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The Archmage Langdon was also holding a scroll, ready to tear it apart.
It seemed that the whole process was too smooth, and the druid and the archmage didn't even get a turn to take action.
Bruce's fiancée finally reacted and shouted, "Murderer! You murdered my father, murdered the entire family of Duke Miraxion, and murdered the one holding the wine glass, the Duke of Vulture Valley..."
Duke Langdon interrupted her leisurely: "You should thank me, now you are the Duchess of the Valley. Your child and my child will lead two duchies. Of course, we don't have any children yet, so the Valley still needs someone to take care of it. I have already chosen the person."
Fiancée: "Murderer! I won't have a child with you!"
"Why, Your Excellency the Duke of the Valley, do you want to break off the engagement? In front of all the Electors? No, that's not a good idea. You have to know that if everyone in your family dies, I, your fiancé, will have the right of inheritance."
The Duchess of the Valley was so angry that her mouth was shaking.
Bruce: "Someone, come here, my fiancée seems to be very unstable. Take her downstairs to take a sedative, and then take her to the bedroom to take good care of her."
The Duchess angrily said, "Shameless!"
Bruce poured himself a new glass of wine and said with a smile, "It was your father who attacked us first. You are not allowed to say that he is shameless."
Several burly maids appeared, forced the Duchess to drink medicine, and then carried her away.
**
Elizabeth was in the king's arms, looking at the Duchess being taken away with sympathy on her face.
The king reminded her: "This is an enemy. The emperor originally had hope of turning the tables. The six electors who originally supported your family were not convinced by Bruce who had just come up. After all, they were just allies of the old duke.
"Although the three dukes who supported the emperor did not visit the emperor immediately, they will definitely go tonight. Not only them, but also the electors who supported your family will go! All the deals will be completed tonight.
“So tomorrow’s trial will be full of uncertainties. The emperor might even turn the tables and sentence your brother to treason.
"Although I also think this is a bit cruel, there will be no changes tomorrow. All the electors who supported the emperor, including their servants, have died, and the remaining six electors have been frightened.
"The best part is that the remaining electors, Bruce himself, and the new Duchess of the Valley just make up the minimum number of people required to convene the Imperial Parliament."
**
At this moment, the great wizard Luan held the scroll nervously, staring at his master with his eyes wide open.
Duke Luan shook his head, then stepped forward and picked up the wine glass on the table.
He was the first of all the guests to leave the shelter formed by the overturned tables.
Bruce looked at him calmly.
He raised his glass high and shouted: "Cheers to the winner!"
Bruce stood up slowly and raised his glass: "Cheers to our empire!"
"cheers!"
Outside the banquet hall, it was raining heavily.
Chapter 67 Day of Judgment
after one day.
When the emperor first entered the round table conference room, his face was full of confusion.
After all, he did not wait for visits from various electors, nor did he wait for various transactions. Instead, he was directly brought to trial.
After entering the round table conference room, the emperor stood still and then looked around the room.
When he saw that the seats of Duke Mirathion, Duke Vulture Valley, and Duke Mountain Eagle were all vacant, he couldn't help but frown. He turned his gaze to the seat of his last ally, the Duke of River Valley, and saw the Duke of River Valley's daughter sitting there with a sad and angry expression on her face.
The emperor took a step back and was supported by Wayne beside him before he managed to stand firmly.
He grasped Wayne Langdon with his withered hands as if he had grasped a life-saving straw and shouted, "It's a sin! Your brother has committed a sin! He broke the tradition since the founding of Kusaniya and killed the guests who ate their own salt and grain!"
Bruce spoke up: "Nonsense! Before we interrogated you, we just sentenced Duke Miratheon, Duke Vulture Valley, and Duke Mountain Eagle to treason! They actually conspired to overthrow the legitimate hereditary duke of their country, Elector Langdon. They have been brought to justice!"
Of course they were not just "executed"; they all died last night.
But as long as the minutes of the meeting record that they were executed, it is there, and the authority of the Imperial Parliament is supreme. As for why the families and entourage of these dukes died, it was naturally because they resisted arrest and armed resistance.
How reasonable.
Emperor: "Liar! Lie! Sir Wayne, would your holy light allow such a lie?"
Wayne touched the holy emblem, and it began to glow.
"It seems that the Lord I serve doesn't like your actions either." Wayne said calmly, "After all, my father has always acted within the framework of imperial law. He has been planning for a long time just to legally obtain the imperial crown in the Imperial Parliament. This is my Lord's favorite practice. He is the embodiment of the law."
Bruce added: "But some people don't want to lose the crown, and when they can't achieve their goals within the legal framework, they choose to take risks."
While his brother was speaking, Wayne looked at the emperor coldly, without the slightest sympathy. The difference between a paladin and a nice guy is that a paladin does not reject "necessary evil". After all, a paladin is not only the embodiment of kindness, but also the embodiment of lawfulness.
Then, Bruce knocked the hammer in front of him: "Sir Wayne, please bring the defendant to the dock!"
Wayne pulled the emperor to the only gap in the round table and put him in a cage that was temporarily set up there.
The emperor grabbed the iron bars with both hands and shouted, "You won't succeed! Duke Luan! You are not as loyal to the covenant as you seem, right? I can give you a higher offer!"
Duke Luan: "What are you talking about? Everyone here is an elector. We will judge you in a fair and just manner. If you are innocent, we will naturally release you."
Emperor: "What do you mean innocent? I am the emperor, and you don't even have the respect for me anymore! This is a conspiracy! Ruth, don't you want to avenge your father?"
Ruth glanced at everyone around the round table, and finally her hateful gaze fell on Bruce. She gritted her teeth and said, "My father has just been found guilty. His title of Duke of River Valley is now inherited by me. I will govern this territory with the help of my fiancé."
Bruce laughed. "You really impressed me, Ruth. How did you come to this point in just one night?"
Ruth raised her head proudly and looked at Bruce with contempt: "The people of the valley have always muddled along, but now it is different. The people of the valley will have a new commandment, and we will never forget it, never."
Bruce: "Very good, better than I expected. So, shall we get started?"
Duke Luan nodded and announced loudly: "According to the imperial law, as long as two-thirds of the twelve electors are present, the Imperial Parliament can be convened. Now, not counting the Duke of Styria who is in the dock, a total of eight electors are present, which is in compliance with the imperial law.
"In addition, Duke Miratheon, Duke Vulture Valley, and Duke Mountain Eagle are still in their own territories, handling family affairs and cannot be present."
These three dukes and their heirs were all beheaded. The remaining heirs were probably at home, busy fighting for the throne, and were unable to be present because they were dealing with family affairs.
Duke Luan announced loudly: "Now, the trial of Duke Styre's attempt to murder Duke Landon's entire family will begin!"
After that, Duke Luan banged the gavel and said, "Call the first witness, Sir Wayne Langdon!"
Wayne took the witness stand.
Bruce said, "You are a paladin of the God of Justice and Law. Can you swear by your God that everything you say here is true, without any personal feelings?"
Wayne: "I can. I swear in the name of my Lord that everything I say here is true, without any personal feelings. Otherwise, let my Lord withdraw his grace from me."
Bruce: "So, let me ask you, the Archmage of Styria and the Imperial Archmage intended to use a scroll of the Banshee's Wail on the night my father died, in the presence of all the heirs of Langdon, correct?"
Wayne: "That's right. And he personally claimed that it was the Banshee's Wail scroll."
The emperor grabbed the railing and shook it hard. "It's a lie! He doesn't have such a scroll at all! That's a nine-ring scroll, how could he have it!"
Bruce banged the hammer hard: "Silence!"
Duke Luan: "Prisoner! If you continue to interrupt the court's statements, we will sentence you to contempt of court! According to the law, you will be whipped fifty times!"
The emperor was so weak that he would be dead if he was whipped 50 times. So the old man could only shut his mouth and hold the iron bars tightly with his withered hands.
Bruce continued to ask: "Sir Wayne. Why did His Excellency the Imperial Grand Mage give up on tearing open the Banshee's Wail?"
Wayne: "Because he was threatened by the Mage King, and he was afraid that the King's uncle would lead his army to seek revenge."
"So what did he do after that?" Bruce continued to ask.
Wayne raised his head. "He attacked us with his magic. We lost 11 knights and 25 followers in the battle. My sister, Princess Elizabeth's teacher, was also seriously injured. He was a sixth-ring warlock. I was also hit by a magic missile.
"All the apprentices brought by the court master participated in the battle and were all annihilated."
Bruce: "Do you think he really attacked with the intention of killing us all?"
"I think so." Wayne held his head high.
Bruce: "Well, now please show your holy light. Prove that you have not been abandoned by your God."
Wayne raised his right hand with his palm facing up, and the soft light of the law appeared from his palm like a torch.
Bruce: "You can leave now."
Duke Luan: "Bring the second witness! The mage apprentice, King!"
Wang followed Bruce's request and took the magic glow stick into the witness stand, and the strong, indiscriminate blue-white light dazzled everyone's eyes.
Bruce: "I ask that you put away your scepter for the moment."
Wang: “Oh, OK.”
He put the scepter back into the dimensional bag, threw the dimensional bag away, and the bag disappeared and returned to his pocket.
Duke Luan: "Can you swear that everything you said in court is true?"
Wang: "I swear. And I will provide irrefutable evidence to prove that everything I said is true. Evidence and logic will not lie."
Bruce: "Very good. Then, can you confirm that the scroll that the Imperial Court Archmage was going to use that night was the Banshee's Wail?"
"I can. Because later I used this scroll in the office of the leader of the Wanderers Guild and killed a seventh-ring wizard, Erwin, a cadre of the Wanderers Guild, and a large number of goblins and kobolds..."
**
At this time, on the second floor of the Three Wild Boars Tavern.
Elizabeth said to the entire assembled team, "We have to leave now. The war is over, and we don't need to stay to protect the people. This is our last chance to leave! My second brother won't let a natural marriage material like me get away like this! Look at the way he's taking advantage of Ruth, his new fiancée!"
Flint was fiddling with his dwarven pipe. He looked up when he heard Elizabeth's words. "Use? How else can he use you? He will definitely marry you to the wizard's tower."
Elizabeth looked at the dwarf seriously: "This is the problem. Bruce knows that the idiot is stubborn and believes that he doesn't love me. He knows that I can't marry into the wizard tower, at least not now."
"Oh." The dwarf raised his eyebrows, "So he will keep you and marry you to someone else in the future?"
Elizabeth sighed, "I should have been married off by now. Daughters of noble families are usually betrothed at the age of 14, but I am a warlock, which is quite special. So my father is not in a hurry to get me engaged. Warlock's daughters are more valuable, you know? They can be sold at a higher price."
Misha Sara looked thoughtful. "Wait a minute. If we leave now, we won't be able to get the resurrection scroll. The wizard is hoping to use it to resurrect Erwin and find out what's going on."
Elizabeth: "This is my second brother's method! He took the scroll just to prevent us from leaving. Yesterday he started a massacre and killed all those who opposed him. Now he is sure to win, why didn't he give us the scroll yesterday?"
Flint: "Maybe he's just afraid that we'll resurrect Erwin and then be unable to deal with him. He's a seventh-ring wizard."
Elizabeth: "No, definitely not! My second brother is a cunning and treacherous guy, he..."
The ears on Misha Sara and Xiao Bai's heads moved.
Xiaobai was lying on the table and almost fell asleep, drooling all over his body, but suddenly he sat up straight and looked at the window.