As soon as Ebodix finished speaking, Prime Minister Dornesmeyer and Duke Vatoli were stunned. Although they knew that the emperor was cowardly and afraid of death, they couldn't possibly be this afraid. Although they knew that a large group of fire elementals was coming from this direction, they hadn't even seen their shadows. There were still tens of thousands of imperial guards and royal knights in the city. The battle hadn't even started, and he was already thinking of running away? This was the main city of the Demons. How could he give it up just like that?
"Your Majesty, you can't do that." Dornesmire immediately said, "This is the capital of the Nezville Empire. How can we just give it up like that?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. The war hasn't even started yet. How can you give up the main city now? Even if we can escape, how can we face the millions of people in the future? "Duke Valtory said.
"But the fire elementals are coming. If I don't run, am I supposed to wait for death here?" Ebodicus immediately said, "Anyway, I'm leaving. I … I'll leave this place to you."
"Leave it to us?" Dornesmire and Duke Valtory were stunned.
"Yes … Oh right, I'm going to the east to patrol Sardis City. I'll let my son, Mitoen, be the regent. Dornesmire, Valtory, you two will be in charge of assisting him. I'll be leaving first." Ebodicus' brain worked very quickly, and he immediately thought of a good reason.
"The eldest prince is going to be the regent?" Dornesmeyer and Duke Valtory were both dumbfounded because the eldest prince, Mituen, was only seven years old this year. What could he possibly supervise? It was really as Ebodix had said, leaving everything to the two of them.
"Emperor, you can't leave," Duke Valtory said immediately. "If you're gone, the royal guards won't be able to defend the city at all. Our main city will fall apart like a piece of paper."
Of course, Duke Valtory was speaking the truth. Although it sounded nice, his subordinates weren't idiots. The emperor had obviously run away, so how would the soldiers have the confidence to defend the main city?
Unexpectedly, Emperor Ebodicus looked at Duke Valtory in surprise and said inexplicably, "Valtory, who said the imperial guards are staying behind to defend the main city? Of course my imperial guards are protecting me. Since I'm going to the east to patrol Sardis City, of course my imperial guards will follow me."
"Huh?" Both Dornesmire and Duke Vatori were stunned again. This was too ridiculous. Not only did he run away, but he also ran away with the imperial guards? Then who would defend the main city? Did this mean that they were going to give up on the main city? What about the millions of people in the city?
Dornesmire and Duke Valtory were so surprised that they were speechless. Ebodix ignored them and stood up, saying, "Quick, organize the troops. Lammister, send someone to tidy up my private warehouse."
The private storehouse was naturally the emperor's own storehouse. Unlike other emperors, Ebodicus' private storehouse had more gold and silver treasures than the national treasury. It was very obvious that Ebodicus wanted to run away with the money he had collected.
"Your Majesty!" Dornesmire finally recovered from his shock. He knelt in front of Ebodicus and said, "Your Majesty, if you leave, the people in the city will …"
"What do these lowly people have to do with me?" Ebodicus waved his hand and said, "I'm the emperor. It's only right for them to sacrifice their lives for me. Does the prime minister think that I should die with them?"
"This …" Ebodicus' shameless words made Dornesmire speechless. If Ebodicus wasn't the emperor, Dornesmire would have slapped him a few times. But the problem was that Ebodicus really was the emperor. Dornesmire thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I can't watch you do this. I'm going to die."
Dornesmire directly knelt in front of Ebodicus, meaning that if Your Majesty didn't agree, I would die in front of you. Dornesmire thought that this would at least make Ebodicus think about it. In the end, Ebodicus didn't even think about it. He directly stood up and walked towards the back of the palace, completely ignoring Dornesmire. Yes, compared to being the prime minister, the gold coins in the private storehouse were more important. Ebodicus also had to supervise this so that the soldiers who helped with the transportation wouldn't fill their own pockets.
"This … This …" Dornesmire knelt on the ground and didn't know what to do. He stared blankly at Ebodicus who was leaving.
"Dornesmire, give up." Duke Valtory walked up and said, "His Majesty just said that the two of us will stay and assist the regent. Do you think he's giving us a way out?"
"Huh?" Dornesmire was stunned, but after thinking about it, it made sense. He was assisting the regent, so of course he couldn't leave this place. Since the emperor had transferred the soldiers away, there was no way to defend this place. In other words, he was dead for sure. It wasn't just him, Duke Valtory, and even the emperor's eldest son, Prince Mitos, were dead for sure. The emperor didn't even want his son anymore, so how could he care about their lives?
Dornesmire's expression changed again and again, but in the end, he still sighed and said, "Oh my god, is the heavens trying to annihilate the Neysville Empire?"
"We can only blame ourselves for being blind and supporting him." Both Dornesmire and Duke Valtory had started supporting Ebodicus when he was still a prince. In the end, they didn't expect that he would be supporting such a guy. Duke Valtory's face was full of hatred. If he knew this would happen, he would have killed this guy. He was also a member of the royal family. When the emperor passed away, Ebodicus was only 14 years old. It was very possible for him to usurp the throne, but he didn't do so. His scope was to assist Ebodicus to ascend the throne. He didn't expect this to happen.
"Now … what do we do?" Dornesmire asked.
"I still have 5,000 men here," Duke Valtory said. Of course, this was his private army. The rest had been taken away by the emperor.
"It's useless. We can't even stand on one side of the city wall," Dornesmire said.
"Then what do you think we should do? Are we supposed to negotiate with the fire elementals? "Duke Valtory spread his hands and said.
Of course, negotiating with the fire elementals was a joke. In their eyes, the fire elementals were no different from beasts. How could you negotiate with beasts? It was obviously impossible. The only choice they had was to fight to the death or run away. However, the emperor had asked them to assist in the governance of the country. Running away would be considered treason. In other words, the only thing left for them was death.
"We can't just sit here and wait for death. Once the fire elementals come, everyone in the city will die. Since that's the case, why don't we gather the people to help defend the city?" Dornesmire thought for a moment and said, "Oh yes, and those adventurers. We can gather them to help defend the main city."
"That's a good idea." Duke Valtory nodded. "These adventurers have a certain level of combat power, and there are many of them. We just need to issue an urgent mission, and these adventurers will definitely swarm over."
Currently, there was no other way. Both Dornesmire and Duke Valtory could only think of ways to gather the troops they could to prepare for defense. At this time, Ebodicus really ran away. He brought his tens of thousands of imperial guards and the treasures that he had plundered over the years out of the city. Of course, such a huge movement could not be hidden from the people in the city. Of course, this news was confirmed immediately.
Since the emperor had run away, of course the people panicked. They had heard that a large number of fire elementals were attacking them. Now that even the emperor had run away, wasn't this a serious matter? They would definitely be courting death if they stayed. Hence, a large group of people prepared to run away, and they were prepared to leave with the emperor. After all, the emperor had tens of thousands of imperial guards around him. It would be safer to follow them. However, at this time, Ebodicus still felt that this group of people was a hindrance, and he forbade them from leaving with him. If they dared to go near him, he would order the soldiers to kill them.
Ebodicus' behavior was simply perverse, and this made the group of people gnash their teeth in hatred. Many people even wanted to kill the emperor directly. However, the emperor still had tens of thousands of imperial guards around him. It was useless to fight the enemy, but it was useful to suppress the country.
Just as Ebodicus left, Dornesmire and Duke Valtory received an unexpected piece of news.
"What? You're saying that these fire elementals are controlled by someone?" the two of them asked in surprise.
"Yes, my lords. Many adventurers told me that these fire elementals are controlled by an adventurer from another continent called 'Bossy Ruolin'. He was the one who summoned these fire elementals to attack our city," a soldier replied. Previously, when they went to find adventurers to help defend the city, they naturally heard this news from them.
"This … This is impossible," Dornesmire said after thinking for a while. He had never heard of anyone being able to control Elemental Creatures. Furthermore, this fellow was an Adventurer. This was simply unimaginable, and Dornesmeyer could not believe it.
"But Lord Prime Minister, many adventurers said so. They saw it with their own eyes," the soldier replied.
"This …"
"That's really possible." Duke Valtory thought for a while and said, "Although I don't know how it was done, the captain of the knights also said that these fire elementals were actually not restrained by them, and directly headed for the main city. Now that I think about it, it's really strange. Maybe these guys are really controlled by someone."
"This … The other party has this ability. Isn't that invincible?" Dornesmire said.
"Let's not worry about this for now. Now that we know that these fire elementals might be controlled by someone, maybe we can talk to the other party …" Duke Valtory suddenly said. "It seems like I have to go personally. Dornesmire, I'll leave the city to you. Continue to organize the defense. I'm going over there to take a look."
"You? Go personally? "Dornesmire was shocked.
"Yes." Duke Valtory nodded.
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