Wizard From Afar

The fire flies in ashes, adorn the dusk.

When the woodstacks burned, the black hair wizard could feel the atmosphere of the entire camp slightly changed.

Pain, sorrow, mourning...All the original low mood was wiped out, replaced by restlessness and indescribable fanaticism.

The people who gathered around the bonfire even showed a certain kind of excitement on their faces, it was not like they were attending a funeral.

The source of everything is Brandon's "manifesto".

Everyone present at the scene, who is a bit brainy, and not particularly stupid, can hear two meanings from the "manifesto"-first of all, starting today, the empire will treat this Azorean spirit All the heroes in the war will be rewarded for their merits;

Secondly, the number of heroes will no longer be limited to nobles, and will no longer be limited to their origins!

In the past, the object of imperial edicts and rewards, at least the ancestor was a Knight-that is to say, you have to have a surname, origin and family anyway.

Even Isaac, who claims to be a farmer, has his surname Grantham. No matter how poor his family is, he is also a member of the patriarch family in Grantham Village; his father is qualified to serve as a soldier under the count of River Bend, and he has the opportunity to leave Los Angeles. Thiel, go to Duanjieshan to join the empire Legion

apart from this There is another unwritten rule that the empire will not directly reward the vassals of the dukes; with very few exceptions, most The meritorious service will be attributed to the duchy, and the duke will reward his vassals.

The reason for this is to take into account the independence of each duchy, and that the Sky Palace will not interfere with their power and sphere of influence-the vassal’s vassal is not my vassal. Just a sentence.

Not only that, in the past imperial resolutions, each duchy had no say, even the duke himself; he could protest, reach a compromise with the emperor, outward devotion but inner opposition, and even raise troops to rebel; but In any case, he has no right to participate in the discussion.

Brandon’s declaration stated that he will formally set foot in the internal affairs of each Duchy and penetrate the authority of the Sky Palace down into the authority of the original princes.

On the contrary, it gave the princes the power to get involved in the politics of the Sky Palace—appointing the Duke of Byrne as the advisor of the Imperial Family wizard, marking that the highest power of the empire will no longer belong to Sack The privilege of Lanren.

This is of course not Brandon’s sudden whim, suddenly have a thought, although it behaves very similarly-this is the result of negotiations with all the princes after negotiations with Loren.

Because they have to face the fact that the empire after the invasion of the Azores has undergone Heaven and Earth turning upside down.

First, the "weakest and smallest" Eboden destroyed the country, the remaining wizards, nobles and population were divided by Sackland and Byrne;

Luotai, who was almost destroyed, Er and the elves of the ancient wood forest, but the population and military losses suffered heavy losses. In the next ten years, they will be used to cultivate and regain the deep forest;

It is completely restored in China, and a very heavy price has been paid in the Battle of the Azores. If there is no assistance, the next few years will be very difficult;

Ileman is very strong, but After all, it is a small country built in hills and forests. Although the losses in the bloody battles are not in Sacramento, the proportion is too high-the hundred thousand Elmans who followed Yuli Wiertz have survived to this day. Only forty thousand are left.

Arles, who has been fishing for a long time, has the least loss among all people, but the ones who can be brought out by Nolan Erde to fight are his most trusted subordinates; now the loss is heavy and it is difficult to return. It was another civil war to Duchy.

Only Sackland and Byrne have maintained a very strong strength after many wars; this means that if the two sides reach any agreement, the rest of Duchy has no room for opposition.

Charlotte gave up his ambition to confront Sackland at the price of Byrne's right to get involved in empire affairs; if Brandon did not want to confront Byrne after the Battle of Azores, he would count After fighting a civil war to counter the rebellion, he must make a compromise; but he did not want to weaken the imperial power, so he made this declaration.

It is fair to say that all duchy have equal rights, but in fact only Byrne has the ability to use it; the rest of duchy even count on assistance from Sackland and Byrne, they are simply powerless.

Brandon's reward is to give up his expansion and at the same time be willing to help him fight against the old aristocratic forces of Sackland Byrne Duchy.

This is a compromise of mutual benefit exchange, but it is also derived from the changes brought about by the invasion of the Azores-Sackland, who is clearly fighting on the ground and occupies an absolute geographical and military advantage, has Being stretched out by the enemy's multi-faceted attack and almost subjugating the country; this fear prompted everyone to faintly want to build a more closely related and united empire.

After the funeral was over, Brandon immediately announced the start of the banquet; as for whether the result of the arrogant declaration was good or bad, no one cared.

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"Going?"

Under the stars, Loren looked surprised and stood outside the barracks. , A female elf carrying a small bag of luggage, and a youngster standing next to her, looking like an entourage.

"Yeah."

The female elf is nodded, she seems to have guessed that Loren will come a long time ago.

"So fast?"

"I don't like your empire's banquet, you guys like drinking too much." Liya smiled and shook her head, glancing at the bright lights in the distance , The banquet of happy laughter and cheerful voices:

"even more how, didn’t I say... Ruben will give me the title of Duke, so that I can lead the elves of the morning star forest and Luotai The Erren are fighting side by side; now that the war is over, there is no need for me to stay any longer."

"I will take the remaining elves back to the ancient wood forest, where I will restore the morning star forest. Established; As for the position of Lord Lothar...I will return it to the Lothar people."

Speaking of this, the female elves seem to suddenly think of it, Patted's "follower" next to him. Shoulder: "Oh, I almost forgot-this is the heir chosen by the Fried family. After I leave, he will be the Duke of Lotaire."

Huh?

Loren, who didn't react for a while, only then remembered to look at the "Guardian" beside the Elf Elf.

"Meeting for the first time, Lord Byrne." The young entourage trembled with excitement, and rushed directly to Loren in a stride, shocking Loren with excitement:

" The Holy Cross is on, today is really the craziest day of my life! I can’t believe that I can meet a great man like you alone, can’t believe that I can talk to you... You absolutely don’t know why I am How long have I waited for this moment, I haven't slept since yesterday! I have heard all the stories about you, all the adventures and great deeds, and I hope to be like you in my life..."

"Wait, wait...Stop!"

Raising his hand to interrupt the entourage of nonsense, Loren first glanced at the female elf next to him desperately holding back a smile, and then leisurely. said: "What's your name?"

"Kahn Fried, River Bend count Mann Fried is my dad, I am his eldest son, your best friend Ruben ·Fred is my cousin. You don’t know how sad I was when he died. I always hope to be the bravest Knight of Lothar like him, so I especially want to ask you to be you Such a person, what should I do..."

"First of all!"

Loren with a big head quickly steals: "The most important point, be quiet."

"I, I don't know what you mean, what do you mean?" young Kahn Fried asked quickly, looking thirsty for knowledge.

"Silence...is golden." sighed, the black hair wizard insisted patiently:

"If you want to be a brave Knight, you must first look like Knight—you are too bullshit. Too much, speaking too fast, others don’t know what you are talking about; your words have no weight, and people who say no weight are impossible to become an excellent ruler, let alone Knight."

" Uh...I, I have never thought about this, I thought it would be okay to say it faster..."

"Slow down, think about it clearly."

"Okay, OK, OK If I don’t think about what to say, what should I do..."

"Then silence, silence is gold."

"Uh...well, then I..."

"Did you think it clearly?!"

"No, I didn't expect to see you so soon; I, I thought I had to..."

"What should I do then?!"

"Uh...shen, silent?"

The young entourage some hesitantly said.

Loren couldn't help but snap his fingers: "That's too right! Now...you go back for a while and learn how to stay silent; wait until you have a clear idea of ​​what you want to say to me, let's do it Let's talk, how about it?"

"Uh...ok, ok! I will try to do it."

"I believe you!" Loren gave a decisive thumbs up.

The young entourage turned around in a daze and left in the direction of the banquet; until his silhouette was completely far away and could not be seen, the female elf who had endured it for a long time finally laughed out loud:

"pu! Puff hahahahahahaha haha! hahahahahahahaha hahaha......"

"Laugh if you want to laugh, after all, it is a long-planned plan." Looking at the female elf who laughed so hard that she could not stand still, The black hair wizard is very helpless.

"How about it, now do you know how people feel when others listen to your nonsense?"

"That's not nonsense, it's concise and concise."

"Let’s talk to Ai Yin about this."

The female elf was lightly snorted, and glanced at the direction where the young follower was leaving: "Kahn is quite verbose, but he is not at all Stupid."

"So?"

"If he doesn't realize it now doesn't mean he won't be in the future, it won't take long to notice that you are deliberately teasing and let him go." Female The elf looked at him: "Don't you feel too impolite, he is the dignified Duke of Lotaire."

"And I am the dignified Lord of Byrne, the advisor of the Imperial Front wizard of the Sky Vault, and the nine-pointed star wizard. Elder Tower." The black hair wizard raised his eyebrows and looked dismissive:

"I can be polite to Ruben Fried from the face of Ruben Fried, but it's limited to this—— In the next few years, Lothair wants to rejuvenate, and he has to count on the assistance of the Sky Vault and Byrne; to me, it is a matter of one sentence for him to bow his head."

"It's really majestic. My Lord of Byrne." Liya smiled lightly snorted, and said ironically: "strength to bully the weak, bully the weak...didn't expect you are this kind of imperial person."

"Yes, this is so-called imperial politics." Loren shrugged: "Don't look at everyone on the surface being friendly, but in fact they must compare each other, each other is the real daily life."

" Sure enough... the days of being a duke are not for me at all." The female elf shook her head: "I still want to go back to Morning Star Forest, where is my place."

"Will you go back now?"

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"Well, the remaining army is regaining Deep Limburg - when I arrive in Lothar, I will retake Morning Star Forest, Wuyue Court and all the settlements that belong to us with them."

"Is there no room at all?"

Frowning slightly, Loren still wants to fight for it.

"I won't change my mind about the things that have been decided." Looking at Loren's hesitant appearance, the female elf glanced horizontally: "If it's a matter of going to Byrne, then You should give up."

"I still want to work hard."

"How many times do I have to refuse you before you are willing to give up this matter?" Female elf Staring at him irritably.

"I don't know." Loren laughed: "How about three thousand times?"

"...You really deserves a beating."

Silent for a moment, and laughed in a tacit understanding at each other.

"Take care, big liar." The female elf raised her lips: "Remember to treat Ai Yin better. She sacrificed for you ten thousand times more than imagined."

"I know." Loren slightly nodded, his eyes trembled: "That's a debt that I can't pay off in my entire life——Ayin, Ruben, Charlotte...including you, my best friends, I owe Yours is far more than what I gave you."

"Really, then you will spend the rest of your life to pay off debts?"

"Um... It may not take half a lifetime. For example, I think I owe Ruben and it will be paid off in a few years-I will pick a time every year and go to Shen Limburg to see him. The time spent together may add up to one or two years. ."

"Where is Charlotte?"

"Ah, Charlotte needs more-considering that we don’t see and see you every day, this will probably cost us a lot. I will be in the life of one third in 1/4/2021, right?"

"Then...what about me?"

The female elf had a meal, and the voice was slightly like a fleeting night wind.

black hair wizard slightly paused, shook the head.

"No."

"No?"

"Yes, no, there is no limit, because I really can't imagine-you are an ancient wood forest The spirit, time and appointments... I think these are meaningless to you." Loren lightly said with a smile: "Do what you want at the time you want, come and go as you like, that’s what The decision that best fits the style of War Dancer Liya, isn’t it?"

"If you want me to go to the ancient wood forest, write a letter; if you want to be a guest at the Scarlet Blood Castle, do it? ——Anytime, anywhere, whatever you say."

"Oh, so proud?" The female elf laughed: "Aren't you afraid of Charlotte being jealous?"

The smile froze on his face, and Loren's eyes fell into deep thought about a terrifying scene for a moment.

Cocked her mouth proudly, and the female elf pulled up the long spear to Loren beckons with the hand:

"Take care."

The next second, she His silhouette has disappeared at the end of the road, like flying green leaves in midsummer.