king of the castle

Chapter 46 The King's Trouble

For Alonso III, the recent days are like sailing in rough seas, the ups and downs are too exciting. 【】

First, he successfully deceived Hamilton to go to the Lund Peninsula, thinking that he had removed the greatest threat to the throne, and was complacent; soon he got the bad news that Hamilton not only did not die, but went to Kent Town to recuperate; Mentality summoned Roger to the palace to have an audience, but unexpectedly he succeeded; but when he fought against Roger, he found that the strength of him and the only female entourage was far beyond imagination, and it was not something ordinary palace guards could deal with; in the end, Aaron Suo Sanshi had no choice but to activate the magic mechanism in the room, which trapped the two and regained the initiative.

Such a series of events finally made Alonso understand what is normal in the world and what is the will of the Supreme God.However, compared with what happened next, the previous events can only be regarded as ordinary.

After Alonso III trapped Roger and Sophia with a magic mechanism, he immediately summoned Massa to tell him that the two were trying to assassinate him and had been trapped by the magic mechanism, and ordered Massa to immediately mobilize the palace guards to arrest Roger and Sophia. Fia was killed on the spot.

Massa was taken aback by the news, he didn't believe that Roger would do such a thing.Even an idiot knows that the king must have the means to guard against assassins, who would try to assassinate the king in the palace?Even if he succeeded, he would not be able to escape. It was no different from sending him to death. For Roger, instead of entering the palace to assassinate Alonso III, it would be better to fight against the king in Kent Town directly to have a better chance of surviving.

But since Alonso III had given the order, Massa could only obey the order even if he had all kinds of doubts.According to the king, Roger and the woman named Sophia are powerful, so Massa summoned all his capable subordinates, not only transferred most of the palace guards, but even borrowed 3000 royal guards generals. The place where the small house is is surrounded.

To be honest, Alonso III was also frightened by Sofia's powerful strength, so he didn't think Massa's series of actions were excessive, but admired his cautious character very much.After all, for the captain of the palace guard who protects the king's safety, his work must never go wrong, the more cautious the better.

When all the soldiers arrived, surrounded the small room tightly, and prepared for battle, Alonso III ordered people to carefully close the mechanism, and opened the barriers between the space labyrinth and the main material world.Just as the barrier disappeared, the crossbowmen of the Royal Guards had already shot a round of arrows at it.

Many soldiers were very confident. No matter how powerful Roger and Sophia were, they would be seriously injured if they were not killed by this round of arrows. The others just had to clean up the battlefield.However, after the arrow landed, everyone discovered that there was no one in the space maze, and Roger and Sophia had long since disappeared.

"How did this happen?" Massa, the commander of this operation, was taken aback, and quickly ordered the soldiers to strictly guard their posts, while he hurried to report the incident to Alonso III.Although Massa was shocked, he also faintly felt a little relieved deep in his heart. Not having to fight Roger head-on made the captain of the palace guard who had experienced many battles feel relieved.

But Massa is relaxed, but the pressure on Alonso III can be great.The king had intended to wait only for news of Roger's death to announce to the nation that he had been killed by a court guard after he had tried to assassinate himself.Although there will definitely be objections, but at that time even people were dead, so Alonso III naturally did what he said.

However, Alonso III did not wait for good news, but waited for the report of Roger's disappearance. This gap was too great, and he couldn't help being furious.

"Bastard, what are the palace guards and the royal guards doing?" The king raged and yelled at Massa, "There are so many people who can't even surround two people, and let them run away. They are all idiots, idiots!"

There is also a reason why Alonso III is so angry.He is the only one who has seen Sophia's coercion in the entire palace, and is still alive.The king knew how terrible that woman was, and he just wanted to kill Roger and her to avoid future troubles.But now the two have run away, which means that Alonso III will spend a long time in fear in the future, and must guard against the sudden appearance of the two to assassinate him at any time.Even for a king, such a day is a joy of life. No wonder Alonso III was so angry.

Massa stood there quietly, allowing Alonso III to hit himself on the head with the most vicious words.Although the captain of the palace guard was calm on the surface, in fact, he was extremely disgusted with the king's behavior in his heart.However, due to the emphasis on the oath, Massa did not show any dissatisfaction, allowing Alonso III to scold him repeatedly.

It wasn't until the king was tired of cursing and panting while sitting on the luxurious but cold throne that Massa said coldly in a voice without any emotion: "Your Majesty, it's not that we didn't surround Earl Lee and his entourage, but yours There is no one in the space maze”

"What?" Alonso III, who had just calmed down, immediately jumped up and said loudly, "This is impossible."

The mechanism of Xiaofang was set up by a king several generations ago.It is said that the king spent a huge amount of money to ask a magister to set up this magic trap. The money spent just to buy magic materials was equivalent to half a year's income of the entire country.This reusable trap has always been one of the biggest secrets of the royal family, and only the king himself knows how to activate it.

Alonso III's father, Alonso II, also told Alonso III all the secrets of this institution when he passed the throne to him before his death.In Alonso III, this magic trap is absolutely impossible to go wrong.He was also sure that he must have trapped Roger and Sophia in the maze of space. How could there be no one in the maze?

At this moment Alonso III even suspected that Massa was deceiving himself.However, as a king, even in this situation, he still retained a bit of reason, knowing that Massa would never be able to deceive himself in such a matter.There were thousands of people at the scene of the encirclement and suppression of Roger. Even if Massa was brave enough to deceive the king, it was impossible for him to silence the mouths of so many soldiers.

Thinking of this, Alonso finally calmed down a little, sat back on the throne and said wearily: "Let the soldiers search the entire palace, and the murderer who tried to assassinate me must not be allowed to hide in the palace. In addition...the defense of the palace has been strengthened recently, A team of 5000... no, [-] Royal Guards came to help guard the palace"

"Observe" Massa saluted the king with the same expression as before, and then strode away to carry out Alonso III's order.It's just that after seeing Alonso III's ugly behavior just now, the captain of the palace guard's evaluation of the king was a little lower in his heart.

It has been a long time since the founding of Thorne Kingdom. With the continuous construction of successive kings, the scale of the palace has become astonishingly large, no less than that of a small city.Even the steward of the palace couldn't tell how many rooms there were in the whole palace, and how many people lived in it to serve the king and protect the king's safety.

Therefore, it is definitely a very huge project to thoroughly search the palace and make sure that there are no more than two people in it.In order to accomplish this task, Massa had to mobilize more Royal Guards into the palace to assist in the search.

Such a big move will inevitably attract attention. All of a sudden, there are many messages in Mandos City, and many different versions of rumors have been derived.There are all kinds of theories that dangerous monsters escaped into the palace, thieves entered the palace, the king was assassinated, and so on. The most exaggerated is that some people said that Alonso III suddenly lost his mind and died in the palace. Inexplicably disappeared, so many soldiers entered the palace just to find the missing His Majesty the King.

In short, no matter what kind of statement it is, it makes Mandos City a little more commotion and uneasiness.So much so that when the nobles met, they secretly exchanged all kinds of news they heard elsewhere, and then exchanged a few meaningful glances with each other, not knowing what they were thinking.

Of course Alonso III knew that his order would make people panic, but it was a matter of his own life and death, so he didn't care that much anymore.

In fact, Alonso III’s life is not easy these days. The soldiers who searched for the enemy in the palace were not quiet for a moment. They were busy searching the rooms in the palace day and night. It is difficult to fall asleep, which annoys Alonso III.However, this was originally an order issued by the king himself, so there was nothing he could do about it, so he had to vent his anger on the person beside him.In just a few days, several maidservants had been scolded by the king, and two of them were even kicked out of the palace directly, losing their qualifications to continue serving the royal family.

What was even more frightening was the terrifying coercion that Sophia erupted that day, which caused great damage to Alonso III.Every time the king closed his eyes, he could see the horrible scene that happened in the small room that day.Almost every night after finally falling asleep, I would be awakened by the same nightmare.

For this reason, Alonso III specially asked a team of palace guards to guard himself outside the bedroom to protect himself, but this could not stop the nightmare.In just a few days, Alonso III looked a lot haggard, and he met with noble ministers every day with two big dark circles under his eyes.

In order to hide his appearance, the king had to find someone to cover himself with makeup before meeting his ministers.As a result, Alonso III had to get up early, making the already insufficient sleep time even less.

At this point, Alonso III finally understood that Roger was not as easy to deal with as he imagined, and it was really unwise to attack him rashly, and he actually regretted it in his heart.But Alonso III didn't know that bigger troubles were yet to come.

Chapter 46 The King's Trouble