Vol 5 Chapter 69

In Vaund, the day of the Sabbath day is used as a dividing line in each year, marking the arrival of the end of the year, whether civilians or nobles, will gradually reduce outings after this day, whether it is work or private travel; As if the hustle and bustle throughout the year has quieted down in this month, people began to hold various celebrations and banquets from the oldest to the newest, from the ten-armed city on the northernmost side, to Silman and fir-tree castle on the southern border of Eruin. Every area in the region has begun preparing and praying for the coming year, praying to the gods to bless the new year with a calm and smooth journey and everything goes smoothly.

But it seems that since a trivial conflict staged at the border between the kingdom of Eruin and the Cruz Empire at the end of the year of the sword year, a farce has been formally staged from the south to the north of the Cruz border, breaking this past. From the Frost Moon, people seem to get used to one after another breaking news from the south, first the Eruin captured the fortress of the empire, an Earl from Eruin tried to challenge the empire Majesty. However, in the subsequent rumors, the Earl became the party occupying the axiom, and what he did in the Black Sword Barrier was only to give color to some arrogant nobles-in the middle of this year, Cruz's pride has not been reduced to the need to show superiority in a small country. On the contrary, the demeanor of a large country makes the citizens of the empire pay more attention to moral legitimacy and legitimacy-so they are more willing to stand on the emotional side. On the side of Brando, he went to fight with the enemies of the arrogant, stubborn, rigid and noble imperial image of the empire. Therefore, every time Brando wins, he is applauded among the civilians of the empire and even the lower nobles. sound.

‘Just give those noble grandpas a lesson and make them understand. ’

This is the common view of almost all the people of the empire. This does not mean that the upper levels of the empire have been greatly disappointed. The pyramid structure will be crumbling. As long as Brando shakes his arms, the empire will fall apart. The above mentality is mostly a matter of irrelevance and gloat. This kind of counterattack is always a common sight of the common people. Of course, it is not ruled out that a small number of conspirators are so tempted to do so, and even planned a few small rebellions, but these unlucky judgments have been seized by the silver queen, and organized several actions to eliminate aliens. In this respect, the supreme man of the empire really thanked Brando.

So the empire's south was unprecedentedly lively, while the empire's center was unprecedentedly stabilized.

In any case, whether willingly or reluctantly, Brando and his ambassadors continued to advance north, and rumors of the Earl, large and small, still gathered from all directions to the center of the empire.

On the last day of the Winter Holly Moon, St. Osor ’s Hypnosis, otherwise known as the Day of Recovery Celebration, Brando defeated the imperial private aristocracy, a famous local squire After the Knights of the Summer Solstice formed by the children and the Azeruta Local Defense Corps led by Earl Jien and Earl Alcons, the size of the regiment has been expanded from the original medium of one hundred people to In the large convoy of hundreds of people, in addition to the carriage of the ambassador itself, there are dozens of large caravans towed behind, all of which are imperial nobles, both old and young, and most have names in history. At first, this 'hostage' convoy was only one or two carriages, but after each battle, they often added an additional one or two, and finally formed the scale of the current long queue.

For these imperial nobles, Brando did not embarrass them, at least to keep them at least decent, and even allowed them to retain attendants and followers-of course, the scope of these followers is limited to running errands and preparing points for their masters Eat and drink to solve the problem of cold protection and daily life. In this way, Brando does not need to worry about the rations of these captives himself, and they solve it by themselves. Of course, some hardliners are not ruled out. Those who want to create trouble for him and hold people who would rather starve to consume the rations of Brando's ambassador. His method of handling is very simple. Basic rations, but after those guys didn't eat two hard breads, they went to their servants in tears.

Brando didn't worry that these people would run away. There were magical alarms provided by wizards around the convoy 24 hours a day, and there were gargoyles patrolling the air. How far can ordinary people run in this snow-covered barren mountain and forest? At first, there were so many people trying to escape, Brando didn't even stop them. As a result, those few unlucky eggs were cold and hungry within a few days, as if they were savages, they returned to the convoy themselves, and they voluntarily continued to be prisoners. Bran I deliberately relaxed the surveillance of these unlucky eggs in the team. As a result, through their mouths, everyone soon knew their experiences, and it also had a good deterrent effect for a while.

The second climax of the escape came from the envoys passing through the relatively prosperous area near Russef. The successful 'escape' of several nobles injected a shot of hundreds of prisoners into the convoy, and then they began. A large-scale escape operation began every evening, and there was a steady stream of people who fled the convoy, but they were almost always returned. Then the immortal imperial noble began to contact the people outside the convoy through his entourage, and launched a hostile operation to save the hostage again and again.

As for the whole process, it is full of aristocratic wisdom and whimsical. For example, the passing circus invited Brando, the Earl, to visit, or the troubled nobleman asked his foreigner for help. Because of the romanticism of the knights, some even made Brando cry and laugh. As a result, he taught a few times in Brando to pretend to be robbers, businessmen, women, mercenaries, noble family members, and even the circus. After the members of the noble knights, the caravan convoy behind the troupe increased without a surprise.

After one month's visits and visits, the imperial nobles finally realized that their futile escape plans would not work in Brando's eyes. Although the Earl looked only twenty years old, but But as shrewd as the heads of the old mercenary regiments who have walked the whole life on the continent, the camouflage and sneaky tricks customarily used by adventurers, mercenaries and nightingales are almost in front of him, and of course they did not expect that cloth As Lando was teaching these whimsical guys, he was also laughing and laughing, these people even played these things with him-these are the things he played in his last life, and the player's adventurers in the next half of the world It is much more exciting to play than these naive aristocrats, and there are things they have never even thought about.

There is a famous case in the Second Age. In order to ambush the king of the mountain, Charifinger, a player forged an illusion of a rocky mountain fortress within five miles from Alice Anna, and then used a barrier-like spell to The entire Alice Anna shield disappeared from the map. No one had expected that anyone would play such a big trick under the eyes of countless people, even the famous NPC such as the mountain king Charlie Finger. If it hadn't been for the player's guild at that time, I am afraid that the great cause of killing Shalifinger would have to be completed. It can be seen that the tricks of these nobles are really boring and boring to Brando.

He, Sophie, has been the head of the game for almost 30 years on and off in the previous life. This is not a particularly outstanding experience among gamers, but it is very good in NPCs. This Even senior mercenaries like Fern and Yuta may not be able to do the job.

Not to mention that there is an older elder leader beside him, Nimesis, although the Knightess is not willing to admit her identity, but this does not prevent her from exerting her own experience.

The two often studied these nobles' tricks in a carriage all night, and the result was naturally that some bad luck eggs were eaten to death.

After leaving Rutherf, the ambassadors began to gradually leave the boundary of Azeruta. At this time, some small noble families in the long convoy finally could not carry it. They began to make redemption requests one after another. For these people, Brando was not particularly embarrassed. After receiving the money, he generously let him go. Such generosity has earned him a reputation among some little nobles. Rumors about the Swordmaster and Mad Count of Yamen are not like they were at the beginning. So bad. Of course, this is just one thing. On the other hand, the nobles who Miss Auni has let go under his will have finally started to play a role. With their jealous propaganda, Brando's identity has successfully become a foreigner. The regular and unpopular aliens have evolved into the image of a great demon king.

It is understandable that they are so propaganda. After all, if Brando is not described as insidious and deceitful, and how good at playing with people, wouldn't it seem that these guys who have been arrested by him are very incompetent? After all, losing to a strong opponent may mean that you are weak and incompetent. Losing to a brilliant opponent may mean that you are a complete fool. Losing to an old and fierce opponent may indicate that you are naive and naive, but if Your opponent is despicable and shameless, so at least you can win the sympathy of the audience. After all, goodness is innocent, isn't it?

So in their description, Brando's treatment and respect for the aristocracy were missing, and the lives of the aristocrats caught by Brando were living worse than hell. They were not clothed. Sheltering, not eating—Although people generally doubt what a Count Eluin robbed of these people ’s clothes and rations, such a description is in line with the speculation in the minds of the imperial people against the barbarians of the Panbang effect, so these The nobility's statements successfully stirred the indignation of almost all empire nobles throughout Azeruta.

Of course, this indignation has actually existed since the beginning, but Earl Gion and Earl Alcons have not yet thought of how to stand on morality and axioms, so that they can have reasons to continue to this Eru Because of the envoy's shot, now they finally found the reason to start the war under the instruction of Ms. Viero's Duke 'Hands', but this reason sounds ridiculous and unbelievable, but to convince Her Majesty Should be enough.

So in the eyes of the entire empire, the two counts began their reconciliation.

As described in the same beginning, this farce, which has been performed all the way from the border of the Empire to the hinterland of the Empire, is once again performed. It is obviously the second season now, and whether there are third and fourth quarters is still very different. Okay.

The Eruin ambassadors finally crossed the last barrier of the Anzeruta Mountains this season. The position they are in now is called the Cloud Hills on the territory of the empire, which is quite famous for the empire. Where it is-In the Battle of the Holy One, this is the starting point of the Great Plain, and looking east from here, it is an endless wilderness-that is, the most southwestern end of the Four Realms. To the north, through a narrow corridor called the Evergreen Walkway, it is connected to the famous flower and leaf collar in the north. In the east of this place, next to the Broken Sword Mountain Range, it is the Rokozi Heights, where it is the closest. In the Toquinin Great Plains, there are countless forts and barriers at the junction of the mountains, blocking the lion offensive.

In other words, this place is probably the closest place to the empire at this moment to the war except the Four Realms and the eastern foot of the Broken Sword Mountain Range. Since July, this place has entered a state of alert. Today, You can't see the festival atmosphere in other places here. There are few pedestrians on the road between towns and between commercial and commercial stations. Instead, patrols have begun to appear frequently.

This place is currently a large soldier station on two battlefields, and it is also one of the weakest links in the empire. If it is weekdays, Brando is really worried that the two Earl of Azerota will find a way to persuade some of the two north and south legions. The big imperialists came to chase themselves, but now, the soldiers of the empire are fighting **** battles, and it is obviously impossible to participate in these petty games among the nobles.

At this time, Brando finally contacted some of his imperial nobles through Lenarette's influence in the empire-but these nobles he first contacted were not the **** lords of the eldest son- After all, the sphere of influence of military nobles is mostly in the north, and the south is the traditional sphere of influence of local nobles and temples. And these nobles that Brando came into contact with were some of the local forces that were emotionally biased towards the eldest son of the emperor. They have a common characteristic that their positions are erratic, and their strength is not enough to affect the situation of the empire. Exactly Some say it's soy sauce.

But these soy sauces are very important to Brando at the moment, and through them Brando finally learned some things inside the empire this season-especially the key is that Veronica and Mangrove return to the empire What happened afterwards, after the entire history changed, although Brando still had a forward-looking judgment on the customs and customs of the empire in this era and the habits of the nobles, but he had a good judgment on the empire after that big bang, Jihad The specific direction of the previous details is a rare obscurity. In fact, this is the first time that he has encountered such a situation since he returned to this era.

After contacting these small families, he finally understood intermittently what happened after that, and as Veronica expected, she was deprived of military power as soon as she returned to the empire, but the Silver Queen was not guilty of this. The Ericsko family, instead let Veronica's brother succeed the head of the legion, while taking over the role of the parent of the Ericsko family. She did so in the clear hope that it would appease the military, so as not to offend these people she would use, but Brando knew that there was a deeper reason, because he knew that Ms. Veronica was actually However, it was a scapegoat in the whole incident. In the eyes of people who do not know the truth, this incident was punished for Veronica's inadvertent misery of the royal family. But in fact, this is just a deceptive name. Her Majesty knows it. Ming Ming played a role in it. She soothed the Ericsko family, inevitably a guilty conscience.

But what puzzled Brando a bit was that Veronica had not been returned to her territory, but had been placed under house arrest in the Imperial City, which made him a little bit unintelligible. Her Majesty the Queen really Iron-hearted, want to cure the sin of the Lord Corps Master? He didn't think it was necessary, the Silver Queen wouldn't know Veronica's ability, she didn't seem to have to offend the other party.

However, Brando didn't think about it after he learned the news. It wasn't until Nimesis reminded him that there might be a conspiracy in it, and he didn't react—something was really wrong.

After learning the truth of the whole thing, Nimesis gave him the original words: "His Majesty the Cruz emperor will make a big move."

"What's the matter?" Brando knew that his political experience was not afraid to make Mr. Aiko, a righteous knight in the regiment, better, so he didn't feel anything wrong, and asked directly. Road.

Nimesis took a look at him, with a rare look in his eyes that hated iron and steel. This look was very similar to the look of the old school sister: "Do you think of Veronica, who is he Brother can become a big weapon? Now that you and I know this, would n’t the Silver Queen know that she did this by letting the Youth Corps hang out? What are the forces in the central area of ​​the empire? Without the Youth Corps, the power The balance was easily broken. A mature politician would not make such a risky move, but if she did so, it would indicate that she had made an attempt to eradicate the logic that risk is directly proportional to return. Her action must be It won't be small. "

The horsewoman paused before answering faintly: "It's just that we have too little information to deduce what she wants to do."

Brando listened a little. He looked at the quiet words in this weekday. Only this time, when he discussed with him the tactics against the nobles, he occasionally said a few words, Miss Knight. It felt as if she had returned to the other person. When she said that, she almost looked like the scene when the school sister gave them the analysis task. But at that time, Bai Ye Xuejie was much gentler.

He pursed his lips and thought about Nimesis's words in his head, thinking more and more that this was possible.

But the action of the Supreme One is good or bad for them, as Nimesis said, because there is too much information, and it can't be inferred for a while.

"It's really getting more and more complicated," Brando couldn't help but said to himself: "But His Majesty's actions probably don't have anything to do with what we are going to do next, what we have to do now The thing is still to deal with a certain two counts. Only by doing this well can we take the initiative in the next empire trip. "

After the horsewoman listened to it, instead, Medisa replied, "Master, I think it's good to focus on one thing, but we'd better inquire about this."

Brando nodded this time, in fact he already had a suitable candidate in his heart.

Speaking of which, the other party is also the only person he knows in the Empire.

Coincidentally, at this moment they are very close in geographical distance.

...... (To be continued. Please search for floating astronomy, novels are better and faster!)