How could Posi City have fallen just like that?
Soren furrowed his brows.
He wondered if he had misheard.
How could Posi City have been seized without even the slightest sign?
“Did the city lord of Posi City rebel?”
“No, Your Majesty.” The messenger soldier replied.
“Then who is rebelling?”
“Your Majesty, it is your younger sister, the former Ninth Princess Stella.”
Soren felt it was rather unbelievable.
Stella had actually been able to form an army, and even rebel and capture Posi City?
This was simply too absurd.
He had investigated before. Stella had been driven out of the capital when she was young. In all these years outside, she had never made contact with any major forces.
Under normal circumstances, aside from possessing imperial bloodline and succession rights, Stella should not have been of much use.
Could it be that some force had taken a fancy to Stella?
Soren recalled another matter.
Not long ago, under the name of Gustav, he had summoned all members of the imperial family to the capital. At that time there had been only one omission, and that was Stella. Stella had been rescued by a mysterious person who could control the dragon race.
There was a high possibility that someone wanted to take advantage of the fact that his foundation was still unstable to overthrow his rule, but they needed a legitimate and open reason. In that case, Stella, who possessed imperial bloodline, was the best front.
“Your Majesty, according to the report of the Posi City soldiers who escaped back, it seems the city lords of the southern region formed an army called the New Imperial Army. They support Stella as the new emperor and have come to campaign against you.”
“So it really was Wade?” Soren bit his lip. “Tch, of all people, these two fellows had to join together. I truly misjudged them back then.”
“Your Majesty, what should we do? The rebel army is coming aggressively. Posi City is very close to the capital. They will attack soon!” The messenger soldier reminded him.
Soren pinched the bridge of his nose and began to think rapidly.
After thinking of something, he opened his eyes.
“Go. Summon Prince Kaiso and have him come before me immediately. No delays are allowed.”
“Understood, Your Majesty!” The soldier indicated he understood, immediately withdrew, and went to find Kaiso.
After being summoned, Kaiso hurriedly came into the palace. His clothes looked somewhat disheveled, and his hairstyle was a mess.
“Imperial Brother, why did you suddenly call me into the palace so urgently?”
“What were you doing just now? Why do you look like this?” Soren was somewhat dissatisfied. “Did I not tell you to come quickly and not delay in the slightest?”
“I already came as fast as I could, Imperial Brother. I truly did not dare to slack off!” Kaiso smiled a little awkwardly. “Just now, I was with several beauties… hehe. Although that was a wonderful time, I still hold Imperial Brother’s orders in high respect and tossed the women aside.”
“Fine, then I will not hold it against you.”
“Imperial Brother, you still have not told me what the matter is?”
“Someone is rebelling. Posi City has already fallen and been captured by the rebel army.”
“How is that possible!” Kaiso cried out in surprise. “Imperial Brother, you are not joking, right? This is far too sudden!”
“It was Stella who did it.”
“Ah?”
“Stella joined forces with the city lords of the southern region headed by Wade and formed the New Imperial Army. These rebels compromised with us on the surface, but in reality it was to buy time and stabilize us so they could carry out actions in secret.” Soren rapidly explained the situation. “Those fellows rapidly seized control of the large teleportation magic arrays, cut off the possibility of the border army returning, used the large teleportation magic arrays to teleport to Posi City, and occupied Posi City.”
Kaiso was temporarily speechless. He felt the amount of information was truly too great.
“Th-this… when did this happen?”
“It was this afternoon.”
“Those damned southern city lords actually dared to rebel!!” Kaiso was very angry. “And Stella as well, that lowly bastard of humble birth also dares to covet the supreme imperial power?!”
“In any case, these rebels must be cleared out. I was still worrying about how to respond… Fortunately, Kaiso, you are still here.” Soren smiled slightly.
“Imperial Brother, you want me to go crush the rebel army?” Kaiso quickly understood Soren’s intention in summoning him.
“Mm. Kaiso, I will entrust the army to you and have you lead the imperial army remaining in the capital to campaign against the rebel army headed by Stella. Can you take on this heavy responsibility?”
“Imperial Brother, please be sure to entrust this matter to me!!”
Kaiso was very tactful. He immediately half-knelt on the ground, indicating that he was willing to accept the order.
He had only just become a prince and of course wanted to grasp real power, achieve merits, and consolidate his position in the empire. The New Imperial Army headed by Stella was precisely the best experience package delivered to him, was it not?
The army formed by the southern city lords would not amount to anything. They had merely used some despicable methods to launch a surprise attack on Posi City. In a frontal battle, how could they possibly defeat our experienced imperial army?
“Imperial Brother, I dare to promise that within three days I will definitely crush the entire rebel army and bring Stella’s corpse before you to report my completion of the mission! If I fail, I will come to see you with my own head!”
“Good, very good. Kaiso, my most trusted younger brother, the matter of campaigning against the rebels is entrusted to you.” Soren was very satisfied.
“You can rest a hundred thousand hearts at ease, Imperial Brother.” Kaiso’s confidence surged.
He had never taken Stella seriously at all.
“Time is pressing. I will not say more idle words. Move quickly and lead the army to Posi City, Kaiso.”
“Yes.”
After accepting the order, Kaiso stood up and left the palace.
Watching his younger brother’s departing figure, Soren revealed an extremely cold gaze. “Buy a little more time, Kaiso. That is your most important task.”
…
“Your Highness Stella, Posi City has already been sealed off by our New Imperial Army.” Wade reported to Stella. “There are still quite a few commoners in the city who are rather restless and intend to break through our defensive lines. Should we deal with them?”
“Let them go.” Stella gave her reply.
“Your Highness Stella, should we really let them go?”
“Our goal is not to persecute the commoners, but to overthrow Soren’s rule. If we carry out meaningless slaughter against the commoners, that would be completely the act of a tyrant and would lose the people’s hearts.”
“I understand.”
Wade still chose to obey Stella’s order and not make things difficult for the commoners in Posi City.
“Via, our next step should be to attack the capital, right?” Stella looked toward Via.
“It should not be that fast. The capital side will definitely take action. Soren will not sit and wait for death.” Via said. “Let us stay in Posi City, reorganize the army, and prepare to welcome the offensive from Soren.”