A New King! A Vassal State? Let Our Kingdom Start the War

The air carried a stronger scent of blood!

When eight heads were arranged neatly on the carpet in the palace conference hall, the atmosphere completely froze!

"Th-This... this..."

Ramposa III opened his mouth, his aged face filled with disbelief as he looked at the First Prince, Barbro.

The expressions of the ministers and nobles were unusually uniform at this moment.

Among the crowd,

only Zanac and Marquis Raeven wore the ugliest expressions.

The moment Barbro casually pulled out the heads of the eight division chiefs as if they were potatoes bought at the market, there was no longer any doubt about who would become the next king.

Eight Fingers' notorious reputation was known by everyone, especially since the nation had deliberately promoted it to ease pressure and further spread the news.

Now!

Once the news of Barbro killing the eight division chiefs spread, he would become no less than a national hero and inevitably gain enormous prestige among the people.

Under the terrible impact of the Royal Family ceding territory!

Whether it was restoring the Royal Family's prestige or increasing the nation's cohesion and confidence, there was no longer any obstacle to him becoming the next king!

Suspect that the heads were fake?

The backlash of "reputation" was like floodwaters rushing upstream. No fool would tamper with something like this, and investigating the truth would not be difficult.

"...That's impossible."

Marquis Raeven's eyes widened, and an absurd feeling rose in his heart. "With First Prince Barbro's abilities, how could he possibly accomplish this?!"

After all,

when he had initially planned to bring Barbro down, he had only considered finding evidence of Barbro's ties of interest with Eight Fingers, not locating every division chief of Eight Fingers and killing them all.

Because Marquis Raeven knew clearly that it was impossible!

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