The Emperor seemed lazy when he said these words, but his dark eyes were full of Eric's figure.

"Oh, is it?" said Erik, who smiled slightly, and the Jeans were always so graceful, as he picked up the red wine prepared for him on the table and said, "A toast to the poor Prime Minister." ”

Laubert was stunned for a moment, and then smiled as well, but there was a little coldness in his smile.

"By the way, who is our Prime Minister? Nick, the coward. Eric said casually.

"Coward?"

"Hahaha!" The emperor suddenly laughed, his laughter shook the red wine in the glasses of several people trembling slightly, "The coward in your mouth fought under the Kumar fortress for ten days and ten nights, and in the end, even the right arm wielding the weapon was numb for a while, but you, at that time..."

"Your Majesty, Duke Eric is just joking, he often joked about when he served with Duke Nick in the First Legion of the Empire. Empress Dippers interrupted the Emperor's next words, and she knew very well that the attitude of the Jean family at the beginning of thirteen years ago had made it difficult for the Emperor to let go.

"It was a beautiful fight, and I apologize for what I just said. Eric raised his glass in amusement.

"Keep your apologies to Nick," Laughbott waved his hand noncommittally, "I mean, you'd better meet Nick before the Duke Council." ”

"Of course, that's what I thought. Duke Eric took a sip of the wine and put down his glass.

Laubert was pleased with Eric's attitude, at least on the surface, and the other party respected him.

Then, as if forgetting that Fett had just talked about the unpleasantness, the three of them began to talk about the confrontation between Felder and the Elven Kingdom of the Naren Forest, during which the queen interjected from time to time and chatted with Eric about the beauty of his hometown.

In the evening, Prince Sinda, who had finished his knightly training, met his uncle under the emperor's arrangement.

......

Duke Eric stayed at Lion Castle until dinner in the evening before leaving.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Bailly the steward begged to see him.

"What's the matter?" the Emperor was visibly tired now.

"The military report from the fortress of Coron shows that the barbarians have gathered an army of 30,000 men, and the number is still increasing, and the commander of the fortress, Sir Yale, has sent three letters asking for help in a row. Bailly looked worried.

"Oh?" the Emperor was shocked, and the slightest hint of sleepiness that had just struck him was instantly gone, "Damn, I just forgot to ask Eric when those repeaters will arrive at the Koren Fortress." ”

"Your Majesty, those crossbows can't save the Fortress of Coron, we should let Sir Petdy rush to the Fortress of Coron as soon as possible to take office, only in this way can the Duke of Gna send reinforcements as quickly as possible. Bailly said.

A strange smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face when he heard this, and he was secretly proud of the way he had come up with it.

The embezzlement case of the Imperial Military Department made it impossible for the Emperor to use extra forces to reinforce the Koren Fortress, because the Ministry of Finance told him that the Imperial Treasury could not organize the troops that had been formed in a short period of time.

Therefore, the emperor thought of using Pedi, and he believed that as long as Pedi served in the Koren Fortress, the Duke of Gna, who was Pedi's uncle, would definitely help the Koren Fortress as much as possible, and even the Crewe Ling would not forget the direct members of their Reagan family.

"However, it is possible that the Duke of Gna will not bother at all. Bailly continued.

"Haha!" the Emperor laughed, "the friendship between the Barrett family of the Twak Territory and the Reagan family of the Crewe Territory since the war against the barbarians more than three hundred years ago is not so simple, even if the Duke of Gna does not want to help, he must help. ”

"And—" the Emperor smiled mysteriously, "do you think Sir Pedi is a fool?"

Of course, Bailly knew the key to this, but in fact, he wanted to advise the Emperor to withdraw the garrison of the fortress of Koren and let the people of Twak face the barbarians themselves.

In recent years, many have proposed that the land be returned to the Barrett family, but Laubert is known for his stubbornness.

Because, there is an amethyst mine under the wild snow mountain...

Amethyst, a rare mineral with strong ornamental properties, was used by aristocrats to decorate their clothes or rooms, and the value ratio of the same amount of amethyst to gold was 1:100. The most important thing is that after amethyst is ground into powder, it is a natural spell casting material, and it is also a necessity for magicians to sketch magic circles.

This is the key to why the Imperial Imperial Family must hold the Koren Fortress in their hands.

However, as the royal family became more and more powerless in the barbarian war, many mines were forced to stop production due to the increasingly frequent activities of the barbarians, which also caused the empire's finances to make ends meet with the fortress of Cologne, and abandoning it was the best option at present.

And the Barrett family has long wanted to regain control of this area, which is the heart disease of the Barrett family for nearly a hundred years, so every time the Coron Fortress is attacked by barbarians, the support of the Barrett family is always a drop in the bucket, and they even hope that the Coron Fortress can be defeated, so that they can take over the Coron Fortress in a grand manner.

As long as the fortress of Coren is occupied, the people of the Barrett family will not care whether there is a royal canonization at all.

The Emperor looked at Bailly, who was about to speak, and knew what the other party wanted to say, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Your worries are also justified... So, isn't the youngest son of Duke Gna trained as a paladin in the Church of Holy Light, let him follow Ser Pedy to the Fortress of Coron. ”

"This—" Bailly was stunned, he wanted to remind the Emperor that it was too obvious, but after thinking about it, he said in a different way: "Sir Andy's training is not yet complete... According to the temper of the people in the church, it was a little difficult for them to let them go. ”

"They'll say yes. The emperor smiled confidently, being thick-skinned is the most basic requirement for being an emperor.

...

Coron Fortress, a large fortress built by the Human Empire at the foot of the wild snowy mountains in the far north of the continent, the purpose of its existence is to defend against the invasion of barbarians in the wild mountains in the north of the continent, and to guard the amethyst mining industry of the nearby royal family.

The barbarians are the name given to the Locke Empire, who long ago called themselves the 'Kingdom of Togoga', and they called their leader the King of Kings.

In fact, they are not much different from human beings, but their civilization is relatively backward.

Three hundred years ago, they lived in the highland plains in the northeastern part of the Alan continent, which is now the highland plains of the Twak Territory and a small part of the Kru Territory.

However, with the expansion of the human empire, the living space of this group of self-proclaimed Togoga nomads has been continuously compressed.

The Locke Empire sent emissaries five times to demand that they surrender and submit to the rule of the Danedivs, but in the end only a small number of Togolcans agreed.

War inevitably broke out, the Kingdom of Togoga in the face of the huge military power of the Locke Empire, almost every war ended in a disastrous defeat, and finally, the Togolgans were driven into the wild snow-capped mountains in the far north of the mainland, and since then, they have never been able to take a step, and the Kingdom of Togoga has also been destroyed.

A hundred years after that war, the Togolgans in the wild mountains were favored by the orc tribes, so the orcs of the Western Continent began to fund their weapons and equipment and help them train their armies.

Two hundred years ago, an army of 30,000 fully armed suddenly slaughtered in the wild mountains, raging in the northern part of the Twak Territory, and even spreading to the eastern part of the Crane Territory, threatening the rear base of the Anku Fortress, Crane City.

The army claimed to be the kingdom of Baru, founded by the remnants of the Highlands, who vowed to reclaim their ancestors' lands.

Unfortunately, their attack was quickly halted and repelled by the reacting human army.

The fortress of Koren was built by the royal family on the grounds of the safety of the empire, and forcibly reclaimed most of the nearby Twak fiefdoms, which had just suffered from the war with the barbarians, and had no time to take care of that land.

What's more, the Barretts are in the midst of infighting, as their Grand Duke was tragically killed in the war, and the heir designated by the Grand Duke was accused of being an illegitimate child.

Of course, such accusations may seem ridiculous now, but some people want to believe that they are true...

That's enough!

And the royal family took advantage of this to secretly support the youngest son of the Barrett family, on the condition that the land with the amethyst vein was the land.

Eventually, the royal family's purpose was achieved.

Another thing worth mentioning is that the part of the Togolese who chose to join the Locke Empire three hundred years ago and settled in the northwestern territory of Bolenburg in the east of the Twak Empire was almost half slaughtered when the barbarian army of 30,000 invaded the Locke Empire.

From then on, the group no longer called themselves Togolcans, and they claimed to sacrifice the souls of their loved ones with the blood of the entire barbarian race.

The former kindred turned into a feud in this massacre...

In the current Coron Fortress, almost ninety percent of the soldiers are this group of 'former Togolcans' who are bent on revenge!

Now, a new war is coming...