In the last few days of the frosty month, the outdoor weather was cold enough to make people’s teeth tremble. In the deciduous forests of Mintai and Schafflund, the bleak scenery was hard to escape. The tree trunks began to become bare. The ground has been bare since autumn. Since twilight, a thick layer of dead leaves has fallen, like a gray carpet, layered on top of each other among the trees. The slightly northerly area even had a few light snowfalls. Although it was still not covered in silver, it at least heralded the arrival of the winter of the Year of the Sword.
This is the most unsuitable month of the year to start a war. However, the holy war is used as a prelude to it. History is always so unreasonable, sometimes even more whimsical than described in the story.
In the firs collar, in the solemn atmosphere of war, only the black pine forest outside the Baron’s Castle is still tall and evergreen, but the faint ink seeps between the canopy, as if the entire shade of the tree is a ghost hovering above the head, cold When the wind whizzed past the tips of the pine trees, it made a strange whirring noise, making the hair stand upright. Tonigle’s guests stomped their feet under the woods in the courtyard, rubbing their hands, and grumbled as they watched the ghostly weather. Most of them were well-dressed and full of the habits of those big cities, so they didn’t look like this place. Locals. More than a dozen horse-drawn carriages parked side by side outside the courtyard. The dark car body was painted with various emblems. Each emblem represented a glorious family history. These nobles came from all over Eruin, most of them still heads. Once to Tonigel, a remote place in the country.
They came here only for one purpose, to be an ambassador to Cruz.
This is also a rare time for Fir Castle to become lively, even though its owner is willing to receive these guests.
Although the delegation of the Cruz Empire is nominally headed by Brando and can choose any accompanying members, an ancient tradition makes it necessary to have some fixed seats in the delegation. These seats are exactly what Brando cannot. Specified. The representative of the royal family is one, and Prince Haruze will act as the representative to represent the Corcovado family. In addition, he can also choose two maids, an attendant and an accompanying knight, in this original On the list are Mrs. Windsor and Mrs. Sigourney—the two nurses of the two princes when they were in Winterpaw, but Haruzer temporarily asked Brando to replace Mrs. Windsor with Medusa Les Meca. Brando wondered for a long time whether the prince had reached his age and his heart was sprouting.
As for his attendant is a young man from Corcovado, Brando has never heard of it before. It must be a member of the royal family, and the accompanying knight is naturally the most trusted candidate for the princess, Nimesis. Not considered as a second person.
In addition to the Corcovado royal family, according to the agreement of the temple-the former royal family of Eruin, the Sifah royal family should also send a representative, but it is natural that this representative cannot travel thousands of miles across Ampersel for a week or two. Come here to join them. Her Royal Highness’s brother had already written to them and told them that he had chosen the candidate and that the envoy and his entourage would meet them at Grey Mountain, so please call his sister and the earl. Adults don’t worry too much.
Afterwards, the four dukes-Vieiro, Golan-Elson, Lantonilan, Carasu, and the three earls-Yanila Sub, the Earl of Yanbao, and the Earl of Grey Mountain, plus a Marquis of Balta, There is also a representative for each. There should have been representatives of Anleck and Jean Denel, but now these two territories have been abolished, and they have been merged into the royal realm, and they have also been merged into Tonigel. The Anleck family is sparsely populated in Ampersel. After the First World War, it was basically the genocide, and since Count Denell and his family are still eating in the dungeon of Maggie Tan, it is naturally impossible to send any representatives.
Among the four dukes, the Grand Duke Vieiro directly sent his young daughter, and the envoy of the Grand Duke Toranilan was directly Eco, and the Grand Duke Karasu sent a meat ball, which is said to be his second son, and as for the Golan -Grand Duke Elson also sent a daughter, but she was still a seven or eight-year-old Lori. Earl Yanilasu is a believer of the Silver Lions Club. He did not marry a wife and naturally has no heirs. He sent a non-commissioned officer whom he optimistic about, a motivated young man, and neither did Earl Grey’s envoys. When he arrived at Tonigel, he was naturally waiting to meet them at the Grey Mountain with the envoys of Sifah.
In the end, there was a slight twist in the selection of Earl Yanbao’s envoy, because Earl Yanbao had heard nothing about it. In the middle of the Frost Moon, Baron Dall sent an envoy himself, and the princess was directly angry with His Royal Highness. He hurried back directly; in the end, Dilfieri decided to personally serve as the envoy of Yanbao, so that the Temple of Flame could impress her as the future successor of Yanbao, and secondly, it could defeat Baron Dalle. For the conspiracy, Brando took into account her physical factors and specially prepared a larger carriage for her separately.
Most of these noble heirs have their own entourage, ranging from one person to three, so when added together, it is a bloated team of about twenty people and five or six carriages, but if you think that this team is already large enough , That's a big mistake. Brando soon discovered that there were some unexpected guests in the team. One of them was Princess Magdal. As the princess of Antobro, she naturally had to go to the ambassador Cruz on behalf of her principality-the original empire. It was thought that she had been killed in the war at Ampersel, so the order was also communicated to the Principality. It was hoped that the Principality could assign another envoy to Cruz, but the news reached the nun princess somehow. She had to After knowing this news, he insisted on going to the empire as Antobro's envoy, and also communicated with the Antobro's royal family privately, so Brando naturally couldn't stop her.
After all, the princess was recovering from her injuries in Tonigel, 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.
Brando was staring in front of him, wearing a thick fur coat, boots, gloves, a scarf, and a bearskin cap. His little face was barely exposed. The merchant eldest lady with slick eyes looked at the big box she was holding with her little hand to salute, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Well, now you can tell me, what are you going to do here again?"
"Go to the Empire with Brando, I haven't been there yet." Little Roman lifted his chin and revealed a small mouth from under the scarf, humming the white mist, and replied as a matter of course.
Brando rolled his eyes: "Of course I understand this, but I have already said that the envoy has no quota. Besides, you don't seem to remember anymore. I asked you to stay in Tonigel and keep yourself Store it in a safer place, don’t worry about it, do you understand?” He couldn’t help holding his forehead. This guy had promised well yesterday, telling her that the envoy is no longer available, and let her stay in the territory obediently. Auxiliary Antitina, she had promised to take an oath at the time, saying that she would never occupy the envoy's quota.
Wait, Brando froze there suddenly, reacted, and stared at the eldest lady: "Oh, damn, you play word games with me again!"
"No," Little Roman let out a sigh of relief on his hand and replied with a smile, "I'm just right."
"It's fair to say that you are right," Brando pressed her cheek: "You will listen to me, stay in Tonigel, you are not allowed to go there."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu," Little Roman hasn't been pulled so much on his cheeks by Brando for a long time, blinking his eyes in pain: "I, I and I are real... Brando, you, you, you, let go..."
Brando squeezed the merchant lady’s face for a while, but watching her wave her hand straight, trying to break free from his hand, her mouth was still not letting go, and she couldn’t help but feel a little suspicious—this is not true. The temperament of this eldest lady, he couldn't help letting go, and asked suspiciously: "Well, tell me, what on earth are you going to do in the empire?"
Little Roman rubbed his flushed cheeks, revealing a fierce look: "I was invited by the Temple of Flames. As the president of the Seven Seas Chamber of Commerce and a noble guest of the Temple of Flames, I went to the Cruz Empire to participate in the Holy War. The ceremony."
She deliberately pronounced the word'honourable guest' heavily, and then handed the invitation to Brando to read. Brando opened the parchment letterhead and almost fell to the ground. It is true that the Temple of Flame invites some famous businessmen, poets and even artists and scholars in various fields who have worked closely with them to attend the ceremony at annual large-scale celebrations or commemoration ceremonies such as the opening of jihad mobilization, but He didn't even dream that there would be Roman in this list—his fiancee who looked a little confused and unreliable.
He couldn't help but read the letter over and over several times, and finally confirmed that the magic sealing wax on the letter was authentic and the Temple Emblem was confirmed to be correct before he had to admit that it didn't seem to be a forgery.
He raised his head and looked at Roman, as if looking at an alien: "When did you achieve such a big business?"
"It's very early. The Temple of Flame invited me during the harvest festival this year, but at that time I was going to Amperisel. I have already been there, so I don't want to go anymore. It's not fun at all." Little Roman said lightly. He replied, as if the invitation to the Temple of Flame seemed to invite her to travel, whether to go or not depends entirely on the mood. Brando almost yelled, Miss, I will kneel for you. The Temple of Flames has always been a tradition of inviting celebrities in the game. At that time, there were some famous chambers of commerce among Eruin players until the second era. Before, the players' chambers of commerce that often had major sponsor backgrounds would break their heads for such an invitation letter. Several times they even almost triggered a war between the chambers of commerce. At least Brando has seen it several times.
This is really more deadly than others. Brando carefully looked at his magical fiancee, and felt that there must be something like Martha's daughter and other plug-ins in it.
But in the end, Antitina on the side gave him a solution. It turned out that many of the materials produced in the Black Forest, including some precious magic materials and magic crystals, are strategic materials that are urgently needed in the Temple of Flame, especially before the start of the holy war. This is especially true during this period of time. Tonigel’s large exports in the past year have long made it an important partner in the eyes of the Temple of Flame, so it is not surprising that Roman, the nominal president of the Seven Seas Chamber of Commerce, is valued in the temple. .
However, Brando shook his head, still feeling that the merchant lady 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 considerable network of contacts. , Without thinking, he could guess that Roman should have left the network of chambers of commerce in Amperexel, but as for how she did it, this is a bit outrageous.
Because this point can only be explained by a miracle in the eyes of the lady of the staff.
"Can I go, Brando." Little Roman asked pitifully, covering his face, but there was a small smug in his voice.
"Whatever you—" Brando replied grimly. He felt that in front of this little fiancee, his IQ and sense of presence as Lord Earl had been seriously devalued, which made him feel very hurt.
"Then Brando, help me prepare a carriage. I want the one I usually use, with a stove that can put charcoal on it."
"No, get into my carriage obediently!"
"Oh!"
Dismissed Miss Romance, and the second son of Duke Karasu who was almost equal in length and height, and who always wanted to come up close to him, Brando finally got out of the circle of the bunch of brothers and ladies. Here, he walked to the side of the motorcade and just saw Flor walking out of the castle with a note book. He saw the older sister among the wild elf sisters, and he knew that she might have done everything she had to prepare. Hurriedly greeted her: "Fro!"
"Lord Lord."
"Brunhild and the others are ready?"
The older sister among the wild elf sisters nodded.
"Very good." Brando finally took a sigh of relief. He didn't really take the group of elders and young men out on this trip. It was just a superficial cover. What's more, Princess Griffin identified him as the commander of the envoy and appointed him the commander of the Southern Army—this appointment arrived earlier—obviously to allow him to draw talents from Tonigal’s territory and form them. The entourage of the envoy came.
This is a default tradition—
Before the start of the jihad, the empire summoned the envoys of the various kingdoms and principalities under it. It has become a common practice since the first jihad. Today, this is not only the temple of flame confirming the confidence of the participating members, or mobilizing for war. A means of this has also become a way for the various subordinate countries to compare with each other in order to seek a higher status among the members under the Temple of Flame. In this envoy, the first is the representatives of the noble families who are diligent to see the empire’s supreme. This in itself represents a kind of obedience, and it is also a way for the subordinate countries to swear allegiance to the temple. Of course, this diligent view is after all Not so naked|naked, slightly more reserved.
On the other hand, it is the guards accompanying the envoys. Jihad is a war after all, and all countries need to show their power to the Temple of Flames to gain a corresponding position during or after the war. And the guards of the envoys are a means of display. Generally speaking, the guards of the envoys are the most elite forces in all countries, representing the highest standards of these duchy and kingdoms, and the face of the nobility and the royal family. In order to maintain this face and glory, the guards of these envoys will even compare with each other in the Cruz Empire and conflict. Of course, such conflicts rarely involve bloodshed, but the embarrassing party will not be very much after returning home. That's it.
The most powerful envoy guard in all the jihads should be the guard of the Black Rook Principality from the west of the empire. This principality is also adjacent to the Hazels and the Temple of the Earth. Although the principality accepts the faith of the Temple of Flame , But most of the residents in the territory are half-orcs and lycanthropes. The folk style is sturdy, and the noble class is also very martial. At that time, the guards composed of Ursa warriors they sent were crushed in terms of quantity and quality. They won the guards of various countries, but unfortunately, they met the Eruins of that era.
The envoy sent by the Eruins in that holy war may be regarded as the most shabby of all the holy wars. Except for the representatives of the nobles, the envoy was composed of non-commissioned officers from the White Lion Corps, with a total of less than 20 people. . However, the problem is that the guard of this twenty-man guard is the Earth Sword Saint Darus, and the deputy leader is the scholar Tulaman of the Mythril Fort. These two people swept even the Cruz people. Everyone.
As for how Brando's famous grandfather became the marshal of the coalition army, that is another story.
The envoy guard is the face of Eruin, and Tonigel is now the territory where Eruin has the strongest combat effectiveness. Therefore, the princess chose Brando as the head of the envoy. Although the royal parties have objections, I don't dare to object too much. As for Her Royal Highness Brando and the princess, these two ghost-inspired partners just used this guise to blatantly cram manpower into this so-called guard. As for what these people did in the end at Cruz.
That's hard to say.
Brando took the note book from Flo, glanced over it casually, then raised his head to look at the entire convoy, and said softly: "Let's go, see you in Cruz."
Finally, he added in a low voice:
"Holy war, I'm coming."