Uncle, I am not an ordinary office worker.

"To be honest, Vina, I don't know about such a big national matter. But I think, at least we need you, the Glasgow Gang needs you, because you are our [Leader]!"

"Whether the country needs a king, I don't know. When there was no king, the Glasgow Gang didn't seem to be doing so badly, and people seemed to be living the same way. But if the Glasgow Gang didn't have you, Vina, then we would really be gone."

"So, if I have to say, I think what Victoria needs is not a king, but a [leader]."

Hearing such rebellious words, Dagda almost couldn't help but cover Indra's mouth. But Veena reached out her hand to stop the angry Dagda.

She nodded thoughtfully but did not answer.

Roy and Kelsey, who had been paying attention to this, also witnessed this scene. Kelsey asked Roy a rare question:

"What do you think of Vina's problem, Roy?"

Roy shrugged and said, "There is a saying among us humans - a country cannot be without a master for a day."

As for who this master is, the leader in Indra's words, the king in Dagda's words, the parliament in the eyes of the nobles, or the vast majority of Victoria people, it depends on Victoria's own choice.

Even if the final result was that Vina was really crowned as the new Queen Victoria, Roy would not be surprised, nor would he be dissatisfied.

This only shows that in the current era, a queen is the most reasonable choice as a leader.

He was not so arrogant as to impose his inner thoughts on a society that was totally inappropriate for him and let the whole of Victoria pay for him. What difference would that make him from the Sarkaz?

Seeking truth from facts is always the greatest virtue.

Volume 1: Chapter 314: First Encounter

King's Avenue, Londinium Core City, Victoria.

After the king was hanged on the gallows, many landmark buildings in Londinium were renamed. Fortunately, there are thousands of King's Avenues across Victoria, so this road did not respond to the national call and was changed to a weird name like Duke's Avenue.

When mon3tr pushed open the manhole cover and Roy and the others saw the light of day again, they felt as if they had seen the light of day again.

Although the pipes in Londinium were not all sewers and did not have a strong smell, staying in them for a long time would still be a great burden on a normal person's body and mind. Therefore, when Amiya and the others climbed out of the ladder and returned to the ground, they all took a deep breath of the not-so-fresh ground air.

There was not much time for rest. Before the Glasgow gang members could get rid of the smell on their bodies, Amiya came forward and asked, "Ms. Vina, where are we now?"

Vina glanced around and hesitated for a moment before answering:

"King's Avenue, belongs to the eastern part of the core city."

"I haven't been back for a few years, and this area has changed a lot, but I will never forget this sky. Here, all you have to do is look up and you can see it."

Vina stretched out her hand, and Amiya looked in the direction of her hand, where stood a majestic clock tower.

"Is that the Dagda's house?"

Amiya turned around and looked at Dagda. Dagda, who was petite but not weak in aura, showed a sad expression. When she heard Amiya's question, she shook her head gently:

"My clock tower is not that one. My clock tower is the one on the Parliament Square in front of the palace. It must have been destroyed."

As a tower knight, having your tower destroyed by the Sarkaz and having to flee in disgrace, it was not a life experience worthy of praise. Dagda had thought more than once that even if she returned to Londinium one day, this shameful memory would always accompany her and warn her.

But when Amiya asked, when she really opened her mouth, she suddenly found that it didn't seem so embarrassing to talk about it.

She bit her lips, stretched out her hand, and touched the book of Tower Knights written by herself in her arms.

This is a tradition. The Book of Tower Knights records the life stories of all Tower Knights and has a history of hundreds of years. According to tradition, only when a Tower Knight is dismissed or sacrificed, the then Chief of the Tower Knights will write a biography for this knight.

However, in the Sarkaz attack, the last 29 Tower Knights, except for her, had all died. Now she was the only Tower Knight still alive.

She was not the chief of the guard, but she had to write a book for the 28 tower knights who had died, and after that, the book would also record her life.

At the age of 23, he returned to Londinium with Aslan's heirs.

This is what is recorded in the latest page of the book.

The tentacles of emotion were picked up by Amiya, and the Carters girl lowered her head apologetically and apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss Dagda."

"It doesn't matter. Those Sarkaz won't be able to stay arrogant for long!" Dagda quickly calmed down, his fighting spirit rekindled in his eyes, and he took the initiative to point the way, "Go straight along this road, and you will soon reach the Parliament Square. The City Council is in front of the Parliament Square, and the Iron Palace is on the right. Let's set off without delay, shall we?"

"Everyone, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but a group of Sarkaz soldiers are approaching us. We have to make a decision quickly. Should we kill them or hide?"

The god Askalon, who was in charge of reconnaissance, appeared in the middle of the team without anyone noticing and made a statement to Kal'tsit.

Kal'tsit frowned. She actually noticed something was wrong. The core city of Londinium was where the focus should be, but the streets were eerily quiet. Not only was there no sign of a citizen, but even the Sarkaz Royal Court Army that should have been there was nowhere to be found.

It can't be that they were all attracted to the city gate, right?

Kal'tsit remembered Amiya's request and asked her to help hang the unconscious Blood Demon Lord on the city gate, so that she could experience the fate of the Blood Demons of Rhodes Island. This move attracted the attention of many Sarkaz who did not have time to escape, but it was obviously impossible to attract everyone, and Tracys was not a fool.

And now, finally, a group of Sarkaz approached them belatedly, and Kal'tsit immediately said:

"Are you sure they are targeting us?"

Ascalon shook his head. "It's probably not us, because they are escorting several Victorians. They are well-dressed and seem to be of high status."

"Noble?" Kal'tsit frowned again and looked at Roy for advice, "What do you think? Should we save the next one and ask about the situation?"

Roy shrugged: "I think so."

The battle to retake Londinium was different from the Great Silence in Iberia, and intelligence was very important. Although Roy said that he could drive the railgun all the way through, in fact, this was only a backup option in a helpless emergency. There were still hundreds of thousands of people in Londinium. If the railgun fired, at least half of the people here would be killed. By then, Roy would probably top the Terra kill list in a second and directly become the war criminal leader.

He has no such intention.

Moreover, Londinium is the capital of another country after all. Even if there is no one inside, Roy cannot bomb it randomly. Otherwise, if I form an alliance with you and you bomb my capital, how can this alliance be maintained?

"Then save them."

Kal'tsit finally decided. Ascalon nodded, and in a flash, he jumped to the roof of a bungalow on the street in the next second, with a speed that was astonishing.

Her right hand trembled slightly, and a sharp arrow shot out from her sleeve. It was obvious that she was going to deal with the Sarkaz escorting the hostages by herself, without Roy's intervention. Roy was also happy to preserve his strength and observe Askalon's fighting style.

The Sarkaz's escort team quickly stepped into the King's Road. The Sarkaz at the head of the team rode on a pack animal, followed by a slowly moving truck. In the truck cage, three wounded nobles lowered their heads and said nothing.

Less than a minute after the convoy entered King's Avenue, the truck made a clear sound of air leakage, and the tire quickly deflated. The already slow speed of the truck quickly approached the turtle.

The Sarkaz in the driver's seat kicked open the door in annoyance, jumped out of the truck to check the tires. Just as he bent down, a sharp blade emerged from the shadow on the side of the vehicle. With a flash of silver light, Sarkaz fell to the ground before he could understand what was happening.

The Sarkaz riding on the pack animal heard the noise behind and witnessed her companion fall. She immediately slapped the pack animal's butt, drove her mount forward, and took out the communicator at her waist. Just as she was about to call for help, a short sleeve arrow accurately pierced her throat.

Twenty meters away, Askalon calmly retracted his crossbow, walked forward briskly, stretched out his hand to hold the frightened beast of burden's head, forcing him to calm down, and stepped on the temple of the terrified Sarkaz who was covering his throat with his hands, and the Sarkaz soldier immediately became motionless.

After doing all this, Ascalon said hello to Kal'tsit and released the three nobles in the car.

Unfortunately, two of the three nobles were probably too seriously injured and had lost consciousness, and only one noble opened his eyes after Kal'tsit's emergency treatment.

Amiya tried to soothe the noble who had just opened his eyes with a gentle tone:

"We are from Rhode Island Medical Company. May I ask what happened here? Why were you captured by the Sarkaz?"

When the silver-haired noblewoman heard the word "Rhodes Island", she took a deep breath, turned her head away, and struggled for a long time before she spoke:

"I am Allardye Cumberland."

Volume 1: Chapter 315 Now that you are here, sit down for a while

"Cumberland, the Duke of Cumberland's Cumberland?"

Hearing Aledae's voice, Vina squeezed in from outside the crowd and asked in surprise.

She remembered the name Cumberland. The Cumberland family had always been the most loyal supporter of the Lion King, and was known as the "eternally noble" duke. They were also one of the few exceptions that could still legally stay in Londinium after the last Lion King was executed and the city council issued a ban prohibiting any duke from entering Londinium.

However, a large part of the reason for this is that the Cumberland family, which was hit hard by the death of the Lion King, no longer has any political influence. Since there is no impression, the city council is naturally too lazy to drive the Cumberland out of their home. It is better to stay in Londinium as a symbol of friendship.

Of course, these are just the image of the Cumberland family in the outside world. In fact, Vina's relationship with the Cumberland family is even deeper.

When she was still a child, she was taken out of Victoria's palace by Gawain, the lord of the lion, and rode it all the way to the Duke of Cumberland's Palace, where she and her father were communicating with the Duke of Cumberland at the palace.

Among them, of course, was little Aledae, who was also young at the time and only a few years older than Vina.

Although Vina's memories of her childhood were somewhat hazy, she still remembered this experience vividly, because it was one of the few times that Gawain, the Beastmaster, had appeared before her, and it was also the last time she saw her father.

After that, the coup took place. She was sent out of Londinium overnight by nobles loyal to the royal family, thus escaping the purge. When she returned to the city again, everything had settled down, and the heavy rain had washed away the blood-stained land of Londinium, just like before.

It was a great surprise for Vina to see Aledae again. She couldn't wait to ask Miss Cumberland a few more questions and learn more about the situation in the city, but Aledae looked confused and bewildered when she called her.

Vina remembered her, but she didn't remember Vina.

When they first met, Aledae was even older than Vina, so she should have remembered more things. But Aledae was not Vina who had escaped from Londinium. During the years in Londinium, she gradually grew up and experienced too much. The glimpse in the attic and the encounter in the garden when she was a child had long become dusty fragments in the corner of her memory. She could not remember and was unwilling to recall them.

That was a memory that, in contrast, only made her feel despair and pain about reality.

"Excuse me, do you recognize me?"

The King of Shapeshifters made a deal with her, giving her the opportunity to contact Rhodes Island, to guide them, to help them, and even to sacrifice for them if necessary. But he didn't tell her that there would be people who knew him among these people.

Aren't they a medical company?

But then again, the fact that a medical company was involved in the vortex of Londinium and even attracted the attention of someone like the Shapeshifter King is enough to explain a lot of problems.

Moreover, the lady who was talking to her...

Aledae frowned deeply and looked at the tall Ms. Filin with fluffy blonde hair in front of her. An unbelievable guess flashed through her mind.

"This is Her Majesty Vena, the heir to Aslan. She has returned to save Londinium!"

Dagda took the lead in introducing Vina, and even directly announced her identity.

"Duke of Cumberland, swear allegiance to your future king, and we will help you!"

"Vina..." Aleda repeated the name silently, biting her lip with her teeth. After a while, she came back to her senses and said, "Greetings to you, Her Highness Alexandria. You... are finally back."

Finally back, but a little too late.

Aledae thought to herself.

When she heard Vina's name, she seemed to have a glimmer of hope, but this glimmer was quickly covered by her honed ability to analyze the situation.

The muddy waters of Londinium are no longer something that can be cleared by the return of a royal heir. Whether it is the Duke of Godottin who funded her, or the King of Shapeshifters and the Sarkaz with ulterior motives, they are not easy to deal with. Not to mention that in addition to them, the Iron Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Normandy, the Duke of Windermere, and even a group of core circle countries are all eyeing the city of Londinium.

Vina's return does not seem like the return of a king, but rather like walking into a trap.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. Aleda knew that her most important task at the moment was not to take care of the so-called heir to the throne, but to protect the lives of the dozens of members of the parliament.

To complete the mission, the first priority is to communicate with Rhodes Island.

Aleda simply gave Vina a simple greeting, and then turned her attention to Roy and Kelsey. This time, she had a smoother way to start the conversation:

"I see. Rhodes Island Medical Company is the organization that escorted the Crown Prince of Aslan back to his country? You are really extraordinary. Do you know how long those dukes have been looking for Her Highness Alexandria?"

Roy had no doubt that if Kal'ssir was here, she would brag about her security system, which was only amazing in the background. But Roy didn't have the time. He knew Aledae's situation and knew that the other participant in the Londinium game, Duke Godottin, was standing behind her. So, he said to Kal'tsit beside him calmly:

"There should be surveillance around, maybe someone from a certain duke. I'll go clean it up, don't let Vina's identity be exposed so early."

Kelsey nodded.

............

Gray Hat felt like he had picked up a great treasure!

Ever since Allardaine Cumberland mysteriously disappeared, the Duke of Godottin's activities in Londinium have been greatly restricted.

When Aledae was still here, the Grey Hat had a fixed place to rest and communicate in the Duke's Mansion, and could also remotely control the nobles in the city to a certain extent. The search for the Breath of the Sword Kings could also be carried out more smoothly. But now that Aledae is gone, these tasks, at least the rest area and the control of the nobles in the city, have become huge problems.

The Sarkaz gathered the nobles in the Parliament Tower and guarded it tightly. No matter how skilled the Gray Hat was, he couldn't infiltrate the building. The Duke's Mansion was empty, and without Alede's help, the Gray Hat didn't dare to settle down there easily.

Therefore, finding Aledea has become one of Gray Hat's important tasks in Londinium recently.

Unexpectedly, Aledae was found, and there was a buy one get one free deal, and even bigger information came out!

"Aslan's crown prince is back! This is important information, I'm going to make a difference!"

If it weren't for his good personal qualities that allowed him to maintain his emotions, the man in the gray hat would probably have laughed out loud at this moment.

He couldn't wait to leave here, go to the latest contact point, and pass the information to Duke Godoting, but just as he took a step, he heard a kind call from behind:

"Since you're here, why don't you sit for a while before leaving?"

Volume 1: Chapter 316 Encounter

"A grey hat is missing?"

Duke Caister, who was already busy and exhausted, looked up and confirmed in surprise.

The man in the gray hat in front of him bowed and nodded apologetically:

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke."

"What was the last piece of intelligence before he lost contact?"

The man in the gray hat gave a prepared answer:

"He discovered the whereabouts of the Duke of Cumberland. She was captured by the Sarkaz in the city and was being transported to the direction of the City Council. In addition to her, many nobles in the city were also imprisoned there."

The Duke of Caister nodded.

She knew exactly what was going on in Londinium, and she was also aware of the Sarkaz's perverse actions. But the Grand Dukes all kept a tacit understanding about this, that is, they lied with open eyes and pretended that they saw nothing.