Chapter 721 Xius, are you also afraid of death?
"How are the preparations for the lighting ceremony going?"
Xius sat behind his desk, leisurely flipping through the report in his hand.
This is Blood Harbor. After he explained Beatrice's matter to Zoe, he came here without stopping to take charge of the work.
Zoe was originally the chief clerk of Blood Harbor, but now Erwin is acting as the acting secretary. In fact, Josh is a better candidate, but Hughes hopes that the Secret Order can operate independently of Castel's bureaucratic system, so he did not let him interfere too much.
In addition to Erwin, Tata is also here. He is mainly responsible for the construction of the energy center, and there are many projects that need to be connected.
"There's no problem on my side. The energy center has been debugged and will be ready for use once Basel moves in. There's also ample redundancy this time, so there's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong." Tata assured, patting his chest.
In fact, the ignition of the stellar furnace was not completely smooth sailing. It was just that enough materials were piled up during construction to leave room for various accidents.
It would be impossible to figure it out by letting the sea god mess around in the furnace.
Hughes glanced at Tata. He felt reassured about this. Tata was best at stacking materials. The new ship he had designed, complete with rams, catapults, a flight deck, and machine gun emplacements, was a thousand meters long and had left a deep impression on Hughes.
The quality of Castel's industrial products has also been tested by time. Even the sea god was burned in it. What kind of waves can a little Bazel cause?
Hughes turned to look at Erwin: "What about you?"
"The scene is set up. The outer perimeter is under the control of the Secret Order, while the interior is under the control of the Skitarii. The Inquisition has also sent two teams of Inquisitors."
"Wait." Hughes rubbed his brow. "Why is there still this matter of the Inquisition? What are they sending people for?"
"Oh, before, when Bazel attempted an assassination during his trial, they felt the courtroom wasn't safe enough, so they started training the Inquisitors in combat. Now they can conduct armed trials, and this was approved by you."
Hughes thought about it and it seemed that this was indeed the case. Chloe had mentioned it to him.
However, the judges are all civilians and there are few of them. How much combat power can they have?
"Okay, let them come if they want to. Apart from that, is everything else going well?"
"The prince refused to attend, saying he had more important things to do."
"Something more important?"
"Yes, that's what he said. By the way, his lord's mansion has recently been sealed off, and no one is allowed to approach."
Xius frowned when he heard this. What was going on?
Are you going to rebel?
Zeus was amused by this idea. Apart from anything else, even if the prince really went crazy and wanted to betray him, how could he start a rebellion?
The harbor guards under his command can basically only maintain public order. The troops recruited before are all outside Blood Harbor. The secret society in Blood Harbor has absolute infiltration of the lower levels. If the prince really wants to rebel, he can't even gather people.
Summoning evil gods without mentioning the mortal army?
Then Hughes must be so happy, one Bazel is not enough to burn, but he can add some fuel, is there such a good thing?
"Forget it, let him do whatever he wants. It's just a lighting ceremony." Hughes smiled and shook his head. "Where are the others?"
"We've sent messages to the Secret Order, Castel, the Fire Moth, and basically all the important organizations."
"Anyone have any comments?"
"Yes, the Banshees hope to decide on a name for the second furnace as soon as possible. They've also sent you a number of names for you to consider. There are probably over three thousand of them, and they're in the appendix of the report."
Hughes's eyes twitched. No wonder the report was so thick.
"Anything else?"
"No one has more opinions except Bazel."
Bazel? Hearing this name, Hughes smiled even more happily: "Let's go and listen to Bazel's opinion."
Bazel, the border earl of the Saint Mir Empire and now a prisoner, is currently in prison, looking up and looking at Zeus.
Hughes looked into his eyes and felt uncomfortable all over.
After all, a skeleton without any flesh and blood except for the eyeballs looks really weird.
"How did he grow eyes? Wasn't he just a skeleton before?"
"That's a long story." Erwin looked very strange.
"He refused to accept death."
"Huh? If you refuse to accept death, you can grow flesh and blood?"
"Ordinary people might not be able to do that, but he seems to possess extremely powerful strength. Although he cannot use it himself, he can cause many strange effects. And now he is extremely stubborn and refuses to accept death, so death has truly left him far behind."
"So, he's resurrecting?"
"Yes, I've asked a superhuman to take a look. If he continues to be stubborn like this for a few hundred years, he might really be resurrected." Erwin shrugged.
There is actually a danger. If he burns in the furnace for hundreds of years, he might be resurrected.
However, Hughes felt that if Blood Harbor developed for hundreds of years and couldn't even deal with Basel, it would be better for it to perish as soon as possible.
So he really doesn't care much and just believes in the wisdom of future generations.
"Why is he so stubborn and refuses to accept death?"
"Well, what he actually refuses to accept is the Queen's death."
Hearing the word "Queen", Bazel's eyes changed and he became crazy: "Your Majesty, Her Majesty Isabella is not dead! Her Majesty will never die! She will accept my eternal allegiance!!!"
As he spoke, he pounded on the iron door, and the sound of bones hitting the steel was crisp.
Now even Xius's expression became complicated.
It is hard to say whether the queen is dead or not, but even if she is not dead, what does it have to do with Bazel?
Zeus had sent people to investigate Basel's past a long time ago. He could indeed be considered a genius, but there were countless geniuses in the empire, and his talent could not even be ranked.
In terms of origin, he and Hughes were both illegitimate children, but there were differences between illegitimate children. Hughes's status as Border Earl was obtained by Duke Cohen from the Queen. Bazel? He got it through luck.
During that period, border earls died too quickly and some supplies were insufficient. It happened that Basel, a loyal follower of the royal family, came forward and got this identity.
On the contrary, he has truly established his position in the North, which is a reflection of his ability. If he had not been so twistedly convinced that the Queen was not dead, but had managed the territory seriously, perhaps he could have unified the entire North by now.
Unfortunately, now he can only unify the energy supply system of the entire Blood Harbor.
Feeling the pity in Hughes' eyes, Bazel suddenly calmed down. He stared at Hughes intently and said in a cold voice, "Count Hughes, what is the difference between you and me? Aren't you also rejecting your own death?"
(End of this chapter)
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