Chapter 151 The Kingdom of Death
"You can use that remote communication function, why do you have to ask me to report in person every time?" Anya opened the door and walked into Ganouen's study, complaining with some dissatisfaction.
At this time, Ganouen just leaned back on the chair leisurely, put his feet on the desk, and waved to Anya: "This way I can enjoy the joy of calling you in and out. Please pay attention to talking to your boss next time. Report your attitude now, my dear secretary."
"You are such a bastard!" Anya cursed, but she was not particularly angry in her heart.
After staying here for so long, she has actually become somewhat accustomed to the way of getting along with Ganouen, and she is not as resentful as before.
She stood in front of the desk and began to quickly explain the important information she had obtained in the past two days:
"First of all, in the Principality of Xihe, a forty-year-old Imperial Viscount was deemed eligible to inherit. He is a cousin of Grand Duke Dipu. His grandson once served as secretary of the Central Dragon Head Knights of the Empire."
After taking care of Archduke Dipu, they recalled some of the spies lurking in the principality and sent them to the borders of the empire and the imperial city.
"Dragon Head Knights? Could they be Lucio's subordinates?" Ganon asked casually.
Lucio is now the Prince of the Dragon Spine Empire and the Commander-in-Chief of the Empire. According to Anya's previous intelligence, the Dragon Head Knights have been handed over to other generals for management.
But when Lucio was the leader, the senior figures in the Dragon Head Knights were basically promoted and selected by Fred.
It can be said that when Fred was just a princess, this knights were her direct troops.
After the death of Archduke Dipu, Queen Fred immediately selected a subordinate from this knighthood who was related to him to inherit the principality.
"Yes, in fact there should be two heirs with higher priority in terms of blood relationship, but one is too young and the other is judged to lack the qualifications to be crowned. In the end, the title of Grand Duke just happened to fall. It's the secretary of Her Majesty Queen Fred's direct army." Anya said.
"The principality has been brought back to the central government as a matter of course. This is a routine operation. But speaking of which, the empire has been shelving the Grand Duke's request to kill the dragon. Could it be that they are just waiting for me to kill Grand Duke Dipu before making such a move?" Ganon suddenly had a guess.
After the Principality of Xihe is returned to the center, Queen Fred will have greater control over the empire's territory.
Lucio had discovered the fact that he had grown from an adult red dragon to a mature red dragon in the information, and Princess Fred probably also got this information.
If it was them, they should be able to deduce that the old red dragon in the Late Summer Battlefield and the Principality of Xihe was also him.
The war with Mu Xia has passed for a long time, and now that Fred has substantially brought the Xihe Principality to the central government, perhaps he will put the crusade against him on the agenda.
"It's hard to say, but you don't need to worry so much for the time being. There are two reasons. First, although the new Grand Duke took over, he proposed that 'the evil dragon must be defeated for the safety of the people in the territory', but in fact, The dragon-slaying group formed by Grand Duke Dipu has been directly disbanded, and the previous large-scale contract with Beishan Kingdom for the dragon-slaying weapons has been cancelled. The
new Grand Duke did not come to the principality, but continued to serve in the imperial city, and then let one of his The son went to manage the principality, and after he succeeded, he re-established the capital. It can be seen that they are afraid that you will go there again." Anya said.
"Normal people will be like this." Ganon commented.
Archduke Dipu died for slaying a dragon. If his successors were not the kind to risk their lives, they would definitely not inherit such a legacy that would lead to death for themselves.
The genetic relationship between the secretary who succeeded the Grand Duke and Grand Duke Dipu is already quite distant. There is a high probability that he would not choose to risk his life to provoke a red monster that can easily destroy the capital of the principality for the sake of enmity between Grand Duke Dipu and Delos. dragon.
"What about the Beishan Kingdom?" Ganon asked again.
Archduke Dipu was killed by him, and Moura also disappeared during the incident. According to the intelligence collected by Anya, rumors had begun to spread in the principality that a red dragon had snatched the dwarf princess from the hands of the archduke.
Mora had repeatedly promised that her father, the Dwarf King of Beishan Kingdom, would not bother himself with such a thing, but Ganon still couldn't rest assured.
"There's no movement." Anya shook her head with determination, "Although we don't have the conditions to infiltrate the intelligence network to the dwarves, if the Beishan Kingdom wants to touch you, they will definitely join forces with the empire. At present, they have no such move at all. . Just like what Mora said, the dwarf king doesn't care much about whether his daughter escaped in the chaos or was captured by the dragon."
Ganon recalled what Mora mentioned about his father and blurted out . With the sentence "That bastard old ghost only deserves to eat shit", although the relationship between the father and daughter is not at war with each other, I am afraid that they will never have contact with each other until death.
It seems that there shouldn't be much hidden danger in leaving Mora down.
"You are truly a loving father and a filial daughter." Ganouen smiled, "You just said there are two reasons, and what is the other one?" "
Princess Fred seems to have other busy schedules now." Anya paused as she spoke. After a pause, he said in a deep voice, "She is actively communicating with the Kingdom of Death."
"The Kingdom of Death?" Ganon blinked.
He had heard of this name, but he didn't know much about it. He only knew that a group of necromancers seemed to be gathered there.
To dragons, necromancers are an abomination.
Because quite a few necromancers regard the dragon's bones as the highest-grade magic material, and then seek to kill the dragon.
However, there are actually very few records of necromancers slaying dragons. The number of necromancers killed by dragons is overwhelmingly large.
"The Kingdom of Death, which we dark elves call Netherworld Lakeside, is a country located in the southern part of the continent... It is actually a bit strange to say it is a country. To be precise, it should be a union of multiple city-states. The common denominator is that all city-states and The residents of the city-state believe in the God of Death and his followers, and it is the birthplace of almost all necromancers on the continent." Anya explained.
"Isn't it forbidden by the empire to believe in the Abyss Cult and the Death Cult?" Ganon asked.
Before Fred came to the throne, the Dragon Spine Empire and the Papal State had always maintained very friendly exchanges. Several emperors, including Fred and Zhenna's father, gave special status to the Holy Religion that believed in the Sun God. As for Others such as Druidism, or belief in the Creator and God of War are also allowed.
However, the belief in the abyss and the undead, which were classified as heretical by the Papal States, were also prohibited by law in the empire.
"Regarding this, Queen Fred is drafting a new religious policy. If the new religious law is introduced, the people of the Empire will have the freedom to believe in the Abyss and the God of Death." Anya answered.
(End of chapter)