After speaking, Harries retreated to the side, and the outco of drawing the sword without success did not make him appear to be especially disheartened; it seed he had known this would be the outco.
At the scene, so couldn’t help but whisper secretly. As the son of Sigma and Daphne, being closest in blood to Sigma, Harries had always been a popular candidate for the new Emperor, and both commoners and knight officials originally believed he was the most likely to pull the Sword of King Selection out. However, it was unexpected that he would fail.
Particularly, so nobles present showed expressions of disappointnt and regret because many of them had placed their bets on Harries. To affiliate themselves with the future new Emperor, they not only had offered vast amounts of gold and silver treasures but even sent out their daughters, all in anticipation that once Harries ascended the throne and beca the new Emperor, they too could beco royal relatives.
However, with Harries’ failure to draw the sword, all their efforts turned into naught, truly a case of losing their daughters and squandering their gold.
But as disappointed as they were, they dared not show it too obviously. After all, not long ago, they all had received news of Gilgash’s words in the council hall, knowing that top officials led by Morgan had already expressed their dissatisfaction with their actions, both openly and covertly. If any issues were caused at this ti, who knew what consequences there would be? Ultimately, they could only swallow this bitter fruit in silence.
Actually, Le Cheng already knew of Harries’ failure to draw the sword from the start.
This was because Morgan had told him early on that the treasures the nobles gifted to Harries had been turned over to the national treasury the very next day. Even a list of which individuals had given money and which had sent their daughters was in Morgan’s desk.
As for the internal troubles of the Empire, Morgan had wanted to deal with them for a long ti, but due to the interest groups ford by various nobles, if direct state force was used for eradication, it could not only potentially harm so innocent groups but might even cause economic instability in the Empire, hence the need for a more gradual approach.
And Harries, he was just a bait arranged by Morgan.
It should be noted that Harries was Daphne’s son; under Daphne’s tutelage and influence, he had a strong sense of identity with the Empire and the Catastrophe ssenger and held trendous respect for Morgan. Thus, when Morgan proposed her plan, Harries agreed imdiately.
Then, Morgan started spreading rumors exaggerating Harries’ chances of becoming the new Emperor and had Harries deliberately heighten his profile to attract the nobles’ attention. Sure enough, after this, the nobles scrambled to visit Harries, both sending money and daughters, hoping to cling to the coattails of the future Emperor.
Harries naturally went along, simultaneously enriching the national treasury and his own harem, quite a smashing victory indeed.
In Le Cheng’s view, Harries was like a salted fish in soul form; he himself had absolutely no intention of becoming Emperor.
With Harries’ failure to draw the sword, other candidates one after another stepped forward, but most also failed.
Though Harries failed to draw the sword, he set a good example for those who followed. After all, even this hottest candidate for the Prince readily accepted his failure; how could the others have any right to express dissatisfaction?
The King Selection Ceremony continued, until the twelfth person finally brought a slightly different outco.
That was a native Prince, who, as he gripped the hilt of the sword and under the pull of bloodline affinity, the Demon Sword Apophis began to tremble slightly. Seeing a chance, the Prince imdiately beca excited and, using all his might which took almost three minutes, finally pulled the Demon Sword Apophis out from the ground.
"Ah..."
Instantly, the scene erupted in uproar.
However, just when almost everyone thought this Prince had succeeded, the Demon Sword Apophis released a strong surge of Evil Qi. Following this, the Prince scread as if by reflex and flung the sword away.
The Demon Sword Apophis spun in midair and reinserted itself into the ground; the Evil Qi on the sword body also began to slowly subside.
"What... what happened?"
"Haven’t you already drawn the sword? Why did you throw it away?"
"What exactly are you doing?!"
Seeing this scene, everyone was perplexed, and so, unable to contain their frustrations, even cursed out loud.
Of course, those who dared to curse a Prince like that were naturally of no low status, and the Prince didn’t dare to retort but instead said with a wronged expression, "I, I didn’t know what was happening either. It suddenly attacked ; if I hadn’t thrown it away, I might have lost my hand."
Saying that, he spread out his hands, revealing countless tiny blood marks.
Upon seeing this, everyone couldn’t help but gasp. So couldn’t resist looking towards Morgan, "Queen, what’s going on? Could it be that the Demon Sword Apophis..."
"The Demon Sword Apophis is fine, this is a normal phenonon," Morgan calmly stated, "I suppose everyone knows that before the late Emperor passed away, he infused his remaining power into the Demon Sword. Therefore, only soone with the late Emperor’s bloodline has a possibility of drawing the sword, but even that is only a possibility. If his capabilities and will aren’t approved by the late Emperor, the power of the bloodline cannot be activated, and thus, cannot draw the sword."
"Moreover, to beco the new Emperor, one needs not only the late Emperor’s approval but also to subdue the Demon Sword Apophis..." saying this, she looked towards that Prince, "When you drew the Demon Sword Apophis, did you hear any will it transmitted?"
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