Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 301 Undercurrent in the Capital

In an emergency, some of the holy water was transported to the royal capital and delivered to Lilith. However, after Lilith distributed the holy water to the royal army, she found that it was of no use to the demon army that had directly penetrated the central region.

The legs of most of the Kingdom's army went limp the moment they saw the demon monsters. Not to mention fighting, those who could hold the front line were already the elite among the elite. In this case, although Lilith almost said that the potion in the hands of the Kingdom's army was holy water, no matter how powerful the weapon is, its user is still human.

The demons advanced triumphantly, heading straight for the royal capital, just as Antipas and Claire had agreed.

Linde has sent messages to Lilith more than once, asking her to run away as soon as possible.

But Lilith is already the queen of a country. From the perspective of the ruler of a country, Lilith, who is in the royal capital, believes that anyone can run away except herself.

If they ran away, it would mean the real loss of the country. Lilith had no sense of responsibility towards the Augustine family, but her long-standing identity as a saint made her unwilling to abandon the people of the royal capital until the end.

All the people she had helped, including the couple who had been exploited, were remembered by Lilith. Lilith could run away, but could others? Even if everyone took the train to escape to the north, what would happen to the other people in the central region?

This was not a decision Lilith made on impulse. After making plans to defend the capital, Lilith asked the old Pope in detail. With the power in Lilith's hands and the church's crusaders, defending the capital would not be a problem. Moreover, Lilith also asked 550C, who would use some special means to ensure Lilith's safety in an emergency.

Lilith even thought about it and asked her brother not to come so quickly. When the situation became critical, her brother would come directly from the north to save Wangdu from the dire situation.

Sometimes Lilith wondered if she could just pass the throne to her brother when the mood was right. If those Augustines disagreed, she would let her brother beat them up until they agreed. As long as her brother ascended the throne, she could do whatever she wanted.

But recently the public opinion in the capital has been a little strange. Especially with the advance of the demons, the capital has gradually begun to impose martial law.

On the other side, Antipas had arrived at the front line and began to take over command.

"Go blow up the railway in the North."

Antipas began to give orders continuously during the march, and the first order was to blow up the unfinished railway between the royal capital and the northern border.

Delaying the North for as long as possible is helpful.

"No, there is no need to send out troops. Just give gunpowder to those people along the way and let them use their bodies to blow themselves up. As for the method, you should know it."

It is nothing more than using those people's families as threats, or directly brainwashing and taming them, making those humans loyal to the demons and believing that they can become honorary demons, so as to enslave their own kind. When necessary, those humans who are willing to naturalize can be given a little power.

This method has been tried countless times outside Duanxue Territory. After receiving the order, the demon officers carried it out without asking any detailed questions.

Antipas looked in the direction of the royal capital. The central region was indeed the territory chosen by the Capetian royal family. It was really very rich. For most demons, the Surde region was the richest land they had ever seen in their lives.

But apart from the minerals, the Surd region cannot be compared with the lands in the East.

The more knowledgeable demons had also seen the territory of the North during Doug's time, but the land in the North was in no way comparable to the central region.

Why should weak humans own these rich lands? These lands should belong to the great demon warriors! This is the truest reaction of the demons after seeing the central region.

Antipas thought so too. As for whether he should keep his promise with the princess, Antipas sneered in his heart.

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Although the entire capital was under martial law, because the capital's control over the outer city areas was not strong, no one stood up to tie Paul up even though Paul denounced the current queen in the tavern.

Because Paul had a certain influence among the adventurers, and most adventurers were unemployed because it was becoming increasingly difficult to accept commissions, Paul quickly gathered a group of adventurers.

"Brother Paul, can you really recommend a new job for us?"

A young adventurer walked quickly to Paul and asked excitedly but cautiously.

"Of course!"

At this time, Paul was leading this group of adventurers who also disliked His Majesty to his safe house.

"I repeat again, if you don't have the guts, don't follow me, leave now!"

None of these adventurers left, and they all followed Paul into the safe house.

As soon as they entered the safe house, the adventurers saw Claire sitting upright in a chair.

Most of those who came with Paul were very young adventurers, and they were unable to walk the moment they saw Claire.

Claire looked at these young adventurers with great satisfaction. The king had racked his brains in the past to manage these young adventurers. After all, young adventurers were full of energy and would start making trouble once they gathered in groups of three or five. In areas where adventurers gathered, violent incidents often occurred and there was no one to manage them, and no way to manage them.

And now, these adventurers have become one of Claire's helpers.

Paul knelt on one knee in front of Claire, indicating that he had completed the task. Claire nodded in encouragement and stood up and said, "Let me introduce myself. I am the princess of this country, Claire Augustine."

Then, Claire used the same acting skills that she had used to deceive Paul, and tearfully denounced Lilith's atrocities. Because of the recent spread and improvement of rumors, Claire even referenced and verified the rumors circulating outside, which made her sound more convincing.

After accusing Lilith, Claire said loudly: "For this country, I need your strength. I ask you to lend me your strength. I promise that the kingdom will remember your contributions in the future and will offer you the highest title of knight!"

Claire's words made these young adventurers excited. Many of them had actually realized that Claire was going to launch a coup, but this was one of the few opportunities for these lower-class adventurers to cross the class barrier, not to mention that it was for the sake of the country.

According to Claire's speech, even if these adventurers failed, they were still heroes of the country. Moreover, these adventurers were originally dissatisfied with the decreasing number of commissions under the queen's rule, or they gathered together because of other reasons of dissatisfaction with the queen. There was no reason not to agree.

Just as everyone knelt on one knee and pledged allegiance to Claire like a knight, an adventurer suddenly whispered, "I'm sorry, I, I want to quit."

The adventurer said, "I hate Her Majesty the Queen, too, but Her Majesty did help my mother and made life better for the rest of my family. I'm sorry, but I... I don't want to participate in this kind of thing."

The adventurer spoke haltingly, but finally turned his head away, not daring to look at his companions. Paul also frowned, not expecting that someone would be moved by the evil queen's small favors.

But Claire said gently: "It doesn't matter. Everyone has the right to choose. Does anyone else want to quit? If you want to quit, leave now."

No one spoke, and the adventurer left the safe house silently.

After leaving the safe house, the adventurer looked at the gloomy weather and was a little confused. Why were these nobles still fighting among themselves when the demon army was approaching? Was Her Majesty the Queen really as bad as Her Royal Highness said? Why did he always feel that there was something wrong with Her Royal Highness's words?

Not long after the adventurer left the safe house, a sharp blade pierced his chest from behind.