Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 410 Chapter [-] Rosario's Twelve Trials ([-])
In the early morning of the next day, Xia Houyan wore an elf-style feather cloak, yawned and returned to the Igor family's residence in Eternal Sun City.

The residence arranged by Queen Anya for the people of Shuangfengling is located next to the main road in the eastern half of Eternal Sun City, very close to the Emerald Palace in the center of the city, and separated from the office of Rosario's Eastern Army stationed in Eternal Sun City. Across the street - Her Majesty's courtesy to the Igor family can be seen.

After quickly settling down, this "Frost Maple Ridge Army Art Troupe" also took up its old business, dividing up a performance area in the part of the camp closest to the street, offering a cultural feast for the general public in Yongsun City.

It's just that the appreciation level of the elves is obviously much higher than that of the poor in Sanshuiwan.

When Xia Houyan returned to the family camp, the entrance of the performance area could not be said to be crowded, it could only be said to be desolate - there were no audiences at all, only a few elegant-looking elven literati wearing glasses standing at the entrance , with a small notebook in hand, recording something with a quill pen.

"Those people are reporters and art connoisseurs from Eternal Sun City..." The guard at the gate quietly told the lord, "Last night and this morning, the performance area has been open, but no ordinary citizens came to see it, only these people came, It is estimated that he is preparing to write a press release and send art reviews..."

Xia Houyan also imagined that these people's "art reviews" would definitely not have any good things to say:
Rather, if the proud elves can give a thumbs up to the lower Liba people in the land of the broken soul, it will be called a strange thing for the United States to be a bridesmaid for Kenya.

"You go and ask them to waive the tickets for the performance area, and then withdraw the stage for performing plays, poems, and songs." Xia Houyan thought for a while, and ordered the guards to say, "In the traditional arts that these elves are good at, we It is impossible to have an advantage - if you want to win the market, you have to open up a new track..."

He pondered for a moment, then had an idea, and said:
"...In this way, you go tell Bruto—is he in charge of the performance area now?—you go and tell him to rearrange the performance plan, focusing on the exhibition of Dong Bingku's novels, the recommendation of supporting comics, and then Hang up a few more 'Dark-Souls' idol posters, this time we are focusing on a Two-dimensional! The name of the performance area should also be changed, don't call it 'Shuangfengling Cultural Tour', change it to 'Crack Soul Land Cultural Festival'!"

The guard scratched his head, not wanting to understand why such a cultural performance had something to do with the sacrificial activities in the religion, and he didn't know which corner and the dialect of Miner Xiaobang the lord was using...

But since the big leader spoke, the pawn naturally had no right to object. The guard saluted the lord, and then ran away to convey the holy meaning.

Then, Xia Houyan walked through the deserted performance area to the depths of the Igor family camp.

Since he was wearing Queen Anya's plumage cloak, the elf Douban bloggers who were busy writing articles outside the performance area didn't notice the duke's costume on him, which saved him a lot of trouble.

After entering the inside of the camp, the atmosphere of life is much stronger than that of the performance area outside.

Since it was still morning, the air in the camp was filled with the aroma of broth and stew, and many members of the art troupe were already having breakfast around a temporary wooden table.

In addition, there were a few soldiers who pushed the trolley "squeaky" and brought several large carts of elf pastries wrapped in lotus leaves from the market in Yongri City-these pastries were all made of elf plants. It is made from the seeds of "Yiben Rice". It is a special product in the Yongri Mountains. It is the most nourishing, so you must taste it.

Except for the members of the art troupe who are busy cooking, most of Shuangfengling's subordinates have already invested in intensive line-up training:
The eastern border is turbulent, and the lord led his troops to the north, so he was ready to fight with others;

The thugs in Shuangfengling, who are as bright as a mirror in their hearts, certainly cannot forget their old profession just because of the name of "Labor Army Art Troupe".

Xia Houyan waved at the soldiers and walked straight into his lord's tent.

Inside the tent, Master Laurie, Captain Cousins, Mountbatten, Alice and other high-level family members were already waiting for him.

However, after the lord walked into the big tent, everyone looked at him strangely.

Master Laurie was even more quick-sighted. He sniffed the feather cape on the lord's body, and then said in a strange way:

"Wow, my lord, it smells so good!"

Xia Houyan sneered, "None of your business!"

"This...Lord Lord, although this matter shouldn't be asked, brothers are more curious..." Knight Commander Cousins ​​said cautiously, "Did you just spend the night in the Emerald Palace like this last night?"

"That's right. What's the matter?" Xia Houyan folded his arms, his attitude was like the most stubborn and die-hard counter-revolutionary.

"Your Majesty the Elf Queen..." Cavalier Commander Cousins ​​asked tentatively, the fire of gossip burning in his eyes.

"She has a good figure." Xia Houyan smacked his lips, eating his marrow to know the taste.

Alice Comstock curled her lips silently.

"That's the Elf Queen!" Cavalier Commander Cousins ​​wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, "Aren't you afraid of a diplomatic accident?"

"Queen is just a title, not to mention that the so-called Protectorate of the Stardust Elves is nothing more than a group of slaves living under the empire's fence... This Queen Anya herself actually has no binding force on the elves' high-level people." Xia Houyan wrote "I'm asleep when I'm asleep" all over his face, rolled his eyes and said, "Besides, I just tried it a little bit, but I thought she didn't resist..."

Master Laurie had nothing to say, and gave the lord a thumbs up.

The master thought that if I had a face like yours, how could I get to where I am today.

"If you want me to say, Your Majesty Anya has been in the Emerald Palace for too long, and she is a little curious about how Vilf lives her usual life - so I showed kindness and helped her experience it." Xiahou Yanyi His speech was so serious that he seemed to be moved by the top ten figures in the empire, "And I didn't spend the night in vain... I have to do her a big favor!"

"What help?" Mountbatten asked hastily.

The conscientious chief of staff was obviously afraid that the boss would be trapped by sex, so he was ripped off unknowingly.

"She asked me to help her persuade those high elves to send troops to support the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon." Xia Houyan smiled wryly, "Actually, even if she didn't say it, I was going to do it—after all, this matter concerns Grand Duke Rosario and Dongfang Army's strategic deployment."

"Her Majesty is still very general." A person beside him sighed.

This voice is a little strange.Xia Houyan turned his head to look, only to find that it was Kenny Clever, the commander of the Eastern Army with yellow hair and wearing a military uniform. He had been standing in a corner of the tent since sometime.

"Lord Duke Igor." Clever smiled and bowed to the official Xiahou, "They said they could wait for you here, so I came here."

"Hard work!" Xia Houyan nodded with a smile, and was not too surprised by Clever's appearance.

Xia Houyan still had a good impression of the confidant of the Grand Duke Rosario—especially compared with Ya's colleague, Pavol Eldridge, Kenny Clever seemed much more reliable.

"Master Igor, I came here specially to find you, and it is also related to the elves in Yongsun City sending troops." Clever said solemnly, "—I believe you have seen the situation yesterday, although Queen Anya Your Majesty intends to assist the frontlines of the Eastern Border, but this Eternal Sun City is obviously not what Her Majesty the Queen wants to say... On the issue of sending troops, the resistance of the high elves is very strong."

Clever paused, and said in a deep voice:

"In the system of the Stardust Protectorate, Her Majesty the Queen of the Protectorate basically only plays a ceremonial role, and the real decision-making power is in the hands of the so-called 'Elf Elder Council'. The members who constitute the Elder Council are determined by their status in Eternal Sun City The noble one is in charge. The red-robed elf you saw yesterday, Master Alighieri, the head of the 'Morning Star Mages', and the blue-clothed elf, General Virgil, the commander of the 'Wind and Cloud Brigade', are exactly today The two giants of the 'Elf Presbyterian Church'.

"The 'Fengyun Brigade' is a garrison force directly under the Stardust Elf Protectorate, and it is also a rare military organization on the mainland that is purely composed of elves. We have seen the talents of the elves in shooting and magic, and the 'Fengyun Brigade' It also has the most elite elf magic archer on the mainland - the enchanted arrows of the "Fengyun Brigade" archer, which will produce a strong magic explosion when hitting the target, and its power is not inferior to that of low-level magicians. As for The 'Morning Star Mage Group' gathered the best mages in Eternal Sun City——Master Alighieri yesterday, is a lightning master with a cultivation level of eighth, and one of the twelve known masters on the mainland. One of the mages!"

That old wretch in Alighieri is actually an eighth-rank archmage? !Xia Houyan was a little speechless.

On the entire continent, there are only a handful of magicians who can reach this level of cultivation, and the cultivation of an archmage is enough to hide their strengths and bide their time in daily activities, hiding their vast and stagnant magical reserves like Deng Lin—— Only relying on the fluctuations in the elements around her, Xia Houyan really didn't realize that the head of the Elven Mage Group's cultivation is so profound!

Of course, admiration is nothing but admiration, Xia Houyan can't always be frightened and cowering just because the other party is an eighth-level great mage.

——After all, didn't he also stabbed an archmage to death with a crowbar back then?

Who is afraid of who!
"All in all, the 'Wind and Cloud Brigade' and the 'Morning Star Mage Corps' are armed forces that can be said to be 'excellent' even if you look at the whole continent, and they are the capital that the Stardust Elf Protectorate relies on to settle down." Kenny · Clever smiled wryly, "At the beginning of the war last year, Grand Duke Rosario asked for their assistance, but he was flatly rejected; now, the Eastern Territory has suffered heavy losses and urgently needs reinforcements, but the high elves still refuse to let go... "

"Is this why the Grand Duke needs these two elves to be armed?" Xia Houyan couldn't help asking, "These elves not only relocate their land and have strong nationalist sentiments, but they also look down on the humans of the empire from the bottom of their hearts - let them go to the front line for the empire , the difficulty is probably no less than that of letting the Ice Demon Mammoth ascend to the sky..."

"If it weren't for the embarrassment of the front line, the Grand Duke would not have opened his mouth to find important people in Eversun City..." Kenny Clever sighed, "Last year's fierce battle almost wiped out the veterans of the Eastern Army and Central Army. Ben, the loss of Baron Wolfgang, the dragon knight, is even more unbearable for humans... Although the orcs on the opposite side are not having a good time, but with the ice demon mammoth, as long as the ceasefire treaty you won expires, the orcs will not be able to bear it. It is possible to completely destroy the empire's defense line with a single charge!"

Having said that, Clever took a roll of maps from Mountbatten, spread them out on the table, and pointed to the terrain on it and said:

"Master Igor, look—this line is the Burning Crystal Canyon that the Grand Duke Rosario and the Marquis Grant are holding on to. This is also the only imperial position that is safe to defend in front of Eternal Sun City! In the summer offensive, the original canyon offensive has been completely destroyed, and the remaining troops of the empire in the east are no longer able to support the long line of defense as before—but the good news is that the Federation's troops have also suffered heavy losses, and it is difficult to continue Launch an attack across the board."

"Therefore, the future battles will focus on certain key areas..." Sean Mountbatten said while pinching his chin.

Clever nodded heavily:

"To be precise, the battle will only be concentrated in one place, which is here—"

Clever poked the middle of Burning Crystal Canyon with the tip of his pen, a highland surrounded by contour lines.

"Here, named 'Arden Heights', is the commanding height that dominates the west side of the entire Burning Crystal Canyon. Whoever takes this place will take down the entire Burning Crystal Canyon defense line." Clever drew around the highland with a pen Make a circle and mark it with an asterisk, "Originally, this was the core area of ​​the old canyon defense line, but after the ceasefire between the two sides, Grand Duke Rosario almost reduced all his troops here, and urgently built a fort here, As a reliance on future battles."

Sean Mountbatten shook his head and laughed:
"It seems that all future battles on the Eastern Front will revolve around this fortress..."

"Then, this will be a fortress that is destined to be famous in history—no matter who wins or loses in this war." Xia Houyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Does this fortress have a name?"

"Yes." Clever said solemnly, "In order to commend the outstanding contributions of the civil engineering craftsmen of the Empire in the process of constructing the battlefield fortifications, Grand Duke Rosario ordered that this fortress will be named 'Civil Fortress' .”

Xia Houyan hesitated again and again, whether to persuade Grand Duke Rosario to change the fortress to a more auspicious name.

Clever didn't know what was so tricky about the name, so he said to himself:

"Currently, almost all soldiers on the Eastern Front have shrunk to 'civil forts'. If only guarding a fort, the frontline soldiers are barely enough, but the empire's heavy firepower equipment has been exhausted in previous wars ! Without heavy firepower, we will not be able to effectively kill the orcs' ice demon mammoth, and 'defending the city' will become empty talk!"

"So, you must have the elf magic archers and magicians from Eternal Sun City." Xia Houyan nodded solemnly.

Clever sighed:
"Yeah... In fact, besides Eternal Sun City, Grand Duke Rosario is also asking for support from other empire territories, including the mage school city, but it is far from quenching the thirst. The elf troops in Eternal Sun City are still our first choice for reinforcements. "

Xia Houyan pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"It's a matter of heavy firepower... Our labor art troupe in Shuangfengling brought a few 'Flesh and Flesh' chariots with it, as well as the mages of the 'Northern Blizzard Mage Corps'. These are certainly not enough, but Mosquito legs are also meat, so I can borrow them for your 'Civil Fortress' to use. It can be regarded as a solution to your urgent need—don't rush to be happy, there will be a rental fee. As for the elf reinforcements in Yongsun City...I will find a way to help Fight for it, but don't have too much hope, I think this group of elves cherish their virtues, and they won't move their nests until the orcs hit the city of Eternal Sun."

Kenny Clever nodded gratefully:
"Thank you, Lord Igor, the Eastern Army is grateful for your dedication!"

On the other hand, Mountbatten stared curiously at the boss and said:
"My lord, how do I persuade those high elves to agree to send troops to support... Do you already have an idea?"

"Well, I still have a little idea!" Xia Houyan said with a chuckle, "After all, the lord is an honest person, His Majesty the Queen, we can't sleep in vain!"

Everyone present began to wonder whether the word "sincerity" they understood was different from the Lord Lord's dictionary.

(End of this chapter)