Han Shuo knew that Charles definitely wouldn't let him off. However, Han Shuo didn't expect that Charles' revenge would come so quickly and so ferociously.
That night, Han Shuo, who was in the middle of researching the incantation to connect to another world, suddenly sensed a few powerful auras gradually approaching his mansion from afar.
Han Shuo was abruptly roused from his contemplation. The twelve mystical demons were immediately released. With Han Shuo's mansion as the center, they spread out in twelve different directions like a spider's web.
A troop of five hundred knights, mixed with two hundred Temple Knights from the Church of Light, headed towards Han Shuo's mansion from four different directions. Light grand magus Kosse of the Church of Light, as well as a few experts from the Church of Light that Han Shuo didn't recognize, as well as a few powerful deathsworn attached to Ashburn, led their troops and surrounded him.
There was no moon on this night. Under the pitch-black curtain of night, this group of people didn't have any concealment. They were simply heading straight for Han Shuo's mansion in an open and aboveboard manner. Han Shuo could see the killing intent in the eyes of those knights.
Han Shuo was frightened and hastily walked out of the secret room. The scene that he saw through the twelve mystical demons was simply unimaginable to Han Shuo. Even if Ashburn and Charles were more powerful, how could they dare to be so impudent in the capital of the Lancelot Empire, Ossen City?
The mansion that Han Shuo lived in was surrounded by either the rich or the noble, all of them were influential figures of the empire. Even on this moonless night, such a large movement was absolutely impossible to conceal. Furthermore, Ossen City was the headquarters of the Dark Mantle. After all, Ashburn wasn't the Empire's King Uhtred. What right did he have to be so arrogant?
A series of suspicions surged into Han Shuo's mind. He only felt that Ashburn must have gone mad. Such a crazy action definitely wasn't something that a wily old fox would dare to do. Unfortunately, Kosse's appearance and the presence of a few of his ministers in the Duke's mansion already proved that this action was indeed Ashburn's instigation.
Just as Han Shuo was at a loss, a mansion not far away suddenly burst into flames. A mystical demon just happened to see the situation in that direction and saw a group of knights charging in and killing anyone they saw. In the blink of an eye, blood dyed the rocky ground red. Not even a single servant was spared.
Han Shuo vaguely remembered that the mansion belonged to Earl Terry. Terry was inclined towards Lawrence. Han Shuo had even seen this person early in the morning. Through Lawrence's introduction, he knew that this person's mansion wasn't far from his. He didn't expect that his mansion had already fallen into such a state.
A flash of inspiration flashed through Han Shuo's mind. He suddenly understood. Since Ashburn dared to act so brazenly and disregard King Uhtred's authority, there were only two possibilities. One was that Ashburn knew that the situation wasn't good and rebelled a step ahead of time.
There was another possibility, which was that King Uhtred had already died. This way, Ashburn would no longer be restricted by anyone. Only then would he dare to act freely, using the fastest speed to eradicate those who were unfavorable to him, swiftly taking control of Ossen City.
However, if Ashburn wanted to rebel, he should have taken action the day King Uhtred expressed his support for Lawrence. He definitely wouldn't have watched Uhtred slowly delegate authority to Lawrence without doing anything. From this point of view, the first possibility was relatively small. Instead, King Uhtred's sudden death was the most reasonable.
Carrying this kind of doubt, only two of the twelve mystical demons remained in his mansion. The other ten mystical demons began to spread out with Han Shuo's mansion as the center. One of them headed straight for the imperial palace.
At the location of the mystical demons, Han Shuo discovered that even more soldiers were being mobilized in the pitch-black night. There were also other places that were similarly shrouded in cruel massacres. There were nobles who were inclined towards Lawrence, and there were also some who were on the side of the second and youngest princes.
Suddenly, the entire interior of Ossen City was filled with smoke. Without a doubt, Ashburn and Eldest Prince Charles had already begun to take action. A bloody massacre against the other powers had officially begun on this moonless night. Any power that was hostile to Ashburn and Charles was destined to suffer disastrous casualties tonight.
After understanding the situation, Han Shuo quickly went to Butler Kallas' room. Butler Kallas was getting on in years. Old people wouldn't be able to sleep too deeply, especially when Han Shuo's footsteps were deliberately louder when he came over. Therefore, Kallas immediately woke up.
"Lord Marquis, what's wrong?" Kallas had never seen Han Shuo so anxious before. With a start, he sat up from his bed and immediately asked.
"Don't bring anything. Immediately wake up all the servants and escape from the Marquis' residence. Duke Ashburn has rebelled and a group of knights are currently on their way here. Once they arrive, no one here will be able to survive. Quickly, leave this place, immediately! " Han Shuo quickly explained. After he finished speaking, he didn't care about this place anymore and quickly left the Marquis' residence, heading straight for the Boozt Merchant Guild where Phoebe was.
This residence was bestowed to Han Shuo by Uhtred. However, it was clear that Han Shuo didn't treat it as a true home. There wasn't a single person that Han Shuo truly cared about inside. Han Shuo was used to placing important things in his space ring. At this time, there wasn't anyone or anything worth remembering here, so he immediately left after reminding Kallas.
Not many people knew about the relationship between Han Shuo and Fanny. In addition, Fanny and Lawrence also didn't have any interactions. In addition, Fanny's father was Firenze. As the King of the Southern Border, Firenze was one of the few people that Ashburn was apprehensive of. Han Shuo basically didn't need to worry about Fanny's safety.
Emily was at the Dark Mantle headquarters. Within the entire Ossen City, the Dark Mantle headquarters' defenses were the most solid. Inside, there were transportation arrays that extended in all directions that led to every major city in the empire. Even if Ashburn had heaven-defying methods, he would still be unable to take down the Dark Mantle headquarters in a short period of time. It was even more impossible for him to capture the Dark Mantle's upper echelon.
Thus, Han Shuo similarly wasn't worried about Emily.
Only Phoebe, as she was too close to Lawrence and the Boozt Merchant Guild had repeatedly spoiled Grand Duke Ashburn's plans, was most likely to be attacked.
As the Grand Duke of the empire, the power that Ashburn grasped was only second to King Uhtred. Even if it was Phoebe's master, sacred swordmaster Karel, Ashburn similarly wouldn't place him in his eyes. With the full support of the Church of Light, it was likely that Ashburn would have even more experts at his disposal. It was almost impossible for sacred swordmaster Karel to rely on his own strength to kill Ashburn.
Along the way, Han Shuo sped as fast as lightning towards the Boozt Merchant Guild. Along the way, he discovered through the mystical demons that even more changes had occurred in Ossen City. Many noble mansions had been reduced to ruins in an extremely short period of time. Some small mansions were razed to the ground within a few breaths of time under a few large-scale destructive magic spells.
Ashburn's methods were extremely ruthless. As long as it was an enemy, regardless of whether it was a servant or a guest, not a single one would be spared. Many noble mansions in Ossen City were shrouded in cruel massacres. During this process, the army under his control had marched towards the city gates, most likely intending to take control of all the city gates.
The few teleportation magic arrays within Ossen City had long been in Ashburn's hands. Layers of troops had firmly surrounded the teleportation magic arrays, making it impossible for anyone to leave Ossen City through the teleportation magic arrays. It seemed that Ashburn and Charles were intending to completely take control of Ossen City and wipe out all the enemies within.
The mystical demon that was heading towards the imperial palace heard loud wails before it even neared. The army that was inclined towards Eldest Prince Charles had already taken control of the imperial palace. The mystical demon had only circled around once before discovering that King Uhtred had indeed died. Some of the rebels had already been killed on the spot.
From these signs, Han Shuo suddenly understood that King Uhtred's sudden death was most likely related to Eldest Prince Charles. Otherwise, the imperial palace wouldn't have been sealed off and there wouldn't have been no news leaking out. Those princes were most likely kept in the dark tonight and simply didn't know of His Majesty's grievous news.
Within Duke Ashburn's mansion, he was together with Eldest Prince Charles. Beside him were numerous noble supporters. These people had gloomy expressions as they commanded the officers to seize control of various key points while reporting out the names of the nobles, allowing their subordinates to eradicate them.
A mystical demon circled over and clearly heard the conversation between Ashburn, Charles, and the others. It finally understood that this matter was indeed a fierce counterattack by Ashburn and Eldest Prince Charles.
Suddenly, a mystical demon arrived at the Boozt Merchant Guild ahead of time and saw a group of soldiers coldly killing people from afar. The merchants and guards of the Boozt Merchant Guild had all died tragically under the crossbow arrows of those people. However, it was fortunate that these people had just started their attack from the front of the house and clearly hadn't penetrated deep into the interior of the Boozt Merchant Guild. He reckoned that nothing would happen to Phoebe for the time being.
Han Shuo's heart was burning with anxiety. He unleashed the Demonic Ninth Heavens Art to its limit and rushed towards the Boozt Merchant Guild like a meteor chasing after the moon. He constantly prayed that nothing would happen to Phoebe. If something really happened to Phoebe, even if Han Shuo had promised Uhtred, he would still break the promise and skin Charles alive.
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