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35 Founding International (1)
The news that Prince Zion Agnes was the first to subdue the disaster quickly spread throughout the capital.
At first, it was unknown because he went out quietly with only one of his men, and then returned, but the news of the Steel Fortress spread rapidly.
Thanks to this, the name of Zion Agnes is skyrocketing once again in the recent capital.
Of course, all the other royal families succeeded in subjugating the disaster, raising the value of their name, but it was nothing compared to Zion.
He subdued as many as two plagues, including the Phantom Army, and succeeded first.
And another element added to it made the subjugation of Zion stand out even more.
“ You said there were only two of you?”
In the office of Cheongseonggung Palace, when Lloyd’s report was received, Diena’s eyes were young with surprise.
It was information that I personally found out because I couldn’t understand why Shion came back first.
“ Yes. So there was almost no time to go out and return. And from what we have obtained, it is said that as soon as we arrived at the steel fortress, we immediately subjugated the monster corps the next morning.”
“ That… … Is it possible? Of course, I know that there was a legion stationed in the fortress, but it was impossible to subdue them alone, wasn’t it?”
“ Yes. So, I looked into it more and found out that the red-eyed woman who went with Prince Zion immediately summoned summoned beasts equivalent to one corps on the battlefield.”
“!!!!!!”
At those words, the eyes of the 5th Princess were colored with astonishment.
It’s because I’ve never heard of a single wizard summoning a legion since I was born.
“ Does that make sense?”
“ All the soldiers on the battlefield said they saw it.”
“ Hey, what is that… … No.”
Diana, who was denying those words, slowly began to see a light of understanding in her eyes.
Come to think of it, when Shion was subjugating the phantom forces, it was only the two of them with a woman named Rina.
At that time, I thought that I was helped by the Gray Lions, so I didn’t take it too seriously, but when I heard this, I remembered that Zion had already used that woman to subdue the phantom army.
“ I knew it was strong, but it must have been that much.”
Even if it was comparable to the ‘Seven Heavens’, it was safe.
Where did Shion get such power?
I really couldn’t understand.
“ Ha… … .”
It felt like I was getting farther away from the throne.
Shaking off that feeling quickly, Diana organized her current competition for the throne in her head.
‘ In terms of legitimacy, Zion has the most advantage.’
Because he was appointed as the official successor by the Emperor Urdios.
However, this only gave a little more power to the few imperial aristocrats and had no special meaning.
And that was the peculiarity of the empire.
Emperor Agnes, who is the ruler of the world, is above all else and takes precedence over anything else.
‘ But not about the succession.’
To be precise, it was correct to say that the emperor’s influence on the succession competition was not so great.
‘ Strength rather than legitimacy.’
It has been passed down since Orrelion, the eons that founded the Agnes Empire, and it was a trend that had never changed.
Therefore, all the emperors in the past ascended the throne after destroying or subjugating all other brothers and sisters with their own power and power.
Among them, there were those who were designated as official successors to the emperor, and those who were not, but there were no exceptions in the process.
Only then was he considered qualified to rule the empire that ruled the entire world, and was recognized as a true emperor by the war gods.
‘ It is for this reason that dark battles within the Hwangseong are implicitly tolerated.’
Therefore, the question of legitimacy did not have much meaning if it was Agnes’s direct blood relatives, and the principle of eldest son succession in ancient countries did not exist.
The reason why the other royal families resisted when the first emperor Urdios appointed Zion as his successor, but accepted it.
‘ Even though my father was not an official heir in the first place, he became the emperor after killing all the other brothers and sisters… … .’
This was the reason why I didn’t even use the word prince.
Because it didn’t make any sense anyway.
‘ On the power side, other imperial families still have the upper hand… … .’
I didn’t know when it would catch up either.
In addition, due to the superiority in the competition for the throne given to Sion by the subjugation of this disaster, the gap will be narrowed even faster.
‘ That advantage was the initiative in the upcoming ‘World Conference’.’
Agnes World Conference.
It was the largest meeting held in the Empire, and even representatives of the giant colony called the Apocrypha, Fairy Rim, and Su In-hae attended.
Representatives of the Apocrypha usually considered the imperial family, who led the world conference, to be the next emperor.
Therefore, the imperial family, who took the lead naturally, had no choice but to give it power, and it had no choice but to act as a tremendous advantage in forming power.
“And if it turns out that Zion is a descendant of the Eternal Eternal Empire… … .”
After that, I didn’t even want to think about it.
Diana, who had been in trouble for a while, called Lloyd, the captain of the 1st division of Ygracia, who was next to her.
“ Lloyd.”
“ Yes.”
“ I will visit the fairy forest soon. Know that.”
“ I see.”
After saying those words, Diena turned her head out the window.
In her eyes, the images of people busily moving to prepare for the foundation day, which is approaching the next day, began to be reflected in her eyes.
* * *
Agnes Founding.
Literally, it was a festival to commemorate the founding of the Agnes Empire, and it was a huge festival that was counted among the empires.
It lasted four days and four nights, and the scale was so large that people from all over the empire gathered to enjoy the festival.
It was exactly two days after all the imperial families returned to the imperial castle after completing their subjugation.
Since the event was originally held on the day of the foundation of the country, it could not be postponed, so the festival was held before the cleanup of the large-scale disaster subjugation was completely over.
Is it because all the imperial families have returned with a triumphant trumpet?
This year’s founding festival was held more grandly than last year.
Beeppara night!
Parades traversed the streets across the capital, and performances of dancing, singing and playing musical instruments were countless.
In addition, even at night, street vendors lit up the streets and scattered, adding to the excitement of the festival.
“ Mom, over there! Let’s go over there!”
“ Yeah, it’s good to go, but we get lost, so we have to hold hands and go.”
Thousands of people filled the streets.
and among them,
“ It’s right there, my lord.”
There was also Zion’s party.
Shion, who changed her hair and eye color, and the men who followed her in disguise.
After returning from subjugating the monster corps, there was some leeway until the next plan, and Sion took advantage of that spare time to get out of the castle for a while.
Of course, Zion, who doesn’t like loud and complicated things, had a different reason to come here.
“ What our ‘shadow’ found out is that it’s the best coffee shop out there.”
It was because of the coffee.
Sion learned that there was a ‘coffee street’ where only street vendors specializing in coffee were gathered during the founding ceremony, and came all the way here to see it.
Zion’s interest in coffee was growing day by day.
“ No, my lord. We analyzed it in our ‘Eyes of the Moon’, and the place that is two blocks above the opposite side has the best acidity and the density of fragrance is higher. Go over there.”
Eileen, who was next to Thierry’s words, denied those words as if waiting, and pointed to the other shop.
“ I don’t know why you’re saying that. Your Majesty prefers a mild scent to a too strong scent. And I know that the store you mentioned has a strong scent that numbs the nostrils.”
“ Isn’t the scent also depends on the scent? And the store you chose used beans of poorer quality than ours. Do you want your Majesty to eat something like that?”
“ The quality of coffee beans is important, but more important than that… … .”
It looked like something deep, but it was a completely useless conversation.
“… … .”
Shion blew the conversation between the two of them through one ear and moved on.
I didn’t even tell you to follow me, but I couldn’t figure out why you came here to help.
Since they are the same information organization, did they have a sense of competition with each other?
“ Hey, guest! It’s carbonated, so don’t shake it!”
“ Carbonated? what is that… … .”
Fu Chemicals!
On the other side, Liusina, whose hair and eyes were dyed brown, was doing a fountain show, sprinkling soda from a street vendor in all directions.
Perhaps there was no such thing as carbonation before she was sealed.
“ Don’t add sugar, keep it cold.”
It was when Shion ordered coffee while pretending not to be with Riusina and the party.
“ Did you hear that? Rumors that the last remaining plague, the ‘root-eating snake’, has been subjugated.”
The conversations of the people at the stall next door came to Zion’s ears.
“ What? Is that for real?”
“ Yeah. I heard the news a while ago too. Of course I’m not sure.”
“ Did the empire even send troops in the meantime?”
“ No, they said it was a minority, not an army. Two?”
“ Ha ha ha! what? two people? Where did you hear that bullshit? Let’s go get a drink or something.”
“ No, because it is. I really heard that… … .”
The voice is getting farther and farther away.
Because of that, I couldn’t listen to the end, but a faint smile formed on Shion’s lips, who had already obtained all the information he was going to get.
‘ It seems to have succeeded.’
In nine out of ten, it would be a group of warriors.
Now, because of this incident, your name will start to be known, and then the full-fledged hero’s journey will begin.
It wasn’t bad because it was all Zion’s own intentions.
‘ Naturally, the number of colleagues will increase.’
From Zion’s point of view, the growth of the warriors was a pleasure.
Depending on how you use it, it could be helpful for Sion’s own plan, and it could also progress the main story more advantageously.
In addition, it was necessary for catching the Demon King later.
Because in the first place, the existence of a hero was specialized in killing the demon king.
‘You’re the devil… … .’
Shion took a sip of the Ahh that came out and remembered things about the Demon King.
Devil.
In fact, even as Zion who had read the chronicle to the end, he did not know exactly what the demon king was.
It’s because the demon king has never appeared directly in the chronicle.
A transcendent being, crouched in the deepest depths of demonic powers, is revered and worshiped by all the demons in the world.
‘ In the chronicle, the hero’s party did not even reach the Demon King.’
At that time, the strength of the hero’s party was beyond imagination, but at any rate, they were only a small minority without a support force.
Therefore, the limit was clear, and even the 4 Grand Dukes who were directly under his control, let alone the Demon King, could not penetrate all of them.
‘ If the Empire and the Church of Light had provided normal support, the result could have been different.’
I couldn’t.
After the death of Evelyn Agnes, who thought she should help the hero, the chaos of the Empire grew uncontrollably, and in the meantime, the Church of Light was also at stake.
‘ So it’s hard to get a sense of how much power the Demon King has.’
As he is the final boss of the chronicle, he must have a different level of strength from other beings.
In fact, there was something more to look forward to.
How much joy will the Demon King give him when Shion himself has fully recovered his original power?
‘ In order to do that, I will have to raise the status of Heukseongha more quickly.’
It was raised to 4 stars in less than half a year, but Zion thought that even this was slow.
Actually, it was right for me to be slow because of my body.
In the original world, the realm under the Black Star that Zion reached was 8 Stars.
In terms of numbers, it was similar to what had been built up so far, but the power that increased each time it was raised was incomparable.
‘ Up to 5 stars within a month.’
So when Zion finished his thoughts,
“ There you guys!”
An old voice came from the other side.
When he turned his head, an old woman who was watching Zion himself and those who followed him caught his eye.
An old woman with pure white hair is smiling with a wrinkled face while hanging necklaces and earrings.
In front of the old woman who was sitting in the tent, there was a marble glimmering in a strange light.
“ Aren’t you going to take a look?”
Soon after, the old woman revealed her yellow teeth and asked Zion.
Coffee 😆