"Just recently, our heroic army has marched north, and together with the Solon family of Swabia, they have penetrated Franconia to welcome the arrival of the great and respectable Emperor..."
"Your Majesty generously and graciously pardoned the captured Duke Conrad, but only transferred his Duchy of Swabia to Frederick of Hechingen and granted it to the Sollon family..."
"The Wolf family has announced its unconditional surrender. His Majesty the Emperor is heading to Al to accept Duke Rudolf's surrender. So far, the war within the empire has been completely settled..."
As the Duke of Bavaria finished his speech on the balcony of Weisbach Palace, the nobles, ministers and citizens below cheered:
"The civil war is over! Long live the Empire! Long live the Emperor!"
This joyful news spread across the entire Duchy of Bavaria like the wind. Many wealthy businessmen and citizens in Mingxing City even set up banquets in front of their homes and warmly invited passers-by to eat and drink for free to celebrate the end of the war.
The nobles who had fled from the south were frantically packing their bags, preparing to return to their fiefdoms that had been occupied by the Wolf family. The wealthy merchants and nobles in the north, while happy to have saved their lives, began to think about the inheritance of their colleagues who had died in the war.
The jubilation of merchants and citizens was much more real. The end of this civil war meant that they no longer had to be conscripted and sent to the battlefield, or live in fear of being killed in an unknown place after the Wolf family's army attacked.
Peace is so precious and sweet, and they are finally beginning to enjoy this hard-earned and precious peace.
After finishing his speech, the Duke of Bavaria turned around and returned to his study. The enthusiasm that had just filled his speech had disappeared from his face, replaced by steel-like coldness and solemnity.
"Gather your vassals and subordinates immediately." He quickly instructed his two sons, Ludwig and Henry. "Your Majesty's southern expedition plan may have to be brought forward. At the same time, there will be unrest in the duchy in the near future. All military forces must be used to maintain law and order in the duchy."
"So soon?" Ludwig left in a hurry, and Henry quickly put down the documents in his hand and asked casually, "Didn't we estimate it would take another month?"
"It's too late." The Duke of Bavaria picked up the bottle of wine on the table, unbuttoned his collar, took a quick sip, and exhaled a long breath.
"The second wave of demonic tide... is coming soon." He lowered his voice and said it, his voice was as hard as chewing steel, with a certain cold and sonorous taste.
On Hearth Island, Eleanor did a simple warm-up exercise, practiced the trinity tactics of gun, shield, and sword for half an hour, and then continued to learn the holy sword.
Repeating the same failure.
As his will gathered, a white light emanated from the sword, but it seemed much dimmer than usual.
Eleanor did not rush to swing her sword, but just looked down at the tip of her sword.
"Destruction of the country... extinction of the race?" She stared at the sword in a daze and muttered.
"What's wrong with you?" Ask's voice sounded from behind.
Eleanor has been in this absent-minded state ever since she interrogated the demigod Hidden String yesterday and was left speechless by the other party.