Chapter 164 The First Prince Cortez
To most people, the counselor's idea seemed a bit ridiculous, but for Duke Rono at this time, it was a method.
"Where's Nocula? Why do I feel like I haven't seen him for a long time."
Duke Rono suddenly remembered someone. He asked the people around him, and soon someone responded in a low voice: "Magister Nocula is dead..."
"Dead? What happened!?"
Duke Rono stared at the man, sweating crazily from his head.
"The Magister died on the other side of the San Anders Mountains...even our people didn't escape."
"Is it a problem with the beast tide?"
"Do not."
The man who made the noise said tremblingly: "It's Irina's people. They used something similar to a golem to continuously explore the San Anders Mountains, and discovered the trap set by Magister Nocula. Magic spell."
"Then the fire from heaven came..."
Duke Rono frowned and asked in a rough voice: "Skyfire...are those things that destroyed the orc army?"
The person in front of him nodded.
"Skyfire easily destroyed the forbidden spell set up in the San Anders Mountains. Together with Magister Nocula and more than a dozen of us, when the second group of us arrived there, we found Nocula Magister La’s body has been nowhere to be found.”
Duke Rono fell silent. He knew very well that what he said at this time was true. Magister Nocula's large-scale forbidden spell that triggered the beast tide needed a place to activate it, and Princess Irina's side was obviously Immediately after experiencing the beast tide, people were sent to search the San Anders Mountains.
I found that their group was extremely normal.
After a long while, Duke Rono calmed down the anger in his heart, waved weakly, and signaled his men to bring the eldest prince out.
At the beginning, Duke Rono and the Orc Army conspired to carve up the entire Coman Empire. In order to prevent the second prince from the south from rushing to help here, he specifically contacted the Orc Empire Aimeng to jointly organize the situation... It was not until the Orc Empire took action that Duke Rono Finally, he chose to attack the eldest prince.
However, because of the special status of the eldest prince, Duke Rono did not directly kill him. Instead, he had people torture him continuously.
The eldest prince, Cortes Mavia, lost an arm and lost an eye in prison for several months... He was originally named Cortes, which actually means "Cortes" in the Coman language. Represents "perseverance".
The eldest prince's behavior was well in line with the meaning of the name. Even though he was repeatedly tortured by Duke Rono, he had no intention of surrender. He would rather die than acknowledge Duke Rono's usurpation.
The eldest prince, Cortes, was quickly dragged out of the dungeon. He was covered in blood, but his only eye, which was left, shot out a fierce gaze, which made many people in the castle No one dared to look directly at him!
"My beloved eldest prince, how are you doing recently?"
Duke Rono sat on the throne, staring at the eldest prince Cortes as if he were looking at a dying person and spoke.
"Thanks to you, I'm still alive."
The eldest prince responded dullly, but from the corner of his eye he saw many familiar people in the castle.
Many of the people here were once his ministers and subordinates, but after the sudden death of Mavia II, when Duke Rono usurped the throne one night and seized power, all his bodyguards were killed. , but none of these ministers and subordinates whom he once trusted are on his side! They became the shameful accomplices of Duke Rono. Not only did they submit to Duke Rono, they even vigorously promoted Duke Rono to become the future emperor of the Coman Empire!
This kind of betrayal made the eldest prince extremely angry, but several months of dungeon life finally made him calm learned about the current situation of the Corman Empire at this time from the chatter of the dungeon guards.
When he learned that the princess Irina was not only still alive, but had also completely eliminated the orc army that invaded the Koman Empire, the eldest prince was so surprised that he was speechless.
After bribing the dungeon guards, the eldest prince Cortez quickly learned more information about the princess Irina.
He knew that he still had a sister outside, and that this sister was overwhelmingly destroying Duke Rono's power in the north, and would soon reach the royal city of Celia! This undoubtedly makes the eldest prince Cortez feel particularly excited... But it is not the time for the final showdown yet. He is still in the dungeon and under the control of Duke Rono. Even after knowing this news, he You also have to pretend not to know.
Duke Rono has always been very scheming. If he really had the intention to kill, he might not survive until Princess Irina leads the troops to capture the royal city of Celia.
"Hahaha, what are you saying, Your Highness? Look at the injuries on your body. Is there someone in the dungeon who is making things difficult for you? Tell me his name and I will punish him severely!"
Duke Rono spoke up at this time. He carefully observed the expression on the eldest prince's face. After not seeing any subtle changes, he might have felt bored, so he simply stood up from the throne.
"How much do you know about your sister...the princess Irina?"
Duke Rono asked aloud as he walked towards the eldest prince Cortez.
The eldest prince raised his head, stared at Duke Rono with one evil eye and said, "Didn't you send someone to kill her from the beginning? Why are you still asking me this?"
The Duke squinted his eyes to see the eldest prince's expression, and seemed to feel that he was not pretending.
Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.
"Your sister is not dead."
Duke Rono's voice sounded again, "Princess Irina has dealt with the orc invaders in the south, and under the pretext of quelling the civil strife, she came to the royal capital of Celia."
There was no smile or joy on the face of the eldest prince at all. He just stared at Duke Rono coldly and said, "What does that have to do with me?"
"Aren't you excited?"
Duke Rono said with a half-smile, "Your sister is coming to save you soon. Then you will be the legitimate heir to the throne. She is just a woman. I'm afraid you two will still fight..."
The eldest prince remained silent. His best response at this moment was to remain silent. Silence would allow Duke Rono to speak more and make it easier for him to know what he wanted to do.
"Speak the truth."
Seeing that the eldest prince's mood was not aroused, Duke Rono felt very bored and immediately returned to his cold expression.
"I dragged you out of the dungeon to ask you to do something."
"Your sister Irina Mavia is about to arrive at the royal city of Celia. I don't want her to enter here."
"I want you to write her a letter asking her to withdraw her troops immediately and return to the south."
"Otherwise, your life will be lost!"
(End of this chapter)