Chapter 215, Various Trends

Opposite the Gray Mountains, Old World, Imperial Capital, Brunswick, Imperial Palace.

Since Ludwig, the emperors of the empire and the royal family of the empire have lived here. The towering palaces and huge walls appeal to the glory and greatness of mankind. This is a symbol of the empire still being the master of the mainland after countless years. The heart of the empire.

Elected Ruler, Dark Resigner, Defender and First Citizen of the Imperium of Man, Holder of the Warhammer Gail Malaz, Grand Prince of Reikland, Elector of Reikland, Brunswick Grand Duke, Bearer of the Silver Seal and Holder of the Holy Sword Rune Fang, Emperor of Charlemagne's all sacred heritage from the sea to the Boundary Mountains, including but not limited to the holders of the above twenty-three titles, the Empire Emperor Karl Franz Friedrich is sitting in the middle of his study, correcting various decrees.

The emperor was wearing purple-gold noble casual clothes. He was sitting behind the desk. The early spring sunshine shone through the colorful colored glass into the room. The servant brought coffee for him. The emperor took a sip of the coffee and stretched his waist. Although he had already returned to the palace, his mind was still thinking about the bitter battle two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago, the emperor himself led more than 10,000 imperial troops into the Drakewald Forest to wipe out the goblin and beastman tribes entrenched there. Although he had been cautious, the emperor's army was ambushed. A large number of Beastmen battle gangs rushed to the emperor's formation, and the rear was surrounded by goblin Arachnare giant spiders and swarms of goblin wolf cavalry. The emperor's army fell into chaos for a while, and even the emperor I had to join the battle myself.

In the end, it was Balshazer Geert, the great alchemist from the Alchemy School of the Imperial Academy of Wizardry, who was dispatched with the army to save the defeat. Just when morale was shaken, Geert rode his Pegasus "Swift Silver" to burn. With the golden flames swooping down from the sky, the golden staff waved, the wind of the gods opened, and the entire Beastmen battle gang, hundreds of Beastmen, turned into a group of gold-plated statues, and then they were crushed by the metal torrent summoned by Gelt Broken into slag, the imperial army, whose pressure was greatly relieved, repelled the sneak attacking Goblin tribe in one go, attacked on both sides and defeated the beastman army, and finally returned with a big victory.

This increased the emperor's trust in Gelt. The current chief wizard of the imperial family, Senus Gehrman, the head of the Flame School, is the treasure left to him by his late father Luitpold, but Calfranc Ci has always respected rather than relied on the chief wizard of the royal family.

The current chief wizard of the royal family who specializes in fire is really too irritable, his hair will be like flickering flames during his practice. Other identification marks include glowing eyes, hot skin, extreme discomfort in rainy days, or a faint smell of sulfur. His temper is like a bomb. This characteristic of wizards disliked the emperor. In contrast, Gelt's calm and meticulous thinking and brains, as well as various spells that were not easy to harm friendly troops, were more popular with the emperor.

This is all due to the high-precision White Tower's supreme magister Teclis,

When the empire was in crisis, the high elves brought magic and helped to establish the Imperial Academy of Wizardry, but the technology of studying magic left by the high elves was not an ideal way. After Gelt's in-depth explanation, Calfranc Ci already understood the pros and cons of this.

The magic cultivation method left by the high elves is the learning method of the high elves themselves. Human beings are not a race suitable for using magic, so Teclis made a slight change in the high elves' own cultivation methods. Proficient in a wind of magic and bound for life, this allows ordinary wizard apprentices to make rapid progress in their studies, and will soon become a qualified wizard who can stand alone.

But the disadvantages are also very obvious. The wizards of the empire can only master one kind of magic for life, and after being bound for life, their bodies and minds will be affected by this wind of magic. The non-death wizards of the death department are pale and skinny, the skin and hair of the light department wizards are all white, and the amber beast department wizards grow wildly, and they like to wear animal skin clothes, etc.

In Gelt's words, this kind of cultivation method is to know what it is without knowing why it is. It can quickly become a qualified wizard and is not easy to be corrupted by chaos, but it is difficult to cultivate to a higher strength like a sanctuary.

Only Gelt is an outlier. Since this guy followed him to the northern Nord Kingdom to fight against the barbarian army and got an adventure, his magical attainments have been advancing rapidly, and he has quickly attracted a large number of famous wizards directly. Much to the Emperor's liking, Gelt loves to shout in his distinctive metallic accent, "For the Emperor, for the Empire, and for the Holy Terra!"

Under the leadership and teaching of Gelt, the wizards of the alchemy school followed suit. These alchemy wizards each had a booklet compiled by Gelt and studied it carefully every day.

What loyalty! Loyalty first drives loyalty later!

Gelt's attitude satisfied Karl Franz, although he didn't quite understand what the third sentence meant.

What is Holy Terra?

It may be the language of some elves or magic spells! The world of wizards is really difficult to understand. Karl Franz decided not to think about it anymore, and the emperor continued with the next important news.

"Thousands of Nurgle Demon Army appeared near the capital of Brittany, Korona, and the knights of the Kingdom led by the Lake God Witch Morgiana and the Duke of Connet, Lawn Leo Cornwall, fought against the The Elector Boris in the middle also led his army to join the war, and under the unfavorable situation of the battle, Ryan Malcador, the chosen champion of the lady of the lake, paid a heavy price to defeat the great demon of Nurgle, and won the victory for the knight army."

"Hey!" Seeing the news, Karl Franz sighed with regret on his face, and slapped the wooden table with his fist, causing the Rick guards who were standing guard outside to come in and ask: "My lord, what happened?" What's wrong? Is there anything I can do for you?"

"It's okay, you go down!"

"yes!"

Rick's guard went out, and the emperor showed his angry face again. It was really hard for him to imagine, why would he miss such an important talent? A warrior who can win the duel with the champion of the barbarian chieftain, a strong man who can defeat the champion of Khorne in Marienburg, a champion who can stun the white wolf Urik with one move, and a champion who can even defeat the Chaos Demon , Just like that, was poached by the knight kingdom on the other side of the mountain?

Karl Franz thought not to mention the baron, if Ryan Malcador was willing to come, he would rather give him a viscount!

There is no viscount in Brittany, and the earl is above the baron. There is no marquis in the empire, and the duke is above the earl, and then the candidate.

Is Nord's hick brain stuffed with paste and stone? Have you missed such a talent? What is the Archbishop of White Wolf doing? Are those wolf cubs only interested in drinking and fighting? Karl Franz's face is ugly. The Empire and Brittania are both human countries, and they have similar views. They are the only two reliable allies when the Empire is surrounded by enemies. The other is the dwarves. Although this covenant is relatively loose, But at critical moments, what the empire can count on is the dwarf brothers and fellow knights.

Now that everyone has become the God's Choice Champion of the Fairy in the Lake, can he still make Ryan the God's Choice Champion of Charlemagne?

"That's right." Karl Franz suddenly thought of something, and he called a courtier from outside: "My lord, are you looking for me?"

"Send this message to Ivan the Griffin Duke in a while. I will ask him to meet with him soon. What about the formation of the new pistol cavalry?" Karl Franz asked.

At the same time, Britannia, Courona, the residence of the Imperial Ambassador Boris Elector.

The elector is discussing with his confidant White Wolf Knights.

"Karl Franz is a cowardly puppy!"

Boris' voice of dissatisfaction sounded in the inner room of the mansion: "He is afraid, he is afraid that the White Wolf Knights will take away his glory, he is afraid that we will take away his credit, so he sent us here as an envoy, With his army, his knights and artillery, he won such a wonderful victory, but there was no White Wolf Knight in it. This is simply a disgrace to the empire! It is one of the greatest disgraces since the founding of the empire !"

The elector held the latest news in his hand. He knew that the emperor himself had led the army to achieve a brilliant victory in the Drakewald Forest. However, the elector not only did not appreciate the emperor, but felt ashamed. For believers, the absence of the war is a great disrespect to Ulric.

"He is our emperor, Your Excellency!" A cheetah knight said dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, he is our emperor, but he is also a cowardly puppy!" Boris shouted angrily. His red beard made him look very majestic, but after venting his anger, he chose Dihou added helplessly: "Well, I admit that he can still fight, but that's it, Yurik has witnessed everything."

The empire is such a system. The great and glorious empire is a country with great geographical differences, and its army clearly shows these differences. In the affluent southern areas, modern military equipment such as cannons, muskets and even war machines are widely used, while in the cold and barren north, soldiers also rely on spears, bows and their beliefs. famous battle.

Electors have all the military and political power in their territories. Although theoretically all electorate territories are part of the empire, in fact they are almost all independent countries. The emperor will only convene the imperial parliament when facing foreign invasion When discussing wars, the effect of the emperor's decrees depends on whether his personal prestige and talent are convincing to the public. Otherwise, the weak emperor will face the problem of candidates ignoring his decrees. Condition.

This is not nonsense. Karl Franz’s father, the late Emperor Luitpold, encountered it. When he was seriously ill in his later years, almost none of the electors listened to the emperor’s orders. It’s just that Karl Franz It was different after that. After taking office, the new emperor went to war in the north and south and won one after another. He was in the limelight. Therefore, the candidates maintained basic respect for the emperor on the surface. On the one hand, they felt that there was a powerful and talented emperor. On the other hand, he was wary that the emperor might interfere in his own government affairs.

"We did not gain nothing from our mission to Britannia this time. This war with the Nurgle Demon Army made our names of White Wolf Knight and Cheetah Knight spread to this side of the mountain. The battle in the suburbs a few days ago made us even more famous. All races in the world dare not face up to the name of Ulrich anymore, and I can feel that our Lord is satisfied with this battle." A Ulrich priest said.

"Well, I finally didn't lose face to my lord, long live Urik! Praise Urik!" Boris shouted in satisfaction.

"Praise Urik!" There was a roar in the house, and the white wolf knight and the cheetah knight held up the wine and shouted together. Although the south of the empire is also rich in wine, compared with the wine of Brittania, the wine of the empire It's just horse urine.

These are the words of Elector Boris himself.

"The benefits of this mission are not limited to these. I have successfully reached an oral trade agreement with King Richard and Duke of Connecticut Lawn. Britannia can provide us with urgently needed high-quality grain, fine wine and olives. Oil, cloth, we can export a lot of furs, ores, and the damn wood in the Drakewald forest that can't be cut down!" Boris sat on the throne, and the elector wiped his sanctuary. The sword, the bite of the leg, reflected the light of the furnace: "It's strange to say, this sword has been not safe recently, I always feel as if I am participating in the Imperial Council, and its brothers are talking to it, hahaha !"

"Hahahaha! This must be because the holy sword drank the blood of the great demon, so it is so excited!" said Cornel Rezfield, the commander of the seventh company of the White Wolf Knights. The young White Wolf Knight looked very regretful. , because he was injured in the duel, he missed the battle in the Korona Plain. The champion warrior of Ulrich was deeply ashamed and helpless. Believers have the cunning of wolves.

The topic was diverted by Conil, and the white wolf knights suddenly became lively again. They loudly talked about how many demons they had eliminated in this war, and how many heads of Chaos warriors they hacked to death for Urick.

The mansion of the imperial ambassador is very lively, and there is also a place in Korona that is very lively.

In the Lion Ring Racecourse, the largest racecourse in the old world, tens of thousands of spectators shouted in unison, the Wang Band was playing music, and the drums were loud.

The champion of this Knights Conference was born here.

updated! I chose to write a little about the Knights Conference. Some book lovers may be disappointed, but this kind of conference is poorly written. I can write more than a dozen chapters if I want it, but I don’t think it is necessary.