As the largest city in the entire country, Suzal, like all regions that joined the trade alliance, has experienced a rapid increase in population in a very short period of time and now has a full 100,000 permanent residents.
Countless young and middle-aged laborers poured in from nearby villages looking for opportunities here, hoping to make a lot of money one day and dreaming of becoming respected nobles or wealthy businessmen.
After all, the Kingdom of Cormyr is too close to the West Coast Empire, separated only by an inland sea called "Dragon Lake". It is surrounded by land on three sides, and only the West Gate Port on the east controls the entrance and exit to the Falling Star Sea, so trade naturally became prosperous.
Ships of all sizes sail freely on this water where there are neither pirates nor too many waves.
Some boats are so small that they only have one mast as a sail and require human power to row. They look round and fat, almost like a large bathtub.
They transported the grain, livestock, wine, fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products produced in abundance in the countryside of Cormyr, as well as exquisite carvings, coal and timber to the port city across the street to sell.
Then they would purchase all kinds of exquisite clothing, sex toys, magic items, strange potions, weapons and equipment manufactured on industrial assembly lines, spices and various luxury goods from the West Coast Empire and bring them back to Cormyr and even the Valley for sale.
Although the profits are usually not too high due to the close distance.
But the advantage is that the risk is almost negligible.
The brave ones will even enter the Anaconda Desert to do business with the "Nethereal Empire" controlled by the City of Ghosts.
The rapid increase in population and prosperous trade will naturally lead to the port and the entire city becoming a mixed bag, with noble forces of all sizes getting involved, making management and taxation extremely difficult.
Especially those who are dissatisfied or even full of hatred towards the royal family often hide among these merchants and vendors.
What made Yalusel even more unbearable was that due to improper management, several thieves' guilds and their subordinate gangs and thugs emerged in the dock area.
Some so-called "rules" that override the law are beginning to be accepted by many businessmen.
You have to know that Yalusel was the governor of the empire for a period of time. He had systematically studied and understood the roots of the birth and long-term existence of the Thieves Guild and all other underworld groups.
To put it bluntly, there are two points.
One is the lack of grassroots control and governance capabilities, and the other is the collision between officials and gang members.
As long as these two things are handled well, the seemingly dangerous and brutal Thieves Guild will be nothing more than a bunch of garbage.
One officer and a few squads of soldiers could easily clean it up.
threaten?
Intimidation?
buy?
Sorry, in front of a national-level violence machine like the army, even legendary thieves or assassins can only flee in disgrace.
Because their profession determines that they are not suitable for head-on combat, and they can't rush into the crowd and show their invincibility like legendary warriors, or kill dozens or hundreds of people with a high-level spell like spellcasters.
Therefore, Yalucel was very sure that there must be the support of nobles behind these thieves guilds, and their status and position would definitely not be too low.
Otherwise, the previous surprise search operation of the Purple Dragon Legion would not have been in vain.
Someone must have tipped off the leaders of the Thieves Guild.
Sometimes she really envied the unlimited power that Zuo Si and the imperial cabinet had.
If the Empire encountered a similar situation, it would definitely send out the Imperial Guards to surround the entire city's port and then check everyone in the entire area.
Through forced thought detection and memory reading, all relevant people were found out, and those who should be executed were executed, and those who should be sent to hard labor were sent to hard labor.
If the circumstances are serious, the criminal's family may also be implicated.
What? You said human rights and law? What made you think that such things would exist in a centralized empire ruled by a tyrant? Moreover, the first article on the first page of the imperial law stipulates that the emperor himself has the supreme power above all laws, and can add, delete and modify existing legal provisions at any time.
The power of the cabinet is granted by the emperor.
There is no need to use such means to deal with ordinary crimes.
However, organizations like the Thieves Guild, which could cause great harm to society and cause the rapid corruption and degeneration of the bureaucracy, have always been willing to kill a thousand innocent people rather than let one go.
Yalusel himself once cleared out a thieves guild supported by the Red Robe Wizard on two islands in the province of Alaur.
At that time, 730 people, including their family members, were executed in public at one time. The sea water in the entire execution port was dyed red with blood. The corpses thrown in made the residents of the island afraid to eat fish for a long time.
Even the evil, cold-blooded, selfish and cruel red-robed wizard was trembling with fear at the merciless massacre.
Since then, there has been no signs of any Thieves Guild activity in the province of Alaur.
Even if someone offers a high salary to try their luck, local residents will stay away from them.
As the saying goes, the death penalty and appropriate collective punishment will always be the most effective weapons to increase the cost of crime and deter criminals.
Now, Yalusel is obviously also a loyal believer in Zuo Si's theory of tyrants and tyranny, and he is eager to build the Kingdom of Cormyr into a powerful centralized country.
Just as she was concentrating on finding the valuable information from the large amount of messy intelligence, an older woman walked in from outside and asked in a rather helpless tone: "It's already midnight and you haven't rested yet? You should know that you are pregnant now and you are about to give birth."
"Don't worry, mother. I'm not sleepy yet, and I've never felt any fatigue. I don't know if it's because of this little guy, but every night my mind becomes extra clear and I have more energy."
Yalusel casually threw a piece of useless information into the red basin and burned it.
As her due date was approached, she did not feel sleepy or tired like normal pregnant women, and she did not even have the slightest pregnancy reaction.
This is obviously quite unusual.
But the priests and court doctors could not find any problem with this and could only think that it was the fetus with extraordinary background in the belly that caused trouble.
Because every time night falls, a mysterious energy field will be shrouded around Yalusel's body, putting him in a strengthened state far beyond his own abilities.
Whether it is strength, agility and physique, or intelligence, perception and charm, they will be greatly improved.
Therefore, you will feel more energetic at night, but you will become listless after the sun comes out during the day.
"Alas - if you continue to stay out at night like this, you'll probably be mistaken for a vampire."
The woman whom the Iron Princess called mother sighed helplessly.
It is not difficult to judge from this title alone that she is the queen of King Assan IV and also the current queen mother - Phil Farrell.
Although according to the tradition of the Kingdom of Cormyr, the Queen Mother actually has no right to interfere in political affairs, she is still an important figure in the court that cannot be ignored.
Among them, the nobles who are loyal to the current King Assan V are currently nominally united under Phil Farrell.
There is no way, since Asia V is still a baby who can only babble, he is truly a young ruler with doubts about the country.
Moreover, the news of Yalusel's pregnancy made the already complicated and chaotic kingdom even more chaotic.
The royalists feared that the regent would harm the young king in order to allow his own child to ascend the throne.
Those nobles with ill intentions hoped that the two factions would fight each other so that they could reap the benefits.
Therefore, for now, even in order to maintain the superficial unity of the royal family, the mother and daughter must meet at least once a day.
If for no other reason than to ensure timely communication to prevent the people below from suddenly starting to do something.
If the royal family fights for the right of succession at this time, it will only benefit the real enemies.
Thinking of this, Yalusail couldn't help but rub his brows and asked, "Mother, you came all the way here so late at night, could something have happened?"
"Shafa is missing."
Phil Farrell announced an explosive piece of news in a very serious and solemn tone.
"What? Say it again!"
Yalusel stood up suddenly, his face full of shock and disbelief.
Because this Shafa is none other than the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion of the Kingdom of Cormyr, and also the guarantor of the safety of the capital Suzal and the royal family.
Most importantly, this man was loyal to King Assan V.
If he disappeared during this sensitive period, it would definitely be a huge event, and it might even trigger a war for the succession to the throne.
Phil Farrell obviously knew how this news would affect the already tense situation, but he still explained everything in detail: "According to Shafa's guards, after he left the Purple Dragon Army barracks, he habitually went to a tavern called Blue Dream to have a drink, and then went straight to his residence.
But they were intercepted by a mysterious man on the way.
The two men exchanged a few words in low voices, and then Shafa followed him into an alley.
Ten minutes later, the guard went to check again and found that the alley was empty without a single person in sight.
As soon as I heard the news, I sent someone to Shafa's home and learned that he did not return home today.
So now we cannot rule out the possibility that he was kidnapped.”
After hearing this, Yalusel immediately frowned and questioned: "As far as I know, Shafa has a LV10 warrior level and a LV5 purple dragon knight.
How could such a battle-hardened and well-trained high-level warrior be kidnapped quietly?
Even if something like this happened, there should at least be sounds or traces of fighting.
And who is that mysterious person blocking the road?
Who are the people standing behind him?"
"I'm sorry, I can't answer these questions right now.
I can only tell you that the royalists became extremely agitated when they learned of Shafa's disappearance.
They suspected that you had killed Shafa and wanted to replace him with a trusted one to control the Purple Dragon Legion in order to prepare for the subsequent usurpation of the throne.
This was obviously a long-planned move by the enemy, aimed at provoking a struggle for succession rights within the royal family.
I suggest you better be careful.
I have no guarantee that some extremists within the Royalist Party will not take the risk of launching an attack against you."
I have to say that Phil Farrell is obviously a very politically sensitive woman and she saw through the truth behind the whole thing at a glance.
Because she already knew the arrangements for her youngest daughter, she also acquiesced to the change of the throne.
There's nothing I can do. It's because my arms can't twist my thighs.
With the support of the behemoth West Coast Empire, the Kingdom of Cormyr actually had no choice at all.
What's more, the palms and backs of your hands are all made of flesh.
For a grandmother, there is obviously no essential difference between the child of her deceased eldest daughter ascending the throne and the child of her younger daughter ascending the throne.
As long as there is as little bloodshed as possible during the process, Phil Farrell is happy to see it happen.
After all, Zuo Si really gave a lot of aid!
Whether it was the royal army built with vibranium or the mountains of gold coins in the treasury, they all helped the royal family of Cormyr successfully get out of the huge shadow brought about by the death of the king and the first heir.
"Damn it! This is really troublesome."
Yalusel immediately turned his attention to his former friend and court wizard, Karadne.
Without saying anything, the latter immediately cast a prophecy detection magic and quickly replied: "Shafa is still alive and is not in any danger of life."
"Can you determine his location?" Yalusel asked hurriedly.
Karadne tried a little, but finally shook his head with a wry smile: "No, the other party used magic to block detection.
But since Shafa is still alive, it means that the situation has not yet reached its worst.
I suggest that we immediately try to find some trace of him in Suzal.
After all, he is the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion and is highly recognizable among the people.
And according to the time calculation, unless he uses teleportation magic, he is most likely still in the city."
"I'll give you three days. After three days, I want to see him alive or dead."
Yalusel decisively gave a very tight time.
She knew very well that three days was a critical point.
If a living person can be brought back within three days, there will be no major problems on the royalist side.
But if what he brings back within three days is a corpse and cannot be resurrected, he must take the initiative to uproot the entire royalist party and quell the possible civil war as quickly as possible.
"Okay, I understand."
Very rarely, Karadnei did not bargain, but immediately turned around to contact the spies he had deployed in the streets and alleys of Susar.
But before she could walk far, she suddenly saw a maid running towards her with a pale face and shaking violently and uncontrollably all over her body.
As soon as the latter rushed in, he fell to his knees and stammered, "No... It's bad! His Majesty Yasan V was just... just taken away by a group of guys who suddenly broke in."
"This is impossible!"
Queen Mother Phil Farrell rushed forward like a madman, grabbed the maid's collar and pulled her up from the ground, and asked in a stern voice: "Tell me! The entire palace is protected by a magic barrier, and there is a team of Purple Dragon Knights guarding the king's bedroom. Who could break in and take him away?"
"It was... it was Duke Shafa and a group of mysterious men wearing hoods. It was he who took away His Majesty the King and all the Purple Dragon Knights. Now the only guards left in the entire palace are the Regent's guards."
The maid didn't dare to hide anything and told everything she had seen.
As someone assigned to serve the little king, she was obviously smart enough to know what this behavior meant.
To put it simply, it can be summed up in two words - coup d'état.
Controlling the infant Azzanine V was equivalent to gaining a righteous cause, which would not only greatly enhance the loyalty and confidence of the royalists, but also win the recognition of a considerable number of people.
After all, although the heroic King Assan IV was not very good at domestic affairs, his personal prestige and military achievements were indeed very good.
It is also because of him that the Kingdom of Cormyr has such a resounding reputation in the entire continent of Faerun.
In addition, in the end he died together with the red dragon, and even his death was tinged with a tragic heroic color, which made it hard not to respect and admire him.
Therefore, most of the common people in Cormyr highly recognized Azzan IV, and felt that as the continuation of his bloodline, Azzan V would also be a good king when he grew up.
Such bombshell news immediately made several women of extremely noble status and position in the room stunned.
Because they couldn't believe that Duke Shafa would do such a thing.
You must know that those who can sit on the position of the highest commander of the Purple Dragon Legion have always been the nobles most trusted by the royal family throughout the dynasties.
Moreover, Shafa himself has always been a representative of maturity and stability. During his tenure, he worked diligently and never made a single mistake.
Would a man like this take the risk of launching a coup? Don't be kidding! At this moment, Yalusel felt that this Shafa was either controlled by some spell, or was transformed by transformation magic or shapeshifting.
Without time to think, she immediately ordered the captain of the guard standing at the door: "Take your people and take over the entire palace immediately.
If you find any suspicious individuals, arrest them immediately. If they are difficult to catch, kill them on the spot.
Remember, never show mercy, and be quick, steady, accurate and ruthless.
After taking control of the palace, immediately close the gates and no one is allowed to enter or leave without my order."
"Understood! Please rest assured that I will never let you down."
The captain of the guard quickly saluted, then turned and left with several officers.
After arranging the matters concerning the control of the palace, Yalusail turned to his mother and said, "Mother, I would like to ask you to stay with me for a while. This is very important."
Phil Farrell agreed without hesitation.
She knew that after losing King Assan V, she was the only bargaining chip in her youngest daughter's hand that could restrain her political enemies.
After all, she is the legal wife of Assan IV and the grandmother of Assan V.
This identity and seniority can help Yalusel stabilize the situation in the capital.
While the palace was in chaos, Duke Shafa had already returned to the military camp with the infant Yasan V, quietly avoiding all eyes.
At present, he has summoned all the officers he promoted.
Almost everyone who arrives can feel the tension and oppression as soon as they enter.
Especially after seeing the king placed on the table, the pupils will often dilate rapidly in an instant, while the heartbeat begins to speed up and the breathing becomes rapid.
After all, the clothes the baby was wearing bore the mark of the Cormyr royal family.
Anyone with a normal level of intelligence can guess it almost exactly, and immediately think of a series of highly sensitive topics including coups and struggles for the throne.
A high-ranking officer who had a good relationship with Shafa and held a noble title could not help but ask, "My dear old friend, you'd better explain to all of us what is going on. You know, kidnapping the king is an unforgivable crime!"
"Hijacking? No, I am not hijacking you. I am protecting the only legitimate heir to the royal family of Cormyr.
I believe you have also heard the news that Regent Iron Princess Yalucel is pregnant and is about to give birth.
Imagine, once she has an heir, will she be willing to continue to maintain the status quo? So our King is in danger! "
Duke Shafa expressed his attitude clearly to his close subordinates in an extremely angry tone.
However, if you look closely, you will find that a pin emitting a strange light has appeared on his collar.
Whenever this thing starts to flash a faint light, Duke Shafa's mental state becomes extremely unstable.
"But you have no evidence! And you know that doing this will provoke a civil war?" the senior officer shouted.
But Duke Shafa retorted without giving in: "No! I have evidence! I know who is the father of the child in the regent's belly!"
"Who is it?"
"Yes, who is it? Tell me quickly!"
This sentence immediately aroused the interest of all the officers present.
From the day Yalusail returned to Cormyr with a bulging belly, everyone was talking about the father of the child.
After all, anyone who has come into contact with this princess knows that she has never been kind to men.
In the past, many handsome suitors with prominent family backgrounds were dragged to the training ground by him and defeated mercilessly. He threatened that if he wanted to become a qualified suitor, he had to at least be able to beat him first.
From then on, all the nobles who were eager to marry into the royal family gave up their unrealistic ideas.
What a joke! You have to know that Yalusel has a LV7 warrior, a LV2 purple dragon knight, and a LV1 ranger, which adds up to a total of LV10 warrior professional levels.
And she was less than 20 years old at the time! What does this mean? It means that she is an absolute genius!
His talent is extremely extraordinary even in the entire continent of Faerun.
As the son of God chosen by fate, Aberdare was only a level 7 warrior in his twenties.
For an ordinary young man, it is already a very good achievement if he can become a Level 1 warrior through training at the age of 20.
So Yalusel definitely inherited the warrior talent of his father, Yasan IV.
If you continue on this path without distraction, there is a high probability that you will cross the threshold of legend at the age of thirty or even twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
It would be a pipe dream for her peers to surpass her.
The nobles of the Kingdom of Cormyr were all very curious about which strong man had conquered the Iron Princess and even made her willingly become a lover without any status.
Unfortunately, the royal family has kept this matter very secret, and there is still no definite news.
There are even outrageous rumors that Yalusel was raped by some thugs after being exiled, which eventually led to her pregnancy.
But the nobles who knew the inside story knew very well that the timing simply did not match.
If the child had been raped at that time, he would have learned to speak by now.
"The father of the child in the regent's belly is the emperor of the West Coast Empire - Soth!"
Duke Shafa whetted everyone's appetite before announcing this bombshell news to the public.
moment!
Every officer present showed expressions of shock, astonishment and disbelief.
But soon they began to take each other for granted.
Among his peers, there is probably no one else except Soth who can conquer this strong-willed Iron Princess.
Especially since Yalusel had been under the asylum of the West Coast Empire for such a long time, and they were both young single men and women, it was normal for some sparks to arise.
For a moment, the officers present were quickly digesting this news that was enough to cause a huge shock.
Leaving aside other things, the bloodline of the unborn child alone is so noble that it makes one's scalp tingle. It is a combination of the imperial royal family and the royal family of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
You have to know that there is no law in the Empire that states that illegitimate children have no inheritance rights, so he or she theoretically has the second right of succession to the throne of the emperor, and maybe he or she is born with powerful divine powers like Princess Anne.
One can imagine what kind of huge waves this child will cause after he is born.
Would the always powerful Emperor Zuo Si watch his children become subjects of Yasang V? The answer is obviously no.
At this moment, the officers finally understood why Duke Shafa would take huge political risks to kidnap the infant king from the palace.
He was afraid that once Yalusel gave birth to the child, the young king would disappear or meet with an accident.
By then it will be too late to do anything.
But the problem is that this behavior is clearly rebellion in legal terms.
After all, no one can blame the Regent Princess for something that hasn't happened yet.
The most important thing is, even if they are kidnapped, what can they do? You have to know that the West Coast Empire is only separated from the Kingdom of Cormier by the Dragon Lake. Whether it is the huge Falling Star Sea Fleet or the combination of aerial gunboats and dragon knights, as long as they receive the order, they can arrive at the city within a few hours, and strangle all opposition forces in the name of helping allies to quell the rebellion.
Even if someone later announced the identity of the child's father, the civilians of the Kingdom of Cormyr and other surrounding countries and forces would not have much reaction.
After all, Yalusail is the daughter of King Yasan IV and a direct descendant of the royal "Obaiszir" family. Her children naturally have the right to inherit the throne.
What's more, the Empire is not going to annex the Kingdom of Cormyr, it just wants a child with the emperor's blood to inherit the throne to strengthen and deepen the alliance between the two countries.
This has only benefits and no disadvantages for the Kingdom of Cormyr.
Many countries and city-states want to ask for it but cannot get it.
For example, in Tumis, which borders the empire on land to the east, many families of members of the parliament want to marry with the powerful people of the empire, and even send their most beautiful daughters and granddaughters to the imperial capital of Askatra or the political center of Kalin Port to attend banquets frequently, hoping to take this opportunity to get close to Zuo Si himself, and then develop some hidden intimacy with him through the skills they have learned.
Finally, use this relationship to benefit your family.
"So what do you want to do?"
After a long silence, the senior officer finally raised his head and looked into his friend's eyes and asked seriously.
"I will launch a coup to expel the regent princess and ensure that the true king of Cormyr can grow up and inherit the country. And we must act quickly and never give the Empire any time or excuse to intervene."
Duke Shafa gave the answer without hesitation.
To be precise, this plan had already been set in motion since he rushed into the palace and brought out King Yasan V.
"Damn it! You're fucking crazy! Do you know how many people will die? Do you know how many families will fall apart and disappear because of this? Isn't the lesson of the previous purge enough?"
The senior officer couldn't help but curse with gnashing teeth, completely lacking any so-called aristocratic manners or etiquette.
Because this involves not just a few people on the battlefield, but also the families behind them.
After all, the Purple Dragon Legion was originally a tool used by the royal family to strengthen its own ruling power. Perhaps many of the lower-level soldiers came from the lower class civilians, but all the officers were of noble origin.
They may not have inherited any titles or lands, but their parents and brothers were all upper-class people with seats in the Council of Nobles.
Duke Shafa did not react at all to such pointed scolding. He simply asked back in a tone without any emotion: "So you don't plan to join?"
The officer refused without hesitation: "Nonsense! Of course I will not join this kind of rebellion! Because it not only has no chance of winning, but it will also drag the family and even the entire country into a dangerous civil war..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.
When he lowered his head, he saw that the other party had already drawn out his magic sword at some point and pierced through his armor and his heart.
"Since you won't join, I'll just have to ask you to die."
Duke Shafa pushed the man to the ground, drew his sword and let the blood gush out of the wound, with a crazy light flashing in his eyes.
The officer lying in a pool of blood died in just a few seconds. In his last moments, he couldn't believe that he would die at the hands of his best friend.
Moreover, his death instantly made the other officers in the room realize that the old boss in front of them was obviously determined and did not intend to leave any way out.
They now have only two choices: one is to join the rebels and risk implicating their families, and the other is to sacrifice their lives to rise up and resist to save their families.
Shafa obviously noticed the reactions of everyone present, shook off the blood on his sword, grinned and said: "You don't think you still have the right to choose?
In fact, when I summoned you here, I had already sent people to break into your home and take control of your parents, wife, and children.
If anyone dares to disobey my orders, you should see the heads of your family members being sent to you in half an hour.
So don't try to resist, and don't even think about pretending to obey.
Return to the barracks immediately and gather the entire Purple Dragon Legion. I want to control the entire city in one hour and capture the palace in three hours.
In the name of the King!
We are the righteous side!
As the last word came out of his mouth, the supreme commander of the Purple Dragon Legion, who was deeply trusted by the royal family, picked up Yasan V with his blood-stained hands and raised the ignorant baby high above his head, instantly shocking everyone present.
Soon, the officers, without any choice, were forced to sign their names on an oath, and then returned to the barracks under the surveillance of a dozen mysterious men to begin gathering soldiers.
After all the officers left, the man who had been standing behind Duke Shafa took off his hood, revealing a face twisted by hatred. He sneered and said to his men, "Did you see that? This is the power of the great lie prince Xirik!
In just a few dozen minutes, he turned a man loyal to the royal family into a suspicious madman.
I just took advantage of this suspicion a little bit and easily caused the entire royal family to start killing each other.
As long as they could create some accidents when attacking the palace, preferably by letting Shafa kill Yalusel and then destroy her soul so that she could not be resurrected, the furious Emperor Soth would surely launch a war of revenge.
At that time, the entire Obaiszir family will be completely destroyed.
Isn't this what we have always wanted? After all, the royal family destroyed our family, confiscated our territory, and made us noble nobles hide in the dark like rats all day long.
It's time they got a taste of the same."
"Praise the Prince of Lies, Xirik! Praise the great Supreme God! It is his generous gift that finally gives us the opportunity for revenge!"
Another believer whose face was severely burned and disfigured also took off his hood and held up the emblem of the Dark Sun and prayed devoutly like a lunatic.
Needless to say, these guys were nobles who were convicted and purged during the previous Cormyr turmoil, but were lucky enough to escape.
It is the pain of suddenly losing everything that makes them twisted and crazy.
In particular, he was filled with naked and undisguised hatred towards the royal family.
In addition, his belief in Xirik has become more and more extreme. Now he has no hope at all. The only motivation for living is revenge, so that the entire Obaiszir will completely disappear from history.
As the Purple Dragon Legion began to assemble urgently, the streets of Susar City became tense at night.
Many citizens who saw this scene closed their doors and windows and peeked at the situation outside through the gaps.
The night market, which was originally very lively, came to an abrupt end because of this.
You have to know that the merchants in the continent of Faerun are very sensitive to danger.
Because all those who are not sensitive are basically dead.
Naturally, the unusual movements in the city could not be hidden from the court wizard, Karadnei.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, she did not hesitate and directly issued an emergency order to summon the battle wizards to defend the palace. At the same time, she sent an alert to all forces loyal to Regent Yalusel through magic communication.
Around two o'clock in the morning, the battle finally broke out on the streets near the palace.
Duke Shafa personally led a total of 1,500 of the most elite soldiers of the Purple Dragon Legion, and took advantage of the cover of night to seize the outermost gate at lightning speed.
As a result, they happened to run into another 600-man Purple Dragon Legion that came to support them.
The two sides didn't even exchange a word and started fighting right away.
Since they are all members of the Purple Dragon Legion, they are all very familiar with each other's tactics and strategies.
The battle became intense from the very beginning.
In less than ten minutes, there were two or three hundred more bodies at the front line.
Because the Purple Dragon Legion is Cormyr's trump card, no matter how many casualties it suffers, the army will not collapse, which undoubtedly turns the battle into a bloody meat grinder.
Among them, those on the side of Duke Shafa believed that they were following the orders of King Yasan V, and therefore represented justice and orthodoxy.
Those loyal to Yalusel believed that the former had kidnapped the king and started a rebellion, and that they were representing justice by coming to quell the rebellion under the order of the regent.
What's even more terrible is that just when the army loyal to the royal family began to kill each other, those nobles with ulterior motives finally found an opportunity, united and began to fish in troubled waters.
Instead of participating in the battle for control of the palace, they turned their attention to political enemies loyal to the royal family. They took advantage of the civil war to launch a sneak attack and kill all the relatives of the other party, and then falsified the scene to make the royalists and those loyal to the regent believe that it was the other party who did it.
Not only that!
In towns and villages far outside the capital, this group of insidious and cunning nobles also rose up to attack the territories of their political enemies and the royal family.
It can be said that with the official start of the battle for the throne, the entire Kingdom of Cormyr fell into chaos.
This is no longer just a turmoil, but has completely entered a mode of infighting among nobles and warlords.
The biggest drawback of the traditional feudal system was fully highlighted at this moment.
After all, you cannot expect a family that is relatively independent in politics, military and law to always abide by the so-called "covenant" and be loyal to the royal family.
It is neither in line with human nature nor with the objective laws of the development of things.
It is nothing short of a miracle that the feudal rule of the Kingdom of Cormyr could last for a thousand years.
Now, all the conflicts that have accumulated during this period finally burst out at once.
The Prince of Lies, Xirik, is the biggest driving force behind the whole thing.
At this moment, he was sitting on the roof of a noble mansion where only corpses and blood were left, with a vicious smile on his face as he admired the chaos and slaughter he had created with his own hands...
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