Second Prince Dominguez finally got his opportunity to lead an army, but it was not that unexpected. After all, this prince was known for his talent and intelligence, and Emperor Yassin loved him. However, the appointment of Fourth Prince Chrystal was something that many people didn’t understand. Everyone knew that this prince was someone who couldn’t be helped. He was arrogant, lacking talent, and short-sighted.
After all, this war wasn’t child’s play! Giving more than 100,000 soldiers to someone like him seemed like a rash decision! Many people felt like this quick and unreasonable decision by the Royal Family and the Imperial Military Headquarters was going to come back and harm the Empire!
“Could it be that Emperor Yassin who is severely ill is trying to test all the candidates and pick the person for the throne?” people thought.
Emperor Yassin had ten kids, four boys and six girls. Except for Crown Prince Arshavin, Second Prince Dominguez, Fourth Prince Chrystal, and Elder Princess Tanasha who were mature, the other five princesses were all too young. Second Princess Cheryl was only 14 years old, and she wasn’t given the official title yet. Therefore, she wasn’t active in the noble circle at St. Petersburg.
Out of Emperor Yassin’s ten kids, the most mysterious one was the Third Prince.
Except for the birth record and the title, everything else about this prince was a mystery.
According to the memories of the elderly ministers, this prince alongside his mother, who was the most beloved queen of Emperor Yassin, disappeared one-month after birth. Since this queen was not from a noble family, all kinds of rumors were passed around.
Some people said that this queen who had an ordinary background offended Emperor Yassin, so she was asked to commit suicide with her son. Others said that Third Prince died due to illness right after birth, and that queen soon passed away because she was too sad and couldn’t live on. Also, some people believed that this ordinary queen was mighty and left Zenit after giving birth to the Third Prince, and some people stated that the Third Prince was talented and was taken as a disciple by a very powerful master.
Except for Emperor Yassin and a few elderly ministers who knew a thing or two, no one else had any idea about the Third Prince.
The only thing was that even though this Third Prince never appeared, the Royal Family didn’t remove his title and take his name off the record. The Third Prince’s mansion in St. Petersburg was empty for all these years, but it was well-managed and fixed by the Royal Family. Although it cost money and resources to keep up this empty mansion, it wasn’t stopped. Therefore, it seemed to suggest that this mysterious Third Prince was still alive in this world.
Fei was quite curious about the mysterious Third Prince was well.
Using the [Letter Office]’s networks in St. Petersburg, Fei tried to get more information on the Third Prince. However, nothing came up, so he had to give up on his curiosity.
Since it seemed like Emperor Yassin was trying to pick the next right ruler of Zenit, all the old events were mentioned. According to the laws and traditions of the Empire, all the mature princes could become the next emperor, and the person with the most abilities would be picked. Therefore, the Third Prince who disappeared but was still alive was also a candidate, and he couldn’t be overlooked.
No one could say for sure that the Third Prince who had disappeared for a long time would never jump out from somewhere and fight for the throne.
Fei’s curiosity was intrigued again at this news.
However, that was only a momentary thought. After all, Fei had more important things to do at the moment instead of trying to learn about the gossips surrounding the Royal Family of Zenit.
Right now, the most urgent matter for him was to figure out what was going on with these skeletons, whether it was the golden skeleton that got revived or that bloody-red skeleton.
Fei had a feeling that these things were connected. Therefore, the king was determined to go to the Leon Empire after hearing about that mysterious master from Buckingham. He wanted to see if he would be lucky enough to run into this mysterious master or at least get some clues.
In addition, going to the Leon Empire wasn’t that big of a detour from the original plan, so it wasn’t a big change.
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-The seventh day-
Fei received the intelligence report from the [Letter Office], and he learned of shocking news that the Royal Family didn’t spread using the official channels.
After the united troops confirmed that Fei was inside the Capital of Byzantine, they formed an assassination squad made of all Moon-Class Elites and tried to kill all the prominent members of the Royal Family and the ministers when no top-tier masters were protecting St. Petersburg.
In the beginning, this plan was working, and it went smooth, taking Zenitians by surprise.
The assassination squad quickly got into St. Petersburg and destroyed the troops who were there to stop them, getting very close to the Royal Palace of Zenit.
Just as they were about to wipe out the entire Royal Palace, a mysterious master suddenly dashed out of the Royal Palace and killed the entire assassination squad; none of the Moon-Class Elites survived. They were all exterminated on the square about 100 meters away from the Royal Palace.
This mysterious master didn’t disclose his identity, and he only appeared for a few seconds.
According to the description of the intelligence worker of the [Letter Office], just as the Royal Palace was about to be broken, a dash of blue light suddenly rushed out and instantly destroyed more than ten Moon-Class Elites in a few moves, including a peak Full Moon Elite and a level 9 mid-tier Full Moon Elite.
That mysterious master was enveloped by a blue light, and no one saw what he looked like and what techniques he used. However, one thing was clear; this mysterious master was a friend and not an enemy. In addition, this person might be a Sun-Class Lord or very close to it.
This news surprised the people in St. Petersburg to their cores, and it shocked their enemies. It wasn’t less significant compared to the news that the King of Chambord was a Sun-Class Lord.
In fact, the Royal Family of Zenit was even more mysterious in people’s eyes.
“How can a level 1 empire have such a vast accumulation of power?” they thought to themselves.
The Ten-Empire United Troops failed again. They were trying to take advantage of Zenit when the King of Chambord wasn’t in, but they lost more than ten Moon-Class Elites again.
Including the Moon-Class Elites who were killed by the King of Chambord during the defensive battle at St. Petersburg, the Ten-Empire United Troops had lost more than 20 Moon-Class Elites! Even though this alliance comprised of ten empires, such losses were too much to take!
Many people were trying to guess the identity of that mysterious master, and all kinds of rumors were passed around.
However, only Fei knew who that mysterious master was.
With this person inside St. Petersburg, the city would be safe even if the enemies got a Sun-Class Lord to attack Zenit.
This was one of the reasons why Fei was confident enough to leave the Empire and go on a trip.
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-The eighth day-
Something else happened in Zenit that caught people’s attention.
Chambord sent out an elite team of 300 bylaw enforcement officers that was led by Lampard and Old Aryang. They joined the forces of Second Prince Dominguez and participated in the battles in the southern region of the Empire.
Although 300 soldiers weren’t much in the grand scheme of things, it was an important signal.
Many people were speculating and felt like the King of Chambord who was now the Imperial Martial Saint was telling others that he was still standing on the side of Second Prince Dominguez.
It was public information that Lampard was one of the 12 gold saints of Chambord, and he was the Gold Leon Saint. His strength had reached Moon-Class, and no one knew exactly how powerful he was.
Most importantly, this man was one of the most trusted people of the King of Chambord, and he was the King of Chambord’s respected senior. The fact that he was leading the soldiers showed the great support that Chambord had toward the Second Prince.
However, a lot of people weren’t familiar with Old Aryang, the strategist.
Right now, no one knew how this insignificant person in their eyes was going to change the outcome of the war in the southern region of Zenit and the fate of the Empire.
By the time they realized who this person was, he would already be one of the most brilliant generals of the Chaos Era.
