Wizard From Afar

Along with a letterhead with the seal of the emperor himself and the imperial cabinet, the footsteps of the loyal Knight and messengers extend to every road, castle, village, and country, The entire empire followed that simple line of words and set off ten thousand zhang shock waves.

The emperor is dead--!

There are no more explanations, no more conspiracy theories, no bards chanting...From the streets of towns to every country, the weeping messengers even have no time to dismount, just at There was a shout in the town square, and then everyone shouted.

The whole country shakes.

In all fairness, Eckhardt II did not win the hearts of many people-the Twelfth generation of the Sacrament Empire was neither the most peaceful nor the most prosperous. There was not much honor and taxes were not easy. , Legendary stories that are talked about by bards are rare.

But this is such an emperor. When he was alive, everyone believed that the empire was becoming stronger and stronger;

It was such an emperor who was invaded by monsters in Duanjieshan. Eboden appeared the living dead, and during the centaur invasion...even when Demon was everywhere in the empire, he still had a way to convince everyone that he was living in a powerful and peaceful country.

Therefore, when the news of his death came, the entire empire, from civilians to nobles, felt a sense of trance; there was also indignation and irresistible anger.

Our majesty, the emperor, is not calmly on the couch, leaving the world with the rays of light of the Holy Cross; not on the battlefield, gloriously fighting the enemy to death;

and He was killed by a group of insidious and despicable vicious villains in his own bedroom by assassination in this dishonorable way.

What kind of extraordinary shame and humiliation is this —? !

There are very few people in the empire who know the Azorean elves. Even the overwhelming majority aristocrats will use the elves of Lothar Forest (they don’t even know the ancient wood forest) and The elves of the overseas Azores kingdom were confused and clamored for "Westward Expedition to Lothar", but they also got a lot of responses from Knights and the army.

When the anger is gone, fear will follow.

After all, to the empire...especially the nobles, the contradiction between Prince Connold and His Royal Highness Brandon is already a well-known secret; and now His Royal Highness Brandon is also It has been "not what it used to be". It not only has three Legions and nearly 30,000 troops, but it also relies on the support of two duchy, Boyne and Byrne.

Once he is unwilling to be occupied by his elder brother-His Royal Highness Crown Prince Connold, it is almost inevitable to raise troops; an empire that has grown stronger for a generation will once again be divided into two and fall into terrifying In the flames of war.

Will he seize this opportunity?

The entire empire, especially the nobles of the Imperial Capital Golovin, are waiting very nervously; waiting for the humiliating highness who always likes to "surprise people" to appear and break the current situation. .

But they were disappointed... Ten days have passed since the news spread throughout the empire, Brandon Desalion still made no sound; like disappear from the face of the earth, from Disappeared without a trace in the vision of the empire.

Ten days later, the Empire did not wait for the news of Brandon Desalion's raising of troops. Instead, it waited for the "Imperial Statement" by Loren Torino, Duke of Byrne.

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The sound of heavy footsteps, the sound of armor colliding, the sound of small whispers...

It is quiet enough outside the door, but sitting alone in the black hair wizard in the round table hall still feels upset.

Why, isn't everything moving towards the direction you want?

As he expected, the Celestial Palace announced the death of Eckhart II after a full half a month. Crown Prince Connaught was completely unprepared;

Although not Rout Infinite can be found, but the Dalton mentor succeeded in infiltrating the remnants of East Sackland and Imperial Capital's remnant night watchman organization, and firmly controlled the initiative in his own hands;

persuaded Although the process of Byrne's thirteen-leadership was difficult, with the help of Charlotte, Eckert count, and little Prince Webber, the result was quite satisfactory;

But why, why can I still feel A little nervous?

"Probably, it was because it went too smoothly, right?"

The black hair wizard with a trance expression murmured in a low voice.

"It went smoothly, where did it go smoothly?"

The sound of footsteps was so light that it was almost imperceptible, followed by a coldly snorted sound of disdain.

"Edward?"

The awakened black hair wizard turned his gaze behind him and focused on the night watchman who was looking at him coldly, with a hint of humor at the corner of his mouth: "Oh. , No...it should be Edward, the leader of the night watch now."

Edward, who was pursing his mouth tightly, even disinclined to pay attention to.

In the past ten days, he recovered from the shock of "The emperor is dead, and Ruth Infinit is probably also dead" in almost one day, and he quickly gathered his prayers. The night watchman organization in En, Elman, and Boi,

ten days...for ten days, working all night, barely controlled the intelligence network in the southern and eastern regions of the empire, and half of the The Empire's night watchman organization is integrated under the command of His Royal Highness Brandon.

But these are nothing. The real problem is that the entire process of closing...is exceptionally smooth.

Edward, who originally thought he would encounter many obstacles and even resistance, found that there was no obstacle at all when he did it. Even night watchmen in some areas took the initiative to come to the door, willingly to himself... and Bran Allegiance to His Highness.

When did the famous "Shameful Prince" His Royal Highness begin to have such prestige among the night watchmen?

Or to say...All of this was planned by Loren Torino a long time ago. He has already infiltrated the night watchmen in these areas? !

Regardless of the answer, Edward the night watchman felt that there was one's hair stand on end for a while.

He feels that he is unconsciously entering a trap that has already been set.

"Maybe you have forgotten it, but when I was in Eboden, I invited you." The black hair wizard, who didn't notice Edward's expression, continued:

"And I am a person who never breaks my word, Edward, I promised you to let you replace Rout Infinit as the leader of the night watch; because you are different from him, you will never deliberately hurt others ......"

"Loren Torino, what do you want to do?!"

Edward interrupted him indifferently, his expression as always indifferent: "What do you want, and what For what? I never believe that you will selflessly contribute to Brandon and the Empire!"

"But the problem is, this time I really have no selfishness." black hair wizard indifferently said: "Hardly I have to say, my purpose is only one-to maintain a unified empire that will not be divided by civil war."

"Why?!"

"It's very simple, because The enemy we will face next is so strong that even if we are united, we may not be able to win the fight;"

"Because even if I don’t want to, I can’t deny that even if we assemble Byrne’s With all the power, it may not be possible to defeat His Royal Highness Connold Desalion with absolute certainty;"

"Because His Majesty Eckhart is dead...I have no choice." Loren's eyes were calm: " Either obediently surrender, or fight for one when there is an advantage."

"That's it, no other ambitions."

Edward's expression is very tangled.

Reason tells him that Loren Torino is telling the truth; but another voice in his mind is constantly reminding himself that he must not believe this guy's nonsense.

"I am the night watchman of the empire, and I am loyal to and only loyal to the empire; Loren Torino, I will never do anything for you." Edward's tone was a little helpless: "I don't know What you want to do, you don’t want to know, you don’t have to tell me."

A trace of pleading was mixed in the calm words.

black hair wizard slightly nodded, gently lifts the corners of the mouth.

"Edward, we are friends-if you really don't want to, then I will never force you to do anything; this is the only absolute promise I can give you."

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The indifferent night watchman did not reply, just nodded.

Apparently, he is still skeptical of Loren.

"What are you talking about?"

As the sunny Highness Brandon entered the hall from the side, the indifferent Edward turned and left, and stood silently in the hall. In the corner.

"It's nothing, just gossip between friends." The black hair wizard casually responded: "You know, Edward and I met when we were in Eboden..."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Brandon waved his hand to indicate that he was not interested in this topic; he took a deep breath, his hesitant gaze seemed to be at war between heaven and man: "About the plan you proposed and that 'Imperial Statement'...I still feel a little unsure."

"Dear wizard advisor, I probably understand what you think; but my beloved Imperial Brother...he can really As you think, do you want to jump in willingly?"

"This is also the best choice for him, or...there is no way." Loren shrugged and shook his head calmly. :

"Of course, even so... he might not do it; but if things really develop to that point, both parties will be completely irreconcilable; the responsibility lies with him, not on your side."

"This is a gamble, a big gamble-in the eyes of Connold Desalion, the importance of the safety of the empire and the Desalion family far exceeds yours The life of this emperor!"

Brandon's expression was very tangled.

"Well...I can probably understand what you mean, although I'm a little unhappy to be said that..." After a little thought, His Royal Highness sighed then said helplessly: "But it seems that we are now I can only look forward to it."

The magnanimous expression is as if a terminally ill patient finally chose to admit his fate.

But Loren is very clear that Brandon has no plans in this regard; even this part of obeying his plan is just one of his choices.

Once his plan fails, the prince in front of him will definitely choose to rebel without the slightest hesitation, and drag Boye and Byrne onto his war chariot together for the last fight; Even if the empire was plunged into the flames of war, he did not hesitate to do so.

This is Brandon, the shameless prince of the empire.

"Okay, don't pretend to be serious here-someone is waiting for you outside, or pretend to show them." Pat Loren on the shoulder, pulling Edward on the side, Brandon Yi His face nonchalantly hid in the corner of the hall:

"Go, since it's a gambling, you have to come up with an imposing manner of gambling!" Turning to the front, to the closed door of the Round Table Hall.

Yes, that’s right;

Since it's this step, it's terrified and over-cautious. What do you do carefully?

Even if you lose the gambling, at worst is just to give it a go.

"Bang——!!!"

The heavy door leaf was forcibly opened to the sides, and Loren Torino, who was alone, stepped forward and walked out of the gate.

Under the bright and dazzling sunlight, the stairs outside the gate to the square behind are full of people-all in armor, holding swallowtail flags and family crest flags, from Byrne Thirteen Knights from all directions.

Standing on the stairs and looking out, it is like a sea of ​​flags!

After the sound of the door being knocked open, all eyes turned to the silhouette who walked out in unison.

The power of the thousands of eyes gathered in one point is enough to suffocate!

Loren, who feels this power, keeps remembering in his mind the speech that he has already thought of-Mentor Dalton Kander and Charlotte spent two days and two nights carefully crafting them article.

The article elaborated on the glorious history of Byrne, explained the importance of this trip to the empire and for Byrne; it told the Knights who will go north with themselves, their actions are just. , Is glorious and will definitely win glory.

In short, it is to arouse the traditional "Knight belief" of the Byrne people and make them believe that they are the heroes who save the world and save the empire.

Byrne Duchy, who has fallen through two generations, will once again become the savior of the empire.

But...Do you really need to do this?

Long story, using a bunch of gorgeous rhetoric to make these Knights who believe in themselves do a gambling-like thing.

Is this necessary?

The black hair wizard, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly lifted the head suddenly;

"Knights of Byrne, warriors of thirteen collars--!"

"Today--! At the end of the twelfth generation of the empire, the day when the Supreme Emperor died... "

"Follow me to go north!"

"King Qin!"

As his voice fell, under the stairs, the response to him was one after another, resounding across the sky The sound of the sword unsheathed; it was the shouts hoarse of the Byrne Knights who raised the swallow-tail flag.

"For Byrne, for the Empire——!!!"

"Long live Byrne, Long live the Empire——!!!"

Ten At the end of the second generation, the Duke of Byrne took the lead after issuing the "Declaration of the Empire" and went to the Imperial Capital to support the crowning of Crown Prince Connold De Salion.

The empire shakes!