Chapter 535 Recruiting the army
The attack of the undead legion did not stagnate due to everything that happened in the city. At dusk that day, the tide of death legion surged up again. Relying on the crystals already installed in the defense tower, including some low-level crystals transported from the palace, the defense tower continued to exert its powerful destructive power.
It was still peaceful this night, but at dawn, the undead legions did not retreat as they did the previous two days, but instead launched an rush towards the city without hesitation. The undead zombies whose combat power was weakened by the sunlight became even more vulnerable.
This part of the undead was transformed by the former Royal Capital Garrison. The number itself was limited after all. After being bombarded by large defense towers for several consecutive days, the number dropped sharply. Until this morning, when the last undead soldier who had rotted to the point of only skeletons fell down staggeringly, everyone burst out with the warmest cheers.
The undead legion was finally wiped out, and the thousands of soldiers guarding the city paid a slight price, which made them feel a great sense of accomplishment.
Xiao Lin and Luo Jianhui, who participated in the command, could only look at each other and smile bitterly. The price of victory today is all the energy crystals they only have. From tomorrow on, most of their defense towers will lose all their functions. Obviously, the enemy also expected this. The purpose of the Undead Legion has been achieved, so today, the last Undead Legion will be put in regardless of casualties.
During this day, Xiao Lin fell asleep in an uneasy mood, and when he was pushed back again, he received even more unexpected news that the king committed suicide.
Liang Taibai told him about this matter separately in the office. The king's body was found in his bedroom earlier. Because the prince had arranged people from Shuguang Academy, the possibility of assassination was basically ruled out.
Liang Taibai whispered, a little regretful, but it didn't sound surprising.
"I should have expected this result." Xiao Lin spoke after a long time of silence. After leaving yesterday, he was considering how the king would give the throne to his granddaughter, but he didn't expect that such a direct way would be.
"This is the best result." Liang Taibai sighed softly: "Although it is not appropriate to die at this time, if the siege is over, we will not say who will succeed the king. He understands this very well, so he chose to commit suicide at the most appropriate time. This is the best ending for preserving the country of Rose."
"This is his suicide note, saying it is to be handed over to Ibeya."
Xiao Lin took a piece of paper from Liang Taibai and said it was a suicide note, but only a few words were written in blood: Rose is handed over to you.
"Will there be any changes in the army?" Xiao Lin asked.
"Don't worry, we have basically put the main departments of military, politics and finance in the military, government and finance. Although a very small number of people swear to be loyal to the king to death, these people have been controlled by us for a long time and have nothing to do with the overall situation."
The two of them communicated briefly for a while and then easily decided on this matter. After walking out of the office, even Xiao Lin felt like he was playing house, but everything was so realistic. He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the king. Only at this moment could he truly feel that the Dawn Academy had deep penetration into this country. As long as they were willing, this kind of destruction could be decided based on their mood.
Although Ibeya had no feelings for her grandfather, she was stunned for a long time after receiving the news from Xiao Lin. Looking at the suicide note with few numbers, she suddenly whispered: "I will do better than him! I will definitely do it!"
“Yeah, I believe so.”
Xiao Lin was not sure whether Ibeya had such experience, but as the only successor of the San Cro family, he believed that Ibeya must have been instilled with this concept by his father and uncle when he was a child. Her future was destined to be a superior, not a queen, and must be the patriarch of the family.
Although it seemed a bit too early, fortunately Ibeya was not unhappy. After the initial inexplicable depression, she showed a very high enthusiasm and soon became involved in this role, taking on the connection between the embassy and the dark family.
Later that day, Xiao Lin accompanied Ibeya to the succubus Sisaiya family again. After several hours of nearly tug-of-war negotiations, he reached various preliminary agreements, including improving the status of the Dark Family in the royal capital, providing more residence rights, reducing the taxes they paid, etc.
The Dark Family is very enthusiastic, but they also understand that Ibeya is just a bond, and the embassy is the real decision. However, Liang Taibai delegated power this time. As long as the three main rights of military, government and finance are not involved, all other administrative powers will be made freely by letting Ibeya decide.
Liang Taibai also specifically explained to Xiao Lin what is arbitrary power during wartime. Because of the high cost of space communication, these foreign diplomats, if they face urgent matters and find it difficult to contact Shuguang City at any time, have the right to make decisions that match the situation based on their own judgment.
The Dark families were also very efficient. After reaching an agreement with Ibeya, each family soon sent out people and equipment and temporarily recruited an army of more than 6,000 people.
There are dozens of families in the royal capital, with fewer people from small families and more people from large families. After some piecing together, this army almost didn't take much effort or time.
In addition to the original defenders of the capital, the number of defenders in the city exceeded 10,000. In recent days, through mobilization of the whole city, a legion of more than 20,000 was temporarily pulled out. However, this legion was composed of civilians and had not undergone any military training. It only added some merchants from the earth. This was also the result of coordination with those merchants.
As they were scattered together, the capital also had more than 30,000 troops. Although the combat effectiveness was a bit worrying, they could still fight with the strong city walls.
The rebel troops soon arrived at the city. After losing the long-range bombardment of the defensive tower, these rebels stationed their camps very close to the capital, but were soon bombarded by crazy spells from the top of the city. Although there was no defensive tower, about one-fifth of the army composed of the Dark Family had good spell attack capabilities.
Chapter completed!