"What are you trying to do?!"
Eugen III bellowed at the sight of the mechas that surrounded them.
"Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness. We can't agree with your way of doing things."
At the same time, one of the mechas spoke.
"The Empire's territory is sacred and supreme. We will never allow it to be plundered by others! Your actions are a foolish act that tramples on the glory of the Empire and our martyrs! "
"You …"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We don't want a coup. We just want to protect you and this country from being bewitched by slanderers, which is why we have no choice but to do this. Please follow us and we promise not to harm your lives. As for you … "
As the mechas spoke, they shifted their muzzles and aimed at Fangzheng.
"Sinner who used despicable means to invade the Empire's sacred territory. I want you to surrender immediately and return the territory you've occupied to the Empire! If not, I will execute you right here! "
"Haha …"
Fangzheng chuckled when faced with the gun in front of him.
"You think you can threaten me with this piece of scrap metal?"
"What did you say?!"
"I've already said the same thing to Prime Minister Osborne once before, and I'll also say it to you once here. Why should I occupy Croesbell? The reason is simple … "
With that said, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the mecha in front of him.
"That's because I'm stronger than all of you … Scram!"
"— — —!"
Following Fangzheng's furious roar, the mecha soldiers surrounding them were sent flying backward as if they had been hit by an invisible giant hammer. They slammed heavily into the wall, and the mecha shattered completely in the next moment, turning into a pile of meaningless scrap metal.
"…"
Upon seeing this scene, Eugen III and company were dumbfounded and speechless. As for Fangzheng, he snorted coldly.
"You think you can threaten me with this piece of scrap metal? Do you think I'm here to deliver food to you? "
"Father."
Compared to the others, Olivier regained his senses quickly. After all, he had seen how Fangzheng beat up the Serpent Apostle who had fused with the Treasure of the Void during Lieber's transformation. A few mere robots were not worth mentioning in front of Fangzheng. However, this was obviously not the time to care about such a small matter.
"We should leave this place immediately. It is not a coincidence that the other party was able to attack King City. If we don't leave now, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."
"But … where should we go?"
At this time, Yugent the Third also came back to his senses. The aristocratic party had actually directly sent their troops to the imperial city, which meant that the entire imperial city's system had been infiltrated by them. Even within this castle, there were probably many informants and spies of the aristocratic party. Perhaps even the royal guards were showing signs of rebellion. Under such circumstances, he did not know who to trust. Moreover, although there were troops loyal to the royal family, most of them were in distant bases and were beyond the reach of the royal family.
"Your Excellency Fangzheng."
Olivier looked towards Fangzheng.
"Could you please take us to Snowstorm?"
"Oh?"
Upon hearing Olivier's words, Fangzheng was taken aback.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course."
Olivier nodded.
"As a matter of fact, as of now, there is no safer place than Snowstorm."
"I don't mind. But what do you think, Your Majesty Yugent?"
"…"
Facing Fangzheng's question, Yugent the Third hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Sorry to trouble you, Your Excellency Fangzheng."
"Alright then. I didn't expect so many things to happen during the signing of the contract …"
Fangzheng said and shrugged.
"Follow me."
Fangzheng said and walked towards the balcony. Although the Emperor's group was somewhat doubtful, they still followed him hurriedly. Then, they followed Fangzheng to the viewing platform not far from the palace. According to the original plan, after signing the contract, Fangzheng and the Emperor would meet here and shake hands. But now … It was an entirely different scene outside.
Looking out from the balcony, the entire Crimson Empire was covered in thick smoke and looked like a complete mess. At the same time, the crowd also saw several tanks moving along the streets, heading towards the palace at full speed.
"That's the Imperial Garrison Division! Father, we're saved! "
Upon seeing the emblem on the tanks, the young prince exclaimed in joy. However, the good times didn't last long. Just as the tanks were about to arrive at the palace, several mechas appeared from the other side. Although the Imperial Garrison Division's tanks quickly slowed down and fired at the mechas, the mechas evaded their attacks with unimaginable agility. Then, they charged forward and easily tore apart the Garrison Division's tanks into pieces of scrap metal.
"How is this possible …"
Looking at this scene, the young prince was stupefied while the others sucked in a deep breath of cold air. Now, they finally knew why the noble party was able to invade the palace in such a short period of time without facing any resistance. Facing the powerful forces of the noble party, the battle strength here was too weak.
"Alright, let's leave first. We'll talk later."
Fangzheng withdrew his gaze and fished out a car key from his pocket. He pressed the key twice and along with two screeching sounds, the empty space in front of everyone suddenly distorted. Then, a silver-whitish battleship appeared by the edge of the balcony as though out of thin air.
"T-This is …"
Looking at this scene, the Emperor's group was astonished. One had to know that this enormous silver-whitish battleship had been parked here all this while, but they didn't notice it at all. If it weren't for Fangzheng activating it, perhaps they would have thought that this side of the balcony was completely empty!
"Alright, let's get up there quickly. The enemies will be here soon."
At this moment, the mechas had once again broken through the palace's defenses and rushed over. Fangzheng also casually urged. Ugent III, the princess consort, the two princes, and the princess hurried toward the battleship.
However, at this moment, a furious bellow sounded all of a sudden.
"You can't escape!"
Upon hearing this voice, everyone was startled. They turned toward the source of the voice and saw an azure mecha descending from the sky and charging toward them. The azure mecha held a spear in its hand, aimed at the balcony, and struck down abruptly.
Facing this storm-like attack, everyone couldn't help but close their eyes instinctively and extend their arms to block it.
However, the impact that they expected didn't come. On the contrary, Fangzheng's voice sounded again.
"Seriously, are you guys done yet?"
Upon hearing Fangzheng's somewhat impatient grumble, everyone opened their eyes and looked ahead. Then, they widened their eyes in astonishment.
In front of them, Fangzheng stood there with his left hand in his pocket. He extended a finger from his right hand. That finger blocked the tip of Cerulean's spear as though it was just a toy made of paper.
"To me, a man who keeps on pestering me is the most annoying."
As he spoke, Fangzheng bent his index finger and lightly flicked the tip of the spear in front of him.
Clang — —!
At the next moment, the spear tip that Fangzheng flicked shattered abruptly and the spear body shot out abruptly, penetrating the azure mecha's body and bringing it along with it into the air. It drew a beautiful arc in the sky before falling and disappearing without a trace.
"What a waste of time."
Fangzheng clapped his hands and turned to everyone.
"Alright, let's go."
Shortly after, Snowstorm took in Emperor Ugent and a few other members of the royal family, as well as their personal guards and attendants, it immediately rose to a higher altitude and disappeared into the clouds.
At the same time, Emperor Ugent also borrowed Fangzheng's communication system and tried to contact various armies to rescue the Emperor. In the end, the news that came back was worse than the one before.
According to the news sent back from various fortresses and bases, almost at the same time when the aristocratic party launched a surprise attack on the Imperial Capital, various military bases in the Empire were also attacked. In addition to the aristocratic party's private soldiers, there were also hunters and unknown mysterious organizations that attacked them. Although the Empire's soldiers were incomparable to the ordinary noble's private soldiers in terms of combat experience, the other party's humanoid mecha did indeed change the battle situation to a large extent.
In addition, the four famous families had all rebelled and some small nobles had also chosen to temporarily remain neutral. Under such circumstances, it could be said that 60% of the Empire had fallen into the hands of the nobles. The remaining 40% were bitterly holding on and no one knew when it would be over.
This was the result of the nobles' feudal system.
Looking at the ashen Emperor Ugent, Fangzheng let out a chuckle. This was the result of the nobles holding too much power and even the Emperor couldn't do anything about it. In fact, these nobles were blatantly rebelling under the banner of 'purging the Emperor'. Now, even if the Emperor were to speak up, it would be useless. Because according to the nobles, the Emperor was bewitched and threatened by the Reformist Party, which was why he called for a ceasefire.
The Reformist Party would reject the ceasefire with the excuse that the Emperor was forced or deceived.
Politics is history, and history is politics.
Fangzheng ended his thoughts and looked at everyone.
"So … What do you plan to do next?"
Initially, Fangzheng intended to find a safe place to put down the Emperor's group and return to Klosbell to observe the situation. Anyway, the internal strife in Erebonia had nothing to do with him as long as they didn't cause trouble in Klosbell.
But now, it seemed like there wasn't a single safe place in the Empire.
"Ugh …"
Facing Fangzheng's question, Ugent III didn't know what to say. Fortunately, at this moment, Olivier appeared in time and interrupted this awkward situation.
"Your Excellency Fangzheng, we have discovered something."
"Discovered something?"
"Yes, we discovered that there are troops fighting with the nobles on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital! We hope you can give us a hand! Save them. After all, it can't be better for us to have more helpers! "
"Alright then."
Upon hearing Olivier's words, Fangzheng shrugged.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
