Chapter 409, Boldero's Glory (The Son of Heaven Wishes Everyone a Happy New Year!)
ps: The Son of Heaven here wishes all book lovers a happy new year!
ps2: There are a lot of affairs during the Chinese New Year, and I also need to rest and clear my mind. I will temporarily ask for a day off tomorrow and see if the situation will be updated the day after tomorrow!
Fedmonde de Boldeiro, the legitimate son of Boderick, Duke of Boldeloe, is forty-eight years old this year. After fifteen years in the Holy Grail expedition, the Sea God knight finally returned with full of glory.
He gained the approval of the Fairy of the Lake after he slew a Chaos Troll who had been a troublemaker for many years in the land of Talabek.
Duke Boderick came after hearing the news. Surrounded by the Sea God knights, the elderly Duke walked quickly to Fedmonde, and he looked at his son.
Fifteen years have passed by in a hurry. The vigorous and mature knight who set off that year now has a lot of weather on his face, but judging from his appearance and age alone, Fedmond looks younger than when he set off before. Now he looks like a heroic young knight in his twenties, with a faint smile on his simple face, the wrath of the lake god burning in his eyes, his body exuding the aura of divine protection, his sword Blade drank the blood of countless dark creatures, and now he returns from the Crusade of the Holy Grail!
"I'm back, father." Fedmond looked at his aging appearance, opened his mouth, and finally decided to kneel down on one knee: "Blessed by Ms., I have completed the Holy Grail expedition .”
"Okay, that's great!" Duke Boderick was ecstatic, and the usually steady Duke Boldro patted his eldest son's shoulder excitedly: "Come on, let's talk in the castle! Where are your friends?" ?”
"They're not my friends, we're just dropping by." Fedmond shook his head. He was about to introduce a few people from the empire back, but found that the other party had disappeared in the town of Boldero.
"It's okay, it's okay! Fedmond, my son, after fifteen years, you're finally back!" Duke Boderick quickly motioned for his son to follow him.
Now in the eyes of the Duke, Fedmond is good no matter what.
Twenty minutes later, Bordelux Castle, the capital of Bordeaux, in the middle of the Hall of the Sea God.
The huge mermaid statue is flanked by waterfalls of sea water flowing down, the furniture made of gold and silver and fine oak is exquisitely crafted, the sun is shining outside, and the power of Mananen, the god of the sea, revolves around the castle of Bordello, blessing Prince of Sea God Mananen, God's Chosen Champion Duke Boderick.
Fedmond received a heroic reception, more than a hundred Poseidon knights and all the servants in the entire castle,
"Fifteen years, Fedmond, 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 come here for these fifteen years? "Duke Boderick was wearing a duke's gown, and he asked his son.
The plate armor on Fedmond's body was already tattered, only the holy statue of the Fairy in the Lake was as clean as new. The newly promoted Holy Grail Knight listened to his father's inquiry silently, with some sighs in his tone: "I To the Prince of the Borders."
"The Prince of the Frontier? No wonder, in that chaotic place, it is difficult for news to spread." Duke Boderick thought thoughtfully, and he asked strangely, "Why did you go to the Prince of the Border?"
"After I started the Holy Grail Expedition, I traveled along Britannia, Estalia and Tyrell, and left my footprints in the duchies of Miragliano and Lucini." Fedmond He took a mirror from the attendant, looked at the stains on his face and the mess on his body,
The duke's son-in-law was not only not ashamed, but rather proud.
This is his glorious military medal, a symbol of his devotion to the lady, he is no longer a mortal, the divine power surges in his chest, he is already the Holy Grail Knight.
The attendant turned on the hot water and handed over the towel. Fedmond wiped his face carelessly, and then said: "A few years later, I accepted the invitation of "Duke" Antonelli of Redford and the Green Afterwards, in order to protect the civilians there, I stayed there for more than three years and wiped out thousands of green skins, and I didn’t leave until I thought that the people there could resist the green skin invasion by themselves.”
"Antonelli, Duke of Ruiford? Why have I never heard of this man?" Duke Boderick was quite puzzled. He turned his attention to Sir Howl, the deputy head of the Sea God Knights, and his group. On courtiers.
These people all answered by looking up at the ceiling and shaking their heads at the Duke. The Duke's former butler, Ismail, the big trench merchant who is most familiar to the outside world, said to Boderick: "My Duke, and Britannia The two border princes who have diplomatic relations are the Principality of Akendorf and the Kingdom of Mirmiden. Akendorf has 2,000 troops, and Mirmiden has 2,500 troops. Some of the smaller border princes we used to I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it."
"The Duchy of Ruiford? There are only five hundred people in that place." Fedmond smiled mockingly.
"Five hundred soldiers?" Boderick asked casually, "That's really small enough. This so-called 'duke' can't even compare to my baron."
The border princeland is a chaotic area. This land was once conquered by the empire and the Britannia, but it was soon abandoned. "Sigismund once conquered the border princedom and established a province, but due to the long-term attack of the greenskins and the difficulty of transportation (the loss rate of food transported from the empire was more than 70%), the empire twice They all chose to give up here, but left some people and soldiers who were unwilling to leave.
After that, Britannia was established, and the proud knights also conquered this land. After that, some of the knights who completed the mission of expelling the green skins chose to return to Brittania, but the remaining few knights refused to return to the beginning. Take root in the border princeland and build a castle, becoming a nobleman here, so the current border princeland is already a chaotic area mixed with imperials, Britannia, and Mrs. Kesler. This land is notorious, It is a lawless place for all kinds of robbers, mercenaries, murderers, pirates and other lawless fugitives. This land has new "border princes" rising almost every day, and old "border princes" are defeated and die.
"What five hundred soldiers? Just five hundred people. When I left the Duchy of Ruiford, there were five hundred and twenty-six people in the entire city." Fedmond smiled, and the Holy Grail Knight said to his father with a wry smile: "Mr. Antonelli has been planning to establish 'international diplomatic relations' with Britannia and the Empire!"
"Okay." Duke Boderick shook his head again and again. There may be dozens of "princes of the border" in the border princes' land. Most of these border princes have exaggerated titles and a decent court. The border princes are enthusiastic They are good at engaging in "international diplomacy" and proudly put forward their own demands on other border princes, but when facing real countries, such as the Empire and Brittany, these border princes basically behaved like A begging pug, because for these border princes, a baron in the empire or Brittania is far superior to them.
To be the dog of the Empire or Brittany is the greatest honor!
"Afterwards, I went north again. I took part in the war against the greenskins in the Black Fire Pass, accepted a table of delicious food from the halflings in Mutter and helped them deal with a bloodthirsty sky ghost, and participated in the encirclement and suppression of an undead in Steele Territory. Wizard, in the end, in Talabek, I killed a Chaos troll... By the way, Father, I heard that Bordello is doing well recently? I saw a lot of fleets of high elves."
"Now we have established trade relations between Boldrow, the High Elf Lothern Kingdom, and the Safri Kingdom, and have made huge profits from last year to this year." Duke Boderick hesitated, but decided Tell the truth: "This is the credit of Earl Ryan Malcador. He made a deal with Lord Teclis. I don't know if you have heard his name."
"Of course I have heard of Ryan's name in the southern countries, empires, and even in the border princes." Fedmond nodded with a rather arrogant look: "To become the lady's God's Choice champion, one must have such a strength."
"Richard is about to abdicate now. The entire kingdom is eligible to compete for the throne, which is the Duke of Connet, Ron Leo Cornwall, the Duke of Carcassonne, Hubald, and the Duke of Bastogne, Berhemond. , François, Duke of Winford, etc., but I think Ryan still has a chance, which depends on whether he can get the duke title, my son, Fedmond, do you want to compete for the throne? If you I think, I will pass on the title of duke to you tomorrow." Boderick frowned, and he felt a little relieved: "When you get started with the duke's affairs, I can safely hand over Bordeaux to you and start My own Holy Grail expedition."
"My lord, none of the Dukes of Bordereau in the past has ever become the king of Brittany. It is our honor to guard Bordereau as a follower of a lady. After all, in the eyes of the dukes, we It's not orthodox." Fedmond shook his head again and again: "I can't become king, father, the nobles of the kingdom will not accept it."
"Then it involves where we are, Fedmond... There is no rush, let's wait until the situation is clear. As for the duke..." Boderick really wanted to get rid of these worldly things. It's time for the matter: "In this way, I will first entrust you with the defense of the entire Poseidon Knights and the entire Bordeaux, and I will be in charge of trade and many chores in the territory. When you are fully adapted to the affairs of being a duke, I will I will hand over the whole of Bordereau to you."
Fedmond had no objections, and the matter was settled like this.
"Ismail!" Everything was settled, and Duke Boderick was extremely proud, and he ordered loudly: "Quickly, spread my invitation to the whole kingdom! I want everyone to know, my son, Fei Demond has completed the Holy Grail expedition and returned with endless glory! I want all the counts and nobles above the count in Britannia to come to Bordeaux for the banquet!"
"Yes! My Duke, please give this banquet a name!"
"This time, the banquet is called the Glory of Bordereaux!"
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A group of Imperials are walking on the streets of Boldeiro Castle.
"It's hard to imagine that most of the civilians in such a prosperous city are serfs. This place is far worse than Nur. Why would Emmanuel be willing to stay in this kind of place." The grim-faced giant looked at the street The scene, I was bored for a while before I could say such a sentence.
"Nur is a great city, but it doesn't represent the entire empire." Wagner, the master engineer, looked at the bustling crowd: "Brittania and the empire are still fundamentally different. In the empire, the nobles only guarded and Cities and manors related to their own interests, those densely covered villages in forests and fields must protect themselves. In Brittania, although the status of serfs is low, if any village is attacked, the knights of the fief will ride on horses , raised their lances, and fought for their ladies."
"..." The giant man said in a muffled voice, and then nodded: "The fighting power of the knights in this country is indeed good enough. I really want to see the strength of the Holy Grail knights."
"The most urgent thing is that we must find Emmanuel! Theodore!" The witch wearing a veil, a purple robe, and a giant scythe said: "Nothing else is important."
The witch's words 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 the people around felt the bone-chilling chill and retreated one after another. Even Wagner, who was in the Imperial Guard, felt a powerful force strangling his throat.
Elspeth von Drakken, the supreme mage of the Amethyst Academy of the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire, the great wizard of the sanctuary of the death department, the guardian of Nur, nicknamed "Graveyard Rose" and "Black Lady of Nur", She has always been Emmanuel's most staunch supporter. Since Emmanuel disappeared, the great wizard of the death sanctuary has spent a lot of effort to find her whereabouts and make sure that she is still alive.
Emperor Karl Franz sent a message to Elspeth after Winter Veil, telling her that Emmanuel von Lobwitz-Bernardino was in the Fairy of the Lake's candidate for champion, Glamorgan The Earl is a maid in the palace of "The Pious" Ryan Machado. Ms. Elspeth feels that the matter is of great importance, so she leads fifty soldiers of the Nuer Iron Armored Army and takes Rick, who is in charge of guiding the way. The guard Wagner also summoned this giant man like an iron tower.
The officer of Nur, the champion of Nur, the strongman in the sanctuary, and the mysterious Theodore Bruckner is an incredibly powerful warrior. His existence is the executor of bloody justice and the defender of the order of Nur , After getting the news, the champion of Nuer also put down his affairs and followed Ms. Elspeth to Britannia to look for Emmanuel.
They all thought that only Emmanuel was qualified to be the master of Nuer! The orthodox successor of the Elector of Brescia, the strong claimant of the Grand Duke of Wesson, not Gianni Bernardino!
"First of all, we must find a way to enter Ryan's court and determine the figure of Emmanuel. Then, we must find a way to take Emmanuel away and welcome her back to Nur! Embrace her as the Duchess of Nur, The Elector of Brescia and the Grand Duke of Wesson!" said Wagner, the guard of Rick, who and his family are staunch supporters of Emmanuel.
"Count Ryan Malcador's strength is obvious to all. It is very difficult to take Emmanuel away forcibly. We may have to think of a way."