Chapter 716, Opening the Curtain of the Expedition
After the dinner, Emilia, Teresa, and Aurora went to the private bar of the Royal Hotel for a few drinks. Since all the imperial guests had left and there were no new guests staying recently, the entire Korona was in Busy preparing supplies, the famous private bar of the Royal Hotel seemed a little empty, but this was in line with the wishes of Emilia and the others, who hated noise.
"How is today's dinner arrangement?" Emilia sat gracefully opposite Aurora and Teresa, and the Countess of the Empire said with a smile: "I hope that what my palace chef makes will suit your taste. "
"Thank you, I am very satisfied."
"You'll spoil our stomachs like this, Your Majesty."
Teresa and Aurora both gave affirmative answers. Emilia smiled when she heard this. The three of them ordered a cocktail each and sat down to chat. There was only one bartender and one waiter in the private bar, and the dim lights According to the three people present.
The chat was relatively simple, in which Aurora talked about the politics of the empire, the various entertainment activities of Emilia's court, and about the famous "Cemetery Rose" and "Nur's Black Lady" Elspeth, the great wizard of the death sanctuary. -Von Drakken is very interested, but Emilia herself doesn't know much about this black lady, and Emilia obviously can't disclose some internal affairs of Nuer's palace, so there is not much There is nothing to say.
On the contrary, Teresa and Emilia talked a lot. Teresa and Aurora are different. In fact, she really wants to go on an expedition with Ryan: "Your Excellency, I heard that you plan to go on an expedition with Ryan?"
"Just call me Emilia, just like before." Emilia replied casually, the face of the Duchess of the Empire sounded a little careless: "I will just follow him to Bordereau to see him off, and then I will return to Nur by boat, but Ms. Teresa, didn't you go with Ryan this time?"
"No, the climate in the Badlands is not suitable for the use of ice-based magic." Teresa sounded a little regretful: "So Ryan thinks I am not suitable, I discussed it with my mother, and I think it is better to use my own skills. It’s better to avoid your own weaknesses than your own strengths.”
"Hey~ That's right." Emilia still maintains her graceful and luxurious demeanor. Her mature makeup and gold and silver attire make it difficult to connect the innocent little maid with her. On the surface, the Countess understood, but in her heart she felt disapproving.
Teresa's character flaws lie here. As a young lady, she seldom takes the initiative to fight for it, is easier to be satisfied, and relatively dislikes facing difficulties. Emilia doesn't know that Aurora has given Teresa How much impact has been caused, but there should be more or less. In fact, in Emilia's view, this expedition to Bafeng Mountain will be an unprecedented grand battle, and it is also a gamble on the fate of the Knight Kingdom. Epic, so what if Teresa and Aurora are not suitable for fighting in the badlands? They should still take the initiative to express their participation, which will leave a good impression on Ryan. Even if Ryan may still refuse in the end, the favor has already been earned.
From Emilia's point of view, the decision of the mother and daughter not to participate in the war this time is really not wise.
Of course, everyone has personality flaws, and Emilia had no intention of reminding Aurora and Teresa that she would not do such useless things, so the Duchess of the Empire calmly changed the topic from the expedition to Bafeng Mountain. Moving away, Emilia stretched out her hand to pull her long golden hair behind her ears, stretched out a jade hand covered with gold and silver jewelry to gently support her chin, and the aura that belonged to the imperial duchess came over her face: "Since you didn't follow Ryan on the expedition, do you have any plans for the next step?"
"Well,
Next..." Aurora and Teresa glanced at each other. It was inconvenient to talk about SI7, and Teresa took the initiative to say: "I am going to retreat again and try to find a way to attack the sanctuary. As for the mother, She intends to gradually move some of the witches to Britannia, and we will establish branches in Mousillon and many other places. "
The topic came to the field that Emilia is not good at. After a few chats, Emilia really couldn't understand those magic terms, so the Duchess of the Empire found an opportunity to interrupt Teresa's description, She clapped her hands, and the maid immediately delivered two gift boxes: "Ms. Teresa, Ms. Aurora, this is a little thought from me, I hope you will like it, open it and have a look!"
"This is..." Teresa and Aurora opened the gift boxes one after another, and the eyes of both mother and daughter lit up.
"This is the high-end forged stockings of wolford, a brand co-founded by my sister Suria and me. It is not only ultra-thin and elastic, but also extremely skin-friendly and silky, and the toe is also made transparent!" Amy Liya said with a smile: "This is the latest product, and it's for you. There are five pairs in a box, each in five colors."
"Thank you!" Teresa and Aurora were a little excited. The wolford stockings co-created by Suria and Emilia are real luxury goods in the upper class of human beings, and are restricted purchase items that ordinary nobles have no chance to buy!
Teresa is okay. Except when she is with Ryan, sorceresses don't usually like to wear stockings, but Aurora can't leave her stockings. The sanctuary witch has long wanted to ask when, but Emilia sent Here we come!
"This kind of workmanship is so thin, it's easy to snag, isn't it?" Teresa asked with some embarrassment: "Thank you very much, I'm a bit reluctant to wear it, I'm afraid it will be bad if it gets damaged."
"This is not meant to be worn outside." Emilia said to Teresa with some malice: "You know when you should wear it, Ms. Teresa, but it's a pity that Ryan is about to go to war."
"Hmm!" Teresa's face flushed immediately, "I... got it."
"Hmph, that dead man..." Aurora looked at her daughter, feeling dissatisfied, and changed the subject: "Thank you very much, Countess Emilia."
After chatting for a few more words, Emilia bid farewell to the sorceress mother and daughter. She counted the time and felt that Ryan should have almost finished talking, so she went directly to the palace to find Ryan.
In the corridor on the road, the Duchess of the Empire met the Witch of the Lake God. It was exactly the same. Emilia asked the maid to fetch the same gift box and gave it to Morgiana, and Morgiana accepted it naturally. She was obviously in a good mood: "Are you here to find Ryan?"
"Does he have time?" Emilia's face was not very good-looking, and the appearance of Morgiana meant that Ryan might still not be free.
"He is meeting with the black-hearted Rep and his deputy Durant, and King Bellegar is also there. They are discussing about the expedition... The Empire and Britannia are allies now, so you can come too." Morgiana nodded , she quietly put away the gift box.
"Okay." Emilia sighed softly. The Duchess of the Empire can now feel that complicated feeling, and she hopes that Ryan will be greater and stronger, but she also hopes that he can stop for a while and have more Spend free time with yourself and your children.
Pushing open the door of the conference room, Ryan, Bellegar, Suria, Veronica, Black Hearted Rep, Juan and others are all looking at the big map. Black Hearted Rep is introducing the situation of the border prince to everyone. See When Emilia came in, Ryan just greeted her, and then continued to listen to the black-hearted Rip about the situation.
"The frontier prince's land is now able to survive the threat of the greenskins, and it is almost entirely dependent on the protection of Barak-Haimenguan." Black-hearted Rep pointed to the map and said: "The greenskin frenzy from the bad land can always be defeated by Barak. Lark-Haimen Pass intercepted a large part of it, but even so, there is no place in the Border Prince Territory that can hide from the threat of greenskins, it's just a matter of big or small."
Ryan and the others all nodded. The dividing line on the map is particularly obvious. Black Water Bay and Barak Haimen pass directly separate the border princeland from the bad land, and the "Principality" Britska of Black Heart Repp is located in Haimen A little bit in the north, this mercenary boss has built his principality close to Haimen Pass, and he has a unique comprador status. No wonder he can soon be in the border prince It's booming.
To the east of Britska, along the Blackwater River, is the capital of the dwarves, the Eternal Peak, and Haimen Pass directly trades with the Eternal Peak through the Blackwater River.
"The defense of Haimen Pass is impenetrable, but this does not mean that there are no greenskins near Haimen Pass." Black-hearted Lepp introduced his discovery: "In fact, there is a greenskin stronghold just 20 kilometers east of the peaks of Haimen Pass , called Arsenal Fort."
"Army Fort?" Ryan asked, "It doesn't look like the name came from green skins."
"That's right, Armory Fortress was not a greenskin fortress. It used to be the farthest place reached by the dynasties of the Nicohala Desert. In order to show their strength, the Tomb Kings built a fortress here." Black Heart Repp talked about this incident very proudly: "My saber was also found here... Ahem, and then the emperor Sigismund II - the conqueror has conquered the farthest here, he will The territory of the border princes was incorporated into the empire and named the province of Lichtenberg. At that time, the southernmost stronghold of the empire was also the Arsenal Fortress, but whether it was the desert dynasty or the empire, or the Brittany who later went on an expedition to the Badlands Brothers of the Knights, they have all occupied the Arsenal Fort briefly, but no one has held it for a long time."
"So, if we want to rely on the strength of Shanghai Gate Gate to build a supply line, we must conquer and defend the Arsenal Fort?" Suria also studied the map: "It's so far... Bafeng Mountain is far away from the Arsenal Fort. There is still a long way to go.”
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen." Black-hearted Rep said flatteringly, "Obviously you are right."
"Even if the Arsenal Fort is captured, it is still thousands of kilometers away from Bafeng Mountain. To the southeast of the Arsenal Fort are two large greenskin strongholds, Steel Rock and Black Rock Fort. We have good news, that is my The scouts learned that Black Rock Castle had been destroyed in the last joint military operation between the dwarf High King and the dwarves of Iron Peak Castle. The head of this green-skinned warlord has been given to the king of Iron Peak Castle, Khazador-Dragon Slayer, so we don’t have to worry about the possible green-skinned reinforcements of Black Rock Castle for the time being.” Black Heart Repp then introduced: “To tell the truth , Greenskins are everywhere in the Badlands, so it won’t help us much.”
"Go straight six to seven hundred kilometers south of the Iron Rock, and you will find the Gate of Walaya, also known as the Sad Land of Walaya. This is also a green leather stronghold. From here, it is very close to Bafeng Mountain." Black-hearted Lei Pu Before we can say more, Belega has already interrupted the black-hearted Rep: "We must conquer the gate of Valaya! Here, there is a path left by our ancestors, leading directly to the gate of Titan on Eight Peaks Mountain, and only by capturing here , we can ensure that there will be no problems with logistics!"
"If we can advance to the Titan's Gate, then the Iron Peak Kingdom on the east side of Eight Peaks Mountain will answer my call, and Master Runesmith Sorek Ironbrow will lead his Brotherhood of Anvil to support us." Baylor's thickened fingers pointed at the Eight Peaks Mountain: "But we must reach the gate of the Titan's Gate."
"This will be an extremely difficult battle." Ryan crossed his arms and said, "It is impossible to complete an attack of thousands of kilometers in a short period of time. Pi is still an underground ratman, and they will definitely be ready to welcome us."
"That's right! This is an excellent opportunity to erase hatred! Quick! Skarsnik! You wait, I, Bellegar, will avenge my people!" Bellegar's voice was full of hatred : "In the end, Mount Bafeng will be restored! The glorious history of the Angrund clan will open a new chapter!"
"The only thing that can wash away the shame is the heads and blood of the greenskins and ratmen! It's time to settle old scores!"
……… I am the dividing line of aftertaste small books………
Ten days later, in the old world, Britannia, Bodleix, the capital of the Duchy of Boldroux.
Now, the whole city is in a crazy atmosphere. Thousands of knight lords gathered in the city with their attendants. The piety of God gathered here under the decree of the new king.
There was a lot of noise and roars, and the knights of Brittany came from every corner of the kingdom. Every knight with a chivalrous spirit heard the call of the king. It was the will of the goddess. It is the sense of glory that comes from the depths of the blood. The great chivalry jihad is calling for the Bretons. The knights ride their beloved horses, take the shields with the family crest, and raise their lances. Rush to Bordello and answer Lion's call.
Now, just above the walls of Bodleix Castle, Lion wears a crown and is fully armed. The king looks down from the wall with a smile on his face. A torrent of colorful steel formed by knights is marching towards the gate of the city. , neatly lined up in square formations, tens of thousands of faces raised their heads and looked up at the king. It was a dotted chessboard, and the sea of lances and armor told the ancient glory and mighty power of Brittania.
Above the sky, the Pegasus knights soared and landed above the sky, the family coat of arms and emblems composed of indigo, crimson, sable, silver and iris gold were clearly visible, and the large group of infantry regiments and those infantry attendants Line up in a solemn queue, waiting for the king's inspection.
Hearing the bell of the Chinon River, the battle song of cavalry resounded through the mountains and seas.
The knights wish to be forever the sword and shield of the mortal world.
Even if the gates of heaven are no longer open to them.
Now, war has come.
It's time for the iris to bloom in the world again!