I see emperor stats-Chapter 126
a quarrel that has been walked
At the same time that Julius was threatening Wallace, there were also people on the move in the southern part of the Empire.
It's a black market.
“The recruits will be moving soon, so how is the preparation of the sacrifices going?”
"It's doing its best to sneak it out, but there's a lot of it, so it's a little delayed."
“You fools! The whole empire will be in chaos soon anyway, so why bother? Even if there are a few traces, just collect them quickly.”
The man nervously stroked the mask on his face for a moment. The subordinates who saw the action became cautious.
It was because I knew very well that he was in a very bad mood after failing once at Heavenguard. The man clicked his tongue inwardly.
'Tsk! I'm not sure of the odds of winning even if I'm fully prepared, but I've lost so much power that even the preparation is so slow.'
“… … .”
After the man's reprimand, the room became quiet, but that was only for a moment.
thud!
“Aagh!”
There was a heavy knocking sound, and a scream came from downstairs. When his thoughts were broken, the man in the mask got nervous.
"what's the matter?"
"owner! Strangers break in out of nowhere... 100 million!"
Quaang!
In an instant, the lavishly decorated door was shattered, and his subordinates flew away in pieces. But that wasn't the problem.
'What is this sign?'
The masked man's expression hardened like ice. At the same time, a gruff voice came from outside the door.
“I’m sorry. I asked these guys to meet you, but they didn't pretend to hear, so I couldn't help it.”
“… … .”
Of course, the masked man didn't even care about the subordinate who had already become a rag. His gaze was fixed on the person slowly entering the room.
“I should have told you in advance that I would be in charge of this target.”
"That's your opinion, and since I was already supposed to come to the main school, I can't be bitten."
The masked man clicked his tongue inside again, but on the other hand he diligently shook his head.
'Somehow, the one who can't communicate the most in the East has arrived. No, they must have sent it to this guy on purpose, right?'
Originally, his tribe was rather far from fighting. But those in the East are different. In terms of pure force, they were much stronger.
'I'm not ready yet, but if this guy helps me, I'll have to share the credit, but I think things will be easy?'
Seeing that this guy came anyway, even though he had notified it, it was clear that even if he told him to go back, even the seed would not work. Even if the relationship is not very good, isn't it not possible to fight with each other with the same goal in front of us?
A middle-aged oriental man who entered the room was very tall. Another peculiarity is that it appears to be black originally, but is wearing dark red clothes as if it were stained with blood.
He smiled and opened his mouth again.
“So, when I listened to it downstairs earlier, did you say that the target is quite capable?”
* * *
[Dear Julius.
As you commanded, I went to the South and joined their forces. However, it seemed to them that I had just entered after hesitating, so I hadn't told them everything yet.
… (syncopation)…
However, looking at their signs, it is certain that there is something they firmly believe in.
… (syncopation)…
If we find out anything new here, we'll be in touch.
-Loyalty Wallace-]
PS: Soshin is risking his life again this time. Please take good care of the tax investigation.
‘In a way, he is a very consistent person. How can such words come out in this situation?'
Julius closed the letter from Wallace with a puzzled expression. But it was clear that he was asking for really useful information.
'Considering the contents of this letter, I wonder if the southern nobles will have an accident soon?'
And not long after, that prediction came true.
There was something cold about the great meeting that day. The Emperor looks around with a puzzled expression.
“It seems that a significant number of nobles were absent… Is something going on?”
“Isn’t this a silent protest against the recent tax investigation?”
Although Julius answered with a calm face, deep inside he was coldly determined.
'It looks like something will finally happen.'
As he expected, an attendant hurriedly came in less than an hour after the meeting in Daejeon started.
"your majesty! A significant number of nobles are holding a sit-in outside the imperial palace.”
"what?"
Before the emperor got angry, he couldn't help but tilt his head as to why they were doing such a useless thing. The attendant held a large scroll of paper in his hand and presented it hastily to the emperor.
“They said that this is the purpose of the nobles' protest. I put up posters like this all over the capital.”
"hmm?"
The emperor opened the large piece of paper and began to read. Its contents were roughly as follows.
[Since His Highness the Grand Duke, who originally represented our opinion, 'unfortunately' died while defending the capital, we follow that will and file an appeal to His Majesty.
… (syncopation)…
His Highness, the 1st prince, believes in the favor of the aged emperor and persecutes nobles and greedy for the position of crown prince.
… (syncopation)…
Until His Majesty the Emperor accepts our opinion, we will continue to stand in place to defend the justice of the Empire.]
“… … .”
Chew!
The emperor silently tore up the paper and threw it to the ground. Then, he glared at Julius.
“What do you think of these words?”
Julius could only shrug his shoulders. He had a hunch that something was going to happen, but honestly, how could he have expected something like this?
In addition, looking at the requirements of the opponent, the real purpose was the emperor, and the target was fixed regardless of what it was.
Their requirements were roughly like this.
1. Cancel the immoral first prince's installation as crown prince!
2. For the time being, the first prince should self-restrain himself in the capital and stop intervening in state affairs.
3. If you grant this demand right away, we will stop this protest.
He couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"So you're telling me to return the right to the throne and keep quiet."
The emperor asked with a frustrated expression, looking at the contents, seeing that Julius, who should have been more violent than himself, was on the contrary.
“This is not the time to joke. Do you have any idea what these guys believe in?”
In fact, just because a few nobles did something like that didn't change the current situation at all. It doesn't matter if they are arrested and imprisoned immediately for causing disorder in the capital city.
“Can’t we just leave it like that for a while?”
"huh?"
“Looking at this article, it seems that the purpose was me in the first place.”
“But if we don’t stop them, strange rumors will continue to spread throughout the capital, right?”
“Anyway, they are just small puppies. Arresting and imprisoning doesn't mean any damage to the aristocrats.”
As they said, those who are currently holding a sit-in outside the imperial palace were southern aristocrats, but they were not those with great power or influence.
After stopping for a moment here, Julius resumed speaking in a firm tone.
“The real bastards must have gathered somewhere by now and plotted to harm me. That demonstration is just a preparatory work for that.”
At those words, the emperor put on a troublesome expression and opened his mouth again.
“Looking at it now, you seem to have known to some extent that such a situation would happen. There must be some kind of strong backing.”
According to common sense, there was no way that Julius would be harmed no matter what he did in the capital. Spreading malicious rumors like the aristocrats protesting outside must be the limit.
'But something is unpleasant.'
However, the keen emperor had a hunch that there was something unusual behind this demonstration.
However, despite that answer, Julius only smiled. And he answered the emperor's questions in a rather warlike tone.
“They're screaming that they don't like me, what can I do? I have to deal with the dispute that has been raised against me!”
“Eh… Again, you don't speak properly. If so, let it be up to you! However, no matter what happens, we must be careful not to harm the people of the capital if possible.”
The emperor clicked his tongue and said just that, and decided to leave the solution to Julius.
'It's easy to solve by force, but I think it's okay to take this opportunity to see how Julius will deal with the nobles.'
After all, he was thinking of retiring from state affairs one day in the not-too-distant future. At this opportunity, he became curious about how Julius would deal with them.
Julius also shouted vigorously and left the battle, but he had a lot on his mind.
'It's still hard to guess his exact strength, but it's probably because he judged that he'd be able to deal with me well enough, so he picked up unreasonable faults and started a fight.'
He recalled a meeting that had just happened.
* * *
"Forgive me for being late."
"Don't worry, we haven't even started yet."
Watching Keynes hurriedly entering, Julius started the meeting. The topic of the day was much heavier and more serious than usual.
Jegal Hwa-young couldn't raise his head at the fact that Julius, not himself, knew about the disturbing signs in the south first.
“I apologize for the delay in the investigation.”
“No. There must have been a significant loss of power to the east, but at this rate, I gathered information much faster than I thought. You guys have suffered a lot too.”
On the contrary, when Julius congratulated her, she was able to raise her face and start reporting.
“First of all, among the aristocrats who had contact with the black market in the south, the actual powerful people are summarized as follows.”
“… … .”
The aristocrats mentioned in her mouth were all influential people with considerable power in the South. However, her name that popped out at the very end was quite unexpected even for Julius.
“Did Marquis Patrick of the Southern Front join in? Do you know that he is no different from the grand duke's disciple?”
Marquis Patrick was the commander of the southern front of the Empire, and among the existing superhumans, he was the youngest and had the best skills, so the Archduke was very fond of him during his lifetime.
“Everyone knows that, but he was actually a person whom the Grand Duke had recruited, and in reality, they weren't very close.”
However, Victor corrects the rumor.
"but… The Archduke also brought in the Marquis of Carlos, the commander of the Royal Guard, as his son-in-law, so I guess that's the purpose.”
“It is. Rather, I know that he treated him quite coldly in private.”
"hmm?"
Julius wanted to know the reason for that moment, but he didn't bother asking because he thought it wasn't something he would bring up at a meeting like this.
Anyway, if a superman joined the opposing faction, it would have to deal with a new strong person besides the archbishop.
'Is there a corner that the Southern nobles also believed separately? No matter how much the owner of the black market had a head, he wouldn't have thought of rebelling, but if a superman joined in, he would have judged that he had a chance.'
However, in Julius' opinion, it didn't seem like the war situation would change drastically just because he joined. Isn't there enough power to match on this side?
“Then, should we also divide the Superman into two? Nuada, if you go, you will be able to easily subdue them.”
“If you leave it to me.”
Nuada was also ready to run to the south at any moment while fist bumping. But there was an urgent word.
“Lord! And the White Tiger Protector, please listen to the next words for a moment.”
"huh?"
“… … !?”
Come to think of it, Jegal Hwa-young had a very serious face today. Why?
She continued with a thoughtful expression.
“Actually, my uncle, who returned to Sega, sent an urgent message.”
“How about an urgent call?”
“A great battle is currently taking place there as well, and in the midst of it, one of the leaders of the Demonic Cult was spotted heading to the West Continent.”
First of all, when it comes to the Demonic Cult, it seemed that the damn church was the name that was active in the East.
“Speaking of their leadership, is it a considerable level of power?”
“Actually, it's not just significant. It is because of this person that I urgently requested a meeting today.”
"her?"
Everyone in the hall had no choice but to wait for her next words with curious eyes. With the strength currently gathered here, most kingdoms couldn't even give out a business card.
But why is she so serious? Soon the reason was revealed.
“The person who came over this time is a great magnate in the Demonic Cult. He may not be well known here as Suramazon (修羅魔尊), but he ranks third in the Demonic Cult! So, he is one of the absolute masters of the East Continent, counted among three fingers.”
“Suramazon?”
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