although many princes and spellcasters had expected this, when the news of Black Blade Night reached their ears, most of them were still somewhat surprised and surprised.

However, since the Silver Emperor was already dead, they no longer cared about the specific circumstances, but instead looked tacitly at the throne that was once again vacant.

During the brief interregnum caused by the last forced abdication of the Queen, the Rose War broke out between the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter. What will happen during this interregnum?

Therefore, whether it is the loyal princes who still identify with the Silver Empire, or the rebellious princes who previously colluded with the Kingdom of Inter and launched the Rose War, they are all watching Ginza's choice.

However, the Kingdom of Inter collapsed in the civil war after the War of the Roses, and was replaced by the aristocratic republic of the Inter Alliance. Apart from the Kingdom of Inter, the remaining independent human kingdoms were not even as powerful as the vassal states within the Silver Empire.

The only two qualified parties, the Inter Alliance and the War Council, are both republican. The former has experienced the Rose War and has no interest in a useless throne. The latter is a republic in name only but a dictator in reality. However, the dictator of the committee, Roland, has no interest in the throne and has completely ignored all invitations from the rebellious princes of the Silver Empire. Therefore, even if someone wants to start the Rose War again, they cannot find a force that is willing to fight against the six major Silver families and has the strength to compete for the throne.

However, although the Silver Family eliminated the incompetent Silver Emperor during the Night of the Black Knife and put the Silver Empire back on track, the return to the interregnum and regency rule still led to turmoil and unrest within the Silver Empire.

Although the various vassal states did not make any statement to the Regency Council, the lessons of the Rose War still made them alert in an emergency manner. They increased military spending, strengthened border patrols and internal supervision, and strengthened contacts with other friendly vassal states in preparation for forming an alliance.

The emergency actions of the various vassal states also caused the atmosphere within the Silver Empire to become increasingly heavy, and the decrees of the Regent Council were difficult to implement completely.

It is basically impossible for the Silver Empire to interfere in foreign affairs until a new Silver Emperor is elected or the various vassal states calm down again.

So, at the end of the month, on April 4th, Roland approved the northern strategy of the administrative department and the military department.

The cold disaster still lingers in the North like a shadow. In order to save manpower to deal with future cold disasters, Roland chooses to establish a puppet regime in the North for transition.

Moreover, the customs of the North are not suitable for forcible integration into the committee. The culture and customs within the committee have not yet been fully formed. Forcibly annexing the North may have a negative cultural impact on the committee. Therefore, Roland thinks it is better to be a puppet for now.

As for the military plan, Roland chose the conservative legionnaire plan. It would be better to hide the top-notch technological products such as the sky fortress for a while longer.

Even if a top-notch mechanical product like the Sky Fortress is exposed, it is impossible for other countries to copy it.

Currently in the entire world, the War Council has mastered the most advanced and advanced mechanical technology that is far ahead of its time, followed by the Gulf Dwarves, and finally the Dwarf Free City of the Silver Empire.

For the current committee, the sky fortresses are unrepeatable pinnacle products. Each sky fortress is artificially created through a large number of prophecy spells and is a miracle that cannot be replicated at present.

Even the War Council cannot replicate the same sky fortress, let alone other forces.

However, Roland still planned to let the War Council restrain its edge. Sooner or later, the War Council would interfere in foreign affairs on a large scale, but not now.

Before that, Roland needed the War Council to hide the blade and try not to expose its full strength.

After Roland made his choice, the committee's army stationed in the North also began to move. The Jackdaw and the Nether moved away from the North, while Tula commanded the army to launch a full-scale attack on all sides of the North.

At the same time, all the committee personnel stationed in the three factions in the north abandoned all their assets and withdrew in an orderly manner. The highest-level personnel stationed in the factions submitted a declaration of war to the leaders of the three factions.

Faced with the declaration of war submitted by the committee, the human faction was somewhat helpless, but did not take action against the committee members and sent them out of the country with courtesy. The orc faction was also somewhat helpless as it was the faction whose territory was closest to Winter City.

When the orc leader personally saw the ambassador off, he privately expressed to the ambassador his willingness to submit to the committee. He said he was willing to hand over all power as long as the committee could give other members of the faction relatively good treatment.

After discussion, the War Council obtained the surrender of most of the Orc faction without bloodshed in exchange for the Orc faction members retaining some of their liquid funds.

As for the last faction in the North, the Orc faction, although the Orc leader was somewhat unhappy, he did not really use force against the ambassador and also escorted the ambassador out of the country with courtesy.

The leaders of the three factions are not fools. They are aware of the gap in power between the Northern Kingdom and the War Council.

After learning about the Silver Empire's Black Blade Night, they already knew that the Northern Kingdom was doomed.

Before a new Silver Emperor is elected, the Silver Empire cannot interfere in the war in the North, and the Moon Elves have never cared about which country rules the North.

The Moon Elves don't care whether it's the once scattered human kingdoms in the North or the orcs who invaded the North and conquered the human kingdoms to establish their unified Orcish Northern Kingdom.

And without external interference, they cannot defeat the committee. However, apart from the Orc faction, the other two factions are unwilling to give up.

Being unable to win does not mean that we cannot fight. As long as we hurt the committee and make the War Committee believe that the cost of occupying the North far outweighs the benefits, it is possible to drive the War Committee out.

The human faction has the support of the humans who make up the largest population in the North, and the orc faction has the support of the Northern orcs and the largest number of extraordinary people. They both have a large base, so they think they can still fight.

Therefore, the Orc faction, which had no base and could neither go up nor down, decisively chose to surrender.

However, the human faction and the orc faction are still not clear about the national strength of the War Council. After ten years of peaceful development, it is impossible for the North to outlast the Council.

As for the core base, what a joke. How can feudal nobles get mass support? Without mass support, the committee can simply kill all the core base that supports them.

The committee is not a traditional state force and does not necessarily need local nobles, lords, or tribal chiefs to assist in its governance. Those who are obedient can be retained, but those who are disobedient can be killed.

While the committee launched an all-out invasion of the North, nobles from the buffer zone on the eastern border of the Silver Empire were gathering together.

Faced with the great changes around them, the border nobles naturally felt uneasy. The Silver Empire, which had never taken them seriously, fell into a period of vacancy. As veterans of the Rose War, they were well aware of the horrors brought by the Rose War. If they continued to fight on their own, they would most likely become victims of a new round of war.

As veterans of the Rose War, they were still independent nobles and did not refuse Ginza's call. Once the war broke out, they would accept Ginza's call and direct command.

The Silver Empire was in turmoil, and their friendly neighbor in the east, the War Council, had now shown its edge and launched an attack on the North. This once again made them realize that they were caught between the Silver Empire and the War Council.

If the two superpowers come to blows, they will most likely be the first to perish.

Faced with the chaos in East, Sinnar and the North, the border nobles finally made a decision.

Although being an independent noble has many advantages, compared with the threat of war, it is not impossible to give up the identity of an independent noble. They decided to form a new country together to get rid of Ginza's constraints and control over them.

Based on all the territories of the border nobles in the buffer zone, the border nobles borrowed and integrated the systems of the Silver Empire and the War Council to establish a new feudal state.

The Blade March will form the Blade Parliament, which will hold the highest power in the country. The king will be elected by the Blade Parliament, but his actual power is only that of a military commander, responsible for maintaining the border security of the Blade March.

As for the foundation for establishing a new country, the border nobles used the [Pioneering Decree] issued by Littorio, the founding emperor of the Silver Empire, as the legal basis. According to the [Pioneering Decree], any independent noble territory belonging to the Silver Empire but not to any vassal state can independently establish a new country and automatically upgrade to a vassal state after the area and population meet the requirements.

So, on April 1465, 4, the nobles of the border regions gathered together, jointly signed and announced the [Blade Treaty], announcing the official establishment of the Blade Border.

This country, which had a profound impact on both East and West in Roland's memory, officially stepped onto the stage of history.

(End of this chapter)