Wizard From Afar

At sunset, the "truth" finally As the water recedes, the rocks appear.

An Evil God called the "Black Cross" seized and controlled Imperial Capital Golovin while the Empire was doing its best to deal with the Azores. It tore through the borders of hell and Evil Power poured into the world in an attempt to destroy the Sackland Empire in this way.

Go even further and destroy the world.

As for why its target is Imperial Capital Golovin...Of course, because this is the capital of the Empire, but also the Holy Land of the Holy Cross, the Golovin Cathedral, the symbol of the Holy Cross, must be the thorn in the eye of Evil God. , Thorn in the flesh, naturally must be the first to be destroyed.

Apart from this, Golovin, as the hub of the empire, is an important transportation link connecting the north and the south. Occupying here can launch an offensive to any part of the empire. The reasons for the Sauer to attack Imperial Capital were the same.

In short, whether it is for the glory of the empire or the survival of the world, we must go south as soon as possible, destroy the Evil God, and retake the Imperial Capital... This is basically the consensus of everyone.

However, a huge controversy broke out at the Legion meeting about how Imperial Capital should recover and when to enter.

However, this statement is not accurate, because the situation is basically that Loren Torino, Duke of Byrne, is going his own way, and the rest are constantly refuting his ideas.

As the greatest hero of the Battle of Eboden, the Duke of Byrne insisted on his high speed, and the empire must immediately make every effort to go south; he rushed to the Imperial Capital within ten days and completed the encirclement within ten days. Conquer the city within the city-before the midsummer festival, end the war.

The crazy plan, as it should be, didn't get anyone's support.

His Majesty Brandon, who has always been crazy, also stood on the opposite side of the Duke of Byrne. The reason could not be simpler: Eboden’s Battle Emperor country strength great injury, the elite was almost killed and injured, and there was much left. It is the reserve army and recruits who have not fought much, expecting them to fight against the monsters of Evil God and Evil God...

Not only that, hundreds of thousands of Legion camps are almost half of the Duke of Eboden Under the premise that such a huge military force is not planned and fully prepared in advance, it is simply a fantasy story to immediately mobilize; just to change the current plan, it will take a lot of time, manpower and material resources.

Even the Byrne people, headed by the female count of the Scarlet Castle, took a clear stand against their duke. Even with the size of Byrne Duchy, they also suffered heavy losses in the battle of the Azores. .

More than half of the count was killed. The most elite Knight Legion suffered nearly 2/3/2021. The Fiend Legion hunter of Skywing has fewer than a hundred survivors... Now Byrne is not only unable to fight again, but already To the point where there is no war heart.

The battle has been fought for too long and too long, and there are too many dead robes; when everyone thinks that they have defeated the last strong enemy and finally can usher in peace, I suddenly tell them that the battle has not yet It's over, even just beginning...

This kind of crumbling truth, even as strong as the Byrne Knights, is completely unacceptable for a while.

The Duke of Byrne, who experienced the "rebellion of relatives" for the first time, still rushed to the Imperial Capital "on his own way"-even if the only person who went was himself.

The atmosphere of anxiety and confusion began to spread in the barracks.

Up to the Grand Duke count, down to the soldiers at the bottom, everyone faintly feels that a certain history that has happened may be about to be "played" again.

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"How is it possible?!"

Looking at Peter, whose expression was nervous and worries almost written on his face, Edward waved his hand dismissively: "Loren Torino is not the Black Duke, and Her Majesty Brandon is not the Queen of Dragons. Their relationship is completely different from the two. What do you think?"

"But you can't deny that the situation is indeed very similar, isn't it?" Peter stared at the leader of the night watch, and did not give up his thoughts at all:

"They are also fighting side by side and once trusted each other. Two people; both are sudden occurance, both are completely incomprehensible to each other’s thoughts, and also one of them insists on going his own way..."

"No matter how you look at it, they are exactly the same as what happened in the tenth generation. Ah!"

The leader of the night watch rolled the eyes and didn't want to bother at all.

"The tragedy of the past can't be repeated again, Edward, it can't go on like this." With his hands on the table, Peter looked anxiously at Edward, who was still not serious:

"The only people who can save the empire, and even save the world, are Loren Torino and His Majesty Brandon-only if the two of them work together and fight side by side with each other, the empire...can win a glimmer of hope, right?!"

The more Peter Fasa said, the more excited his expression became, and his eyes were filled with indescribable panic.

When Eckhart II told him all the secrets before he died, he had made it clear that he was not allowed to tell anyone that he would keep guarding all this until he died, or that he decided not to keep it secret anymore. one day.

Because of this, at this moment he is so nervous...He is afraid, afraid that the real target of the discord between the two is himself, afraid that he who originally wanted to save everything has become the world The culprit of annihilation.

What if I didn't make my own claim at the time, if I could be patient and wait for Loren Torino and Brandon to explain everything before telling them these secrets? If...if I haven’t spoken at all, will things be different...

"I repeat, it’s not the tenth generation now. The relationship between Loren and His Majesty Brandon, It’s definitely not the relationship between the Black Duke and the Queen of Mad Dragon!"

Edward, who spoke coldly, interrupted Peter Fasha’s cranky thinking: "Whatever happens next, it will never be the same year. History repeats itself-at least, it will never be exactly the same!"

"Even more how, don’t you think there are too many people more suitable than the two of us? Charlotte Torino, Dalton · Kander, Ulrich Wirtz, and those grand princes and counts, shouldn’t they stand up and persuade these two people?"

"But this time even Charlotte’s daughter count , We all clearly opposed Loren!"

"Yes, in that case, what's the point of us standing up?"

Edward's eyes widened and stared. Asked Peter against his face.

The speechless Peter Fasha was silent for a moment, and took a deep breath: "Then...Edward, in your opinion, what is meaningful to do?"

"The most meaningful thing for us right now is that you and Vera run away as soon as possible."

Although he knew he was talking nonsense, Edward couldn't help but opened the mouth and said: "Now The biggest thing in the camp is the dispute between Loren Torino and His Majesty Brandon. Everyone’s attention is on this. At this time, one or two night watchmen disappear, and no one will notice."

"Of course...even if I repeat this sentence a thousand times, you still won't listen."

Looking at Peter's face that didn't change at all, Edward sighed that the other party was wasted. Such a good opportunity: "If you really intend to do something more, go to Charlotte and Dalton Kander."

"Charlotte?"

Listen Peter who came to this name was stunned: "However, the Scarlet Blood Castle Girl Count and Byrne have clearly opposed..."

"So I said, today’s matter is the same as that of the tenth generation a hundred years ago. , It’s already completely different." Edward interrupted:

"Think about it seriously, how could the Byrners who have experienced the bitter fruit of the Black Duke era betray their Duke again—say that Well, even if Loren says he's going to hell now, the remaining tens of thousands of Byers will rush forward without hesitation and accompany their duke to death!"

"His Majesty Brandon... was... The "Black Cross" occupied Imperial Capital, Golovin, and the headquarters of the Imperial Family of the Sky Palace-Imperial Capital was invaded by Evil God. As the Emperor, Brandon was able to keep calm, but Byrne The Duke can’t sit still for the first time. Didn’t you notice that there is such a “small” of anomaly?"

Edward, with a stiff expression, after some "suggestion" of "heavy speech", Finally, the long relaxed.

He was really worried that this too simple friend would impulsively and act stupidly.

Peter Fasa suddenly realized: "So... the discord between the two is actually part of the plan, pretended to be?"

"Not exactly, but you can understand it this way. "Edward said stiffly.

It's not so much a plan, but in Edward's eyes it is more like a compromise with reality.

Whether you want to admit it or not, Legion, who has just ended the Azores war, has no preparation and ability to continue marching and fighting; I want them to immediately go south to recapture the Imperial Capital from the Black Cross, that is fantasy story.

Even if you want to gather the elite of ten-twenty thousand people and go south in the name of an empire, it is also completely impossible... First of all, it is a question of who to send, and secondly, who will these mobilized elites listen to? Yes, it is also a big trouble.

If this "elite" is dominated by Byrne Legion, the Sacklanders will definitely not agree; if the Arlesians are the main force, then they have to worry about the "bandit army". There will be the problem of not working hard.

And not to mention whether it will further weaken the empire's control over Legion, and remove all the elites. Who will direct them?

Brandon never felt that he was an excellent battlefield commander. The rest of the princes were already struggling just to maintain the morale and order of Duchy Legion, and Loren Torino...

"Loren Torino, that guy...he rejected His Majesty Brandon's request and refused to lead the soldiers." Edward said solemnly: "He told your Majesty a story."

"Story?"

"This is... a few years ago. When the Duke of Byrne was still a small wizard advisor to Master Count, he took a risk with a group of ancient wood forest Elf, go and stop an ogre invasion led by Evil God."

The leader of the night watch sighed, faintly said: "The process is very complicated, but the matter is very simple-they killed all the way to the nest of Evil God, Loren Torino confronts Evil God, and the elves block ogre for him outside."

"They won, but the more than one hundred war dancers in the ancient wood forest are almost dead...this It’s the story told by Loren Torino."

"Oh, by the way, the lady of Lotaire...or the former lady, is one of the more than one hundred ancient wood forest war dancers. One, the only survivor." Edward raised his gaze and stared at Peter:

"Do you know why he told this story?"

Peter shook his head. Waiting blankly for the answer.

"It’s very simple. If he is still leading this time, then these people will end up just like those ancient wood forest war dancers back then-Loren Torino, he may be the most aware of the Black Cross in this world The key person, in other words, every time he takes action, he will encounter the fiercest counterattack from the enemy!"

"Even if there is an army of 100,000, very few will survive in the end."

"At least they died properly!"

Peter Fasha said solemnly.

"But Loren doesn't think so!" Edward's expression became gloomy:

"I...don't think so either-if there is any way to reduce casualties, if there is Maybe not let more unlucky people fight a war they don’t understand, against an enemy they don’t understand or understand; even if the probability is small, there is still value in trying."

"They will understand." Peter couldn't help but retorted.

"Will it? Do you think the soldiers who wrote the ligature will not really understand the meaning of the black cross to this world?" Edward questioned: "To be honest, you think there is How many wizards and how many Knights can truly understand what a heavy price will be paid if they lose this battle?"

"Peter, people...can die once; even if they are destined to die. , The death is unclear, or at least... let their death be as valuable as the elves of the ancient wood forest at the beginning!"

Edward paused and continued: "For Black Cross Liao Er, Your Majesty and Loren Torino already have an overall plan. There is no need for you or me to worry about anything. It is meaningless."

"As for Loren Torino, who is fighting alone, will he repeat it? Don’t worry about the mistakes of the Black Duke back then. First, he did not go alone; secondly, after your Majesty has rectified Legion, he will still lead an elite army to go south and join the battle when necessary to assist him. "

"so that's how it is..."

Looking at Edward's helpless expression, Peter was finally relieved and nodded.

The thing he was most worried about...it turned into the situation of the Black Duke and the Queen of Crazy Dragon, but it finally did not happen-think about it, although the situation is very similar, but compared with the dream of the tenth generation in the past , Loren and Brandon are much calmer and wiser than their predecessors.

Perhaps it really is just like Brandon said, desperate, disregarding the ideas of others, by the strength of oneself, which changed the world...The era of heroes and Knights is over.

"By the way, what about Vera, why isn't she with you?"

Finally persuaded Peter's leader of the night watch, and then I remembered and asked.

"Not good!" Peter Fasa, who just breathed a sigh of relief, changed his expression suddenly, suddenly looked towards Edward with a look of horror:

"Vera she...she thought you were again I wanted her to hide, so I went after the vow Knight to Imperial Capital!"

"What?!"