I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 140
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Port of Zenobia in the eastern part of the Sharnos Empire.
This place was under an emergency order that was not right now. In the harbor where twenty galleys were moored, soldiers wearing Imperial Navy uniforms were frantically carrying supplies.
“How did the loading of provisions and artillery go?”
“More than 30% complete. When the drivers arrive, we should be able to set sail in a week.”
"It is too late! His Majesty told us to set sail within this week.”
Earl Kernell, who is in charge of admiral of the Imperial 1st Fleet, suddenly shouted from the command ship.
“But the order was given so suddenly that time is running out.”
The adjutants were crying, but Count Colonel couldn't help it either. In fact, the Imperial Navy didn't have much to do.
The main mission was to escort a small group of guilds that had permission to trade with the East or to repel pirate ships that occasionally came up from the southern coast.
'I haven't had much trouble in the past 20 years since I took office, but in my later years, things got messed up.'
Having nothing to do is the same as not having a say in the military. Even though he was an admiral of the 1st Fleet, he had never had an audience with the emperor except for his inauguration ceremony.
But this time, due to an unexpected reason, he was summoned to the imperial palace and threatened.
“I will send the knights, so prepare to launch the ship to the East Continent. We must set sail as soon as possible!”
"ah… All right."
He hurriedly moved the fleet to Genovia Harbor and was preparing to depart. I didn't know why, but the emperor's order was absolute.
But why go now to the East, where official envoys ceased decades ago?
"no way… It won't even be a war with the Eastern Hwan Empire... … .”
The adjutant addressed his concerns for him. Kernel shook his head.
“Could it be? Since the delegation departed not too long ago, he must be entrusting you with another mission.”
But unfortunately, that expectation seems to be wrong.
***
thud!
“We must bring Leonhard even at the cost of war with the East!”
The emperor slammed the armrest of the throne with an angry expression. It was very rare in recent years for him to be so angry at the Daejeon meeting, so all the servants just bowed their heads in silence.
After the meeting in Daejeon, the servants gathered in groups of threes and fives and murmured.
“Are you saying the Easterners are crazy? Could it be that you harmed His Highness, the 2nd Prince, who was sent as an envoy?"
"no way… no way. Since this is the first envoy sent in decades, there must have been some misunderstanding.”
It has already been over a month since the Eastern delegation departed. The reason they heard was that there was a problem with the statue of the 2nd Prince Leonhardt in the east.
It was an urgent agenda that the emperor had no choice but to go into a fit of rage.
“After the North and the South, this time to another continent, is it trouble? I don’t know why there are so many surprises these days.”
"haha… Let's say that.”
One of the gossiping servants suddenly expressed a question.
“But why is His Highness the Crown Prince standing still in this situation?”
A shrewd-looking servant quickly reprimands them.
“You are clueless. I heard that you are shutting yourself in the palace for knight training, but how can you not come out in this situation?”
“What do you mean? In fact, you didn’t show up at the Daejeon meeting today, did you?”
“Tsk! That is the most conclusive evidence.”
The shrewd servant triumphantly began to explain.
“This time, the second prince was expelled to the east... No, who sent it as an envoy? Wouldn't that be His Highness the Crown Prince?”
“No, what does that matter?”
“Think about it, I heard that the Imperial 1st Fleet is preparing to depart right now, so where is His Highness the Crown Prince?”
The servant who asked the first question asked back with a surprised expression.
“Could it be that His Highness, the crown prince, is also going to the east?”
"yes! There will probably be a conflict with the east in some way. Since His Majesty the Emperor is so furious, there is a high probability that His Highness, the 2nd Prince, is detained in the East.”
Only then did the servants who had been listening quietly begin to nod their heads.
“Ugh, this time to the east?”
“Maybe you could have predicted this in advance. Only the 2nd Prince, His Highness, has become pitiful.”
Although there was no evidence, they all believed that Julius caused this incident intentionally.
Of course, it was also Julius who sent Leonhardt to the east, and it was also suspicious that he suddenly shut himself up in the palace and did not come out.
If it was an ordinary delegation, when Leonhardt died, gossip would not spread. However, it is a different situation when he is taken as a hostage during the war and dies.
As for Julius, even if he went to the east and pretended to fight moderately, even if he made peace, he could disguise Leonhard's death as a pitiful accident and increase his own achievements.
The servants all laughed at Julius' heartlessness, but the reality was quite different.
***
After the meeting, the emperor was talking with Mareus in the separate room.
“With this, Julius, even if he leaves for a long time, the servants will understand.”
"Well, isn't that what they actually guess is completely wrong?"
The emperor's greatest concern was, 'How do I dispatch a search party to the East while hiding the absence of Julius?'
It's the empire's face, isn't it that the crown prince can't boast about running away?
However, he could not fool the eyes of his subjects in order to dispatch a large fleet. The emperor and Mareus, who were troubled by the matter, came to one conclusion.
'If I can't hide it, can I pretend I went on a secret mission?'
Of course, it made no sense for common sense to send the two heirs to the throne to another continent. However, if it was in the form of hinting at Julius' absence like this, it would make sense.
The servants would think that Julius went to the east without official notification because he had some intention.
And it was also true that the Eastern delegation led by Leonhard had lost contact. I don't know what happened, but the emperor was worried about what Julius had left behind.
[Leonhard, his movements are suspicious, so I will go to the east.]
“Once you arrive on the East Continent, ask the official envoy about what happened to Leonhardt and secretly search for Julius.”
The emperor summoned the hastily assembled search party before departing, and gave them a trustworthy request. Of course, the commander was Earl Kernell, who was in charge of the 1st Fleet, but the search party was to act under a separate order from the emperor.
“I will keep this in mind, Your Majesty!”
It was Haynes who was in charge of the search party. He was a large number of knights of the Sharnos Knights, including him.
They were equally worried when the key figure of the Knights and Julius suddenly disappeared. Of course, I heard from Julius that he would leave in advance, but as long as he was a knight, he couldn't violate the imperial order.
20 galleys and 5,000 infantry attached to the 1st Fleet.
200 knights of the search party, including the Sharnos Knights.
This was the number of additional ships sent to the East. The Emperor and Mareus were convinced that this would be enough to bring Julius to the point where an all-out war did not break out.
However, when they were about to leave after they had just finished organizing, unexpected news came in.
“Your Majesty! An envoy from the Holy Kingdom is requesting an audience.”
“Seongguk?”
The emperor put on a puzzled expression. It wasn't long after Julius' appointment as crown prince was over, so was the envoy coming at this time? But that curiosity soon turned to irritation.
“Didn't I tell you? Tell them to ask for an audience again tomorrow!”
The old emperor, tired from racking his brains for the past few days, did not receive an audience today. However, the attendant opens his mouth with a puzzled expression.
“Actually, I was going to send it back today too… They are stubborn to the core.”
"her?"
The emperor let go of his anger and put on an interesting expression. The attendants who served him were experienced and quick-witted. He wondered what kind of characters came and why the attendant made such an embarrassed expression.
"haha… If it was the Holy Land, could it be that even the pope of the three great denominations visited?”
“It is not. but… … .”
The attendant approached the emperor and whispered in his ear to inform the visitor.
“… … !?”
The emperor's face suddenly changed to a serious expression. It seems that there are really unexpected people visiting.
“Let them go.”
The servant bowed his head deeply and withdrew. and after a while
“… … .”
Guided by the attendant, there were two people striding down the corridor in front of the audience room.
Both of them were very old people. One of them had white hair and looked well over seventy years old.
Arriving at the door of the audience room, they first needed to return their weapons. The guards, who had heard the information in advance, quickly came forward and made a request.
“You two should leave your weapons for a while before the audience.”
“Here it is.”
One of the two old men, who looked somewhat younger, handed over a sword worn around his waist with a cheerful expression on his face. The knight who received it tried to extend his hand to the old man on the other side, but his expression hardened for a moment.
'It seems to be the battle hammer of the Church of Mars, but is that a weapon used by humans?'
The white-haired old man was carrying a huge battle hammer on his back. It was so large that even the weight attached to the tip of the hammer was the size of an adult male's head.
No matter how much the force-handling knights' muscular strength was incomparable to that of ordinary people, it was so large that one could only doubt how practical such an ignorant lump of iron would be.
However, their mission was to keep the weapons in charge. After clearing his throat for a while, the guards held out both hands.
"hmm! I will take care of this too.”
“Please be careful.”
The old man spoke briefly and pulled out the hammer with one hand and handed it to the guardsman. The knight tilted his head at that light gesture.
'It's not just a lump of iron, is it a light material like mithril?'
However, the knight who politely received the hammer with both hands staggered.
“Ugh!”
Ashamed of the reputation of the Imperial Guard Knight, the Knight almost fell to his knees. The weight of the hammer was heavier than expected.
'Is that a person holding this with one hand?'
The knight, who managed to lift the hammer and straighten his body by operating the Force with all his might, watched the back of the old man disappearing into the audience room with eyes in disbelief.
***
“Meet His Majesty, Emperor of the Great Empire!”
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
Entering the throne room, the two old men bowed deeply. After being greeted, the emperor looked at them alternately with an interested expression.
"hmm? Did you say that people the size of you asked for an audience because they had an urgent matter?”
The emperor couldn't help but express interest in these two people, who were like the pillars of the Holy Kingdom. No, even searching the entire continent, it was difficult to find anyone with the same reputation as these two.
“I apologize for being rude to Your Majesty. However, I couldn't help it because it was the most important issue in the Holy Land.”
"haha… You don't have to worry about that. Especially since my first son owes much to you.”
The first old man to politely apologize again was Beatrice's father, Duke Dios.
He was also a duke of the Holy Kingdom, but he deserved to be treated like that, as he was counted among the three superhumans.
"and… It seems like it's the first time I've seen it in person, but I didn't know you would come here, did you?"
In fact, he had exchanged correspondence with Duke Dios several times, and it would not be surprising if he returned to visit him. What the emperor paid attention to was an old white-haired old man standing next to him.
“Hwang Gong. Actually, this audience was my request.”
“Hoo. Now tell me what your business is.”
The identity of the old man is Archbishop Galeus!
He was the one who held the position of executive director of the church that worshiped Mars, the god of war.
Along with Archduke Wilhelm, who has already died, and Duke Dios here, he is always a person who does not fall out when selecting the three strongest people on the continent.
However, if asked to determine the primacy among the three, everyone would pick this Archbishop Galeus on the first finger.
I couldn't help but be concerned about why the self-proclaimed strongest superman on the continent had visited the Holy Land as an envoy.
Galeus opened his mouth.
“Actually, there is another person I want to meet.”
"hmm?"
A déjà vu flashed through the emperor's mind. Isn't there a guy who doesn't always get caught up in these unexpected incidents?
'no way… … .'
“The person I ask to see is His Highness, the Crown Prince of the Empire.”
The emperor shook his head and spat out words with a tired face.
“Is that him again!”
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