Chapter 1012

Chapter 1012

Since the end of the "Battle of Eboden", it has been two months since the winter wind from Duanjie Mountain spread across every corner of the empire.

But for the subjects of the empire, everything seems to be no different from yesterday.

This is actually normal. The original reason why the empire could exist was to fight against the "alliance" formed by the invasion of monsters from the north. Otherwise, such a huge territory, a country with completely different customs and cultures would be fundamentally impossible to integrate in Together.

The elves and ogre of the ancient wood forest, the werewolf tribe of the ice plains in the north of Sackland, the centaur of the big green sea, the kingdom of dwarves between the mountains, the giant monsters running through the wasteland...It can be said that except for the Imperial Capital Apart from keeping peace with Eboden all the year round, there are wars in the other territories almost every year and every season.

The eldest old man has experienced the era of the Black Duke, and a little bit older still vaguely remembers that the late His Majesty Eckhart II commanded the imperial army and fought the invading monster Legion at Duanjie Mountain. Heroic.

In the recent Centaur War, the horseback people of Poi are still vividly visible; in a strict sense, the Lothars who are currently resisting the invasion of the Azores are hunting trolls. The people of Arles and East Sackland, where civil wars have continued, are also engaged in their own wars.

War is the main theme of the empire, and it is the fundamental meaning of the existence of the empire; for the empires, war is nothing at all at the worst, not very special.

Either in the war, or preparing for war, this is the normal state of the empire.

Because of this, even if the Emperor Connold issued a "total war mobilization" and "extraordinarily expropriated" the nobles and duchy in the Imperial Capital, no one dared to stand up and criticize the emperor's "tyranny"; Apart from complaining and some small actions, the nobles who were apportioned did not dare to have any resistance on the surface.

The young nobles and Knights were even more enthusiastic. They rushed to the barracks without waiting for the enlistment order to be issued and asked to join the empire’s army; The girls are crazy for themselves.

The presidents of the union and Chamber of Commerce were even more excited, and they couldn't wait to contract all the empire's military supplies-fighting is making money. They could not understand such a simple truth.

Therefore, the person who has received the most attention in the current empire is Isaac Grantham.

To be more precise, Isaac should be awarded the Knight title and married an Imperial Family-although it is a side branch-this matter.

The empire shakes!

The whole empire...or at least the wizards of Imperial Capital Golovin were almost shocked, and the shock was followed by an indescribable excitement and excitement, to the point of indescribable excitement .

According to the Imperial Capital sheriff's statistics, in just one week, at least 20 taverns were contracted by wizard apprentices from the Academy, and they went to the Sky Palace to petition and swear an oath to the Emperor Connaught. The number of loyal wizards exceeds a thousand, not counting apprentices.

Considering that there are not more than one thousand qualified wizards in the entire Imperial Capital, this number is already extremely scary.

At the same time, the wizards and apprentices around Imperial Capital are also coming to the Sky Palace in batches, petitioning to join His Majesty Connold’s Legion, wishing to be "the imperial Victory contributes modest strength."

When the news of Isaac's award came, almost all the wizards understood "the emperor's hint"-as long as they have military exploits, even the wizard can get the title of nobility and nobility.

This temptation is too big!

The overwhelming majority of the wizards in the empire embarked on the path of becoming a wizard because they were unable to inherit family inheritance and titles, or could not find any way out.

Of course, for real wizards...such as Isaac, or the elders of the tower of the wizard...this kind of "buying and wooing" means is of little value, and the meaning of secular titles and wealth is very limited to them.

But for the members who occupy the wizard world overwhelming majority, this almost gives them an extremely bright future and visible hope.

As long as you work hard, as long as you are loyal to the emperor, as long as you have made enough military exploits...you can, like all the nobles and even the Knights, get privileges, wealth, and the opportunity to become a master!

The opposite is the total resistance of the church.

Priests with a little nodded brain can understand that once the wizards can obtain the status of nobility, it means that the church will completely lose the absolute suppression of the wizard class, which means that the church can no longer be maintained. Absolute dominance in the spiritual realm.

This will be a fatal blow to the church!

Without waiting for Innocent Archbishop to speak, the angry priests took the lead in the streets with "religious congregants". At the same time, Magistrate formally filed a complaint in the imperial cabinet by the church trial, asking Kang His Majesty Nord withdrew his order, otherwise the church would "retract its absolute support for the Vault of Heaven."

This "war between the wizard and the church" within the Imperial Capital is about to start.

At this moment, a shocking news came from the Scarlet Blood Castle-the messenger who went to the Scarlet Blood Castle to negotiate, Holy Cross Church deacon Hillwick, at the ceremony held by the Duke of Byrne "Publicly provoked" the Duke of Byrne, questioned the legitimacy and legitimacy of his identity, and was unanimously expelled by Byrne after "seeing through the trick"!

Almost on the same day, Lotaire, Boye, and Arles also sent letterheads at the same time, questioning the origins of the matter, and begging the Celestial Palace to assess the "seriousness" of the matter. Give a reasonable and legal explanation.

Is it possible to question the identity of an imperial duke as long as there is some evidence of arrogance?

As long as the church has doubts, the dukes of Duchy must immediately produce evidence to prove the authenticity of their identities, or they will be deposed?

Is the inheritance law stipulated in the Imperial Code and the recognition of the nobility in Duchy all invalid, and only the duke recognized by the church can become the legal duke of the empire? !

In the face of this catastrophe, the previously aggressive Holy Cross Church panicked. The original tough attitude could no longer be maintained. He could only pray for the Emperor of the Sky Palace to explain as soon as possible, so that this matter could be made possible. Get proper disposal.

However, Connold did not hear or see it. All his attention was focused on preparing for the war after the winter. There was no time to mediate such trivial matters as the conflict between the church and the Duchy aristocracy. .

If the church at this time can keep a little calm, they can understand that this is the last chance Connold is giving them. If they lose the trust of each duchy, the bond that maintains the empire will be From faith to Duchy's loyalty to the Empire, Desalion's Imperial Family.

The authority and position of the church will suffer unprecedented weakening, and will become one of the vassals and vassals of the empire. The best choice for them right now is to reach a reconciliation with Byrne Duchy alone. Avoid further intensification of contradictions.

But it's a pity that Holy Cross Church's consistent tough attitude makes them unwilling to compromise so quickly. They are still expecting Loren Torino to lower his head and admit his mistake first, or the Vault of Heaven can mediate in the middle.

Of course, these two are absolutely impossible.

So within the Imperial Capital, the dispute between the wizard and the church intensified.

After receiving the assurance from the Emperor Connold and hearing the news of Corona’s sacrifice, the Imperial Family wizard consultant Alberto changed the usual "good old man" and went to the Imperial Cabinet. Magistrate giving tit for tat was tried with the church, not giving way, and vowing to fight to the end.

Whether it is age, experience, experience or even vocabulary, the young church judge Magistrate is not an opponent of the Albert Master; and the constant calm attitude of the wizard makes it easy for him to be passionate from the other party. Find loopholes and weak spots in the words, and then return them back ten times a hundred times.

In all fairness, Albert does not think he can win—after all, for now, the overall strength of the church is far stronger than the wizards; so he intends to drag the dispute down. After the beginning of spring, the war started.

Just after the battle between the wizard and the church attracted everyone’s attention, the night watchman, who had already been incorporated by Dalton Kander, finally found the opportunity to send the truly critical information to the Scarlet Blood. Fort……

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“…From the information sent back, the situation on the front of Eboden is not very good...”

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While reading the information in his hand, Dalton Kander's eyes looked at the black hair wizard on the opposite side-the head down and his face relaxed to the extreme, it was the opposite of the normally cautious man.

"...Because of the turmoil in East Sacrament, the army that blocked the Eboden border received no reinforcements at all, and Elman's army was too far away-in the limited military power, it was ordered not to Under the premise of the enemy's decisive battle, Grand Duke Yuli Wertz decided to use the advantages of transportation and resources to build a series of towers for garrison on the border of Eboden."

"In cooperation with the barracks, the cavalry blocked the passage and compressed the enemy. Steadily advancing."

"In the near future, the Empire’s Legion and the Azores’ small reconnaissance army have had no less than hundreds of conflicts with heavy casualties—the other side is in this In a small-scale battle, it has more advantages than in a large-scale decisive battle; it is already very difficult to retreat safely without talking about winning with the same force."

"...Through many battles, Yuli Weil Archduke Izmir believes that cavalry and crossbowmen are the key to victory; whether it is the Aleman warrior with excellent mobility or the Legion soldiers of the empire, it is difficult for them to confront the Azores head-on, so they urgently need more cavalry reinforcements. , And asked the Empire to increase the number of heavy crossbows..."

"...On the 16th, Grand Duke Elman personally led three flag regiments with a total of more than 1,000 Legion soldiers, snowing and Azov. The small armies of the elves clashed and narrowly won; on the 20th, the enemy launched a fierce attack on the Legion general camp in an attempt to seize the channel of the Gem River. The trial was fruitless; on the 23rd..."

lifts the head, looking at Loren, who is still in a daze, not knowing what to do, Dalton coldly snorted: "On the 23rd, the empire is defeated and Golovin falls!"

"en?!"

The black hair wizard woke up suddenly and lifts the head: "Teacher Dalton, what did you just say?!"

"On the 23rd, the Azores once again launched to the Legion camp Attack, lose." Dalton expressionlessly: "What's the matter?"

"No way, I remember you said that Golovin fell?!"

"No, I It is possible that if the Gem River is taken away, Golovin may indeed fall...Of course, it may not fall."

"..."Loren · Torino.

"The reporting work is here first." While talking, Dalton put the letterhead away: "You are in a very bad condition, go back and rest."

"No, No need...I think it might be because the rest period is too long recently, so..."

"That's what I meant!"

I rudely interrupted my apprentice, Dalton A cold glance: "The decadence in you now is so strong that it is unimaginable-if this is the result of the marriage, then I would rather not tell Charlotte the truth!"

Black hair wizard embarrassing The corner of her twitched mouth, a sense of powerlessness that wants to explain but can’t explain, rises in the mind deeply.

"Don’t pay too much attention to things about Eboden—in fact, it’s useless if you care; after the last battle of Eboden, Emperor Connold will not give you command over this place again. Military power, unless he wants you to be the second black duke."

coldly snorted, Dalton quickly regained his composure and consistent indifference: "It’s Lotaire’s battle that you can be a little more vigilant—from From an intelligence point of view, the enemy’s battle strength there is not inferior to Eboden’s, but they are more reckless. They are attacking the Deep Limburg defense almost at any cost."

"Grand Duke Lotaire, Ruben Verde Lid has completed the mobilization of the whole country, but the narrow battlefield is destined to be unable to fully deploy the forces and fight with each other; this will be a very long war of attrition, and the defeat of either side will cause the advantage to tilt to the other. "

"But neither the elves from far away nor Lotaire, who is not rich, can't last long in this battle; so..."

Looking down slightly, the pensive Dalton said decisively: "Soon, this battle should turn around."

"How fast?" Loren raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know, but maybe... just now, right now!" Dalton Kander said coldly: "From the news, the battle on the Eboden front has reached a deadlock, and Deep Limburg After several disastrous defeats, he has given up active offense and turned into passive defense."

"There are still two months before the end of winter, and the enemy will not give us two months to prepare slowly. Time."

The black hair wizard was silent.

If he could, of course he would not sit here for two months; but Connold had clearly requested that he was not allowed to interfere in any war until he was ordered; and even if he wanted to What kind of help was provided by Ruben in Deep Limburg, and he couldn't help at all at such a distance.

"Of course, these battles are all about Deep Limburg and Eboden after all. We can't directly intervene." Dalton shook his head:

"There is one thing, We must deal with it as soon as possible..."