Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
The One That Will Come
Very shocking news spread throughout the kingdom of Garlin and Garlan. Boabdil, the now-ruling king of the Garlin region, has been subjected to a gruesome assassination attempt.
It happens on a winter night. As he prepared to sleep, suddenly ten men broke through his room and attempted to kill him.
Luckily, Boabdil was strong enough to defeat and finish them off. But because these ten people were so powerful, Boabdil was severely injured and needed treatment for a long time.
The higher-ups who sided with him tried to cover up the case but in various ways, somehow this news spread quickly.
Of course, this news had also reached Marina, who was now protesting in front of Issac through a virtual communication tool lent by Rena.
"What does all this mean, Issac?! You asked me to mess up the Garlin kingdom but at the same time you have acted without confirming it to me?!"
"Calm down, Marina. Your mission has not changed at all. I have my own consideration for all my actions. As for your task is to incite a rebellion in the Garlin kingdom so that we have a loophole to completely rule over them."
Marina gritted her teeth but a moment later, she finally calmed down. Marina hates the rough way that Issac does. But if he made good use of this moment, all his plans could go smoothly.
From across there, Issac turned off his communications device and left the calm Marina. Rena who just entered her office immediately served Marina a cup of warm tea.
"I don't understand what purpose Issac sent the assassins to harm Boabdil. That guy...argghh!! Really dizzy!!"
Rena who was tidying up some documents, giggled at Marina who was somewhat frustrated. He himself did not know what his master's purpose was.
"I don't understand it myself either. But you know what, Marina? Those who attempted to kill Bobadil were Moskovs. The tattoo on their back is proof of that."
Marina still drowned her head on the table. But a moment later.....
"Wait first!! What did you say?!"
"Hmmm? Ah yes, I said that those who tried to kill Boabdil were people from the Moskov empire."
Marina seemed to be thinking hard. But he finally understood what was really going on.
"So... it turns out so! Hey Rena, do you know that the Garlin kingdom is indicated to form a secret alliance with the Moskov Empire?!"
"Of course there is! I don't know what the people of the Moskov Empire thought. But one thing is clear. Issac intended to make the relationship between the Garlin kingdom and the Moskov empire tenuous!
"I don't know how he sent those killers. Maybe with hypnotic magic? I don't know. But clearly, we can make good use of this momentum."
Marina nodded and smiled with satisfaction. From the very beginning, if the Moskov Empire and the Garlin kingdom formed a secret alliance, it would not be because of trust in each other. The Moskov Empire intended to make the Garlin kingdom their puppet and make the Garlin kingdom a way to invade Heinz.
So too with the Garlin kingdom. They intend to race the Moskov empire for their own benefit. When the Moskov Empire had been squeezed out, they clearly intended to advance further by seizing one or two cities in the territory of the Moskov Empire.
Who succeeds and who fails really doesn't matter. What mattered now was how the continuation of their secret alliance was both. When their relationship is very tenuous, this is a golden opportunity for Marina.
"By the way Rena, what about the outcome of the negotiations between you and the merchants? Do you have any obstacles?"
"Thank God, everything went well. The merchants who do business in Garlin agreed to help us. It was quite expensive indeed, but given their reputation, it was quite a cheap price, I think."
Marina needed the merchant's ability to smuggle weaponry into the anti-boabdil party. Spear, shield, crossbow, sword, etc. He could not buy weapons directly from the Garlin kingdom. That's because they control the entire production of weapons and strictly supervise gun ownership.
It was even done in the extreme. Forks that are commonly used by farmers or hoes that they usually use can be considered as weapons.
In addition to requiring merchants to smuggle weapons, Marina also needed their strength to impoverish the Garlin kingdom.70 percent of their daily necessities were imported from outside and two-thirds of them came from the Heinz kingdom.
Likewise with public facilities such as highways, water management, and public finance such as banks, adventurer guilds, and all other vital things.
Taking advantage of the corruption and extortion scandals perpetrated by the Garlin kingdom's top brass, the trust of the merchants and businessmen will collapse and they will withdraw their money from the Garlin kingdom.
Marina has sent a letter to the anti-Boabdil faction saying that in a moment, Boabdil will soon move to crush them. It made the anti Boabdil faction also move immediately and gather strength.
Isaac, meanwhile, had sent rumors to the entire population of Garlin that Boabdil would commit savage acts against his will. He also revealed evidence that all Garlin kingdom officials, including Boabdil himself, were responsible for the kidnapping, rapists, and enslavement that took place in the Garlin kingdom.
It won't take much longer, chaos and rebellion will soon erupt in Garlin kingdom.