You and me under the world tree

"Behind us is His Majesty the King, brothers, we are the last line of defense, and we..."

"You have no choice but to surrender."

Before the commander could say some inspiring words, the words from behind directly interrupted him.

Huo De could see clearly that the commander's complexion turned pale from impassioned at the beginning.

It seems unbelievable...

Facing his gaze, Hodder sighed deeply.

"Surrender, your king is within."

Under the watchful eyes of the warriors, the figure of the sage standing in front of the palace and on the steps was so dark.

Under the sunlight, the shadow falling on the ground gradually elongated, like an evil dragon showing its fangs.

'boom'

Accompanied by the sound of weapons falling to the ground, those soldiers who were still fighting to the death suddenly dropped their weapons.

Among the crowd, it is not known who dropped the weapon first, but this is undoubtedly a signal.

Along with that sound, a series of weapons fell to the ground.

Only the commander still holds the sword in his hand.

"you……"

It can be seen that he is deeply favored by the Burgundian royal family.

However, this kind of favor did not help him in any way.

"Sorry... Your Majesty."

Staring at the sage who seemed to be aloof, the commander of the royal guard directly raised his sword and pierced deeply into his body.

He committed suicide, and the regime in Burgundy was completely overthrown.

At least Jibishi's lineage is doomed to have no survivors.

Epilogue [-]: Rest

The royal regime of the Kingdom of Burgundy has collapsed.

If the moment when the Kingdom of Burgundy attacked was counted as the beginning, it would only take half a month for Hodder to break through the line of defense and enter the palace all the way to end Gunter's rule.

They started from the southern border and rushed all the way to the royal city of Worms. Except for the necessary occupation of towns and rectification, they did not make any other stops.

On the contrary, theoretically speaking, this kind of surprise attack will actually leave a lot of hidden dangers.

But Huo De had to do that, because the names of 'counterattack' and 'revenge' were there, and this name was suitable for a short-term battle of conquest.

As for a full-scale war that can truly clear up hidden dangers, this is definitely not something that can be done in the name of "counterattack".

Although it can be forced to say so, this banner is definitely not stable.

But this kind of thing doesn't matter now.

For Hodder, these other things can be dealt with slowly, and he has never been afraid of rebellion or obedience.

As for now, what he has to do is to clean up the mess.

The warriors of the Netherlands were not steel-framed. The guards of the Burgundian royal family and the legionnaires who fought with them also broke out their resilience at the last moment.

Not everyone will be frightened by the shattering brilliance of the holy sword.

The chaos targeted most people, but there was always someone who could muster up the courage to launch a counterattack, and because of the counterattack of these tough fighters, even though the fighters in the Netherlands advanced triumphantly, they were also partially damaged.

The war dead and those wounded, these things need to be dealt with.

Although Hodder can use magic to heal the wounds on those people now that the war is completely over, the former cannot bring them back to life.

Even if he could do it with his own tyrannical magic, the gods were watching the battlefield, so he couldn't mess around in a place like this.

Therefore, what he can do is to collect the corpses of the war dead, record their names, and then leave all these things to Hagen to deal with.

And after dealing with the aftermath in the royal city, he had to send a message to Half of the Raven Legion to let him retreat to the completely occupied Worms royal city.

defending the city...

This is what must be done.

Although for now, the royal family and the backbone of the Burgundy Kingdom have been completely destroyed, there is no guarantee that no one will jump the wall in a hurry.

After all, even the Hengding clan has some diehard loyalists who linger until now, don’t they (laughs).

As a king who is countless times more talented than Legney, Jibixi has been gathering his own army since the moment he stabilized the internal structure of the kingdom.

And under his rule, the entire Burgundy also showed a thriving situation on the surface.

Perhaps because of the lordship system, his own real power was limited to a certain extent.

But he has a reputation from the people...

Midgard has never been short of hot-headed guys, and if a lot of hot-headed guys get together, something might go wrong.

Maybe the next day there appeared a ruthless man holding a sword all the way from the city gate to the palace, threatening revenge?

After that, maybe there will be some kind of 'Jibesh's bastard' popping out of that horny bump?

Although Huo De knew that the old man Jibishi should only have Hagen as an illegitimate child, and there was even an unclear story involved in it.

But what if?

Whether or not Jibishi had any other illegitimate children is not important at the moment.

The important thing is whether this matter will be believed by others.

No matter how small the possibility is, it is still necessary to avoid this situation from happening after all, so after occupying Worms, they also need to take preventive measures to a certain extent.

However, these matters cannot be solved by Hodder alone, and it will take time to deal with them slowly.

So after ordering his subordinates to do those things, as a war executive, he was free for a while.

The whole city seems to have become completely quiet at this time.

In the end, Hodder couldn't help but glanced up at the royal palace.

…………

On this final battlefield, although Gunter evacuated most of the people in the city, some people he could not remove no matter what.

That was his mother, Una...

Jibishi's wife, the old queen Una, has been getting worse and worse recently.

She usually has to lie in bed for a large part of the time.

At this moment, her mind also became restless.

For some reason, she just felt a strong uneasiness in her heart, as if she had lost something.

This inexplicable sense of loss made her unable to fall asleep anyway, and even coughed desperately.

She couldn't eat anything and just lay on the bed and rested.

Finally, through the translucent tulle curtain, she heard the sound of the porter opening.

Subconsciously, she felt as if she heard the slightly frightened voice of the maid.

But only for a moment.

Maybe she got it wrong too.

Because as she got older, not only her eyesight began to decline rapidly, but her hearing was also the same.

And sometimes, she felt as if she was in a daze.

And finally, in that slightly blurred field of vision, she saw someone standing outside the curtain.

"Is anyone here?" she asked.

And then, there was a moment of silence.

After a while, the maid made a calm voice.

"It's His Majesty the King."

"It's Gunther."

After hearing the maid's answer, the old queen, who was inexplicably disturbed, suddenly calmed down.

"Is there a problem?"

"We have won, Queen Mother."

"Did you win?"

After hearing her child's words, she stretched out her hand with difficulty and lifted the tulle curtain.

At this moment, her already blurred vision became clear.

In her eyes, her husband Gibbs and their child Gunther are smiling at her, while Gernot and Kriemhild are standing nearby.

The whole family is here...

"It's fine if you win, it's fine if you win, you must rule this land well...cough cough cough."

She coughed suddenly.

Then, Oona saw her husband holding her hand.

"Let's go to the Great Rose Garden, Krimhild and the others made some pastries."

"well……"

The Kingdom of Burgundy will spend each day in peace.

…………

"Okay, that's good."

On the bed, the aged queen whispered.

Her breathing became weaker and weaker, eventually disappearing altogether.

"That's all I can do."

Looking at the sleeping old man, Huo De whispered.

Then, he glanced at the slightly frightened maids with different expressions.

"You can pack up your things and leave the palace. I will not pursue anything. In addition, I welcome those who want to seek revenge from me, but I will not be polite."

Epilogue [-]: A Brewing Storm

After half a month of war, the royal family of Burgundy was completely destroyed.

The old king Jibixi intended to assassinate the Lord of Armies, but was beheaded on the spot by the guards.

Princess Krimhild was attacked and killed by the Hengding remnants who tried to provoke a war and seek opportunities for restoration and revenge on the way back home.

Although Prince Geernot led the elite army to successfully land from the Rhine up to the shore and launch an attack, he was completely defeated by the little war bear Bodwal, and after being captured, he was beheaded by the sage to sacrifice the flag.

The old queen Oona died of illness.

In the end, only the young King Gunter of Burgundy remained.

Of course, Gunther didn't live long.

Anyway, the message conveyed by the performance is that King Gunter of Burgundy fought bravely to the last moment as a royal family.

He failed to defeat the legendary sage of the Volsung family in a one-on-one duel, and when he was mad, he burned the palace to the ground.

With that fire, the royal family of Burgundy completely disappeared from this world.

In addition, it is said that the royal family of Burgundy once hid a treasure.

Just like Siegmund, the former king of the Netherlands, all lords and kings will definitely save a fortune for emergencies.

These assets are not pure money.

They can be jewellery, ornate gold ornaments of all kinds.