Carry the Ring of Elden with you

After hearing this, Arturo showed a disdainful smile and said: "Loyal Lord? Let's not mention how we got the seat under Judas' butt. Just because you think our plan failed is a big mistake. Although the process is a bit tortuous, But our plan has not failed. Ms. Lu Yi has considered the worst case scenario, that is, after Freda and I failed to persuade Eskar, she left an insurance policy to absolutely guarantee that the plan can be executed normally."

Eskar was already sitting on a chair in the tent, receiving treatment and assistance from the other two members of the Tribunal. At the same time, he was wondering why the soldiers hadn't come in since he had just made such a big fuss.

Then his nose suddenly smelled a bloody wind drifting into the tent, and at the same time a vague black figure came in.

Eskar's pupils shrank, and he reminded in a panicked and trembling voice: "Master Supervisor..."

Before the No. 13 legion commander finished saying the word "heart", the body of the commander-in-chief was exploded by the punch of the black figure, and the smell of blood and fishy stench instantly filled the place where the aroma of wine had been. Overflowing tent.

"Human beings are indeed human beings. I have already killed the shadow thorns that exposed my position, but you here have fallen into passiveness." The figure turned around, with faint dragon scales on the surface of its body and vertical lines in its pupils. The shining golden dragon eyes indicate its identity.

A giant dragon that can transform into a human being.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

There were two more explosions, only this time they exploded next to Eskar, turning him into ketchup.He didn't even see the movements of this humanoid dragon clearly, and the bodies of the two members of the Tribunal beside him became the same as those of the General Commander.

Then Eskar felt a rough hand grasp his head easily and lift him up.

"What about him? Did he choose to listen to that woman Lu Yi?" asked the dragon.

Arturo shook his head.

"Then there's no need to keep it." The dragon's palm exerted slight force, and Eskar's head exploded like a crushed watermelon.

At this time, Freda spent a lot of effort to untie the magic rope that bound herself, stood up and said: "Now let's seize the time and march towards Pulin City while the Austrian Parliament is still attracting the attention of the Golden Federation. "

Chapter 4: Planning

After the leader of the [No. 13 Legion] Eskar and his cronies were killed, the [Goshawk Legion] and the [Black Panther Legion] took control of the soldiers of the No. 13 Legion before they could react. stand up.

After eliminating some senior and mid-level generals who were close to the emperor and some soldiers who rebelled on the spot, the remaining 13 soldiers of the No. 27000 Corps were completely controlled.

The three legions totaled more than 47000 people. When everyone thought they were going to support the Austrian Parliament, they began to march towards Pulin City in the Golden Federation.

Due to their familiarity with the terrain, they marched quickly from the mountains and forests, losing about 3000 soldiers in the process, before finally walking out of the mountains and forests and arriving near Pulin City.

Only about 3000 of these 700 soldiers disappeared for various reasons or fell off the cliff. The remaining 2300 soldiers were all killed by wild beasts in the mountains and forests.

Even the giant dragon following the team, which turned into human form and spoke human words, was amazed by this.

"It's really interesting in the territory of the Golden Federation. These beasts were not frightened to urinate and lie on the ground after smelling my breath. Instead, they dared to continue to stretch out their fangs at me. It's interesting." The dragon turned into a human. He picked up the dead body of a wolf-shaped monster and inspected it.

Freda and Arturo also had solemn expressions on their faces, and they were talking to each other sideways.

The giant dragon that transformed into a humanoid suddenly opened its huge mouth and bit off the leg of the wolf-shaped monster in its hand, drinking the blood and growing its fur.While chewing, it looked disdainfully at the two people with solemn expressions.

"What's wrong, humans? They're just mindless monsters. Can they still scare an army of tens of thousands of you?"

Freda did not show any displeasure after hearing the dragon's somewhat sarcastic words. Instead, she respectfully said to the dragon: "You misunderstood, the great dragon Archhemund. Atul and I Luo just felt something about this mountain forest was different from what he remembered, and was worried about whether something would go wrong."

Archhemund heard the words and cheered around. He closed his eyes and felt it carefully. Then he opened his eyes and said doubtfully: "What's strange? All the creatures in this mountain forest contain a strong breath of life, which is very suitable for us dragons." The giant dragons of the island sleep here. What could be wrong? I think you humans are too suspicious?"

After saying that, Archhemund continued to eat the giant wolf corpse in his hand.The blood flowing from the giant wolf corpse stained Archhemund's chin and chest.If you look closely, you can find a hint of gold in the red blood.

Freda nodded: "It is this strong breath of life that puzzles us. Great Archhemund, you have been sleeping on Dragon Island for many years and naturally you don't know the situation in this mountain forest. But Arturo and I are very different. It is clear that this mountain forest is a barren land and there should not be so many animals and plants rich in life energy."

Arturo also echoed: "That's right. And the beast that just attacked us is obviously a bit larger than the same kind of beast I encountered before. And the trees around here... obviously shouldn't be there in winter. It’s just right that there are so many lush branches and leaves.”

Archhemund waved his hand boredly: "You humans have analyzed so much, so I ask you if you want to continue marching. If you are afraid, why not withdraw your troops now?"

Ah this...

Freda and Arturo looked at each other, it was impossible to withdraw their troops.

It's not that they are afraid of going back, but it's not a good time to withdraw their troops. Going back in this way will only disturb Lu Yi's plan.

"We worry too much. Send the order and continue to march!" Freda bowed respectfully to Archhemund, then turned around and began to issue orders to the mighty soldiers behind him.

Freda secretly breathed a sigh of relief after the subsequent march, because only the trees and animals' bodies had changed, and the route in her original memory had not changed at all.

They walked out of the forest as expected, and the dead soldiers who had lurked in disguised as slave traders and bandits had also been waiting for a long time.

The happiest person on this journey was probably Archhemund. He thought this trip was just a boring show about humans fighting among themselves, but when they came to the forest, they actually found a forest that was hostile to them. It is also a very precious treasure for the real dragon clan on the island.

Ha, there are so many precious beasts that contain life energy in their bodies, I need to eat more.Archhemund held a huge lion carcass in his hand and continued to feast on it.

The scene was a bit bloody, after all, it was eaten raw, disembowelled and even the internal organs were not spared, which made many soldiers who saw this scene feel uncomfortable.

However, those who felt uncomfortable were basically soldiers from the No. 13 Legion. Soldiers from the two elite legions, Goshawk and Black Panther, did not feel this way.

Freda was currently having a conversation with the leader of the dead soldiers who came to meet him.

"How are you doing here?" Freda asked in an impolite tone, which was completely different from the respectful tone when facing Archhemund.

The leader of the dead soldiers didn't care about Freda's tone.

He is already a dead soldier who is ready to sacrifice his life at any time. As long as his loyal master Lu Yi gives his family enough money, it doesn't matter to him.

Faced with Freda's question, he said: "Now most of Pulin City's attention is occupied by the villages outside the city, and the forged letters were also taken away by Pulin City soldiers. Now it's up to you to Plus the last fire.”

Freda nodded, and then asked his cronies around him to gather the soldiers of the No. 13 Legion.

Then more than 13 soldiers of the No. [-] Legion followed the leader of the dead soldiers and started their action plan.

These soldiers from the Charles Empire will break into pieces and rush into the Golden Federation. Their target is not the city but the small towns, villages and businessmen that lack protection. They will involve the Golden Federation, which has only a small number of troops. attention.

And they were not afraid that these soldiers would reveal their origins at all. Froda and the others' purpose was to let these soldiers reveal their identities and put the blame on the Emperor of Judah.

In a small city within the Charles Empire, a courtyard that looks simple on the outside has a hidden secret underground.

Lu Yi Stacey's figure appeared at the underground entrance, and a strong aura of luxury hit his face.A gorgeous magic carpet is placed on the exquisite marble floor, and its soft and delicate touch feels like stepping on clouds.The walls are covered with carved wallpaper, and golden decorative lines outline complex and exquisite patterns. Art-like details adorn the entire space.

In the corner of the room is a pair of luxurious marble sculptures, carving images of agile beauties and mighty warriors.They seem to be watching every inch of the room quietly, exuding a solemn and noble atmosphere.

A series of oil paintings hang on the wall, and the frames are inlaid with golden decorations, which are like shining borders that make the paintings more gorgeous.Each painting is a work by a famous artist, but the content does not lose sight of the magnificent landscape of nature, the legendary stories of history and the delicate emotions of the characters.

All the murals on the wall that Lu Yi walked through were all scenes of the Golden Federation, and battles of all sizes existed on them.She used the energy of her Lulan Chamber of Commerce to visit those soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the battle with the Golden Federation or the adventurers who had witnessed the battlefield, and asked the masters with the best painting skills to draw them.

She sat down at a small tea table with a gloomy face and picked up the hot black tea, her forehead covered with wrinkles.

Lu Yi squinted his eyes, and his sight drifted to a lifelike face in the center of the frames, which was exactly what Roland looked like.

"The haunting guy." Lu Yi immediately lost the mood to drink tea when she saw this face. She poured the tea on the painting. The warm tea immediately soaked into the canvas and stained the paint on it. It also made Roland's expression on the canvas become weird.

Lu Yi rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "Take this painting away from me."

"Yes." The young and beautiful maids on both sides immediately moved their graceful postures to remove the picture frame from the wall.

When the painting was far away from Lu Yi's sight, she put down the hand that had been rubbing her eyebrows and returned to her usual appearance.

She asked the housekeeper who had been following her silently: "How are Freda and their actions going?"

The young and capable housekeeper bowed slightly: "Madam, everything is going according to your plan. Otherwise, Eskar, the commander of the No. 13 Legion, would not be willing to join our ranks if he has expired. However, he has been replaced by Lord Akhmund. Solved. As expected, they should now be leading their soldiers to cause wanton destruction in the territory of the Golden Federation."

Lu Yi's gloomy face became slightly more relaxed.Then the heartache started: "The real dragons on these dragon islands are really asking for money."

Even though Lu Yi was sincere in negotiating with the dragons on Dragon Island with the secret that the Emperor of Judah had always wanted to hide, he was still frightened by the other party's greed for money.

These are necessary sacrifices.Lu Yi comforted himself in his heart.

According to Lu Yi's plan, when the Golden Federation discovered that the soldiers of the Charles Empire were robbing and massacring civilians living outside the big cities in their territory, they would inevitably direct their anger at the Emperor of Judah.

Then she will take the initiative to continue marching towards the Charles Empire. The powerful Golden Federation army will inevitably plunge the empire into chaos, and this is also the time for her to realize her plan.

Lu Yi has already mastered a large number of troops. I am afraid that the Emperor of Judah does not know how many legions of the Charles Empire are loyal to his royal family.

So what is Lu Yi's plan?She wants to depose the Emperor of Judah and become an empress of the Charles Empire?

This is a wrong idea. Lu Yi doesn't want to be an empress at all. As a capitalist, she just wants to make more money and have more rights to make more money. Whether it's war money or anything else, she doesn't care.

But now, in addition to the idea of ​​making money, she also has a plan to eliminate Roland, and the plan she implemented can just eliminate Roland at the same time.

The heir to the Judah Emperor, the so-called eldest prince, once got drunk and slept on Lu Yi's bed at the Lulan Chamber of Commerce. The eldest prince had a very bad habit of talking in his sleep when he was drunk.

That night he talked a lot in Lu Yi's bed, and then let Lu Yi know that the current royal family of the Charles Empire still hid the remnants of the previous generation of royal family.

Of course, the eldest prince did not know where his father hid the remnants of the previous emperor, and Lu Yi did not take advantage of this information immediately after learning it.

But when she learned that the Emperor of Judah actually dared to let people study how to control dragons and caused the disappearance of some ordinary dragons on Dragon Island, she finally found out where the descendants of the previous dynasty were hidden by the Emperor of Judah.

As for why Lu Yi knew that the Emperor of Judah was secretly studying how to control the dragon?

Well...research costs money, and it also requires technical talent.Although the Emperor of Judah had repeatedly warned that the use of money and the recruitment of talents should be strictly controlled, the Lulan Chamber of Commerce, as a behemoth that controlled the economic lifeline of the Charles Empire, still sensed something was wrong.

How should I put it? The Emperor of Judah underestimated the information that could be revealed through the circulation of money, and did not let those specifically responsible for finance erase these traces.

When Lu Yi discovered that the royal family of the Charles Empire had a huge money gap that needed to be filled by the Lulan Chamber of Commerce every year, she sent people to investigate what kind of things actually caused such a big money gap for the royal family and it was quite mysterious.

Then he followed the flow of money and discovered the research organization that the Emperor of Judah wanted to hide. He knew what they were doing and who was being held underground in the capital palace.

This is also the reason why the top management of Dragon Island is willing to cooperate with people like Lu Yi. In addition to providing a large amount of money, she also informed the sleeping dragons on Dragon Island of the fact that: with the dragons There are still descendants of humans who have signed blood contracts.

Similarly, the reason why Lu Yi had supporters in the army was precisely because there were nobles in the army who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Emperor of Judah and speculators who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain greater power.

They know how the emperor of Judah got his position, and they also know how the powerful nobles in the palace obtained their current status.

The ambitious nobles were jealous and wanted to replace him, but they lacked a reputation for rebellion.Not all nobles who had the idea of ​​​​rebellion in their hearts rebelled like the ancestors of the Emperor of Judah with the idea of ​​​​unsuccessfully becoming ren.

As nobles, they don't want to become a name that everyone despises in the history books and be nailed to the pillar of shame.

What's more, the ancestors of the Emperor of Judah had a legitimate excuse to rebel. The nobles also needed such an excuse, and Lu Yi could give them just such an excuse.

Both sides are just using each other. Lu Yi uses the ambitions of the nobles to realize his own plans, and the nobles use the value brought by Lu Yi to realize their own ambitions.

Both sides knew very well that the moment the Emperor of Judah stepped down from the throne, it was the moment both sides tore off their masks of kindness.

However, Lu Yi's plan doesn't stop there.

She asked: "Where are Prince Albert's people?"

"Back to Madam, Prince Albert's people have already entered the city and will be here soon." The butler leaned down and replied calmly.

Lu Yi nodded.

The name Albert is common, but the surname that follows it is unique on the continent.

Albert Latour, the eldest prince of the Holy Empire of France.

Lu Yi not only wanted to disrupt the situation within the Charles Empire, but she also set her sights on the Holy Empire of France, the mortal enemy of the Charles Empire.

She used the war-stricken Charles Empire, which was crumbling without its emperor, as bait to invite Prince Albert and the Holy Empire of France behind him to join the fight.

When the Golden Federation attacks the Charles Empire out of anger, Prince Albert will send troops loyal to him to attack the Golden Federation cities from the rear, while Lu Yi will let the nobles' troops entangle Roland's frontal troops from the front. , leaving him in a dilemma.

But Lu Yi forgot what Roland once told her: plans can never keep up with changes.

The main premise of the plan she made was that the "allies" she recruited could defeat the Golden Federation's army.

In a mountain forest within the territory of the Golden Federation, a tall but handsome man holding a huge king ax looked sharply at the jungle. Beside him were elves who were dusty and wearing military uniforms.

It's just that the skin color of the elves is an invisible gray.

This is where the first variable arises.

Chapter 5: Cooperation and resistance

"Ms. Lu Yi is so elegant that you actually built such an exquisite place in line with your status in this small and fringe city." Albert sat on the seat opposite Lu Yi with a smile, picked up the wine glass prepared on the table and drank it. I sniffed it lightly with my nose.

The eldest prince praised: "But this wine is indeed good wine."

Behind him stood two guards who hid their faces under masks and remained motionless.

Lu Yi was not happy when he saw the eldest prince's "praise", because the other party's implication was that he was scolding himself for being like a mouse who only hides in the holes he made.

So she sneered back with the same fake smile: "After all, Prince Albert, you are a person of noble status. If I don't make this place more elegant, it won't be worthy of your noble status."

The eldest prince sneered, placed the wine glass he was playing with but not drinking heavily on the table, and said: "Okay, it's boring to talk too much trash. Let's get straight to the point. How can you be sure that Charles's empire will fall into a leaderless war? Among them?"

Regarding the attitude of the eldest prince, Lu Yi just smiled indifferently. She nodded and said: "First prince, you can rest assured that I am a businessman who really wants to do business. Since I can invite you over, then I will naturally have my own Means. But before I tell the eldest prince, could you please tell me how many troops you can dispatch to cooperate with my plan?"

The eldest prince raised his eyebrows: "You don't have to worry about the army, Ms. Lu Yi. As the eldest prince of the Holy Empire of France, the troops I can use are far beyond your imagination. But... if I find the benefits after dispatching the army, If it’s less than what I paid, don’t blame me for turning your back on others.”

Lu Yi said seriously: "But Your Highness, Your Highness, your identity is the First Prince after all, not the master of a country. You and I have seen how strong the army of the Golden Federation is, so I must know what you, Your Highness, can provide." The quantity and quality of the army. If you are unable to dispatch the troops that I planned, I can only regret to tell you that the cooperation has failed."

She paused, deliberately leaving the eldest prince some time to think, and then continued: "You have to know, your highness, the eldest prince. In addition to the Holy Empire of France, I have many allies in this continent that I can use to fight. Choice. For example, the Bexun Kingdom in the south, although they cannot match the Holy Empire of France in terms of the number of troops, they are completely capable of concentrating elite soldiers to delay the Golden Federation."

The eldest prince showed disdain when he heard the name of the Beixun Kingdom: "You don't have to fool me, Ms. Lu Yi. We are not fools. Do you think this prince will believe that the Beixun Kingdom will simply listen to your elite soldiers?" Gather together? Can the Beixun Kingdom bear the consequences of failure? The current King Beixun who only dares to stay in one side does not have such courage."

To the eldest prince's surprise, Lu Yi nodded in agreement after hearing what he said, which made the eldest prince not think about it.

Lu Yi smiled and said: "You are right, His Highness the First Prince. The current king of Beixun Kingdom is a guy without ambition. They did reject my request for cooperation as you said."

"Then you...?" Albert didn't understand why Lu Yi agreed with him and gave him the initiative of speaking.