Chapter 294
Side Story 27
One day, the Ninth Empire suddenly collapsed. It was an ending that could only be described as such.
Even the fierce struggle between the Emperor and the Revolutionists, once so intense, had lost all meaning.
Yet the question itself remained valid.
The Emperor or the Revolution.
Emperor Wilhelm of Brandenburg voluntarily relinquished the imperial throne, and the imperialist nobles within the empire bowed their heads before their new emperor.
Thus, nine empires rose and fell, and only then did the tenth empire finally emerge.
“Thank you once again for answering the call.”
There was a tradition of the empire, dating back to the Third Reich. Led by the emperor, the nobility of the empire, the ecclesiastical princes, and even the bourgeoisie of the free cities gathered in one place to determine the collective will of the empire.
The Imperial Diet (Reichstag).
At that solemn gathering held in the imperial city of Ingelheim, the Black Gold Sovereign finally revealed himself.
But it was by no means just Dale alone.
The mighty figures of the old era, said to have vanished into history along with the Fourth Empire, also appeared there.
The murmurs that had filled the air until just moments before ceased as if by magic.
“…!”
“Th-that is the Fourth Empire of the northern continent…”
The Empress, Duchess Lancaster of Lancaster, once known by the name of the Divine Sword, and Charlotte of Saxony.
The Emperor’s father, and furthermore, the Master of Death, hailed as the continent’s foremost dark mage, Alan of Saxony.
