Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 382 Chaos Palace
Now that Robert has revealed his true identity, these knights have to make a choice, whether to continue to be loyal to the current lord, or to keep their promise: always loyal to the golden griffin banner.

16 years ago, when Duke Garcia hadn't revealed his true colors, some people of insight felt that something was wrong. Duke Griffin's young and vigorous eldest son suddenly died suddenly, and his eldest daughter, who was married far away, came back to attend the meeting with his brother. He also died of illness during the funeral, and then Griffin's children died mysteriously one after another. No one knew the reason, and no one thought about the loyal and reliable Garcia who was still the chief minister and speaker of the Privy Council at the time. Simply thinking that misfortune had befallen the family that had ruled the Principality of Tanis for 300 years, some people advised the duke to send all his remaining children out to escape the misfortune. At that time, he was named Eschberg von Bueno Gerry Robert of Fern was already preparing to become an attendant of the Duke of Lumbanyani, but the day before his departure, the Duke suddenly ordered his children not to leave the royal city for half a step like a demon, and then, as everyone knew, Griffin, the big family tree, withered away in just half a year, and even the strong Duke died on the bed like a skeleton. year old only son.

Although there is still a collateral branch of the Griffin family, only the orthodox golden blood can ascend to the throne of God's blood, so for a while, the entire principality could not find a person who could lead the princes.As a close friend of Duke Griffin during his lifetime, Marquis Felix, the Guardian of the Western Territory, stood up and tried his best to let the only blood of the Duke ascend to the throne, and asked Count Garcia to serve as the minister and regent to assist the next Duke until he came of age.

Because of Phoenix's high reputation and powerful strength, most of the lords agreed to this proposal, and Earl Garcia also became the prime minister of the duchy after many refusals. Everyone believed that the duchy of Tanis would survive this crisis safely. And continue to move forward under the rule of the golden griffin.

But the situation changed suddenly. At the first imperial meeting presided over by Earl Garcia, Viscount Snake, who was an adviser to the Privy Council, suddenly took out a letter claiming that Ashberg was not the blood of the Duke of Phoenix at all. A sleazy stableboy cheating bastard!

Of course, the Marquis of Phoenix ignored such ridiculous accusations, and was then sent to the east to quell the rebellion.But I didn't expect that Count Garcia, who was the regent and prime minister, seemed to have been prepared to accept Snake's accusation immediately, and arrested the 30-year-old Duchess and the horseman, and imprisoned him in the royal city. Tortured in the tower, of course the Duchess would not frame her child in order to survive, and was finally tortured to death because she refused to admit the slander, while the horseman immediately admitted the fact of adultery with his wife.

As a bastard, Ashberg was immediately deprived of the duke's right of inheritance, and even pushed directly to the guillotine.But at this time, the Marquis of Phoenix, who finally rushed back from the Eastern Mirror, led his army into the royal city with the help of his close friend Baron Worf, rescued Ashberg and brought him back to the Western Region safely.For a while, the Principality was divided into two factions. One faction headed by Garcia claimed that Aschberg had no right to inherit and needed to re-elect the Duke.On the other side was the King Supporting faction represented by Phoenix. A dozen lords loyal to the Griffin family immediately formed a coalition army to take back the royal city and welcome the young duke back.

Seeing that the civil war was about to break out, Prince Van Dyke, the former special envoy of the empire stationed here, had to come forward to mediate. The Marquis of Phoenix and Prime Minister Garcia each took a step back, agreeing that the royal city should still be ruled by Garcia and other members of the imperial council, while Ai Schberger is still protected in the territory by the Marquis of Phoenix, and he will only wait until the year when Ashberg turns 16, when the golden blood will awaken on him. By then, will he be an orthodox golden griffin general? You can tell at a glance.

The two parties signed the contract under the witness of Archbishop Clermont, the envoy of the King's Hall. Everyone thought that peace would come to the principality again, including the Marquis of Phoenix. He even invited Prime Minister Garcia to the dinner, hoping that Eliminate the misunderstanding between the two parties. After all, compared with the overall situation, the death of the Duchess can directly turn the page.

And as Anya said, at the beginning of the banquet, Phoenix also invited other lords to attend the council, including Evelyn's father, his most trusted comrade-in-arms Baron Worf, and the Marquis of Phoenix who believed that if the banquet could go smoothly At least five years of peace can be guaranteed.

But no one thought that the night called "Crystal Night" ended with the massacre of the entire Phoenix family. The Phoenix Fort, which was once called impossible to break through, was blackwatched under the guidance of the traitor. Breaking through, the Phoenix family was killed from top to bottom, regardless of men, women, or children. In the end, the castle with a history of thousands of years was also set on fire and burned to the ground. Only some high-temperature carbonized human bone crystals were left in the ruins. Dazzling, this night has since been called the Crystal Night and has become a dusty history that most lords of Tanis dare not mention.

No one in Garcia's hand would have thought that before that he had always presented a generous and benevolent image, but that night he openly tore up the treaty that was not even dry, which was equivalent to slapping the empire in front of the entire Westland A slap in the face with the hall of the king of law.But this heinous act of treachery was not punished in any way. Almost before the fire that burned Phoenix Castle was extinguished, the empire officially conferred Garcia as the Duke of Tanis, and guarded the territory forever.And the church also sent the most prestigious archbishop under the throne of France to preside over the coronation ceremony.

However, the voices questioning the Duke of Garcia were not silenced by the recognition of the empire. Not only the Phoenix family died in Crystal Night, but also many lords and nobles who were invited to attend were slaughtered that night. Only Wolf The family miraculously survived, and those who were unfortunate enough to be buried with Phoenix Fort had relatives and friends. Soon, a massive rebellion swept across the entire principality. Three of the four realms rebelled, and the rebels even Once captured two-thirds of the land of Tanis, only the Eastern Realm expressed its allegiance under the leadership of Marquis Frode.Just when the king's city was about to be breached, the Duke did not know what trick he used to assassinate the guardian of the southern border and let his most loyal ally, Snake, take the position of the guardian of the southern border, cutting off the rear of the rebels, and then under the king's city The rebel coalition forces were defeated, and more than 300 knights and 50 soldiers including Bell, the guardian of the north who had surrendered, were massacred. More than [-] family names and coats of arms were erased overnight, which suddenly made other rebels His family's liver and gallbladder were torn, so the whole principality passed it down.

Fifteen years have passed since this incident, and it seems that everything has been forgotten, but these knights who are still alive will not forget that their ancestors, brothers, and comrades were killed in that great turmoil, and now it is their revenge. it's time.

(End of this chapter)