Chapter 376 The Advantage is in Me (1)

Antoine has really given it his all!

For a kingdom, the title is definitely one of the most important rewards. Only those who possess the title can be considered true nobles.

By becoming a noble, one can obtain fiefdoms and receive annual salaries from the kingdom. The higher the title, the more land the royal family will still have, and the more money the royal family will have to pay out every year.

This is definitely a huge burden for the kingdom.

The most important thing is that the taxes generated by the nobles' fiefdoms have to be divided into three parts. The bulk of the taxes go to the kingdom, the rest goes to the church, and a part is kept by the nobles themselves. Now the taxes that need to be submitted to the kingdom are directly halved. As a result, the wealth of the nobles will skyrocket in a short period of time.

Another point is that nobles can have private soldiers.

Of course, the number of private soldiers will not be too large.

However, under normal circumstances, those nobles would secretly expand the size of their private armies. The quality and quantity of their private soldiers also represented the power of an aristocracy. After all, in this world, those with the bigger fists have the final say.

Nowadays, the number of private soldiers has doubled and the royal family is weak. God knows how many private soldiers these nobles can raise with their insatiable greed. If they are not careful, these nobles may pull down this king...well, the future king.

After all, now that there is no dragon clan to suppress them, the ambitions of the major countries, nobles, and churches have all swelled up. To put it bluntly, the Holt family has been sitting on the throne for eight thousand years, so why can't I sit on it and enjoy it? What's more, the most elite forces of the royal family, the Royal Guards and the Royal Magician Corps, have all been destroyed.

Although Antoine is the eldest prince, he has no power at his disposal and is just a prince without any support. If it weren't for him, the eldest prince, to stand up and carry the banner of justice, these nobles would have killed him long ago.

After all, he was not a complete fool, so how could he not see this trick? However, he had no right to refuse. Once he refused, he would lose his original usefulness and these nobles would kill him immediately. Of course, he also did not want to refuse.

The position of king originally belonged to him, how could he let that bitch Dolores take it away? This is outrageous and simply treasonous.

Since I don't have military power, why not borrow the power of the nobles? They want to use me, and I am also using them.

Antoine was very confident. His reputation was definitely stronger than Dolores's. After all, he was the legitimate eldest prince. Who else could he support if not himself? His methods were definitely more sophisticated than Dolores's. You have to know that he had been learning the emperor's mind since he was a child by his father's side. Dolores could never compare with him.

He believed that as long as he could sit on the throne, he would be able to firmly grasp the military power in his hands in a few days with his own means. Since those generals in the army could be loyal to Dolores, they could naturally be loyal to him as the orthodoxy.

As long as he could control the military power, it would be easy to suppress these nobles. Now they were taking away all the benefits from him, and he would definitely make them spit out double in the future.

By then, with the power in his hands, Granville would be in control of everything. Who would dare to look down on him? Who would dare to reject him? Even if he wanted to make the White Saint Irelia his queen, it would be easy.

When Antoine thought of Irelia, he felt a burning sensation in his chest again. That woman was so beautiful, charming, graceful and seductive. Ever since he first saw Irelia, Antoine felt that his heart had been deeply fascinated by that woman.

He wanted that woman to be his queen.

No matter what she wanted, he would do his best to satisfy it.

He expressed his love to Irelia more than once, but it was of no use. This hateful woman disdained his status as the eldest prince and never even glanced at him.

But the more Irelia ignored him and the more indifferent she was, the more excited Antoine became, and the stronger his urge to possess Irelia became.

Before, when I was just the eldest prince, she rejected me. I want to see what qualifications and capital she has to reject me when I become the king? By then, even if I ask the Dawn Goddess Church for it, I am afraid the church will not dare to refuse.

The only trouble was Ron.

However, Antoine already had plans for this person, so he was no longer a concern.

Antoine felt his body heat up at the thought of marrying Irelia and tasting that sexy and beautiful body.

All the nobles who could appear here were experienced people. Just by looking at the expression on Antoine's face, they could basically guess what was going on and couldn't help but laugh at him in their hearts.

This is really a fool, don't you know how capable you are, King? You are so beautiful.

It's only useful now. Once Dolores is expelled, you, the king, might accidentally fall into the water and die. Not to mention others, your father-in-law will definitely be the first to kill you.

"Ahem, alright everyone, let's discuss what to do next."

A marquis cleared his throat, breaking the slightly weird atmosphere at the scene: "Dolores has been staying in the barracks for a while and we haven't had a chance to attack her. We finally got out today. If we can't take the opportunity to kill Dolores and wait until Dolores completely controls the situation, then we're all done."

"Don't forget, everyone. Dolores has sent dozens of nobles to the guillotine every day recently. To be frank, who among us has a clean bottom? If we can't get rid of Dolores, we will have a place in the mass grave in the north of the city sooner or later. So we must kill Dolores this time. Don't hide your private soldiers. My family is willing to provide 642 elite soldiers."

"My family can mobilize 1,166 people..."

"My family can mobilize 973 people..."

As the nobles reported their numbers one by one, the final count showed that the total number was over 15,000.

After all, they are not the three grand dukes, and their private soldiers are not that exaggerated, but it is still a pretty good number anyway.

Fifteen thousand private soldiers are not enough to fight against the kingdom's army, but if they just launch a sneak attack and eliminate Dolores in the chaos, they will definitely have the advantage and there is no way they can lose.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the action must be fast enough to prevent Dolores' soldiers from coming to rescue.

"Now, we have another problem, that is Ron... I heard that Ron and Agnes are also staying at the Morick Hotel where Dolores went." Duke Schultz frowned and raised a key question.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

It is easy to kill Dolores, but it is extremely difficult to kill her in front of Ron. If you are not careful, Ron might kill them all.

But don't forget that Ron had already annihilated tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the palace.

This damn bastard is a brutal and cruel butcher.

As for Ron, he has hardly come out since he checked into the Morik Hotel. No one knows what is going on.

"Everyone, Ron is not worth mentioning now." Another marquis stood up and said quickly: "I admit that the guy is very strong. If he was in his prime, we really would not be his opponent."

"But you should also know about the movement at the Dawn Goddess Church. A large area of ​​the church was torn apart, and it is said that a large canyon a hundred meters wide appeared on the entire land."

"At that time, Ron was at the critical moment of breaking through the realm. He was disturbed by such an attack. Not only did he fail to break through successfully, but he even fell back in realm and was seriously injured."

"I have been staying at the Morik Hotel these days. I haven't even left the house. I am just recovering from my injuries."

"Then Dolores must have gone to the hotel to visit Ron. Everyone, this is a golden opportunity for us. If we don't seize it, then when Ron recovers, we will be the ones to die."

After these words were spoken, many nobles were moved.

If you want to deal with Dolores, you must face Ron.

Otherwise, even if they could kill Dolores, with Ron's character, he would dare to kill them all. Only by killing Dolores and Ron at once could they rest assured.

"Is your information accurate?"

"Of course it is accurate. This information was provided to me by a lord named Bach. He was originally a thief directly under Holt 474. He is very skilled in spying and has made great contributions. I dare to guarantee in the name of my family that the information he provided is absolutely correct."

"Besides, he is also a noble, so he is naturally on our side!"

"Before, he also provided a lot of information to Holt 474..."

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