"All of them were executed."
"..." Faron's men were obviously stunned for a moment. Even though he knew the consequences of executing these nobles, he still answered loyally: "Yes, sir."
The previous aristocratic meeting summoned all nobles above the rank of marquis and senior military generals here. If they all died, it is conceivable that the entire empire would fall into complete chaos.
And this is exactly what Fallon wanted to see. He wanted to gain more pleasure in his remaining short life and make his name memorable in history books.
Even if what he gained was a bad reputation, even if the history recorded in the future might no longer be the current Silver Eagle Empire.
But Fallon was very clear about which one would be recorded more and in more detail in history books: one of the founding heroes of the empire or the one who destroyed the empire himself.
This rebellion was perfect. Senior military generals from surrounding provinces also came to the imperial city to attend the aristocratic meeting. After they were executed, the imperial legions they belonged to would fall into chaos in a short period of time. The newly appointed legion commander would not be able to win the support of the people due to his qualifications, and his combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
After the great nobles are executed, the administration of the various provinces of the empire will also have problems. Not every noble family has solved the issue of succession, and the situation will definitely be even more chaotic.
Faron could already imagine the coming chaos, which made him feel unprecedentedly excited. Being able to see these things with his own eyes before he died, his life was truly worth it. After his death, his name would also occupy a prominent place in the history books.
But at present, the Empire still has room for maneuver. The senior generals of the Northern Legion and the Wilderness Legion did not attend the noble meeting, so the two legions still retain their combat effectiveness, and they are absolutely loyal to the royal family.
Not to mention these two legions, even the Royal Guard Corps led by Faron would definitely have many people dissatisfied, especially after the news of the execution of the royal family and great nobles spread, the Royal Guard Corps would also likely mutiny.
But it doesn't matter, because Faron has already prepared to die.
Having destroyed the future of the empire with his own hands, Faron could hardly suppress the joy in his heart, and he laughed out loud in the blood-soaked palace.
Extra "Dark History" ② News of Father's Death (Non-VIP)
The ordinary soldiers of the Guards Corps did not know that the royal family members had been executed. They received orders from the Corps Commander to seal off the palace and the imperial city because there might be assassins infiltrating.
Although the soldiers actually responsible for executing the royal family were also from the Royal Guard, they were all close confidants of Fallon and therefore would not question the orders.
But there is no doubt that most of the soldiers in the Royal Guard are absolutely loyal to the royal family. Therefore, when the news spread, the soldiers quickly began to mutiny. Although they were led by Faron, their duty was to protect the royal family.
How could Faron's personal guards withstand the attack of so many soldiers? They were soon defeated. The angry soldiers of the Royal Guards rushed into the palace and surrounded Faron.
In the palace, the bodies of the royal family members were scattered on the ground. Due to the convening of the noble meeting, the royal family members stayed in the imperial city, so there was not even a heir left, and they were all slaughtered.
The officers of the Guards were furious. They simply did not believe that Faron would do such a thing. At this time, Faron had drawn his sword and pointed it at the soldiers surrounding him.
The soldiers of the Guards never imagined that one day they would draw swords against their own captain.
After all, Faron has fought all his life, and if he had to choose a way to die, it would be best to die in battle.
At this point he no longer had any desires, his goal had been achieved, the empire would gradually come to an end, and what he had done would be remembered forever by future generations.
Such a reputation is much greater than that of the original imperial heroes, even if it is a bad reputation.
Faron had long since let it go. As a short-lived human being, he would have to face death sooner or later, so why not do something with a "greater" impact before he died?
Now, Faron is old and weak. He is no longer the god of war who led troops into battle. Even though he was once very powerful, he is now unable to fight against these elite soldiers in front of him.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then rushed towards the guards, calmly welcoming his own end.
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"Damn it! The legion commander is crazy! How could he do such a thing!?"
An officer of the Royal Guard was walking back and forth. Now that Faron and his remnants had been eliminated, the Royal Guard had regained control of the order of the imperial city. The civilians outside still didn't know what had happened.
Some officers were directing their men to clean up the bodies on the ground in the palace. The once magnificent palace had now become quite messy.
The soldier in charge of the investigation stumbled in and said, "Report, the nobles who came to attend the meeting this time..."
As he was talking, he fell silent, with a very ugly expression on his face.
"What's wrong with the adults? Tell me!"
"All, all were killed..."
The news brought by the soldier was like a bomb dropped into the hearts of everyone present, and they all realized one thing at the same time -
The empire is over.
"Messenger! Notify all officers of the Royal Guard to assemble at the palace! Quickly!"
This officer was better at handling emergencies. He sent someone to notify all officers and asked them to go to the palace to discuss what to do next.
Looking at the bodies covered in dried blood not far away, he could hardly believe that this was reality.
The news of the murder of the royal family would inevitably leak out. Although the Royal Guards could maintain order in the imperial capital, it was not certain about other areas, because the generals and nobles who managed the army and administration in those areas were also executed in the imperial capital...
And it won't last long like this. The royal family has no heirs, so who will inherit this huge empire?
After the meeting, the officers of the Royal Guard decided to send a message to all the families in the empire, detailing what had happened in the imperial capital and asking each family to maintain order in the local area, and then discuss nationwide what to do next.
Although the great nobles were executed in the imperial capital, there were still other members in their families, perhaps brothers or heirs, so they could still find a way to control the situation.
However, some families in the empire will definitely have problems, because not every family is harmonious internally, and after the death of a great noble, there may be people among the remaining small nobles who want to take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury.
Now we can only pray for the gods to protect the empire. The northern border is still defending against enemy attacks, and a wave of monsters is about to come from the south. Now that the central government is in chaos, the logistics support of the border legions will have problems.
Messengers set out in batches on fast horses to rush to various provinces of the empire and inform the nobles of what happened in the imperial city. Just as expected, the entire empire was shocked.
Although the local nobles managed to maintain order, they broke the tradition since the founding of the empire - nobles were not allowed to lead troops.
In the past, the imperial army was led by generals, who were special nobles independent of the aristocracy. But now, in order to maintain order, the noble successors who are in charge of administration in each province have almost all tried their best to take control of the army into their own hands.
The old nobles of the empire all died in the imperial city, and their successors were their young descendants. Compared with these old people, the older heirs were more impulsive and lacked experience in managing territories, which seemed to be laying the seeds of disaster for the future.
The news of the emperor's death spread throughout the empire. After the nobles suppressed the situation, they discussed and decided to let a prestigious nobleman serve as temporary regent. Because the enemy was currently attacking, the empire must not fall into chaos.
However, the problem was that all the senior and prestigious nobles in the empire had died, and their successors were mostly young people. Naturally, no one was willing to submit to the other, so their discussions had never produced any results.
So this issue was temporarily shelved, and the new commander of the Royal Guard proposed to resolve the external threat before discussing it again, hoping that the nobles in each province could maintain order, but the fact that the nobles had the right to lead troops was irreversible.
Originally, the military expenses of the imperial army were supported by the finances of various provinces. Now that the army is monopolized by the nobles of each province, they will naturally spend money without hesitation to strengthen the army's strength, and at the same time recruit new soldiers on a large scale to prevent future chaos.
Although the situation seemed fine on the surface, everyone knew that this situation could not last long, because no noble had the right to inherit the empire, and the empire would most likely fall into civil war in the future.
We must expand our own strength to ensure that we are not easily swallowed up by the chaotic times.
blah blah~
A handsome blond young man was riding a fast horse, followed by more than a dozen followers, all of whom were dressed lightly to ensure the fastest speed.
After hearing about what happened in the imperial city, Scullin, who was stationed far away in the southern wilderness, immediately set out to rush back to Edfallon. Now his eldest brother is fighting in the north and his father was killed in the imperial city. Only his mother and sister are left at home, and the situation may be very critical.
He believed that his mother and sister were incapable of stabilizing Ed Fallon, so he had to go home to help control the situation.
Extra "Dark History" ③ Broken Childhood (Non-VIP)
The courtyard of the Duke's mansion was very quiet. In the past, Likalo liked this kind of environment very much, but now that her eyes were red and swollen from crying, she hoped that it could be lively because she wanted to see her father again...
Licaro could count on one hand the number of times she had cried since she was a child, but after hearing the news of her father's death, she completely broke down emotionally and had never cried so hard before.
Her eyes became red due to crying for a long time. Likalo wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. She tried hard to suppress the sadness in her heart and came to her mother.
Now that her father is gone, Licaro must be stronger than before, and it is now up to her to protect her mother.
"Mother..."
Licaro hugged Doris who was crying silently, and the mother and daughter hugged each other tightly. For them, they could never get over Wilfin's death.
Wilfin has governed Edfallon for so many years and is very much loved by the people of the territory. At the same time, he has many loyal subordinates who spontaneously maintain order. Therefore, Edfallon is currently a stable province of the empire, and Licaro and her mother do not need to worry too much.
Previously, the laws of the empire stipulated that the duke did not have the right to lead troops. Now, with Doris's consent, the commander of the Edfallon city defense force, who was once Wilfin's subordinate, reorganized the city defense force into a formal army and swore allegiance to the Edfallon family.
Even the young Licaro understood that this was a move made by her father's old subordinates to protect themselves and her mother. Now that there is no emperor to maintain the balance between the provinces, the Edfallon family, as the ruler of this province, must control the military power, otherwise they will be like fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
Even more fortunately, after the supreme commander of the Imperial Legion in the province of Edfallon also died in the Imperial City, a vote was held and command was also handed over to the Edfallon family.
As a result, with the addition of the original city defense forces and the garrison of the Imperial Legion, the military strength of the province of Edfallon became very strong.
Although many rules of the empire were broken after the emperor's death, the issue of "becoming a general means giving up the family inheritance rights" had been discussed by Wilfin before. Since both of his sons served in the army, he designated Licaro as the family heir.
Of course, if any of the two sons wanted to give up military power and return to inherit the family, Licaro would still have to give the inheritance rights to her brothers.
Currently, both of Licaro's brothers are not in Edfallon, so with Wilfin's death, she becomes the heir of the Edfallon family. The city defense army and the Edfallon Legion have sworn allegiance to Licaro.
And because Licaro is still young, important military and political affairs are now temporarily handed over to her father's old subordinates. Licaro and her mother do not need to worry because they are very trustworthy.
"Mother! Sister!"
Scullin ran over here and hugged Licaro and Doris.
After seeing his family, even as a man who had been in the army for many years, Scullin cried uncontrollably.
He cried and comforted her: "Mother, sister, don't worry or be afraid, I'm back."
Although Doris in front of him is not Scullin's biological mother, he has always treated her as his biological mother.
Wilfin had strict family education and was good at guiding his children, so his two sons were as kind and upright as he was, and they knew how to adapt and possessed excellent qualities.
When he learned that his sister had been recognized as the family heir, Scullin supported it because he was more suitable to be a battlefield commander than to govern the territory.
Considering that his sister is too young, Scullin decides to take over her responsibilities temporarily. Although he has no management experience, he will humbly ask for advice from his father's old subordinates and appoint them to various important positions.
"Brother, according to the inheritance laws of our empire, men must inherit the family before women..."
Licaro doesn't want any family inheritance rights. The only thing she wants is for her father to come back, but that is no longer possible.
"Sister, although you are a girl, I believe you are more suitable to inherit our father's title than me and your elder brother." Scullin picked up his sister and gently stroked her head with his hand. "It's just that you are still too young, so the second and eldest brothers will take care of you temporarily. Although the eldest brother hasn't come back, I believe he thinks so too."
Scullin knows his sister very well. His sister is different from other aristocratic girls. Even at such a young age, she exudes a heroic spirit from time to time, giving people a feeling that she is different from ordinary people. Combined with her personality, she will definitely become an excellent leader in the future.
"But I really don't want any title. What I want is a father... wuwuwu..."
Licaro couldn't control her emotions again. Maybe it was because her second brother's return made her feel more at ease, so she stopped pretending to be strong in front of her mother and started crying loudly.
"Ugh……
Scullin sighed. His sister was only nine years old. Even an adult like him couldn't help crying, so how could such a young child bear it?
Then he thought of his eldest brother who was on the northern border. His eldest brother was one of the important commanders of the Northern Legion. Now facing the attack of the coalition forces of five countries, his eldest brother absolutely could not get away to go home.
But the eldest brother should also know what happened in the imperial city. Alas, no one would have thought that the respected commander of the Fallon Legion would do such a thing. What was he thinking?
Fallon had been Scullin's idol when he was a child, and Scullin had tried his best to follow his example.
I didn’t expect it to be like this…
Nowadays, people have different speculations. Some people do not believe that Faron would commit regicide and think that there is another hidden story behind the incident in the imperial capital. Others think that Faron's mind was controlled by some evil thing. As for those who believe that Faron is really crazy, there are only a few.
You have to know that Faron has followed Emperor Peter in his battles for a long time and has lived like this all his life. How could he be a madman?
If Faron is really a madman, it is quite amazing that he has been hiding for so many years without anyone noticing.
Scullin said to Doris, "Mother, I will write a letter to my eldest brother first...who is it!"
He placed his hand on the sword. As he was experienced in combat, he sensed the fluctuation of magic power and immediately became alert and looked around.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not the enemy."
The girl's voice was heard, and along with her voice, a teleportation array appeared on the ground.
Scullin was surprised to see this scene, because this was a fixed-point teleportation array set up in advance, which meant that someone had come to the mansion to set it up before.
A brown-haired girl in a long robe walked out of the teleportation array, holding a snow-white wolf in her arms.
“Guo Guo?!”
Likalo wiped the tears from her eyes and confirmed that the wolf was Guoguo.
"This is the first time I officially appear in front of you, Likalo." After Xia said this to Likalo, she turned to look at Scullin and Doris: "I have something to talk to you about."
Extra "Dark History" ④ Goodbye, Little Black Dragon (Non-VIP)
Eloline noticed that when Vitien came out of the cabin this morning, her expression seemed a little serious.
Even a fool could realize that something must have happened.
Perhaps Vitien's friend had sent some news again... Eloline had noticed that messengers had been coming very frequently in the past few days.
Looking at the silent Vitian, Elorin couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
"This incident is quite a big deal. Let me explain it to you slowly."
Vitian carefully explained to Eloline the information she had learned.
After hearing this, Eloline's heart was not too shaken. After all, the country where she once lived as an Earthling had a long history, and as someone who had read many history books, she was basically not surprised by what happened in the Empire.
"Isn't this just a common regicide? Isn't this a common scenario?"
