Maltas walked up to King Yarogerk.

"Your Majesty, I have defeated Kadoc, and you have seen it with your own eyes. I will become the strongest man in the Kingdom of Vigia. Do you think this title has no meaning?"

King Yarogelk was all smiles. Yes, he had long been annoyed with the crazy Kadok. Kadok did not salute him and rushed into the castle hall with a sword. All these rude behaviors had already made King Yarogelk disappointed and angry. This time he was able to see a polite Maltas, and most importantly, the martial power of Maltas was even higher than that of Kadok. Such a guy must be trained by himself.

"Of course, Maltas, now you are not only my captain of the guards, but more importantly, I now grant you the title of the strongest person in the Kingdom of Vigia."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Maltas bowed respectfully to King Yarogelk. Such a performance was so satisfying that King Yarogelk couldn't help but glance at everyone present.

Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, King Yarogelk was basically certain that almost everyone was very positive about Maltas's performance, and most people were very dissatisfied with a guy like Kadok.

Who would like a guy who is bloodthirsty and cruel, and behaves crazy and rudely at other times?

Count Degran did not say a word, and one could tell from his expression that he felt very uncomfortable. After all, this title should have been given to his son, but now it seemed that it was too late.

What he cares about most now is his son. As long as his son is there, he will at least be the second in the Kingdom of Vigia. He is his only support in the Kingdom of Vigia. As a political veteran, Count Daeglan naturally needs to find a supporter. If Kadoc dies, he will be excluded by the group of old nobles in the Kingdom of Vigia.

Maybe at that time they would send an assassin to kill me, and since I don't have a suitable heir, this territory would be divided up by that group of nobles.

"Your Majesty, I see that the written test is over. Why don't we arrange for you to have a good rest? You see, you have read a lot today, and your body should be a little tired. We can discuss those important matters after you have a good rest."

"Okay, let's do as you say."

There was suddenly a sense of coping in King Yarogerk's tone. He left because Maltas defeated Kadok. The most important purpose of this trip was to discuss national affairs, but Maltas's defeat of Kadok changed everything.

On the second day, King Yarogerk did not speak another word to Count Daeglana. She left Dehrim and headed for her territory, Zhivadin.

Obviously, King Yarogelk's original plan is not enough for him to implement now, because the plan cannot keep up with the changes. King Yarogelk has Kadok, so the Khergit Khanate will not attack him. And now he has another peerless strong man like Maltas. As long as Maltas leads the troops to attack the Nord Kingdom, even if he does not beg for the help of the Khergit Khanate in a humble manner, he can still defeat the Nord Kingdom. King Yarogelk seems to have made up his mind to implement such a plan.

The country will become the greatest king!

King Yarogerk suddenly became like a young man, full of vigor and vitality, and now he felt that he was invincible.

This is a state without any sense of crisis.

When Count Degran saw King Yarogelk leaving his territory the next day, he felt a pang in his heart. That's right, King Yarogelk had left him.

But he originally wanted to discuss some things with me, but I didn't expect him to leave without saying a word. What does this mean? It simply means that he no longer takes me seriously.

So what should I do next? Without the support of King Yarogerk, the old lords of the Kingdom of Weijia will definitely tear me to pieces. Who doesn't want their territory to be bigger? And an outsider like me, a lord who came from a destroyed country like the Kingdom of Swadia, will naturally become the target of the entire Kingdom of Vigia.

Please think about it carefully. If the entire Kingdom of Vijia is a piece of cake, then naturally the fewer people there are, the larger the piece of cake they get. Now that Count Dagranna is the only one dividing this piece of cake, it will naturally cause dissatisfaction among others.

A strong sense of crisis suddenly appeared in Count Degran's mind.

I am a lord who should have disappeared. I am just lingering on on this continent.

Exile is the fate I deserve.

Count Daeglana lowered his head while sitting on a chair in his lord's hall, not daring to look at anyone in front of him, until a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"Father, my injury has healed. I want to challenge Maltas to another duel."

Kadok had already grasped his evil sword, Blood of Tyrant, in his hand, with anger flashing in his eyes. If Maltas were here, Kadok would definitely fight with Maltas without any mercy.

"He's gone, gone with King Yarogerk."

The eyes of Count Daglan were extremely lifeless, and his face expressed endless despair. Total despair was the most appropriate description of him.

Cadoc seemed to see Count Dagran's discouragement, or rather, Count Dagran's discouraged look, even a dead dog could see his current mental state. Although Cadoc was crazy, he was not a fool, so he could see what his father was thinking.

"Father, what are you worried about? I will definitely defeat Maltas. I am the strongest person on the continent. No one can defeat me! I am just a temporary failure."

Kadoc was not trying to comfort his father. He just felt that his father seemed very disappointed in him. After he was defeated by Maltas, his father's attitude changed immediately, and Kadoc could tell at a glance. No matter what, Kadoc must defeat Maltas.

"Really? I think it's hard for you to have another chance to fight Maltas. I have many years of experience, and I can see from here that King Yarogelk has decided to lead his soldiers to attack the Nordic Kingdom, and my territory, the city of Dehrim, is now located in the south of the Kingdom of Vigia. We border the Khergit Khanate. If King Yarogelk leads his troops to attack the Nordic Kingdom, then the Khergit Khanate will definitely take action, and then you and I will be unable to get away. Our primary goal is naturally to defend our own territory. At that time, the enemy we face is the army of the Khergit Khanate. Not Maltas."

Count Daigranna is also a political veteran, and he naturally sees such problems very clearly. King Yarogerk's arrogance is no less than that of Kadoc. With powerful people like Maltas and Kadoc in his power, how can he not be arrogant?

"Really? I will kill anyone who tries to stop me from fighting Maltas. Even King Yarogelk can't stop me. And those bastards from the Kugit Khanate can't stop me either!"

This sentence immediately awakened Count Dagranna, and a bold idea suddenly came into his mind, which was to overthrow King Yarogelk.

From the moment King Yarogerk left, Count Daigran already knew what King Yarogerk was thinking. He was a political veteran. If Maltas defeated the Nordic Kingdom, he would definitely reward him with a piece of territory. At the same time, the value of his group of people would not be reflected, and they would definitely be excluded by the Vikia nobles. After all, Maltas would also come to share a piece of the cake, and the more cake Lin Lesao would get. If he wanted to protect his own interests, he would naturally have to let one person withdraw from the ranks of sharing the cake. Obviously, as the former lord of the Kingdom of Swadia, Count Daigran would definitely be the first target of exclusion.

All this will happen very quickly, and if I don't take any action, I will just be waiting to die.

In that case, why don't I start a political war and overthrow King Yarogerk? This is better than sitting and waiting for death. Besides, I have my own son Kadoc, and it is not impossible for me to split the Kingdom of Vaegir into two again. My son is good at collective combat. After killing an enemy, he will replenish his physical strength and have a strong ability to fight continuously. He can't beat Maltas in a single fight, but Kadoc is the best person to massacre the army.

“对了，就是这样，我的儿子啊，你是否想要和马尔塔斯一较高下？我会让你实现这个愿望的。这一次你将会在乱军之中取下他的脑袋。”

马尔塔斯再回到日瓦丁的路上，他知道自己的计划已经成功了一部分，接下来就开始挑动戴格兰那伯爵谋反篡位。

每一个国家都有一个合理的宣称者，尽管这些宣称者得到的宣称来历各不相同，但是总有一点，他们总是能挑战当前的合法国王。维吉亚王国作为大陆上面的一个国家，自然也不例外。

私生子维迪姆王子便是维吉亚王国的一个合法宣称者，当初维吉亚王国的统治者亚罗格尔克国王的父亲，他的前任死掉之后，亚罗格尔克国王的父亲继任的王位，而前任有一个私生子，那便是维迪姆王子，私生子没有任何的继承权，但是在某些时候却起到了至关重要的作用。一些反动者就会打起旗号推举这些私生子为王。

一切都按照马尔塔斯的计划行事，维迪姆王子按照预定的计划来到了德赫瑞姆。

马尔塔斯认真的分析过戴格兰那伯爵的意愿，戴格兰那伯爵可以打起光复斯瓦迪亚王国的旗帜，紧接着向维吉亚王国的亚罗格尔克国王宣战，但是这样做无疑是死路一条，戴格兰那伯爵的实际控制权只有德赫瑞姆这一个城市，诚然，德赫瑞姆原先是属于斯瓦迪亚王国的，达起这一个奇号并不难，但是斯瓦迪亚王国已经被大陆上面的四个国家给瓜分了，按理说他对维吉亚王国宣战，只能够收复一部分来自于斯瓦迪亚王国的领土，而仅凭这一部分领土是无法打败强大的维吉亚王国的，很快亚罗格尔克国王在反应过来了之后就会派遣大军彻底消灭戴格兰那伯爵。

但是换一种方法，维迪姆王子对维吉亚王国有着合法的宣称权，戴格兰那伯爵以拥立维迪姆王子为旗号，这样的话戴格兰那伯爵也许就有机会吞并整个维吉亚王国。

因为，维迪姆王子和亚罗格尔克国王实际上都来自于同一个家族，维吉亚王国的领主效忠的其实是这一个家族的合法继任者，因此无论效忠谁都算不上是背叛，他们还是忠诚于维吉亚王国，这样的话，在戴格兰那伯爵进攻维吉亚王国的时候，就可以大张旗鼓的劝降那些对亚罗格尔克国王心怀不满的领主，在许下了一些利益之后，那些领主就会临阵倒戈，对于他们来说背叛亚罗格尔克国王并不等于背叛维吉亚王国。

试想一下，在招收了一些领主之后，对付维吉亚王国岂不是要更加容易一些？戴格兰那伯爵要是以光复斯瓦迪亚王国为名义来作战的话，原先的那些维吉亚王国要是投降便是叛国。

首先叛国便是一个大大的罪名，必定会影响他们的声誉，这样的人不受人待见，其次，如果真的光复了斯瓦迪亚王国的话，那些投降的维吉亚王国的贵族岂不就是低人一等，在他们之上的自然是斯瓦迪亚王国的贵族，谁愿意低人一等呢？

若是光复斯瓦迪亚王国，一定会遭到维吉亚王国的领主的猛烈反击，如果是拥立维迪姆王子为王的话，那么反击的程度就会少很多，而且，一定会有很多领主抱着看戏的态度在一旁观看，投靠谁都并不上犯下重大的过错，既然这样的话定然是要投靠对自己更加有利的一方。

这样做的话胜算岂不是更大？

因此，戴格兰那伯爵一定会对这一个送上门的维迪姆王子多加利用，而维迪姆王子前往德赫瑞姆自然是马尔塔斯一手安排的。

在德赫瑞姆的城堡大厅，这一单大厅的大门被打开了。一名传令兵畏惧的经过卡多克的身边，当然了他的问一句肯定要比之前少一些，毕竟他也知道了卡多克被打败的消息，这使得他再也不认为卡多克是一个战无不胜的神呢。

“领主大人，我们在城市里面看到了一个长得像维迪姆王子的人，按照王国内部的法律，亚罗格尔克国王已经降维迪姆王子给驱逐出境，我们应该行使这样的法律。将维迪姆王子给驱逐出去。”

对于维迪姆王子这样有力的竞争者，亚罗格尔克国王自然不会让这些家伙留在自己的国内为自己惹事。在不能够杀掉他们的前提之下驱逐他们当然是最好的选择。

突然听见维迪姆王子的到来，戴格兰那伯爵简直欣喜若狂，这一切都是上天给自己安排好了，没错，就是要自己拥立维迪姆王子为王，没错，就是这样！”

戴格兰那伯爵几乎是激动的说不出话来了。

“快……快把他给我叫过来，其实，我的意思是说我要亲自和他谈一谈，毕竟他也是一个中国的人不是吗问哈我们不能用这么野蛮的方式来对待这样的一个家伙，即便说他被亚罗格尔克国王下令驱逐出境，但是他们的血脉也要比我们更加尊贵不是吗？”

那一个传令兵半信半疑的看着戴格兰那伯爵，他是一个彻彻底底的维吉亚人，这么一说似乎也有些道理，毕竟戴格兰那伯爵是他的长官，是他的领主，因此，她也不得不遵守戴格兰那伯爵的命令。

这一天对于私生子维迪姆王子来说是幸运的一天，因为他突然就得到了一个消息，在德赫瑞姆的戴格兰那伯爵想要谋反，虽然说维迪姆王子也讨厌谋反这一个词，但是现在的他是唯一能够帮助自己夺回王位的人物。

没错，维迪姆王子现在一无所有，他唯一合法宣称的维吉亚王国才是他的目标，到处流浪现在是他的真实的写照，只有夺回了维吉亚王国的王位，才会结束这一个现状，我本来应该有一个家的，但是那个可恶的光头谋夺了我的财产，而且更为可恶的是他还不让自己回家。

当城堡大厅的大门再一次被打开，一个相貌英俊的男子就此走进了戴格兰那伯爵的大厅内部，在戴格兰那伯爵的身边站立的卡多克，其他的一众侍卫部都被清理下去了，他们这些侍卫都被戴格兰那伯爵叫去干别的事情了。这就是为了方便他们三个的密谋。

“你就是维吉亚王国的合法宣称者私生子维迪姆王子？”

私生子维迪姆王子长得极其标致，他是一个英俊的帅哥，一头爽朗的头发，比起那一个光头亚罗格尔克国王他可是要强的多。

“当然，戴格兰那伯爵，我知道你之前是斯瓦迪亚王国的领主，我也能够想象得到你现在的处境，没错，我知道你已经失宠了，亚罗格尔克国王并不在器重于你，他现在有了新的靠山，这也就意味着你被维吉亚王国的老贵族给排挤的可能性将会大大增加，你一个外人如果想要在维吉亚王国生存下去的话，没有国王的庇护，简直是难如上青天。”

维迪姆王子似乎也是在暗中观察一般，直截了当的便说出了现在戴格兰那伯爵的处境，没错，对于戴格兰那伯爵来说的话，此时此刻确实是一个很尴尬的处境。

不过幸好，对于戴格兰那伯爵来说的话，他的拯救者已经出现在他的面前呢，他要牢牢的把握这一次的机会，他已经决定了，把维迪姆王子丽为自己一个忠心的傀儡，到时候自己就可以在暗你在暗中操作整个维吉亚王国，而对于维迪姆王子来说，他现在是否愿意做自己忠心的傀儡还是一个未知数。

“我听说过你的故事，说实话，我现在越来越为这个国家感觉到担忧了，亚罗格尔克国王现在行事方法越来越嚣张，我可以隐约的猜到，亚罗格尔克国王现在试图进行两线作战，栽他的西边，诺德王国盘踞在他原本的领土，我们才刚刚经历过一场大战，国力尚未得到恢复，而在南边，库吉特汗国的元气并未得到实质性的打击，如果维吉亚王国两线作战，一定会招来灭顶之灾，我觉得这样的人已经不适合在他的王位上面坐下去了。”

戴格兰那伯爵一副忠心为国的模样，看他演戏的技巧，恐怕任何一个人都会认为他是一个忠心耿耿的忠臣，但是实际上他却是在为自己而谋划的。

维迪姆王子对于戴格兰那伯爵毫不避讳的说出了不适合在皇位上面继续做下去了这一句话，他就知道自己来对了地方，这是维吉亚王国的一个领主，自己可以借助他的力量兴起一场内战，纠集一批对亚罗格尔克国王不满的领主，到时候如果事情得以成功，自己将会拿回属于自己的东西。

“如此说来，你有何打算？”

王子算是试探性问道，他想要知道戴格兰那伯爵是否有意愿要拥立他作维吉亚王国的国王。

Count Dagran was a shrewd man, so he naturally understood the hidden meaning behind Prince Vidim's words. He was testing whether he was willing to support him to become the king of the Kingdom of Vigia.

"I think you are more suitable to be the king of the Kingdom of Vaegir than anyone else. King Yarogerk is old and now insane. He thinks he is invincible. This is all wrong. For the safety of this country and the fate of the entire Kingdom of Vaegir, I have decided to follow your footsteps and let you ascend the throne of the Kingdom of Vaegir."

After hearing what Count Dagland said, the prince was so excited that he was speechless.