The Duke’s Eldest Son Escaped to the Army (191)

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

61 Indicators of Instability (1)

The information in regards to the Southeast unfold far and vast.

With battles ongoing on daily basis, individuals turned anxious. They didn’t know when it might finish or when their dominance could be taken over and disappear. However ultimately, it ended with the people’ victory. 

[ After a series of fierce battles, the Mobile Field Army gained victory… ]

With this temporary headline, the information in regards to the Southeast was unfold all all through the Empire. Nevertheless, the Empire didn’t have any time to care about it in any respect. 

The alliance of birdmen within the West.

The sudden explosion of the ruins of Atlantis within the East.

The fluctuation within the nice forest within the South. 

The modifications within the continent started to appear as if it was ready for the conclusion of the occasions within the Southeast. 

Nevertheless, the largest downside was within the North. The place, the place they thought was the most secure, immediately started to maneuver surprisingly. The area was nonetheless comparatively a lot closed off, however because of the Northeast being principally open to the general public, they have been nonetheless capable of obtain the most recent information. And the worst information that the Empire might obtain got here from that exact same Northeast.

[ Frost Giant Corps? Are they awakening? ]

[ The worst crisis. How will the Northeast overcome this crisis? ]

In the long run, the reality that that they had hidden had been revealed. And the Northeast, which was hailed as a secure zone, had turn out to be a harmful space in a blink of an eye fixed. 

In a state of affairs the place your complete Northern area was in peril, the individuals’s consideration was immediately centered on the Heart. This was as a result of the areas within the neighborhood of the capital had turn out to be a comparatively secure space after the hazards erupted from all around the Empire. 

Due to this, the collapsed Central Authorities started to recuperate their energy, albeit solely barely. Nevertheless, opposite to what they confirmed to the general public, the Imperial Household, particularly the Crown Prince and the nobles who supported him, all had solemn expressions on their faces that grew deeper by the day. 

“…When do you assume it is going to break?” 

The ministers standing behind the Crown Prince all remained silent at his query. 

This was a proven fact that solely a choose few individuals knew. Nevertheless, all of them knew that this was one thing that they might finally let the general public know. 

The white crystal, which was presently believed to be the core that held the boundary defending this continent, was on the verge of breaking.

The Imperial Household had suffered and endured all kinds of degradation and humiliation simply to guard this merchandise. They finally succeeded in defending this and the Empire regardless of the autumn of the capital and the Imperial Household’s energy.

However even after they tried the whole lot that they might, the crack was nonetheless rising by the day. Maybe it was as a result of it had already reached the purpose the place it couldn’t be reversed anymore or the pace of breaking had turn out to be uncontrollable that it accelerated after receiving that vast crack. Nevertheless, that didn’t matter anymore. What mattered was that there was a giant crack on this crystal proper at this very second. And with the harmful state of affairs within the continent, it might not be unusual in any respect if it immediately broke utterly. 

“Proper now… I feel we have to put together for the worst.”

The Crown Prince silently regarded on the white crystal, the God’s Orb, silently on the phrases of one of many ministers behind him. 

The Crown Prince was often known as somebody incompetent and conceited. Would such an individual change when confronted with a disaster? 

In comparison with the opposite princes, who have been solely centered on combating politics, the present Crown Prince sincerely felt unhappy for the disaster that the Empire would face. 

They didn’t know what he noticed, however after the Crown Prince got here out of the place the place solely the earlier Emperors might enter, his angle had modified little by little through the years. He didn’t even give any unreasonable orders to re-establish the Central Authorities’s collapsed status or collect forces to rebuild the Imperial Household’s energy.

In truth, it was the opposite princes and a number of other different ministers who tried to undermine the authority of the Commanders and the Cellular Subject Military. However the extra they did, the extra the Crown Prince mediated.

Everybody regarded on the Crown Prince unsure after seeing how a lot his look and angle had modified however the Crown Prince remained in keeping with this transformation. From what they heard from the servants and the maids, this look was not only a pretense. He actually had modified as an individual. 

Maybe that was the rationale why the ministers and the bureaucrats continued to take a look at him with disbelief as they gave him recommendation. They solely stepped down after speaking about theories and hypotheses since they didn’t have some other means on this state of affairs. 

After everybody stepped down, the Crown Prince sighed as he muttered to himself.

“Destruction…”

Lately, he would expertise particular desires the second he closed his eyes to sleep. It was a dream that confirmed the destruction of the continent.

Auzria, the house of mankind, became a playground the place the entire gods had gathered. To withstand and struggle in opposition to them, the traditional races woke up. However these beings have been trampled by the gods and became their toys. 

After dozens of desires, the Crown Prince instinctively knew that this was not only a easy dream. 

“Foresight…”

He didn’t know why he noticed desires that might virtually be known as foresight however there was one factor that he was positive about. Destruction was not distant. 

In his desires, he died dozens of instances.

The people confronted destruction because the capital was set ablaze. It was the other-worlders and the chosen ones who fought from the start to the top of destruction. And amongst them, the ‘hero’, who defended the Empire quite a few instances, was the one who resisted till the very finish. The exact same hero who labored so onerous to chop himself off from the Heart. And in all of his desires, the Empire and the continent collapsed dozens of instances in numerous methods however that hero was the one one who remained persistently the identical in all these desires. 

‘The Empire’s destruction.’ 

The Crown Prince might inform that it was a deliberate matter. 

None of his desires depicted the survival of the Empire. Even when he turned the Emperor, he would nonetheless be deposed quickly. He lastly realized that the Emperor’s place, the place that he needed a lot, was meaningless the second the day of destruction appeared. 

And he wanted to decide earlier than the domineering gods and the traditional races got here to be. 

“Father…” 

The second that his father and all of the late Emperors had tried so onerous to cease was quick approaching. Though the tactic that they used was improper, they nonetheless sacrificed themselves for a ‘nice trigger’. He saved on serious about the state of affairs the place he needed to give and dedicate his all for the Empire identical to the earlier Emperors.

Proper now, the Imperial Household needed to put together to welcome their finish to guard the Empire and the continent from destruction. Though everybody cursed the Imperial Household and informed them that they have been horrible and hideous, on the very least, he thought that the Imperial Household might nonetheless make this noble sacrifice. This Imperial Household would additionally not exist sooner or later. And he, one of many noblest descendants, would fall all the way down to the abyss too. 

“The lifetime of a commoner…”

The considered changing into one of many individuals who he deemed as ‘petty and unimportant’ earlier than was horrible. It introduced him worry and terror. Nevertheless, the handful of ‘honor’ left in his coronary heart that he didn’t know the place it got here from gave him the braveness and helped him overcome this worry. 

‘That’s proper! Since we’re going to fall into destruction anyway, let’s preserve this handful of honor…’

It was solely only in the near past that the Crown Prince got here to assume like this. 

After experiencing dozens of deaths in his desires and realizing that their future was a deliberate destruction, the conceited and naive Crown Prince lastly realized the whole lot. And in the present day, he was lastly capable of eliminate his worry and made up his thoughts to organize for the top. 

The very subsequent day, the Crown Prince’s resolution was introduced. 

“Are you actually going to make that call?” 

The Crown Prince nodded silently on the 4th Prince’s query. 

The Emperor’s forces could be distributed to every ministry. The Imperial Household’s Shadow could be despatched to the Ministry of Info and the Imperial Palace’s Knight Order that belonged to the Capital Protection Corps earlier than could be despatched to the safety forces. He additionally drastically diminished the authority and energy of the Imperial Household. 

This resolution resulted in a major improve within the authority of the Central Nobles affiliated with the ministries. 

Everybody puzzled if the silly and silly Crown Prince knew one thing after listening to him make this resolution. The Crown Prince, who was presently nominated as the subsequent Emperor, had given up the Emperor’s authority? It didn’t make sense in any respect. However what didn’t make sense in any respect was the truth that the Crown Prince, who made this resolution, solely needed one factor. 

“We want the help of the nobles to broaden our armament.”

The enlargement of armament. 

After gathering the taxes from the general public, what they’ve was nonetheless solely barely sufficient. That meant that the one ones left have been the rich nobles. Nevertheless, if the taxes on the nobles have been elevated indefinitely, the one ones who would endure have been the decrease nobles. The best means was to obtain help from the higher nobles below the pretext of donations. 

“How a lot… are you speaking about?” 

One of many higher nobles spoke with a trembling voice. 

This request was made after he gave up the Emperor’s authority so it was undoubtedly not a small quantity.

However regardless of the tensed and nervous gazes that have been educated on the Crown Prince, he solely replied dully.

“30%. Donate greater than 30% of your belongings to the Imperial Household.” 

The expression of everybody current crumpled on the Crown Prince’s phrases. 

At first they thought that it was only a joke. They thought that him giving up the Emperor’s authority was additionally a joke. However everybody was nonetheless alert and nervous. In spite of everything, the Crown Prince stamped the seal and gave up his authority on this transfer. 

“Why on the earth… are you doing this?” 

The Crown Prince quietly replied to the query of one of many nobles.

“The tip has come.” 

It was simply this one sentence. 

At first, they thought that the Crown Prince had gone loopy. However quickly, the truth that just a few ministers knew about was lastly revealed to them. 

Everybody was shocked on the sight of the shining God’s Orb that was suffering from dense cracks. 

“In response to the Ministry of Info, the chaos masking the continent proper now’s an aftermath of God’s Orb reaching its limits.” 

Not like the Crown Prince’s calm and regular voice, the hearts of the astonished ministers and nobles have been in turmoil. 

“The horrible issues which are taking place proper now’s the value that we’ve got to pay for not maintaining this orb correctly secure. So… We’ve to take accountability.” 

“Th… Then, let’s do it like earlier than. Let’s strengthen the protection line across the capital…”

“As soon as the God’s Orb is damaged, the worth of this place would turn out to be meaningless. It’s higher so that you can make investments some place else.”

The Crown Prince regarded on the nobles and the ministers as he mentioned this. 

“I don’t care in case you use your remaining belongings to line up with the Commanders. There’s just one factor that I’m positive of… the top has come and it’s time for us to search out our personal methods to outlive.”

The nobles panicked on the phrases of the Crown Prince. 

After all, these phrases additionally made it by way of the headlines and unfold all around the Empire.

The individuals of the Empire have been left in chaos after the newspapers unfold the information that the top was approaching. The information even went past the Empire and unfold all around the continent. The poets and bards wrote songs and poems in regards to the apocalypse whereas the pessimists went round busily telling everybody that they might die. 

Whereas the air within the Empire turned low, the South and the West have been totally different. 

Many Southerners signed a contract with the traditional gods, and so they believed that they might be capable of survive so long as they turned stronger below their banner. Then again, the Westerners devoted themselves to unknown gods and believed that they might be protected by them. Even the Divine Nation, who believed in God, slowly began to desert their very own God. 

“The Lord, our God, can not shield the continent.”

“We’ve to show our devotions and religion to many different gods.”

“For the reason that Lord, our God, had deserted us, we are going to abandon him too!”

With these claims, the Divine Nation formally discarded their very own God and devoted themselves to different gods. To the gods who gave them revelations and energy. Figuring out that the approaching finish would result in extra harmful beings, they turned in direction of these unknown gods regardless of figuring out full effectively that they have been additionally harmful.

Whereas everybody was busy attempting to get out and get away of the present requirements to organize for the top, the Southeastern area of the Empire quietly cultivated their power and expanded their energy. They step by step pushed again the enormous worm corps, who appeared to be too robust and skillful that they couldn’t win in opposition to them in quite a few battles. 

And in only a blink of an eye fixed, the Cellular Subject Military, which had turn out to be the strongest pressure within the Southeast, had already ready to begin a battle in opposition to the alliance between the enormous worm corps and the monster corps. 

“These are the provides from the Heart?” 

Iron checked out Carl surprisingly after listening to his report in his Commander’s workplace. 

“That’s proper.” 

Carl replied in an affirmative earlier than inserting a letter on Iron’s desk. 

“That is?” 

“It is a letter from His Highness, the Crown Prince.” 

At Carl’s phrases, Iron quietly opened the letter. There was solely a brief sentence written on the letter.

[ Please take good care of the Empire. ]

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