Wizard From Afar

Standing on the edge of the retaining wall of the horn fort, the black hair wizard looks towards the cloud Peak below him.

After the northern coalition forces took over the city defense from the defenders, they quickly launched an encirclement and suppression operation against the corroding demons in the ground; the power of this monster is based on absolute numbers and near-immortal life force. At the same time, it can continuously supplement the premise.

Lost the controller and trapped in the tunnel, facing the disciplined regular army, it is only a matter of time before it is completely wiped out...In a sense, the dwarves, a race that pursues order, are indeed corrupt demons. The natural enemy of this monster.

Cloud Peak, which was flanked by the rebels and the Corruptor, was also spared-although more than half of the casualties, despite the collapse of the city wall and the large tracts of streets turned into battlefields and ruins, they still survived.

Rather than the civilian area like Eboden, it turns into a fire sea like hell.

Just because of a passionate Byrne "recruit" who refused to obey orders, tens of thousands of dwarves were spared...

But all this has nothing to do with Byrne Now, the purpose of this trip has been achieved-the Evil God apostle hiding in the Yunling Kingdom is dead, and the Dwarf Civil War is over. It is estimated that the reconstruction will be completed within two to three years, and the vitality will be restored in twenty to thirty years. .

And Byrne was able to obtain a strong ally in the south, and at the same time restore the "Mythril Merchant Road" between the empire and the Yunling Kingdom...this is very important to the empire, especially the Holy Cross Church The trade can greatly reduce the church’s hostility towards Byrne.

Although because of his own "duke of wizard" and his own distinct standing in the camp of two princes, Byrne and the church are already in the same situation...

lightly sighed , Enjoying the black hair wizard blowing in the breeze in the valley, quietly looking into the distance.

"The Duke."

The dwarf Mikhaillo came up silently and said respectfully.

"By the way...you really surprised me, Lord Mihailo."

"en?" A trace of confusion flashed across the dwarf's face.

"It’s nothing, it’s just a surprise that you let Igor off gently." As if joking, Loren turned his head and glanced at the dwarf:

" said To be honest, when you first suggested to me to unite the Northern City-states and conquer Yun Peak, I really thought that you planned to rebuild the hegemony of Silver Helmet Mountain and become the supreme king of the Yunling Kingdom."

Crown as king?

The dwarf Mihailo was surprised at first, and then showed a very complicated expression.

"If I really do this, I am afraid everything will be said by Igor." Mikhailo opened the mouth and said indifferently: "Everything I did, nothing he did Any difference."

"No, I'm afraid it will be more terrifying-whether it is Yun Peak or Igor, they will not give up control of the Yunling Kingdom, and will be desperate to keep their position. , And even compromise with the rebels in the south."

"Not only will this civil war fail to end, it will also evolve into a north-south confrontation in the Yunling Kingdom, and even a complete division..."

With an icy tone, the dwarf Mikhailo looked at the expression of the black hair wizard meaningfully: "And you... the noble Lord Byrne, can control half of the cloud by the Mihai Luo Family. Ling Kingdom, suppress the other half."

"Finally, become the uncrowned king of this land...Am I right?"

The indifferent voice fell gently.

The atmosphere suddenly became a bit awkward.

For a moment of silence, the black hair wizard suddenly let out a laugh.

"That's not the case...you think too much."

After speaking, Loren immediately turned his eyes away.

The dwarf Mikhailo is only coldly snorted.

"Honorable Duke, the Yunling people of Silverhelm Mountain are unforgettable for your help. We will always be your loyal courtiers." Mikhailo said calmly, right hand caress the chest, lowering the head respectfully:

"But we will never forget that we are the people of Yunling; the people of Yunling... will never let a benefactor rule him The hometown of Loren makes the proud and great Yunling Kingdom become a vassal and puppet of others."

"Only this, we can't promise."

Loren indifferently smiled, helpless Shrugged.

"Igor... No matter how many problems and problems he has, he is also the ruler of Yun Peak, with the blood of the Serviera Stover family flowing on him, and he has a natural rule of law. He is still a qualified supreme king."

"A...the supreme king of the Yunling people." The dwarf Mihailuo deliberately increased his tone.

"So, Mikhailo, how many times must I repeat before you can believe me?"

"This has nothing to do with verbal promises-we Yunling People don't believe in verbal and written guarantees, but just look at what you have done."

Forcibly resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Loren maintained a formulaic smile on his face.

"I still have things to do... about the proper placement of the northern coalition forces and the plans for the southern rebels." The dwarf Mihailo bowed stiffly as he stroked his chest and saluted. Please allow me to retire first, Duke."

When the voice fell, the dwarf turned and left.

The smile on the corners of the black hair wizard's mouth did not converge slightly until he went far away.

Really...Why is it so difficult to be a bad person once in a while?

Peak’s mechanical technology, unique and unmatched smelted metals, abundant mineral resources, broad and complex depth... More importantly, the special traditions of dwarves give this race an almost unlimited source of troops, which can be almost Unlimited expansion of Byrne's forces.

Even if it is as rich as Byrne, the army that can be enlisted is extremely limited—especially the elite professional army. Under the traditional Knight system, Byrne’s standing forces can never be equal to the empire’s mention on equal. terms.

But the dwarves are different. The characteristics of this race have great potential for war; at the moment, she is only dragged down by the long-term civil war. Once restored and unified, she will still be a person who can almost compete with Sackland. Mention on equal terms is a powerful country.

Such an opportunity to greatly expand strength, whenever there is a trace of possibility, Loren will not easily miss it.

Although it is a little different from the plan, it doesn't matter-the civil war in the past three years has made Yun Peak so weak that it needs to rely on Byrne's support to prevent its collapse.

In order to maintain their rule and not to be terminated by Byrne's grain trade, Igor and Yun Peak will not stop Byrne's "little actions" in the north of Yunling Kingdom.

Even if impossible to control the entire Yunling Kingdom and turn it into a puppet and vassal of Byrne, there is still a chance to form an alliance with several of these city-states individually-trade in grain and exchange them for preferential terms Technology, minerals, and offensive and defensive covenants during the war are enough.

If things go on like this, the interests of the dwarf city-states in the north and the south, especially Yun Peak, will gradually split, and the contradiction will become deeper and deeper, and they will rely more and more on Byrne Duchy, and eventually become dependent on interests and geography. The alliance formed by the relationship was completely separated from the South and became a "part" of Byrne.

Loren doesn't plan anyway, let alone think that he can really rule the entire Yunling Kingdom. He only needs the war potential of the dwarves.

"Of course, it still takes time..."

Looking into the distance, the black hair wizard whispered to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing!" The black hair wizard turned around and looked towards the gray pupil who was walking towards him: "How about it, have you dealt with it? "

"No problem, it's not the first time."

Lu Sien nodded, obviously has no interest in the black hair wizard just talking to himself: "Supreme Wang’s corpse has been placed in the laboratory of the Horn Fort, and Isaac and Ain have begun to conduct targeted research."

"Very well, it was not noticed by the dwarves, right?"

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"All the people in charge are the alchemists of the wizard association. When moving, all the dwarven engineers in Floating Void City were transferred out; as for the dwarves of Cloud Peak..."

The gray pupil is suddenly lightly snorted, curl one's lip very disdainfully: "If no accident, It shouldn't be discovered by them-even more how, they are now expecting to let this'former' supreme king as soon as possible It’s good to die, skeleton doesn’t exist."

black hair wizard forced a smile, not to be evaluated.

As a member of the Wertz family, the former illegal child of Eilemand, Lucien has always avoided dealing with political plotting; he even went to the fortress of Broken Frontier Mountain and became a member of the Empire Legion. The Rangers did not want to get involved with the family.

But the bloodline he was born with made him understand that a righteous former ruler can cause much damage to the current ruler; as long as he is still alive, there will be conspirators deliberately using him The status and status of the people seize power.

Can't help but shook his head, Loren raised his eyebrows when he noticed something suddenly, and looked behind Lu Sien.

"Where's Karl Colin?"

"He disappeared when he returned-the alchemist who accompanied him said he saw him enter the horn fort, but he couldn't find it anywhere. He." The gray pupil opened the mouth and said faintly, and seemed to be accustomed to this situation a long time ago:

"If you guessed it correctly, he should be still in Yun Peak City, but he is about to leave. "

Loren was taken aback, but immediately understood.

"Night watchman?"

"It shouldn't be a second possibility, otherwise he won't leave." Lu Sien nodded, with a little helpless expression:

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"It's just that they didn't expect. Even Yun Peak has their people. These mice are really with no opportunity!"

tone barely fell, his expression suddenly twitched— —He almost forgot, Loren Torino and Dalton, both of them originally seemed to be the night watchmen.

The gray pupil gave a cautiously glance, and after confirming that the expression of the black hair wizard did not change, he relaxed slightly.

"That's good, he will pass on the information about the end of the Dwarf Civil War to Root Infinit, so we don't have to work hard to disclose the news to the Vault of Heaven."

Loren hugged his shoulders and took a deep breath, apparently not caring about Lucien’s "spoken error" just now: "It must be done in this way to make His Majesty the Emperor trust us-I really don't know how to be happy. I should be sad."

"Uh..."

With a hesitant groan, Lucien looked at the black hair wizard who was "sighing", and he stopped talking.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing!" The gray pupil inadvertently repeated the words of the black hair wizard, lightly coughed.

"It seems that you have forgotten again. Before you set off, you promised the female count of the Scarlet Blood Castle. You can go out for up to two months this time, and you are guaranteed that there will be no accidents."

"There should be no problem...well, you can see that everything is going well so far." With a sigh of relief, Loren said with a slight smile: "Just in case, I'd better ask. How much time do we have left?"

"Eight days-there should be eighteen days left, mainly because too much time was wasted on Floating Void City." Lu Sien obediently and honestly replied:

"So according to the itinerary when you came, you will be at least almost late...half a month?"

The smile on the face of the black hair wizard gradually disappeared.

"...should... there is no problem, right?"

"Originally yes."

"Originally?"

"No Wrong, because you promised too decisively, the female count of the Scarlet Blood Castle seemed to believe it—before setting off, I heard that she was preparing to negotiate with the church about the Bayne bishop, as well as the assistance of Duchy in Arles. The logistics of Prince Langdon’s Legion."

"His Royal Highness, Chief-In-Charge, has always been in the Scarlet Blood Castle. The messenger of the church is said to have set off from the Sky Palace. The journey to Byrne...If it’s a carriage, it’s a week at most."

"So...if I go back a little bit late..."

"If you After going back a little bit late, the Charlotte woman count had to face the Duke’s messenger from Arles alone, the accusations and curses of the Holy Cross Church mission, and the repeated urging of Her Royal Highness Brandon. "

"The most important thing is...These are all things that must be finalized by the Duke of you; the Charlotte female count has nothing to do except pay them a smile and delay the time. Can’t do it."

Lu Sien’s face suddenly showed a very weird smile: "Hey...Lord Loren, I don’t seem to have ever asked you. On the day of the Triumph after the Centaur War ended three years ago, What happened to you and the female count in the round table hall?"

"..."

The black hair wizard's expression froze.

"Lu Sien, you did it on purpose, right?"

"Why?" The corner of the gray pupil's eyes showed a flash of pleasure: "Eller How could Mang’s little man retaliate against you just because you teased our family’s height?"

"..." Loren · Torino.

"Isaac!"

"en?!" Suddenly a head came out from behind the door beside him, his expression was very impatient: "What's the matter?"

"Hornbox...I mean how fast can the Isaac Floating Void City run at the maximum speed?!"

"This is not a good comparison, if I insist on describing it...15 kilometers per hour?"

"The speed is 30 kilometers per hour. Don't stop until you reach the border of Byrne!"

Heavy sighed, the black hair wizard turned his head, looking towards arrogance with a begging look:

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"I especially need a miracle now, really!"