Chapter 958: Scourge and ambition
In the northern "upper town" of Thrace, there is a rather simple and elegant manor. Different from other manors, this manor, from the guards to the servants to the officials to the masters, are all orcs.
Because its owner so demands.
The owner of the manor is Jon, Jon Thrace, the elder brother of the late King Richard Thrace, two years older than His Majesty Richard.
If placed in an ordinary country, King Richard died suddenly at a young age, leaving only a few children who were not even ten years old. Ordinarily, even if Prince Jon is not the one who succeeds the throne, he should be the regent until the king grows up. But in Thrace this is impossible.
Because Prince Jon is a half-orc.
The Thracian royal family in all dynasties has married the orcs, and the first son born between the king and the marriage partner was canonized as the "Prince of Galloping Horse", becoming the theoretically highest-ranking aristocrat in Thrace, no one.
However, this title does not bring power, and Prince Galloping doesn't even have a territory worthy of his identity, he is just a court noble.
Not only that, since the previous Thracian king, successive generations of kings have only married small and medium tribes among the orcs. The reason is of course clear at a glance - the small and medium tribes are weak, and it is impossible to give any substantial help to the Prince of the Galloping Horse, which can prevent the first Thracian noble from becoming a big one.
Although... In fact, so far, no one of the Prince of Galloping horses has ever been more powerful. But as a king, you can't wait for trouble to appear before trying to solve it, and strangling trouble in the cradle is the best choice.
This idea is very good, and the kings of all dynasties have done well, but there is a situation in the world called accident.
The late king Richard died young, leaving behind only a few young human children, and did not give birth to a son and a half daughter with the orc side concubine who married.
In this case, the replacement of the "Prince of Galloping Horse" is naturally out of the question. Everyone can only wait for the current little king to grow up, marry a princess, and have children.
However, the age of the little king is too young!
It has been seven years since he ascended the throne, but he is only eleven years old! Who can expect an eleven-year-old child to marry and have children? Even if the big nobles wanted to do this, the auxiliary minister, Alan Weina, would not agree - what the little king needs is care and care, so that he can grow up well, not for the sake of his descendants!
If that's the case, that's fine. Anyway, Prince Jon's maternal bloodline is a pig, which is a relatively short-lived orc, whose normal lifespan is generally less than fifty years old. As a first-generation half-breed, Prince Jon's lifespan will only be shorter than that of a normal pig. He is in his early 40s now, and it is supposed to be the end of his life.
But Prince Jon's situation is not "normal" at all, even "very abnormal".
He is a warrior, and he is a very strong warrior. Although he is not good at horseback riding and archery, he only knows how to fight on foot, but when he is well armored, with a large shield in his left hand and a short spear in his right hand, almost no one in the entire king can do it. beat him.
The auxiliary minister, Alan Weena, is a legendary assassin and will definitely win against him, but since the death of the previous king, Alan Weina has been guarding the little king almost every step of the way, and it is impossible to leave the king to discuss with him.
Aside from Alan Weena, the famous knights in the capital, or the martial arts teachers hired by noble families, could only be tied with Prince Jon at best.
Of course, in the capital, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, not to mention the "rock madman" Sean Gaoling alone is estimated to be stronger than Prince Jorn. However, these people are inappropriate, and it is impossible for them to come and discuss with Prince Jon. The luthier of the "Tauren Rock Band", Gettys Pao, is said to have sparred with Prince Yorn in private, but the druids fought the juggernaut so tediously that neither of them saw any chance of winning.
This record is very amazing. You must know that Gettys is not an ordinary person. She is a member of the "Inhumans" and is on an equal footing with the legendary figures such as "Dragon Slayer", "Northern Demon King" and "Sea Dragon King". Where can it go further?
Therefore, after the discussion with Gettys, Prince Jon's reputation became more prominent, and his status among the "Thraces" was also higher, and even more than one important person in the Thracian family once hinted: Rules It can also be changed.
What rules can be changed?
Of course, it is the rule not to let the "Prince of the Horse" take power!
So now, the atmosphere of the Thracian capital, the atmosphere of the upper level of the Thracian kingdom, is really a bit gloomy and weird.
This atmosphere does not seem to affect Prince Jon, who still exercises every day and strives to become stronger. Still barely asking about politics, just concentrating on being a quiet, handsome guy—well, that's true, despite being a half-pig and a tank warrior, he's quite skinny and looks Not like a warrior, but like an assassin. So when he was young, he even had the apparently teasing nickname of "The Thinnest Pig Man".
But...is Prince Jon really that peaceful?
"You finally figured it out!" In the reception room on the top floor of the manor, the old shaman with white beard and hair showed a happy smile, "It's not an option to keep your head shrunk. Besides, even if you can't shrink your head by yourself, in the future When the little prince grows up, Alan Weiner will not let you go!"
Faced with this heart-wrenching topic, Prince Jon smiled bitterly: "You are right! I can't pin my life on the king's mercy--as his uncle, I have lived too long, The prestige is too high, something must happen."
"Just understand! Now that the Great White Disaster is about to break out, all the grasslands will form a coalition army to march westward. Although some people are interfering with it this time, the scale of the coalition force will not be as large as before, but now Thrace has no resistance at all. You take this opportunity to come forward, bring together the two as a half-orc, and then both parties publicly push you to become the king of 'New Thrace'... Everything is logical!"
"I understand. It's just... you are so sure that those 'inhumans' can't stop the natural disaster from coming?"
The old shaman laughed: "How can they stop it? Ivyin, the chief of the horse tribe, is also an alien, but she can only propose the idea of 'jointly casting spells, breaking the cold wave, and cooling the entire north' - this method It can only be rescued, but disasters cannot be avoided, and white disasters will still happen, but on a smaller scale.”
"The scale is smaller, but it's already very powerful."
"It's really powerful, but so what? The scale is smaller, it's nothing more than a reduction from the Great White Calamity to the ordinary White Calamity. The grasslands will still form a coalition to march westward. They are hostile to Thrace, no It may help Thrace to resist. Facing the coalition forces of all the grasslands, the only option for Thrace is to let you mediate and form a new country." The old shaman said confidently, "At that time, we orcs will be in the 'new color'. Reis' will be able to achieve dominance, all this is logical, and no one can stop it!"