It was late at night, and Tanya sat in front of the desk, concentrating on reading the report of the territorial governor.
Since the invasion of Dimin, Solon has adopted very tough material management regulations and executed many businessmen who maliciously hoarded and resold food. However, prices in the rear territories far away from the core control areas of the empire are still high.
After getting her instructions, the Green Shade Leader hoarded a large amount of food. However, with the fall of the northern border, the Diminutin marched straight into the central region and threatened the central region. At this time, the price of food was already twenty times that of peacetime.
Not only that, the territorial governors also reported a very unpleasant news.
The city-states surrounding Green Shade Territory have begun to distribute weapons to civilians and conduct armed training. Some city-states are even reaching employment agreements with foreign races or using food to trade with adventurers.
Nowadays, Dipran's attack methods are unknown to everyone. The biggest threat to Dipran from a group of ordinary people who are armed to the teeth is bows and arrows. Tanya does not think that these lords are so enthusiastic and want to compete with Dipran.
The longer the war with Dipan lasted, the weaker Solon's national power became. The news he received from the palace in the past few days all revealed the anxiety of his father and the great nobles.
Tanya rubbed her eyebrows, took a deep breath, put the letter aside, and was thinking about taking a sip of hot tea when Chihong appeared next to her holding a cup of hot tea.
"Thank you." Tanya said tiredly, twisting up the letter from the territorial consul, "take a look and tell me what you think."
Chi Hong read carefully and remained silent.
"Don't worry." Tanya saw Chihong's hesitation.
Chihong activated the soundproofing circle in the room, and then half-knelt in front of Tanya respectfully: "Your Highness, it's time for us to leave Rodmir."
Tanya closed her eyes, raised her head, and sighed deeply.
"The arrival of the magic wave will reshuffle the order, and the arrival of diphenism will greatly weaken Solon's vitality. Is it time to leave... But the frontline seems to have stabilized the situation in the past few days. Maybe we can wait a little longer?" She hesitated.
Decide.
The sound barrier rippled, and she frowned redly. She stood up warily and came outside the study. After a while, she returned in surprise.
"Your Highness...Prince Storm is here."
Tanya was startled: "Why is he here so late?"
"Not only that, the Storm Prince disguised himself as a guard."
Tanya was horrified by Chihong's words. She knew very well that her brother had always been frank in doing things, and he would rarely be so secretive. Whose eyes and ears was he hiding his identity to avoid?
"To see or not to see..." Tanya was at war in her heart.
Thinking of everything that happened when she went to Civita, she gritted her teeth and told Chihong: "Go and pick her up in person."
Looking at the tall figure who entered the room with Chi Hong, Tanya's inner uneasiness became more intense - Zenil almost changed his appearance. He deliberately disguised his face with a furry animal skin mask, and used body shaping gel.
The glue changed the body shape and made her look potbellied.
If she hadn't known that he was her brother, Tanya would never have been able to connect this ugly, fat man with the handsome and burly Zenil.
Zeniel groped for the gap in the mask from his neck, and slowly took off the animal skin mask that seemed to be connected to the flesh and blood.
Because of the mask, Zenil's face turned red, and his arrogance and strength that rejected people thousands of miles away were gone.
Seeing the corners of Tanya's mouth rising, Zenil smiled bitterly and shook the mask in his hand: "My face must be very ugly now."
"Storm..." Tanya stopped, sighed, and changed her words, "Brother, what happened?"
Zenil walked straight to Tanya, and the huge height difference forced Tanya to look up at him.
Chi Hong nervously ducked to the two of them to guard against possible accidents.
Zenil's big hand gently pressed on Tanya's shoulder, his eyes were particularly gentle, and Tanya was stunned.
Many years ago, when she was bullied by other children, Zenil saved her many times, and the look in his eyes was the same at that time.
As she grew older, Zenil, who became the Prince of Storms, became farther and farther away from her, and the sense of alienation became stronger and stronger. Tanya no longer interacted with him... It was a really missed feeling.
"Originally, I thought you would refuse to see me. After all, you are very smart, but your judgment is always affected by your cleverness at critical moments. Some are petty at the expense of the big, and you are not as good as Sera in this regard..."
"Zenir!" The warmth that had just appeared in her heart was immediately shattered by these words, and Tanya glared fiercely at her brother who could not speak.
"Okay, but I still have to say, that's the truth." Zenil added as if he didn't understand Tanya's embarrassment and anger.
"Father may be crazy, leave Rodmir as soon as possible."
The sudden words made Tanya's mind buzzing as she couldn't help but want to ridicule a few words. She raised her head in disbelief.
Zenil nodded to her heavily.
"I...I don't understand."
"If you are not willing to meet me, I will set off back to the Storm Prince territory tonight." Xenir pressed his hand harder on Tanya's shoulder.
"In the end what happened!"
Zenil leaned down and whispered, Tanya was shocked and trembling all over.
"Why did father do this!"
"How did you know!"
Zenil did not answer, but moved the hand on his shoulder to Tanya's head and rubbed it gently: "Go back to your green collar quickly, the era of chaos is about to begin. Magical power
The tide, the contamination, the anger of the foreign race, we must give up the identity of Solon, otherwise we will inevitably fall into the bottomless abyss with our father. You don't need my teaching on what to do."
"Maybe we will be enemies in the future, but I will definitely leave a place for you in the Storm Territory, Tanya... don't let anything like Lulutis happen again, and hold on to every card in your hand."
After saying that, Zenil turned and left. Looking at his back, Tanya stopped talking.
Chihong, who had listened to all the content, was already kneeling on the ground. She held Tanya's hand and placed it on her head: "Your Highness..."
Tanya clenched her hands into fists: "Gather our men and return to the Green Shade Territory tonight!"
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Crestow, the royal capital of Sligo.
The people who accompany Noel in the palace today are not the painter and the maid, but the personal Silencer who has been unmasked by him.
After killing the nobles to a river of blood and taking back the power, Noel felt that he was very unsafe. At his strong request, the personal Silent One stayed with him completely, without even taking a rotation.
The Silent One had a cold look on her face, and she only gave basic feedback to Noel to show her respect for the imperial power. She remained silent most of the time.
The Quiet One's cold and gloomy expression may be a threat and torment to others, but to Noel...it only excites him.
Noel admired the latest information given to them by the Theocracy with great interest and marveled at it.
"Morning Leader, it's interesting, it's really interesting." As he said that, he cast his gaze on the Silent One beside him, "You think so too, right, Little Silent~~"
"My name is not Little Silence."
"You didn't tell me your name, so I just called it that. As the Emperor of Sligo, this shouldn't be considered a blasphemy against the Silent One." Noel disagreed, "Come on, tell me what you think of this Dawn Territory."
"..." Xiao Jijie was helpless, "The summoning template they provided is very good. According to the feedback from frontline magicians, it saves mana far more than the currently commonly used templates, and the stability of the summoning ritual seems to have been significantly improved."
Noel hugged the Silent One's waist and said naturally: "There are various signs that the Gluttonian from the Dawn Leader is really a very outstanding summoner. He showed so much at Zenil's birthday party
Power is just the tip of the iceberg. Pope Laurent must have had a premonition of something before sending Serra to him... She will be very safe by his side."
Almost instantly, Noel felt that he had figured out a lot of things.
"The Dawn Territory is so small and Port Demorris has fallen. Haven't they been attacked?" Little Silence struggled resisting, but Noel refused to let go.
"You have discovered the key point. Broken Gold City still maintains good communications. According to them, the entire Red Flame Mountain Range has been infected. They can barely keep the city intact, but the Dawn Territory in the Red Flame Mountain Range has always maintained
Contact, and no rescue-related matters were mentioned..."
"This glutton is far more powerful than we imagined. It is unimaginable that there are such outstanding summoners in this era."
As he muttered, Noel suddenly burst into laughter: "After Yuanyan was eliminated, I really wanted to meet this glutton who could capture Sera's heart, and see if he was as cold-blooded and unscrupulous as the rumors say... By the way
Discuss with him the techniques for dealing with girls."
Another Silent One quietly appeared in the palace. The little Silent One who was still in Noel's arms struggled to break free from his clutches and flickered away.
"Can you still be considered my personal Quiet One after running so far?" Noel pretended to be dissatisfied, then turned around and asked, "You don't have a good smell... Next time, let a woman deliver the message so that people can see me.
It’s not good to have such an influence on Xiao Jingjing.”
The Quiet One held up the letter in his hand indifferently.
Glancing at the name of the writer, Noel frowned: "Are you sure it's him?"
"It was his secretary who came in person." The Silent One added, "But it was disguised."
"The lady with whom he has an ambiguous relationship and who wears a monocle?"
"Your Majesty, I need to remind you that if you are interested in her, this will be a diplomatic incident."
"Am I really that bad in your eyes?" Noel said as he opened the letter. The helplessness of having his character criticized only stayed on his face for a few seconds before being replaced by huge shock.
Noel, who always had a playful smile, broke his guard. He pointed the finger holding the letter in the direction of Solon and cursed.
"Dewek, you stinking idiot, scum, and lunatic!"
The sudden rage silenced the two silent ones in the palace.
"Take it and have a look, let the Head of Silence also take a look. Dwek is the madman, a complete madman!"
Xiao Jingjing reached out to take the letter and read a few lines. Cold sweat broke out on her pretty face, but then she calmed down.
"Solon intends to release the infestation to weaken the strength of the foreign races so that they cannot retain their strength... Your Majesty, this is exactly the same as what you clamored against the various races in the Papal City."
Another Quiet One calmly analyzed: "Our house is on fire, and people with malicious intentions are watching, waiting for the fire to go out, and the moment we are exhausted, they rush up and knock us down... Since they already have
I don’t think Dweck’s idea is wrong, although it is shameful, but..."
"But from the perspective of the four major countries, is it correct?" Noel laughed loudly at first, then walked outside the palace in person and asked the guards to summon the head of the black owl.
After doing all this, he walked up to the Silent One and looked at him as if he were a fool.
“What if he was doing it in our name in Sligo?”
The two Quiet Ones trembled.
Noel kept slapping the Quiet Man in the face with the letter: "Idiot, you are not a brainless Goblin dwarf. Use your brain to think about it. Dwek would blatantly act in the name of Solon by doing such a thing.
?"
"Think about it, you idiot!" Noel was furious and slapped him in the face.
This is the first time since he took the throne that he has had such a bad attitude towards the Quiet Ones.
"At the meeting in Papal City, I declared in front of the faces of all races that as long as Sligo was lost, the Dictation would definitely appear on the territory of all races. It was I who accelerated the formation of alliances between all races."
The Quiet One had already figured it out, and he was trembling.
"Understood, right?" Noel pointed at himself, "If the Dip Infection is released, all races will immediately think of Sligo and me who threatened everyone with the Dip Infection during the meeting in the Papal City!"
"Even if there is sufficient evidence to prove that this is Dwek's arbitrary action and a crazy move he made to prevent Solon from falling behind after the decline of national power, will other races believe it?"
"Dewek is pulling me...no, he is pulling the four major countries into trouble!"
"Once the incident is exposed, he will even insist that it is a conspiracy with Sligo and a conspiracy with the four major countries! Just like when all the tribes conspired to encircle and suppress the Dragon Clan, what do you think we should do when it reaches that point?"
"But...but the alien races are already ready to move, and the four major countries should unite..."
"Unity?" Noel sneered, "Except for the Theocracy, the leaders of Solon and Codezon are all pig-brained. Unite with them to advance and retreat together... I don't need such stupid allies."
"Remember clearly, even if Sligo needs an alliance, it should be the Theocracy. No matter how inferior Antonio is to Laurent, he is still an outstanding defender of the establishment."
"Dewek is just a gambler who only bets on the fate of the country in times of adversity."
"Ravennis of Cordzoun is cruel at home, indecisive and cruel externally."
"By joining forces with them, I'm afraid Sligo won't be able to sleep well," Noel said in a low voice.
Xiao Jingjing stared at Noel blankly, as if he didn't recognize this unusually sober man.