Chapter 341, Situation of the Empire

The sweet and lovely Veronica came in quickly from the door of the reception room, her eyes sparkled, and she shouted aggrievedly: "You guys are here, Uncle Norman, Aunt Sally, Ryan bullied me!"

"Oh! It's Veronica, why did Ryan bully you?" Norman's lord's wife, the gray-haired old lady Sally said kindly, Veronica's delicate face was smiling, she Sitting beside the old lady, holding her arm, pouted and complained: "He is going to marry another woman behind my back!"

"???" Ryan was confused and didn't understand what was going on.

"Hmph! I'm old, but I'm not stupid. If Ryan dares to bully you, I'll be the first to say no." Norman, a shrewd little old man, knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. He pulled his face deliberately : "Just come to me! I still don't believe that I can't teach him a lesson!"

There is no doubt that among the women around Ryan, the one who is most familiar with and has the best relationship with the Norman couple is Veronica. After the Garland Witch and Ryan become partners, they often follow Ryan back to the territory of Autergne after the mission is completed. Celebrate the festival together (and go crazy together), and stay for a few days.

Veronica is a very smart person. She has always acted well-behaved and considerate in front of the Norman couple, and she is deeply loved by the Norman couple.

"Veronica~" Ryan knew that he was wrong about this matter, so he could only lower his head in embarrassment.

Witch Jialan just took the opportunity to hit Ryan, meaning that she has a backer, you are not allowed to abandon me, and she didn't really want to do anything.

"Veronica, does the tall wizard tower we saw when we came here belong to you?" Mrs. Norman kept her eyes on Veronica. The old lady held Witch Garland's hand and said with a smile .

"Hmph! It's considered that Ryan is a conscientious person. That's right, that tower belongs to me, and Ryan helped me build it." Veronica immediately showed a sweet smile when she heard the Normans talk about their wizard tower. : "Wait a minute and I'll show you around."

"Good~good~"

"Hi, Uncle, Aunt." Teresa also appeared, and she immediately saw Ryan's parents, and the sorceress also came forward to greet him politely. During the time in Parliament, I visited the Norman couple many times.

Norman suffered from rheumatism and many diseases after he was old. It was Aurora who refined a lot of medicine to help him cure the disease. Norman was very grateful for this, and Ryan also remembered this kindness very much.

"It's Miss Teresa, you are also here with Ryan, boy Ryan..." Norman immediately understood what was going on, and the little old man smiled: "Did Ryan bully you too?"

"Well~ yes... a little bit." Teresa couldn't decide whether she should sue Ryan or protect Ryan's face. In the end, she could only answer a specious answer with a blushing face, but she didn't know. This demeanor of his own completely exposed himself.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha~" Everyone in the reception room laughed loudly, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere, Ryan could only smile wryly at this.

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With the arrival of the Norman couple and Boris the Elector, more distinguished guests came one after another, but some of them did not come to Ryan's territory, but stationed elsewhere, such as the University of Alchemy at the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire. Alchemist Gelt arrived at the capital of the kingdom, Courona. For example, Ryan's godfather, Duke Ivan the Griffin, went directly to Helen Hilde. Most of the distinguished guests did not come directly to Ryan's territory.

The reason is very simple, I can't fit anymore, Ryan has already received Teclis' high-spirited army, the visiting King of Eight Peaks Belega, Elector Boris and Axel, the head of the White Wolf Knights. He can't arrange for many people.

Although many people wanted to come and visit Teclis, the Supreme Master announced that all visitors would be rejected. He said that he had something to do temporarily (teaching the two witches at the request of Ryan), and what to do after Ryan's wedding.

Hearing that Belega, the lord of Eight Peaks Mountain, has come to his territory,

Ryan also made a request to meet, but who knows that this guy, Bellegar, doesn't plan to meet Ryan now, and deliberately puts on a show to make Ryan eat a closed door. The king of Eight Peaks Mountain also knows that this is not very polite, Todugan He gave Ryan some exquisite dwarf handguns produced by the Angrund clan, and sent a message saying that it is inappropriate to meet now. Ryan has no objection to this, and these handguns were given to his two maids and two The Witch of Garland, and Oliver the Merchant, who would get some fine dwarven pistols if he got shut out once, and he got shut out every day.

In this way, another two weeks passed, and it was less than a month before Ryan's wedding.

Today, there is an extra hunting team in Xialong Forest in autumn.

"Sha~sha~" The fully armed Elector Boris, Grand Commander Axel, Earl Ryan, and Lake God Witch Morgiana all moved in the forest on mounts, among which Ryan was riding a pure-blood elf horse Grape, with her little griffin Impris, Morgiana riding on the unicorn Sylphane, Elector Boris and Grandmaster Axel all riding half-breed elven warhorses, and There is no doubt that it was "robbed" from Ryan's stable. The two rogues broke into Ryan's stable directly to look at his mixed-breed elf war horse, and then picked one of them. Ryan had no choice but to send them.

After drinking the magic potion given by Teclis, Morgiana quickly recovered part of her spellcasting ability. Her current strength is almost a legendary middle-level spellcaster. When she came out for a walk, she said very little along the way, mostly just listening to Ryan and their conversation in silence.

Several people hunted two deer, a wild boar, some pheasants and hares in the forest, but their main attention was not on hunting. On the contrary, they came out to hunt mainly to chat about recent events.

"...So, the pressure of barbarian threats facing the northern part of the empire and Nord has been greatly reduced?" Ryan's boots stepped on the soft forest land, and the dead branches and fallen leaves were crushed by the earl, making a "crackling" sound .

"You have helped us a lot, Ryan, the Imperial General Helberg just led the army to win a victory in Nord that is enough to be recorded in history. They wiped out the more than 20,000 barbarian troops that went south to plunder. A barbarian escaped." Boris stared at his one eye and shook his head: "It won't take three to five years, and the barbarian will not be able to recover."

Ryan was not at all surprised by this. Once Egil died, it was inevitable that the northern barbarians would be in chaos.

The barbarian tribes who believe in chaos are themselves representatives of chaos and disorder. These tribes have fought and killed each other in the northern wasteland all year round. The four gods have a quick glance and fight each other.

Therefore, even the barbarian troops that went south to plunder showed poor discipline and combat effectiveness, internal chaos, and mutual attacks. Although the individual barbarians had strong individual combat effectiveness, it was difficult for them to take advantage of the well-trained army of the empire. .

At this time, only the powerful Chaos Champion and the Chaos God's Chosen Champion united the entire tribe with bloody and iron fists, making these barbarians obedient and condensed into a powerful fighting force. Therefore, after Egil's death, the northern barbarians lost a powerful army. The leaders of the tribe, especially the Scalins tribe near Nord, lost their elite, the leader died, and fell into endless civil strife. The little chieftains under Egil refused to obey anyone, and rushed to rob supplies. Heading south, it's not surprising that these chaotically commanded mobs were wiped out by the well-trained Imperial Army.

"It's good news." Ryan nodded silently. The barbarians were hurt now, and they will stop for at least a few years.

"I'm just not very happy. Karl Franz's puppy refused to let the White Wolf Knights fight. They relied more on their Rick Guards and the chicken knights sent to him by the Griffin Knights... We The brave and powerful White Wolf Knight can only stay in White Wolf City, waiting for the opportunity." Axel's big bald head reflected in the sparse sunlight in the forest, and Ryan noticed that Axel was not bald, he was just Because the bald head is easy to take care of, Boris and Axel both have full-faced beards, which are a symbol of masculinity in the Ulrich sect.

Ryan wanted to keep it too, but whether it was his maid, two witches or even the fairy in the lake, they all made it clear that he didn't like him to grow a beard. Brittany is also more popular with goatees and mustaches. In the end, Ryan still didn't like it. Grow a beard.

"You are asking knowingly, Boris, you know why." Ryan complained helplessly: "Karl Franz was able to beat you to become emperor by a narrow margin, and you know why."

"It doesn't matter if I, Boris, become emperor." Elector Boris said impatiently: "I'm just fed up with the prejudice of Karl Franz's puppy! Ever since he became emperor, I have been doing Well, I do my job and obey his command, but he would rather let the soldiers led by Rick cross my territory to help Nord than let the White Wolf City, which is close at hand, send troops!"

"Hehehe~" Ryan laughed again and again: "There will be times when you will be asked to send troops, and Boris, you are not idle, there are still countless tribes of beastmen in the Drakovald forest waiting for you to destroy them. "

"Beastman, Beastman, damn Beastman 'One-Eyed' Kazik, I must kill him." Boris got angry when he mentioned the Beastman: "I took the White Wolf Knights deep into Draco some time ago Wald Forest went to wipe out the Beastmen, but found no trace of the one-eyed Kazik, and only wiped out a few small Beastman tribes in the forest for more than a month."

"...Besides that, is there any other news about the north?" Ryan continued to ask.

"Heilberg is making a big splash this time. According to gossip, Karl Franz will make him Marshal Rick." Axel, the head of the White Wolf Knights, took the topic, and he said boldly: "The Empire The Royal Wizarding Academy will re-elect the Royal Chief Wizard in three years. The current chief wizard Senus-Gelman, the Supreme Bright Mage Odo of the Illuminati Society, and the great alchemist of the Alchemy Academy, Balshazer-Gelt Confirmed to participate."

"Hey, Ryan, do you know? Barshazer Geert is the big star in front of Karl Franz. The emperor consults with him on almost everything, and this sneaky guy wearing a golden mask... ...It’s really powerful, I still can’t figure out how he turned hundreds of Beastmen Minotaur into gold-plated statues with a wave of his staff.” Boris walked on the forest path and said roughly: "Although I don't like him, I have to admit that Karl Franz is really capable. His Excellency Edbrand Ludendorff, Grand Duke of Hawkland and Elector of Herzig, has sent his son Conrad -Ludendorff was sent to Nur to receive instruction, and King Frank of Nord also decided to send his grandson, Baron Theodrickson, who came to your wedding, to serve in the Rick Guard."

This is actually being a hostage. The electors in the north of the empire sent their children to the army or academy in the south of the empire. On the one hand, they wanted their children to receive the best education, and on the other hand, they also expressed their obedience.

The strongest knights in the empire gathered in the Rick Guard, and the richest and most powerful sons of the imperial nobles were among them, including the sons of several electors and local nobles. Guarding is a great honor, similar to being a Grail Knight in Britannia.

"Is the title of Grand Duke of Nuer still vacant?" Ryan asked casually with a glint in his eyes.

"Yes, originally this title should be inherited by Gianni Bernardino, Grand Duke of Wissenland and Elector of Brescia, but Gianni is a teenager and not a direct descendant of the Bernardino family, so he is the most qualified Emmanuel, who inherited the title, disappeared again. The archmages of the Sky Academy used astrology and compass divination many times, indicating that Emmanuel was still alive, and Emperor Karl Franz refused to let Jani be the Grand Duke of Nur , and Jani himself is not interested in becoming an emperor, he is now accepting the instruction of a Knight Commander of the Sun Knights from Talabheim, and wants to become an official Sun Knight."

"When are you going to send your child to be raised by Emperor Karl Franz?" Ryan said deliberately.

"No!!! My child will only be taught in front of Yurik's holy fire!" Boris immediately yelled: "The devil knows what my son will be trained to be sent to the empire, I only believe in Yuri Ke brings me strength! Only in the White Wolf Knights will my sons not be led astray!"

Morgiana, who was riding on Sylphine, rolled her eyes. It was obvious that only the Holy Grail Knight was the most powerful knight.

"By the way, Ryan, this time in Britannia, my lord Urik has prepared a gift for your wife." Boris realized that he had been teased by Ryan, and he didn't take it seriously. , laughed straight and whispered in his ear: "A priceless gift, we decided to give it to your wife."

"What gift?"