Chapter 1072 The Lords Thoughts and Return to the Royal Capital
"Have you done anything?"
Brandon frowned and thought for a moment, then responded: "I still remember that when I led the team to watch the battle near Kelburg, everything was fine in the palace and nothing unusual happened."
When he said this, Brandon seemed to think of something, and added: "By the way, the only thing worth noting is that my father received the envoys from the Kingdom of Grim."
"Have you received the envoy from the Kingdom of Grim?"
Hearing this, Hilda nodded thoughtfully and said, "Did the Pars Empire and the Kingdom of Grim decide the time to send troops together at that time? The Kingdom of Grim was the culprit?"
"No, but if the Pars Empire and the Kingdom of Grim negotiated at this time, how did the other three countries also send troops together?"
Caroline frowned, shook her head slightly and said: "If the Kingdom of Grim secretly sends an envoy and persuades the other four countries to send troops at the same time, let's not ignore the Prairie Kingdom, just talk about the Holy Night Kingdom and the Canglan Federation, which have little overlap.
I won’t give the Kingdom of Grim this face.”
"Sister Wang is right, and the Holy Night Kingdom and the Canlan Federation, which have just had a truce, are rivals. The Grim Kingdom obviously does not have such a big face to convince the Canlan Federation to use the Holy Night Kingdom and let the two form an alliance.
military."
After Ariel said that, she looked at each other again with Lei Xiao and Caroline.
As the three senior leaders of the Cold Flame Kingdom, they all clearly understood that the Black Abyss Brotherhood was behind this.
"Dear His Highness the Second Prince, think about it again. Apart from this, has your father received anyone else?"
Lei Xiao calmed down and continued to ask.
"If you go back to His Royal Highness the Holy Lion Prince, it's gone."
Brandon thought hard for a while, then shook his head and said: "My father has been focusing on cultivation recently, and has handed over all matters in the palace to my sister... and I, so if
If the father takes action, as long as the imperial sister knows something, I will definitely know it too."
"Dear Second Prince, are you sure?"
Lei Xiao immediately saw that Brandon's status in the Pars palace was obviously not as high as that of his first princess, Cecilia, but he was very unwilling to do so.
After understanding Brandon's key point, Lei Xiao said deliberately: "Maybe there are some things that only your father and sister know, but you don't know."
"Absolutely impossible. Although my father has not yet designated the crown prince, I must be his choice in my heart!"
Brandon's eyes widened, and when he saw Lei Xiao's expressionless face, he immediately became depressed. He smiled awkwardly and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I still have some eyes and ears in the palace. It's absolutely right."
Nothing will be revealed."
Seeing this, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Compared with Cecilia, who Caroline said was both civilized and military, naturally it would be more beneficial to the Cold Flame Kingdom for a guy like Brandon to inherit the throne.
Of course, those are all considerations before I take control of the Cold Flame Kingdom. As long as I successfully survive this crisis, no matter who is the leader of the other five countries, it will make no difference to me, and I will make them pay.
Due price.
"By the way, Your Highness, I remembered something again!"
Seeing that Lei Xiao was silent for a while, Brandon thought that his death was coming. After thinking hard for a while, he immediately took the initiative and said: "My father also routinely met with the Mercenary Guild, the Alchemist Guild, and
The general manager of the Pars Empire branch of the three neutral organizations of the Temple of Light!"
"Furthermore, as far as I know, after the formal interview, my father also had a secret conversation with these three high-ranking distribution managers for a while. As for the specific content, I don't know!"
Brandon looked extremely sincere and added eagerly: "What I said is true. Please, Your Highness, please don't do anything to me!"
After confirming with Ye Cang that the prince was still telling the truth, Lei Xiao looked at Ariel and Caroline again.
Now it makes sense.
After Ariel and Caroline's father accidentally fell into coma, while we figured out the cause and effect of the incident, we also found some clues to the culprit who attempted to murder the old king.
That is the true face of the Black Abyss Brotherhood, or the backer behind it. It is very likely that it is one of the three neutral organizations.
And it was only after the emperor of the Pars Empire met with the heads of the three neutral organizations that the remaining four countries chose to send troops at the same time. All of this is probably no coincidence.
"In this case, there is no doubt that the Black Abyss Brotherhood must be related to the three neutral organizations."
Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath and his eyes became more solemn.
No matter which one of the three neutral organizations it is, its influence in the human countries far exceeds that of ordinary royal families, and its background is unfathomable, far beyond the power center of a country.
This undoubtedly means that his current opponents include the menacing five human nations and the Orc army from the outside world.
There is also at least one powerful neutral organization watching behind the scenes, which makes the situation extremely bad.
"But what is certain is that even if they try to deal with me with all their strength, this neutral organization cannot end directly. Otherwise, with the Black Abyss Brotherhood's vicious behavior of burning, killing and looting, it will definitely find it difficult to gain a foothold in the human nations."
Thinking of this, the tension in Lei Xiao's heart eased a lot.
Although the future is still uncertain, this is the only thing I am gratified about.
"The Mercenary Guild, the Alchemist Guild, and the Temple of Light must find a way to figure out who is really behind the scenes as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the other party suddenly takes the initiative to attack, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."
Lei Xiao thought this while he nodded thoughtfully.
Prior to this, he had sent people to secretly monitor the branches of all three neutral organizations in the Kingdom of Cold Flame. They were connected to each other to form a huge special agent network, and Orr was in charge.
Although there haven't been any noteworthy gains yet, and it's not smart to wait and see, there is really no better way to deal with it at the moment.
"As long as we successfully repel the armies of the five nations and gain more development time, everything will be easily solved."
"It won't be long before the human world will become my possession, and by then the three major neutral organizations will naturally have nothing to fear."
"But at least now, I don't have the strength to provoke the other party, otherwise the situation will only be more deadly."
While Lei Xiao was pondering in his heart, Brandon looked at the former's sometimes solemn and sometimes serious expression, thinking that his life was about to be in danger again, so he quickly told all the information he knew.
Including important information such as the food reserves of the Pars Empire army and the number of magic cannons.
As for what Brandon doesn't know, that is the trump card in the hands of Cecilia, Antonio, and Barnett, which will also become a variable in the subsequent battle against the Pars Empire army.
Especially when talking about Cecilia, Brandon's expression was extremely awkward, saying that Cecilia had met his father alone several times before leaving for the expedition.
From this, it is not difficult to see that Cecilia obviously has the royal trump card of the Pardi Empire that even Brandon does not know about.
"Then I would like to thank His Highness the Second Prince for speaking out."
After confirming the authenticity of all the information, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and gave Brandon a bright smile.
"As long as His Royal Highness the Prince and Her Majesty the Queen are happy."
Brandon breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked expectantly: "Can I put it down and go back now?"
"Of course not. Since His Highness the Second Prince has condescended to come to Buluo Fortress, then naturally we must show our loyalty as landlords."
After saying that, Lei Xiao nodded slightly to Caroline.
This is a trump card against the Pars Empire army, and Lei Xiao will naturally not put it back easily.
Caroline understood and immediately ordered Hilda: "Lock him up and send heavy troops to guard him closely!"
When Brandon was carried out by the tall Hilda with a desperate look on his face, the conference room became calm again.
According to the intelligence provided by the other party, Lei Xiao and Caroline immediately began to deploy specific defensive measures.
The Northern Army is still stationed at the Fortress, with the Ice Stone City and Crystal Blue City where the Zhuyue Clan are staying to contain the situation.
It's just that after tonight's annihilation battle, the energy of the two gods' places was almost completely exhausted, and it would take at least three or two days to replenish it.
Fortunately, the opponent suffered heavy losses this time. Almost all 30 Chinese legions were wiped out, and it would take some time to clean up the battlefield.
Moreover, according to Caroline's confirmation, Bing Lao completely destroyed the flags of the other two imperial commanders in the Chinese army, leaving no chance for them to survive.
This undoubtedly means that of the four main commanders of the opponent's central army, only Antonio escaped, the other three and one Brandon were captured, and the two commanders died directly on the spot.
"In this battle, not only did our side almost annihilate the opponent's central army and capture the second prince Brandon, but we also killed two famous imperial commanders. It is simply an unprecedented miracle in the history of war!"
After arranging everything, Caroline's fair and delicate face was full of excitement, she looked at Lei Xiao and said: "As expected of the Holy Lion Prince."
"Sister Wang is right. The most important thing is that we haven't had any losses yet!"
Seeing that there was no one else in the house, Ariel moved a little closer to Lei Xiao, as if to declare her sovereignty, and echoed.
"I really want to have an in-depth exchange of understanding about war with the Holy Lion Prince."
Looking at Ariel's somewhat embarrassed look, Caroline raised her eyebrows meaningfully. It was unclear whether she was teasing Ariel or if there was something behind her words.
"No, Bing Lao made a great contribution to this battle. He should be the biggest contributor. The Zhuyue clan and the soldiers of the North also made indispensable contributions. I just said a few words."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little delicate, Lei Xiao smiled helplessly, and then became solemn again.
"All in all, after this battle, it will be difficult for the severely damaged Pars Empire to reach the city within two or three days. This will buy us time to deal with other armies."
At this point, Lei Xiao snapped his fingers again and added: "The next step is for us to just spread the word about the defeat of the Pars Empire to all the human nations."
"With the intelligence network of the royal family and the three wealthy families, it is easy to do this!"
Al, who came with him, nodded excitedly, stroked his chest and saluted, "Then leave it to your subordinates."
"Very good, it's time for us to return to the capital."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, then nodded heavily to Caroline, Bing Lao, and Qi Duo and said, "I'll leave the Buluo Fortress to you all."
After that, Lei Xiao took Ariel and others and teleported back to the distant Lion's Castle.
As for the set of flashy golden equipment obtained from Brandon, it was only the fourth level of high-quality equipment, and there was nothing special about it.
In the opponent's storage ring, although there are some fourth-level expensive healing potions and attack magic scrolls, that's all. There is nothing that Lei Xiao pays special attention to. He just upgraded it and threw it into the space.
bracelet.
After returning to the capital, it was already dark at night. Lei Xiao and Ariel did nothing else but returned to the bedroom and took the time to rest.
It is expected that tomorrow night will be when the other four armies approach the city, or it can be said to be the final moment to decide the fate.
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In the early morning of the next day, Lei Xiao had just opened his eyes, which were still a little awake, and the sound of a prompt for rapid recitation rang.
After the connection was connected, Erza's exciting voice reached Lei Xiao's ears: "To inform the lord, the illusion magic circle in the direction of the mountain fortress has been successfully set up!"
"How's the effect?"
Lei Xiao immediately became energetic and asked.
"Back to the lord, Senior Xiao Huan has just carefully inspected it, and it is enough to easily plunge the 1.5 million troops of the Holy Night Kingdom and Canlan Federation into a quagmire, unable to move forward even a cent!"
Erza's voice was still full of excitement, and she responded: "The magic circle of the Phantom Tribe is indeed extremely sophisticated. Even if a sixth-level powerhouse breaks into it, my subordinates can confidently make it fall into an illusory dream!
"
"Very good, then the safety of the mountain fortress will be entirely left to you."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "When this matter comes to an end, you will be indispensable contributors to the territory and the Cold Flame Kingdom."
"Your lord, you are so complimentary. Please rest assured, lord, my subordinates are willing to sacrifice everything for your lord!"
As Erza's high-spirited words fell, Lei Xiao also stopped talking.
"Lord, what happened?"
Hearing Lei Xiao's voice, Ariel woke up while rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"The deployment of the mountain fortress has been completed, and now only the Rainforest Fortress, Sunset Fortress and Luolong City are left."
Lei Xiao's eyes were piercing. He touched Ariel's head gently while clenching his fists and said: "The war is about to begin. It's time for these guys who are trying to invade my Leng Yan territory to fight with them."