Chapter 22 My crown, I wear it myself
With eleven standard seconds left before the coronation ceremony, Nimrod walked into the ceremony hall.
Many nobles paused, the approaching giant was more oppressive than it looked in the surveillance video.
Most people, including Kozubal, thought to themselves: [Could it be the gods from the myth of the Old Night that have descended. ]
Some people thought of the god of war Sventovit, but the giants did not have four heads and four faces.
Others thought of Perun, the god of thunder and lightning, but the giants did not have copper heads.
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Some nobles, including Yelena, frowned and looked at Sage Kaminsky with their peripheral vision.
[Could it be the cyborgs of the Mechanicus who were not content with the dual-headed political structure and turned the table over to unify Tezvok? ]
The countless 0s and 1s on Kaminsky's artificial eye surged so fast that it made a faint crackling sound.
Then the summary scan results appeared in binary code, and the built-in translator automatically translated the language of science and technology into Vostroyan Low Gothic according to the preset program:
[Threat level: fatal threat. ]
[Physiological structure: cannot be analyzed. ]
[...]
The sage realized that the giant in front of him was beyond his scanning and analysis capabilities.
But he did not stop, forcing the scanning module to continue working until a puff of black smoke floated up, and he was forced to stop, and the two mechanical tentacles on his back stretched forward.
After a moment of electric sparks, Kaminski's scanning module returned to normal, and he turned his head unwillingly.
Howard Finder, dressed in a red and gold-edged suit, spoke loudly to everyone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today we gather together to witness the beginning of a new era."
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Boleslaw family has been immoral for a long time. They have been taking advantage of others and occupying the property of various families."
"King Boleslaw is the giant rat of the nest lying in Tezwok, mean and greedy."
The words of the blond earl aroused the anger of everyone, and each family suffered more or less losses.
"Fortunately, a noble man came to Tezwok, and he overthrew the brutal rule of King Boleslaw."
"The servant of Om Messiah also saw the light of the God of All Machines shining on him."
"Now, let us invite the sage Kaminski to crown the new king."
Kaminski's two mechanical tentacles at the bottom lifted the crown, and the pair of tentacles above took it and held it high, and then he walked towards Nimrod.
Red and green lights flashed on the Sage's filter screen, and rationality and the instinct to explore the mystery clashed fiercely.
A distance of 121 meters, Kaminski seemed to have walked ten kilometers.
He came to Nimrod, and just as he was about to tell him to bow his head and give the ritual words, Nimrod reached out and picked up the golden crown and put it on his head.
His throne was not granted by the Mechanicus, but the result of his own conquest.
Everyone was stunned, this was not in line with tradition.
Red lights flashed wildly on Kaminski's filter screen, and the sound array synthesizer sounded a tremolo.
"Nimrod... Crown... Program..."
The Sage did not enter the maintenance mode this time, but the overheated logic operation module could not complete the calculation for a while.
"Sage Kaminsky, you can't reach my head. I should wear my crown myself."
The nobles were silent. In such an occasion, every action has special political significance. The new king's action is not just about the height difference as he said, but also has special political significance.
They all looked at the two erected double-headed scepters on the crown, and the same idea came to their minds.
[It seems that King Nimrod does not think that the royal family and the Mechanicus are two-headed.
So, what does Kaminsky think? ]
Many nobles held their breath and sweated in their palms. Is another war going to break out?
Even Yelena, who was very confident before, couldn't help but doubt her judgment. Is the new king a madman who wants to go to war with the Mechanicus?
Everyone looked at the sage to see how he would react.
Kaminsky was silent for a few seconds. Except for Nimrod, everyone felt that time was particularly long.
Finally, the synthesized sound of the sound array sounded.
"Ohm Messiah bless you, Nimrod!"
The sage did not publish the coronation words written by the sage Kivior as in every previous ceremony, but he expressed his recognition of Nimrod as the new king.
Nimrod was calm and composed. Kaminski was just as he imagined. The procedure was indeed important, but this political ceremony was not as important as efficiency and industrial capacity.
The sage found that his combat power was beyond his calculation, and he hoped that he could solve the crisis of Vostronia with his strong combat power. The oil men would not choose war for the sake of political tradition.
In his operational logic, the importance of ensuring efficiency and industrial capacity is far higher than political tradition.
Accepting his own transgression that broke the tradition was the inevitable result of his logical operation.
Nimrod would cooperate with the Mechanicus, but he must be the leader. If he could not lead, there was no need to cooperate and he would destroy the ruins and rebuild.
Today is just the beginning. As his strength increases, he will reshape the order of Vostronia according to his own ideas.
Howard breathed a sigh of relief. If a war breaks out, no one except him will stand on Nimrod's side.
In order to avoid any more accidents, he shouted loudly.
"The new king has ascended the throne, why don't you all offer your loyalty."
After speaking, he was the first to kneel on one knee and said loudly according to the tradition of the Muska people.
"I, Howard Finder, offer my loyalty to my king Nimrod! If my king has any orders, I will obey them and I will practice them!"
Yelena was preempted and knelt on one knee.
"I, Yelena Kournikova, offer my loyalty to my king Nimrod! If my king has any orders, I will obey them and I will practice them!"
Kozubar and others also reacted and hurriedly offered their loyalty to the new king.
Nimrod glanced at everyone, "I accept your loyalty!"
After the others stood up, he said to Howard who had not yet stood up.
"Howard Finder, I hereby grant you the title of earl to recognize your loyalty and contribution."
Nimrod once again broke the tradition of the Muska people. The title should be granted in his nest tower, not the nobles' mansion.
"Others, the title remains unchanged; your industries and factories will resume operation immediately."
Everyone was relieved when they heard this and accepted the order respectfully.
"Yes, my king."
"Howard, you stay, and the others will execute immediately."
Kaminski walked in front of Nimrod.
"Next Bainiban, Technical Priest Rosicky will communicate with you about the design of weapons and armor."
"Please follow the agreement and restore all the upper nest factories within five working cycles."
"I will keep my promise."
After everyone left, Howard asked Bukayo to find the butler to get the prepared equipment, and then came to the palace.
"Rolslev will take over the original Boleslaw family's industry. For the industries of other families, you must come up with a set of industry distribution plans within one sidereal time."
"Yes, my king."
Howard understood that although Nimrod handed over the industries of other destroyed families to him, he could not distribute them at will, let alone seek personal gain from them and assign the most profitable industries to the Finder family.
If you want to win Nimrod's trust, you must distribute them according to the relevance of the industry and the principle of maximizing efficiency.
(End of this chapter)