Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 413: Hundreds of Sons Fight for Succession, Everything Comes in Threes (5000 Votes Requested)

Having breakfast together was really just a polite excuse.

Byron and Violet had just finished a breakfast with the prince and princess, which was considered sumptuous by the standards of the Empire of the Sun, when they were dragged into the quiet garden to discuss the top priority of the succession to the throne.

Obviously, in Atahualpa's view, Byron, a foreign aid who had huge common interests with him but had no connection with other brothers, was far more reliable than some of his subordinates, and he urgently wanted his support.

As for things like arms trade, let's put them aside for now. Nothing is more important than the throne of the empire right now.

The rain gradually stopped.

As soon as the four of them walked onto the corridor leading to the garden, Atahualpa could not wait to tell Byron the news he had just received:

“Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, the High Priest of the Empire has predicted that the coronation ceremony of the new king will be held on the 20th of this month.

I still have half a month to prepare.

At that time, hundreds of my brothers will bring their servants into the Holy Lake to fight, and only the final winner can be crowned king.

Most of those hundreds of brothers are ordinary people, just a group of third-level [Lava Giants]. I don't take them seriously, and there are many of my supporters among them.

But there are also a few brothers who are quite powerful and are my strong rivals for the throne. There are even some powerful external forces supporting them. I hope to get your help."

Hearing him talk about the coronation ceremony at the sacred Lake Titicaca, Byron felt a little guilty.

The [Sun Crown] that a group of princes were fighting for had already fallen into Catherine's hands through the online network, and she was just waiting for him to return to the Bantaan Islands and give it to Edward IV when she accepted the title of Earl.

Separated by an entire "celestial circulation belt", those trackers had long lost their ability to locate, and it was unknown how the priests would report to the authorities when the time came.

Byron's expression became a little awkward when he thought of the bizarre crown with three suns carried by an alpaca, and the way they were scrambling to put the alpaca on their heads.

Relying on the forced control of "divine vision", he did not show any strangeness on his face. He just nodded to Atahualpa:

"Your Highness, if you are in trouble, I will definitely help you.

Why don't you first introduce the main competitors for the throne of the empire? Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we have a better chance of winning."

Hearing this, Atahualpa nodded to the princess beside him, who immediately took out a crystal, mobilized her spiritual power and projected three young men with different appearances and temperaments.

“There is no need to say much about the other brothers. There are four brothers who have the greatest hope of taking the throne, namely the governors of the four Suyu.

We are ranked separately from other descendants of gods according to our bloodline, extraordinary rank, and secular status, which also declares our unique status. "

The prince pointed to the tallest and oldest of them and introduced them to the two:
“This is the Governor of the Southern Koliasuyu, the Great Prince [Earthquake Light] Ninan Koyuchi Kapak.

He was the first son born to his father when he was young and a totem god, and had animal bloodline.

Although the bloodline was impure at the beginning, the power possessed by the female totem god was unexpectedly compatible with the bloodline of the descendants of the sun god.

As soon as he was born, he awakened a powerful innate ability - earthquake light.

In terms of direct combat capability, they are even more powerful than us, the pure-blooded descendants of gods.

He was very hardworking, and relied on the forbidden book "The Holy Book of the Sun" to purify his bloodline. He was promoted to a fourth-level mythical creature long ago.

His personal fighting ability is undoubtedly the best among all the princes.

By the way, the true form of his totem goddess mother is an earthquake dragon. It is said that the true form is 36 meters long and weighs 40 tons. When they walk in groups, they will cause earthquakes. "

Byron knew that the ability of the title belonged to all mankind, came from the collective subconscious of mankind, and was not exclusive to the Silver Continent.

It is not surprising that indigenous supernatural beings have their own titles.

But
He couldn't help but compare with his hands. First, he pinched a tiny gap with his index finger and thumb, and then he embraced the whole world with both hands.

Seeing the prince nod seriously, he gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely:
"The car the old man drives is really big. He is indeed not an ordinary person!"

But when I think of the monster girl around me who gives me a "whale-like pressure" from time to time, I feel that I really have no right to laugh at others.

Once Violet is promoted to the fourth level and activates the Leviathan whale form, her body size will not be much smaller than the other party, but she will be fatter and heavier.

Atahualpa had anticipated his reaction and said with some gloating:

“This matter is a taboo for my elder brother.

If anyone dared to make that gesture in front of him, he would become furious on the spot and would not stop until he tore the other person into pieces or burned them to charcoal.

Perhaps he inherited the bloodline of his totem goddess mother. Although he is powerful in combat, his brain is not much bigger than a tomato.

Just a reckless man!

Moreover, because his father ascended the throne relatively early, Ninan Koyuki has been the eldest prince since ninety years ago and has been waiting for the throne for a full ninety years.

He is almost dying of old age from waiting. It can be said that this guy is easily irritated and exploded at the slightest touch. I don't want to provoke this guy at all.

If you ask me, what is there to fight for at your age? Even if you sit on the throne, you can't last for many years, not even long enough to re-mint the sacrificial gold coins."

Then he pointed to his second brother, a handsome young man dressed in a white robe and wearing jewelry.

“The second prince of the Governor of Antisuyu in the East, [Playboy], [Flirtatious] Huascar Capac, is also the son of my father and his sister, and his bloodline is very pure.

But since his mother, the previous queen, passed away, he has become dissolute and has not been doing his job properly."

This is a typical royal nobleman who enjoys a wide range of hobbies, including sensual pleasures, wine, meat, beauties, gambling and hunting.

Fortunately, the entertainment programs in the Empire of the Sun are relatively primitive. If they were placed in the Old World, it would definitely be a well-known playboy.

What is surprising is that although the second prince has noble blood, he has a wide range of friends, especially among the totem gods on the continent and tribes in various places.

If he fights for the throne, I'm afraid many small tribes around him will support him.

Even the eldest prince who has the bloodline of the totemic god cannot compare with him in this respect.

It is better to say that the fanaticism of the converts makes the half-blood eldest prince more like a staunch defender of the imperial tradition than the pure-blood second prince.

"My second brother, the Playboy, particularly loves beauties from all races. He even has a collecting habit to some extent. He has collected at least more than two hundred beauties from all races.

Even the fly girls in the tribe of [Totem God·Poison Messenger] have it. Can you imagine that?
And often, regardless of the situation, it falls into a state of estrus with the small head dominating the big head.

He always prefers to rely on outsiders who send him beauties rather than trusting his own people."

After Atahualpa said this, Byron suddenly thought of the Night Devil disguised as the widowed princess Pota Capac.

Although he couldn't figure out the other party's origins for the time being, it shouldn't be difficult for Night Demon, who already possessed the talent of [Charming Humans], to seduce the second prince.

Anyway, she sneaked up on Atahualpa's guard captain without revealing her identity, and it didn't look like she was up to no good.

Atahualpa had introduced the last young man with a fierce look on his face:

“The Governor of Contisuyu in the western coastal region is the brave and warlike third prince [Heroic Blood] Anqui Capac.

He has the smallest territory in the country, but he has the strongest air force in the empire, and all the islands in the nearby waters are strongholds he has conquered.

Who knows how many private tribes are hiding in secret, dedicated to worshipping him alone.

[Blood of Heroes] is just a superficial title. My intelligence officer found out that in his tribe, the civilians call him [God of Bacchus]!
My third brother loves fine wine, and he ordered his followers to offer him purple-red chicha wine made from purple corn as a sacrifice, and also to offer their thoughts and wishes.

Chicha is also known as the blood of heroes in the empire. It can make people courageous and fearless, but it can also make people reckless and impulsive.

My third brother, who wanted to be the "God of Wine", often got drunk and did a lot of ridiculous things.

In order to compete for a docile and lovely bunny-eared girl, he fought with the second brother in the royal city of Cusco. In the end, the two of them were confined to their homes for half a year by their father, and the bunny-eared girl was executed on the spot. "

Needless to say, the last of the four princes is right in front of us.

Compared with them, Atahualpa Capac, the youngest and fourth prince of the Governor of Chinchasuyu, did not have as many military achievements and specialties.

He only had one special skill - he had a lot of gold in his hands. He was also known as the "Hand of Fortune".

If he wants to be promoted to the fifth level [pseudo-god] in the future, he should move closer to the power of wealth.

Compared to Byron's men who were all about wine, sex, money and power, these four brothers were the real experts in this field, and the former were far from being comparable to them.

“Your Majesty, Lord of Heaven, here we don’t have any guarantee of succession order for princes based on age, wisdom, etc. Anyone can sit on the throne as long as they are able to make it to the end of the coronation ceremony.

And there is no limit to the means, whether it is wisdom, force, allies, or conspiracy, as long as the goal can be achieved, the Council of Nobles presiding over the coronation ceremony will not interfere.

The last time the throne was passed, that is, among my grandfather’s generation, there was a descendant of God, although he was born to a concubine with impure blood.

However, he relied on his acquired efforts to fight back, fought hard for the empire, expanded the territory, and his own strength increased steadily.

During the coronation ceremony, he killed all the brothers and their servants of that session, and ascended the throne with undisputed strength.

He also married the wives of all his sisters and brothers who were of noble blood. With more than two hundred wives and even more female slaves, he gave birth to nearly a thousand children, and eventually succeeded in being promoted to a fifth-rank god.

That is our ancestor, Supayi, the Dark Sun of Death who controls shadows and dusk!"

When talking about his ancestor, Atahualpa's eyes were full of admiration.

Byron and Violet were silent.

"Killing all the enemies is fine, but killing all the brothers of the same clan is really a bit too much.

Perhaps only the Sun Empire, which has the [Sun God] Inti in charge and whose rule is very stable, would dare to do this.

The competition for the throne of the Sun Empire has already had a bit of a poisonous taste, and is far more bloody and barbaric than in the Old World. "

However, even Byron himself said that if you lose your humanity, you lose a lot; if you lose your animality, you lose everything.

In the beast paradise full of crises, losing this most crucial savagery would probably mean extinction.

Maybe this is their way of survival.

As the backgrounds of each of the four contenders are pieced together, the truth about the coronation ceremony is revealed.

[Secret: The Cloud of Succession to the Throne of the Solar Empire, Historical Influence 30] The unlocking density increased from 13% to 30%.

Byron also had some vague guesses about the supporters behind the princes.

At this point, Atahualpa suddenly stopped and looked intently into Byron's eyes:
“Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, there is an old proverb in the Empire of the Sun.

Bring three coppers, tell a lie; bring three smiles, shed tears before dusk; bring three depressed people, and you will die of madness.

In the extraordinary system of this world, animality, divinity, and humanity are the three cornerstones, symbolizing that everything is three.

Therefore, each heir to the throne needs to find two assistants to attend the coronation ceremony together. For us, the ability to seek external assistance is also part of our own strength."

Atahualpa's face was full of solemnity and sincerity:

“Although I have a lot of gold, I have not had as much time to grow as my brothers. I only have two mythical creatures under my command who are fourth-level strong and loyal enough.

My captain of the guard, Sinchi Roca, and my queen, Aya Capac, are high-end combat forces that cannot be purchased no matter how much wealth is used.

But when we met unexpectedly under the will of the Sun God, I felt that I had a better choice.

I would like to invite you to join my team and replace my princess Aya.

Although Aya has been honing herself for this day that will come sooner or later, I am confident that I am no worse than any fourth-level person.

But in yesterday's battle, I could feel your powerful strength that was incompatible with your own rank. That should be the [Divine Vision] from human nature?
Especially when facing other teams composed mainly of [Sons of the Sun], it might be an unexpected trump card.

Of course, I cannot guarantee the absolute safety of participating in the coronation ceremony.

In the more than one thousand years of history of the Sun Empire, fourteen kings have been replaced. Every change of the throne was a catastrophe for the royal children. The death rate in the most peaceful one was more than one-third.

My mother is my father's last wife, the current Queen Koya. I represent the most orthodox interest group in the empire and just want to develop steadily and accumulate more wealth.

But many ambitious people do not want the empire to remain peaceful. After the coronation ceremony begins, we may become the target of public criticism.

To compensate you for the risk you take, once I become king, I am willing to open the Imperial Treasury and let you choose three of the non-imperial treasures."

"Everything is three?"

Byron began to seriously consider the risks and benefits.

Atahualpa was able to explain the pros and cons clearly, and he can be said to be a very good person.

To be honest, when he used the [Compass of Desire] to sense, he determined that the location of a crystal skull was inside the palace of the royal city of Kusco.

Knowing that this was a great empire ruled by multiple gods, Byron gave up the idea of ​​seizing the crystal skull by force from the very beginning.

One of the main purposes of making friends with Atahualpa, besides the fact that he was a wealthy and inhumane dog owner, was to take the opportunity to recover another crystal skull.

Even Atahualpa, who was the most short of manpower, could gather three level four warriors, so his opponents must also have a uniform level four configuration.

Re-examine your own strength.

The gap between people may sometimes be even greater than that between people and dogs, and the same is true when comparing the fourth level with the fourth level.

Quantifying it with "The Shame of the Fourth Order" [Blue Hair] Hailding, Byron was roughly equivalent to 2.1 blue when he just comprehended "The Descending of the Ming God".

After several high-level battles in succession, even with full firepower, we need at least 2.3 blue.

There is also a skull number 4 [Rain God] Chak that can summon storms, which has a strong restraint on these Sons of the Sun and Lava Giants.

He thinks the danger should be controllable.

It was at this moment that Atahualpa's words became the last straw that broke Byron's psychological defenses.

Then the prince sighed deeply:

“I’m so poor that I only have money left.

Compared with those brothers who have made great achievements, I have nothing except gold, and I often feel that my life is empty and meaningless.

If I die, I don’t know who will benefit from the wealth I have saved to build a golden palace.”

Byron's originally hesitant expression suddenly straightened up, and he patted his chest loudly:
"It doesn't matter whether it's a treasure or not, the most important thing is that I recognize you as my friend.

How can I stand by and watch my good brother in trouble? Just give the task to me. "

Once a prince supported by other forces ascends the throne, there may not be a possibility for him to continue to take advantage, so it is completely worth taking a little risk.

If possible, not only should Atahualpa be allowed to ascend the throne, but he should also step into the divine realm and achieve immortality, and also fill the purse strings of the Pioneer Colonial Trading Company!

Given Byron's character, once he made up his mind, he would no longer hesitate.

Thinking of the widowed princess disguised as the Night Devil, she already had a close relationship at a negative distance with the captain of the guard, Xinqi Roca, a key figure in the fight for the throne.

He didn't plan to keep it to himself any longer.

Whether his teammates are reliable or not is related to his and the prince's lives, so he doesn't care about the intimacy of the friendship and instead reports it:
"Your Highness, there is something wrong with your sister, Princess Perta Capac!"

Atahualpa, who was originally very happy because Byron agreed to help, suddenly looked stern when he heard this.

But before he could ask what happened to the sister, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the garden in front:

"This trial marriage meeting is hosted by Captain Sinch Roca and me. Come on, girls, stand on my side, and boys, stand on the captain's side."

(End of this chapter)