Chapter 409 The Brilliant Son of Poldro I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
ps: The emperor is here to wish all book friends a happy new year!
ps2: There are a lot of things to do during the New Year, and I also need to rest and clear my mind. I tentatively plan to take a day off tomorrow, and I will see if there is any update the day after tomorrow!
Fedmond de Bordeaux, the legitimate son of Boderick, Duke of Bordeaux, is forty-eight years old. After a full fifteen years of Holy Grail expedition, this Poseidon knight finally returned with full glory.
After he killed a Chaos Troll that had been causing trouble for many years in Talabek Territory, he was recognized by the Fairy of the Lake.
Duke Bodrick came after hearing the news. The elderly Duke, surrounded by Poseidon knights, walked quickly to Fedmund. He looked at his son.
Fifteen years have passed by in a hurry, and the high-spirited young knight who set out that year now has a lot of weather on his face. However, judging from his appearance and age, Fedmund actually looks younger than when he set out.
It seems like a double decade now
Hua, a heroic young knight, has a faint smile on his simple face, his eyes are burning with the anger of the Lake God, his body exudes the aura of divine blessing, and his blade has drunk countless dark creatures.
blood, now, he has returned from the Holy Grail Crusade!
"I'm back, father." Fedmund looked at Bodrick's old appearance. He opened his mouth, and finally decided to kneel down on one knee: "With the blessing of the lady, I completed the Holy Grail expedition.
.”
"Okay, great!" Duke Bodrick was ecstatic, and Duke Bordeaux, who had always been steady, excitedly slapped his eldest son on the shoulder: "Let's go into the castle and talk! Where are your friends?
?”
"They are not my friends, we are just on the way." Fedmund shook his head. He was about to go back and introduce a few people from the empire, but found that the other party had disappeared into the town of Bordeaux.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Fedmund, my son, it has been fifteen years and you are finally back!" Duke Bodrick quickly motioned for his son to follow him.
Now in the Duke's eyes, Fedmund is good no matter what.
Twenty minutes later, in the middle of the Poseidon Hall in the Castle of Bordelix, the capital of Bordero.
The huge mermaid statue is flanked by waterfalls of seawater flowing down. The furniture made of gold, silver and fine oak is exquisitely crafted. The sun is shining outside, and the power of the sea god Mannann revolves around the Bordeaux Castle, blessing.
Prince of Poseidon Mannann, God's Chosen Champion Duke Bodrick.
Fedmund was treated like a hero, with more than a hundred Poseidon knights and all the servants in the castle.
"Fifteen years have passed, Fedmund. Fifteen years have passed. I have sent people to inquire about you many times, but I have never received any information. My son, how have you been here for the past fifteen years?
"Duke Bodrick, wearing a ducal dress, asked his son.
Fedmund's plate armor was in tatters, and only the statue of the Lady of the Lake was as clean as new. The newly promoted Holy Grail Knight listened to his father's inquiry silently, with a sigh in his tone: "I
Went to the border prince to receive him."
"The Border Princely Territory? No wonder, in that chaotic place, it is difficult for news to spread." Duke Bodrick was thoughtful, and he asked strangely: "Why did you go to the Border Princely Territory?"
"After I started the Holy Grail Crusade, I moved along Britannia, Estalia and Tyrell, and left my own footprints in Miragliano and the Principality of Lucini." Fedmund
Taking a mirror from the hands of the attendant, looking at the stains on his face and the mess on his body, the Duke's legitimate son was not only not ashamed, but felt quite proud.
This is his glorious military medal and a symbol of his devotion to the lady. He is no longer a mortal. Divine power surges in his chest. He is already a Knight of the Holy Grail.
The attendant turned on the hot water and handed over the towel. Fedmund wiped it on his face randomly, and then said: "A few years later, I accepted the invitation of Ruifford "Duke" Antonelli and Green
After the war, in order to protect the civilians there, I stayed there for more than three years and killed thousands of greenskins. I didn’t leave until I thought the people there could fight the greenskin invasion on their own.”
"Duke Ruifford Antonelli? How come I have never heard of this person?" Duke Bodrick was quite puzzled. He turned his attention to Sir Howl, the deputy leader of the Poseidon Knights, and his group.
On the courtiers.
These people all responded by looking up at the ceiling and shaking their heads at the Duke. The Duke's former butler, Ismail, the big trader who was most familiar with the outside world, said to Bodrick: "My Duke, and Britannia
The two border princes that have diplomatic relations are the Principality of Akendorf and the Kingdom of Myrmidon. Akendorf has an army of 2,000 and Myrmidon has an army of 2,500. Some of the smaller border princes we have
I’ve heard of it, but I’m not familiar with it.”
"The Principality of Redford? There are only five hundred people in that place." Fedmund smiled mockingly.
"Five hundred soldiers?" Bo Derek asked casually: "That's really small. This so-called 'duke' can't even compare to my baron."
The Border Princely Territory is a chaotic area. This land was once conquered by the Empire and the Brittanians, but was quickly abandoned. The imperial emperor William I, who was also the Grand Duke of Iverland, and the later famous emperor "The Conqueror"
"Sigismund conquered
The border princes claimed the territory and established a province. However, due to the long-term exposure to greenskin attacks and transportation difficulties (the loss rate of food transported from the empire was over 70%), the empire chose to abandon this place twice and only left it here.
Some people and soldiers are unwilling to leave.
Later, the country of Britannia was established, and the proud knights once conquered this land. After that, some of the knights who completed the mission of expelling the greenskins chose to return to Britannia, but the remaining few knights refused to return.
Take root in the Border Princely Territory and build a castle, becoming a noble here, so the current Border Princely Territory has become
A chaotic area inhabited by Imperials, Bretons, and Mrs. Keesler, this land is notorious as the law of all kinds of bandits, mercenaries, murderers, pirates, and other lawless fugitives.
In this land, new "Border Princes" rise almost every day, and old "Border Princes" are defeated and die.
"What five hundred soldiers? Just five hundred people. When I left the Principality of Ruifford, there were a total of 526 people in the entire city." Fedmund smiled, and the Holy Grail Knight smiled bitterly and said to his father:
"Mr. Antonelli has always planned to establish 'international diplomatic relations' with Britannia and the Empire!"
"Okay." Duke Bodrick shook his head repeatedly. There may be dozens of "Border Prince Principalities" in the Border Princes Territory. Most of these Border Princes have incredibly exaggerated titles and a decent court. The Border Princes are passionate about it.
Yu engages in "international diplomacy" and arrogantly proposes to other border princes
However, when facing real countries, such as the Empire and Britannia, these border princes basically behaved like pugs wagging their tails begging for mercy, because for these border princes, the Empire or Britannia
A baron from Tanya is far more powerful than them.
Being a dog of the Empire or Britannia is the greatest honor!
"Then I went north again and participated in the war against the greenskins in Blackfire Pass. I accepted a table of delicious food from the halflings in Mutt and helped them kill a bloodthirsty ghost. I participated in the siege of an undead in Stirland.
Wizard, finally, in Talabek, I killed a Chaos Troll... By the way, father, I heard that Bordero is doing well recently? I saw a lot of high elf fleets."
"Now we, Bordero, have established trade relations with the High Elf Kingdom of Lothern and the Kingdom of Savri, and we have made extremely huge profits from last year to this year." Duke Bodrick hesitated for a moment, but decided.
To tell the truth: "This is the credit of Count Lion Malcador. The deal he made with Lord Tigris. I don't know if you have heard of his name."
"Of course I've heard of it, in the southern countries, the empire, and I've even heard of Ryan's name in the border princedom." Fedmund nodded with a rather arrogant look: "To be the lady's divinely chosen champion, you must have someone like this.
strength."
"Now that Richard is preparing to abdicate, the only ones who are eligible to compete for the throne in the entire kingdom are Laurent-Leo Cornwall, Duke of Connet, Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne, and Berhemond, Duke of Bastogne.
, Francois, Duke of Winford, and other people, but I think Ryan still has a chance. This chance depends on whether he can get it.
The title of duke, my son, Fedmund, do you want to compete for the throne? If you want, I will pass the title of duke to you tomorrow." Bo Derek frowned, he was a little relieved: "Wait until you are right.
Now that the Duke's affairs are under control, I can safely hand over Bordeleau to you and start my own Holy Grail expedition."
"My lord Mannann, none of the Dukes of Bordeaux in the past has ever become the king of Britannia. It is our honor to be able to guard Bordeaux as a believer of the Lady. After all, in the eyes of the Dukes, we
It's not orthodox." Fedmund shook his head repeatedly: "There is no way I can become the king, father, and the nobles of the kingdom will not accept it."
"Then this involves where we are, Fedmund... There's no rush. Let's wait until the situation becomes clear. As for the position of Duke..." Bo Derek really wants to get rid of these worldly things.
He said: "In this way, I will first leave the entire Poseidon Knights and the entire Bordero defense to you, and I will be responsible for the trade and many miscellaneous things in the territory. When you are fully adapted to everything as a Duke, I will
I'll leave the whole Bordero to you."
Fedmund had no objection, and the matter was settled.
"Ismael!" Everything was decided, and Duke Bodrick was extremely proud. He ordered loudly: "Quickly, spread my invitation to the entire kingdom! I want everyone to know that my son, Fei
Demond has completed the Holy Grail expedition and has returned with endless glory! I want all the earls and nobles above the earl in Brittany to come to Bordeaux for a banquet!"
"Yes! My Duke, please give this banquet a name!"
"This banquet is called the Glory of Bordeaux!"
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Bordeaux Castle, a group of Imperial people are walking on the street.
"It's hard to imagine that most of the civilians in such a prosperous city are serfs. It's so far worse than Nuer. Why would Emmanuel be willing to stay in a place like this." The giant man with a cold face looked at the street.
It took me a long time to utter such a sentence.
"Nur is a great city, but it does not represent the entire empire." Engineer Master Wagner looked at the bustling crowd: "Britannia and the Empire are fundamentally different. In the Empire, the nobles only guard and
own interests related to the city and
Manors, those densely populated villages in forests and wilderness must protect themselves. In Britannia, despite the low status of serfs, if any village is attacked, the knights of the fief will mount their war horses and raise their lances.
Fighting for their ladies.”
"Ke..." the giant man said in a low voice, and then nodded: "The knights in this country are indeed quite capable in combat. I really want to see the strength of the Holy Grail Knights."
"The top priority is that we must find Emmanuel! Theodore!" The witch wearing a scarf, purple robe, and holding a giant scythe spoke: "Nothing else is important."
The words of this witch were filled with some kind of deep and extremely terrifying magic power. As soon as she opened her mouth, the bright light nearby was distorted, and those around her felt the bone-chilling chill and retreated one after another. Even Rui Rui
Wagner, who was against the imperial guard, felt a powerful force grabbing his throat.
Elspeth von Drakken, the Supreme Mage of the Imperial Academy of Amethyst, the Grand Wizard of the Death Sanctuary, and the Guardian of Nur, nicknamed "Graveyard Rose" and "The Black Lady of Nur".
She has always been Emmanolly's staunchest supporter. Since Emmanolly's disappearance, the great wizard of the Death Sanctuary has spent a lot of energy searching for her whereabouts and making sure that she is still alive.
Emperor Karl Franz sent someone to inform Elspeth after the Winter Veil Festival, telling her that Emmanuel von Lebwitz-Bernardino was in the Lady of the Lake, Glamorgan.
Earl, Lion "The Pious" Macca
As a maid in many palaces, Ms. Elspeth felt deeply that the incident was of great importance, so she led fifty soldiers of the Nur Armored Army, along with the Reik Guard Wagner who was responsible for guiding the way, and also called the
A giant man like an iron tower.
Theodore Bruckner, the champion of Nuer, the strongman of the sanctuary, and the mysterious origin of Nuer, is an incredibly powerful warrior. His existence is the enforcer of bloody justice and the defender of Nuer order.
After receiving the news, the champion of Noor also put down his affairs and followed Ms. Elspeth to Britannia to look for Emmanuel.
They all believe that only Emmanuel is qualified to be the master of Nuer! The orthodox successor of the Elector of Brescia and the strong claimant of the Grand Duke of Wesson, not Gianni Bernardino!
"First of all, we must find a way to enter Ryan's palace and identify Emmanuel. Then, we must find a way to take Emmanuel away and welcome her back to Nuer! Make her the Duchess of Nuer,
The Elector of Brescia and the Grand Duke of Wesson!" said Reik's Guard Wagner, who and his family were firm supporters of Emmanuel.
"The strength of Count Ryan Malcador is obvious to all. It will be difficult to take Emmanuel away by force. We may have to think of some ways."