Chapter 58 Let's Go!

In the last few days of the Frost Moon, the weather outside was cold enough to make one's teeth chatter. In the deciduous forests of Mintai and Shavlund, the scenery was bleak. The trunks of the trees began to become bare. A thick layer of dead leaves has fallen since dusk, like a gray carpet, layer upon layer among the trees. There were even a few snowfalls in the slightly northerly areas. Although it was not completely covered in silver, it at least heralded the arrival of winter in the Year of the Sword.

This is the worst month of the year to start a war, but jihad kicked off with this period, history is always so unreasonable, and sometimes more whimsical than the story describes.

In the fir collar, in the awe-inspiring atmosphere of war, only the black pine forest outside the baron's castle is still tall and straight and evergreen, but there is a faint ink color between the canopy, as if the entire shade of the tree is a ghost hovering overhead. When the wind whistled past the tip of the pine tree, it made a whirring noise, making hair stand upright. Tonigal's guests stomped their feet under the trees in the courtyard, rubbed their hands, and looked at the ghostly weather and complained. Most of them were well-dressed and full of habits from those big cities. It didn't look like this place. the locals. More than a dozen carriages parked side by side outside the courtyard. The dark bodies were painted with various emblems. Each emblem represented a glorious history of a family. These nobles came from all over Erouin, and most of them were still heads. Once in the backcountry of Tonigal.

They're here for one purpose, Cruz as an ambassador.

This is also a rare time for Fir Castle to be lively, although its owner is willing to receive these guests or not.

Although the envoys of the Cruz Empire are nominally headed by Brando and can choose any accompanying members, an ancient tradition requires that there must be some fixed personnel seats in the envoys. These seats are exactly what Brando cannot. Specified. Among them, there is one representative of the royal family. Prince Haruze will serve as the representative to represent the Corcova family. In addition, he can also choose two maids, a servant and an accompanying knight. On the list were Lady Windsor and Lady Sigourney—the two wet nurses of the two princes when they were in Winterclaw Castle, but Haruze temporarily asked Brando to replace Lady Windsor with Medusa Lesmeka, He also asked Brando to wonder for a while whether His Royal Highness the prince had reached his age and his heart was sprouting.

As for his attendant, a young man from Corcovado, Brando had never heard of it before. He must be a member of the royal family, and the knight accompanying him was naturally the most trusted candidate for Her Royal Highness the Princess Nemesis. No second person consideration.

In addition to the Corcovado royal family, according to the agreement of the temple - the former royal family of Erouin, the Sifah royal family should also send a representative, but this representative naturally cannot travel a thousand miles across Ambersel. Zhou came here to meet them. Her Royal Highness’s brother had written to them before, telling them that he had already chosen the candidate. The envoy and his entourage would meet them in the Grey Mountains, so please call his sister and this man. The Count does not need to worry too much.

Subsequently, four dukes - Vieiro, Goran-Elsen, Lantonilan, Karasu, and three earls - Yanilasub, Earl of Yankee and Earl of Grey Mountain, plus one Balta Marquis, and each has a representative. There should have been representatives of Anlek and Jean Denel, but now these two territories have been eliminated, and they have been merged into the royal family and Tonigel. The Anlek family has few people. After the First World War, it was basically equivalent to exterminating the family, and with Count Denell and his family still eating in the dungeon of Magitan, it was naturally impossible to send any representatives.

Among the four dukes, Archduke Vieiro directly sent his youngest daughter, Archduke Toranilan's envoy was directly Eco, and Archduke Karasu sent a meat ball, which is said to be his second son, and as for Golan - Grand Duke Elson also sent a daughter, but she was still a seven- or eight-year-old loli. Earl Yanilasu is a believer of the Silver Lions Club. If he doesn't marry, he naturally has no heirs. He sent a non-commissioned officer he likes, a young man full of energy, and Earl Grey Mountain has no envoys either. When they arrived at Tonigel, they were naturally waiting to join them in Grey Mountain with the envoys of Sifah.

In the end, there was a small twist in the selection of the envoy of the Earl of Yanbao, because the Earl of Yanbao had long since lost any news. In the middle of the frosty month, Baron Dale himself sent an envoy, but the princess was directly angry. She rushed back directly; in the end, Dilferri decided to serve as the envoy of Swallow Castle herself, which could impress the Temple of Fire on her, the future heir of Swallow Castle, and thwart Baron Dalle’s. Conspiracy, Brando specially prepared a larger carriage for her taking into account her physical factors.

Most of these noble descendants have their own entourage, ranging from one person to three, so together, it is a bloated team of twenty people and five or six carriages, but if you think that this team is already large enough , that's a big mistake. Brando quickly discovered that there were some unexpected guests in the team. One of them was Princess Magdalen. As the Princess of Antobro, she naturally had to go to Cruz on behalf of her duchy. The Empire thought that she had already died in the war in Ambersel, so the order was also conveyed to the duchy, hoping that the duchy could assign another envoy to Cruz, but the news reached the nun princess for some reason. After learning this news, he insisted on going to the empire as an envoy of Antobro, and also privately communicated with the royal family of Antobro, so Brando naturally couldn't stop her.

After all, the princess was recuperating in Tonigal, not under house arrest, and he had no reason to restrict her freedom to contact the outside world.

And another uninvited guest is now in front of Brando.

At this moment, Brando was staring at him standing in front of him, wearing a thick fur coat, boots, gloves, a scarf and a bearskin hat, with a small face almost only showing a pair of The black-eyed businessman saluted the big box she was holding with her small hands, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Okay, now you can tell me, what are you going to do here?"

"Go to the Empire with Brando, I haven't been there yet." Little Roman raised his chin, showing his small mouth from under the scarf, snorting the white mist, and answered as a matter of course.

Brando rolled his eyes: "Of course I understand this, but I have already said that there is no place for the envoys, and besides, you seem to have forgotten it, I told you to stay in Tonigel and keep yourself Store it in a safer place, don't let me worry, understand?" He couldn't help holding his forehead, this guy clearly promised yesterday, and told her that there were no more places for the embassy, ​​so she should stay in the territory, Auxiliary Antitina, she clearly promised to swear at that time, saying that she would never occupy the envoy's quota.

Wait, Brando suddenly froze there, reacted, and stared at the eldest lady: "Oh, damn, you are playing word games with me again!"

"No," Little Roman took a sigh of relief into his hand and replied with a smile, "I'm justifiable."

"It's just right for your size," Brando put a hold on her face: "Listen to me, stay in Tonigal, you are not allowed to go there."

"Wow wow wow wow," Little Roman has not been pulled on his cheek by Brando for a long time, and he blinked his eyes in pain: "I, I, I am true... Brando, you, you, let go... "

Brando pinched Miss Merchant's face for a while, but seeing her waving her hand, trying to break free from his hand, she never let go, and she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious -- this is not a problem. In line with this eldest lady's temperament, he couldn't help letting go and asked suspiciously, "Okay, tell me, what exactly are you going to do in the empire?"

Little Roman rubbed his red cheeks, revealing a fierce look: "I was invited by the Temple of Flames, as the president of the Seven Seas Business Association, a distinguished guest of the Temple of Flames, I went to the Cruz Empire to participate. What about the ceremonies of holy war?"

She deliberately read out the word "dignified guest" heavily, and then handed the invitation to Brando to read. Brando opened the parchment letterhead and almost fell to the ground with black eyes. The Temple of Fire does invite some famous businessmen, poets, and even artists and scholars from various fields who have close cooperation with them to attend the annual large-scale celebrations or commemorative ceremonies such as the opening mobilization of the Holy War. He never dreamed that there would be Roman Reigns on this list, his fiancée who seemed a little confused and unreliable.

He couldn't help but read the letter over and over several times, and after finally confirming that the magic sealing wax on the letter was the real Temple Emblem, he had to admit that it didn't look like it was a forgery.

He raised his head and looked at Roman, as if looking at an alien: "When did your business become so big?"

"It's very early. The Temple of Fire invited me at the Harvest Festival this year, but it was to Ambersel at that time. I've already been there, so I don't want to go there. It's not fun at all." Little Roman said lightly. He replied, as if the invitation from the Temple of Flames seemed to invite her to go on a tour, and it was entirely up to her mood to go. Brando almost shouted Miss I kneel for you. The tradition of inviting celebrities like the Temple of Fire has always existed in the game. At that time, there were some well-known business associations among Eruin players, until the second Before the epoch, the players' business associations, who often had major sponsors behind them, would break their heads for such an invitation letter, and a few times even almost caused wars between business associations, at least what Brando saw. several times.

This is really more than a human being. Brando looked carefully at his magical fiancée, and felt that there must be something like Martha's daughter.

But in the end, Antitina, who was on the side, explained his confusion. It turns out that many materials produced in the Black Forest, including some precious magic materials and magic crystals, are strategic materials urgently needed by the Temple of Fire, especially before the Holy War begins. this time, even more so. Tonigal's massive exports over the past year have long made it an important partner in the eyes of the Temple of Fire, so it is not surprising that Roman, the nominal president of the Seven Seas Business Association, is valued in the temple. .

However, Brando shook his head, and still felt that the businessman had opened a plug-in. You must know that to become a trader who can trade with the Temple of Flame, it is not only necessary to have a supply of goods, but also requires a fairly extensive network of contacts. , He didn't have to think about it to guess that Roman should have left the relationship network of Ambersel's business associations, but as for how she did it, it was a bit outrageous.

Because this can only be explained by a miracle in the eyes of Miss Staff.

"Can I go, Brando?" Little Roman asked pitifully, covering his face, but there was a hint of pride in his voice.

"Whatever--" Brando replied angrily. He felt that in front of this little fiancée, his IQ and presence as a count had been seriously degraded, which made him feel very hurt.

"Brando, help me prepare a carriage, I want the one I usually use, with a stove that can put charcoal on it."

"No, come to my carriage, obediently!"

"Oh!"

After sending Miss Roman, and the second son of Grand Duke Karasu, who was almost equal in length, width and height, who had always wanted to come up with him, Brando finally got out of the circle of young men and young ladies. Come on, he walked to the side of the motorcade, just in time to see Flo come out from the direction of the castle holding a notepad. When he saw the elder sister of the wild elf sisters, he knew that what she was going to prepare was probably done. He hurriedly greeted her: "Fro!"

"Lord Lord."

"Brunhilde and the others are ready?"

The elder sister of the wild elf sisters nodded.

"Very good," Brando finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't really take this group of eldest ladies and eldest young men on a trip this time, it was just a superficial guise. What's more, Princess Griffin identified him as the head of the embassy, ​​and appointed him as the commander of the Southern Legion - this appointment arrived earlier - apparently to allow him to recruit elites from the Tonigar territory, Form the entourage of this embassy.

This is a default tradition -

Before the start of the holy war, the empire summoned the envoys of its subordinate kingdoms and principalities. It has become a practice since the first holy war. Today, this is not only the Temple of Fire to confirm the confidence of the members participating in the war, or to mobilize the war. It has also become a way for the subordinate countries to compare with each other in order to seek a higher status among the members of the Temple of Flames. In this embassy, ​​first of all the representatives of the noble families who are diligent in seeing the Supreme Being of the Empire, which in itself represents a kind of submissive submission, and is also a way for the subordinate countries to swear allegiance to the temple. Of course, this kind of diligence after all Not so naked, it seems a little more reserved.

On the other hand, it is the guards accompanying the envoys. After all, a holy war is a war, and all countries need to show their strength to the Temple of Flames in order to obtain the corresponding status during the war and even later. And the guards of the envoys are a means of display. Generally speaking, the guards of the envoys are the most elite forces in each country, representing the highest level of these principalities and kingdoms, and also the face of nobles and royal families. In order to maintain this kind of face and honor, the guards of these envoys will even compete with each other in the Cruz Empire and have conflicts. Of course, this kind of conflict seldom actually causes bloodshed, but the disgraceful party will not be very happy after returning home. Better yet.

The strongest envoy guards in the previous holy wars should be the guards from the Black Crow Principality in the west of the empire. This principality is also adjacent to the Hazel people and the Earth Temple. Although the principality accepts the belief in the Temple of Fire , but most of the inhabitants in the territory were half-orcs and lycanthropes. The folk customs were sturdy, and the nobles were also very martial. At that time, the guards they sent composed of bear warriors were crushed in terms of quantity and quality. The guards of various countries, but unfortunately, they encountered the Eruins of that era.

In that jihad, the envoys sent by the Eruins were probably the most shabby one in all the jihads. In addition to the representatives of the nobles, the envoys were composed of non-commissioned officers of the White Lions, and there were less than 20 people in total. . But the problem is that this 20-person guard team, their captain is the Earth Sword Saint Darus, and the deputy leader is the scholar Turaman of Mithril Castle. These two people swept even the Cruz people. all of them.

As for how Brando's famous grandfather later became the marshal of the coalition, that is another story.

The envoy guard is the face of Eluin, and Tonigel now seems to be a territory with the strongest combat power in the entire Eluin, so the princess chose Brando as the head of the envoy. Although the royal party has objections, but Don't be too opposed to it. As for Brando and Her Royal Highness, the two partners who had reached a tacit understanding just used this guise to blatantly insert people into this so-called guard. As for what these people did in Cruz in the end.

That's not good to say.

Brando took the notepad from Flo's hand, glanced at it casually, then raised his head to look at the entire team, and said softly, "Let's go then, see you at Cruz."

At the end, he added in a low voice:

"Holy war, here I come."

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