Antonio roughly recounted what had happened back then. Charlotte listened, utterly captivated, secretly clicking his tongue in astonishment.
Zimmerman had been far too outrageous in those days, so the Empire's Prime Minister, Wood Brandon, had decided to eliminate this "scar of the Empire." But Zimmerman was too powerful. Wood Brandon could only call upon five Saint Rank experts from the royal family, together with Antonio. At a banquet, they first placed six layers of curses on Zimmerman, then ordered the six top Saint Rank experts to besiege him.
Zimmerman had struck out in fury. His very first blow severely wounded Wood Brandon. After a great battle, all six Saint Rank experts who had besieged him were badly injured. Antonio had suffered the lightest injuries, yet still needed more than half a year to recover.
After that, he never saw the Empire's Prime Minister, Wood Brandon, again, nor did he see the other five royal Saint Rank experts.
Charlotte could not help remarking, "The Axel Family truly brought this upon themselves!"
The Axel Family had Princess Axo, as well as five royal Saint Rank experts capable of joining the siege against Zimmerman. If all that power had remained, who could possibly have plotted to usurp the throne? Even Count Brittany would not have dared entertain the slightest thought of it. But who could have known that one small scheme by the Empire's Prime Minister, Wood Brandon, would so greatly weaken the Axel royal family?
This Empire's Prime Minister reminded Charlotte of a genius strategist from some classic webnovel, someone supposedly capable of calculating everything flawlessly, yet whose every scheme went wrong!
A truly first-rate talent.
Antonio said, "I told my father about this as well. He told me not to tell anyone else."
"For now, I cannot think of any way