Shaman from Afar

Early in the morning, the ruins of Eboden.

Elegant and exquisite harbour city, solemn barrack-like Azores "new city", mysterious and unpredictable nine-mang star wizard tower, magnificent and magnificent king king eagle ......

Left only ruins.

Is not a broken city, not broken walls and debris, not the traces left by the fire ... only the rubble, the rubble piled up in the mountains, filled the whole city, and it looks more like a huge, undulating mound.

At the moment when the dark-haired wizard drained all the voids in the ground, the breath of the controlled undead dragon Aioliite burst out of the ground, the whole city collapsed inward like a precision blast, and became a huge Incomparable, hemispherical craters.

In addition to tens of thousands escaping from the city at the last minute, hundreds of thousands of Azore elves were buried alive in this smoky, rubble-filled ruin.

The overflowing gravel and corpses even fell from the collapsed city wall and fell into the Jewel River, which once blocked the Jewel River and caused the river to flow back; Brandon was forced to give up chasing a handful of elf warriors and mobilize the army The river was cleared before the river flowed into the city.

It ’s just terrible enough to be full of debris that ca n’t be cleaned up by corpses; if you let the river flow into the ruins, let the river mixed with corpses and decays flow into the military camp ...

Disease, plague ... It's not as simple as it sounds.

The Plague, a vocabulary that has changed the color of the Empire, is even ten thousand times more terrifying than evil spirits or demons; Brandon has tried his best to clear the river, keep the barracks clean, and let the dragon directly burn the battlefield, making it too late. The buried bodies were all burnt to ashes ...

In a slightly harsh words from a certain countess, at least in dealing with the plague, Brandon de Salion showed a bit of the decisiveness and iron fist that the emperor should have.

Of course, she believes that if you change to yourself, you can do better and more efficiently, such as speeding up the restoration of the construction by sealing the land of Ebden to the heroes in the battle, and taking advantage of the opportunity to weaken the strength of the principalities ... Loren said that both hands agreed to add 10,000 likes.

Standing in the rubble, stepping on the gravel rubble under his feet, Brandon felt as if he was not standing on the rubble and gravel pile, but on the pile of corpses.

Dead bones, broken bones, rotten flesh and giblets, dried plasma that became sticky, mixed with the stench ... It is clearly approaching midsummer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but there is a bitter cold tearing the smock Armor, piercing his head upward from the spine.

The sweat beads flowing through his neck and spine made him tremble like blood spilling from the wound; the sticky, somewhat bloated hands seemed to be stained with something dirty and could not be wiped off.

Personally ... Destroyed a race by slaughtering.

Not on the battlefield, not on the premise of reciprocity, not when confronted with resistance ...

They destroyed them ... They gave them a promise to let them live, but they still destroyed them.

"How does it feel to destroy a race by hand?"

Stared at the ruins at his feet, Brandon with his back to Loren suddenly opened his mouth, as if asking and talking to himself.

Lorren in the wizard's robe learned to look like Dalton's tutor, put his hands up and shrugged slightly:

"Feeling alive."

Snorted, Brandon smiled and raised his lips.

"It sounds a little arrogant, my wizard counselor."

"It is better to be arrogant than to die."

"Really? I thought the benefactors were ashamed of life and proud of death."

"Slogan and reality are two different things."

"Um ... a bit outdated and ironic, but quite in line with your style."

Brandon raised his eyebrows slightly, and tilted his head with a smile.

Unmoved black wizard, glanced across the battlefield.

He could feel the meaning of the "faceless prince" in Brandon's words. Now he has become a real emperor, and every move has become purposeful.

"How are you feeling now? They ... I mean the wizards ... all said you opened the second valve, just like Logan, who once wore a hat." Brandon turned around and suddenly said:

"I do n’t know much about that guy. I only know that he has such a powerful force that he can fight the evil spirits to tell the truth. I always think that is the story written by the wizards until ..."

Brandon glanced at the ruins at his feet.

"I guess those legendary stories ... Dragon Kingdom, Devil, Dragon Knight, Evil God ... All are true, our ancestors did not lie to us, they all like to use the most cruel and terrible history to coax children to sleep, right?"

"Only the person with the most powerful strength can live steadily and securely ... That ’s how they teach children, right?"

The strong is the honor, the winner is the king, and the army is ruled, then the empire can be ruled.

Power ... everything is decided.

"Do not."

The stunned Brandon looked up: "What?"

"I said, that's not the case." Loren said softly: "If you have powerful power to rule everything, then humans are still ruled by dragons."

"If the power is strong, it will be respected, then the hated Logan will not be hunted down as an apostate. He should be the emperor's guest, but the fact is that he does not get love and respect, but fear. And disgust, only very few people are willing to follow him. "

"If you have the most powerful power and you can live peacefully, the dragon kingdom should still survive the wizards who rule the dragon kingdom. It is because they are unwilling to share their knowledge and power with the civilians that led to the destruction of the kingdom."

"And the concept of power is never absolute." Loren shook his head:

"Not to mention ... How do we measure a person's power? Power, wealth, status, title, prestige, bloodline ... Or is he particularly capable of fighting, and no one can beat him? I don't think any of them is particularly suitable."

Brandon was a little stunned for a while.

He frowned, as if he was a little angry, "Then you say, what do you tell me is power?"

Was stared at the motionless Loren by Brandon, learning his appearance slowly, tilting his head bit by bit, intentionally widening his eyes and staring at Brandon:

"My dear His Majesty Brandon II, you are asking me ..."

"Are you still asking yourself?"

The two people facing each other were silent for a minute.

A minute later, a smile appeared on Brandon's face.

Leisurely smile, just like when they first met in the courtyard of Corona's house.

"Go into the cabinet and continue to be my wizard advisor." Standing in front of the dark-haired wizard, Brandon stared motionlessly at his eyes: "My old ancestors did not have the courage to make the hated Logan a guest, but I can."

"In this way, you, Ain, Isaac, and my cousin Lina can all stay in the imperial capital. I can revoke a few laws that are not friendly to the wizards, so that they can also become nobles of the empire, so that they have more Right ... and you, you can help me accomplish these things. "

"The most important thing is that this is the only way I can be assured of Bayern, otherwise, if Bayern is stronger in the South every day, I really do n’t know what to do."

"This is the condition I made out, and it is an ultimatum." Brandon's expression with a complex mood, he said dullly:

"Do n’t think I do n’t know what your Charlotte wants to do in Arles, Poe and Ellerman ... It is said that several dwarf city-states have also become vassals of your Byrne, and then the whole South will change. The Ling Family in Chengdu. "

"What does she want, is it really just the revival of Byrne and the glory of the Turin family? Maybe it used to be, maybe it was before you became the Duke, but now ... I guess what she thinks in her heart Could the Turin family one day replace De Salion and become the emperor? "

Brandon sighed helplessly, "I don't care about this, to be honest, she should have no drama when I'm alive, but ... anyway, I'm still a de Salyon after all, I can't keep my eyes open Watching this happen, do you understand? "

"... uh, understand?"

"No, I do n’t think you understand. I know who you are unintentionally offended, but you care too much about Charlotte ’s feelings. You seem to have forgotten that you are the Duke of Byrne. Ca n’t you let her control you understand? So I ask again, are you willing to accept this result? "

"……I accept."

"Look, I know it and I don't accept it." Brandon snorted shrugging and spreading his hands, a helpless expression of "I guessed it already": "So, don't rush to object, I'll take care Explain to you the key issues. "

"I said I accept."

"Don't worry! I said, take your time, I can understand you, sometimes I can't refuse my aunt's request, they are very good characters, no less than any knight, take it for granted ... Note, I There is no prejudice when saying this, I am just saying that they are as good as the knights, and even go beyond riding ... "

Not finished, Brandon suddenly settled in place like an auditory hearing, and looked at Loren with a dull look: "What did you just say?"

"I said ... I accept?"

The dark-haired wizard looked helpless.

"you accept?"

"I accept."

"You said ... do you accept?"

"I accept."

"You said you ... willing to accept?"

"... Let's stop cheating, shall we?"

"I don't understand, you accept, why do you accept it, it shouldn't be!" Brandon scratched his head with a broken face, beautiful red hair became messy like a chicken nest:

"But if you accept, how can I convince ... Ah, if you accept, I don't have to convince you, right?"

Faced with Brandon's inquiry, Loren looked up at the sky, really didn't know how to answer this question.

Brandon was even more lost than him. It felt like a knight who had prepared for a duel for a whole year. In the finals, he found that his old rival was dying old and had rickets, asthma and tenosynovitis.

"Lorren Torino, I first discovered that you are such a disappointing guy!"

After saying these words tragically, Brandon seemed to have been humiliated. He snorted and turned away without looking back.

……………………

"He agreed?"

On the way back from the ruins to the barracks, Charlotte, who was waiting here, was a little surprised to look at the returned Loren, even with Lena de Salion who came with him, his expression was very meaningful.

"Subject to your appointment as a member of the Yuqian Cabinet and the lifting of the restriction on wizards, Bain guarantees that he will not expand his power in the next thirty to forty years." Charlotte blinked, still not convinced:

"It's so strange ... I thought he wouldn't accept such harsh conditions."

"But he agreed ... Just like someone said." The black-haired wizard glanced at the girl who was not supposed to be here, but appeared, and the other party nodded slightly toward himself:

"But what really makes me strange is not this."

"what is that?"

"You." Loren looked at Charlotte.

"I?"

"Yes ... because our proud Countess of the Red Blood Castle, the direct bloodline of the knight king ... actually willing to promise such harsh conditions, giving up the opportunity to become the founder of the Kingdom of Bayern in her lifetime."

Charlotte froze for a moment, then snorted. Some cramped: "This ... there is a reason, there is a reason!"

"Yes, I know, I just ..."

"I understand that you certainly don't know why, but I can explain." Charlotte said involuntarily: "First, Byrne was badly injured in this war, we lost several counts, they are all the best of Byrne Army and Cavalry Commander, this is a very serious blow! "

"Uh ... Charlotte, I said ~ www.readwn.com ~ I know you ..."

"Second! In this battle of the Empire, Baine is also a lot of effort. I can't let the knights of Baine fight for the empire, and then immediately oppose the empire. They will not understand, they will think that I am crazy. , Which also violates the glory of the Turin family. "

"I said, what is happening today? Why does everyone seem to not hear what I say ..."

"So, I decided to make a settlement with Brandon, anyway, it is not a bad thing to have an emperor who can cooperate."

"With the assistance of Brandon, Turin will no longer be as obscure as it was in the past, but will naturally start to get in touch, get involved in the affairs of the empire, from behind the scenes to the stage, and truly become a empire from a powerful country. Pillar; until one day, become a family that truly manages the power of the empire! "

"It doesn't matter whether it's the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Seal, or the leader of the parliament ... Even if it's just a small person who is worthless, but as long as you really have great power, it will only be a matter of time."

"So! Not only can you avoid the civil war of the empire, but you can also control everything in the final name, and let Desalion of the Sky Dome obediently give the throne to Turin, and the empire ... will be continued by the blood of the Knight King." Charlotte smiled confidently. , Looking at Loren:

"This is the future I planned for the Turin family. Thirty years, fifty years, one hundred years ... The Turin family will eventually be crowned emperor. What do you think? Well, why not talk? You talk, If you do n’t mean or disagree, then tell me what you think, and say, Loren Torino, why ... "