Chapter 4: Crowning the Emperor

So, Zelen, who just found a place to sleep against the wall at night, did not touch Natalie and Naseri. Even when he sat in the same truck the next morning, Zelen was still worried about the scenery outside the window.

Compared with the devastation of Sugui City, as soon as the truck he was riding arrived outside the city, a large number of chariots were scattered everywhere like reefs on the beach. Among them, more bones were abandoned in the wilderness like debris. That made Zelen understand the disaster faced by the Republic of Pao at the end of the century.

At the same time, he once again understood why Sennagu and Eugente went to the snow mountain to find him back.

Because the members of the royal family are the only members of the entire Rimai people who have absolute magic attack resistance bloodline.

But that was all in the past. Compared with magic, the Krurod Empire has long used a lot of firearms. In the past, cold weapons became the hobbies and toys of some aristocratic families. At least after Zelen was born, he had never heard of anyone really holding a spear on the battlefield. They all went into battle with guns and cannons.

Even shamans who don't like modern weapons are required to carry weapons such as rifles or pistols for self-defense.

Nathali: "Your Highness..."

Zelen: "Nathali, you two can just call me Zelen."

Nathali: "Yes. Zelen, what you see now is the remains of our battle with the blast lice three years ago."

Zelen: "What is a blast lice? A monster that explodes?"

Nathali: "Yes. They are slightly larger than wild cats, but they roll forward like footballs, and even bounce up and hit you from above, and then explode the moment they hit certain targets. And after the explosion, their remains will emit a greenish-green poisonous gas."

Zelen: "That doesn't sound difficult to deal with, right?"

Natalie: "The problem is that the poisonous gas cloud produced by their explosion can quickly heal other injured blast lice and accelerate the attack on our troops. At that time, these poisonous lice were like waves, one after another, in batches, and charged in different directions. "

Zelen: "Smart. Multi-faceted attack, charging in batches, powerful. And it's poisonous, if it doesn't kill you, it will kill you. So, Natalie, the territory of the Green Snake Party was not taken over by these poisonous lice, right?"

Natalie: "No. They are not afraid of toxin attacks. It is said that they have the technology to collect the poisonous gas clouds of poisonous lice and then turn them into treasures."

Zelen: "It seems that this group of guys who were said to be backward and outdated before are still quite powerful."

That being said, Zelen looked at the pile of scrap metal outside. In addition to mourning for every soldier who died, he also...

It would be great if these scrap metals could be recycled.

It would be good to make a few more machetes, or even use them directly as protective baffles.

Just don't make such specialties appear often.

Especially when there are bones everywhere outside.

Anyway, when Zelen and his party came to a camp with a lot of iron houses, he followed Sennagu out of the car, and then, under his leadership, came to a two-story building made of concrete.

And as expected by Zelen, no matter where he went, the people in the camp looked at him with very surprised eyes. Especially the four guards in front of the building gate, their mouths could almost fit an egg.

Sennagu: "Tell the shamans inside that I, Sanya Sennagu, found His Royal Highness. And Minister Tanggeru is inside, right?"

Guard A: "Yes. Please wait."

Guard B: "Am I seeing right? Isn't this His Royal Highness who fought to the death against those black-haired dog-headed people alone in the Jaya Peak tourist area?"

Guard C: "Salute to the hero!"

Compared to the first guard who ran to report, Zelen was saluted by the remaining three.

Zelun: "I'm not a hero. I just picked up a weapon and fought to the end in order to survive and not be killed by them."

Guard Ding: "No! You are our hero, and I also heard that you destroyed the biological weapon called Yuriko with your own hands! Just this, please accept our salute!"

Guard A: "Uh, Your Highness, and Deputy Minister Sanya, put down your weapons and follow me."

Zeren and his party naturally did as he was told, and as he looked at the guards' extremely admiring eyes, he became more and more aware that Yuriko, who made him chop off her head with one knife, was definitely not an ordinary person.

However, compared to these, when he followed Sennagu to a large conference room, the two sisters beside him lowered their heads to a middle-aged man in a white short-sleeved shirt.

At the same time, Zelun also looked at the other eight members who were already sitting in the conference room, at least he recognized three of them. And when these three members saw him, they immediately stood up and bowed to him.

Zelen: "I met you three when I was in the palace. One was the head maid of the palace, the other was the former dean of the Royal Shaman Academy, and the last one is..."

Envira: "Heras Envira, the former Minister of Health of the Krurod Empire."

Zelen: "Uncle, long time no see."

When Zelen gently said such words to his mother's youngest brother, Heras Envira, the elder Envira, who already had a head full of white hair, could not help but nod.

Envira: "Senagu, fortunately you guys can still do what you say. But even so, I still have a request. You Republicans can't continue to do your thing, join us, unconditionally..."

Senagu: "Envira, I found the man and saved him. Then whatever you say is what it is. Anyway, we have betrayed the trust of the people, and the people no longer believe in us. As long as you"

Envira: "Well, since you can do it, I won't make it difficult for you. After all, you can even find my nephew, so we want to rebuild the Krurod Empire, and you can openly produce the weapons and equipment you control. Technology. "

Senagu: "Agree."

In this way, as Sanya Senagu, as the last acting leader of the Pao Republic, officially signed a document written by members of the Green Snake Party represented by Heras Envira, declaring the Pao Republic extinct, the last batch of officials of the Republic and all their families unconditionally joined the diplomatic reputation of the Green Snake Party, and took the initiative to participate in the restoration movement of the Krurod Empire to wash away all the charges of unfavorable wars and assassination of the royal family in the past. Zelenna, as the only member of the royal family of the Krurod Empire, accepted the recognition of the Green Snake Party, a political party that has been extremely supportive of the monarchy from the beginning.

From then on, Zelen was officially elected as the third grandson of the former crown prince and crown princess by members of the Green Snake Party, including his uncle, and His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, Zelen is now wearing casual clothes, without ceremonial clothes. More importantly, the crown and the scepter also do not exist. After all, when Senagu and others cleaned up the royal family in the past, they had already sent all these things to the treasury, or sent them to places like mints to be remelted into gold coins and the like.

But in the current Krurod Empire, no, at least hundreds of years ago, metal currencies such as gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins had long been replaced by a plastic currency now called Porat. After all, precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper are heavy and not easy to carry. Moreover, the Krurod Empire is an island country, and there are not many gold, silver, and copper veins in the country, and they are basically under the sea. How can everyone squander the capital?

Zelen: "In order to prevent guys like Senagu from repeating the history of coups, I can give up most of my political rights and delegate power completely to Congress, but I am the supreme head of the army, and declarations of war, truces, and the formulation of fundamental laws such as the constitution must be approved by me. Of course, the only officially designated currency is Porat."