Bone King: Homemade plug-in, I am the god of destiny Chapter 194

“Audacious! They are simply audacious!”

Inside the conference hall of the Erantel Guest House, a large number of kingdom nobles gathered, with King Ramposa III seated on the throne.

Below the royal steps, Prince Barbro, the First Prince, his expression agitated after listening to the nobles report on the latest developments in the kingdom, clenched his fists and roared, “Father! We should immediately send troops to suppress those rebels and publicly behead Raven, the leader, and Count Aindora!”

“Exactly!”

“We absolutely cannot yield! We must unite to fight against those shameless rebels and the Destiny Cult supporting them from behind!”

As soon as Prince Barbro finished speaking, the other nobles in the hall echoed him, as if denouncing an archenemy.

Of course, the actual situation was not far off.

During the kingdom’s upheaval a month ago, Marquis Paulolope, the leader of the kingdom’s noble faction, and a large number of nobles were found to be colluding with the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick and were apprehended by the Destiny Church.

The Destiny Church then publicly tried the involved parties in major cities across the kingdom, exposing Marquis Paulolope’s treasonous acts while also extensively revealing the illegal activities of the kingdom’s nobles.

In the Re-Estize Kingdom, which noble would dare to claim they had never violated the kingdom’s laws?

Not only that, to ensure their own safety, many highly profitable illegal dealings were often joint ventures involving multiple nobles.

Therefore, this incident was like pulling up a radish and bringing out mud; not only the nobles captured by the Destiny Church, but even most of those present were implicated. Their family’s dark histories were brutally exposed before the kingdom’s populace, severely damaging their reputation and prestige.

Perhaps this was why Barbro was so furious.

Prince Zanac, the Second Prince, also standing below the royal steps, glanced at Barbro, who was like a raging bull on the other side, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.

During that upheaval, Brother Barbro not only lost his most powerful supporter, but he himself was also significantly affected.

Having long mingled within the noble circles, and being the son-in-law of the noble faction leader and an object of flattery for many nobles, Brother Barbro had the most direct or indirect involvement in illegal dealings among the implicated nobles.

Even the Eight Fingers organization, which he, Marquis Raven, and Renner had previously jointly suppressed, Brother Barbro also had ties to them.

If the kingdom were still in its peaceful past, with such a dark history exposed, Brother Barbro would at least have been stripped of his succession rights, wouldn’t he?

Unfortunately, the current situation was dire for everyone; it was no longer the time to discuss who would inherit the throne.

Zanac’s smile quickly vanished, and his expression became solemn.

After the public trial of Marquis Paulolope and other implicated nobles, that girl from the Aindora family had imprisoned them all.

At the same time, her father, Count Aindora, officially announced in his territory that he would follow divine guidance, raise an army to suppress all unrighteous nobles, and establish a new Re-Estize Kingdom.

Count Aindora’s actions received full support from Marquis Raven, one of the Six Great Nobles. Their combined forces conquered a large expanse of territory between the former capital and Marquis Raven’s domain, E-Rantel, in just one month, dividing the entire kingdom into three major parts.

And their military advance had not stopped; soon, they would march towards Erantel.

This situation was unusual.

Although the kingdom operated under a noble-ruled system, where each feudal noble could freely recruit soldiers within their territory, constrained by the noble’s own financial and material resources, the number of soldiers would definitely not be too large.

Even if Count Aindora had Marquis Raven’s help, they wouldn’t have enough troops to sustain such a relentless, rapid advance. At the very least, they would need some time to consolidate the conquered territories.

Did that church do something?

Zanac pondered secretly.

After Count Aindora issued his declaration of uprising, all branches of the Destiny Church in the major cities of the eastern kingdom withdrew from the cities and moved to the cities conquered by the uprising forces to stabilize the populace.

With those high-level professionals helping to stabilize the rear, it seemed not strange that the uprising army could focus on offense.

Thump-thump!

Ramposa III, who had been sitting on the throne, tapped the ground twice with his scepter. The agitated Barbro and the nobles quieted down, awaiting his instructions.

“I understand all your opinions, but I believe there might still be a possibility for us and the uprising forces to talk. After all, we are all nobles of this country; why should we come to such a hostile point?”

The old king said so.

However, the nobles clearly did not agree with his statement and voiced their objections.

“Your Majesty! Those rebels will not be willing to negotiate with us. Abandon this unrealistic idea.”

“Exactly. Now, besides raising an army to fight, we have no other path.”

…

Ramposa III looked at the nobles below who opposed reconciliation and felt a wave of weariness.

The possibility of successful negotiation was very small, even a luxury; how could he not understand this principle?

But given the current situation, even if everyone present exerted their full strength to raise an army, they probably would not be able to resist the uprising forces.

After all, behind Count Aindora and Marquis Raven, the terrifying Destiny Church was supporting them. Whatever his side did would only be a death throe.

Instead of making futile resistance that would lead to more of the kingdom’s citizens sacrificing themselves in war, he actually hoped that everyone present would surrender obediently to the uprising forces, allowing the transfer of power in the kingdom to be completed quickly and smoothly.

However, judging by the current situation, this wish seemed impossible.

If he were to forcefully demand everyone surrender or refuse the nobles’ request to raise an army, it would instead cause greater turmoil and even endanger Barbro and Zanac.

I have already lost one daughter; I cannot lose two more sons.

A hint of sadness flashed in Ramposa III’s eyes. After sighing, he nodded and said to everyone, “Alright, then please gather all your armies in Erantel. Before that, there must be no confrontation with the uprising forces. Our strength cannot be diminished any further.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Seeing the old king finally agree to raise an army against the rebellion, the nobles bowed in acknowledgment and began to return to their respective fiefdoms or army garrisons.

After the meeting, Ramposa III left the conference hall and slowly walked along the corridor of the guest house.

As the king’s guard, Gazef followed closely behind the old king. After walking a distance, he suddenly said, “Your Majesty, we cannot win this war.”

“…”

Ramposa III stopped his steps, then turned to look at his most loyal warrior, a benevolent smile slowly appearing on his face. “Yes, we cannot win, nor should we fight.”

“My Warrior Captain, may I ask you to do something for me?”

“You overstate it.” Gazef quickly straightened his posture and said with a solemn expression, “I am your knight. I will faithfully carry out any of your commands.”

Seeing this, Ramposa III nodded with satisfaction. “Then, please help me deliver a letter to E-Rantel.”