When the fire started in Changfeng Stronghold, Gwen was about to end the communication with the satellite.
Although he could not see it clearly, he could confirm that the border negotiations had ended. Judging from the fact that the two parties did not fight, even if the negotiations did not succeed, at least it did not turn into a national war. Therefore, after the king returned to Changfeng Stronghold, Gwen was ready to temporarily stop paying attention to the area.
Then, the flames began to rise.
It was a fire that started from the inside of the stronghold. There was no sign of an external attack on the satellite image. The fire spread in the western part of the stronghold, but it did not spread beyond the western part. It looked fierce, but it seemed to be the result of artificial control.
Something happened.
Gwen immediately made a judgment and then tried to adjust the focus of the satellite lens. But no matter how he adjusted it, due to the aging of the satellite lens and the obstruction of the smoke and fire, he could not see what was going on below. There was only one thing that he was sure of — something earth-shattering was going to happen tonight.
Without hesitation, he called Heti who had not yet slept and summoned Byron and Knight Philip who were ready to sleep.
Seeing Gawain's serious and gloomy face, Heidi was startled. She forcibly stopped herself from yawning and looked at Gawain curiously. "Ancestor, why did you summon us so late at night? What's the big deal?"
Gawain was stunned for a moment. It seemed to be very difficult to explain the source of the news to others. But after a brief hesitation, he decisively said, "There's a situation in Longwind Fortress. I suspect that Francis II is in danger — fatal danger."
"What?!" Byron was so shocked that his jaw almost cracked. The middle-aged Knight's eyes widened. "My lord, your news is reliable … No, how did you know this news?!"
Changfeng Stronghold was thousands of miles away, and the situation there could not have reached Cecil so quickly. Byron clearly heard that Gwen said that Francis II was' in danger 'as if he had just seen it with his own eyes!
"Special information channel." Gwen looked at Byron without changing his expression. He decided to ignore the details with the most unreasonable 'I'm your ancestor, so I know everything' logic. "In short, we have to be prepared for the king's death, and even Prince Edmund's."
This shocking change stunned the three people in front of Gwen. Knight Philip subconsciously pressed his hand on his chest and recited the name of the God of War. "God of War Kehr … what will happen tonight?"
"If the king dies at the eastern border … Ansu will definitely face a war." Heti's mind quickly began to deduce. "Now the key is all this has to do with Typhon …"
Before Heti could finish, the window of the study was suddenly pushed open by a pair of invisible hands. A gust of cold night wind swept into the room, and Amber's figure lightly jumped from the windowsill to Gwen. She was panting heavily, and it was obvious that she had rushed back as fast as she could.
In fact, in order to rush back to the liege's residence from the southernmost point of the Defiant Stronghold, she had squeezed her shadow power to the limit for the first time in her life. By constantly shuttling between the Shadow Realm and the real world, she had covered almost a day and a half's journey in just half an hour!
Amber obviously did not expect Heti and the others to be in Gwen's study. She swallowed the information that she was about to blurt out, but when she saw the serious and questioning look on Gwen's face, she still blurted it out. "The king is dead! Prince Edmund killed his own father! "
Byron was shocked by Gwen's source of information, but now it was Gwen's turn to be shocked. He looked at the half-elf in front of him in astonishment. "How did you know?"
Could it be that this' Shame of All Things' also had a synchronous orbit satellite behind it?
Amber took a few deep breaths to steady her breathing. But when she opened her mouth, she was suddenly at a loss as to what to say. What she had seen was too bizarre. From a spatial rift in the Umbra Realm to the border of the kingdom, then from the border of the kingdom, one of the kingslayers was brought back to the Southern Border. After that, Soledrin and Tyr even beat the kingslayer half to death. Any one of these incidents would be as dramatic as a joke, but they had all happened!
Finally, she sorted out her words. "We found an ancient spatial rift in the Shadow Experimental Field. The rift is on the side of the Shadow Realm. I went to check it out, went through the rift, and came to Longwind Stronghold. Then I saw the king being killed by an old man, and Prince Edmund was watching by the side. Obviously, he was an accomplice. Then I was discovered and had to quickly evacuate. I did not expect that the old man would follow me, but Solderin was prepared in the Shadow Experimental Field. So the old man was shot by four explosive bullets by Solderin's Steel Rangers, and now he's tied up in a ball by Tyre …"
"What's this …" Gawain stared at the amber in bewilderment. He quickly reacted. "Wait a minute, you said you brought someone with you? And you caught him alive? "
"Yes! So I'm here to ask you to hurry over and check the situation! " Amber slapped her head. "You'd better hurry. The old man is tied up by Tyre, but Tyre's posture is a little scary. I'm afraid that the sea caterpillar monster will eat the old man!"
Gwen wanted to complain loudly about what kind of nonsense was going on tonight, but to maintain his image as an ancestor, he could only suppress all his complaints and nodded with a serious face. "I'll go over now."
Then he turned to Heti and the others. "Heti, go and organize the wartime status list immediately. I'll try to come back before noon tomorrow. Before that, you need to gather the business, agriculture, and industrial managers in the fief and prepare for an emergency meeting. Byron, Philip, and the First Combat Regiment, enter the highest level of combat readiness and be ready to upgrade to war at any time. In addition, Philip, go to Kant tomorrow and send an order to Knight Walter Perry to strengthen the 2nd Division's defense, especially pay attention to the noble fiefs in the northern region. If there are any unusual movements, report it immediately. "
The northern part of Kant was Calore, the main gateway to the Plains of the Holy Spirit. It could also be regarded as the buffer zone between the hinterland of the kingdom and the Southern Territory. According to the situation inside Changfeng Stronghold and the information brought by Amber, Gwen believed that this was a horrifying palace struggle, and the degree of danger might even surpass the civil strife of the Moon Mist years ago. All the nobles of the kingdom would probably be caught in a mess. Although he believed that the Southern Territory, which had been at the edge of the kingdom for a long time, might not be quickly involved in this turmoil, he still had to find a way to guard against the threat from the Plains of the Holy Spirit.
Of course, another reason was that he wanted to give the 2nd Division something to do, to prevent the Knight who had just pledged allegiance and the former Kant soldiers who had just received Cecil's military training from having problems when the situation changed.
Seeing that Gwen was about to get up and leave, Heti could not help but ask, "Do you need to find something for Rebecca to do? After all, she is Cecil … "
Rebecca was the only heir of the Cecil family. Although she was neither good at internal affairs nor military affairs, Heti's traditional noble thought still made her feel that Rebecca should be involved in these matters.
Gwen looked at Heti deeply. "Let Rebecca have a good rest. Tomorrow, go to the Magitech Research Institute as usual and continue to develop vehicle chassis or printing machines. The things she does are as important as preparing for war."
Then he added, "Heti, times have changed. A person's duty should be determined by their ability, not their bloodline."
After saying this, Gwen and Amber left the liege's residence together.
… …
In the Shadow Experiment Lab, Solderlin and the soldiers were on alert around the pool, while the siren Tyre was still in the terrifying and refreshing form of a "sea demon", using a large number of tentacles to control Clement's movements.
But in fact, even if she did not use her tentacles to tie up the unlucky guy, the latter had almost no strength to resist or escape.
The power of the four explosive shots was no joke. After the Echinoderm and Life Conversion forcibly ended, the unprecedented weakness almost killed Clement. If Tyre had not discovered in time that his "prey" was slowly dying, Clement would have been a corpse by now.
"I'm telling you, don't die." Tyre used a tentacle to slap Clement's face, waking him up again and again. The siren's voice was full of worry. "If you die in my hands, I'll never count on those 'biscuits' in Gwen's collection …"
Apparently, the siren had not given up on the corpse of the "God of Nature" in Gwen's hands.
With a strange expression, Solderlin looked at Tyre using just the right amount of healing spells to keep the captive alive. He could not help but ask, "Don't you think you can scare people to death in your current form?"
Tyre looked down at his scaly torso and the hideous tentacles on his lower body. He was puzzled. "I don't think so. My sisters can do this …"
Solderlin muttered helplessly, "… What kind of beauty do you sirens have …"
"Whoever can change their appearance the most is the prettiest," Tyre replied matter-of-factly. "Anyway, everyone can change their appearance. Their usual appearance is just a random long one …"
Gwen arrived at the scene under such a strange atmosphere.
As soon as he entered the Shadow Experiment Lab, he saw the huge and strangely shaped Tyre occupying the entire pool, and Tyre's wriggling tentacles that looked like octopuses.
His first reaction was to check if he should go through a
Check …
"You'd better not stare at her tentacles," Amber, who was behind Gwen, reminded him. "Those tentacles have patterns on them. If you stare at them, your mind will immediately be affected. Then you will become a very optimistic, cheerful, and energetic person for at least two hours …"
Gwen: "???"
What kind of nonsense was that?
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