In Warend, the Sabbath day is used as the dividing line every year, marking the end of the year. After this day, both commoners and nobles will gradually reduce their outing activities, whether for work or personal travel;
It seems that the hustle and bustle of the entire year has quieted down in this month, and people have begun to hold various celebrations and banquets to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, from the Ten-Armed City in the north to Silman and Fir Castle on the southern border of Eruin.
Every household in the region has begun to prepare and pray for the coming year, praying to the gods to bless peace and everything in the new year.
But it seems that ever since a trivial conflict took place at the border between the Kingdom of Eruin and the Cruz Empire at the end of the Year of the Sword, a farce has officially been staged from south to north on the southern border of Cruz, breaking this normal situation in the past.
The peace; starting from the Frost Moon, people seem to have gradually become accustomed to one after another breaking news coming from the south. First, the Eruin people captured the empire's fortress, and an earl from Eruin tried to challenge the empire.
However, in the subsequent rumors, the earl became the party occupying justice again. What he did at the Black Sword Barrier was just to retaliate against some arrogant nobles-in this year
In the middle of the month, the pride of the Cruz people has not reduced to the need to show superiority to a small country. On the contrary, the magnanimity of the big country makes the citizens of the empire pay more attention to moral legitimacy and legality - so they are more emotionally involved.
He is willing to stand on Brando's side and become enemies with those arrogant, stubborn and rigid imperial aristocrats who are usually aloof. Therefore, every time Brando wins, he becomes more popular among the civilians of the empire and even the lower aristocrats.
It was a round of applause.
'We should teach those noble gentlemen a lesson and make them understand.'
This is the common view of almost all the lower-level people in the empire. This does not mean that the upper-level people of the empire have lost their support and the pyramid structure will be crumbling. As long as Brando raises his arms, the empire will fall apart. The above mentality is mostly a kind of mentality.
It has nothing to do with oneself and a mentality of gloating about others' misfortunes. This kind of counterattack is always a drama that the civilian public loves to see. Of course, it is not ruled out that a small number of conspirators are ready to act because of this, and even plan several small rebellions, but these judgments are wrong
Instead, the Silver Queen seized the opportunity to eliminate the unlucky guy and organized several operations to eliminate all dissidents. From this aspect, the supreme leader of the empire did have Brando to thank.
As a result, the southern part of the empire became more lively than ever before, while the center of the empire became more stable than ever before.
In any case, whether willing or unwilling, Brando and his envoy continued to advance north, and rumors of all sizes about the Earl were still gathering from all directions towards the center of the empire.
On the last day of the Winter Qin Moon, St. Osol's Sleeping Festival, which other areas call the Day of Resurgence Celebration, Brando defeated the private army of imperial nobles who stood in front of him, and a famous local squire.
After the formation of the Summer Solstice Knights, a knightly group composed of his sons, and the Anzeluta Local Defense Corps led by Earl Jean and Earl Alkans, the size of the envoy has suddenly expanded from the original medium size of one hundred and ten people to
In addition to the carriage of the envoy itself, the large convoy of several hundred people also towed a dozen large caravans behind it. Inside were all imprisoned imperial nobles, old and young, and most of them had names in history.
, this 'hostage' convoy only had one or two carriages at the beginning, but after each battle, one or two more carriages were often added, eventually forming the current long carriage queue.
For these imperial nobles, Brando did not make things difficult for them. At least he allowed them to maintain a minimum of dignity, and even allowed them to keep attendants and personal followers - of course, the scope of these followers' abilities was limited to running errands and preparing things for their masters.
It's just about eating and drinking, keeping out the cold and solving life problems. In this way, Brando doesn't even need to worry about the food rations of these prisoners. They can solve it by themselves. Of course, it is not ruled out that some hardliners among them want to give him
The troublemaker was someone who would rather starve to death than consume the Brando mission's rations. His method of dealing with it was also very simple. He just provided basic rations to these guys who were usually pampered. In the end, those guys didn't eat two meals.
After eating hard bread, he went to contact his attendants with tears streaming down his face.
Brando didn't worry about these people running away. There were magic alarms provided by wizards 24 hours a day near the convoy, and there were gargoyles patrolling in the sky. How far could ordinary people run in this snow-covered barren forest?
At first, a few people tried to escape, but Brando didn't even stop them. As a result, within a few days, those unlucky ones were cold and hungry and returned to the convoy like savages, voluntarily continuing to be prisoners. Brando
Duo deliberately relaxed the surveillance of these unlucky people in the convoy. As a result, through their mouths, everyone soon knew what happened to them, and it also had a good deterrent effect for a while.
The climax of the second escape came when the envoy passed through a relatively prosperous area near Rusev. The successful 'escape' of several nobles was like a shot in the arm for the hundreds of prisoners in the entire convoy, and then they started
Large-scale escape operations began every evening, and there was an endless stream of people escaping from the convoy, but almost all of them were caught back. Then the imperial nobles who were unwilling to give up began to contact people outside the convoy through their entourage, and launched
The hostages were rescued through battles of wits and courage again and again.
As for the whole process, it was full of aristocratic wisdom and whimsy. For example, a passing circus invited Brando, the earl, to visit, or the noble daughter in trouble asked him, a stranger, for help. It was full of...
The romanticism of the knights, some even made Brando dumbfounded. As for the result, Brando was severely punished several times by pretending to be bandits, businessmen, prostitutes, mercenaries, noble family members and even circuses.
After the various noble knights who were members, the caravan behind the envoys unsurprisingly increased.
After a month of back-and-forth, the imperial nobles finally realized that their futile escape plans would never work in Brando's eyes. Although the Earl looked only twenty years old,
But he was as shrewd as those old mercenary captains, adventurers, mercenaries and nightingales who had been walking on the mainland all their lives. The disguises and cunning tricks used by nightingales were no different in front of him. Of course, what they did not expect was that Bu
While Lando was teaching these whimsical guys, he was also snickering. These people actually played these things with him - these were all things he had played badly with in his previous life. The player's adventurers were in the next half of the world.
The game is much more exciting than that of these childish nobles, and there are some things that they have never even thought about.
There is a famous example in the Second Age. In order to ambush the mountain king Charlie Finger, a player used illusion magic to create an identical rock fortress less than five miles away from Alice Anna, and then used barrier spells to
The entire Alice Anna disappeared from the map. No one thought that someone would play such a big trick under the noses of countless people, even a famous NPC like Mountain King Charlie Finger. If it hadn't been for that person at that time
There is a mistake in the player's guild. I am afraid that they will have to complete the great task of killing Charlie Finger. It can be seen that the tricks of these nobles are really boring in Brando's opinion.
He, Sophie, had served as the team leader in the game on and off for almost thirty years in the previous life. This is not a particularly outstanding experience among game players, but it is very remarkable among NPCs.
With such qualifications, even veteran mercenaries like Fern and Juta may not be able to do it.
Not to mention that there is an older leader beside him, Nymesis. Although the female knight is not willing to admit her identity, this does not prevent her from using her experience.
The two of them often spent all night in the carriage studying the tricks of these nobles, and the result was that some unlucky ones were eaten to death.
After leaving Rusev, the envoy also began to gradually leave the territory of Anzeruta. At this time, some small noble families in the long convoy finally couldn't bear it any longer. They began to make demands for redemption one after another. For these people
Brando was not particularly embarrassed. After collecting the money, he graciously let him go. This generosity made him famous among some small nobles. The rumors about the kicking sword master and the crazy count were not as good as they were at the beginning.
So bad. Of course, this is just one aspect. On the other hand, the nobles that Miss Oni let go under his instruction finally began to play a role. Under their extravagant publicity, Brando's identity successfully became a
Different rules from a foreign land, an unwelcome stranger, evolved into the image of a big devil.
There is nothing wrong with their propaganda. After all, if Brando is not described as insidious and cunning, and how good at playing with people's hearts, wouldn't it mean that the guys he captured are very incompetent? After all, they lost to a powerful opponent.
It may mean that you are weak and incompetent. Losing to a smart opponent may indicate that you are a complete fool. Losing to a sophisticated opponent may point out your childishness and naivety. But if your opponent is despicable, then
At least you can win the sympathy of the audience. After all, kindness is guiltless, right?
So in their descriptions, the treatment and dignity given to the nobles by Brando disappeared. The daily life of the nobles captured by Brando was simply worse than hell. They had no clothes.
Covered and underfed - although people may wonder what the dignified Count Eruin is doing by robbing them of their clothes and food rations, this description is in line with the imperial people's speculation about the effects of foreign barbarians, so these
The nobles' statements successfully aroused the indignation of almost all imperial nobles throughout Anzeruta.
Of course, this kind of indignation has actually existed from the beginning, but Count Jean and Count Olkons haven't thought of how to stand on moral and righteous grounds so that they can have reason to continue to attack this Eru.
Because the human envoys took action, now they finally found the reason for the war under the "hand-by-step" guidance of the princess from Viero. However, this reason sounds ridiculous and unbelievable, but it is used to convince Her Majesty the Queen.
That should be enough.
So in full view of the entire empire, the two earls began their actions to regain face.
As described at the beginning, this farce that started from the borders of the empire and went all the way to the hinterland of the empire has been staged again. It is obviously its second season. It is still unclear whether there will be a third or fourth season.
Easy to say.
The Eruin envoys finally passed through the last barrier of the Anzeruta Mountains at this time. The location they are now in is called Fuyun Hills on the empire's territory. This is a quite famous place for the empire.
Location - In the Battle of the Saints, this is the starting point of the Great Plains. Looking eastward from here, there is an endless wilderness - that is, the southwest end of the Four Realms. And heading north from here, there is a road called
The long and narrow corridor of the Evergreen Walkway is connected to the famous Mosaic Neck in the north; and to the east of this place, close to the Broken Sword Mountains, is the Rokochi Highlands, which is the closest place to the Toquinin Great Plains.
There are countless fortresses and barriers at the junction of the mountains, blocking the lion-man offensive.
In other words, this place is probably the closest place to war for the empire at this moment, except for the Wilderness of the Four Realms and the eastern foot of the Broken Sword Mountain Range. Since July, this place has been on alert. To this day,
The festive atmosphere of other places can no longer be seen here. There are few pedestrians on the roads between towns and between commercial stations. On the contrary, patrols have begun to appear more frequently.
This place is currently a military station for two battlefields, and it is also one of the weakest links in the empire. On normal days, Brando is really worried that the two earls of Anzeruta will find ways to convince some of the northern and southern legions.
The big imperialists came to pursue and intercept them, but now, the soldiers of the empire were fighting bloody battles, and it was obviously unlikely that they would participate in the petty game between these nobles.
At this time, Brando finally contacted some of the imperial nobles who were biased towards him through Lenaret's power in the empire - but the nobles he first came into contact with were not die-hard supporters of the eldest son of the emperor -
After all, the spheres of influence of military nobles are mostly in the north and south, which are the traditional spheres of influence of local nobles and temples. And these nobles Brando came into contact with happened to be some local forces who were emotionally biased towards the eldest son of the emperor. They had
A common feature is that their positions are vacillating, and their strength is far from enough to affect the situation of the empire. To be more precise, they are just soy sauce.
But these soy sauces are very important to Brando at the moment. Through them, Brando finally understands some of the internal situations of the empire at this time - especially the key is that after Veronica and Mangrove return to the empire
What happened next, after the entire history had changed, although Brando still had a forward-looking judgment on the customs of the empire in this era and the habits of the nobles in handling affairs, he still had a forward-looking judgment on the empire after the big explosion and the Holy War.
The specific direction of the previous details was rare. In fact, since he returned to this era, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.
After contacting these small families, he finally understood intermittently what happened after that. As Veronica expected, she was deprived of military power as soon as she returned to the empire, but the Silver Queen was not punished for this.
The Erichko family instead asked Veronica's brother to succeed the army commander and at the same time take over the position of the head of the Erichko family. She did this in the apparent hope of appeasing the military forces and not offending those she was about to do too much.
A useful person, but Brando knows that there is a deeper reason, because he knows very well that Ms. Veronica is actually just the scapegoat in the whole incident. In the eyes of people who don’t know the truth, this incident is because of Veronica.
Nika was punished for inadvertently causing trouble to the royal family, but in fact it was just a cover-up. Her Majesty the Queen knew the role she played in it, and it was inevitable that she had a guilty conscience when she appeased the Erichko family.
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But what puzzled Brando was that Veronica was not returned to her own territory, but was placed under house arrest in the imperial capital. This made him confused. Could it be that Her Majesty the Queen really
He is so hard-hearted that he wants to punish the leader of the legion? No matter how he thinks about it, he feels that it is not necessary. The Silver Queen does not know Veronica's ability, and there seems to be no need for her to offend her to death.
However, Brando didn't think much about it after learning the news. It wasn't until Nymesis reminded him that there might be a conspiracy that he realized that something was indeed wrong.
After Nimasis learned the truth of the whole incident, her original words to him were: "His Majesty, the Emperor of the Cruz people, will take great action."
"What's going on?" Brando knew that his political experience was not much better than that of Mr. Eco, a righteous knight in the mission, so he didn't feel anything was wrong at all and asked directly.
road.
Nymesis glanced at him, with a rare look of hatred in her eyes. This look was very similar to the way her senior looked at him back then: "Think about who Veronica is, what kind of person she is.
Can my brother become a great weapon? Since you and I both know this, wouldn’t the Silver Queen not know that by doing this, she is leaving the Blue Legion empty? What forces are there in the central area of the empire? Without the Blue Legion, the power
The balance was easily broken. A mature politician would not make such a risky move, but if she did, it showed that she had an intention to eradicate the logic that risks are proportional to returns. Her actions must be
Not too small."
The female knight paused for a moment before replying calmly: "It's just that we have too little information to deduce what she wants to do."
Brando's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He looked at this lady knight who was usually taciturn and only occasionally said a few words when she discussed tactics against the nobles during this period. For a moment, she felt so familiar.
The feeling seemed to have returned to the other person. When she said those words before, it was almost like the scene when the senior sister analyzed the task for them. But at that time, senior Bai Jia was much gentler.
He pursed his lips and thought carefully about Nimesis's words in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible.
But whether the action of the Supreme One is good or bad for them, just like Nymesis said, because there is too much missing information, it cannot be inferred for a while.
"This matter is getting more and more complicated," Brando couldn't help but said to himself: "But His Majesty's actions will probably not have anything to do with what we are going to do next. We are currently going to
The matter is still to deal with a certain two earls. Only by doing this well can we take the initiative in the next trip to the empire."
The female knight was noncommittal after hearing this. Instead, Medissa who was on the side replied: "Lord, I think it's a good thing to focus on one thing, but we'd better inquire about this information."
Brando nodded this time. In fact, he already had a suitable candidate in mind.
Speaking of which, the other person was the only person he knew in the empire.
Coincidentally, they are very close geographically at this moment.
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