In the last few days of the Frost Moon, the weather outside has been cold enough to make one's teeth chatter. The deciduous forests in the Mintai and Schafflund areas cannot escape the bleak scenery. The tree trunks have begun to become bare, and the ground has become bare since autumn.
Since dusk, a thick layer of dead leaves has fallen, like a gray carpet, layer upon layer among the woods. Some areas slightly further north even have a few light snowfalls, although it is not yet snowy.
It's not wrapped up, but at least it heralds the arrival of winter in the Year of the Sword.
This is the most unsuitable month of the year to start a war, but the Holy War kicks off during this period. History is always so unreasonable and sometimes even more whimsical than what is described in the story.
In the fir collar, amidst the solemn war atmosphere, only the black pine forest outside the Baron's castle is still tall and evergreen, but there is a faint ink color between the forest canopies, as if the entire tree shadow is a ghost hovering above the head, the cold
When the wind whizzed through the tops of the pine trees, it made a strange whistling sound that made people's hair stand on end. Tony Geer's guests stamped their feet and rubbed their hands under the trees in the courtyard, looking at the ghost weather and complaining. Most of them were wearing clothes.
Glossy and full of habits from those big cities, they don't look like locals of this place. A dozen carriages parked side by side outside the courtyard, the dark carriages covered with various emblems, each one
The emblems represent the glorious history of a family. These nobles come from all over Eruin, and it is the first time for most of them to come to the remote place of Tonigel.
They came here for only one purpose, to envoy Cruz.
This is also a rare time when Fir Castle becomes lively, regardless of whether its owner is willing to receive these guests or not.
Although the envoy to the Cruz Empire is nominally headed by Brando and can choose any accompanying members, an ancient tradition requires that there must be some fixed personnel seats in the envoy. These seats are exactly what Brando cannot
Designated. Among them, there is one representative of the royal family. Prince Haruze will serve as this representative to represent the Corcova family. In addition, he can also choose two maids, an attendant and an accompanying knight.
The original list included Mrs. Windsor and Mrs. Signy - the two wet nurses of the two princes when they were at Winter Claw Castle. However, Haruze temporarily asked Brando to replace Mrs. Windsor with Medusa Rice.
Meka also asked Brando to wonder for a while whether the prince had reached his age and had a romantic interest.
As for his attendant being a young man from Corcova, Brando had never heard of it before. He must be a member of the royal family, and the accompanying knight was naturally the most trustworthy candidate for Her Royal Highness Princess Nymesis.
Don't consider the second person.
In addition to the Corcova royal family, according to the agreement of the temple - the former royal family of Eruin, the Sifah royal family should also send a representative, but naturally this representative cannot travel all the way across Ampelsel for one or two days.
Zhou came here to meet them. Her Royal Highness the Princess's brother had already written to tell them that he had chosen the candidate. The envoy and his entourage would meet them at Gray Mountain Territory, so please call his sister and this person.
Don't worry too much, Lord Count.
Subsequently, four dukes - Viero, Golan-Elsen, Lantonilan, Karasu, and three counts - Yanila Suber, Count of Yanburg and Count of Gray Mountain, plus a Balta
The Marquis each still has a representative. There should have been representatives from Anlek and Gendenel, but now these two territories have been eliminated. One has been merged into the royal territory, and the other has been merged into the Tonigel and Anlek families.
The population is sparse, and the entire family was basically wiped out after the Battle of Ambresel. Count Jean Denel and his family are still living in the dungeons of Magitan, so naturally it is impossible to send any representatives.
Among the four dukes, Grand Duke Viero directly sent his youngest daughter, Grand Duke Tolanilan’s envoy was directly Eco, Grand Duke Karasu sent a meat ball, which was said to be his second son, and as for Golan
- Grand Duke Elson also sent a daughter, but she was still a seven or eight-year-old girl. Count Yanilasu was a believer in the Silver Lion Club. He did not marry a wife, so he naturally had no heirs. He sent
The one he was looking for was a non-commissioned officer whom he liked, and he was a very motivated young man. The envoy from the Earl of Gray Mountain also did not come to Tonigel. Naturally, he was waiting to meet them in the Gray Mountain Territory together with the envoy from Sifah.
In the end, there was a slight twist in the choice of Earl Yanbao's envoy, because there was no news about Earl Yanbao for a long time. In the middle of the Frost Moon, Baron Dale himself sent an envoy, but he was directly attacked by the angry Princess.
She rushed back directly; in the end, Delphiri decided to personally serve as the envoy of Yan Castle. Firstly, she could impress the Temple of Flame on her, the future successor of Yan Castle, and secondly, she could thwart Baron Dalle's plan.
Conspiracy, Brando took her physical factors into consideration and specially prepared a larger carriage for her.
Most of these noble heirs have their own entourage, ranging from one person to three people. Therefore, together, they are a bloated team of about 20 people and five or six carriages, but if you think this team is already large enough,
, that was a big mistake. Brando soon discovered that there were some unexpected guests in this team, one of which was Princess Magdale. As the princess of Antuobuluo, she naturally had to represent herself.
The principality went to send an envoy to Cruz - originally the empire thought that she had died in the war in Ampelser, so the order was also conveyed to the principality, hoping that the principality could assign another envoy to Cruz, but the news spread somehow.
When the nun princess heard the news, she insisted on sending an envoy to the empire as Antuobuluo's envoy, and also communicated privately with Antuobuluo's royal family. Naturally, Brando couldn't stop her.
.
After all, Her Royal Highness the Princess is recuperating in Tonigel and is not under house arrest. He has no reason to restrict her freedom to contact the outside world.
And another uninvited guest is now in front of Brando.
At this moment, Brando was staring angrily at the man standing in front of him, wearing a thick fur coat, long boots, gloves, a scarf, and a bearskin hat. His small face was almost only exposed.
The businesswoman with dark eyes looked at the large box she was holding with her little hands and saluted, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Okay, now you can tell me, what are you planning to do here?"
"Go to the Empire with Brando, I haven't been there yet." Little Roman raised his chin, revealed his small mouth from under the scarf, snorted into the white mist, and replied matter-of-factly.
Brando rolled his eyes: "Of course I understand this, but I have already said that there are no more places for the envoy. Besides, you seem to have forgotten it. I asked you to stay in Tonigel and leave yourself alone."
Store it in a safer place, don't let me worry, do you understand?" He couldn't help but hold his forehead. This guy had obviously promised well yesterday, telling her that there were no more places in the envoy and asking her to stay in the territory.
Assistant Antitina, she clearly promised at that time that she would never take up the envoy's quota.
Wait, Brando suddenly froze there, reacted, and glared at the young lady: "Oh, damn, you are playing word games with me again!"
"No," little Roman took a breath of white air on his hand and replied with a smile, "I am justifiable."
"It's fair to say you're big," Brando grabbed her face and said, "Just listen to me, stay in Tonigel, and you're not allowed to go anywhere."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu""Little Roman hadn't had his cheek pulled like this by Brando for a long time, and he kept blinking in pain: "I, I, I, it's true... Brando, you, you, let go...
"
Brando pinched the business lady's face for a long time, but when he saw her waving her hands, trying to break away from his hand, she still refused to let go, and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious - this is not
In line with the temperament of this eldest lady, he couldn't help but let go of his hand and asked doubtfully: "Okay, tell me, what exactly are you going to do in the empire?"
Little Roman rubbed his red cheeks and showed a fierce look: "I was invited by the Temple of Flame. As the president of the Seven Seas Business Association and a distinguished guest of the Temple of Flame, I went to the Cruz Empire to attend
What about the holy war ceremony?"
She deliberately pronounced the word 'distinguished guest' heavily, and then handed the invitation to Brando. Brando opened the parchment letter and looked at it, and his vision almost went dark and he fell to the ground. The Saint of Fire
It is true that the temple would invite some famous businessmen, poets and even artists and scholars in various fields who worked closely with them to attend the ceremony at large-scale celebrations every year, or at commemorative ceremonies such as the opening of the jihad, but he never dreamed of it.
Unexpectedly, this list would include Roman, my fiancée who seemed a little confused and unreliable.
He couldn't help but read the letter over and over several times. After finally confirming that the magic sealing wax on the letter was the real temple emblem, he had to admit that it didn't look like a forgery.
He raised his head and looked at Roman, as if looking at an alien: "When did your business become so big?"
"It's very early. The Temple of Fire invited me during this year's Harvest Festival, but at that time it was to Ampelsel. I've already been there, and I don't want to go. It's not fun at all." Little Roman said lightly.
She replied, as if the invitation from the Temple of Fire was an invitation for her to travel. Whether she goes or not depends entirely on her mood. Brando almost shouted, "Miss, I'll kneel down for you. This kind of invitation from the Temple of Fire"
The tradition of celebrities has always existed in the game. At that time, there were some famous business associations among Eruin players. Until the second era, those player business associations that often had major sponsors behind them would come together for such an invitation.
He broke his head after writing letters, and several times even almost triggered wars between business associations, at least Brando had seen it several times.
This is really a case of death. Brando looked at his fiancée, who had great powers, carefully, and felt that there must be something similar to Martha's daughter or something like a plug-in at work here.
But in the end, Antitina on the side answered his doubts. It turns out that many materials produced in the Black Forest, including some precious magic materials and magic crystals, are strategic materials that are urgently needed by the Temple of Fire, especially before the start of the Holy War.
This is especially true during this period. Tony Geer's large exports in the past year have already made him an important partner in the eyes of the Temple of Fire. Therefore, Roman, the nominal president of the Seven Seas Business Association, has been in the temple.
It is not surprising that this aspect is taken seriously.
But Brando shook his head, and still felt that the merchant lady had played a cheat. You must know that to become a trader who can trade with the Temple of Flame on an equal footing, it is not just a matter of having a supply of goods, but also a fairly extensive network of contacts.
, he could guess without thinking that Roman must have used the network of business associations in Ampelsel, but as to how she did it, this was a bit outrageous.
Because in the opinion of the staff lady, this can only be explained by miracles.
"Can I go, Brando?" Little Roman asked pitifully, covering his face, but there was clearly a hint of pride in his voice.
"Whatever you want -" Brando replied angrily. He felt that his IQ and sense of presence as a Earl had been severely degraded in front of this little fiancée, which made him feel very hurt.
"Well, Brando, prepare a carriage for me. I want the one I usually use. It has a stove that can put charcoal on it."
"No, just get on my carriage!"
"oh!"
After sending away Miss Roman, and the second son of Archduke Karasu, who was almost equal in length, width and height, and who had always wanted to get close to him, Brando finally got out of the circle of those young men and young ladies.
Come, he walked to the side of the motorcade and happened to see Fuluo walking from the direction of the castle holding a notebook. When he saw the elder of the wild elf sisters, he understood that the things she went to prepare had probably been completed.
He quickly greeted her: "Flo!"
"Lord Lord."
"Are Brünnhilde and the others ready?"
The elder of the wild elf sisters nodded.
"Very good," Brando finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He did not really take this group of young ladies and young men on this trip. It was just a superficial cover. What's more, Princess Griffin identified
As the head of the envoy, he also appointed him as the head of the Southern Army—this appointment arrived earlier—apparently to allow him to draw elites from the Tonigel territory to form this envoy.
Come with the guards.
This is a default tradition——
Before the start of the Holy War, the empire summoned envoys from various subordinate kingdoms and principalities. It has become a routine since the first Holy War. Today, this is not just a matter of the Temple of Fire confirming the confidence of the participating members, or mobilizing for war.
It has also become a way for the subordinate countries to compete with each other in order to seek a higher status among the members under the rule of the Temple of Fire. In this envoy, first of all, the various noble families frequently meet with the supreme leader of the empire.
representative, which in itself represents a kind of submissive surrender, and is also a way for the subordinate country to swear allegiance to the temple. Of course, this kind of obedience is not so naked after all, and seems a little more subtle.
On the other hand, there are the guards accompanying the envoy. After all, the Holy War is a war, and all countries need to show their power to the Temple of Fire in order to gain corresponding status during the war and even afterward. And this envoy
The guard of the regiment is a means of display. Generally speaking, the guards of the envoy are the most elite forces in each country, representing the highest level of these principalities and kingdoms, and also the face of the nobles and the royal family. In order to maintain this face and
Glory, the guards of these envoys will even compete with each other and have conflicts in the Cruz Empire. Of course, such conflicts rarely lead to bloodshed, but the disgraced party will most likely not have a good life after returning home.
The most powerful envoy guard in all the holy wars should be the guard from the Black Crow Principality in the west of the empire. This principality is also adjacent to the Hazel people and the Earth Temple. Although the principality accepts the Faith of the Temple of Fire
, but most of the residents in the territory are half-orcs and lycanthropes, the folk customs are fierce, and the nobles are also very martial. The guard composed of bear warriors they sent at that time crushed them both in terms of quantity and quality.
They joined the guards from various countries, but unfortunately, they met the Eruin people of that era.
The envoy sent by the Eruin people in that holy war can probably be regarded as the most shabby of all the holy wars. In addition to the representatives of the nobles, the envoy was composed of non-commissioned officers of the White Lion Army, with a total of less than twenty people.
.But the problem is that this twenty-man guard, their guard captain is the Earth Sword Master Darus, and the deputy leader is the scholar Tulaman of Mithril Castle. Just these two people have swept away even the Cruz people.
everyone within.
As for how Brando's famous grandfather later became the marshal of the coalition forces, that is another story.
The envoy guard is the face of Eruin, and Tonigel is now the territory with the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire Eruin. Therefore, the princess chose Brando as the leader of the envoy. Although the royal parties had objections,
I didn't dare to object too much. As for Brando and Her Royal Highness, these two partners who had a tacit understanding with ulterior motives used this cover to blatantly add people to this so-called guard. As for what these people ended up going to Cruz for.
That's hard to say.
Brando took the notepad from Fro's hand, glanced at it casually, then raised his head and looked at the entire convoy, and said softly: "Let's go then, we'll see you in Cruz."
Finally, he added in a low voice:
"Jihad, here I come."
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