On 8 October, Pedi arrived at the garrison camp of the 10th Regiment of Crewe, escorted by personal guards.

When Don Wright expressed his willingness to surrender to the orcs, Sir Bowenright was obviously a little surprised, but this did not affect his support for Don Wright's suggestion, so in order to show his sincerity, Bowenright withdrew his soldiers on the front line nearly ten miles and reduced the scouting mission of some scouts.

Subsequently, the entire regiment changed from the initial state of readiness to a military salute drill.

And just as Pedi was busy with the upcoming negotiations, thousands of miles away in the town of Kwyn, Liane Kebriel, a high-ranking councilor of the Babylon Forest Elven Kingdom, approached Emperor Laubert again and demanded a truce between the Empire and the orcs.

After the tireless Emperor Rubrot handed over the elven nobleman to his prime minister, he left Kwyn with his guard brigade and headed for the garrison camp of the First Legion.

In the afternoon, just as the afterglow was about to set, Baron Camp, the deputy commander of the Guards and the chief of the Emperor's bodyguard, who had been away for almost six hours, suddenly appeared outside the gates of Kwyn.

After Baron Camp rudely opened the city gate, he immediately found the Prime Minister of the Empire who had just finished talking to the elves.

In the soundproof conference room of the military in Kwyn, Baron Camp looked unusually nervous, and he said to Duke Nick in a trembling voice: "Duke, I need to talk to you alone. ”

The Imperial Prime Minister looked at the panicked look suppressed by the emperor's chief of guard, and a bad premonition rose in his heart, he looked at the cabinet officials around him who were packing up the documents and said, "You guys go out first..."

Immediately, all the cabinet officials, including the Prime Minister's assistant Kerman, immediately retreated quickly to the door, and at the moment when the door was about to be closed, Duke Nick looked at Baron Camp's solemn expression and suddenly added: "No one is allowed to come in without my permission." ”

Kerman, who deliberately stayed at the end of the room and exited the room, immediately nodded and said, "Okay, my lord." ”

With the sound of the door closing, the only two people left in the empty meeting room were Duke Nick and Baron Kemp.

After a brief moment of staring and silence, Duke Nick asked, "You can say it, I hope the news isn't too tricky." ”

Baron Camp walked to the nearest chair and sat down, nay, slumped down, apparently so nervous, so nervous that it was difficult to even maintain the most basic standing.

Duke Nick's heart sank when he looked at the other party, he knew very well that Baron Kemp, the other party's performance on the battlefield thirteen years ago was not a coward.

"What the hell is going on?" the Imperial Prime Minister suddenly stood up from his seat and whispered.

The prime minister's reprimand made the chief of the guard tremble, he subconsciously looked up at Duke Nick, and then took a deep breath and said: "His Majesty the Emperor fell from his horse, was pierced through the heart by a sharp stone, and died on the spot!"

"How could it be!" the Imperial Prime Minister instinctively took a step forward, and his long-dormant heart began to beat violently uncontrollably... He would never have imagined that such a sentence would come out of Baron Camp's mouth!

This sentence is absolutely bad news for the current situation in the Empire.

After hearing the news, Duke Nick's chest immediately came with a piercing pain, and this pain instantly infected his whole body, causing the imperial prime minister, who had entered old age, to break out in a cold sweat all over his body, and his body involuntarily bent slightly.

"Duke, you—" Baron Camp was well aware of the Prime Minister's old ills, and he stretched out his trembling upper hands to stand up and step forward to help, but he found that he was no better off than the Prime Minister.

"Duke, you can't have any more trouble, this—" The chief guard was a little speechless.

Duke Nick pressed his hands on the edge of the conference table, and he forced himself to endure the pain of his old illness and muttered, "Call Duke Eric... Then, find a man to pretend to be His Majesty the Emperor, and also, put all the guards who witnessed His Majesty's fall from his horse under house arrest in the camp of Kwyn Town. ”

Baron Camp immediately whispered: "The Commander of the Guard, Count Topste, has found a cronie to pretend to be His Majesty, but almost all of the Guards knights are from the upper noble families of the Empire, I am afraid..."

"Then hurry up!" Duke Nick took a few quick steps, "I'll go to Duke Eric now, you have my order to mobilize a corps of the garrison in Kwyn, and your task is to make sure that even the slightest bit of news doesn't leak out." ”

The Prime Minister walked to the door of the conference room, stopped his steps, and turned his head to look at Baron Kemp, "You go first!"

...

Twenty minutes later, Duke Nick approached Duke Eric, who was in a meeting with the General Staff of the War Department, and he ended the meeting on the spot in the name of the Imperial Prime Minister and dismissed all the officers in the chamber.

When Duke Eric was about to get angry, the Prime Minister told him the news of the Emperor's death.

Silent...

Duke Eric digested the shocking news in silence, closing his eyes and sitting in silence in the buckskin chair at the head of the conference table.

After a few minutes, Duke Eric asked, "Has it been confirmed?"

"The news that Baron Camp brought, I don't think he dares to joke about it. The wrinkles on the Prime Minister's face piled together, and under the flickering candlelight, the already old face seemed to grow even older.

"The most critical problem is the Imperial Capital, those merchants are making trouble, and besides, the bloodshed a few days ago may turn into an even bigger conflict due to the death of His Majesty the Emperor!" Duke Eric frowned, "We need at least one legion of soldiers to be stationed in the Imperial Capital." ”

"But the reality is that we don't have that much spare troops. Duke Nick sighed helplessly, and then there was a resolute killing intent in his eyes, "Also, the cause of His Majesty's death... At His Majesty's side, there is at least a squad of Paladins, and I don't think he will die in an accident. ”

"Of course, but this issue needs to be postponed, and the main purpose now is to stabilize the situation of the entire empire. All kinds of thoughts flashed through Duke Eric's mind, and suddenly his eyes lit up, he looked at the prime minister and said, "What do you think of letting Baron Pedi lead troops from Crewe into the imperial capital?"

"No!" Duke Nick flatly refused, "Allowing the troops of the local territory to enter the imperial capital at this time will only make the situation more chaotic. ”

"As long as we have a sharp blade in our hands, the situation will not be chaotic!" said Duke Eric, who visibly disagreed.

The Imperial Prime Minister immediately retorted sternly: "The sharp blade in your hand is the source of turmoil, my friend, it is not yet time to show your weapons..." ”

"Good idea. Duke Eric's eyes lit up.

Duke Nick continued: "One of the two of us must be in the imperial capital...", the prime minister paused for half a beat, and then continued: "You will leave tomorrow morning, no, wait for you to leave, go through the north gate, and be sure to arrive in the imperial capital within five days." ”

Duke Eric did not object, he nodded, "Of course I have no problem, but the most important thing now is that the war in the Tephilo steppe has entered the time of the final battle, if the front-line generals know the news of the death of His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid that something will happen,

In particular, if Trofil of Karen's command had known the news of the death of His Majesty the Emperor, he would have withdrawn from the army of Shasterburg, because his backyard had been turned upside down by the dwarves.

What's more, if the orcs know what we're going on..."

"Didn't the elves want to mediate the war?" said Duke Nick, as if he had made up his mind, "then let them mediate!"

"This war is not for the elves to say. "Duke Eric is clearly not optimistic about this plan.

After hearing this, the prime minister frowned and thought for a while and said: "Then tell the elves that in order to show the sincerity of our peace talks, we are willing to take the initiative to withdraw the army on the Tephilo steppe, but the premise is that the orcs must not pursue." ”

"It's possible, after all, the orcs don't dare to mess with the elves now. "Every time Duke Eric talks about elves, there is an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

"Okay! Duke Nick stood up, "If there's anything important, you'll have to teleport by magic as soon as possible... Now, I need to go to His Majesty's Governor, and his secret agents can make sure that the news doesn't leak out so quickly. ”