Overlord: Rise of the Zerg

Bogus, the capital of the Sadman Empire, is a huge city unique in the history of the lizard people. Its huge area is enough to accommodate nearly a million permanent residents. It is densely populated and economically prosperous. It is the pride of all empires. It is the coveted place of people, and it is also the well-deserved political, economic and cultural center of the empire.

This is a majestic city that was only established in the center of the continent in the past hundred years. Its name still continues the style of all ancient cities. Bogus means: burning sun in the ancient language of the lizard people.

It means that the empire has reached its ultimate glory, and its power is as powerful as the sun!

However, there was already a raging crowd above the temple.

The news of Toril's rebellion has even been heard by the civilians among Bogus. The empire's most victorious general, the Imperial Marquis, one of the most noble lords, is now sitting on the fire.

The people have already been extremely angry, and the public sentiment is also raging in the temple. Toril's act of mobilizing troops for no reason was regarded as a kind of contempt for the imperial power, even if according to legal principles, it was completely reasonable and legal for him to mobilize troops in his own territory.

There are naturally historical reasons for this.

On this continent, in the process of the lizard people growing from weak to strong, they inevitably experienced various divisions and mergers. In the hundreds of years before the establishment of the empire, the lizard people on the entire continent were completely It can be said that there are many princes, each acting in their own way.

This gave birth to the title system that continues to this day, and is also the fundamental source of its existence in such a unified empire to this day.

Until a city-state named Sadman rose from a weak position and gradually became the only empire on the entire continent. However, the various title systems did not disappear because of this, but became part of it.

In the subsequent development, the concept of centralization of power was constantly proposed. The emperors of the empire implemented this idea from generation to generation, constantly weakening the real power of each vassal. Until now, the vast majority of the nobles in the empire have long been able to live in remote areas. For officials, the so-called knighthood has gradually developed in the direction of honorary titles.

But there are always exceptions to everything. Such a huge vested interest group will naturally not be willing to withdraw from the stage of history.

They assembled a huge force for this purpose and launched a century-long struggle with the reformists in the temple, which included many bloody sacrifices. In the process, they caused great damage to the stability of the empire. At that time, the entire Sasha The German Empire was on the verge of falling apart, and even the emperor had to step down personally to make peace for both sides.

Finally, with the efforts of all parties, the two sides reached a compromise. That is to say, in the hinterland of the empire, all territories were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and all enfeoffments on these lands were changed to remote territories.

However, for border territories, especially newly opened lands, the enfeoffment system must be implemented, and they will be actually rewarded to those with outstanding military exploits in accordance with ancient laws.

The achievement of this compromise has made a significant contribution to the prosperity and strength of the empire for a long time to this day.

The center of the empire controls the most fertile land, where government orders can be passed without any hindrance, and development is extremely rapid.

In order to obtain military exploits and land, the conservatives desperately pushed the empire's chariot to explore outwards. Until now, they have almost taken the entire continent into their hands. They have even begun preliminary exploration of the ocean, expecting that there are more things there. Fertile land.

However, although a good result was achieved, the struggle between the two sides did not completely stop.

The reformists would not give up the border territories that had been initially developed by the lords, and the conservatives were naturally unwilling to hand over their last remaining land to others.

To this day, although the entire empire still shows a strong enterprising spirit and is in a prosperous state, this kind of struggle has never stopped.

And Toril is undoubtedly one of the representatives of the old school.

It should be noted that the so-called conservatives do not mean that they are really conservative and do not know how to adapt. They are just named because they admire ancient methods.

Whether they are the reformists or the conservatives, their fundamental purpose is not to sink the ship of the Sadman Empire, but to compete for their own interests.

No one is loyal to the empire, otherwise the royal family will not allow them to exist.

This time, Toril mobilized the army to assemble without authorization, which caused a huge response in the temple. The reformists naturally attacked in groups, while the conservatives also argued hard.

The Emperor of the Empire - Saint Prov, who was nearly sixty years old, naturally received the letter from Toriel's confidant at this time, and had already finished reading it.

He has complete trust in Toril, who has followed him since childhood.

Although as an emperor, he should naturally be wary of everyone, even his own brothers and biological sons, but Toril, the imperial general he had trained since childhood, would never doubt him.

That's trust earned by loyalty proven countless times over decades. If the lizard people's civilization can continue to last, maybe the trust between their kings and ministers can become a good story for future generations to pass on.

But trust does not mean that he agrees with the other party's actions. In his opinion, Toril, who has always been sensitive enough to war, has really made a fuss this time.

It was just an unproven piece of information that was unknown to be true or false. He mobilized the elites of the empire to go all out as if facing a formidable enemy, and even asked himself to cooperate with him as much as possible.

In Prove's view, this was undoubtedly a bit too sensitive and nervous.

But in the letter, Toriel's tone was extremely serious, and he even promised to give up all honors if he made a mistake in his judgment. This made Prov have some hesitation.

On the one hand, he was confident that he would never be wrong about Toriel. All the lizardmen in the world may rebel, but Toril, who has followed him since childhood, will not. So emotionally speaking, he was willing to cooperate with him in implementing the plan as stated in the letter.

But on the other hand, intellectually speaking, as the emperor of the empire, he knew very well how much manpower and material resources would be consumed if he followed the plan mentioned by Toril. Once he made a mistake in judgment, it would not only be him who would have to spend the rest of his life in politics. His career and all his honors will be criticized even by himself who endorses them. This is an unacceptable thing for the imperial power.

As a vassal, Toril can ask this because he has a clear conscience. But as the emperor of the empire, it was difficult for him to use the majesty of imperial power to gamble on a possibility with Toril.

This has nothing to do with trust or not, but a choice caused by different stances.

However, according to the description in the letter, this famous imperial general has already implemented almost half of his plan, and the last step, which is also the most critical step, is in the hands of Plov, which makes him take the throne. After decades, he was no longer as frivolous as before, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

What if there was such a possibility that Toril was right?

Amid the denunciations and arguments about Toril from the officials in the audience, Prov fell into a tangle.

He hadn't had this kind of emotion for so many years, but at this moment, he finally hesitated.