Silence
That was what permeated through the capital that night as Reign and the others won and took full control over it.
Those that never believed the story of how Raigon and the others betrayed the kingdom were released from the dungeons while the royal followers of the queen and the royal family were placed under a lockdown inside their houses or in the dungeons and prisons inside the capital.
Lico returned to his family and took over the position of head as the one that had replaced him had died after the queen had left. His soul had been tainted by her powers, and as result, was shattered to hundreds of pieces after she took those powers back.
For some reason, the queen and the others did nothing to Lieara's body which was still inside the special casket that she had been placed in. Not only did they not do a thing, but they even made sure that the casket was well-guarded and placed inside the castle.
Reign didn't know if they had done so as an attempt to bait him into attacking the capital, or if the queen had other plans for the body, but that didn't matter anymore as she was gone.
Her trip back to the abyss would definitely take a while, and her getting out would be incredibly difficult. Even if she did get out, the pact that the puppeteers had made with the Nephilims made it impossible for her or any other puppeteer to go against him, even if a god was present, they would have to be cordial and behave in Reign's presence, all because the pact was tied directly to Raziel who could sense if anyone was to break it.
The people of Riplas didn't know what to think. The events that took place in the last couple of days had turned their lives completely around. First, they managed to win the great war against the enemy kingdoms and became the strongest in the area, it was only a matter of time before they would be able to take full control of the area and grow exponentially in power.
Then the news that half of the higher-ups of the kingdom had become traitors was made public, which made all worried about the future and what lay ahead. The traitors had full knowledge of the kingdom and all the strategic places, and the people were afraid that there were many more of them.
A civil war right after a major war was finished would tear the kingdom apart, but instead of that happening, the traitors had managed to win by killing the king, the queen, their children, and other higher-ups in less than a week.
With their overwhelming power, there were none that could go against them. Those that were loyal to the royal family were mostly dead, with only a small number of them being captured and placed in the dungeons, the chief commander of the army, Lisea, being one of them.
Compared to others, Lisea truly had no idea what was happening behind the scenes and gained nothing from the queen. That turned out to work in her favor as she was one of the rare ones that managed to survive the queen's disappearance.
Reign was at first confused as to why the queen hadn't placed any more of her puppets in the capital. Each of them was Tier III and their strength, although lower compared to other Tier III combatants, was still nothing to scoff at.
The answer came from Aethion who told him that in order to create the puppets, the queen had to use her powers and that would place a sort of limiter on her which meant that she wouldn't have been able to use her full power.
With each puppet dead, the limiter would rise, and in order to be able to fight against Reign and dominate him in order to take over his body, she needed to have all her power, otherwise, she wouldn't be successful at the attempt.
All of that, however, failed to matter after Reign awakened as the queen had no other choice but to wound herself as an apology before leaving the entire planet and going back to the abyss, a place she had left over a millennia ago.
Reign and the others were currently inside the throne room.
Upon hearing about what happened inside the throne room and how the king and the others had died, Raigon and the others were shocked.
Reign didn't tell them about himself and how the queen had actually left the planet voluntarily upon finding out what Reign was. It would simply overcomplicate things so Reign just told Raigon and the others that he had killed her and managed to destroy her soul, upon which the rest had died since they were connected to the queen.
Raigon lamented the death of his father, uncle, and cousin. Even though they had attacked him and even tried to kill him in the end, they were still family and always cared for him in the past. Upon learning that their actions at the very end were made by the queen and that their minds had pretty much been corrupted and almost completely destroyed, his feelings of guilt were even stronger as he wished that he was able to notice earlier.
Nobody said anything, they knew that he needed to weep for some time. They were all well aware that it was impossible for anyone to have noticed what the queen was up to in the past. Not only was she more powerful than anyone else in the kingdom, but she was a being that was many times older than anyone else.
There were perhaps no beings on the entire planet that was as old as her, and even if there were, they could probably be counted on one hand.
Eisenhorn even suspected that there might have been some that suspected the queen and what she was doing as there were some ministers and higher-ups that had suddenly disappeared in the past.
There were few that didn't like the queen, but most of those that disappeared were actually on good terms with her, but one day, they simply disappeared from the face of the planet and nobody was able to find them.
Eisenhorn suspected that they had come across something that made them suspect the queen of being different from what most thought, and as such, she made sure to destroy them.
Even Eisenhorn being cursed could be attributed to her.
Upon seeing just how talented and powerful he was back in his youth, the queen had probably made it easier for the demon worshippers and the demon to make their headquarters inside the capital and curse him, destroying his potential and making him a useless man that had no future.
Her never trying to do anything funny or to get him over to her side might have been because she didn't believe he would join her. Even though she had enough power to bring him back from the brink of despair, she still chose not to, making it obvious that she had no faith that he would be swayed by her.
It might have even worked against her, had she tried to do so.
The first thing that Reign and the others needed to do was address the situation and speak to the kingdom. They decided that they would tell everyone the truth.
Even though they doubted that many would believe their story as it truly did sound outlandish, that was their best bet. By uncovering what the queen had done, and who she was, they could give a reasonable explanation as to why they were branded as traitors and why they had assaulted the capital tonight.
Even though they knew that this wouldn't really resolve matters and that it would leave many not believing them, they all fully believed that the people of the kingdom had the right to know what had happened.
The second thing they had to take into consideration was who would lead the kingdom from now on.
With the king and his family dead, the throne was left vacant. Raigon, being the nephew of the king was the one that had the chance to take it and lead the kingdom, but he was unsure whether he wanted to do that.
With him taking over the kingdom, it would serve the story of them being traitors who coveted the throne and more power and more people would go against them.
Still, there was nobody else that could lead the kingdom right now. All those that had a claim to the throne were dead and the only one that could do so was Raigon.
Eisenhorn would be the other candidate, but the same problem would arise. Not to mention the fact that Eisenhorn was still the protector of the realm and his title was not there just for show as he was second only to the king in the entire kingdom.
For now, they decided that they would keep the throne vacant and that a small council would be created to give decisions for a short period of time before everything died out and the situation stabilized.
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