On the eve of the decisive battle, the Duke of Bavaria's troops, who had rushed back from the Duchy of Franconia, finally returned to Mingxing City.
Duke Otto of Bavaria (he happens to have the same name as the Emperor, so to avoid confusion, he will be referred to as the Duke from now on), the father of Eleanor, Ludwig and Henry, is a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a slender figure, a majestic beard and outstanding temperament. In a noble family, he is considered a rare handsome man.
However, people are more willing to talk about his obsession with Cyrus culture. The Duke is fluent in Cyrus, and is interested in literature, sculpture and film. As a result, the tolerance for Orthodox culture and extraordinary people in the principality under his rule is also very high.
At the main entrance of Weisbach Palace, Ludwig, Henry, Elizabeth and Eleanor were already waiting there and came out to greet their father.
"Yes." In response to the children's greetings, the Duke nodded and his eyes fell on Eleanor.
"Hehe~" Eleanor knew she was guilty and in the wrong, so she quickly hugged her father's arm and started to act coquettishly.
"You've been out for so long, and you still remember to come back?" The Duke said lightly, seeming dissatisfied, but his shaking beard revealed his happy mood.
"I went to Constantinople, Olympia and Sparta, and brought back gifts for my father." Eleanor quickly took out her trump card.
"Oh?" The Duke's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Ahem!" Ludwig coughed, reminding his father that there were too many people here and it was better to go inside and talk.
Walking all the way to the top floor study, the Duke sat down in his chair and said calmly:
"Tell me, what do you think of the Wolfe family's envoys?"
Although the question was asked to "you", Elizabeth and Eleanor knew that their father actually wanted to test the abilities of their eldest and second brothers, so they tactfully kept silent.
"I think this knight fight." Henry blurted out without thinking, "It is very likely that the Wolfe family is not sure about our high-end strength, so they proposed this match to test us."
"If we lose all three battles, the morale of our knights will naturally be severely affected. To avoid this outcome, we will have to use the extraordinary combat power in our family, and their ability sequence and combat habits, these important information will be exposed in the battle."
"Then in the next war, the Wolfe family will make arrangements and respond to our extraordinary combat power based on this intelligence."
"Hmm." After hearing his conclusion, the Duke said, "You are trying to test our family's high-end combat power through knight combat?"
"Yes."
"Then, on the other hand, if they send people to participate in the fight, wouldn't that also expose their extraordinary combat power?" the Duke asked with a smile.
"But they hired foreign players..." Henry said.
"Can't we invite you?" asked the Duke.
Henry was speechless. In fact, the Weisbach family also invited foreign aid, so the statement of testing was not valid.
"I think the knight fighting might have just been a trigger," Ludwig said.
"Go on," said the Duke.