Chapter 299 Oma Royal Capital
In recent years, Omar Emperor Doppler Spurgeon has been in poor health.
Shortly after the failure of the "New Deal" reforms and Ymir being excluded from the Omar circle, the emperor fell ill and was reported to be critically ill several times.
But unexpectedly, after the death of the eldest prince Quentin, the "seriously ill" old emperor miraculously held on for so long.
Also because he was still alive, although several princes were fighting fiercely, the political situation in Omar had not yet been completely messed up.
But this time, it seems to be for real.
After all, Emperor Omar is Ymir's biological brother.
In any case, if Spurgeon XV died, she would go back.
But obviously, the old nobles of Omar had no good intentions when they returned to the imperial capital this time. However, the current strength of Black Dragon City was not afraid of any conspiracy, so they counted 800 elite mechanics and 200 flying dragon riders to accompany them.
As for the reason why she asked Ryan to accompany her to the imperial capital, although Ymir did not say it explicitly, it was very obvious.
Oma is her "hometown", and she has to take him there to see it.
By the way, keep those troubles at bay.
There are 72 administrative provinces in the Omar Empire, and there are at least 80 top nobles, if not 100. This time, there is a young master Frank from the Spencer family, and there must be countless "Franks" in the imperial capital.
Ymir, who was excluded from the core power circle of Omar, has now become the most sought-after ruler of Black Dragon City. Those old nobles are determined to win her over.
After all, even a fool can understand that at this critical juncture of the transition of imperial power, whoever gets this help will have a better chance of winning the fight for the throne.
…
A few days later.
The Black Dragon City team crossed the Alcolon Mountains and appeared in the territory of Oma.
After leaving the mountains, the team moved very quickly.
The Dragon Corps rode flying dragons, the mechanics had their own motorcycles, and Ryan and Ymir sat in the more stable steam troop carriers.
In the carriage, Ryan was meditating.
After advancing to the third level of transcendence, his practice became more and more diligent, and he spent almost every moment of his free time practicing.
My comprehension of the “spirit of boxing” is still a little lacking, so there’s no rush.
In his dream, he was carefully recalling the insights and experiences that the big guys had explained to him, and pondering them carefully.
This is the benefit of being the lord of Black Dragon City.
There are always legendary masters of various extraordinary professions around you who can ask for advice, such as Kawo, Mafa, Guy, Bazel, Canossa...
Looking at the whole world, when it comes to martial arts foundation, there is probably no one more profound than him.
Time passed by in meditation without him noticing. At this moment, Ryan's ears moved slightly and he was suddenly awakened by the noise in the carriage.
Someone yelled, "It's out of control, everyone... get out of the way!"
When I opened my eyes, I saw a disheveled figure flying out from the rear carriage, smashing the wooden door between the carriages and falling heavily to the ground.
This guy is actually Carl.
Fortunately, he was wearing a tightly wrapped protective gear, so he was not seriously injured.
Climbing up from the pile of broken wooden chairs, the dusty Carl looked at Ryan in front of him, touched the back of his head, and smiled awkwardly: "Brother Ryan, I'm sorry to disturb your practice. It seems that there is an accident with the [Rocket Belt] I made..."
As he spoke, he pointed to his waist.
There was a gunpowder-driven mechanical belt on the external mechanical skeleton, and white smoke was coming out of the belt's jet device, filling the entire car with a strong smell of gunpowder.
Ryan remembered that this was a blueprint found in the goblin ruins, which allowed a person to fly short distances.
Unexpectedly, Carl produced a semi-finished product right away.
Ryan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "It's okay. Be careful next time and don't hurt yourself."
"Um!"
Carl smiled and nodded, and came like the wind, and ran away again, "Brother Ryan, I won't bother you anymore, I'm going to improve my belt!"
After turning around and running a few steps, he almost bumped into Ymir who was coming over. Carl greeted her cheerfully again: "Princess sister, I won't bother you anymore."
"Um."
Ymir smiled at him.
Everyone is used to this kind of experimental accidents.
After all, Carl and Mr. Tust’s temporary laboratory was in the rear carriage.
There were small explosions every now and then, and everyone was used to it. The maids skillfully opened the windows to ventilate, and soon the smell of gunpowder faded.
This time they are going to the Imperial Capital of Omar, and Grandpa Tuster and Carl are also joining the team.
The old man was still thinking about the girl from his youth. He knew that she was still alive and planned to go to Omar to see her.
In addition, this time, he also planned to go to the Royal Academy of Sciences to ask the president, Brendan de Molay, for an explanation.
The plagiarism of technology, poisoning, and the death of his loved ones should also be put to an end.
…
Ymir walked into the carriage and said to Ryan, "Ryan, how do you feel about your training today?"
Ryan shrugged. "Same old."
"oh."
Ymir sat on the sofa not far from him, looked at the map on the table, and said, "At our current speed, we will reach Usenbar in about ten days."
With the help of the intelligent computer, Ryan knew their current location very well. "What is the situation in the Oma Royal Capital now?"
Ymir frowned. "The intelligence department reported some developments in the imperial capital. Several princes are making trouble. The situation is very chaotic..."
When Ryan heard this, a wonderful look appeared on his face.
It's not just messy, it's extremely messy.
The succession of imperial power, whether in the previous life or in this extraordinary world, is always accompanied by bloody plots of brothers killing each other.
Before Ymir left Omar, the old nobles united to exclude this "outlier" who attempted reform. Then, they elected the eldest prince Quentin, who was in line with the interests of the big faction, to take the throne.
But unfortunately, another accident happened.
Ymir was excluded from the inheritance rights as originally planned, but the eldest prince died.
The camp that was united against the outside world suddenly turned into infighting.
"The Second Prince is mainly supported by the Fergus family, which is in charge of the Ministry of Energy. Intelligence shows that he has been in close contact with the Glory City. Missionaries have already been stationed in several provinces in northern Oma, and some of the people have begun to believe in the Three-Eyed Evil God..."
"The Garcia family is behind the Fourth Prince. They control part of the empire's military power and are currently the most likely to inherit the throne..."
"The Campbell family is behind the Eighth Prince. Intelligence shows that people from the Theed Empire seem to have intervened as well, and they seem to want to support him in taking the throne..."
"And the Queen and the Lopez family behind her have no intention of giving up. After all, the three grandmasters of the Omar Royal Academy of Sciences have a lot of say. They seem to support Queen Tess to take power and become the Queen..."
“…”
When Ymir said this, she looked a little worried, yet helpless.
After all, Omar is the Omar of their Spurgeln family, which has been passed down for thousands of years and is about to split.
The struggle for imperial power
It’s okay if you don’t take sides, but once you do, it means there will only be one winner in the end.
The losing princes and ministers all ended up losing everything.
However, the situation is more complicated now.
Behind the three princes who may compete for the right of succession stand several old-established aristocrats from major factions. No matter who eventually inherits the throne, he will not be able to convince the people and will not be able to defeat his competitors.
It is foreseeable that in Omar's current situation, once the old emperor dies, the imperial capital will become the center of fierce fighting among all parties.
The most likely outcome is the collapse of the huge empire.
Ryan was not surprised to hear the news.
After all, this had happened in the historical relics of his previous life, whether it was the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period...this kind of thing was too normal.
The imperial power is weak and the princes are too strong.
What's more, this world has things like mechanical cities that force people to gather together.
By then, the seventy-two provinces will not only split into seventy-two principalities, but there is a high possibility that they will be divided into ten or eight principalities.
What's more, Oma's chaos is beneficial to their Black Dragon City.
For some reason, Ryan suddenly thought of the gambler Clemens F. Metternich.
The current chaos in Omar seemed to have started with the death of the eldest prince Quentin. Although the eldest prince was seeking his own death, no matter how you look at it, there is the shadow of the squinting eyes behind it.
Ryan felt that the guy who always talked about "eliminating the nobles" seemed to be playing an important role in this palace drama...
…
Ten days later, Ryan and his party arrived at the Omar royal capital "Usenbar".
The two hundred flying dragon legions were so powerful that the dragon roars resounded through the sky, immediately attracting all the attention in the city.
"Hey... Look, there's a flying dragon in the sky!"
"Oh my god, it's really a flying dragon! Who is so grand that he actually brought a flying dragon army to the imperial capital?"
"You don't know yet? I heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess has returned! Didn't you see that many important people went out of the city to welcome her today?"
“…”
Ymir is very famous in the imperial capital and is almost a household name.
After all, her beauty was known as the "Empire's Twin Beauties".
Two hundred flying dragons from Black Dragon City landed, and eight hundred mechanics gathered and stood by, looking fierce. At this time, the troop transport that Ryan and others were riding in arrived with the roar of the boilers.
Although Princess Ymir has moved away from the upper echelons of power in Omar, the royal family still exists.
When she came back, officials of all ranks in the imperial capital were waiting at the city gate. A red carpet was laid out from the city gate three miles away to the imperial palace deep in the city.
Knight guards in shining silver armor lined up on both sides of the road, holding swords and axes, looking majestic.
After the roar of the cannon,
The guard opened the car door, and Ymir and Ryan walked out side by side.
The moment she stepped onto the red carpet, she immediately resumed her character of the eldest princess of the "Frost Sword Princess", with no trace of emotion on her face. She was intimidating without even getting angry, and an aura of peerless pride and indifference instantly emanated from her.
Perhaps because they were very familiar with each other, Ryan was not affected by her aura.
He looked at the huge welcoming team in front of him, and although he was not stage-frightened, he was quite surprised.
It was the first time for him to enjoy such a grand royal ceremony.
Of course, what shocked him even more was the huge steel city before him!
A huge steel city that even he, a time traveler, felt was a "miracle of creation".
Looking around, there's no end to this city.
The outer wall alone was over a hundred meters high, and the walls of the inner city and the palace were several times higher. Exaggeratedly large steam chimneys were slowly emitting white smoke, and countless artillery batteries were facing outward in all directions without blind spots... like an armored monster covered with spikes.
The distant vision was blurry, with the highest point being about five or six hundred meters. That was the brightly lit imperial palace.
This is also the only "dominant-level" mechanical city in the world.
…
Ryan and Ymir got out of the car first.
In the carriage, Carl seemed very excited.
He lay beside the window, secretly looking at everything outside through the narrow gap.
He had been staying in Glory City since he could remember, and had never traveled far. He had also heard that the Omar Imperial Capital "Usenbar" was the most prosperous human territory, and also had the strongest and largest mechanical city.
When he saw the city that was several times larger than the Glorious City, he exclaimed, "Grandpa, look, that cannon is so big..."
Carl excitedly wanted to share everything he saw with his grandfather, but when he turned around, he saw Tust sitting in the corner in a daze.
The gray-haired old man's eyes sparkled, and he murmured to himself: "It's been thirty years..."
Returning to his hometown, this mechanical genius who was once kicked out of the Omar Royal Academy of Sciences felt an inexplicable complexity in his heart.
Listening to the cheers outside the window and the familiar accent, old man Tust's eyes became more and more moist.
With a long sigh, he slowly stood up.
"Let's go too, little Carl..."
…
The one who came out of the city to greet her was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. When the old man saw Ymir, he greeted her respectfully, "Your Highness, Princess, you are back."
Ymir nodded and said without further ado: "To the palace."
Hearing this, the Foreign Minister was about to say something but stopped, "Yes, Your Highness the Princess."
Ryan said nothing.
And Ymir seemed to be taking care of him, so she didn't walk too fast and stayed side by side with him.
This action surprised the ministers standing by. They also understood instantly that this man held a very important position in the heart of the Princess.
The Dragon Corps was arranged in a specific area of the outer city, and the Mechanic Corps and several Coleman warriors who served as accompanying military attachés followed Ryan and Ymir to the palace.
After entering the city, Ryan saw the scene behind the city wall.
High-rise buildings stand tall, and steel bridges connect these densely packed high-rise buildings like a spider web...
The streets are full of various steam machines.
The prosperous scene in front of him looked like an international metropolis. Because it was a mechanical city, the population was even more dense than the metropolis in Ryan's previous life.
The streets were crowded with people, with heads popping out of windows and on the iron bridges, all curiously watching Ryan and his group crossing the street...
"Princess! Princess! Princess!"
The residents of the imperial capital all seemed to know Ymir, and as they saw her coming, they burst into waves of cheers.
"Eh... who is that man? Why is he standing with Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"I heard it was a certain lord?"
"Wow... there are barbarians on that flying dragon! The Sunflower Slave Shop has auctioned barbarians a few times before. I happened to see them. It's definitely true."
"I also know that the Marquis Fergus's family bought a few barbarian slaves, and they took them to the tavern to fight. I don't know why I haven't seen them recently..."
"Tsk tsk, who would dare to raise barbarian slaves now? Didn't you hear that the last time the 'Black Wind Territory' was destroyed, it was because they wanted to auction off the barbarian slaves, and then they were directly captured by the Flying Dragon Riders? Even two of the 'Ten Legends' died, who would dare to touch the barbarian slaves?"
"hiss……"
“…”
Ryan listened to the noise coming from his ears, and the system automatically distinguished the content of the conversation between those people.
The Omar Empire blocked the news of Black Dragon City, and not many of these residents knew the truth. Most of them only vaguely knew that the eldest princess had a territory and some flying dragon knights...
After entering the city gate, Ryan and Ymir got on an open motorcycle and drove towards the tallest building in the city.
The buildings in the inner city area look less densely packed and much cleaner.
This is the area where the nobles live.
Only then did Ryan see the overall layout of the imperial capital "Usenbar".
This huge city is not entirely built on one mechanical city, but on many. The outer city is composed of small mechanical cities that are like communities, connected by steel bridges.
Only the Inner Palace is the "overlord-level dragon city"!
The palace was not much different from what Ryan had imagined.
Nothing but luxury.
Colorful glass roof, golden guardrails, huge Roman columns...
The accompanying mechanic corps stayed outside the palace, and only Ymir and Ryan, led by the eunuch, went directly to the emperor's bedroom.
On that jeweled bed, Ryan first met the Emperor of Omar, Doppler Spurgeon!
