Lin and his group had already waited for the boat in Jasfan City. The three masters and apprentices plus a lich and four silver-bearded dwarves boarded the luxurious river boat and started traveling on the golden waterway.
.And the only extra follower is Uzov Gantia.
The group of companions in the Ikaruga Alliance still love the unrestrained adventurous life. Being the magician's followers as they are now is not their pursuit. Besides, if they stay, other than doing odd jobs, they can't help much.
. If you want to say that you can fight, even if you tie up a group of people, it won’t be enough for any one of the two magicians to take action. This is something I have seen with my own eyes.
Another group of nobles were called back by their respective families, of course because of the horrific incident. However, these people who knew the 'truth' hid it in a tacit understanding.
They who are closest to the truth understand that even if the big nobles come forward, it will not help. Before the military country has the consciousness to release the highest combat power, how many lives must be taken to learn the lesson. What's more, the group with the highest combat power can't be fiercer than this.
As for men and women... they are really not sure.
Regarding the initial handling of the ship-cutting knife, they caused too much trouble for the two magicians. Now that something like this happens again, Madeleine Benz advocated not to expand the trouble and chose to conceal the truth, and everyone else agreed.
All this is for the good of the military state. Just like when they first fought for the ship-cutting knife, it was also for the military state.
Viscount Fürten, who had some grasp of the truth and was the first to report the abnormality of the Bachmann family, also chose to conceal the truth. This was not only the result of discussions between Kurt Fürten and his biological father, but on the other hand he also
He didn't want to provoke those two magicians. The Bachmann family would be destroyed at any time. His strength might be a little higher than Bachmann's, but would there be any difference in the eyes of those two? He didn't want to gamble.
However, for the Vidal Military State, the mysterious incidents of the disappearance of Viscount Bachmann's castle and the entire city did not gradually subside due to unknown reasons. Instead, they became more and more intense as time went by, and their impact became wider and wider. There are various speculations.
Yes. Even in aristocratic circles, it is not an exaggeration to say that it caused an uproar.
No one believed it at first. Although there was a forum as a convenient channel for transmitting information, people in the military still only believed in the ‘evidence’ confirmed by traditional methods.
In fact, such behavior is not difficult to understand. As the most powerful country in the world of Lost World, it is certainly impossible for them to take action upon hearing the news. That would be too hasty. Moreover, taking unnecessary actions based on wrong intelligence would be a considerable waste.
The information, which is faster than in the past, at most allows them to make plans in advance. To make a decision, they need more conclusive witness or physical evidence.
When the people Duke Becker sent out to investigate and brought back the entire castle disappeared without leaving any traces of fighting, and there was even news that a magic tower had been directly demolished, and there were also photographic pictures as evidence,
The top brass of the military state were immediately upset.
Although the strength of a viscount is nothing to them, no matter who the opponent is, he is provoking the entire aristocratic class of the military country.
No body was found, although it can be said that the person was just missing. However, from the first notification to the arrival of the investigators at the Bachman family's castle, VII (7) days had passed. VII days, no one was missing.
If they show up, the worst-case scenario is that they have all been killed.
There were no witnesses, no witnesses. At this time, the object of everyone's attention was naturally Cooter Viscount Wuerten, who discovered and reported immediately. But Cooter, who did not want to cause trouble for himself, just followed the instructions.
The result of the discussion with his father was to bite the bullet and not reveal a single word.
But as long as more than one person knows about it, it can't be considered a secret. The knights of the Fu Teng family are not people who keep secrets. Maybe they are drunk, maybe they are bragging in bed, but the news still leaked out.
On the other hand, the method Kuter discussed with his father was not to say anything, but to find other channels to let the news out. The most important thing was to remove himself and not allow any party to implicate this incident on him.
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In order to achieve this goal, they released some additional false news in the name of speculation to confuse most people. But as long as a thoughtful person thinks about it, they can eliminate a lot of obviously impossible false news and find the 'truth' of the matter.
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In other words, the disappearance of the entire Bachmann family was ultimately linked to the news that a certain magician possessed the secret weapon of the Karlsruhe Empire - the ship-cutting knife. But even if there was a motive, there was no direct evidence.
There are just a bunch of possibilities and rumors.
If we were dealing with ordinary magicians, maybe we could cut them into pieces based on these rumors alone. Anyway, if we kill each one, it is impossible to make a mistake, because a great military country cannot make mistakes.
But the opponent is not an ordinary person. A lot of information that is not widely circulated to the outside world is spread out on the desks of these high-level military officials. The recent battle of Storm Bay; the earlier civil war in the Elf Kingdom of Pyat Jaime──from the Centaur survivors
News leaking out from the side──; the strange fog in Shanling City; the original owner of Twilight Castle, the vampire who was completely wiped out; and of course, there are also various things about the Tower of the Great Sage.
The military is still confident in dealing with such an enemy, but it will inevitably pay a considerable price. If it is finally confirmed that the other party is not the murderer, the matter will be settled without saying sorry.
If you become enemies but cannot kill the other party... the intelligence department of the military country still has reservations about whether that person is the legendary demon king, but the other party must be a lich or a great magician. If a magician of this level sneaks into the dark
Thinking about it, even the emperor can't sleep peacefully.
Therefore, no matter how violently the rumors spread, even if they have noses and eyes, as long as there is no irrefutable proof, most nobles will still choose to remain silent. From a practical point of view, it is not that they have suffered actual losses. But for those who have really suffered losses,
But he couldn't be so calm.
As the superior lord of the Bachmann family and one of the five Dukes of the Vida Military Kingdom, Duke Becker, who is already LXXX (80) years old, angrily yelled at the old emperor who was only a few years younger than him in the meeting hall.
"So,──" the old emperor said angrily, "─you want me to use the First Legion to deal with the two magicians?"
The Vader Military State only has meritorious corps and standing corps directly under the Imperial Military. The First Army is undoubtedly the most powerful force in the military state. In terms of functionality, the First Army has no shortcomings and can be attacked.
Defend, you can fight in the field, you can break the rear, and even the magician association within the military country will be convinced, because the flag of the First Legion has the XIII (13) tower-shaped mark.
The nobles who followed the old Duke didn't say it clearly, but their actions meant the same thing. For a demon king who was a thousand years ago, and maybe a strong man who demolished towers with his bare hands, no one wanted to stand out.
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It's just that in their minds, there is no question of how the First Legion should prepare if it cannot defeat the two magicians. For them, the First Legion will eventually win the final victory, but how much will be lost? Such questions
That’s all. Besides, it’s better to lose His Majesty’s strength than to lose your own strength. This is good for all the nobles, isn’t it?
But this level of calculation may not exist in Duke Becker's mind. The reason why he was furious was because the one who died was Duke Becker's youngest son who only appeared when he was young. In terms of age, he was not as good as his grandson.
They are from the same generation. Having a son in old age is easy to be favored, and illegitimate children are difficult to control, which creates a lawless little overlord in the imperial capital.
In the end, because everyone will inherit the Bachmann family name, it is not so much a compromise among the aristocratic circle, but rather an exchange of conditions for the illegitimate son to leave the imperial capital.
Now, the youngest son whom he loves the most is missing. In order to avoid Duke Becker's anger, the group of people who contributed to the flames silently stood behind the old Duke and supported his opinions. After all, those two magicians were too powerful.
It was so weird that no one wanted to face those two people.
Regarding his old rival who was both an enemy and a friend along the way, the Emperor of the Military State gave a wry smile. Then he put on a less serious expression and said: "You think that the vassals of the vassals are also the vassals of the vassals.
He is my vassal." Although the old emperor's posture was soft, it did not mean that his attitude was also soft. With these light words, he stabbed a knife into the chests of all the nobles present.
According to the routine of military countries launching foreign wars in the past, there were border conflicts first, and then the local small lords came forward. Regardless of whether they suffered losses or not, the small lords always went to their superior lords to cry and complain. This went up the layers, and finally reached the emperor's side.
, it is possible for it to turn into a national war.
But now that Duke Becker's youngest son is missing, the old Duke is directly asking the emperor to send troops to solve this matter, which is against the rules of the military country. Not to mention that the knife that the old emperor stabbed is so fast.
It's also beneficial, and it directly touches people's hearts.
In the past, due to the large territory they managed, the limitations of intelligence circulation, and the transmission of government orders, they could only use the enfeoffment system to maintain the integrity of a country. There were also restrictions on the small nobility that the big nobles could enfeoff. After all, there was only so much land.
.If you enfeoff too many people, it will be equivalent to weakening your own strength.
If a noble makes a mistake and is deprived of his title and takes back his territory, it will be taken back by his superior lord, not the military emperor. Such restrictions are exactly what the old emperor said: the vassals are ministers, not the emperor's ministers
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If the old emperor really took action regarding the Bachmann family matter beyond Duke Becker, the superior leader, it would be equivalent to breaking that restriction. This is impossible for all aristocrats to accept.
You must know that although people in the military state are restrained in using forums, they are not very trusting. But for the nobles of the ruling class and even the royal family, the forum also provides an opportunity and a turning point.
There are rumors that the emperor's close officials have proposed a centralized government system similar to that used by small countries, in which the emperor directly manages the nobles in various places. Even like the direct territories, only administrators are sent out, and no nobles are needed.
So as soon as this point was mentioned, Duke Becker knew that forcing the emperor to send troops was completely out of the question. Not to mention that other nobles would not support him; if some political weaknesses were exposed, the old opponent wearing the imperial crown in front of him would
It will definitely make a big fuss. Compared with the power in his hands, it is very clear whether an illegitimate child is more important or less important.
But it is not that there are no other ways to naturally elevate this incident to the military level. Duke Becker said loudly: "I hope to ask the witch to find out the real murderer of the Bachmann family."