806 Chapter 806:- Plan
"I guess it's time for damage control!!" Robert said with a knowing smile. Charles sighed heavily before nodding his head. "Listen, don't utter a single word about what happened today."
Everyone except for Rober seriously nodded their heads. "Not even my daughter or any of her maids should hear anything about this." "In fact, I don't want any word from getting out of this room."
"Act as if you saw and heard nothing." Everyone nodded their heads. If this was leaked to the public, then it would severely affect the reputation of the Royal Family. It would affect the positive strong image that Charles has built for so many thousands of years. Sigh...!!!
'Now, how am I supposed to find replacements?' Just thinking of this, Charles felt mentally exhausted. 'It would be still easier to find a suitable butler than a suitable replacement for Eldric.' Their original plan was for Eldric to train one of his subordinates for a few centuries and once his subordinate was ready, Eldric would step down and would only give advice to his replacement. But now, with the sudden death of Eldric, everything is messed up. Now, continuing with the original plan was impossible. None of Eldric's subordinates were talented enough. None of his subordinates were trained long enough to be promoted to the role of Prime Minister. Hiring someone new would be a long and very exhausting process. And in such times, when he had agreed to go to war with the Istarin Empire, Charles did not have time. 'I will have to manage everything on my own now.' 'But without Garrick, there would be no one to lead the frontline.' But then Charles shook his head. Even without his useless son, the Dune Sovereignty still had many capable generals with more than a few thousand years of experience. He didn't lack the options. He first thought of Garrick to lead because Garrick has been almost always responsible for leading the Empire's army. "Your Majesty, what should we do if anyone asks where His Royal Highness is?"
Charles paused for a second. This was really important. They had to come up with some kind of excuse as Charles cannot keep avoiding this matter. Charles thought for a few seconds. As he was guessing, Robert spoke. "Why not just tell everyone that you have sent Garrick to the Main Continent to cultivate?" Hearing this, Charles's eyes lit up. "A few centuries later, everyone will eventually forget Garrick." "Alright!! Let's do that!!" "As for Prime Minister Eldric....!!" When speaking of him, Charles once again couldn't help but sigh in regret. If only he had managed to save Eldric. But it was too late. That witch killed his best man and left. If not for Robert, no one would have even known that this woman was an assassin. "Where is his family?" Charles asked after thinking for a while. "They are currently inside the Royal palace."
"Did you inform them that Eldric is dead?" Evans nodded his head. "The whole family broke down."
'Now, what should I do with his family?' Charles wondered in his mind. 'Eldric gave his service to the Dune Sovereignty Empire for more than 15000+ years now.'
'Normally, to keep things silent, I would have ordered for the rest of his family members to be killed, but now I am not sure.' Charles felt this way because of how much he owed Eldric. After thinking for a while, Charles decided to go with another solution that did not invovle slaughtering the entire family. 'Let's do this!!!' "Evans, have someone approach Eldric's family." "Let me know my intention of wanting to keep things totally silent." "Make all members of the family sign the Soul-Binding Contract. Help them chain their names and identities so that people don't recognize them as family members of Eldric. And in the end, sent them to some remote part of the Dune Sovereignty Empire where no one knows them." "Send them there with 10,000,000 royal gold coins. From now on, their family would have no contract with me." "Understood!!!" "What should we say to the public, or what should we tell Eldric's subordinates and others?"
"Tell them that Prime Minister Eldric has retired. Some parts of his family have followed the Crown Prince to the Main Continent while others have moved to a quiet village to settle down." After nodding his head, Evans disappeared from the room. "Charles, if you're done with your personal life matters, it's time for you to fulfill your part of the promise." Robert did not want to waste time. "Don't worry!! A few days should be more than enough for the entire Dune Sovereignty to prepare for war. This time, we will be going all out on the Istarin Empire and its allies."
Robert glanced at the body of Garrick. Garrick's whole body was a mess. Many of his bones were broken. His face was covered in his blood. The Former Crown Prince has never been more miserable than now. "I think you should take care of your son otherwise he will die from excessive bledding." Robert said with a smile. Charles coldly looked at Garrick. "Someone feed him a 5-star healing pill." "Take him to the deepest level of the Prison." Charles also took some steps to make sure that even the ones working in the Royal Palace did not knew that the Crown Prince was being held in an underground prison. Only one of Charles's most trusted servant was allowed to go and give meals to Garrick and Alfred. Not even the guards were allowed to go down. "What are you doing to about the Peak 5th-order bodygaurds of Garrick?" Rober asked as they were guity as well. Since they have helped Garrick. "When they signed the Soul-binding contract, I secretly added a clause to make sure that I can take them under my wing whenever I want." Hearing this, Robet smiled. "Charles, you crafty fox!! You took all these measures even before reached the age of maturity." Charles just gave him a smile and did not bother to explain anything. Everything was his. He was only lending some of his powers to his subordinates and his son. He always made sure to leave ways for him to take back the powers that he gave to others this also included his son. "What's the plan, Charles?" Robert asked regarding the war.
"We don't know what the Dragon Monarch is doing these days. His private life is extremely mysterious."
"It's like everything about his private life is shrouded in a thick fog of mystery." "I have tried to sent my spies to the Dragon Palace but I have failed every time."
"Sometimes, our spies in the Capital are also caught. This leaves them with no choice but to committ suicide. So I basically have almost zero information about the Dragon Monarch's personal life." Charles sounded very frustrated. "What about his laws families? How about we target them?" Robert casually asked. "First of all, even with your power, you cannot just go and kidnapp the Goddess of Nature's mom without causing a big scene. That woman is extremely powerful. She is even stronger than me despite having only lived about half of my age."
"Even delaying a minute might be enough for the Dragon Monarch to arrive. Besides, the land of Elves is filled with very powerful beings. It would be very difficult to execute our plans." "How about targetting Alicia's parents?" Robert asked. "My answer still would be the same." "Julia's family?"
"Not possible since the Istarin Empire is very close. Even 20 seconds might be enough for the Dragon Monarch to appear." "That's what I want." Robert said with a smirk. "No!! That's not what I want!!" Even without the Dragon Monarch, Charles wasn't arrogant enough to believe that he would be able to take down the Istarin Empire and conquer in one sweep. He cannot forget about the Empire's powerful allies. Only through a war would Charles gain what he wanted.
"You know, if you give me a team of Peak 5th-order cultivators. Then, I can lead them to attack any part of the Istarin Empire and draw out the Dragon Monarch. This would be so much easier than waging war and waiting for the Emperor to come out of his little bubble."
"Robert, we have a contract. I want you to respect that." "Without respecting the contract, we can never work together."
"Sure!! We have signed a Soul-binding contract after all."
"My plan is to launch a surprise attack on the Istarin Empire." Hearing this, Robert leaned forward, looking very interested. "Tell me more!!"
"My objective is simple. I want to use this war to make things super easy for make to take over the entire Istarin Empire. This means, using this war, I also want to weaken all the allies of the Istarin Empire so that no one will challenge my power once the war is over." Robert did not mind. After all, they agreed to work together. "Fine!! I will go with your plan."
"I am also curious to see how you want to do things." "But do remember that I won't do your bidding. If you push your luck too much, then you will gain nothing from it." Charles nodded.