The Nine Suns of the Otherworld

That night, when Ye Ling met Elizabeth as usual, she found that the grand duchess was very angry and very annoyed. She, who has always paid attention to self-cultivation, even scolded: "Damn, Brad, you are so angry!" Me!"

It wasn't until she saw Ye Ling that she stopped cursing. She looked Ye Ling up and down for a while, and she said strangely: "You seem a little different today!"

As the saying goes, faces are born from the heart, which is indeed true for vampires. Ye Ling's changes are mainly in temperament and extremely small details. When it comes to every part of this face, you can't tell what he is. What changed.

"Really? Maybe because I have been with Grand Duke Elizabeth for so long, I have also been influenced and paid more attention to manners?" Speaking of which, Ye Ling changed the subject: "Grand Duke Elizabeth, what's wrong with you? It seems...it seems Not in a good mood."

Speaking of this matter, Elizabeth's pretty face became stern, and she snorted: "It's not just that I'm in a bad mood, I'm about to explode. Do you know that just now, in the name of the Grand Duke, I recommended you to represent me?" Our Kula family was recommended to enter the upper-rank battle, but it was rejected!"

"What, how did this happen?" Ye Ling was slightly surprised: "Grand Duke Elizabeth, didn't you tell me before that every Grand Duke has a special recommendation right?"

"That's true. However, I forgot to tell you that this recommender actually has certain requirements. I thought you would have no problem at first, but Brad just made a big fuss and pointed out that you don't meet the requirements." Recommendation request!" Elizabeth explained to Ye Ling with a livid face.

First of all, the recommended devil must have the citizenship certificate of Twilight City. This is not a problem. Soon after planning to train Ye Ling well and let him become a bridge to build a good relationship between himself and Princess Yeyue, Elizabeth applied for a citizenship certificate for Ye Ling, which was naturally a piece of cake for a grand duke.

However, in addition to this, the recommended person has to make a certain contribution to the Twilight City. For this reason, in the past month, Elizabeth took Ye Ling to participate in several activities, but the Star Tribulation hit Warcraft and the like are considered contributions.

Generally speaking, this requirement is not too high. As long as you put on a show, the official review will give the Grand Duke such a face. It is fine to relax the standards and let the candidate pass. However, another Grand Duke in Twilight at that time, Brad The Grand Duke was careless, and raised objections, claiming that the newcomer recommended by Elizabeth had made too little contribution to Twilight, did not meet the conditions, and could not be recommended to directly participate in the upper-rank battle.

Strictly speaking, his objection was justified, and the official reviewers had no choice but to reject Elizabeth's candidate. Vampires really want to save face, and the Grand Duchess was slapped in the face in public today, so she was naturally very upset.

Grand Duke Brad, Elizabeth's political opponent?Ye Ling frowned. During this period of time, he was not only learning about the control of blood, but also had a lot of understanding of the power disputes in Twilight, especially the political forces related to Elizabeth. After all, the two People are on the same front, and Ye Ling also hopes that Elizabeth's political career will be smooth sailing, so that she can create better conditions for herself.

Elizabeth got her position by means of diplomacy, and maintained a good relationship with most of the nobles in Twilight, but this Duke Brad is a rare exception. Unlike the Kula family, Duke Brad's Vic The family is an old aristocrat of the blood-sucking dynasty, with a profound background, a large number of talents, and a huge influence. Maybe it is because they dislike Elizabeth's style very much, or they are afraid that her methods are too powerful, which will threaten their status in the future. , Brad ignored Elizabeth's initiative to win over, and always tried to make things difficult.At the beginning, he even proposed that Elizabeth's comprehensive conditions could not allow her to enter the ranks of the Grand Duke, and asked to demote her title.

If it wasn't for the ghost king Hardwick who thought highly of the duchess, thinking that she had good communication skills and was able to handle the diplomatic relations of the blood-sucking dynasty well, so he came forward to say good things in person, and Elizabeth mobilized other big nobles who had a good relationship with her to collectively oppose her. If so, now she can't even have this title second only to the ghost king.

Ever since that relegation incident, Elizabeth knew that Grand Duke Brad wanted to overthrow her, and then hated him to the bone. However, her power is still very weak, and she can only survive by relying on the influence of other nobles. She can only swallow her anger. But Grand Duke Brad was still aggressive and repeatedly obstructed what she wanted to do, so even the well-cultivated female Grand Duchess would lose her composure.

After cursing a few more words, Elizabeth sighed: "I'm sorry, Yi Lin, I didn't expect such a thing to happen!"

Ye Ling tentatively said: "So, I can't participate in the Gothic Holy War?"

"No, it's not that serious. Any devil with a Twilight citizenship certificate is eligible to join the war, but you won't be able to enjoy the advantages of special recommendation!"

"That is to say, I have to start from the next battle?"

"Yes, that's exactly how it is. If you can stand out all the way from the low-position battle to the mid-position battle, you can still enter the high-position battle in the end."

Ye Ling put down the big stone in his heart, he didn't want to prepare for so long, but now he can't play, smiled and said: "Hehe, I thought it was a big deal, the next battle is the next one, just treat it as a warm-up Well, I haven't fought vampires much yet, more experience might be a good thing for me!"

"That being said, Brad must also know that the candidate I personally recommended must be strong. It is only a matter of time before he reaches the top battle, but he still wants to deny my recommendation. It should not be as simple as embarrassing me. " Elizabeth had calmed down at this moment: "I think you came out of our family suddenly, and he didn't know much about you, so he wanted to take advantage of the lower-rank and middle-rank battles to find out the details! So, Yi Lin, if you can, try not to reveal too much of your real strength before you enter the upper-rank battle, and when it comes to the upper-rank battle, let that old bastard be caught off guard!"

For the nobles of Twilight, the Gothic Crusade is not just a traditional show, but even an extended arena of politics.Because the number of vampires is not large, a family with more than a hundred members directly under the vampires is already considered a large family. In fact, there are only dozens of vampire members directly under the Kura family, and Brad's Vic family is There are only more than 300 big families.Therefore, the quantity and quality of vampires owned by a certain family have a great impact on its overall strength. Many nobles will send vampires to the Gothic Holy War to show the strength of their families, which is also different from other families. The status in the vampire dynasty has a certain relationship. Certain families with more vampires who have excelled in the Gothic Holy War can get more clinging and friendship. Anyway, others will think that family is not very good, and the fame and status will decline.

Therefore, no aristocrat will ignore this stage, especially for the power of the Kula family with withered talents and the power of communication, Elizabeth wants to change people's impression of herself through the Gothic holy war, so that the entire Twilight Cheng Cheng learned that the demon subordinates under him are still very powerful, so as to attract more support from the nobles.And Brad is obviously unwilling to see this kind of thing happen, so in the previous Gothic holy wars, he kept looking for opportunities to suppress the demons of the Kura family, especially the representatives personally recommended by Elizabeth, sometimes even at the expense of a certain person. In these games, the ranks were changed to volley, so that over the years, the demons sent by the Kura family always ended in disgrace in the Gothic jihad, which further deepened the conflict and hatred between the two.

Originally, Brad knew all the devils in the Kula family well, but this time Elizabeth recommended an unfamiliar face. The cautious Brad felt that this was unusual, so he raised objections. See how this newcomer is doing before making plans.

Elizabeth's face was as cold as water, and she looked at Ye Ling and said deeply: "Yi Lin, the bastard Duke Brad is my political opponent. I have endured him for a long time, and I don't want to bear it any longer. This time, you must treat me well." Take a breath!"

Ye Ling originally didn't want to get involved in the political disputes of the blood-sucking dynasty, but now he can't help himself, Elizabeth is frustrated, and it is even more difficult for him to see Princess Yeyue.So Ye Ling clenched his fists, and said slowly: "Don't worry, Grand Duke Elizabeth, I will help you out with this breath!"

A few days later, the Gothic Festival finally arrived. In this most important festival for vampires, the already bustling Twilight Town is filled with all kinds of official and Private parties, banquets, parades, from darkness to dawn, carnival every night until dawn, but not everyone can enjoy the festival leisurely and leisurely, for example, those who participated in the Gothic jihad are still nervously preparing for the battle, Ye Ling He is one of them. He did not experience the unique festival of vampires, but practiced sweating like rain every day. In this way, he did not step out of the Zhaohua Grand Duke's Mansion until the third day of the Gothic Festival, because he had to go to the city in person Draw lots to determine the first opponent in the first round of the holy war.