Blood Dragon

Chapter 360 The Eighth Arrival

Now, word has spread throughout the nations that the Chaos Legion has been wiped out and that the Grunee have retaken White Keep.Of course, Prince Boer, who everyone thought was dead long ago, reappeared and returned to Falcon City, posing as a contender for the throne with his sister—this news has also spread throughout the human world.

Thanks to the development of magic communication technology, relevant information was quickly blown across the entire continent by the wind of magic.

Some people have said that there is friendship between people, but there are only interests between countries.This sentence is based on reality.When Gruene was attacked by chaos believers from the northern wilderness, other countries contributed money and efforts to help (the last invasion of the Chaos Legion was finally repelled with the assistance of various countries, although this time the invasion countries provided help Limited, but at least strongly supported).That's because Grueney actually served as a breakwater, keeping out invaders from the north.

Few have much faith in this war.It is generally believed that Gruni, who has just experienced civil strife, can repel the invasion of Chaos, which is already very good.Even if they succeeded in repelling the invaders, the domestic politics and economy must be a mess.Because the rebellion of the regent minister is really a terrible thing.Even some countries or forces are ready to lend money to Gruene.Tiberius even planned to take this opportunity to bite off a piece of her body.

But the unexpected happened (or rather, the unexpected happened in the eyes of those who were far away and not really invested in the country).The little queen, whom no one was optimistic about, quelled the rebellion with thunderous means, and quickly defeated all the nobles who could fight against the central government across the country.While doing these two great things, she sent troops to defeat the invading Chaos Legion, not only wiped out the invaders, but also regained the White Castle lost by her father.

The significance of White Castle is far from being a simple frontier fortress in Gruene.In fact, it is the defense line of the human world against the invasion of chaos forces.With the White Castle, it is equivalent to blocking the invasion of the Chaos Legion, making it impossible for them to truly threaten the civilized world.As everyone knows, the White Castle held back the Chaos Legion for 100 years, and if it weren't for that infamous betrayal and betrayal, it would have continued to hold back the Chaos Legion for 100 years without falling.

What's even more frightening is that after such a feat, the country as a whole is in better shape than ever before.Politically, the aristocratic forces capable of threatening the royal power have been smashed, and the royal family will establish absolute control over the country from then on.The situation in which the king's money bag was controlled by businessmen was also broken. Now no one can use loans and funds to jam the throat of the palace, let alone make any excessive demands.According to reliable sources, she also entered into an unusual trading partnership with the Dwarves, for there is clear evidence that Gruni has acquired some new technologies and various rarer goods from the Dwarves.

In conclusion, if what happened in the past is amazing, what is about to happen in the future can be scary.

What will happen to a country with stable politics, abundant finances, a strong military, and a ruler who is young and promising (actually, too young, not even an adult at all)?The answer seems self-evident.

After confirming that Grune had taken back White Castle, everyone saw that Grune's rise was imminent, and all countries changed their strategies in time.Or it can be said that the nations began to find ways to weaken her one after another.

When two rulers appeared in this country, one king and one queen, all parties in the country remained silent, while other countries, after a short period of silence, unanimously supported Prince Boer—no, It should be said king.

Of course, it is impossible for them to jointly send an intervention army, and they just use various sincere diplomatic statements to explain their views.But in this way, even if the queen still overwhelms the king in terms of strength, public opinion has begun to form a view that the king is the real heir.Human beings are social creatures, and once this ordinary secular view is formed and accepted by most, it means that it is difficult to change it.In other words - most people now (or will soon) believe that the king is the legitimate heir.The queen was just an accident caused by a misunderstanding.

The coming of spring is always silent.

At this moment, I can already feel a kind of vitality of life being bred in the wilderness.This not only comes from the inadvertently spit out tender green on the field, but also from the relocation teams that can be seen everywhere on the road.

The Chaos Legion has been repulsed, and the White Castle is back in the hands of Grune.Although there may still be some remnants of Chaos, those residents farther from the border can already go home.

Having said that, this is also the first time that the residents of Newsteria City have been evacuated.In all the battles against Chaos in the past, the city was far from the front line.Thanks to the brilliant system left by Garunas back then, the evacuation work was done very well this time.

Among these returnees in twos and threes, there is a team that is quite eye-catching.It was a small detachment of cavalry and a few vehicles.Among the cavalry, many people wore beautiful armor, and they looked like the guards of a certain nobleman.

"Is Newstria approaching?" asked one of the leaders.

"Well, we'll be able to see the city wall in half a day." A person who was obviously a guide said. "We can enter the city tonight...Of course, I think it's more appropriate to spend the night in the suburbs."

The leader looked around.The angry curling smoke from the farmhouse can already be seen in the distance.Those are the farmers who went home earlier.These people took advantage of this opportunity wisely, baking bread in large quantities and selling it by the roadside.When the spring comes completely, a large part of the barren fields will be turned into fertile fields for cultivation.

This is the city of Neustria being restored to its original appearance - as long as the White Castle is in the hands of this country, this place cannot become a battlefield.

The civilians who have returned home already know the good news.Although some of them are sad (because it is no secret that this country has a king and a queen at the same time), at least they know that the most dangerous barbarians, the followers of Chaos, cannot threaten the city of Nusteria again.

This striking procession overtakes a cart from the side.It was a typical farm wagon, loaded with all sorts of things, and pulled by a pack horse—a big, slow, but very strong kind of horse.Sitting in the driver's seat were two young men who looked like two brothers.There is a heated discussion between the two.

When the two sides approached, the people in the team discovered that what the two brothers were discussing was this battle for royal power.

As anyone can guess, the two brothers were able to argue so fiercely because of course they belonged to different points of view.One believes that the king is the legitimate monarch, and the other believes that the queen is the proper ruler of the country.

The lower the level of civilians, the less restrained they are when discussing such issues.The arguments between the two brothers were fierce and their voices were loud, so everyone in the team that was accompanying them for a while could hear them clearly.But the debate ultimately swerved from legality to connection to itself.By this time, the two brothers had come to the same conclusion: in terms of the ability to rule the country, Her Majesty the Queen was obviously far superior.Because obviously, the king was captured by the Chaos Legion at the beginning of White Castle, and Her Majesty the Queen not only quelled the domestic rebellion, but also defeated the Chaos Legion and took back White Castle.

People who are proficient in history actually know that that time was not the king's incompetence-it should be said that it was not a crime of war.The Chaos Legion had prepared enough time for this cunning military operation, and the traitors who betrayed the White Castle were not appointed by the King (then still a prince).Instead, it has long been lurking and waiting for the opportunity.

But for ordinary people, they don't have the leisure time to understand the details of that failure.They just saw one result-in the hands of the king, the frontier fortress was captured by the enemy.In the hands of the queen, the fallen castle was taken back.

"Wait a minute, you guys!" shouted an armored cavalryman in the line to the two brothers in the cart. "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"My lord...we're just... talking casually..." The two brothers looked at the speaker's armor, and couldn't help showing a timid expression.

The leader of the line held out a hand to stop his subordinates. "They are right." The leader said calmly.After saying this, he urged his mount to leave quickly.The other members of the team did not stop, but followed him to speed up and left, leaving the poor horse-drawn agricultural vehicle far behind.

The two brothers were stunned for a long time, not knowing what happened.

The leader was obviously not in a good mood, because for the next time, he rode his horse and hurried on with a venting attitude.By the time he finally stopped to rest the poor, foaming horse, the walls of Neustria were in sight.At this time, the tall flag was flying above the city wall.

"What is that flag...?" The leader of the team pointed to the flag on the top of the city.At this time, it was not the white eagle flag owned by the royal family of Gruni that was flying over the city, but a relatively unfamiliar flag.A red dragon is drawn on the flag.Although the dragon pattern is simple, it makes people feel a bit of bloody and bloody.

"That is... the coat of arms of Earl Ashurfate." Someone replied. "I saw it in Falcon City. It is said that it was the coat of arms awarded by the queen to Earl Ashurfate when he was made a knight. Because Ashurfate was not from a noble family, so his coat of arms is like this Decided."

Perhaps it had already won a great victory, so the blood dragon flag fluttered in the wind very proudly.

"I seem to have seen something similar somewhere..." someone said softly. "This coat of arms... looks familiar."

"Familiar? But it should have been granted by the Queen on a whim...Because at that time, Earl Ashuruffat was just a small guard... But this pattern doesn't look like it was designed temporarily, maybe At that time, the queen just imitated a coat of arms from her memory. You know, this kind of thing is not uncommon. Some new nobles can't think of better things, so they simply imitate from other people's coat of arms part down."

"That's true."

"Are we going into the city?" a subordinate asked.

"Let's call it a day and set up a tent in the wild," said the leader. "But first we should look for the house whose owner has not returned."

After issuing this order, the members of the team began to look around.As I said before, returning home had just started, so in a small village on the outskirts of the city, the team found what they needed—a few unowned farmhouses.At dusk, everything is ready.And the car that was behind was also guided to the edge of the residence.

Several people in black cloaks got out of the car.They were obviously old people, because their movements were slow, and the people beside them carefully helped them get out of the car.As the second man got out of the car, a gust of wind blew off the hood, revealing the face of Gruene's court chief, Skadra.