Regnar seemed to be paralyzed and sat down on the chair again. The fear brought by the truth suddenly exploded in his heart like a bomb. He finally understood what Villes had done. More than a month ago, Veles came to assassinate the two of them, but he didn't actually want to seize their attribute abilities for his own use. But give it back to Nidhogg! Because Villes himself simply didn't have enough strength to kill Elon. So he chose to let Nidhogg fulfill his wish. The price is that Villes and the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild behind him will serve Nidhogg. At the same time, Verless also wants to regain his own power for Nidhogg!
And the red flame magician Saron is dead, and the two attribute essences in his body may have returned to their original owners. And now the only thing left is Annelotte's ice attribute ability! Nidhogg has always wanted to get his power back!
That's why Elon at that time saved himself and Annelotte regardless of the punishment of the Origin Law, because if Nidhogg was really allowed to obtain Annelotte's attribute abilities, then even the Origin Law might not be able to punish this terrible person. Heretic creatures!
No wonder... No wonder that when Regnar said that the attribute abilities were his own, Veles would deny it outright. He even revealed in his words that these powers were actually stolen by them! Let’s not talk about how her attribute abilities came about. At least Anne’s attribute abilities were most likely transferred to Annelotte for some reason after Nidhogg’s death!
So looking at it now, Annelotte is definitely the prey on Nidhogg's list. In other words, if you really want to protect Annelotte, there is no point in running away. Regnar must face the legendary genius mage who was invincible across the continent, Nidhogg!
"Are you scared?" Mel asked softly, his tone not reproachful, because he knew very well how powerful Nidhogg was.
"If you say you're not afraid, you'd be lying." Regnar raised his head and looked at Mel with a bitter smile.
"If you are afraid, then you might as well leave Annie as soon as possible. In this way, maybe you can escape." Without any irony, Mel just said to Regnar very sincerely: "Xiao Lei, you are also a good boy. Maybe you are really Annie Life is miserable, but at least she will be happier if it doesn't involve you."
Regnar didn't speak, he just shook his head gently.
"Huh?" Mel was a little confused.
"Master, you misunderstood what I meant." Regnar said, "I admit that I am afraid of death. But... I am more afraid of losing Annie, and I am even more afraid that I do not have enough strength to protect her. I have lost her, and I have also lost her. I have disappointed her before. But this time, I will never let her down again, and I will never let her... leave me again. Absolutely!"
Although Regnar's tone was extremely firm, after he left the Palace Mage Association, he was still as helpless as last time.
"Teacher, what should I do?" Regnar asked Garona softly.
"Improve your strength." Garona, who had been very silent recently, answered concisely.
"Will you help me?"
"Of course, the teacher will always be by your side."
In the next two months, Regner left everything in the General Intelligence Department to Snow. In addition to attending necessary meetings and occasionally showing up at the Military Intelligence Office, Regnar began to practice hard like crazy. He rarely even saw the three women who had been living in the magic academy, but sent enough agents to protect them.
No one can be sure what the future will be like, but now, both the Hawke Empire and Regnar are actively making preparations to deal with the unknown disaster.
…
But two months later, everyone in the Hawke Empire, including Regnar, knew that his thoughts at that time were too naive.
After completely occupying the southern continent, the zombie tide did not rush to the north. According to the intelligence from the frontline scouts, the zombies seemed to be commanded by a unified will. They kept gathering together, and the northerners' The legions faced each other from a distance but were in no rush to attack. And this happened more than a month ago. After this month, the original tide of corpses has completely turned into a boundless and terrifying sea of corpses. Since then, people no longer use corpse tide or sea of corpses to describe this terrible disaster. They called it - the Tide of Death.
In the next month, all the regiments of the entire Hawke Empire suffered an unprecedented violent impact. Although the Hawke Empire has made the most adequate preparations and occupies a completely favorable terrain. But what they faced was a sea of corpses transformed by nearly a quarter of the entire southern continent's population. The Southern Continent was already wealthy. Even after the independence of the Hawke Empire, the Stoke Empire had tens of millions of residents, and a quarter of these tens of millions of residents had become zombies. Facing zombies hundreds of times larger than themselves, no matter how powerful the legion is, they will become vulnerable. What's more, every time a Hawke Empire soldier falls, they will become a member of the sea of corpses.
The warriors of the empire fell one by one under the tireless offensive of the sea of corpses, and the Northern Empire legions retreated steadily in just one month. Nearly half of the hundreds of thousands of troops that had originally entered the borders of the Stoke Empire in an attempt to conquer the thousand-year-old capital had been killed or injured. Seven or eight corps were wiped out, and countless high-ranking generals such as captains and corps commanders were killed. For a time, the entire Hawke Empire, no, it should be said that the entire human population of Chino Continent fell into despair and panic.
"We should ask for help from Lance Continent immediately. We cannot cope with this disaster!" In the conference room of the palace, the fat tax minister shouted.
"This won't work!" Finance Minister Andrew immediately vetoed: "We have been at war with the Nine Cities Alliance for so many years. If it weren't for the fact that we are separated by a central sea, I am afraid that even the Stoke Empire would join forces with us to fight with the East. Those uncivilized humans are at it! Now you want to ask for their help? I’m afraid except for the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild, it’s a good thing they didn’t stab us in the back!”
"The Moon Shadow Thieves Guild will not help us." Regnar added: "President Verles suddenly disappeared a few months ago. Alex tried his best to cover up the matter before, but recently the Mercenary Alliance, Nine The City Alliance and the Eyes of the Mystery are aware of this. Therefore, the four major forces in the east seem to be starting a new round of competition, and the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild has too much to take care of itself now."
"Then what else can we do?!" The tax minister was about to cry. He yelled: "Why don't we all take refuge in the Lance continent? The Kino continent has been cursed, and no one can survive here. Got it!"
"Shut up! You coward!" Andrew, who had always been cautious in doing things, suddenly roared: "Is this what a northern man should say? Do you know what you just said? You are going to abandon the people who have always believed in you, you You have to abandon this piece of land where you have lived for decades, and you have to run to the east and kneel down to lick the boots of the Lord of the Falling Star City, just so that you can survive this miserable life! You are really a shame to us northerners!"
"Are you going to stay here and wait to die?!" the Tax Minister screamed: "Only by living can you have other things, but when we stay here, the only thing that greets us is death!"
"Shut up, you villain!" The finance minister grabbed the teacup in his hand and threw it directly at the tax minister. As the tax minister screamed, Andrew cursed: "It's a shame for me, Andrew, to be an official in the same court with you. ! I don’t want to hear anything you say in this conference room anymore!”
"That's enough!" Larvin, who always had a peaceful face, hammered the table angrily. He glanced at the Minister of Taxation disdainfully, and then waved his hand.
Two guards walked into the conference room and dragged the screaming coward out. And Andrew finally calmed down his anger. He took a few sharp breaths, and then suddenly knelt down to Larvin: "Your Majesty! This is our own land, this is our own home, we must not give up just now. ah!"
"But do you have any good ideas?" Ralphin sighed.
"No." The light in Andrew's eyes dimmed for a moment, but then he still raised his head firmly and looked at Larvin. The old finance minister said slowly: "But my Petrazit family is willing to protect the Homeland, fight to the last man standing.”
"Okay, Andrew, we all know your determination." Ralphin helped Andrew up. The king knew very well that Andrew was not just shouting slogans for show. He received information from the Supervisory Office that Andrew had sent his family's private army to the southern front without authorization, and even his son Kangelas was among them. If the old finance minister hadn't been old and frail and not in any battle, he himself would have gone to the front line to defend his homeland. Ralphin had always known that Andrew was loyal, but he never thought that this old guy who looked buttoned up and inconspicuous could have such a strong side.
After Ralphin personally helped Andrew to his seat, he glanced at everyone present: "What about you? What do you think?"
"The Luo Lin family will live and die with the empire." Alfred was the first to express his stance without hesitation. Although his tone was calm, everyone could feel that the Prime Minister had the loyalty and determination not to lose to Andrew.
"Young man is willing to work tirelessly for the empire." Regnar was the second to stand up. In fact, when it comes to loyalty to the empire, Regnar would definitely not be ranked high. But now both Regnar and the Hawke Empire have the same enemy—the wave of death sweeping the continent, and Nidhogg behind the wave of death. Even for Annelotte, he must be tied to the Hawke Empire.
The ministers in the conference room stood up one after another. They all expressed that they would live or die with the empire. In the end, everyone looked at Alexander as the military representative. The second prince participated in the meeting through the magic light curtain. And his attitude, in a sense, is the most critical.
"A long time ago, General Manhattan told me: The army is just a sword in the hands of the empire, and they cannot have thoughts." Alexander said slowly: "And until now, I still regard this sentence as my commander-in-chief. The wise words of the army. Therefore, the imperial military will unconditionally obey the orders of the empire’s top brass. Wherever His Majesty the King looks, there is the edge of the empire’s sword! From beginning to end, we will be the empire’s sharpest sword and strongest barrier!”
"For the Empire!" Larvin said loudly in a deep and powerful voice.
"For the Empire!"