Chaos Crown

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There were more than 3000 expeditionary troops led by the Sunset Army. On the second day, Aaron paid nearly [-] Golden Lion Coins. This money included the fixed salary of the army, including the starting fee, and including the victory bounty.

The largest part of it is the pension. Aaron has to pay a large amount of pension for the war dead. This money is the largest expenditure. The pioneer army of more than 3000 people has nearly 700 soldiers and adventurers who died in battle. This money cannot be denied by Aaron, and the pension must be paid in full.

When Aaron, the treasurer, calculated the details of the pension and asked Aaron to sign it, Aaron couldn't help but sigh that sometimes the evil camp was more flexible and convenient in doing things, and could have many excuses and reasons to save pension expenses.

Your Excellency the Viscount still signed, and large sums of gold and silver were pulled out of the treasury in this way, which made the pastor's heart ache.

There are more than 300 people disabled due to the war. Aaron's choice is that the non-staff adventurers pay pensions, and the soldiers of the Shepherd Legion in the establishment will be blessed.

Fairy Princess Buyer showed everyone a miracle with Isa's healing power—she released a long-prepared super-large sacrificial ceremony, allowing 180 disabled people to regenerate their limbs and return to the army in one breath.

The miracles on the school field made the soldiers speechless, and the ensuing pay made the soldiers who had experienced the hard work in the blizzard couldn't help showing a look of anticipation on their faces.

In order to make the scene spectacular, Aaron ordered tens of thousands of gold and silver to be piled directly on the school field. Twenty large boxes were lined up gorgeously. Every soldier whose name was read came up to collect his salary. Gold and silver coins were piled together, which was quite visually shocking.

Every soldier of the Shepherd Legion received full military pay, without any deduction.

With the real gold and silver in their pockets, the soldiers of the Shepherd Legion had happy smiles on their faces, and they only felt that they really had meat to eat with Lord Viscount, and that they were guaranteed even if they were disabled!

Under the warm winter sun, Aaron personally paid every soldier. Every soldier whose name was read took the money bag from Lord Viscount himself. His eyes felt a little sour and his chest was hot. They bowed deeply to Aaron. Before they had time to say anything, they were pushed away by the black eagle guards, because the next soldier was still waiting to be paid.

The school grounds are surrounded by citizens, and everyone is extremely jealous, including the adventurers who participated in the war.

It's good to have an organization!
After every soldier had received enough military pay, Aaron announced the second thing immediately.

Canonized knight.

A total of 170 soldiers who made great achievements in the Battle of Hurek Forest won the title of knight errant, and they will be promoted to the rank of "commander of ten" officers and enjoy an additional income.

A total of 26 officers have been promoted to "Knights of the Kingdom". From today onwards, they will not only join the "Silver Dragon Knights" and become members of the Viscount's independent knights, but will also undergo "knight baptism" and become "Silver Dragon Knights".

The "Silver Dragon Knight Baptism" ceremony is actually the transformation ceremony of the Chaos Warriors, and the transformation location is held in the round table hall.

After completing a series of rituals, Aaron concentrated on his personal gains in this war.

First of all, he obtained a crystallization of Godhead that was being condensed from the projection of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Great Word Bearers.

The price paid by the Demon Primarch of the Great Word Bearers for projection in the kingdom this time is not small!A crystal of godhead may not be worth mentioning to a powerful deity, but it is already a huge loss to a demigod like the Primarch.

Even a god with powerful divine power, unless it devours or merges with other gods, every fragment of godhead needs hundreds of years of accumulation, through continuous evolution and accumulation of divine power to become a godhead.

The crystallization of the godhead is an abstract thing, there is no concrete object. As a crystallization of energy, the godhead is more like the degree of fusion of the laws of the gods or god-like powers, representing the height of the gods' ability to grasp the origin of the universe.

Whether or not they have a godhead is the main difference between a divine creature and a godlike power. The divine power of a divine creature comes from gifts from other gods and godlike powers. Their power is not their own in essence, but if they can condense their divine power into a godhead, then the divine creature will take the crucial step of mastering their own power.

Losing this projection, the strength of Lorgar, the demigod and demon primarch, will be permanently reduced by a few points.

A divine creature like Aaron was originally unable to easily absorb the Godhead of the Great Word Bearer. It would take tens or hundreds of years for any divine creature to fuse the godhead. You also have to worry about whether you merged him or he merged you?

However, as the personal choice of the four gods, Aaron has no worries in this regard.

The source of power for both sides was originally the same.

Is it difficult for a regional general agent to merge part of the sales channels and supply resources of another regional agent's distributor?

As long as Aaron is strong enough, he can easily master the original power of chaos that other divine creatures need hundreds of years to master.

Integrating the original power of connecting Chaos possessed by Lorgar is more important than the Chaos Power of Chaos Bloodline.

This is the core of Aaron's Conferred God!
To sum up, at the end of 1362 in the valley calendar, His Excellency Viscount Salian was so busy that he had nothing to do to arrange his personal affairs.

At the same time, a military report of victory was sent directly to Susar following the pacification of the Hurek Forest.

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A touch of pale gold rises from the pearl of Dragon Lake, the capital of Cormyr, Suzar.

With the arrival of dawn, Obeszier Palace began to operate again. The palace guards, Purple Dragon Knight, Queen's Blade, three layers of defense, layer upon layer of security.

Several luxurious carriages had already stopped outside the lion gate of the royal palace. In front of the carriages stood several aristocrats dressed in purple dragon-patterned aristocratic costumes, mink fur coats on their shoulders, and aristocratic crowns on their heads, who were already whispering.

The leader was the Duke of Kayneth-Ires, who had helped Aaron twice. It had been two years since he had seen him. His Royal Highness’s face hadn’t changed, but his eyes had deepened a lot. With a smile on his face, he was bragging to the other great nobles, “Aaron is a latecomer I discovered with my own hands,” while introducing his son to everyone.

The second is Marelli, another Duke on the ground, that is, Duke Gordon-Marelli, who had temporarily jumped back in the flames of Suzar and chose to stand with the princess. After the incident, the old Duke Marelli was ordered to retire by Alice Searle, and Gordon inherited the title of Duke. Compared with a year ago, Gordon looked older. There were also some complaints, but fortunately with the support of the queen, he finally settled the internal problems.

The third nobleman is Ms. Millman-Raul, Countess of Arabel. Ms. Raul, who has just given birth, has shed her image of a heroic strong woman in the past. Her strong and feminine maternal nature is revealed along with the phoenix crown on her head along her body line. After regaining Arabel, Ms. Raul has fulfilled her wish. She returned to Suzall for vacation this year and gave birth to a daughter for her lover.

"Salian has done a great job this time." Duke Kayneth said jokingly with deep eyes, "The entire Hurek Forest was actually swallowed by him. Today, His Highness called us in to discuss this matter."

"Aaron does have some skills, but he also benefited from the legacy of the former king. No one in Cormyr knows that His Majesty the former king once conquered the Hurek Forest, and then lost control due to the goblin war. What Aaron did was nothing more than bringing the forest back under control on the basis of the former king." Duke Gordon shook his head, with some fear in his eyes: "Your Highness actually allowed him to inherit the legacy of the former king..."

"It's easy for you to say, the former kings did conquer the forest... how many exploration teams and logging teams went into the forest and disappeared after that?" Ms. Raul interrupted Gordon's words: "I know that the Hurek Forest is haunted every year in Arabel."

The three of them were about to chat for a few more words, when suddenly footsteps sounded from behind, and they all fell silent, only the sound of the cold winter wind blowing through their dresses remained.

The morning light was twilight, the magic lamp was weak, there were a group of people, old and young, the old man was wearing a purple dragon pattern robe, and the young girl was wearing a white winter princess dress and a pure white white dragon skin robe.

These two people are naturally the chief wizard of the Cormyr royal family, the legendary archmage Vangeda Hester, and the girl is the designated successor of the next generation, Miss Warlock Charlotte Carladnay.

Duke Kayneth sighed in his heart when he saw Van Gelda Hester, thinking that the strength of this old mage was not as good as before. The former V Gel Da Hester was considered strong among the mages in the Legendary Domain (not comparable to Elminster's Chosen mages).

However, this archmage has found an excellent successor. Kara Denai's strength has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years, and now she is a real eight-ring spellcaster. Her quirky personality and difficult temper make people more and more unpredictable. There are rumors that she has the blood of the gods in her body, and there are also rumors that she is the daughter of the stars.

It is worth mentioning that Master Fan Gedaheist is Ms. Lauer's lover, and their daughter has just been born.

As for the teacher-student scandal between Charlotte Carla Denay and Aaron Salian, it has been rumored for a long time, and it is not even news.

Several people said hello and stopped chatting, and were ready to meet.

The bell rang, and the Council of the Kingdom of Cormyr was officially convened, and the cabinet ministers and nobles of the kingdom entered the hall one by one.

Princess Regent Alice Searle has also finished dressing. On the throne covered by the purple curtain and engraved with dragon flames, the flaming red lips and the mature and gorgeous princess's scarlet eyes are full of majesty. She watches the crowd prepare to sit down through a layer of curtain. The princess wearing a dress of the royal princess of the phantom snow white fox and purple dragon can't help but gently support her glamorous and unparalleled face wrapped in long white lace gloves. Gorgeous bright golden waist-length hair is tied behind her head, and the golden dragon-shaped hairpin tied up her hair, and then sprinkled down like a waterfall. Around the princess braid is a string of pearls from Longhu, dressed noble and glamorous.

The Queen Regent's dress skirt has a lot of slits. She relaxedly put her right leg on her left leg, and her long legs wrapped in thick black aurora pantyhose are completely exposed, showing a large piece of aurora like stars. At the end of the long black aurora silk legs, there is a pair of black pointed gold-edged patent leather high heels, tightly wrapping the regent princess's flawless crystal black silk feet like mutton fat jade from toe to ankle.

As she ordered the curtain to be removed, the proud spectacle on Alice Searle's chest swayed slightly with her movements, and it was eye-catching even under the cover of the royal dress. The willow waist turned slightly, and the prince whose temperament had changed from a girl to a young woman signaled that the meeting could begin.

Naturally, the content of the meeting was about Aaron's conquest of the Hurek Forest. The purpose of holding the Kingdom Council today was to discuss how to reward Aaron?Also, how to characterize Aaron's conquest?Does he inherit the inheritance of the former king, or is it his own great achievements?Should the kingdom encourage his behavior, or should it warn him not to set an example?
There was always a lot of noise below, and the nobles expressed their opinions.

Alice Searle sat on the throne and didn't speak. She just glanced around boredly, and saw that the white palace was covered with cold snowflakes. The loneliness in the deep palace made Her Royal Highness feel very tormented - she had to wait until the midwinter festival approached before the palace door could be released.

The kingdom's parliament hall is naturally very large, with 64 stone pillars supporting a dragon-shaped dome. Half of the murals on the top are empty, and half depict all the major events from the establishment of Cormyr to the present. Among them, the mural of the duel between King Asan IV and the ancient red dragon has just been completed. The color is very bright, and it looks magnificent and gorgeous.

There were more than 300 nobles in Cormyr, ranging from duke to baron, according to their ranks. More than half of them were present.

The chief wizard Vangelda Hester stood on a high seat next to the throne, and Charlotte sat next to Vangelda Hester, listening to the debate in the council.

"Shame! What a shame!"

"My Kingdom of Purple Dragons conquered the Hurek Forest no less than a hundred times before. Ten thousand people were killed in battle, consuming 50 gold coins, 30 cloth, [-] sets of weapons and equipment, and no less than tens of millions of pounds of food. In the end, the forest was barely pacified under the leadership of the former king. After the death of the king, the forest rebelled. If Aaron-Salian really succeeded in pacifying the Hurek Forest, wouldn't it be the greatest shame for our Purple Dragon Kingdom in thousands of years?"

"Hmph~ Do you know Aaron's true strength? He is only in his early twenties this year, and he has made countless great achievements. He is the chosen of the Silver Virgin, killed the son of tyranny, and held a grand ceremony. He single-handedly brought in those magical lady voters to show our country's prestige. He even signed a high-level dragon covenant with the legendary dragon species. Why can't he calm down the forest? Let me tell you, he summoned hundreds of powerful dragons in one covenant. Not to mention the forest, the sea of ​​​​the moon has been flattened for you."

"I think Aaron-Salian can be allowed to guard the northeast border of the kingdom. We let him be responsible for his own profits and losses, and we can save an unknown amount of military expenditure every year."

"You! Do you know how much it costs to launch the Dragon Covenant? Besides, let Salian rule the Northeast? Have you forgotten the rebellious dynasty of Arabel?"

"I heard that he also established the Silver Dragon Knights. Doesn't it mean that he doesn't want to be a Purple Dragon Knight and wants to establish another Knights?"

The Kingdom Council was in chaos and noisy.

Among them, some discussed whether it was reasonable for Aaron to rule the entire Hurek Forest, some discussed whether Aaron had used forbidden power, some discussed Aaron's rewards, and some expressed concern about Aaron's excessive military capabilities.

The kingdom's parliament gradually divided into two factions. One faction, headed by Duke Kayneth, believed that Aaron's pioneering move was worthy of encouragement. The other faction, headed by the Prime Minister Sir Arnold, believed that although the fait accompli could not be changed, it should suppress and guard against Aaron's anti-factions from now on.

After the two sides quarreled for a while, Alice Searle finally coughed a few times.

The Kingdom Council immediately calmed down, and everyone turned their attention to their regent princess.

The curtain was removed, and a pair of beautiful black silk legs wrapped in the night and stars protruded from under the throne. The red-soled high heels made a crisp sound when they stepped on the gold brick and jade surface.

The faces of the nobles in the Kingdom Council changed slightly. Hearing the tone of the Queen Regent, she seems to agree with Aaron's actions?
King Arthur IV is a very sacred existence in the hearts of the Cormyrs. As soon as Alice Searle mentioned her father, the nobles stopped talking.

Time passed for a while, but no one spoke. The princess looked at the people in the parliament with her icy scarlet eyes, feeling dissatisfied. She hated this "noble republic" with low efficiency, slow decision-making and always having opponents.

"Mr. Kayneth."

"Your Highness." Duke Kayneth came out.

"What do you think should be done?" Alice Searle asked slowly.

"...Your Highness, I think Aaron-Salian should be rewarded as well as reminded." Duke Kayneth thought for a while, and then came up with a plan: "How to reward Aaron, His Highness is up to you. As for how to remind...Your Highness, Aaron still has two family members in Suzar?"

"I propose to grant his uncle the title of Honorary Lord of Lothar Cormyr, and promote him to be the Honorary Steward of the Royal Stables of Suzall, and grant Aaron's aunt, Merry, the title of Honorary Lady, and give them generous gifts so that they can live in the royal capital with peace of mind."

"That's right." Alice Searle nodded. The noble and proud voice of the queen regent overwhelmed all the noise in the parliament. Duke Kayneth's thoughts coincided with her: "Then let's do this, and make sure these two relatives of Aaron feel the sincerity of the kingdom."

"Mr. Jim, I will leave this matter to you." Alice Searle said to a minister in the cabinet.

"Yes."

"As for how to reward Aaron-Salian himself, let's discuss after I go to the Hurek Forest to investigate in person."

The regent princess got up, her long skirt fluttered, and the golden brick and jade surface beside her pair of beautiful black silk feet had accumulated a little bit of warm light, sliding down the steps.

When it was mentioned that she wanted to go to the Hurek Forest in person, Alice Searle's face flushed a little, and the princess's scarlet eyes showed obvious joy, and she signaled the parliament to adjourn with a comfortable expression.

"Dismiss!"

"Charlotte, you stay here."

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