It stands to reason that these two are both confidants of the Silver Queen, and a little miss is not enough to make them so frightened, but just two days ago—to be exact, two nights ago, the Empire suddenly lost contact with the Fortress of Parsilian. —Anyone who is still a little sane understands what this means. Bad premonitions are often the most effective, and in the next twenty-four hours, bad news floats like snowflakes—
First, the Pegasus knights of Asaph’s imperial garrison detected the movement of a large army in the Bear Lake area, and then another scout cavalry detected another army in Yongyin Valley further south.
Twenty-seven hours later, Vargos, Hemlock Town, and Linye Avenue were confirmed to be lost.
Twenty-nine hours later, the twin towns of Nafir and Talis in the northern part of the Bear Lake area were in a hurry, and traces of unfamiliar troops were found outside of Greystone Town, a city in the lower reaches of the Yinhe River.
Thirty-four hours later, the South Town of Twin Towns fell into the ground, and two hours later, the North Town fell into the ground.
Thirty-seven hours later, an imperial guard post on the edge of the Boots Woodland received a portion of the remnants from the south. Among them, Baron Piris of the Cooper family was found.
Forty-four hours later, the town of Greystone was besieged.
In the next half an hour, the cavalry of the Cuijiao Fortress finally brought back the definite news. The Pasilian Fortress had been lost, and a large-scale Qiaogendigaan army was attacking along the eastern branch of the Broken Sword Mountain Range towards the direction of El Norburg. , The empire’s fortress legion is steadily retreating.
Fifteen minutes ago, Russef confirmed his loss. The Pegasus knight flew over the city and observed that the city was suspected of being bombarded by spells exceeding the twelfth ring. No one in the city survived.
Qiao Gendigang launched an invasion of the empire, and Anzlowa fell mostly, the evergreen aisle was at stake, and the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain fortress group also turned into stars crumbling in the sky.
As if in an instant, terrible news spread like wildfire, centering on the White Rose Garden, spreading like a plague throughout the imperial capital—the news followed the horse's knights leaving the Palais de San Contepe and entered In the residences of the top figures of the ducal palace, earl palace, imperial army, knights, and temple, it is like a spark splashing into the oil pool, lighting up the manors, under the arch windows, on the attic, and the nobles private In his room, the candle was bright, and then a figure dressed in plain clothes, covering his head and face, walked out from the back door, walked through the streets, and entered the homes of nobles, large and small.
The servants then came on stage. They hurriedly left their master’s mansion, drove a carriage, or leaned on their legs, to the thousands of unknown corners of the city; the whispered news spread through word of mouth. One person passed the next person, and the next person boarded the carriage and walked along the street to the 22 gates of Rušta. Before dawn, there were countless carriages leaving the city, rushing to all parts of the empire. Direction-some of them went to the countryside, some went to the castle, some went to the dock, and the news of the war spread with them on the territory of the empire, riding the wind and breaking the waves.
This is what happened in the forty-eight hours before Mr. Travis Bernie and Mr. Kevin de St. Valia, the dragoon captain, walked back and forth into the White Rose.
At this moment, in front of Constance, the Dragoon leader seemed a little sensible, and Mr. Travis almost shivered. The former was responsible for the promotion and assessment of the Knights of the Inner Court, while he was mainly responsible for intelligence collection and monitoring. Obviously, the leaks are to be counted on his head. The knight leader tremblingly explained to the supreme of the empire before him, but what Constance needed was not an explanation, but an answer.
They are not the only two in the Queen’s study. The top figures of the empire have already gathered at this moment. Standing in the forefront, you can see Marquis Nigel, the commander of the White Legion, and Bandyron, who is closely related to the Imperial Navy. The Earl, Downers, Little Nedevin, the parents of the Cecil family, the current commander of the Blue Legion, Lord Rodney and Grand Duke Helix, behind them there are some nobles from other families, and most of them are On weekdays, the close ministers around His Majesty, plus the envoys of the Temple of Flame, these people are roughly divided into three camps. The nobles who are close to the Parut family are obviously gloomy, while the nobles of the Cecil family and the military are mostly Looking at this scene with a smile, the last group of people, headed by Grand Duke Helix and Prime Minister Niederven, had a stern face without any expression on their faces.
As for Her Majesty herself, Her Majesty’s expression is as usual. There is no trace of anger in her eyes, and of course there is not a trace of peace. But anyone who has a little understanding of the empire’s supreme will understand that it is often in this state. She is the most terrible.
After a while, Constance finally spoke.
She glanced at the two of them-although Her Majesty still looked like a girl, her calm eyes showed that her Majesty's city was coming-she said coldly: "This is the second time, my dear Pa The Root family, as well as your southern aristocrats, have acted like you are not worthy of your status in recent times. Mr. Captain, whether you are or your brother, it really disappoints me. You guys. Without speaking, are you waiting for me to speak?"
Hearing this sentence, most of the nobles of the Cecil family were gloating, while the soldiers took the look of watching the show. Only Nedvin frowned. In his memory, the Queen rarely spoke. So clearly stated his attitude-but this is the third time in recent time, whether it is the rebuke of the Cecil family in the Palace of San Contepe, or the rebuke of the Grand Duke Palut in the White Rose Garden , And her attitude at the moment made him feel weird inside and out.
But in Niederven’s view, it’s just weird, but Donners has already changed his complexion. The thunder anger from the throne is so terrible that it can’t help making people tremble. He gritted his teeth. Did not dare to speak at all.
Travis almost shook. Although His Majesty said the words "Dear", his face was almost blue when he heard it. After wandering inside and out, he had to answer respectfully: "Don't dare ,His Majesty."
"Then tell me, to the west of Crimson Claw Fortress, how are the Lions in Torquinin going?"
"No action, Your Majesty." Travis quickly wiped his sweat and replied.
"Where are the elves of the Four Realms?"
This time it was Nigel, the commander of the White Legion, who shook his head: "There is no action, but the elves should have not received any news yet, otherwise they will not give up this opportunity."
"In other words, at least Qiao Genjigang has nothing to do with the wind elves?" Constance asked.
When she asked this question, she frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something, but she faintly felt that her majesty's mind did not seem to be above all that was happening right now.
Like Prime Minister Nidevon, Nigel seemed to be aware of this, but this doubt only flashed through his mind, and then he shook his head: "It shouldn't be."
"Where are the Lions of Toquinine?"
"The Lions should be waiting for news. As long as the troops of Geogendigan arrive at Fort Elnor, they will do it." Little Nidven looked at Her Majesty the Queen and finally spoke.
"How big is Qiao Gendigang's army?" Constance glanced at the young master, then looked away and put pressure on Travis.
The latter was sweating profusely, "Your Majesty, this is still unclear, but they should have at least two legions in Andzlova."
The Silver Queen was silent, as if calculating something.
Little Nidevin pondered for a moment, and then said: "It is very likely that the underground kings have already taken action, otherwise at least half of the lord of Qiao Genjigan will be dispatched to reach this scale."
"Their target is Asaph," Constance came back to his senses: "Then, do we have any countermeasures now, and what are the armies in Andzlova now?"
"Originally, we could also mobilize Anzeruta's army, but now..." Little Nidven said halfway, and then looked at Donners in the crowd. The latter's face sank, and the Prime Minister immediately Swearing a half-dead, he certainly understood the meaning of this sentence. In addition to the aborigines, the local army stationed there was mainly in the hands of Count Jin and Count Alcons, but this part of the army was early A few moments later, it had already been mobilized to replenish the Pasilian Fortress. As for the remaining aristocratic army, not to mention everyone who was present also understood that they went there.
He hurried out and replied: "Your Majesty, Anzeruta's army has long been added to the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress group. The remaining militia and local defense forces are simply unusable, and even if they are there, they have been The rebellious Earl Tonigel was defeated."
"It seems that it is still a very glorious thing in Mr. Downers' eyes to be played around by the Eruin." Duke Cecil sneered.
The latter's face was white and red, but he did not dare to speak back, because the supreme one of the empire was obviously unkind at the moment, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with him.
Constance's face returned to the old cold look: "Then where is my nearest army?"
"The two Pegasus cavalry regiments of the White Legion are stationed in the Violet Valley, Your Majesty." Marquis Nigel replied immediately.
"Is it time?"
The former shook his head: "To support Asaph, you must cross the Evergreen Walkway. Unless Greystone Town can last for at least forty-eight hours, we are unlikely to have time."
Constance glanced at his courtiers with teasing eyes: "In other words, we have to abandon the Andzlova region? Or if the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain fortress group falls, the largest in the history of the empire Shame, do you mean let me bear it?"
There was silence in the room.
The Silver Queen looked at these courtiers and sneered coldly: "Donners, go and inform Duke Parut, the bottom line I give you is to keep Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress group. If you even this point. If you can’t do it, it means that you are not qualified to manage this land. At that time, let the White Legion take over the defense from Anzeruta to the Evergreen corridor.”
Constance's voice was not high, but it was like a thunder falling in the crowd. Everyone's eyes fell on the her Majesty's long-time favored subject in an instant. There were surprises, doubts, and curiosity in their eyes. , Also contains a variety of emotions such as sympathy, cringe, gloating, etc. Almost everyone present is an old fox who has been up and down in this imperial power center, and naturally understands the weight contained in this sentence.
Your Majesty has moved real fire this time.
Tangnas shook his body and almost fainted. He looked palely at the supreme man of the empire in front of him, but did not dare to complain at all. He hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."
Then he separated the crowd in despair and walked out of the study.
In the study, only Travis was trembling, but Constance didn't even bother to look at him, and after a stroke of his sleeves, she left the room accompanied by the maid.
When Rodney left the White Rose Garden with the other nobles, he deliberately fell behind by one step and kept up with Grand Duke Helix behind him. The latter was planning to board the carriage, and he noticed the movements of the new parent of the Ashrico family, before turning around and asking, "My Lord, what can I do?"
Rodney smiled bitterly: "Your lord has just laughed. I want to ask you what your lord thinks of your majesty's words just now?"
Hearing these words, the Duke stopped when he boarded the car. He simply retracted his feet and looked at him with a serious expression: "What do you think, Lord Earl?"
"Your Majesty has relaxed the surveillance of the military on the surface in recent days, but secretly suppressed us more and more severely. I thought she would take the opportunity to support the Palut family, but I didn't expect..."
Grand Duke Helix shook his head: "Your Majesty's character has become more and more withdrawn recently, and the Palut family has not been allowed to favor her for a while..."
Rodney seemed to think of something: "Since that incident..."
Grand Duke Helix gave him a vigilant look: "Shut up, these are not things that you and I should discuss, Rodney, because of the fact that my father and I are family friends, let me remind you, while there is still Opportunity, go back to your family's territory."
Rodney was startled slightly: "My lord, you?"
The Duke nodded: "Within a week, I will leave the capital and return to Huaye Ling."
Rodney looked at him in surprise. Leaving the royal capital at this time was equivalent to declaring that he had left the center of imperial power, which was almost unthinkable for aristocrats at their level.
The old prince shook his head: "Little Rodney, in the turmoil 40 years ago, when you were young, I witnessed it with my own eyes. I don’t want to experience the things at that time anymore; well, I will say it all here. These are all told to you based on the relationship between our two generations. After you listen, you will believe it. If you don’t believe it, don’t spread it to others. As for how to weigh the trade-offs, just give it to you. Try it for yourself."
After speaking, he waved his hand to the latter and boarded the carriage, leaving only Rodney standing there, watching the carriage slip into the darkness thoughtfully.
But in the end, the latter smiled slightly and shook his head.
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Bettysha slipped into the room quietly, then turned the door shut, she turned around again, looked around in the dark room, as if looking for something.
At this time, a voice came: "Betisa, are you back?"
The round-faced mountain servant maid was obviously taken aback, and then she recognized that it was the voice of Lord Earl, and she was relieved. Although she hadn't found where Qian was in the house, she nodded quickly.
After a while, as if there was a moment of silence, the voice asked again: "How about it, is everything true outside?"
"It's all true, Lord Earl, the spread is so powerful that it is said that the empire was defeated in the south, and now both Anzlowa and Rokozi are in danger," she thought for a moment, as if she was reminiscing about something. Then he replied vaguely: "But it’s a little strange. This time it’s neither the Lion, nor the Wind Elf of St. Ossor, but the army of Qiao’s roots. I’ve never even heard of it. that place."
"Qiao Gendigang?" Qian was stunned, and suddenly remembered the cavemen led by the firs. She was silent for a while, and her thoughts for Eruin grew stronger. With a creak, she opened the window, and Betisa realized that her lord was actually standing by the window. The other party held the emerald spear and looked out the window in a daze. She couldn't help frowning, thinking that her heart was ill again.
After a while, Akane turned her head back. She seemed to think of something and called out: "Betisa, Betisa."
"I'm here, Lord Earl." Betty Shah replied hastily.
"How far is the Rutherf that Anzlowa told you last time?" The mountain girl asked in a low voice.
Bettysha opened her mouth and gave a chuckle in her heart, but she couldn't say anything else.
Qian's bright eyes stared at him: "Lord Lord, is he there?"
Of course, Bettysha knew who the'lord lord' in her mouth was, but she couldn't help crying secretly at this moment, thinking that she had nothing to do to help the Lord Earl to find out what news, the other party's true purpose turned out to be here, but As a maid, she didn't dare to lie, so she nodded honestly. Before she clicked her head for the second time, she felt her Lord Earl stepped forward to her, grabbed her by the shoulder, and asked hurriedly: "Where is he? What is the army of Qiao Gendigang now? Place, is he in danger?"
Bettysha almost screamed in fright. She shook her head with a pale face. How could she, a servant girl, know these things? There was a lot of talk about these things, but none of them were reliable, and at best they could only understand. That's about it.
But she knew that if she said that, the Lord Earl might not be able to sleep well these days, so she had to persuade her: "Lord Earl, that... Lord of the Tonigal people, might have left Anzlow long ago. Wah, if he takes a boat from Ruen, he will be able to reach Banker in a short time. Maybe he is already on the sea of lofty by this time."
Akane seemed to have heard these words. She relaxed, glanced at her maid, and nodded: "Thank you, Bettysha."
"Master Earl, this is what I should do."
As Betissa said, she also prayed in her heart, thinking that Martha would bless her, so that Lord Earl's illness could get better soon, and don't always be so naive.