Chapter 316 Funeral (4k single update)
The capital of Syat.
In the huge and magnificent palace, a pale and tired old man wearing a gorgeous robe slowly opened his eyes full of sadness while sitting on the cold throne.
"I can feel him leaving..."
King Syat's expression was filled with sadness, pain, and even a hint of despair.
He recalled the more than one hundred years of getting along with the Duke of Dark Iron, all those little details, and the hand in hand progress together, which were things King Syat would never forget in his life.
In fact, compared with many of the achievements and glorious moments that followed, the moment when King Syat felt most joyful and happiest was when he officially announced the establishment of the Syat Kingdom.
At that time, both of them were still in high spirits. In the brutal war, Romen broke through to the middle monarch position before him, and then he followed suit.
The encirclement formed by the powerful monarchs among the natives of the East Coast was broken through and shattered by their two top powerhouses.
"That old guy is gone now. Who can stop me from now on?"
“Hehehe…”
Suddenly, there was a surprising change in King Syat's eyes.
The fatigue and pain in the old eyes suddenly disappeared, and were replaced by an inhuman coldness and determination.
He stood up from the cold throne and his voice echoed in the empty hall.
"Silver Poetry, the project that has been shelved for many years, it's time to restart it."
"Since he is gone, and the Silver Hermit has almost completely lost his extraordinary power due to excessive use of forbidden artifacts, there is no need to be afraid of him."
King Syat paused, his eyes gradually changed from cold to hot, he shook his head and continued: "So, no one can stop me anymore."
"But I don't have much time left, I have to hurry..."
After a while, the court mage "Silver Poetry" Afafu walked out from the shadows in the corner.
The silver-haired woman remained silent and nodded slightly.
"I see."
King Syat took a deep breath, and the firmness and determination in his eyes were like a sharp blade made of steel, capable of cutting through all the thorns ahead.
"The Lorn people are coming. They have driven us away for a hundred years. We built this place into a new home. Now the church has become corrupt with the Lorn people. Those Lorn people greedily want to get their hands on the eastern part of the continent."
"Sooner or later, they will regard Siat as their own and want to take away everything here!"
"I know very well that they will do so, because conquest and plunder are in the nature of the Lorn people."
"Everyone in this country is my people and children. It needs my salvation. Even if there are sacrifices, we cannot become the next Valer."
King Syat stared outside the hall and had already made up his mind.
"Absolutely not!"
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The news of the Duke of Dark Iron's death quickly spread throughout Syat.
This news shocked many people instantly. In the minds of many people, the Duke of Black Iron, who had lived for hundreds of years, was that lofty legend.
He will not die.
Why would such a person die?
It is simply incredible that he was not defeated by a stronger opponent, nor did he die in an epic battle. The final outcome was simply that he was murdered by time.
Regardless, people need to accept the facts.
The powerful Duke of Black Iron, one of the founders of Siat and the legendary hero, has really passed away.
Most of the nobles in Syat were invited to his funeral. Thousands of extraordinary nobles came from all over Syat, and the whole city was crowded with people.
In addition to the many invited nobles, a large number of people from Emerald Lake Province also came here spontaneously. They were all people who grew up listening to the stories of the Duke of Black Iron, and most of them had received kindness from that old man in Emerald Lake Province.
People sincerely worship this deceased hero.
Without him, there would undoubtedly be no Syat today.
There are also many wise people who are full of emotion. The death of the Black Iron Duke may mean that Siat and even the four eastern countries are about to enter a new era...
However, for the Roman family, which plays an important role in Syat, the death of the Duke of Black Iron was almost a fatal blow.
In fact, as long as the Duke of Black Iron was alive, the status of the Roman family would be second only to the Syat royal family. However, his death directly reduced the influence of the Roman family by more than half.
The Duke of Black Iron himself is at the top of the middle-ranking monarchs, and needless to say, his connections are spread across almost all the ten pillar families of the four eastern countries.
Although both "Dragon Tamer" Aldrich and "Star Man" Ariel are powerful monarchs, they cannot defeat the powerful Black Iron Duke even if they work together, and the gap in connections and influence is even greater.
In the first few years after the death of the Duke of Black Iron, the favors he left behind could still be used, but Aldrich knew in his heart that after just a dozen years, those so-called relationships would gradually fade.
At that time, the attitude of other big families towards the Roman family will basically depend on the value of himself and Ariel, and whether "Fire" Amos himself can become the monarch.
In the Roman family's luxurious reception room, the servants had all left very sensibly, leaving only six people in the hall who were holding a secret meeting.
They are Aldrich, Ariel, Amos from the Roman family, Bishop Zain from the Fussack family, and Byrne and Chris from the Fisher family.
Chris walked to the corner very calmly. Other people would have thought he was rude, but most of the people present were completely used to it.
Zain directly hugged Byrne, who had returned to his youth, and said happily, “It looks like I don’t have to attend your funeral. This is the only good news in recent times, Byrne.”
"Congratulations, Byrne!"
Aldridge sincerely extended his hand, smiled and shook hands with Byrne, and said happily: "You succeeded in becoming the monarch and did not leave us easily."
Ariel nodded and said calmly, "Very good, you are a person who keeps your promises."
"Well, I survived, and I can carry out the plan that we had agreed on long ago."
Byrne smiled and looked at Amos, the genius who used to be high and mighty and disdained socializing with people below him, but now bowed slightly and nodded respectfully to him as a strong man.
"Thank you in advance, Lord Byrne. If I can successfully break through to the level of a monarch, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life."
Amos' tone was sincere and his attitude was very humble.
Byrne could also understand the other party's thoughts. After all, breaking through the monarch level was the dream of almost every extraordinary person, and his help was indeed what those extraordinary people in the "transformation period" dreamed of.
Aldridge suddenly said: "Amos must break through as soon as possible. The situation of the Roman family is not very good now."
Byrne immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Aldridge said calmly: "Just two days ago, I received news that the Abernathy family, the 'Mist Walker', and the Castleton family, the 'Burning Blood Dragon', have begun to attack us in many industries..."
"So fast?" Ariel was stunned.
She was about to officially inherit the position of head of the Roman family and the title of duke, but she still knew many things one step later than Aldridge.
Byrne sighed, shook his head and said, "The Duke's funeral hasn't even ended yet, but those guys can't wait."
He thought back to the lord of Castleton, Lord Castleton.
That person's style of doing things was indeed very overbearing and extreme. It was not surprising that he did those things immediately after the death of the Duke of Black Iron.
The "Mist Walkers" Abernathy family is allied with the "Burning Blood Dragon" Castleton family, and of course they will work together on many decisions.
Aldrich continued, "The heads of the two families, the Burning Blood Dragon and the Mist Walker, are both powerful transcendents in the middle monarch position, second only to King Siat in strength."
"The combined power of their two families is far greater than that of the current Roman family."
"Although only some of our properties have been taken away by those two families, and it's far from a fight, but if in a dozen or even dozens of years, the internal conflicts in Syat escalate and even escalate to the point of a civil war, our Roman family must be able to fight back."
Byrne also agreed with Aldridge's point of view that the most important thing is not whether to initiate a battle, but to always have the power to participate in the battle.
Class, order, etiquette, they all tended to gradually collapse in the decades when the gods no longer delivered their oracles.
The most important change actually comes from the increasing depravity and worldliness of the orthodox churches.
Whether it was Byrne or Aldridge, they could vaguely feel that a huge and chaotic era was about to come.
Even the Duke of Dark Iron had noticed this terrible thing when he was alive.
Aldridge smiled and nodded, saying, "Byrne, with the help of your opportunity, we can quickly get through this period of weakness. Well, in fact, the most difficult part is the next twenty years. As long as I can reach the middle position of monarch within twenty years, the Roman family can return to its past glory."
Ariel sighed. The so-called glorious past was actually just a few months ago, and the future glory of the Roman family seemed to have nothing to do with her.
Although she had finally gotten the position of head of the family, she had to admit that she was only the head of the family in name only. Aldridge was completely superior to her in both strength and wisdom.
Moreover, he seemed to have a better talent for bloodline power than himself.
Ariel felt that she was crushed in all aspects, and she still felt unwilling deep in her heart, but she also knew that this was actually a good thing for the Roman family.
At this moment, Aldridge received a piece of information from his subordinates and immediately relayed it to everyone present.
"King Syat has entered the city."
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The funeral officially began.
The person who presided over the funeral of the Duke of Dark Iron was the Cardinal "Silver Hermit" of the Church of Redemption in Syat.
She was an elderly white-haired woman wearing silver clothes. She rarely appeared in people's sight. The last time she appeared was during the Rhea War.
In addition to the Pope who is regarded as the "God-man on earth", there are four powerful cardinals in the Church of Redemption, and the "Silver Hermit" is one of them.
She led the Syat people to settle on this land and fulfilled the oracle of the Lord of Redemption. She has always been revered by people.
In the four eastern countries, there are only two cardinals belonging to the Orthodox Church. One is the "Dark Waves" of the Storm Church in Cania, and the other is the "Silver Hermit" of the Redemption Church.
Among the four eastern countries, there are only two extraordinary people who have reached the position of monarch, except for the first king of Cania.
Standing in front of the familiar body, the elderly woman known as the Hermit kept her eyes downcast and remained silent.
"The Lord of Redemption will protect your soul, Duke. I am not worried about you, but what will happen to the future of the Roman family and Syat?"
She sighed and said, "Anyway, I no longer have the energy to care about those things."
Many nobles took turns to come forward to express their condolences, and a large number of Syat civilians in the city cried for the legendary hero, and almost everyone was praying for him.
However, an old man with burns all over his body was drinking silently in the tavern, but there was an unstoppable smile on the corners of his mouth. The death of the Duke of Black Iron made the ugly old man very happy.
Because fifty years ago he was still a so-called East Coast native, and he managed to blend into the Syat people only after he had his tattoos removed due to burns. Deep down in his heart he had always hated the Duke of Black Iron.
"You're finally dead, finally. I never thought I'd be able to witness this day. Haha, it's a pity that I'm still a little too late."
To the Syat people, the Duke of Black Iron is undoubtedly a great hero who founded the country. However, to the East Coast natives, whose numbers are becoming increasingly scarce and most of them have been assimilated into the four countries, that guy is the most terrifying devil!
At the funeral, people suddenly fell silent and their expressions became more serious.
Everyone's eyes turned towards the entrance.
King Syat, with a head full of white hair, walked slowly and steadily, and came in front of the people of the Roman family with sadness and calmness. Byrne and Chris were also here, and many nobles also came over.
His eyes were full of depth and sincerity as he gazed at Aldrich and Ariel as if he was looking at his closest children.
"My best brother is gone, and from now on, Aldridge, Ariel, you two are my children."
King Syat's voice gradually rose.
"Like everyone in this country, each of you is like a child in my heart who needs my careful protection and guidance."
"Don't worry, I will put this country on a better path."
Everyone bowed in greeting.
King Syat calmly stretched out his hand and took out a bronze bracelet. It was a forbidden item numbered "Guixu" with a three-digit number. It could gather a lot of sea water in a short period of time. Although it was not enough to kill the strong, it even had the ability to destroy a city.
"You'll need my support in the coming period, so take it."
Aldrich nodded, took the forbidden item with gratitude, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
King Syat looked around calmly and said loudly: "No matter when, the Yardley family will always stand with the loyal Roman family! That is a friendship that I will never forget, as solid as cast iron and fine steel!"
Everyone understood that King Syat was protecting the weak Roman family.
Then, King Syat turned around and whispered:
"Aldrich, Ariel, and Amos, after the funeral is over, you need to come to the capital. There I have many important matters to discuss with you in detail."
Ariel was stunned for a moment and asked, "But, can't we do it here?"
King Syat shook his head and said, "No, that matter is very important, and it also involves some secrets under the royal city. I simply cannot explain it to you here."
"It involves the legendary... Lost Lord."
(End of this chapter)
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