Chapter 408: The Demon of the East Coast and the Queen's Guardian

Time continued to move forward like a broken kite string, and Carl silently watched everything change.

"Decades ago, I could never have imagined that the country of Syat would eventually become mine..."

"Fischer, you guys did a great job."

In the five years after the end of the civil war, Syat entered a long period of reform.

Originally, there were many people who maliciously expected a conflict between the Roman family and the Fisher family. However, the Roman family under the control of Aldridge chose to retreat bravely, gradually concealed most of their edge, and began to assist the Fisher family wholeheartedly.

In fact, Aldridge himself is a person with extremely stable emotions and does not like disputes.

Carl can tell from the fact that he had taken the initiative not to be the head of the family before. In fact, for Aldridge, maintaining stable development seems to be more important than anything else.

If Byrne hadn't met Best, he would probably have had a personality more like Aldridge when he was old.

For five years, Darren and Christine manipulated Queen Peggy as a puppet, silently eliminating all opposition and dangerous voices in the country.

Darren was very smart and did not directly kill the extraordinary nobles in large numbers. Instead, he attacked them one by one, constantly finding legitimate reasons to eliminate those dissatisfied opponents.

Moreover, while he gets rid of some people, he will immediately give rewards and friendship to other people, making the remaining people have the illusion that "they are safe" and "Duke Darren and I have a good relationship."

In addition, the Fisher family and the Roman family are very powerful, and it is too difficult for the remaining extraordinary nobles to turn against them, so a new civil war has not broken out.

Over a five-year period, Darren killed many people.

He made full use of the power of the Order of the Dawn to infiltrate, investigate, and monitor domestic conditions.

Sometimes, some nobles simply expressed their dissatisfaction at a family banquet, but the next day they were suddenly taken away by the Dawn Cult on suspicion of treason.

As for whether he can come back, that depends on the follow-up investigation.

Because there are frequent banquets between the big families, the family members gradually become familiar with each other, so occasionally members of the Fisher family will come to Darren to plead for mercy.

When faced with such a situation, he would just smile sarcastically and say:

"In fact, I have always been very clear that no one in the Fisher family is more suitable to be a 'villain' than me. I am the 'evil existence' appointed by the great Lord of the Lost who can embark on the path of shadows!"

"So, what I am doing now is exactly what the Lord wants! Do you really have the right to stop me?"

"Listen carefully. Unless the great Lord of the Lost gives a divine oracle, or someone pressures me through a family meeting, the people I want to kill will die no matter what!"

Therefore, during the five years of being boiled like a frog in warm water, although there were many voices of opposition, in the end, the several great nobles failed to unite successfully, but were gradually suppressed and restricted by the Fisher family.

Even August Fossack, the "Claw of Desolation" of the Fossack family, suffered. He was caught secretly contacting the Seven Stars, and was taken away by Darren and executed in public. Even though the head of the Fossack family, the "White Beast", and Bishop Zain kept pleading for mercy, there was still no way to save him.

Fortunately, Zain didn’t have a very good relationship with his uncle, so he didn’t hate the Fisher family because of this, but he was just unhappy with Darren.

The old and decadent oldest monarch, the extraordinary "White Beast", was filled with regret and resentment over the death of his most beloved family member, and died not long after.

Giving in negative emotions can help you better master the Path of Shadow... So Darren's mastery of the Path of Shadow has also increased by leaps and bounds in his five years of clear career.

The name of "The Man in the Iron Mask" has become more terrifying than the devil in Syat, and it is a concept that can stop a child from crying!

Even at an aristocratic banquet, a noble girl who stole a glance at Darren would be frightened by his gaze and spill the wine in her glass.

Darren walked forward with a smile, nodded to the trembling noble girl in a gentlemanly manner, handed her a handkerchief, and signaled her not to be afraid.

"I'm sorry that my appearance scared you. In fact, I also know some rumors about myself, but most of them are malicious slanders from outsiders."

"And I'm sure everyone present here knows that my tactics are necessary against traitors. They are to protect Syat, who is under the blessing of the gods, and our Queen Peggy! They are things that must be done, and they are the right thing to do!"

Darren spoke more and more seriously, and finally added solemnly: "I will never have any unwarranted malice towards an innocent and beautiful girl like you, please rest assured!"

After the banquet, he secretly ordered the people of "Kuroshio" to investigate the girl's family.

As a result, "Black Tide" actually discovered that the girl's parents had contact with the Kanians. Her parents hoped to use their power to overthrow the Fisher family and Queen Peggy, and wanted to kidnap Queen Peggy in the near future.

So within a few days, the members of the Dawn Cult arrested their entire family and tortured them all.

Darren took a deep breath after learning the situation.

"She was so scared that day, which was obviously abnormal, so how much did she know and participate in it...Oh, I see, that's a pity."

During the five years of crazy purge, in addition to the "Man in the Iron Mask", Darren gradually had new nicknames among the people, such as "The Butcher of Syat", "The Devil of the East Coast", and "The Dark Tentacles of Leviathan".

As a result, the various legends circulated among the people of Syat became more and more outrageous. People said that the Marquis of Rad had a bad temper and wanted to kill people whenever he was angry! The "Iron Mask" on the East Coast was simply not a human being. He would get angry if he didn't kill anyone for a few days!

On the contrary, Christine's reputation continued to rise.

Because under the control of the Fisher family, all the good things Christine did and the rumors were spread to the inside and outside of Syat through the hands of the Dawn Cult.

Including but not limited to treating civilians, disaster relief, eliminating monsters, expelling pirates, etc.

In fact, most of those things were not done by Christine. She was usually very busy and could not finish everything. Most of the things were done by the people of the Dawn Cult.

However, the Dawn Cult attributed many good things to Christine, saying that even if she didn't do it herself, she sent people to do it in order to create a good reputation for herself.

Even Queen Peggy repeatedly rewarded Christine, awarding her medals and honors one after another, so the people of Syat admired her from the bottom of their hearts.

In a way, it is also paving the way for Christine's future promotion.

During the new Peggy Dynasty, people admired and respected Lady Christine as much as they feared and terrified Duke Darren.

Some people say that Queen Peggy is a puppet of the Fisher family, and that whenever Queen Peggy does something wrong, it is because she is manipulated and bewitched by the cruel Duke Darren. However, they believe that as long as Lady Christine is around, Queen Peggy will remain safe and Syat will still have hope.

In the popular story, Christine and Darren are like water and fire. The two fight over various matters related to Syat. Every time Queen Peggy is almost forced by Duke Darren, she will be righteously stopped by Christine. In the story, Duke Darren is defeated by Christine time and time again, and leaves with a snort in silence.

Although people who were really familiar with the Fisher family thought it was outrageous after hearing it, ordinary people in Syat really liked to listen to this story.

So Christine soon got nicknames, such as "The Queen's Guardian" and "Syat's Sheltering Moon". Even Andre became famous because of her and became the perfect spouse template in the hearts of many ignorant girls.

This story is full of the struggle between good and evil, making both her and Darren more famous because of each other's existence.

These actions also make Christine and Darren move faster than ordinary people on the road to power and the road to shadow respectively.

During the five years, several major events happened in Syat. For example, at the end of the first year, Felix and Sunny Fossack's first son was born.

Christine named him Carter.

In addition, in the past five years, many people in the Dawn Cult have been promoted to new sequences, and new fifth-level extraordinary people have appeared.

And some people's promotion ceremony failed.

All efforts failed at the last moment.

(End of this chapter)