Bab 5: A Monster
Inside an mountain in an unknown location,
" It seems they are looking to bring Rodriguez home.."
" Beniamino is hell bent on removing the influence of Rhodes from berin.."
" That's quite natural since we are the last of Franks... He is probably thinking we are trying to turn the empire from Germanic to Franks.."
" Nevertheless, we cannot underestimate them considering they already know the things we have committed but yes, we should prevent their moves from succeeding.."
" Rodriguez is indeed a trouble for us and we need to make sure the current Emperor remains alive as well.."
" Berengar supports us well as It'll be good to have the fool who runs the Gieriger family, the richest household of the Empire under our control.."
" He supports us due to the fear of losing his family since he did have a hand in the death of Rodrik along with Rodriguez's father as well."
" We must manipulate that fear to an extent where Berengar would always be reliant on the Rhodes family.."
" With the rebellion on the west and a powerful threat rising on the east, what shall be our move as we have to get rid of one of those threats before they attack us from both side simultaneously.."
" The current head of Rhodes, Arndt Rhodes, it's your time to make a decision.."
" Yes yes, your father Arndt he made the decision to kill the former Emperor Rodrik and bring the Empire under our pseudo control.. it's your chance to make a perfect decision to ensure our control lasts forever.."
The old men who were sitting around a table which looked towards the side onto an open balcony as a man was standing at the edge of the balcony which lacked a barricade.
6 '3 ft tall, a muscular man as his smooth long blonde hair was tied up while both his hands clenched behind his back.
Arndt Rhodes, A man feared for his cruelty, strength and intelligence as he was praised for being the one who shall bring greatness to Rhodes.
He slowly turned around revealing himself as he was topless only wearing a light cloth down below which barely hid anything.
The perfectly chiseled muscular body which makes anyone to think that God sculpted his body as his blue eyes which illuminated in the room which was barely lit by torches on the wall.
" Humans are divided into two... The strong and the weak.. the weak always and always listens to the strong and the strong always and always feeds the weak with lies.... Rhodes were the strongest here as we fed lies to the people about the indifference of the races as weak humans believed that humans are different due to where they are born or what language that they may speak.. We were able to make them think the former Emperor had intentions to murder every non Germanic citizens and with the indifference of races taught the people hated Rodrik so much that they praised my father for being a hero who slayed an evil Emperor but in reality Rodrik was supposedly a kind man who bared no ill will upon anything and anyone..." Arndt spoke in a calm tone while walking towards the table.
" Perhaps it's destiny or fate which brought us here as our family has survived and survived and now we have the chance to finally bring back the original successor to the great empire of Roma... We shall bring back the empire of franks by turning this empire..." He then placed both of his arms on the table as he spoke while looking at the eyes of each individual present in the room as he moved his head.
" Rodriguez is infact a good threat but not a great one as he cannot escape from the eastern frontlines for he is destined to fall there which will end his family line.." Arndt continued.
" Abelard Wilhelm will be soon crowned as Luther Rhodes in Paris as we will relocate our capital from berin to Paris soon..." He calmly stated as he sat down on a chair in front of the table and the Elders' attention was fully focused to him.
" Ah, But what about the rebellious forces in the west... Paris is way close to the Winchester Factory as that's where the so-called rebels situated.." One of the Elders commented with a doubtful and concerned voice.
" Yes, not to mention the fact that we are the house in the empire using men to handle the rebels as we are losing our manpower drastically..." Then the other one joined in with a comment of his own which made Arndt chuckle a bit.
" The rebels are located on the western coast... I've already contacted our allies in the Isles of Brittany... We will soon surround the factory from the sea and land.. it doesn't matter if it takes long but we can starve them all to death.. " He replied to the comments made by the Elders with a smile.
" Hmm, But what if the Tsar commits to a truce soon before Rodriguez dies.." One of the Elders said and worries were visible in his voice.
" No no, He won't..." Arndt answered.
" Uh, How are you so certain..." The Elder then asked him.
" Because the Tsar is aiming for Rodriguez.." Arndt said.
" Why would he aim for Rodriguez rather than aiming for more territories.." The other Elder then commented on Arndt's answer.
" Because I sent the Tsar a gift last year... The Tsar's youngest daughter... Her headless defiled corpse with the head placed directly above her abdomen with a letter... From Rodriguez with a warning that this will happen to all of your kids if you don't surrender..." He explained.
" When did you..." One of the Elders asked Arndt in shock as everyone was surprised to know this.
" Well some years back I met her when I was on a diplomatic mission to Moskva.. I met her, a naive young girl who fell for me.. we spent a lot of time in bed afterwards as she would leave the palace using secret paths.... Last year we met for the last time. I used a blunt blade to simply hit and hit constantly to separate her body from head.. she was squirming a lot like a worm but after like 10 minutes or so i was able to cut it out.... It was honestly easy as now the Tsar will have a never ending hate towards Rodriguez.." He shared with a soft voice whilst smiling calmly as if the things he said wasn't anything weird or creepy.
" A Monster...." One of the Elders whispered as he pretty much spouted what he was thinking.
" Indeed, that's monstrous behavior.. very very scary Arndt.." A Elder said while sweating a bit.
" No need to worry, it's not like I'll do the same to your kid.. you all are family and well this was a great way to get rid one of our challenges as either Tsar will kill Rodriguez or he will kill the Tsar and then some dissidents would end up murdering him while he is on the slavic Territory..." Arndt said, reassuring them.
" Now let's focus on the rebels, we have to push them towards the factory and since the factory is close to the sea, making it easy for the Brittany ships' cannons to strike... We can even use the spare Verner Cannons..." He added as he looked at both sides of the table.
Rhodes City of Arkangelas was 350 km away from the factory but it had constant raids of rebels.
Rhodes found it as a nuisance rather than an existential crisis since it never did matter as a small rebellion would never hinder their plans but they were neglecting a lot.
The Union of Dawn, which is one of the main rebel factions, had already destroyed 13 cities in the Iberian peninsula.
The Imperial Government hid this on behalf of the Rhodes who found it as not much of a problem since the rebels weren't entering their territories but since raids were happening in their cities, the family decided to add in more pressure to end the factions.
But, they had let the embers of rebellion to remain as it grew to be a massive wildfire and in its fury and heat, they'll all die.
The Union was way cruel to its opponents as they would fill the streets with the corpses of children, adults and elderly and even crucify the lifeless corpses outside the City falls to show that they were there to leave a mark.
Fear is indeed a strong weapon as it can easily lead you to victory by making the enemies have low morale.
Stealing any thoughts of victories and peace, but their peace was a cruel way of ruling others and killing anyone who questioned it as the Union wanted to end it, end them even if they had to kill millions as sacrifices are necessary as it shall be the foundation of a new World.
Allen didn't care as he knew his opponents were as cruel or even more cruel than him hence he had to be more bloody.
Blooding his hands and drenching in the blood of those who stand in his way to achieve the new world he dreamt off as it was meaningless to show mercy because showing mercy means they could easily stab him from behind.
A new world where people can have the freedom they desire, a new world where treachery no longer exists because everyone will have everything they want, a world where anyone can be happy.
Or will it be a world which would be even more oppressing and cruel with more lies to keep it running.
" For a new world eh.."
Allen mumbled to himself as he stood in front of a pit which was set ablaze while screams of hundreds of people trying to reach out and escape the fire could be heard.
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