Act 140 Witch Rebellion III

The Cruz people that Fro was talking about were naturally a group of Cruz southern nobles headed by Count Alkans. Since arriving at Port Fatan, these southern nobles were quite well-behaved at first, probably because they knew that they had been raped by Brando. Tied to the same boat, the armies of Jorgendigang and the Lion Man in the south may capture the Evergreen Corridor at any time. If we don't hold on to the Eruin fleet at this time, wouldn't we be asking for death?

In addition, news of the civil war in the Banker area came. The Queen split the temple and suddenly claimed to be the inheritor of the Dark Dragon. No one can accept it. ,ybdu, Therefore, at the beginning, Count Alkans and others shared the same hatred and conscientiously restrained the low-level officials who managed Fatan Port. On the one hand, they actively contacted the northern nobles and tried to find an alliance to resist the crazy man. Her Majesty the Queen.

But as the war situation took a turn for the worse, the nobles east of Metz were unable to resist the Queen's advance and were defeated one after another. It seemed that almost instantly, the New Temple's army had arrived at Ludwig's door, although they had not yet fought with Ludwig. The Black Legion had fought each other, but they already had a huge advantage in the situation. Coupled with the fact that Veronica was under house arrest, the Blue Legion was unable to respond to the 'uprising' of the northern nobles, so that soon on the Fatan front line, people could often see the remnants of the noble soldiers who had retreated from the front line.

Various versions of rumors have also spread. First, the nobles of Cloak Bay defected, and then Her Majesty the Queen suddenly showed up with several strange armies. Today, the Senian werewolves invaded Fort Morte Habib, and tomorrow, the Mountain The people swore allegiance again, and there were even rumors that even the Azure Spear was in the hands of Her Majesty the Queen. Various signs showed that the emperor's strength was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if she was still a lonely Silver Queen at the beginning. In the blink of an eye, it already occupied one-third of the empire's sphere of influence.

At this time, the new temple was already something that could not be ignored - even a suffocating behemoth.

As a result, the southern nobles who were not firm enough in their stance immediately began to waver. However, this wavering only spread among the lower classes at first, until the sudden change of flags of the Lion Man and the Jorgandigan army gave them a fatal blow. hit. In fact, Count Alcorns and others had no real feelings about the civil war in the north. Since Brando had tightly blocked the port, almost all the first-hand information they got came from rumors. Although such rumors can make people panic, it is difficult to say how much real feelings they can produce.

However, these nobles have a deep-rooted fear of the southern lions and the Jorgandigon army, especially the Jorgandigan army. They have witnessed with their own eyes how that army destroyed their homes and removed them from their own. They were driven out of the land and fled here like refugees. He even had to live under someone else’s roof.

If the Qiao Gendigang army hadn't threatened the Evergreen Walkway to the east at all times, why would they need to be trapped here?

But at this moment, the lions and underground lords made it clear the position of the Dark Dragon,

The situation has become a bit delicate. Who is the Dragon of Darkness now? She is no longer just the emperor of the Miner people a thousand years ago, she is also the Silver Queen and a Cruz. Although the nobles care about their faith, in the final analysis, they care more about their status as citizens of the empire. This is a guarantee of their status and a source of pride. Although life-saving is the most important thing, status and power are also what they pursue.

Before, these two options were mutually exclusive, but as the situation changed, the nobles who fled to the south suddenly discovered that the answers to these two options seemed to gradually merge into one.

If you want to save your life and status. what to do?

At least for now, surrendering to Her Majesty the Queen is the only possibility. In any case, she is still the emperor of the Cruz people, even though the temple is divided. But it can barely be considered orthodox. As a result, subtle changes quickly occurred in the hearts of these fleeing nobles. Even the upper-class nobles, including Earl Alcorns, began to gradually fall towards the capitulation faction. At this moment, Brando's disadvantage as an Eruin is particularly highlighted. Before that, he could also ask these nobles in the name of faith. The Temple of Fire is a religion that spans countries, and thousands of Deeply rooted over the years, although the Eruin and Cruz people have huge differences, they have at least this point in common.

That is they share the same beliefs.

In the name of religion, people often ignore the differences between countries.

But this reason will soon become untenable, because after the threat to life disappears, the Protestantism established by the Silver Queen does not seem so unacceptable. The original difficult choice in this war quietly became whether to innovate or be conservative. , people seem to have intentionally or unintentionally avoided the identity of the Silver Queen and the Dark Dragon.

In fact, there is no need for Flo to say that Brando also knows that the current situation is ultimately caused by the lack of legitimacy of the northern nobles. After all, regardless of her identity, the Silver Queen was at least once the emperor of the empire - although she was split Temple, but she did not betray the empire. To put it simply, that woman intentionally placed royal power above religious power. Although this approach was a bit unethical, it was not unacceptable to the nobles. I am afraid that except for those in the Temple of Flame Except for her die-hard loyalists, no one is willing to quarrel with the Queen on this issue, especially if they risk their lives.

The northern nobles stand against Her Majesty the Queen because they are supporters of the emperor's eldest son, but the exiled nobles in the south have no such scruples. Even some of them are die-hard loyalists to the temple, but now that the temple is divided into two, you Who do you want to be loyal to?

So this war was not based on justice and evil, light and darkness at the beginning. This was just a cover. This was a civil war. Brando has always been clear about this, although he said it before He used this reason to fool Count Alkans and the others for a long time, but those imperial nobles were not fools, and it was time to react.

It's time to give them a strong dose of medicine, Brando thought. He listened quietly to Fuluo's statement. In fact, what the wild elf girl had to say was similar to what he imagined - at least not as dramatic as the witch's civil strife. Beyond his expectation, he even felt that these southern nobles were a little too slow, perhaps because they were frightened by the Jorgandigan people or for some other reason. In his opinion, they should have started a quarrel long ago.

But he was not worried. After Flo finished speaking, he asked calmly: "So what are they doing now?"

The wild elf girl was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but frown. In her opinion, the current situation was entirely caused by the negligence of the lord in front of her. Over the past few days, Brando has neither strictly controlled the news nor prevented the nobles who fled from the front from entering the port - he has only prohibited them from leaving - and there is also a lack of restraint on the nobles of the Cruz people, which can even be said to be Nothing was done except to maintain the normal operation of the port, probably sending messengers to contact the northern nobles. The rest was to study that useless stone all day long.

When he thought of this, Fuluo felt a hatred for iron that could not be transformed into steel. She feels that the lord in front of her has been idle all day since the establishment of Fir Territory. Although Eruin has made great achievements, in her opinion, it is just good luck, or it is all due to Antitina. And Miss Roman has the ability, otherwise there is still a problem whether the territory can function normally. I thought that after he became the earl of the kingdom and also served as the head of this envoy, he would be a little more restrained. I didn't expect it to still be like this, with nothing to do. For a lord who only delegates things to her subordinates, she might not even be able to do well.

And he was still a planeswalker, the actual person in charge of them, which was far different from the master in her mind. Fro couldn't help but snorted heavily: "What else can they do? Fleet It's hanging above their heads. Can those losers still rebel? Of course they are clamoring to see you, the lord. I guess in their eyes, you are the only one who has better speak up."

Hearing the resentment in the girl's mouth, Brando smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he was still a little surprised by the weakness and incompetence of the southern nobles. He originally thought they would be at least a little tougher, but he didn't expect Earl Alcorns to just 'negotiate' with him.

"Since they want to negotiate," Brando sneered in his heart: "That's as good as they want."

He looked up: "Where are they?"

"Just outside, they have elected several representatives, hoping to negotiate with you." Fuluo replied with a straight face.

"Negotiation?" Brando was a little funny: "How are they going to play? What do they want to talk about?"

Fuluo sneered and said: "According to them, since the troops of Jorgendigon and the Lion Man have surrendered to the empire, what is left is a civil war in the empire. It is no longer suitable for you to continue to intervene. They suggest that you send the fleet to Return to Eruin - of course, my lord, you can still continue to go to the imperial capital as an envoy."

"Oh? What about the Silver Queen claiming to be the Dragon of Darkness?" Brando asked deliberately.

The wild elf girl's face suddenly became a little strange, and it was obvious that she was trying not to show too much disdain, and replied: "They said that this matter is too ridiculous, and it may be a rumor."

"Haha," Brando couldn't help but smile: "What a rumor."

He paused and knocked on the table: "In that case, let them come in to see me."

"Okay -" Fuluo blurted out, then froze, raised his head and glared at his lord: "Lord, what did you just say?"

"Didn't I make it clear enough? Let them come in and see me!"

"But……"

The wild elf girl wants to say it, but don’t you disappear at all on weekdays? In fact, this was the source of her previous anger. This was not the first day that the Southern nobles were shaken. In fact, they had hoped to negotiate with Brando more than once before, but Brando had never heard of it. He didn't ask, he didn't even bother to restrain these people, he acted like he was laissez-faire, and he even pretended to try not to cause too much commotion in Fatan Port.

She originally thought that today would be handled in the same way, but she didn't expect that her lord, a free-wheeling lord, suddenly had a whim and wanted to see these people again. In fact, according to Fuluo, what is there to do with these people? The best way is to arrest the ones who make the most noise among them and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. With the level of cowardice of these people, they will definitely not be able to make any trouble. The storm is coming. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the lord in front of her suspiciously.

But Brando waved his hand and said: "Nothing, you go and bring the guest who arrived at the castle yesterday."

That guest? Fro was stunned for a moment before she remembered that guy. The guy seemed to be from the northern region of Ludwig. From his appearance, he could barely tell that he was a Cruz, but he had a strong trace of Faenzan. Blood, in short, is a mixed race. When he arrived at the castle, he claimed to be the messenger of the Black Legion. He was wearing a thick cloak, covering most of his face, and he looked afraid to see people. However, Fro remembered that his lord received him very cautiously. the other party.

She was not a gossipy woman. After hearing Brando's instructions, she just nodded silently and was about to turn around and leave, but at this time Brando stopped her again.

"Wait a minute," Brando said, "I just called you in, not specifically for you to deal with those nobles."

"What do you mean?" the wild elf girl turned around and asked.

Brando tapped his forehead and seemed to think for a moment before replying: "Exactly, let's do the two things together. Please contact Charles and ask him to come to me immediately. Can you find him now? Tell him, I want to see Antitina, now, right away."

Flo nodded silently.

…

Fir Territory, Valhalla Fortress——

"Miss Shiduo, His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor."

Antitina watched the prince of the empire and the scholar lady walk out of the hall, stood up and saluted. Behind the eldest son were the young men of the Broken Sword Knights who were under house arrest here a few months ago, a group of more than ten people. , everyone is fully armed and ready to go. These descendants of Cruz's younger generation of nobles have become much calmer after spending the past few months, but perhaps it is also because they are used to staying in Valhalla. For the lords of a small place, these young people who are proud of the empire There is no need to be condescending, but for a lord like Brando who owns a fantasy fortress like Valhalla, they may not really see it as just a mere Earl of Eruin.

In fact, after these few months of getting along, they have at least roughly figured out Brando's strength. Even on the surface, it is enough to be awe-inspiring, even for those quite powerful counts in the empire. , I am afraid that he may not be able to catch up with such a 'little Earl of Eruin'. Together, they also respect Brando's deputy, or staff, Antitina.

But that's all. Even if these young people are in front of the real royal family of Eruin, it may be difficult for them to show such a respectful attitude. After all, it is just the royal family of a small kingdom, like Eruin. There are many small countries on the borders of the empire that are vassal states of the empire.

On the other hand, the eldest son of the emperor, Lenaret, was still the same as a few months ago. He seemed a bit taciturn and rarely talked to outsiders. In response to Antitina's salute, he just nodded slightly and frowned slightly, as if He is thinking about some problem anytime and anywhere, and the light flashing in his eyes makes it difficult to figure out the details. He didn't speak, but the scholar lady Shi Duo beside him had already spoken on his behalf: "Miss Antitina, you came to us suddenly. Is there something important? Has the situation in the empire changed again?"

Antitina silently looked at these Cruz people, nodded and said: "There are some changes, but this is not the main purpose of today."

She paused for a moment: "General Mangrove has contacted my lord."

"oh?"

These words seemed to ignite the wild nature in Lenaret's heart. The eldest son of the emperor suddenly raised his head, and his slightly deep eyes lit up.

The time has come——

...(To be continued...)

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