Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 167: A magnificent rebellion against my king

12 month 31 day.

In a shabby and small apartment in the East District of Backlund.

Edsak stood quietly in front of the only shabby and narrow window in the apartment, looking into the distance at the layers of magnificent palaces and the towering Gothic clock tower that were still clearly visible even in the East District.

That was the Sodrak Palace, the royal palace of the Loen royal family, where Edessak spent his childhood.

And tonight, a grand New Year's Eve party will be held there. All the nobles and royal family members in Backlund will attend this annual banquet to celebrate the New Year.

For those little-known nobles, this was undoubtedly a great honor, which could bring them incomparable pride. Because normally, they were not qualified to go to Sodrak Palace, even if it was just to stroll around the periphery.

Edessak gazed at the magnificent palace looming in the mist, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes and a slight smile on his lips.

"When I was little, my father would kindly let me sit on his shoulders. At that time, he was so tall, majestic, and full of love. He once told me kindly: My son, the day you were born, the entire Kingdom of Loen was whispering a name: Edessak."

"During my coming-of-age ceremony, my father proudly said: One day, his life will reach its end, and I will be crowned king!!"

Edsak's eyes were a little dazed, and he murmured in a low voice half with pride and half with nostalgia.

Triss sneered and mocked mercilessly:

"I'm sure George III didn't say anything like that."

Edsak was only the third prince, and his right to succession could only rank third. As a qualified king, George III would not say such words even to the eldest prince who was the first in line to the throne, let alone Edsak?

Edsak came back to his senses, but he was not angry at her words. He just looked at the girl in front of him, who was wearing a simple long dress, with a round face, narrow eyes, and a gentle and sweet temperament, and smiled:
"No, he did."

Triss stared at him for a long time, and then she sighed and said, "You are crazy."

"I'm not crazy." Edsak shook his head, his expression extremely serious.

Triss did not reply, but turned her head to look out the window, at the layers of magnificent palace in the distance.

Triss suddenly asked in a low voice: "Are you sure?"

"No."

Edessak shook his head and said calmly, "As you can see, I am just a low-sequence Beyonder. I am not even as strong as you. How can you think that I am confident in overthrowing the royal family that rules the strongest country in the Northern Continent?"

Triss frowned and reminded:

"Although the Witch Cult believes in a true God, this is Backlund. According to the three true gods, He dare not descend. And the Witch Cult is not strong even among secret organizations, and there are not many high-sequence strongmen. Moreover, the two sides are just using each other, and there is no mutual trust. The Witch Cult will not send angels to assist, only a few saints at most."

"I know."

Edsak looked at the girl with increasingly gentle eyes, and said softly, "You've told me this many times."

"Be normal."

Trissda frowned slightly and said angrily, "I told you, I used to be a man, and my penis was bigger than yours!"

Edsak nodded and said seriously: "I know, you have said this many times."

But before Triss got angry, Edessak shrugged again, pointed to the magnificent palace in the distance, and asked:
"Do you know what it's called?"

Triss was furious, but she took a deep breath to suppress her anger and answered his question in a clear voice:
"Sodrak Palace."

"Correct."

Edessak nodded and said seriously, "It's called Sodrak Palace. In the ancient Fessak language, this word means 'balance'. Although the royal family is cooperating with the Witch Cult, given my father's character, he would never trust the Witch Cult. Therefore, he will definitely introduce other secret organizations to counter it in order to achieve the balance he wants."

After a pause, Edessak continued, "Of course, I am more inclined to believe that the Witch Cult was the one that was introduced."

Triss frowned, thinking.

Edessak opened his arms, as if embracing the dawn of a new life, with a slightly fanatical look on his face:
"Tonight, I will present a magnificent rebellion to my dear father!"

Suddenly, a breeze blew, bringing with it the cool morning air and a fresh, disgusting, rotten air into the house.

Edessak felt nauseous and almost vomited, bending over.

Triss frowned and complained:

"This is the East District, the slums. Do you think this is your luxurious manor? Really, why are you opening the window for no reason?"

While complaining, Triss walked forward and reached out to close the shabby window on the stained wall.
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Queens, the luxurious villa of Earl Hall's family.

Outside a living room on the second floor, there was a dull knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Come in~!"

The girl's clear and pleasant voice penetrated the door and reached the ears of Yu Jin who was standing in the corridor.

He turned the doorknob and pushed the door open. What came into his sight was Audrey standing in front of a full-length mirror, dressed up, and many maids standing behind her, helping her get dressed.

Audrey lifted her skirt and turned around, with a faint smile on her face, revealing two small and cute dimples, and asked with a little expectation:
"Does it look good?"

"very beautiful."

Ember praised, tugging at his tie.

"Then let's take this one."

The corners of Audrey's mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile with a hint of pride and joy under the gaze of the maids.

Yu Jin extended his hand to the girl and asked in a gentlemanly manner:
"So, beautiful Miss Audrey, shall we go?"

Audrey raised her chin slightly and elegantly handed her hand, which was wearing elbow-length white gauze gloves, to Yu Jin.

Yu Jin led the girl to the first floor under the surprised gaze of the maids, and came to the living room. At this time, Earl Hall and Hibbert were sitting on the sofa, and they smiled when they saw the two.

Earl Hall's eyes were full of love and pride, while Hibbert quietly gave Ember an encouraging look and a thumbs-up.

"dad."

Audrey's face was filled with excitement about participating in the New Year's Eve party. She asked curiously, "Aren't you going together?" "You go first."

Earl Hall said with a smile, "Hibbert and I have some things to deal with. We will be there soon."

"Ah."

Audrey nodded obediently without asking any more questions.

She just let Yu Jin lead her out of the door gracefully and reservedly, walked through the red carpet in the garden, boarded the luxurious carriage that belonged to her, and drove towards the Sodrak Palace.

Although the New Year's Eve party is still some time away, it is normal, very normal, for young noble men and women to be unable to suppress their excitement and rush to the palace with their servants in advance.

In the living room, Earl Hall watched the two of them leave the villa, but the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said calmly:

"Don't tell your sister about that."

"I see."

Hibbert nodded solemnly, but soon a trace of worry flashed across his face, and he asked hesitantly, "But can we really succeed by doing this?"

"why not?"

Earl Hall chuckled. "The Prime Minister supports us, and the nobles of the entire Loen Kingdom are on our side. Even the royal family cannot and dare not ignore our opinions."

Hibbert nodded silently, but from Earl Hall's slightly solemn brows, it could be seen that he was not as sure about this matter as he said.

Outside the house, in the luxurious carriage driving on the wide road, Audrey's original excitement and excitement disappeared, and she became a little nervous.

Audrey whispered:
"Dad and the others are hiding something from us."

Yu Jin withdrew his gaze from the street outside the window and said softly:
"It should be related to the royal family. Earl Hall was hypnotized by the royal family. This touched the interests of all the nobles. They want an explanation from the royal family."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully, but soon thought of the purpose of their trip, and her expression suddenly became strange.

Dad and his men just want the royal family to give an explanation, so they will definitely not embarrass the royal family at the New Year's Eve party. The royal family will definitely compromise on this matter, but this is not because the nobles are united in hatred of the enemy. The power of the nobles is not worth mentioning to the royal family. But after all, the three major churches are standing behind the nobles, and the royal family's behavior this time not only violates the interests of all the nobles, but also touches the bottom line of the three major churches.

With the support of the three major churches, the nobles have enough confidence. No matter what the royal family's reasons are, they will definitely give in.

But this plan will never succeed, because after tonight, the entire situation of the Loen royal family will be completely changed!

"Dad didn't tell me what they were going to do because he didn't want me to get involved, but they had no idea what we were going to do."

Audrey thought silently, feeling a little proud and excited. As for the tension and slight uneasiness about overthrowing the royal family, they had disappeared as soon as the royal family hypnotized Earl Hall.
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Queens, Sodrak Palace.

George III sat on the throne, looking at the woman in evening gown below with a cold expression:
"Georgina, it's been three days. Tell me the results of your investigation."

Grand Duchess Georgina stepped forward and reported respectfully, "Your Majesty, all traces of Edessak have been covered up. The person who did it has the ability to counter divination and anti-prophecy, and his rank is extremely high. Even the prophecy and divination at the saint level cannot capture any trace of Edessak."

Georgina lowered her head deeply, not daring to look up at George III's expression for fear of angering His Majesty.

George III said coldly:
"The Steam Church is unwilling to help?"

Georgina shook her head and whispered, "Archbishop Horamick said that the Mechanical Heart needs to rely on '2-111' to deduce the real culprit behind the 'Backlund Great Smog' incident, so they cannot lend this seal. However, they also promised to continue tracking down Edessak's whereabouts and notify us immediately if there is any relevant clue."

A trace of helplessness flashed in Georgina Augustus's eyes. Anyone could tell that the Steam Church's remarks were a complete excuse. But it was the Orthodox Church after all. Before their plan was completed, the royal family had no ability to compete with it, and of course it was even more impossible to snatch it from the Steam Church.

Moreover, because the Backlund Great Smog incident was resolved by an angel who happened to be passing by, no one in the East District died in the smog. This not only completely failed the royal family's plan to cover up the disappearance of people in the East District, but also attracted the three major churches to focus on the investigation. Because they could easily find out that in the East District, while no one died, a large number of people were innocently missing.

Although the three major churches usually don't pay much attention to the East District, there are more than 150 million people living there after all. Together with the unregistered illegal residents, there are at least two million people in the East District!

A large part of these people were believers of the three major churches. Now that hundreds of thousands of people have disappeared, the three major churches cannot help but pay attention. Even if the royal family made timely repairs and destroyed all the remaining traces, and disturbed the sight of the three major churches, and also made anti-divination and anti-prophecy treatments for related events, doing so would also leave traces. The three major churches can follow the clues and it is only a matter of time before they suspect the royal family.

Therefore, even though the royal family had every right to track down the traitor Edessak, they did not dare to take any actions that were too extreme, as this would likely further arouse suspicion from the three major churches.

George III asked in a deep voice:

"What about the nobles?"

Georgina breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that King George III did not care about her impoliteness, and said quickly:

"Agusid has reopened the investigation into the 'Assassination of Duke Negan' case and rejected MI9's independent investigation, inviting Beyonders from the three major churches to join the investigation. At the same time, Earl Hall has been in frequent contact with other nobles in the past few days, and it seems that he wants to contact all the nobles to put pressure on the royal family. Should we..."

"Don't worry about him."

George III said calmly, "It is normal for him to feel resentful, and all he wants is an explanation. As long as he does not do anything more outrageous, you don't have to pay attention to him. Also, let Hvin Rambis come to see me."

Georgina nodded silently. Earl Hall was still just contacting nobles everywhere. This was certainly to put pressure on the royal family, but it also sent a signal to the royal family: this was a matter between the nobles and the royal family, and as long as the royal family gave an explanation, there would be nothing to worry about.

And the 'extraordinary behavior' naturally refers to the three major churches.

It was nothing to let the three major churches put pressure on them. After all, the strength of the nobles was nothing compared to that of the royal family. Without the support of the three major churches, they could not compete with the royal family. But as long as Earl Hall did not openly introduce the three major churches, there would still be room for negotiation, and the royal family would tolerate his "willfulness".

George III waved his hand and said:
"Go back."

"Yes."

Georgina bowed respectfully and slowly left the palace.

But George III, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly looked gloomy.

Even the divination of the saints could not find any traces. The one who provided protection for Edessak was at least an angel. And it was definitely an angel with the power of anti-divination and anti-prophecy, and there were only a handful of ways with such abilities.

Among them, the "secret" of the Church of Night is undoubtedly one of them, and it is the most outstanding one.

In other words, the one secretly protecting Edessak is most likely the Church of Night!

This was not good news for George III, especially when his plans were sabotaged time and time again. If this continued, his plan to become a god would probably end in failure.

"Snapped!"

George III crushed the armrests of the throne, with a hint of ruthlessness and determination flashing across his face.

His plan to become a god must not be disturbed by anyone, not even God!

(End of this chapter)