In the Winter Palace of Ice and Snow, when the news of Erengrad's rebellion reached Katarina's ears, the Queen of Kislev was undoubtedly angry. To deal with the matter of Erengrad, she sent out secret police and also
Send the frost witch Aphra beside you as well.
However, what I didn't expect was that Count Tiers of Erengrad introduced the witch hunter into the city without authorization and tied up Aphra. This is a complete rebellion!
She should have thought long ago that Count Tiers looked cowardly, but was actually very scheming at heart. The appearance of vampires in Erengrad was not originally uncontrollable. They were just some evil spirits from the Strig family.
They fled to Erengrad to commit crimes. This is not the first time. Through the cooperation of the secret police and the local armed militia, it is possible to hunt them down. The reason why the matter is not under control is that Count Tiers and the local nobles are obstructing it.
Yes, she should have thought that the rebellion caused by a small group of vampires from the Strieger family could not have been resolved for two months. On the surface, these nobles cooperated with the secret police, but in fact they had long colluded with the empire's witch hunt behind the scenes.
Human power. Use the vampires of the Strig family to cause trouble, introduce witch hunters legitimately, and then let the witch hunters hunt the vampires in the city and also hunt the Frost Witch.
Tiers... you are playing a good hand... using both sides to control the witch hunter and the brainless vampires of the Strig family...
Thinking of this, Catalina couldn't help but gnashed her teeth with hatred. She was careless. When she saw Tiers that day, she was confused by his timid and cowardly appearance. Now, Aphra was arrested and was sent to perform official duties.
The police were isolated and helpless, and the gates of Erengrad were closed. The people listened to the words of the nobles and Tiers, and after fanning the flames, they became the despicable queen who did nothing.
Politics, how terrible.
Today's Erengrad, even before entering, Catalina can roughly guess the current situation inside. Vampires, witch hunters, city guards, Moors, various forces are entangled together, making the entire city
There was chaos. In such a chaotic situation, the people were distraught, restless, and had no one to turn to. They pinned their hopes on the head of the alderman Tiers. So Tiers took the opportunity to form a loyal team.
own armed forces…
Winner in life... But this is only temporary, this is just a preliminary contest.
Katarina bit her lip. She believed that the traitors like Erengrad would not be able to defeat her. Even though she lost Aphra and a group of loyal guards, she still had a lot, Kisri.
There are still many outstanding frost witches in Husband's Magic Academy. The secret police has only lost a small part, and more people are still on standby in the capital.
Moreover, she also has an army, the kingdom's regular army. If Erengrad's rebellion really gets out of hand, she will use this most precious trump card.
But now, there is no need. She is the queen and has the power to order her subjects. They have all sworn allegiance to the Tsar, so now, let them fulfill their promises.
If the problem can be solved by local armed forces, she will not use her own troops. Katarina knows that the Erengrad rebellion is also a good opportunity to weaken the power of the local lords. Once the war breaks out, the local lords will work hard to pull it together.
The troops will be depleted, which is good for strengthening the centralization of power. Of course, there is another situation where Erengrad is directly defeated. Then, it is better to resolve the war in a short time and let the lords of various places learn from it.
A lesson. She will severely punish Tiers and let the earls and marquises know that opposing their queen will lead to death.
This is what she thinks and does...
In Bangada Palace, Catalina called her own scribe and ordered her to write a letter to be sent to various places. She asked the local lords to bring their own armies and fight against the traitors with their queen.
She will order the local lords across the country to join this war, the northern border, the southern border, the city-states around Kislev, various lords, yes, she will launch a full-scale war, surround Erengrad, and let Erengrad
The nobles of Grad all know the consequences of betraying their queen.
After the scribes finished writing the letters, Caterina carved her own seal on the letters and asked her personal knights to deliver the letters.
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"You have no chance of winning. You are going against the entire Kislev. The Queen's army will soon arrive outside the city. By then, what you will face will not be as simple as a few policemen from the capital.
"
In the dungeon of Erengrad, the frost witch Aphra's face was as cold as frost. Even if she became a prisoner, she still remained calm. As the queen's favorite, she would never betray Queen Catalina.
.At the same time, even if she becomes a prisoner, she still wants to get some information from Tiers. If possible, she will still find ways to pass the information here to Catalina, so that her queen can save her.
, let Katarina know more secrets of this city.
Yes, now, there are secrets everywhere here. Tiers himself alone hides many secrets.
"No chance of winning? Not necessarily? My lovely Ms. Aphra. You have stayed in Kislev for too long, and you are so ignorant of the outside world. Don't you know how many people in the entire kingdom want to oppose your ice and snow?
Queen? She is just an executioner, a slave of darkness. Since she came to power, how much has the number of vampires in the kingdom increased? How much has the various dark forces increased? In an era of harsh laws and no freedom of speech, Kisri
Husband, many nobles and common people have long been dissatisfied with her rule, I just pierced the paper and let the fire spread."
Across the iron fence, Tiers said mysteriously. He looked at Aphra as if he were appreciating a work of art. It was undeniable that she had a good figure and skin, and she had no resistance at all.
Through the potion provided by the witch hunter, he dropped some into the witch's meals every day, causing her to slowly lose her magic power unknowingly.
"Do you know the population of Erengrad? Let me tell you, there are one hundred thousand people! This does not include the foreign traders, the high elves and people of other races who have settled in the city. Just the civilians
There are hundreds of thousands of people. Now, the entire city of Erengrad believes that your queen is conniving at the vampires' troubles. The news will soon spread, and by then, the surrounding city-states and castle lords will also know.
What happened here? They have been dissatisfied with your queen for more than a day or two. As long as there are lords on my side, more and more local lords will join. Currently, there are at least three local lords in Kislev
Stand on the side of the Erengrad Noble Alliance. You should know the power of public opinion. A single spark can start a prairie fire. The Ice Queen's throne of tsar may not be as solid as she imagined."
Tiers said, squinting his eyes and admiring the frost witch in front of him. She still maintained her nobility, but her clothes were disheveled...
"Tell you, why do you hate Queen Catalina so much?"
Aphra asked.
Through the iron bars, she could feel the resentment in the witch's heart. She couldn't bear to use magic immediately to freeze this villain to death. However, since being captured by the witch hunter, she felt that her magic power was fading every day... Yes
For what reason, I have no way of knowing...
"Why do you hate her so much? I told you, she is an executioner! My daughter, my granddaughter, they are all witches, and they all died in that ice winter palace! Magic Academy? A prison for the dead.