“Have you all gone mad? This is rebellion! His Majesty the Emperor will never spare you!” The tightly bound imperial soldier leader roared at Via.
“Rebellion? That is exactly our intention.”
Stella opened the office door and walked in.
“Ah? You… you are…? Ninth Princess Stella?!”
The imperial soldier leader was dumbfounded.
Stella, who was currently being wanted by Soren, had actually appeared here.
Besides Stella, he also saw some unfamiliar soldiers entering together with her.
He quickly understood that Stella, who had been wandering outside all this time, was truly rebelling.
“You now have two choices. The first is to use your life to swear loyalty to Soren. The second is to know what is good for you and live.” Stella smiled.
“I…”
Clearly the fall of Highwind City’s large teleportation magic array had already become a foregone conclusion. The imperial soldier leader lowered his head and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
He served here more because the work was light and the treatment was good, not truly for the sake of using his life to be loyal to the imperial family of the Saint Luo Empire. This was the Ninth Princess openly and clearly defying Soren. Using the emperor’s name was clearly not enough to intimidate her. It could no longer be changed, and the empire side was also impossible to send reinforcements.
“…I still choose to live.”
“You’ve worked hard, Via.” Stella leaned close to Via’s side.
“It didn’t take much effort. It was handled very easily.”
Via looked at the large teleportation magic array in front of her. Quite a few mages were currently making adjustments and preparing for the next activation.
Not long ago, many city lords of the southern region had already responded to Stella’s call. Under the name of the legitimate successor Stella, they had formed the New Imperial Army, and under the cooperation of the vanguard special detachment led by Alef, they were advancing the plan.
On the surface, they had the city lords headed by Wade stabilize Soren. In secret, they rapidly seized control of the large teleportation magic arrays and quickly took control of these key strongholds.
The New Imperial Army intended to transfer toward the capital and launch an attack before Soren noticed.
“Your Highness Stella, according to our research, the large teleportation magic array of Highwind City cannot directly teleport to the capital.” A mage of the New Imperial Army came before Stella and made his report.
“I remember the capital has a large teleportation magic array. Why can it not teleport?” Stella asked in confusion.
“The teleportation magic array of the capital has been locked. One-way teleportation is impossible. It requires the capital side to unlock it and activate both sides before teleportation can be carried out.”
“Is that so…”
Stella felt a little regretful.
If the situation was like this, then it would be impossible to directly descend upon the capital and deliver a fatal blow to Soren’s unguarded heart.
“However, we can teleport to Posi City. Posi City is already the city closest to the capital.” The mage explained. “Your Highness Stella, if we launch a surprise attack on the capital according to the original plan, Posi City is also very suitable.”
“Alright, then set the next teleportation target as Posi City. If we want to teleport the New Imperial Army over, how much time will it take?”
“At present it will take three days to prepare. This is already the most ideal situation, after all the number of people in our New Imperial Army is large.”
“Three days, huh…” Stella fell into thought. “Alright, I understand. Then make it as fast as possible.”
The mage indicated he understood and withdrew first. “Yes. I will go notify the others and begin the teleportation settings.”
“Stella, are you also going to Posi City?” Via reminded her. “You actually don’t need to go onto the battlefield. You can completely stay in the rear. Matters on the battlefield can be left to Wade and the other city lords.”
“No. I will not stay behind. I will move together with them.”
“Why? The battlefield is extremely dangerous. This is not an academy examination. People can really die.”
“Precisely because it is dangerous, I need to appear on the battlefield and command the New Imperial Army in battle.” Stella said seriously. “If I only stay in the rear, that would mean I am merely a dispensable figure. If I want to establish the prestige of an emperor, then I must personally achieve merits and establish my career.”
“This is a very good resolve, Stella. I did not misjudge you.”
“Via, were you testing me just now?”
“You could say that. If you threw everything to other people to handle, then I might instead look down on you.”
“Via, my ambition to become emperor is not a joke. Back when I stayed in the academy library, all those books I read were for the knowledge reserves of today.”
“The situations in books and actual battlefields are completely different things. It will be even more cruel, and the pressure will be even greater.”
“I will learn to endure this cruelty and withstand this pressure.”
A fire seemed to ignite in Stella’s eyes.
She wanted to prove that she had the ability to sit on the imperial throne.
Whether for herself or for her mother.
“If I cannot do it, then let me die on the battlefield.”
…
“Your Majesty, your mood looks quite good right now.” The minister looked at Soren walking in the palace garden and said respectfully.
“Guess what the reason is?” Soren replied.
“I guess it is because the Pope of the Holy Land agreed to your request for aid and dispatched a powerful Holy Knight Order to the Yamar Border to resist the invasion of the demonkin army.”
“Mm, there is this reason.” Soren nodded. “According to the Pope’s words, the Holy Land of today is different from the past. The Holy Knight Order has already become even stronger. Confronting the demonkin army is not a problem. With their assistance, it can also be considered that one of my worries has been resolved.”
“Your Majesty, if the Holy Knight Order successfully blocks the demonkin legion, you can completely take advantage of this matter to publicize the strength of our empire’s army. After all, you also dispatched troops to the border.” The minister offered his opinion.
“You have only just ascended the throne not long ago and just happen to need a major event to establish your prestige. This is a good opportunity.”
“Of course.”
Soren smiled.
Fortunately he had promised Altes back then and made the Holy Land the state religion of the Saint Luo Empire. He had obtained tremendous assistance. Even a crisis of this degree could be converted into an opportunity for him to establish prestige. The benefits were truly many.
“Your Majesty, something bad has happened!”
A soldier, without obtaining permission, ran frantically before Soren and half-knelt down.
Soren felt a little angry. His good mood had been disturbed by this soldier. Yet he still first endured his temper, intending to listen to exactly what matter could make a subordinate rush in and report even at the cost of colliding with him.
“What is going on?”
“Your Majesty, someone is rebelling! Posi City has already fallen and been captured by the rebel army!!”