Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243 174. Fjord'S Shock And Denial.
Chapter 244 175. General Nokhud'S Decision.
Chapter 245 176. We Got Too Conceited.
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301 232. The Shift In Balance Of Power.
Chapter 302 233. Trevor Snake And Carl Morgan.
Chapter 303 234. The Second Demon Prince Bidder.
Chapter 304 235. John'S Rantings.
Chapter 305 236. Plato'S Scheme.
Chapter 306 237. Elf King Eden'S Dilemma.
Chapter 307 238. Who Knows We May Gain Unexpected Benefits.
Chapter 308 239. Bickering Between Grandfathers And Grandsons.
Chapter 309 - 240. Schemes And Plans By Plato.
Chapter 310: 241. Smart Move In Times Of Chaos.
Chapter 311: 242. This Father In Law Of Mine Is A Thorough Scammer.
Chapter 312: 243. The Blood-Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill
Chapter 313: 244. Power Capital Quotes 3.5 Million.
Chapter 314: 245. Fooling The Eyes Of Heaven.
Chapter 315: 246. I Need To Be Careful With My Vocabulary As Well. What A Mess!
Chapter 316: 247. Meeting Dwayne Miller (1)
Chapter 317: 248. Meeting Dwayne Miller (2)
Chapter 318: 249. It Is Ok, He Is Only Rude On The Outside.
Chapter 319: 250. Meeting With Anin And Plato.
Chapter 320: 251. How Can This Be Possible.
Chapter 321: 252. Conclusion Of Talks With Aelius.
Chapter 322: 253. Chaos At The Plaza Part 1.
Chapter 323: 254. Chaos At The Plaza Part 2.
Chapter 324: 255. Chaos At The Plaza Part 3.
Chapter 325: 256. Chaos At The Plaza Part 4.
Chapter 326: 257. Chaos At Plaza Part 5.
Chapter 327: 258. Chaos At Plaza Part 6.
Chapter 328: 259. Chaos At Plaza Part 7.
Chapter 329: 260. Spoiler*. (Title At The End Of Chapter)
Chapter 330: 261. City Of Lights.
Chapter 331: 262. Conclusion Of The Signing Ceremony Part 1.
Chapter 332: 263. Conclusion Of The Signing Ceremony Part 2.
Chapter 333: 264. Reactions From Various Parties.
Chapter 334: 265. Sign Of A Good Ruler.
Chapter 335: 266. Ealdron'S Dilemma.
Chapter 336: 267. Plato And Endo'S Meeting.
Categories Genre: Action, All, Ongoing, Sci-fi Status: Ongoing ______
Total Chapters in book: 337
Estimated words: 555279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2776(@200wpm)___ 2221(@250wpm)___ 1851(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 555279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2776(@200wpm)___ 2221(@250wpm)___ 1851(@300wpm)
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Chapter 321: 252. Conclusion of talks with Aelius.
John spoke irritatingly as he unconsciously spread his aura when Plato stopped him, "Let me finish it, I want access to your Magic Metal mines or I want access to your magicians and the people you send shouldn't be very disproportionate species wise i.e. if you would send 1 human for 100 demons or 1 demon for 100 humans and so on then, it won't be acceptable. Disproportion is inevitable but deliberate disproportion won't be tolerated. Ratios like 2:9, 3:9, and so on are okay. You get the gist of what I am saying, right?"
Plato calmed down then thought and spoke, "So you want access to our Magicians and while we are selling people, the proportion should at least be 2:9 either way. Okay, that is possible but we can't give you access to our top Magicians, okay? Only the middle-grade magicians will be allowed."
This time it was Rona who spoke as she thought that John would change his mind, "Okay, we agree to this condition. We anyway won't be selling our Magic Metal mines."
Plato thought as soon as Rona spoke and looked at John keenly, 'It seems that Magic Metal mines were never in his agenda. His true purpose was most likely the Magicians. Okay, I will let that slip by and make it seem as if I didn't notice this subtlety.'
Plato nodded and spoke deliberately so as to dig about John's relationship with others, "Princess Sally would be the Queen, right?"
John smiled as he understood his intentions and spoke nonchalantly, "Yes, is there any other preparations you want?"
John thought, 'I guess he is most probably trying to gauge my relationship with Diana, Eva and Josephine for now. Well, he doesn't know that all of them would-be queens and the matter of status don't matter. Hmph... using little tricks against me.'
Plato and Rona were quite shocked as they looked at John suspiciously.
Even Quill was quite shocked but calmed down as he knew that Lord John was going to marry them after hearing from Master Melanie as these days she didn't bother him or others for creating more chances of dates between John and Eva.
He thought, 'I guess this is due to Prince Chad's meeting with Duke Norman today and hence the calm.'
Rona thought suspiciously, 'What is he cooking right now, another scheme? I guess I can't dig into his relationship with others so easily. It doesn't matter as I have completed my mission and he has agreed to his Majesty's bottom line early on and this is what matters the most. His majesty can pacify the nobles and masses both by saying that Sky's king is his Son-in-Law and Sky kingdom is just a dowry while other things were anyway developed or expanded by King John himself while keeping a facade of peace for now. A pardonable excuse.'
Plato meanwhile thought as he heard John, 'As far I know, our spies report shouldn't be wrong. I heard that his relationship with Eva and others has improved since the last ball when Duke Fredric arrived and hence the suggestion for a marriage alliance by our strategic experts. Well, Even if he is lying, Princess Sally's fate as a concubine anyway is good enough since she would be marrying someone who she knows for a long time now and is better than marrying into a Duke's house.'
John looked seriously at Plato as bought the important points and spoke, "What about my spies? You still haven't released them."
Plato nodded and spoke, "After we sign the agreement and make a formal announcement, we will release the spies. Don't worry about them. They are not in normal prisons where people are tortured every day, they are living normal lives but are under house arrest. This treatment is enough for your men, right? We can release some of them in good faith for now."
John nodded and spoke, "Okay, you can meet General Endo and others after our signing ceremony today. You can also make an announcement about this later on so don't forget to release my spies before the crowning ceremony."
Both Rona and Plato were shocked as this meant that John was really going to make her a queen.
Plato spoke as he smiled cunningly, "Your Majesty John, I wonder if you are interested in a scheme against Radiant Church and Prince Hector."
Joel muttered slowly, "Here comes the main dish and also the reason why Plato buttered up to his Majesty John publicly."
While Rona smiled as she knew that this would happen when she talked with Plato previously.
John thought about the attack which was going to take place today and spoke, "Okay, Continue. What sort of scheme do you have in mind against them."
Plato nodded and spoke, "I wonder if you know about Radiant Church's recent underground activities?"
John signaled to Quill and spoke, "Bring that classified report about Radiant Church and hand it over to him."
Quill nodded as he brought out the report and spoke, "Lord Plato, are you talking about the Radiant Church recently promoting against Slavery these days to the commoners? Check this out, you may get more insights."
Plato looked at the report unabashedly and almost cursed, "Bastards, they have spread so much and are doing it to this much extent? We indeed need to be ruthless to them."
Meanwhile, Quill was quite surprised as he saw that Plato was able to read Sky's new language without any difficulties. He thought, 'No wonder! he is not called the Grand Strategist for anything. He always has his sights on the borders with national interests in mind.'
After reading the report, Plato nodded as he smiled sinisterly and spoke, "I wonder if you are interested in making propaganda about the recent activities of the Radiant Church. You will simply have to make reports about how NOBLE they are for only promoting freedom for humans and not other species. This will make them an enemy of both the Nobles and Other kingdoms simultaneously. With this, the one who will be affected the most will be Duke Von Longbonder. As far as I know, Duke Von Longbonder is currently in an alliance with Prince Hector and might cause problems for you. Unlike Prince Hector, he is a very tough nut. He has a lot of resources at his disposal whether it is Nobles, Bureaucrats, Ministers, Mercenaries or Kings. You see it is his family which has controlled the narratives of Slaves for quite a long time, about 400 years already so they will be affected the most by the actions of Radiant Church. Previously, it was the other families that controlled major slave trade."
John nodded and spoke, "True, I saw that Prince Hector has recently been running a lot after being abandoned by Queen Cecelia and her family. Anyway, that guy is just a petty runt. But making Radiant Church fight with Prince Hector and those Nobles will be quite interesting."
John made a decision and spoke, "Ok, I will be targeting Radiant church economically, politically and if necessary Militarily. I will also be actively making medicines for a lot of incurable diseases so as to attack the services of radiant Church. I suggest that you guys too attack the Radiant Church by propaganda i.e. the only thing you have to do is target the local head and bring up his scandals. Of course, it must be the truth. Same for the Dukes who will be buying the Printing presses along with the Royal family."
John continued as he thought with skepticism and asked Plato, "Hey Plato, do you really think that the Nobles will believe anything that we write on our newspapers?"
Plato thought deeply as he smiled and spoke, "You might not know but two of your newspapers have gained a lot of reputation due to their excellent reporting of news. One is Sky times and the other one is North-frontier times. This is because most of the articles written by you guys have been verified by the various sources of the Nobles as well. And in case even if they didn't believe it, this will sow the seeds of doubts in their mind which will make them take action and investigate Radiant Church privately which will improve the authenticity of your report. So what do you say?"
John nodded and as he thought, 'It seems that pursuing the truth will inevitably give good results even in the face of the enemy.'
John nodded and spoke, "Ok, so it is decided that we will go with this plan. You guys have no problems, right?"
It was Rona who spoke now, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you can help us contact the people of our faction."
John sighed and understood what she wanted, "It can be possible, I will arrange Admiral Blake to bring General Endo to Golden Spring city. As for the prisoners, Most of them are in Aurora currently. Ok, I will arrange for them to be transported to Eastern port city. But you will have to wait for a few days."
Rona immediately nodded and spoke, "That won't be a problem, we will be in Sky until your Crowning ceremony 1 month later at Golden Spring City. I will be conducting business for this 1 month so time shouldn't be a problem."
Although Joel didn't speak one word during this meeting he still breathed a sigh of relief as all the talks were decided and both the sides lowered down their auras.
Even though Plato didn't show it on his face but he was the one who was most relieved as he had made a big political bet this time around which could decide his downfall or let him stay at his place.
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In Duke Fjord's domain, there was an atmosphere that was full of doom and gloom because none of the ministers were willing to speak as it would only mean to get themselves killed.
In his court, Duke Fjord roared irritatingly, "Is there any other information related to Sky?"
This time, it was Jonas who spoke, "There is one good news and one bad news."
Duke Fjord who looked like a zombie these days immediately jolted and spoke, "Okay, lets hear the good news."
Jonas looked at Duke Fjord carefully and spoke, "According to our sources, Baron Mendez's son Antonio was almost assassinated by the Radiant Church. According to some guards under Lord Plato, they said that this assassination was funded by Prince Hector and planned by the Top cardinals as the head of the templar knights, Neo was also killed in the skirmish inside the prison."
Duke Fjord furrowed his brows as soon as heard about templar knights and spoke, "Neo? Is it that Neo? The one trained by cardinals personally."
Jonas nodded and spoke, "Yes. It is the same Neo. According to them, there were 2 factions fighting in the prison in which the Templar Knights lost. They say that the 2nd faction was supported by his Majesty John. They say this due to the nature of weapons and the bodies which had bullets, the same as the ones faced during the war by Aelius. Currently, Lord Antonio is in Dolores under house arrest. You can see the report about his house arrest in one of the new newspaper publishers of Sky. Knowing the Imperial Court, I don't think they would do this if it is in their will. I think some sort of deal took place as this was also the time when Sky reduced its aggression against Castles Bordering Dolores."
Fjord smiled as he looked at the newspaper and spoke, "Good, now we can dump all the shit of this war on Hector if anyone from Royal Family's faction targets us. Okay, what is the bad news."
Jonas sighed and spoke, "In the North-South peace talks, we were not invited. Lord Plato cited that it was due to the hostile relationship between Lord John and us due to the death of Lord Evan. Currently, the talks are most likely taking place. Some of our people are in the business group so the transfer of information may only delay a little."
Fjord gritted his teeth as he took down his humiliation and spoke, "These are the tricks by the Royal family. Anyway, as a Duke, I will have the same rights as other Dukes so we don't need to worry. Any other news?"
Jonas sighed and spoke, "People from Darius's army are still getting killed on a frequent basis. At least the ones who were officers and had a close relationship with Darius. I think it is most likely Henry. I am sure he is supported by other powers currently to create turmoil in our duchy."
Fjord calmed down after a series of setbacks and took a decision firmly, "Ok, Since Darius's previous division is reducing the morale of other divisions. We will disband Darius's division and build 3 other new decisions. As for the officer-level veterans, we will make special corps that will be hidden from public eyes. Now we will see how they attack them. And from now on, keep a keen look on the movements of all the nobles."
Jonas nodded and spoke, "Okay, I will make the preparations."
Everyone in the court sighed after a long time since this was the first time after the war that a normal conversation took place.
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Total Chapters in book: 337
Estimated words: 555279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2776(@200wpm)___ 2221(@250wpm)___ 1851(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 555279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2776(@200wpm)___ 2221(@250wpm)___ 1851(@300wpm)
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