Hyper-Dimensional Player

Historically, the Frankish tribe was able to defeat the Visigothic Kingdom by allying with the Empire's army; Europe has always had this tradition of uniting to confront formidable enemies.

The Visigothic Kingdom could muster at least seventy to eighty thousand troops with full force. Moreover, Orléans is very close to the island of France, so now it can be said that the army is directly targeting the city, with only the distance of a neighboring county between the two places. Duncan leading elite cavalry to support the empress and princesses was indeed a risky move. After all, if Torismund were to find out, he would likely seize the opportunity to launch an attack.

The gap in national power is not something that can be bridged overnight.

Duncan only had seven legions on Frankish soil, and with the auxiliary legions, it was just over ten thousand men. The surrendered prisoners had not been fully reorganized, and morale was insufficient to face the Visigothic elites who had just fought the battle of Sharon head-on.

Given Duncan's understanding of Torismund, the guy who could charge directly into the Hun camp would act as soon as there was an opportunity.

Night fell.

After rearranging the defenses, Duncan returned to the governor's residence in Paris.

At this time, Empress Lysiniya and the two princesses had already been settled. When he returned, he happened to meet Empress Lysiniya who was requesting an audience. Although an imperial empress on the run was of noble status, that was all. They were confined in the governor's residence.

In the dimly lit hall,

Empress Lysiniya's expression carried a hint of subtle sadness, true or not was hard to tell. However, it was rumored that her relationship with Valentinian III was quite average, as Valentinian III was known for his debauchery. She seemed to regain a bit of her empress aura, her eyes fixed on Duncan in front of her, she said softly, "Did the governor know all of this would happen beforehand?"

It was all too coincidental.

Quintus happened to rescue them from the palace, and then Duncan promptly led the army to support them.

Facing the empress's questioning, Duncan's expression was indifferent, and he said slowly, "That day, the emperor openly assassinated Protector Aetius in the grand hall."

"Didn't you foresee everything that would happen today?"

This was the backlash of killing Aetius.

If Aetius were still alive, Maximus wouldn't have dared to usurp the throne directly, and even if Valentinian III hadn't publicly murdered Aetius, the emperor wouldn't have been hated and abandoned by the troops, much less stabbed to death by two Hun assassins in the camp.

Upon hearing Duncan's words, Empress Lysiniya's face instantly turned gloomy, and she could not utter another word.

Everything had already been destined.

Even if he didn't die in the camp, Valentinian III would die elsewhere; Aetius's old followers would seize the opportunity for revenge without Maximus even having to act.

Aetius was such a meritorious official of the empire, spending decades fighting on the borders with outstanding military achievements. You could strip him of his power, force him into retirement, or even find ways to imprison him, but you couldn't just kill him like that.

Even if he died of illness or sudden death, it wouldn't have resulted in such backlash.

For this result, Empress Lysiniya actually had some foreboding in her heart, but she never expected it to be so tragic.

Duncan looked down on the beautiful empress before him, his expression indifferent, and said, "I know what you want."

"I will give it to you."

"But I have one request."

Empress Lysiniya gazed at the man before her and slowly said, "What request?"

She thought it was related to marriage alliances, or that this man wanted to use her status as the imperial empress and princess of the Eastern Roman Empire.

But to her surprise, Duncan simply said, "Testify against the Imperial Senate."

"They were the ones who instigated the emperor to murder Aetius."

"They're also the ones who bribed the assassins to kill the emperor."

Not a single one will be spared!

Empress Lysiniya seemed to realize something and gasped, her delicate body trembling slightly.

If this charge were confirmed,

The man before her would have a justified excuse to launch a massacre against the Imperial Senate.

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