"The empire's investigation team has arrived at the fortress."
At the same moment, in the parliament hall of Tania, the capital of the Principality of Ernifea, a member of the parliament who hurriedly ran into the parliament hall then passed through the corridor surrounded by countless colleagues and their stone pedestals, and carefully gathered together.
Arriving in front of the round table in the central hall: "They did not accept our protection and only entered our territory as ordinary foreign envoys."
"...Where is the leader?"
"It's Her Royal Highness Princess Reina."
Facing the question of one of the congressmen sitting at the round table, the leaning shadow continued to report in a low voice: "The situation is the same as the information we obtained before, except that the time of arrival is slightly different. According to our
According to previous speculation, this investigation team with a complex composition should not arrive at us for a few days..."
"I heard they were attacked on the way." Before the reporter could finish speaking, a middle-aged man with a beard sitting on the other side of the parliamentary round table interrupted him: "Although I don't know who the attacker is, but
It seems to have brought them a lot of trouble, if I were the leader of this investigation team"
"I should also choose to complete this trip as soon as possible."
Amidst the low buzzing sound of the discussion that was quickly unfolding, several members sitting around the round table showed contemplative expressions, until the buzzing buzz gradually became louder, and even began to cover up the loud voices that were originally being spoken in the center of the round table parliament.
When a certain voice came out, one of the rather old-looking figures expressed his opinion calmly: "They actually did not choose to seek protection in Zara City or wait for support... Huh, that's right."
"What do you think, Mr. Fordson?" A congressman then asked: "Is this another conspiracy of theirs?"
"If they try to blame the identity of those attackers on our principality, it is indeed possible." The wrinkles outlined by the weather on his face gradually squeezed together, known as Fordson's.
The old congressman replied hoarsely: "But in this case, they have to make complete preparations to ensure that there are no problems with this frame-up."
"This is not in line with expectations. They have already sacrificed a prince." A discordant voice then sounded across from him, the middle-aged man with a beard who had spoken before: "They have sacrificed continuously just to blame us.
Two members of the royal family? Even the Fleur family wouldn’t do such a big trick, would they?”
"You all should be aware of the internal situation of the Frey Empire." Without rushing to respond to the middle-aged congressman's question, Fordson's eyes gradually fell on the other congressmen around the round table: "In order to get rid of their predicament, they
Their aggression and demands cannot be stopped. In order to stop the blood flowing out of their barren land, they can only snatch the blood back from other places."
"In order to achieve such a goal, sacrificing one or two members of the royal family is nothing." He crossed his hands in front of his chin, and the old man's voice was hidden again to the extent that only the Round Table Council could hear: "It would be better to say...
As the leaders of the Frey Empire, they have a greater responsibility to do this."
"This sacrifice is too heavy." The middle-aged man who objected before continued to shake his head: "An adult prince, and an eldest princess... If something happens to the investigation team, the Lion Emperor
Aren’t you afraid that you will have no successors?”
"They also have a little prince, I still know this." Fordson opened his eyes and looked at the face of the middle-aged congressman who had been singing the opposite tune: "Maybe... there is something in their city that we don't know about.
The power struggle led to the results we are seeing now."
"Will the Fleur royal family fall under the attack of other nobles? This is simply nonsense!"
Finally, he couldn't help but stand up. The middle-aged man's beard on his temples swelled with anger: "That is a family that has stood in the imperial capital for thousands of years. It is a feared emperor! Such an emperor will because of
Those who easily stepped down due to unwarranted infighting? Are you all dreaming?"
"After all, the empire is not a principality, and their understanding of struggle may not be as deep as ours." Old Fordson's wrinkled old man did not seem to have changed at all: "This is why we can easily see the reason behind this farce.
One of the reasons is that their methods are too clumsy."
"Or do you still think we should succumb to them? Submit to their force?" The old man who said this looked at the other party's face, and the doubt in his eyes was revealed without reservation: "No wonder you have always been against us.
He immediately launched a counterattack, he turned out to be a coward."
"Nonsense, nonsense! I, Connelly, am not an imperialist! Please don't deliberately misinterpret my remarks. I just want to be cautious out of consideration for the strength of my powerful opponent."
"Your Excellency Speaker."
It seemed that the quarrels at the scene had become too loud. A middle-aged man standing on the high platform directly opposite the round table also stopped his high-pitched speech. He frowned and started again as usual.
The two congressmen, one old and one young, who were facing tit-for-tat, heard another kind reminder in their ears: "I'm sorry to disturb your discernment, but new information has been sent back."
"...Are they still arguing about the Empire's policy, Carlos?"
Taking the neatly written note handed over by the other party, the Speaker of the Principality, Pamir Rest, then asked in a low voice: "I have heard about the situation, what are the opinions of the MPs?"
"They are still arguing about each other's intentions." The congressman known as Carlos lowered his head deeply: "Although Lena Frekadreft did not explicitly reveal the murderer of their investigation team, she
She has clearly expressed her distrust of our principality."
"...It just happens to be at this time."
Looking down at the speech in his hand, Pamir's face, which was originally full of excitement, also had a hint of gloom: "I once met Her Royal Highness Princess Reina. She should not be the kind of person who is good at conspiracy.
……How about this."
"Let Dusk convey the goodwill of the principality on my behalf first, and don't act rashly for the time being." He raised the page in his hand, and at the same time slowly restrained the complex emotions contained in his eyes: "The remaining things"
"We will make a decision after Yang comes back."
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"You are finally back."
The dark clouds did not dissipate over the Ferron Plain as time went by. Instead, the sky above the grassland became darker as night fell. The Snow Spirit Phantom Ice standing in front of Fars Fortress
Then I felt the coldness brought by the night wind, and my frown relaxed again with the arrival of someone: "I thought you were wandering around again."
"How is it possible? I am a patient now."
Duan Qing let out two deep smiles, and Duan Qing, who was stared at by the white-haired woman, then showed his bandaged shoulders to the other party: "My physical strength is limited, and you can still see me during the day.
It's so tight, if I make any more noise now, won't I have to be eaten alive by you?"
"How can it be so exaggerated?" He couldn't help laughing twice, Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyebrows slightly expanded: "It's just that I'm afraid of encountering the enemies who attacked me several times before, so I have been trying to protect myself.
It’s just you.”
"Are you relieved now?" Duan Qing walked to the other party's side, turned around and looked at the depths of the grassland night where the cold wind was constantly blowing around him: "I didn't expect that your trust in the principality would be stronger, because we are in Fars Fortress.
The reason?"
"I have already followed those people to check the situation nearby."
Putting away his smile, Xue Ling Huan Bing's body holding the hilt of the sword then turned to the vast space inside the fortress wall: "There is a magic circle arranged by the royal magician, plus the joint vigilance of the principality and the empire.
, those enemies that use magic space to attack should not be able to sneak in so easily."
"If your words get out, it will make people on both sides sad." Duan Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What if the attack really comes to this place, these innocent soldiers will become ours again?"
scapegoat."
"It's reached this point, and I can't care so much." Xue Ling Huan Bing gritted her teeth and replied, "As long as we can protect ourselves, it's enough. Let them do whatever they want with the rest."
"I don't think they will come again tonight." Touching the wound on his shoulder that had just been penetrated, Duan Qing showed his smile to the other party again: "You don't have to follow me like you did during the day.
behind."
"Who makes you always like to run around?"
Pointing to the direction of the tall tower building that Duan Qing had just disappeared into, Xue Ling Huan Bing showed a helpless expression on his face: "I'm going to have a look here for a while, and I'm going to go there for a while to see how this place is."
Are you attractive? I didn't see you as lively as you are now when I was in Zaraha City..."
"It's just that I feel a little nostalgic for the place where I fought." The hand on his shoulder slowly dropped down, and Duan Qing's expression was hidden in his turning movement: "Zalaha City is really too big.
So I don’t have time to look around, but the current Fars Fortress...well."
"You should have fought here, right?" As if remembering something, he stretched out his fingers and then bent them in the air for a moment: "I remember that the Fleur Empire once broke this fortress that had stood for thousands of years.
A myth, and then almost destroyed the principality."
"Don't mention that battle."
Extending his hand to interrupt the other party, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who came forward, frowned and replied: "Although I participated in that battle, that fortress battle was just an unfair sneak attack. We were just a group of people who followed suit.
The ordinary participants who broke in through the breach in the city wall didn’t even know who sent the bomb in... Hmm."
"What is this place?"
She looked at the dilapidated tower-shaped building that Duan Qing had just walked out of, and then she looked up and down for a while: "Is it a magic tower?"
"At that time, I was an ordinary person without magic qualifications. I was not interested in the Magic Tower." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "But this place is even more magical than the Magic Tower. Here is the quartermaster.
Vitak's munitions depot."
"...I understand." After looking at the opponent intently for a while, Xue Ling Huan Bing nodded slightly hesitantly: "Is this the place where players come to receive battlefield rewards?"
"That's right, it's just that the person guarding this place is Malok." Duan Qing's smile gradually turned into a sigh: "He connected the Tower of the Void to this tower, and used the magic power of the lower-level Mages Council to
The collection serves as a reward for adventurers like us. As I have entered this tower before, what I saw at that time should also be the scene inside the Tyran Tower..."
"It seems that he abandoned this place after that war." He pointed at the door of the building he had just entered: "Then he never came back."
"So, he should be one of the people who hates me now." He brushed his long white hair behind himself, and Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes flickered at the top of the broken spire:
"Including the other principality soldiers present in this fortress... these people must also resent me for destroying their homeland."
"There are many innocent souls who have been silent here, but that was all before they were breached." Looking at other places, Duan Qing sighed with regret: "Slanke, Dusk, Wood, and those whole
Players who hang out in battlefield dungeons... Hey, now that I think about it, we are just a group of losers, so there is nothing to be resentful about."
"..."
"What, you don't believe it?"
Looking at Xue Ling Huan Bing's still calm face, Duan Qing smiled at him: "Look at those named people who have disappeared here, how many of them can be seen again now, Dusk can reappear
It's already a miracle to be here, not to mention that my account has been deleted..."
Cold and slender fingers touched Duan Qing's lips, blocking out all the words he wanted to say next. The somewhat surprised man in gray robe then opened his eyes wide and stared at the pair of eyes intently.
Shining eyes that are extremely close: "Then you are considered a member of the Empire now, right?"
"...Isn't this true?"
"Then we are in the same camp now, is that okay?"
"……certainly."
"very good."
Nodding her head vigorously, Xue Ling Huan Bing's gaze then moved to the depths of the nearby fortress: "Then take me to visit the fortress of this principality?"
"I really don't understand what you women are thinking about every day... We were just talking about the principality period. Didn't this topic jump too fast?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Are you leaving?"
"Okay, okay, let's go, let's go... Well, where should we start first?"
Following the voice calling Rao, his eyes moved to the bright lights under the night fortress. Duan Qing, who was rubbing his waist, then grinned and slowly recognized the outline of the vaguely familiar tavern. A hurried person
The figure of the running player immediately blocked the lively-looking lights, and then stopped in front of the two people panting: "Finally, I finally found you."
"The president has asked you to come over."
This chapter has been completed!