CHAPTER 1142: CHAPTER 846: I’VE ALREADY WON

A decision on the successor to the throne must be made within a week.

This is a matter of great urgency.

For a nation’s king to be decided just within a week of announcing the official selection, no matter how you look at it, it’s way too rushed.

But there’s no other way, the Ginas Kingdom urgently needs a king to stabilize the situation. If the throne remains vacant for a long time, not to mention the continued domestic turmoil and power shifts, ambitious foreign nations might invade, and then the Ginas Kingdom could be destroyed in an instant.

Therefore, it’s extremely necessary to elect a king in a short period.

Thus, within this week, the throne candidates, each with a lineal right of succession, started running wild.

In order to attract as many supporters as possible and gain as many votes as possible, the throne candidates, to varying degrees, resorted to any means necessary.

Some coerced nobles with voting rights to gain their support.

Others offered bribes to nobles with voting rights to gain their support.

Still, some used both coercion and temptation, and some even started massive demonstrations on the streets every day to change their image in the minds of the nobles and gain the support of the common people.

In such a situation, the royal capital became extremely lively, with the rarely seen princes not hesitating to show themselves as much as possible, displaying their affinity with the people.

This left Reiger somewhat dumbfounded.

"...It’s not like the parliamentary elections of the previous life, what the hell are these royal offspring doing?"

Knowing the throne is out of their reach, yet struggling so desperately, Reiger also felt speechless.

"After all, the nobles with voting rights are basically either from the royal faction or the duke faction. The royal faction, under the alignment of Redson Alleyman, tends to choose between the eldest prince and the seventh prince for support. If you want to ascend the throne, shouldn’t you be persuading that old Sword Saint to make the royal faction view you in a new light?"

Isn’t this the most likely move to change one’s fate?

Unfortunately, not a single royal offspring realized this, which left Reiger speechless and made him understand why Yuri once said that almost none of the current royal offspring were particularly outstanding.

Compared to these fools who can’t see the situation, Saint Nidor is indeed far superior, no wonder he gained the support of so many and established the duke faction.

Of course, among these fools who can’t see the situation, some chose the most foolish way to ascend.

That is, sending people to assassinate those most likely to succeed in the campaign.

For instance, Saint Nidor, Kuhart, and Boel, all faced multiple assassination attempts in this week.

This made the already somewhat turbulent and uneasy capital even more tense.

However, whether in strength or influence, these three far surpass the other throne candidates.

No need to mention Saint Nidor, with the Sword Saint Dihart guarding him, not to mention ordinary assassins, even the kingdom’s most prideful assassination unit "Shadow" would return defeated. Now, "Shadow" is almost wiped out under Rom’s fall and Solok’s manipulation, unless those candidates send a Sword Saint-level existence, there’s simply no way to threaten Saint Nidor.

Kuhart and Boel, as the targets of the royal faction’s full support, are also equipped with strong guard teams by their side. Flon, as the Kingdom Knight Corps Commander, is also duty-bound, deploying the second and third knight squads for the two princes respectively, ensuring at least several veteran Swordsmen are around them 24/7. Even if facing a Sword Saint, though they might not win, they can at least delay long enough for the princes to escape.

With the preparations of both the duke faction and the royal faction, the personal safety of the three is as solid as a rock. Unless someone like Reiger personally attacks, there’s no way anything will happen to them.

This week also became a very sensational one, because those candidates daring to send assassins were identified by the royal and duke factions one after another, executed publicly as a warning to others, shocking many.

This can be considered the last madness before the successor is chosen.

Amid such circumstances, Reiger inevitably got caught in some trouble.

It wasn’t that someone did something irrational to scheme for the votes he held.

As someone currently recognized by the entire noble circle of the kingdom as not to be offended, even the stupidest candidates knew better than to use such means against Reiger. Otherwise, even if they ascended the throne and became king, with Reiger’s resources, he could still wreak havoc on them.

But since hard tactics won’t work, they naturally tried soft ones.

Thus, the threshold of the Franzel family was once again worn out.

"As long as Lord Brilliant is willing to come out and support me, I can promise that after becoming king, I will immediately grant you the title of Marquis and bestow upon you the largest territory within the kingdom!"

"Under my name, there are two commercial firms, each with liquid assets of no less than a million Gold Coins. As long as you are willing to support my ascension, these two firms will be yours!"

"My sister is one of the most beautiful princesses in this generation’s royalty. I have already persuaded her. As long as you are willing to assist me, she is willing to marry you, even if it means becoming a concubine without complaint!"