OBS Chapter 175 Assassin (1)
Chapter 175 Assassin (1)
The capital of the Yoda Kingdom, or the Imperial Capital as it is also known, is like the capital of neighboring Midland, Windam, and is a capital that has been passed down for hundreds of years since the first ruler established it.
The difference is that initially both countries were kingdoms, but due to the annexation and conquest of surrounding countries by successive Yoda kings, the Central Continent, which was originally home to many countries, all became Yoda's territory.
So one year, the then incumbent King Yoda proposed a decision to rename the kingdom as the Empire in order to demonstrate Yoda's powerful strength to all countries.
This news immediately triggered condemnation and opposition from surrounding countries, but the reaction of the Kingdom of Midland, as the overlord of the Western Continent, was even more intense. It even demanded that the Hall of Fame deny the legitimacy of King Yoda at the time, making the already tense situation even more intense and becoming one of the fuses of the Hundred Years' War.
However, since Yoda was the front line against the Kushans at the time, the Hall of the King of Law turned a blind eye to this and agreed without objection, and still used the name of the Kingdom of Yoda in official documents. Seeing that no country had made a substantial boycott against Yoda because of this incident, King Yoda at the time directly proclaimed himself Emperor Yoda, changed the country's name to Yoda Empire, and the capital was directly called the Imperial Capital.
Perhaps in order to test the bottom line of the Hall of Pope and other countries, the subsequent Yoda Emperors not only eroded the Yoda Church bit by bit with their iron fists, but also declared that the previous Yoda Emperors were angels who had descended to earth, a declaration that could be considered heresy in the Hall of Pope.
Then he set about cleaning out the nobles in Yoda who opposed the emperor to maintain the royal centralized power. When the strength accumulated to a certain extent, Yoda's army, under the ambitious orders of Emperor Yoda, encroached on the land and resources of other countries and eventually evolved into the current situation.
However, even though there is constant war around the border, it does not affect the people living in the imperial capital. The poor are still struggling for life, the rich are still spending their days in debauchery in various high-end places, and the nobles continue to fight for power and please those in power.
On this peaceful day, in a dark underground room somewhere in the imperial capital, a man dressed in ordinary citizen's clothes was pacing back and forth, as if waiting for something to come.
"Squeak-"
As the iron door of the basement opened, several people in brown cloaks walked out. They walked with almost no sound and moved to the man's side like ghosts.
Feeling the murderous aura emanating from these cloaked men, the man first stepped back a few steps. After feeling better, he took out a scroll from his clothes and handed it to the cloaked men. One of them walked out, took the scroll, opened it vertically and browsed the contents.
After a while, the cloaked man pulled out a dagger, and then he used the tip of the knife to cut his finger and pressed the bloody fingertip against the scroll. Looking at the bloody fingerprints on the scroll, the cloaked man returned the scroll to the man and responded in a voice that could not be distinguished between male and female:
"We will return with John Hohenzollern's head. We hope you will pay us the ransom on time as usual. You must also give us a reply as soon as possible regarding our agreement to 'restore our country'. The patience of the Bakiraka clan is limited."
After saying that, the cloaked man walked outside, and the other cloaked men followed him out of the basement, just as they came in without making any sound. As the iron door closed, the man was the only one left in the entire basement.
The man looked towards the door and after confirming that all the people had left, he started to curse:
"They are really rebellious! They dare to speak like this even though they know that he is the emperor's envoy. These pagans are simply unreasonable. No wonder they are wandering around everywhere."
Suddenly, a dagger flew out from the door and stuck into the table like an arrow. The loud noise scared the imperial envoy who was cursing, and he quickly hid under the table, fearing that another dagger would fly out from the door.
However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement from outside the door. The imperial envoy slowly crawled out from under the table and then approached the door along the wall.
The imperial envoy stuck his head out of the door and looked around. After making sure that no one was observing here, the imperial envoy did not dare to stay and left in a hurry.
A few days later, at the northern border between Mitlan and Yoda, a man in a black robe was lying on a hill in Yoda's territory, observing a fortress in the opposite Nilan territory through a telescope.
Another black-robed man climbed up from the bottom of the hill and approached the black-robed man who was observing the other side and asked:
"How is it, are there any flaws on the other side?"
The black-robed man who was observing replied in a calm tone:
"Almost no caravans or civilians enter the fortress. Moreover, patrols are very frequent. Basically, there is a change of guard every hour. And every time, the soldiers on duty wait for the soldiers in the fortress to leave before leaving. There is no gap at all."
"So it seems that we can't get supplies in the enemy's territory." Another man in black robe sighed and climbed down the hill.
At the foot of the hill, several carriages were parked. The hill blocked these carriages, preventing the soldiers on the opposite fortress from noticing any abnormalities in Yoda's territory.
Around the carriage, some people who were also dressed in black robes were doing their own things. Some were wiping and checking the weapons they were carrying, while others were sitting cross-legged on the ground to rest.
The man in black robe who came down from the mountain came to a carriage, knocked on the door and entered the carriage.
There were not many decorations in the carriage, and there were no other utensils except a carpet. The advantage of this was that the carriage could accommodate more people. In this standard two-seater carriage, five people in black robes were sitting inside and discussing something with the map in the center.
One of the black-robed men who seemed to be the leader saw the black-robed man coming in from outside and asked:
"How's it going."
After the man in black robe reported the intelligence he got from the hill to the leader, the carriage fell into silence.
"It seems that we can only pass through the open space between the fortresses at night." The leader suggested to the people around him.
"According to our observations over the past few days, the shortest distance between the Midlanders' fortresses is about one kilometer, and the longest is no more than three kilometers. It is not clear how many fortresses there are inside after crossing the border. However, if we can't even get through the border, then let alone enter Franche-Comté to assassinate our target."
"This is our only way, and the only chance for the Bakiraka people to restore their country." After the analysis, the leader probably felt that it was not enough to mobilize the emotions of the people around him, so he went on to emphasize their ultimate goal, trying to use it to motivate his own people.
"Yuda people, will you really give us land to restore our country?" Suddenly, a man in black robe asked. Although his words did not carry the slightest emotion, the leader could feel the disappointment and helplessness hidden in his heart.
Not only him, an atmosphere of loss enveloped the entire carriage, and even the leader began to hesitate.
In order to fulfill the promise that the Yoda people have not yet fulfilled, the Bakiraka clan has acted as assassins for Emperor Yoda for decades, and they have assassinated no less than a hundred kings and ministers. However, in return, apart from some financial compensation, they were just told "it's not the right time yet".
Although the Bakiraka clan now wants to escape from Yoda, they have assassinated so many nobles over the years, which has made them at odds with other countries. As for Kusha, that land that is familiar yet unfamiliar to them, its ruler has already expelled them from their homeland, otherwise they would not wander here.
Thinking of this, the leader opened the car window and looked at the endless blue sky and white clouds, thinking in melancholy and confusion:
"Is there no place for us in this huge world?"