Chapter 298 Letter from the Lich
In the capital of Ryan, James Watson has been busy in his court.
His workload had become much heavier recently, but not because Ryan had more problems.
On the contrary, after the emperor used magic dragon weapons to make the Lion people who were watching the ceremony younger, the Lion people could be said to be united, and the turmoil caused by the death of the Silver Moon Knight was eliminated.
In the hearts of the Ryan people, the Dragon Armor is the real national treasure, and it will not lose its effectiveness just because someone gets older.
James Watson's work became busier because many people in the court resigned. These people were the backbones that James Watson had trained for many years.
When Allen was accused of treason, they believed the rumors, expressed indignation at his supreme judgement, and chose to resign.
Among the newly recruited people, there are not many who are truly capable, so they can only be used as is.
This gives James Watson more work to do.
If it were just this, James Watson could still hold on, the bigger trouble comes from Ryan's little emperor.
Ever since he put on the magic dragon armor and flew around, his reputation has reached an unprecedented high.
Everyone originally thought that the newly appointed little emperor would be just busy having children like the previous ones, but now that they see that he can "shoulder the heavy responsibility", they naturally give the emperor great support.
And with this support, the emperor could put pressure on James Watson.
The young emperor had long disliked this old man. Since he ascended the throne, this Supreme Judge had been constantly finding fault with him and had no respect for him at all.
The young emperor had the right to replace the Supreme Judgement, but according to Ryan tradition, the Supreme Judgement required a legendary priest of light. Of course, there was more than one legendary priest of light in the empire, but the problem was that most of them were students of James Watson.
The rest also respected this supreme judge.
In other words, when the little emperor wanted to change people, no one was willing to take over.
The Supreme Judgment had done nothing wrong and had worked diligently for so many years. His contributions were obvious to all. If the emperor wanted to replace him, wouldn't that be a mess? If he took over the position of the Supreme Judgment, wouldn't he be scolded by the Ryan people?
It was like this before, but it is different now.
First of all, Allen's "treason" made many ordinary people in Lane criticize James Watson. In particular, James Watson insisted on using Lane law as the standard and did not apologize to the public. He firmly believed that Allen had not made any mistakes in retiring.
As a result, James Watson's reputation was seriously damaged.
Now that the emperor has regained his prestige, if he asks for a replacement, I believe many people will be willing to accept this position of supreme judgement.
Because of this complicated background, the staff in the court became even more restless and did not want to work properly.
James Watson worked alone in the court until late at night before he finally finished processing the last document.
He rubbed his shoulders, which were already sore and numb, and cast a spell on himself. James Watson found that if the healing spell was used too much in a short period of time, the effect would be greatly reduced. He had only heard of this before, but had never experienced it himself.
After finally relaxing his muscles, James Watson finally had time to pick up the private letters and read them.
The first one was a business greeting from the Archdruid of Emerald Dream Forest. The druids were also very concerned about the appearance of the Dragon Armed Forces, so they sent inquiries in their personal capacity.
James Watson organized his words, responded with some polite words, and did not reveal much information.
The second letter was from James Watson’s eldest son, who was currently stationed at the border. He had served in the army for more than twenty years, but his talent was average and he had not yet been promoted to a legend.
This son was once the pride of James Watson, but this letter was full of blame for his younger brother Allen. Because of Allen, he suffered discrimination in the army, and was even forced to publicly distance himself from Allen. He knew that James Watson did not blame Allen, so he wrote back to explain the situation to his father, saying that he had no choice, and also implicitly said that his father was too indulgent to Allen, which led to the current situation.
James Watson closed his eyes in pain. This was the last thing he wanted to see.
It’s not that he couldn’t bear to see his eldest son being implicated. What he couldn’t bear to see was his eldest son’s degeneration. It was because his education was such a failure.
James Watson knew that if he raised the banner of rebellion, his eldest son would definitely stand against him.
But Ryan has really fallen.
James Watson was not going to reply, because no matter whether it was him or his son, the concepts they had established since childhood were already deeply rooted in their bones, and it would be useless to say anything more. Let him choose his own future path.
When James Watson saw the signature on the third letter, he became furious.
What the hell is this, Infinite Trazyn? Although I don't know the name, I can recognize who it is just by looking at the font. It's the money-grubbing lich.
What does this damn lich want to do? !
Anger diluted the previous sadness. James Watson opened the letter and found two parchments inside. The first one turned out to be a magic contract with Alan's handprint on it.
"Two hundred thousand gold coins?! This lich!"
James Watson was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He had no choice but to pay this time.
When Allen was kidnapped before, he could refuse to pay the ransom, but this time it was a debt, and he had no evidence to prove that Allen was forced. A magic-destroying sword was indeed worth the price, so he couldn't find any problem with it.
As for the son's debt being paid by the father, every kingdom on the continent does this, and it is a convention that does not need to be written down. The reason is simple, every kingdom's nobles now act in the name of the family.
If Allen got into trouble, James Watson would be affected, and his other son who was far away in the frontier would also be affected. This is the principle of the nobility that everyone prospers together and everyone suffers together. Allen owed money and asked James Watson for it, which was justified and no one could find fault with it.
Even though James Watson knew that this must be the lich's plan, he had no choice but to accept it.
He has abided by the law all his life, and he would not let James Watson violate his principles even if the other party was a lich.
It’s only two hundred thousand, he can afford it!
After reading the first IOU, James Watson looked at the second parchment, which contained a shocking piece of news.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Rose Spider Queen was killed by the lich? And she was stripped of four priesthoods? James Watson wanted to say that Amber was bragging, but James Watson also knew Amber's habits.
He could lie, but he would never make up something that could be easily exposed.
Regardless of the process, it seems that the Spider Queen Rose really had her position as a priestess taken away by him.
How did a mere lich do this? James Watson was puzzled. The contrast between the two was too strong. The Rose Spider Queen was not one of those weak gods who could be easily killed by mortals.
James Watson quickly gave up thinking because he had no time to waste. Amber mentioned in the letter that the elven gods would probably go to war with the Rose Spider Queen's pantheon because of this. The war between the gods would definitely be the fuse for the next chaos in the world, and James Watson had to be prepared in advance.
After mentioning so much, Amberxiu finally asked about the Dragon Armor. James Watson thought for a while, and finally sighed, picked up the pen and wrote him a reply.
This is an exchange of interests. Amber gave him so much important information, James Watson could only reciprocate and tell him what he wanted to know, otherwise there would be no next exchange of information.
The lich was very cautious and did not mention who would eventually hold the four priesthoods. This clearly told James Watson that he still had a lot of explosive material.
James Watson really wanted to know, so he could only tell him the information about the Dragon Armed Forces first.
But James Watson didn't know much. He only knew that the royal family suddenly agreed to display the dragon weapons, and then the little emperor put them on and began to fly around the city, spreading grace to the people of Ryan in the imperial capital.
However, James Watson mentioned in the letter that before the little emperor put on the dragon armor, an elderly member of the royal family appeared in the palace, and the two stayed in the secret room for a long time.
The use of the dragon weapon must be related to this old man, but James Watson had no way to figure out the truth. After all, everything about the royal family was kept secret, and only they knew it. Even the replacement of the emperor was decided by the royal family, and they, the ministers, had no say at all.
After writing this, James Watson added: "Because of the dragon arming, the morale of the empire has greatly increased, and it will send troops to the tieflings in the short term."
James Watson didn't know why he wrote this sentence. Does this count as exposing state secrets?
Strictly speaking, not really, because this was just James Watson's own guess. The Empire was on guard against him everywhere, especially the newly appointed Minister of War, who was blatantly hostile to him.
I heard that when Silver Moon Knight passed away, Allen was the only one by his side, and the Minister of War, as the grandson of Silver Moon Knight, was not able to see him for the last time.
Later, when Allen left, the Minister of War was furious and cursed James Watson in the court more than once. The conflict between the two sides could be said to be very deep.
Even with so many reasons, providing such information to Ambersu seemed like treason.
James Watson's pen tip stopped on the letter paper until the ink stained a large area black before he reacted.
Finally, he picked up the pen and erased the last sentence before sealing the parchment in an envelope.
No matter what the excuse is, you must not violate your principles.
Even though James Watson has determined that Ryan has fallen, he is still Ryan's supreme judge. He cannot break the law knowingly, otherwise he will only push the empire into a deeper abyss.
(End of this chapter)