Chapter 368, the Small Meeting Before the Conference

In the next few days, the electors arrived in Brunswick one by one. Some of them were not interested in the high elves, and some even hoped that the high elves would die. However, the Teclis brand is still in the old world. Very hard, no matter whether the electors like the Supreme Master or not, they are all invited to participate in this Imperial Council.

Two days before the Reichstag, Kaiser Karl Franz decided to gather his loyal supporters for a small meeting.

The attendees included the emperor himself, Ludwig Schwarzhammer, flag bearer, Marshal Rick Curt Helberg, Archbishop of the Justice Church Vicmar the Resolute, and Grand Duke Ivy who also served as Tosca Elector Umberto Corleone, Grand Duke of Ostland and Elector of Wolfen Vamer von Zhukov, and Grand Alchemist Barshazer Geert.

These people are all hard-core supporters of Karl Franz. Among them, Elector Umberto has a deep relationship with the emperor's family, and Elector Vamir has a close relationship with the emperor. After the original Elector's family became extinct, the former Emperor Luitpold appointed Wamir to become the Grand Duke of Ostland and the new Elector of Wolfen.

In Kaiser Karl Franz's narrow victory over Boris Todbringer, it was the tireless efforts of Elector Varmir who persuaded the other three Electors to switch, which led to Karl's narrow victory .

The iron triangle of the Imperial Royal Family is the Emperor, Marshal Rick and the Royal Chief Wizard, but as has always happened, Emperor Karl Franz respects the current Royal Chief Wizard Senus Gehrman more Instead of relying on others, he is more willing to trust the great alchemist Belshazer Geert who was single-handedly promoted by him.

Balshazer-Gert not only has strong magic, outstanding strength, and tight logic, but also, in the eyes of the emperor, the most valuable thing about a great alchemist is loyalty.

Loyalty is good, the emperor himself is troubled all day by the endless internal struggles with his army and the imperial court, Karl Franz deeply understands that everyone has their own demands and their own interests, especially the nobles They are not only the loyal subjects of the empire but also the children of different families. The nobles are always seeking more land and promotions. The mages only consider their own experiments and find ways to get more funds. The Archbishops of the Church have a desire to preach and build more temples.

As the emperor of the empire, it took Karl Franz a lot of effort to listen to the opinions of various factions, arbitrate various disputes, and balance the major forces. He knew why some supplies and military expenses were lost in transportation, and why some supplies disappear", but there is nothing he can do, he can only guarantee that there will be no problems with large quantities, which is already very remarkable.

But none of this can be seen in Gelt. He seems to always only consider the emperor and mankind. Apart from the desire of all mages to become the chief wizard of the royal family and improve their strength, Gelt has only loyalty. He even wrote a golden pamphlet and circulated it to everyone in the Alchemy Academy for everyone to study.

I don't know when it started, doing morning classes, praying, and reciting holy words have become the daily routine of the Alchemy Academy. Those alchemists shouted "fortheemperor" and "fortheholyTerra" louder and louder, and every time the emperor himself heard it twice. feel comfortable.

loyal~

The emperor looked at the entire imperial court, and after much deliberation, he still felt that Gelt was the most loyal.

The meaning of "holyTerra" The emperor looked up ancient books and learned that this sentence means the ancient saying "sacred earth".

People in the small circle gathered together, eating and discussing the issues of Teclis.

Teclis came to the Empire, mainly with two big proposals, and a small, incidental proposal.

The royal palace is majestic and majestic. Since Emperor Leopold, the Franz-Friedrich family has lived here. The wooden floor paved with the finest animal skins is the skill of the palace craftsmen. The workmanship in the room will make every The corners are all luxuriously repaired, and there are golden gilt patterns on the black furniture, which are all inlaid with real gold.

There are many delicacies from the old world on the dinner table, the pepper stewed beef soup from Avelling, the lake god cheese from the Principality of Carcassonne in Brittany, the roasted bear paw from Kislev and the high elves The blueberry jam cake and the honey cinnamon wheat bread carefully prepared by the Mutter collar halfling chef, and of course the fresh vegetables provided by the rich farm estates near Brunswick.

The drink is "cat poop coffee" from the Kingdom of Tyrell. A small can of this coffee costs a hundred gold marks.

"His Excellency Teclis brought two proposals. The first is to hope that the empire can be united. The savior Ludwig taught us that a united empire is far stronger than a divided empire." Karl Franz First said: "Now, Egil is dead, and Norsca's combat effectiveness is not as good as before. We need to concentrate our efforts to help Hawkland solve the threat from the Central Mountain Range, as well as the Beastman tribe in the Drakewald Forest."

The emperor's implication was to concentrate the power of the electors and let him direct them.

"Heretics must be purged." This is the opinion of Archbishop Vekmar: "All evil must be purified by fire."

"The army needs time to rest, my lord." Marshal Rick Curt Helberg objected: "We just defeated the barbarians."

"Hawkland really needs help." This is the opinion of the Grand Duke of Ostland and Elector of Wolfen, Warmer. Ostland is right next to Hockland. Historically, these two provinces have often fought side by side. .

"...I think we need to pay more attention to the movement of Black Fire Pass, Karl, those damned greenskins may make a comeback at any time." Elector Umberto put forward a different opinion.

The emperor's smile faltered upon hearing this.

Although both Varmir and Umberto are his supporters, the electors still only think about their own interests. Why did no one mention Drakewald? Because the electors have subconsciously forgotten that area, the ownership of that place belongs to Boris Todbringer, there is no benefit, and the electors will not send troops.

"Gert, what do you mean?" The emperor had no choice but to ask the great alchemist.

"My lord, now is not the time to discuss sending troops." The great alchemist pondered for a while, and continued: "The problem of the central mountain range has lasted for thousands of years. In history, the empire has sent troops many times and failed to recover the brass fortress. As for the pass, the dwarves have not heard that the greenskins have made a big move, so we should not rush to form a coalition at this time, instead, we should hold a military parade in the capital of the empire, and let all the provinces of the empire send people to participate."

The emperor's eyes lit up after hearing this, yes, a military parade! This is a method acceptable to all electors. At the same time, the military parade is of great help to his centralization. Compared with the emperor's eagerness to form a coalition army to go out, this idea is better.

"Then let's do that."

Now that the first thing is over, let's talk about the second thing.

"Your Excellency Teclis proposed that humans, elves, and dwarves form a new alliance called the Council of Light." The emperor continued: "Once the Eternal Chosen really goes south, the elves, dwarves, and humans will unite, fight side by side, and unite." Follow the instructions."

Here comes the real drama, and Teclis's opinion is exactly what he came to the Old World for.

Form a large alliance of order across races, and prepare for the arrival of Chaos Eternal Chosen!

"No! Never! The order of mankind will never allow aliens to get involved!" The first to express his opinion was "The Resolute" Vikmar, who said angrily: "Charlemagne is watching us! We will never allow the empire's The internal affairs are being interfered by elves!"

"The elves will not interfere in the internal affairs of the empire, what Lord Teclis hopes is that we can form an alliance against the threat of chaos." The emperor himself emphasized.

Unexpectedly, this suggestion that moved the emperor was ignored by everyone. The Elector Umberto muttered something, but no one understood what he said.

The flag bearer, Ludwig, has always been reluctant to talk too much, and Helberg disagreed.

"Parliament of Light? Then who will be the speaker?" Marshal Rick's long beard trembled under the candlelight and the goose-yellow magic lamp: "If the elves are the speaker, should we listen to the elves or should we listen to the elves?" Listen to His Majesty? If the elves ask us to be responsible for the death and the queen, will we listen or not? If humans are the speaker, when we need the elves to sacrifice or the queen, will the sharp ears accept it?"

"Your Excellency Teclis is not that kind of person..." The emperor was still defending, but Helberg said tit-for-tat: "But Teclis cannot represent the elves! He is not the Phoenix King! So what if he is the Phoenix King? The high elves still have Eternal Queen!"

This sentence went straight to the point, and everyone present nodded. Even Emperor Karl had to admit that Helberg was right.

"I think it is also difficult for me to accept the situation of fighting with elves. I mean, we can form an allied army with the elves to fight together, but you said that we have to mix... I don't think I can accept it either." Wamir chose Dihou muttered, "My soldiers won't accept it either."

"Who's more stubborn, an Ostlander or a dwarf? I think a dwarf, because dwarves always live longer."

— Empire Joke

The people of this province of Ostland are notoriously stubborn and vengeful, but also notoriously patriotic and strong. The red bull flag has guarded the north for mankind for 2,500 years, and established an empire in Charlemagne Previously, this banner had defended the Old World against the Chaos invasion from the north.

For 2,500 years, the people of Ostland have always stood firm, and the red bull banner has spanned endless years. The empire has been divided, there have been three emperors standing side by side, and there have been endless civil wars, but this black and white coat of arms The red bull banner of the Great Wall has always stood upright in the north of the empire. This is a hymn of loyalty,

The will of Vamir Elector represents the will of the people in the north of the empire, which makes the emperor feel anxious. He feels that many things are taken for granted. In the more enlightened, civilized and richer south of the empire, the people of the empire may be willing to accept the elves. Participating in the war, but in the north of the empire, the imperial people have been fighting the barbarians for thousands of years, the northerners have a bad temper, and they are very repulsive to outsiders.

"We need a covenant, but this is not for humans, elves, or dwarves, but for your Majesty, Earl Lane, and Lord Teclis." At this time, the great alchemist Gelt said suddenly, and he used the most sincere words He expressed his point of view with an attitude: "Your Excellency Teclis has a deep relationship with the empire, everyone knows this, but you have overlooked some important factors."

"What advice does my loyal great alchemist have?" The emperor said with a smile.

"This important factor is the Earl of Glamorgan, Ryan Malcador. You all know that the main reason why Teclis arrived in the Old World was not to form a Council of Light, but to attend Earl Ryan's wedding." Geert He said in his weird voice full of metal friction: "This shows that Earl Lane's position in the heart of Lord Teclis is even higher than that of the empire."

"Lian is a capable person who can kill the red-eyed Egil Steelbjorn, but he obviously has more secrets." The emperor said calmly: "You should all know about the wedding. Right? Lane has seven brothers, blood brothers."

"These seven brothers are all demigods." Elector Umberto said in a low voice: "Although we have no way of knowing the strength of these seven demigods, since the brothers are all demigods, then Earl Ryan , is definitely a demigod! Even a true god!"

"His biological father must be a true god, and he entrusted his child to be raised by mortals." Archbishop Vekmar also said: "And his biological father is definitely not an evil god. This is still trustworthy."

There are strong demigods and relatively weak demigods. It’s hard to say the specific strength, and it varies from person to person, but Ryan’s future will be an extremely powerful demigod. This is recognized by everyone. Ryan has made a lot of achievements since his debut , His future prospects are also a tacit secret for everyone.

The guests at the wedding have aroused speculation from many forces, but they seldom discuss it. There is a real god in this world, and those who gossip about their tongues are easy to be discovered by the gods and attract punishment from the gods.

"Earl Ryan's future is not only that. It only took a few years for him to rise to become a sanctuary now? Don't forget, he is just thirty years old this year, and Teclis is betting on him. Alliance, then our empire will go smoothly, and also alliance with Earl Lane, we have no way of knowing whether the proposal of the Council of Light is reliable, but the same future demigod or even an alliance with the true god is indeed very necessary!" Galt said righteously Said: "Ryan is a nobleman in Brittania, he cannot have the opportunity to offend your interests, and everyone, think about it, if there is a god-chosen champion with such prestige and super personal bravery as our ally , how much confidence can we increase in fighting evil?"

The eyes of everyone present lit up.

yes! No matter how brave Ryan is, he is still a human being, our compatriot, and he will stand with us. Moreover, he is not only a nobleman from Brittania, but also the God-Chosen Champion of the Fairy in the Lake!

This shows that Ryan has been tied to the knight kingdom on the opposite side of the mountain, and it is impossible for him to seriously affect the interests of the imperial people!

This alliance works!

Even Emperor Karl Franz found this proposal very feasible, and the emperor himself suddenly laughed.

"That's why I let Emmanuel stay with him as a maid."

"It's a pity, his marriage was arranged by the lady in the lake, otherwise..."