Lords go left, Emperors go right

"Because the crown prince established by Wagners IV died of illness at an early age, a new crown prince has never been formally established. He originally wanted to give the throne to the crown prince's grandson. Now, for the issue of the right to inherit the throne, there is a serious internal struggle in their country..."

"And this matter, Leighton. What you said doesn't seem to have a direct relationship with the contents of the imperial edict in my hand?"

"Your Highness Aosta, it matters a lot. You may not have paid much attention to the Empire's diplomacy before. The relationship between the Violetna Empire and our Empire is very bad. It has always been a tit-for-tat relationship."

"Your Highness Aosta, their emperor is seriously ill this time, and the princes are eager to divert domestic conflicts and establish military merits. They all want to inherit the throne, and in order to shape their image and create merits, they are likely to go to war directly with our country."

After a detailed explanation and analysis of the pros and cons by the imperial envoy Leiden, Osta roughly understood the reason. The Violetna Empire and his homeland, the Obelisk Empire, were in a hostile relationship, and the two sides had been engaged in a war of words. Because they were located on different continents, except for the northern continent, the shipbuilding technology of the human race in all continents was generally too poor, and the ships could only meet simple civilian needs, and were not very good for military use. Therefore, the two empires could only fight remotely and could not fight naval battles.

This time the situation was special. The emperor of the Violetna Empire was critically ill, and the princes were vying for the throne. In order to gain merit, they could only launch foreign wars. As a hostile country, the Obelisk Empire was the first to be caught in the crossfire. The two empires did not border each other, but both sides had overseas colonies on the Central Continent. The war was imminent. The Violetna Empire established overseas colonies on the Central Continent about a year earlier than the Obelisk Empire, and the foundation had been laid long ago.

If the two sides really go to war on the Central Continent, the situation will be unfavorable to the Obelisk Empire. In addition, the emperor of the Violetna Empire is currently in a coma, and the monarchs of the two sides cannot declare war on each other. They can only fight an undeclared war on the Central Continent, a war between colonies, with the sovereign country commanding behind the scenes and not directly participating in it. It all depends on the command of the princes.

The reason for choosing Osta as marshal was to take into account the opinion of Queen Margaret III of the Empire. According to Margaret III's doting on her only son, if other princes were marshals, no matter whether it was the fifth prince Osra or the sixth prince Osdu, the queen would not care about the victory or defeat of the battle they commanded. If her son Osta could not hold on, the Queen would definitely arrange for people from her own forces to come to support her, or help her son escape back to the Western Continent. The other two princes would have to fend for themselves. In that case, it would be better to let Osta be the marshal from the beginning.

The Emperor Augustus VIII also considered that Osdu's character might not accept this sudden change of heart, so he specially arranged for the Sixth Prince's lifesaver, Leighton, to be the Imperial envoy to convey this imperial decree. Unexpectedly, an accident still happened. In front of the core power, Osdu would not care about the life-saving grace.

After listening to Leighton's words, O-sta felt that it made sense. He thought about it for a while and found that there was indeed a large overseas colony of the Violetna Empire closest to his own territory, the Bloomfield area, which was the territory of the fourth prince of the opposite empire.

The fourth prince is similar to Prince Oster here, that is, the second prince of Osta. He is a warlike military prince. His military exploits are much better than those here. It is said that he conquered all the resistance forces in the territory by force in less than a year. The prince himself is very strong in combat.

"Things out there are really worrying. Leighton, I can help you escape from prison, but you'd better not mention this matter when you're out."

"With foreign enemies at hand, our father wants us princes to unite. Any inappropriate remarks that divide the relationship between the princes will be executed in secret, Leighton, you should understand what I mean."

"I understand, Your Highness. I have a request, could you please help me?"

"Lyden, if you have something to say, just say it. I have time to listen."

The feud between the Violetna Empire and the Obelisk Empire began with the reign of Emperor Augustus VIII. The conflict between the two sides did not exist during the reign of the previous emperor. As two countries separated by the sea and located on two different continents, there was no conflict between the previous monarchs, or even the previous monarchs. They just did not send envoys to visit each other. The reason for the rapid deterioration of relations began with the "Mallory Bay Incident" that occurred shortly after Augustus VIII ascended the throne.

At that time, on the coastal route of the west coast of the Central Continent, a merchant fleet belonging to the Violetna Empire was attacked by the Fourth Fleet of the Obelisk Empire Navy when it sailed to the Mallory Bay. The cargo was robbed and most of the personnel were killed or injured. The remaining people managed to escape and told the story after returning to their country, which immediately caused an uproar.

At that time, the merchant ships of the Violetna Empire were flying the imperial flag. The enemy ambushed them here, and it could no longer be explained as accidental injury. There was no way to get away with it. After investigation, it was found that Count Laurent, the captain of the Fourth Fleet of the Obelisk Empire, had a greedy personality and was naturally envious of the merchant ships of the Violetna Empire that were transporting gold to his own empire because of insufficient military funds.

Count Lauren originally thought that he could secretly eat up the goods by silencing the witnesses. Who knew that this guy was not capable enough and did not completely silence the witnesses, so many people successfully escaped back to the Violetna Empire, and the conflict between the two countries soon broke out. In this kind of situation, it is enough to send an envoy to apologize, deal with the parties involved, and make compensation. However, the situation at that time was special. Emperor Augustus VIII had just ascended the throne and needed to confirm his iron-blooded image and prestige, so he could not take the initiative to send an envoy to seek peace.

The person involved, Count Laurent, happened to be a vassal of a traditional noble family in the empire, so there was no way to deal with him seriously, and no punishment could be issued. That noble family was a staunch supporter of Augustus VIII after he inherited the throne, and the emperor still needed the support of this family. Punishing the family would lead to a breakdown in the relationship between the two parties, something Augustus VIII did not dare to do publicly.

The matter was thus left unresolved in the Obelisk Empire, and Baron Lauren, the war instigator, received no punishment and remained at large to this day, with his title even promoted to Marquis. This made the Violetna Empire even more dissatisfied, and the two sides had several clashes on the sea routes, entering a special state of hostility without declaring war.

At that time, the Emperor of the Oletna Empire, Wagners IV, had long been bedridden, and the government was controlled by the Queen and important ministers. Both sides had missed the possibility of peace talks and were unwilling to negotiate. Osta had heard some hidden things from his mother, the Queen Margaret III of the Empire. Those things were quite gossipy. Margaret III made an exception and spoke about them because Osta was the only son. These things had always been a secret, and not many people knew about them.

It turns out that the current generation of queens of the Violetna Empire, like Margaret III, are very strong women, and their desire for control is comparable to that of Aosta's mother. By chance, they also fell in love with the same man. Aosta's father, Emperor Augustus VIII, was very popular with women when he was young. However, except for the former queen Aldfu II who has died for many years, Aosta's mother Margaret III and her rival, the current queen of the Violetna Empire, Valenara V, are undoubtedly losers to some extent.

Augustus VIII eventually chose only one queen and did not want to accept other concubines. However, due to political needs and changes in the situation, he had to follow the trend and open a harem like other emperors of the empire, and accept imperial concubines in accordance with local customs. If the former queen had not died, Margaret III would have been destined to not be able to become the official queen.

"Mother, how did you like father's cold personality back then?"

"You're still very young, brat. Ask questions like this when you grow up! You don't need too many reasons to like this kind of thing."

"Mother, Father has hardly come to see you in these years. Don't you complain?"

"That's just his personality. If the liquor your grandfather sent wasn't specially made, your father would have wanted to work in the imperial study until dawn even on his wedding night. Later..."

"What happened next?"

"Don't ask too many questions, kid. Anyway, you wouldn't show up without the wine."

Osta vaguely remembered that he had asked Queen Margaret III of the Empire many questions about this ten years ago. At that time, he had just traveled here and was only six or seven years old. Even if he asked his mother many difficult questions, he didn't have to worry about it. After all, children speak without restraint. Queen Margaret III, of course, would not answer and interrupted the topic without hesitation.

After all, Osta was an experienced person in this field, and he understood it very quickly. His mother had drunk his father with wine, so that this gentleman prince had the opportunity to come into this world successfully. Otherwise, if Osta didn't know that Emperor Augustus VIII hadn't come to the palace for more than ten years and spent a night with Empress Margaret III, he would have suspected that his birth was assisted by the old king next door.

Many years later, Osta did not ask questions about that aspect again, after all, he understood it immediately. However, the blushing and shy expression of Queen Margaret III at that time left a deep impression on him, and he still remembers it vividly. The Queen Mother only showed a shy expression at that moment. In the following ten years, Queen Margaret III always gave people the impression of being the majestic mother of the country, and she never showed her vulnerable side again.

The same was true of Queen Valenara V of the neighboring empire. She was in love with the young Augustus VIII. However, according to her mother, Queen Margaret III, Valenara V had a rather yandere personality, and coupled with her special bloodline, her abilities in that aspect were terrifying. Ordinary people were not blessed enough to enjoy them, and if their physical fitness was not strong enough, they would soon be unable to bear it.

This is the case with Emperor Wagners IV of the Violetna Empire. The emperor himself is not very strong. The emperors of most human empires have slightly better physical conditions than ordinary people. Emperors like Augustus VIII who possess strong combat capabilities are very rare exceptions.

Not long after Valenara V married Emperor Wagners IV and became the Empress of the Violetna Empire, the Emperor became ill and his health collapsed. According to rumors, the Empress was said to be the reincarnation of a succubus who drained the Emperor dry, while she herself lived a very comfortable life. The current chaos in the Violetna Empire was secretly controlled by Empress Valenara V. She didn't care how these princes made trouble, and even tolerated and acquiesced.

Because of the failure of the past, the queen, after secretly controlling the empire, deliberately expanded the conflict and did not want to negotiate with the Obelisk Empire. The hostile war between the two sides has continued to this day. In the past, it was just a small fight, and there was no open declaration of war. Now, with the serious illness of Emperor Wagners IV, the conflict has further intensified and escalated, leading to today's situation. The opposite Queen Valenara V seems to want to prove something to her former lover and rival, and has no intention of stopping.

"Your Highness Osta, the absolute confinement area is ahead. I heard from Frank that only the warden Esto and the lord, Your Highness Osta, are qualified to enter here. Even Frank cannot enter. There are only a few of us here, is it okay?"

"Of course it's no problem, Leighton. You may not know the two people beside me, Yulia, but Chris is unrivaled in the empire. She can fight against thousands of troops alone. There is no need to bring too many people. The absolute confinement area is like a park in front of me that you can enter and exit freely."

"Your Highness Osta, why don't we wait a little longer? This is no different from a prison break, and it might sow discord between you and Your Highness Osta. Your Majesty, by then..."

"Leighton, I admire your loyalty, but blind loyalty is not good. The people you care about are all here."

"I'll go back and write an open letter, send it to Osto for official negotiations, and then wait for his reply. It will take so long. Leighton, by then everything will be over, and there will be no chance to regret it."

"Your Highness Osta, I will go talk to Your Highness Osdu alone and will not mention you."

"Leighton, you need to change your mindset. If Osdu really cares about saving his life, he wouldn't let his savior fall into this state."

"Once we are out of Culliver Prison, you will need to consider your future plans and ideas. At least here, all actions will be arranged and directed by me."

The words of the Imperial Envoy Leiden brought Lord Osta back from his reminiscence of the past. This gentleman prince was just recalling the history of grievances and hatreds between the Obelisk Empire and the neighboring Violetna Empire. After Frank left, Osta easily opened the cell door without a key and walked out of the cell. With Yulia, a professional lock picking master, present, the iron lock of the cell door was not a problem for her.

At this time, Osta, accompanied by his exclusive maids Chris and Yulia, and led by the imperial envoy Leighton, came to a place called the absolute confinement area in the Culliver Prison. This place is very secretive, and ordinary jailers, torturers and executioners don't know about it. The prisoners sent here are said to be permanently detained without any judicial trial procedures, which feels almost the same as life imprisonment. The only difference is that it is probably darker here, and there is no chance of appeal or possibility of commutation of sentence.

When the imperial envoy Leiden was successful in the officialdom and rose rapidly in the career, he was also successful in the love field. He was favored by the eldest daughter of a declining noble family. The two soon fell in love and became lovers. As his deputy, the eldest daughter became Leiden's adjutant. During this visit, Leiden's sister also came with him. This young man is simply a winner in life, but he is not flexible and has no worldly wisdom. He is stubborn to the end. After being captured by Prince Osto this time, his lover and sister were controlled by him and became hostages together.

Osta felt that this young man was a bit too loyal. Even at this time, he still had to consider the interests of the empire and wanted to go through formal channels to let Prince Osto release his lover and sister. Although he had good character, his approach was seriously inappropriate. He had seen clearly what kind of place Culliver Prison was along the way. Only the deputy warden Frank could be barely considered a qualified official. The other jailers and cruel officials were worse than each other. They were all rotten to the core. There was no way to redeem them, and they could only be physically saved.

If we really wait until the negotiation is successful to pick them up, they will have been transformed into other people's shapes. If we are lucky, we can still see them, but if we are unlucky, we may not see them. This is an absolutely confined area, and even the chief officer Frank cannot go in to see it. He cannot provide any information about his lover and sister to his best friend Layton, so there is no need to ask him for help.

Those imprisoned in this absolute confinement area are basically not sentenced to death, but sometimes death is easier, a disguised form of relief and redemption, at least better than being imprisoned in this area forever, becoming a plaything of the jailers and cruel officials, and becoming a public or private toy. According to the investigation reports sent back by the shadows that Yulia had sent out in advance to secretly investigate the Culliver Prison, there were no gentlemen among the prisoners sent to this absolute confinement area, all of whom were of the same gender. It was almost self-evident what the deeper intention behind this was.

What aroused Aosta's most vigilant thing was that there was a dark area hidden in this area, which was similar to the area where the Blood Castle and the Death Tower opposite it were located in the "Garden of Eden". The darkness here was much more terrifying than the previous two. It was far more than the lord's mansion. It was not clear what was hidden in the two dark areas in the luxurious villa manor of "Garden of Eden".

"It seems that several batches of high-quality goods have been delivered today. It's a pity that we brothers can't enjoy them for a while first. The ones we can use are the leftovers."

"Come on, stop being so jealous. Those people inside...are probably humans. We can't afford to offend them. Your Highness is working with them. If you talk nonsense, you might lose your life."

"Thank you, brother. I almost said something wrong. I think it would be better to go find that little cutie and have some fun with her after my shift. The one I just took in the night before is pretty good. She has a nice voice and I asked for her several times that night."

"Brother, you are such a jerk. I remember that girl didn't seem to have grown up yet. She wasn't that age yet and hadn't developed well yet! And you still did that to her."

"What's so difficult about that? Isn't that better? Do it a few more times and it will develop soon. The one I just mentioned, he didn't want to give in before, but now he wants it as soon as he sees him, he's so frivolous."

"You are amazing. Lend me some time so I can take a closer look. I only have a few that I can exchange."

There were many guards stationed outside the absolute confinement area. They were communicating with obscene tones and evil expressions about some indescribable taboos. The conversation was unbearable to hear. As a senior gentleman, Osta basically understood it immediately. However, he pretended not to know. Chris and Yulia, who were beside him, were also ladies who hid themselves well. They knew this very well, but they were just trying their best to cooperate with someone's performance and pretended not to know.

The only person who was not very clear was probably the young imperial envoy, Leighton. That guy was surprisingly conservative in his emotions. When he was dating a certain young lady, he only held hands at most, and even the next step had to wait until the official marriage. Unlike the gentleman princes like Aosta, they knew the other party thoroughly before marriage and knew almost all the information.

There is no need to kill the guards to enter the absolute confinement area. According to the guards, the guards stationed inside are not dared to be provoked by their colleagues because of the existence of the forbidden magic barrier. Yuliya and her team were not very good at using magic skills at the beginning, and there was a high probability that their whereabouts would be exposed. However, some abilities are not magic and are not affected by the forbidden magic barrier, such as the shadow summoned by Yuliya.

After the shadow state was activated, a layer of shadow covered Osta and the others. Under the cover of the shadow, they successfully entered the absolute confinement area. The guards did not see Osta and the others at all. The environment of the Culliver Prison itself was very dim, and the shadow cover of Osta and the others virtually increased the environment bonus.

After Osta entered the absolute confinement area, he was greeted by a heavy breath of darkness. The air was filled with despair, as if he had come to the real devil's world, which was so depressing that it made people feel breathless. Osta and Leighton both felt strongly uncomfortable. Fortunately, Yulia stood on their side. As a member of the team, she helped them share a lot of the dark invasion when they formed the team. Otherwise, in this special environment, gentlemen would easily be stimulated to reveal the hidden side of the primitive darkness in their hearts.

Chris was not affected at all, she was neutral. The one who would be affected was Sophia, whose attributes restrained each other. She happened not to be here. Otherwise, if the attributes restrained each other and the energy collided, an explosion would occur. Compared with the Blood Castle, the vampire stronghold over there was obviously not as dark as here.

The jailers in the absolute confinement area are not human at all. You can tell at a glance that when Osta first saw them, he was stunned for a long time before he realized that those jailers are genuine demons from hell. Although they vary in appearance and type, they have one thing in common: they are not human. There are not many human features on their bodies. The most common demons are mainly goat-headed demons, with Western antelope heads, human bodies, deer-like lower bodies, goat hooves, scorpion tails behind their backs, pale green flames burning on their tails, and a six-pointed star magic mark on their foreheads.

The colors of the hexagram magic marks of these demons vary according to their levels. The wings behind high-level demons are more eye-catching. The number of these goat-headed demons is the largest, accounting for about half of the total number, and the other half are demons of other attributes and appearances. Osta later learned that there are so many goat-headed demons because this branch of the demon family is the one that can adapt to the surface world the fastest and move freely in the human world. Therefore, every time the demon world invades the surface world, these goat-headed demons will serve as the vanguard and become the vanguard and appear in large numbers in the world above ground.

"Your Highness Aosta, these are simply..."

"I didn't expect that Lao Liu could actually cooperate with a real devil. This is too..."

"Lord Osta, Mr. Leighton, I used a sleight of hand. Now, they think we are the same kind. Try to keep your voice down. If you reveal your whereabouts too early, you may not be able to find the opened door to the demon world."

"Yulia, you are right. Leighton, let's go and find your two hostages first. We will deal with the demons later."

"Your Highness Aosta, the matter of the Devil's Gate..."

"Leighton, why are you still bothering with this at this time? If you don't hurry up, those two might have become sacrifices to the demons."

After being reminded by Yulia and Osta, the imperial envoy Leiden finally woke up from his dream and remembered the purpose of his trip. This time he was going to rescue Leiden's lover and sister, and other things could be dealt with later. According to Yulia's perception, this is not the real demon world, but just a special magic portal connected to the demon world. The special magic portal is currently unstable and is in a state of being finalized. As long as the portal is destroyed, these demons from the demon world will collapse.

Due to the energy asymmetry between the two worlds, the demons from the Demon World want to attack the Human World. After being teleported to the Human World, the environment is different and the changes are too great. The demons will be weakened and their strength will generally drop sharply. Some of the worst-off racial branches may be weakened to only about 10% of their original strength. The average level is 50% of their original strength. The stronger Demon King-level beings can retain 80% to 90% of their strength. The Sheep-Headed Demon has 60% of its original strength, which exceeds the level of the average demon.

Even if the demons are killed by human warriors, they will not really die. From the demon king to ordinary demons, those demon soldiers and demon generals, the origin of their bodies is hidden in the demon world. Unless they can directly enter the demon world and completely destroy their true bodies, otherwise, no matter how many times they are defeated on the surface world, they will revive in the demon world and attack again. In a sense, they are already immortal.

As the human race's heroes change eras, they don't know that the demons from their ancestors and grandfathers, to their grandfathers and fathers, up to their own generation and their future successors, their sons and grandchildren, are all the same demons and demon kings, and they have never succeeded in killing any high-level demon.

Yulia had used a special secret method. In the eyes of other demons, Osta and the others were just little demons, belonging to the marginalized cannon fodder demons, and other demons ignored them. The language used by the demons to communicate was all demon language, and Osta could not understand a word of it, as if he was listening to a foreign language he had never heard of.

Yulia could understand and easily do simultaneous translation, but when she saw Leighton was present, she didn't want to reveal too many of her secrets in front of outsiders, so she didn't provide Aosta with real-time language translation services.

The small problem of language communication barrier did not affect Osta's search for people. The area of ​​the absolute confinement area was fixed and not very large, so it was not difficult to find people. Yulia was very familiar with this place and soon became a potential guide.

The only thing that Osta was a little dissatisfied with was that among the many demons that appeared, there was no succubus, not even a female demon. Most of them were monsters, none of which suited the taste of this gentleman prince. It was not until later that this gentleman prince realized that he destroyed the temporary demon gate too early. A day or two later, there would be female demons, especially succubus, teleported in, but he destroyed it too early and could not see that scene.

Of course, Osta did not regret it too much. This seemed to be a random action that was done on impulse. It directly destroyed the portal to the Demon Realm, which indirectly disrupted the invasion plan of the Demon Realm and forced it to be postponed for several years. The Demon Realm and the demons in the surface world have a certain origin, but the relationship between the two sides is not great. There has been no direct contact for many years. They can be regarded as two completely different forces.

Neither the Death Tower nor the Blood Castle belonged to the demon world. It was not luck that they bumped into each other this time. It was impossible for Osta to discover so quickly that there was a third dark force in Osdu that was secretly cooperating with each other.

"Leighton, you don't have to participate. This is not what a civilian official should do. Just wait for us in the back."

"Your Highness, if you can't even protect the most important person, what kind of man are you? Please allow me to go with you."

"That's fine, Leighton. You're acting like a man now."

Chapter 121 The Discovery of the Secret Prison Confinement Area

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Chapter 121: Transaction in the Secret Prison Confinement Area (Part 2)

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Chapter 122 Accidental Fire in Secret Prison

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The capital of Christopher Region, the largest city, Heslet City, is in the center of the city, deep inside the inner city of Culliver Prison. Osta sneaked in here, pretending to be the first-class warden Ellen, and he had no obstacles here with his identity. Osta accidentally discovered the hidden demon outpost here. The local lord, Osdu, the sixth prince of the Obelisk Empire, secretly colluded with the dark forces and was able to get in touch with the real demon world. This is also his ability.

Cecia, a witch from the demon world, came to talk to Osta on behalf of her boss, Asmodeus, one of the seven deadly sins, to see if they could reach a cooperation proposal. Overall, the third prince had more potential value than the previous partner. Osta didn't follow the rules of martial arts and attacked directly. The gentleman prince agreed to cooperate on the surface, but secretly signaled Chris who was following him to take action.

Chris didn't need to use too much violence to easily destroy the magic portal of the demon world. This stunning beauty with black hair, black eyes and long straight black hair casually absorbed and directly took away all the dark energy of this demon world outpost. After the maintenance of the dark power was removed, the magic portal of the demon world naturally could not continue to operate. The demons at the scene were all from the demon world. Without the blessing of the dark power, they soon collapsed and disappeared without a trace on the spot, as if they had turned into ashes, without even a trace of dust left, as if they had never appeared.

The demon world didn't even know what happened. They didn't know the situation here, so the contact was cut off. Yulia and Chris, who followed in, were in hiding the whole time. No third party could observe them except Aosta. When the demon world reacted, all the power of the magic portal was absorbed and could not be operated again. Until this moment, the demon world still had no way to detect the truth of the matter. In terms of luck, the demon world suffered a big loss this time. The black demon world outpost, which had been operating secretly for a long time, had to be restricted and find a suitable place to start again. The snow-white phantoms present, whether they were sacrifices or for other purposes, no matter what their previous identities were, Aosta would give them a relatively proper resettlement.

The fire in the city of Heslet was still spreading rapidly and spreading to all directions. Although the burning range of the fire had been fixed and there was no possibility of the fire point moving in a short time, no one could guarantee that something unexpected would happen next. If the wind suddenly blew, a strong wind would cause the direction and route of the fire to change quickly.

The city of Heslet is the capital city of the Christopher region and the largest city by right. It is really embarrassing that the city had to be abandoned and relocated because of the fire. As the lord, Osdu would naturally not allow such a thing to happen easily. The Sixth Prince rarely changed his usual image this time and went to the scene to direct and participate in the firefighting work. Outsiders who don’t know the truth will most likely misunderstand and think that the lord is a local official who loves the people, but the truth is not so.

To make matters worse, the Culliver Prison, which was thought to be impregnable and would not be affected by the fire, suddenly caught fire. A dull sound came from the direction of the prison, as if a large amount of explosives were detonated underground. The ground near the prison shook violently, like a severe earthquake.

Although this accident lasted only a short time, it was over in a blink of an eye. However, it made Lord Osdu, who was in charge of the firefighting, suddenly confused. The distance between Culliver Prison and the Lord's residence "Garden of Eden" and the luxurious villa manor was only a few streets away, which posed a direct threat to the power center of the Sixth Prince.

On the eve of the explosion in Culliver Prison, the bright sunlight in the sky focused on one point and shone into a certain location deep inside the secret prison, detonating a certain magic device inside. This was the real cause of the explosion. With the fire in the secret prison, the jailers and wardens who used to be domineering in the secret prison were frightened and fled without caring about the lives of the prisoners.

The high-ranking officials of the prison, such as Esto, the chief warden, were the first to escape the prison, and they ran faster than anyone else. That guy even forgot that his brother Allen might be in prison. In some ways, they were definitely brothers. The area where ordinary prisoners and heavy prisoners were held in the mysterious prison was instantly ownerless. Osta took advantage of the chaos and first selected the people he wanted to take with him, put them into the sacks he had prepared in advance, and then transported them away in the special horse-drawn carriage that Yulia and the others had found for transporting corpses in the prison. Then they opened the iron gate and released most of the prisoners unconditionally.

Osta did not want to be a good man. He just took advantage of the escape of these prisoners to create an artificial chaos so that when the lord, Prince Osto, came back with his men to support, he would be busy dealing with the escaped prisoners and putting out the fire, and would not have time to check too much. Osta could slip away in the chaos. Unlike the warden Esto who was absent from his post, the deputy warden Frank was quite conscientious. He did not choose to escape, but led his executioners to put out the fire and mobilized some death row prisoners to help. Frank promised that after the fire was over, he would exempt these death row prisoners from the death penalty and sentence them to other punishments.

"Lord Osta, Melvila and the others have succeeded, let's retreat quickly!"

"Chris, those vampire girls are quite efficient. Unfortunately, time is limited. Otherwise, I really want to empty the Sixth Old Man's house of all its treasures."

"Osdu's men are coming soon. We don't have much time. Of course, if you need me to, I will go and stop Osdu myself."

"Let's not compete anymore, Yulia. We've gained enough benefits this time. Let's give Osdu a little face!"

"Lord Osta, you are really considerate of your brothers."

"Yulia, this has nothing to do with brotherhood. It's just a matter of circumstances."

Osta looked at the bag on the carriage behind him and a meaningful smile appeared on his face. The prisoners who escaped from prison were all carefully selected by a gentleman prince. At that time, he did not give them any reason to refuse. He just forced them to put sacks on them and took them away on the spot after putting them on their heads. If there were any problems, he would slowly understand and solve them after returning.

The imperial envoy Leiden was also rescued, but the young man had a complicated expression. The person he loved had always been a spy, and he couldn't let go of this kind of thing in a short time.

When Osto and his men returned, they found that their own "Garden of Eden" had been bloodbathed. The eunuchs in the luxurious villa were killed on the spot by a mysterious force, and their bodies were randomly thrown on the ground.

The original "Rose Story" event site was also directly attacked by a mysterious force. After a bloodbath by a third party, none of the contestants disappeared. All that was left on the ground were the bodies of the eunuchs and the equipment that the contestants had taken off before. The ultra-thin, close-fitting cloth costumes were still there. A certain gentleman prince had taken them away directly, or he might have deliberately not taken them away.

Osta had already slipped away. The mastermind took advantage of the chaos in the city of Heslet to slip away. The gentleman prince seemed like a robber returning with rich spoils. As the lord of Osto, the sixth prince had never thought that the real culprit and mastermind behind the arson in the city was actually his third brother Osta.

After Osdu saw the escaped Chief Warden Esto, the Sixth Prince hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say. If it were an ordinary confidant, he would have been beheaded and executed for such a serious dereliction of duty. Esto was different. The family behind that guy was a long-term political partner and supporter of Prince Osdu, and the two sides were in an alliance. Therefore, Osdu could not punish Esto. He could not really do anything to him. At most, he would give him a symbolic punishment, deduct some of his salary, and impose a fine. It would be enough to show his respect, but he would not take any real action.

Although Osdu has a brutal personality and uses various cruel and high-pressure methods to rule the residents in his territory, the Sixth Prince is still very knowledgeable about politics. Some old aristocratic forces and some families in the Obelisk Empire secretly support Osdu, but they don't do it openly.

Austin, like the eldest prince Austin, is the son of the former queen. If the eldest prince suddenly encounters an accident one day, given Emperor Augustus VIII's feelings for the former queen, it is not impossible for him to transfer the position of crown prince to the sixth prince Austin and make him the new heir to the throne. It is worth a gamble.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry. I don't know how the fire started. But don't worry. There are many prisoners in there who are on death row. It doesn't matter how they died. Just treat them as if they were all executed."