"Your Highness, is there a bounty?" asked a representative of an adventurer in a joyful and friendly atmosphere.

Prince Sauron nodded: "Although I don't know what the outcome of the war in the royal capital will be, I can give you three promises, first, during the war, I will hire you with the salary of the regular army, second, after the war is over, I will give the meritorious ones the rewards they deserve, and third, during the war, all your spoils will belong to you, and the same will be true for the warriors or militia and magic monks who travel with me." ”

The representative of the adventurer sat down happily after hearing this, this is an unprecedented preferential treatment. As an army, they naturally obey orders, and magic monks will also fight for their country. Even the reckless adventurers are willing to contribute their blood to the gold coins, and everything seems to be going in a good direction.

But there is still a group of people who don't want to get involved, that is, the local nobles, after knowing that the monsters have been destroyed, they want to return to their hometowns immediately with their own arms and people, as for the war in the royal capital, what does it have to do with them? Prince Sauron won, it's just business as usual, if the country really falls apart, it can't be considered a bad thing for them.

The original Suran Island was not unified, and the nobles around the country held the power of life and death on one acre and three points of land, and later the Kingdom of Suran Island was established, although in the territories of the various nobles, their privileges were not reduced, and after all, there was one more king on the head, and many things could not be decided by themselves. accidentally touched the bottom line of the royal family, and people can clean themselves up at any time in the name of righteousness, and the surrounding nobles will definitely face the royal family in order to share some benefits.

At this time, representatives of the nobles offered to leave with their militia and lords, after all, the homeland had been destroyed, and they had to go back to resume production, and they could not support the prince's actions.

Prince Sauron didn't know that they were such a little Jiujiu, and he sneered in his heart, and then said: "Everyone, now is a time of national crisis, monsters and orcs are raging in our country, and countless people are in the depths of the water and overheating, I think what you inherited from your ancestors is not just a territory, Four hundred years ago, our ancestors were able to drive monsters into the abyss and keep the orcs out of the island, and now we can still do it, and now this country needs your strength, don't you want to make history with me?"

Several representatives of the nobility were a little hesitant, and let Prince Sauron say it be a foolish thing, but they knew that this decision was not easy to make. There are indeed people among the nobles who are worried about the country and the people, but most of them are still egoists, just when they were a little hesitant, Ji Ya coughed lightly, and then pulled out the Ice Spirit Sword, her slender fingers rubbed on it, and seeing that everyone was looking at her, she said softly: "You go on, what are you doing watching me?"

The timid people couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and then they remembered that this charming girl in front of them was the murderer who pulled out the sword in the lake and wiped out the monster army with a sword, even if they hadn't seen her heroic appearance at that time, the corpses outside the wall, and the horror of the fire and ice, they had no doubt that if the prince gave an order, this girl would kill all the people here, and then forcibly take over the military power.

After figuring out this joint, a group of nobles who were not stupid to the end expressed their support, and everyone discussed the course of action, except for the part of the armed forces that must be left behind, including magic monks and adventurers, a total of 2,800 people can go north, and some of the refugees who have fled here are willing to stay, and the other part is willing to go together, so that the time to reach the royal capital is expected to take three to four days.

After the details were negotiated, everyone dispersed, leaving only Prince Sauron and the Lone Lamp Man, originally Mia was not worried about the two original enemies staying together, but Prince Sauron signaled that it was okay, seeing that His Royal Highness the prince insisted, Mia could only leave first.

Prince Sauron said: "These nobles are unwilling, and sooner or later they will be a hidden danger. ”

The Lone Lamp Man sneered: "Their character, we have already learned more than four hundred years ago, I will go to monitor them." "Sauron and the Lone Lamp had conspired before, and if there were people in the Southern Monastery who resisted Prince Sauron, the Lone Lamp would be responsible for cleaning them up. As a great problem for the royal family, whether it is assassination or poisoning, the Lone Lantern can exterminate those nobles into scum.

This is not only to concentrate on dealing with the monsters, but also because Prince Sauron has promised that after regaining the throne, he will reveal all the truth. At that time, the Lone Lantern Man was surprised that Prince Sauron was willing to expose the scandal of the Founding Fathers, just to win over himself, or just a vague verbal promise.

But Prince Sauron confidently replied to him, there is no point in covering up what already exists, and now that the country is in chaos like this, who cares about that? As long as I settle everything and bring peace to Suran Island, then I am the new founding king, and the bad deeds of my ancestors cannot erase my merits.

Looking at Prince Sauron, the Lone Lamp Man realized that he was going to start from scratch and become the new king of a new country.

Prince Sauron sighed again: "If there really is a day when peace comes again, will you be willing to be the prime minister of this country?"

"Why me?"

"Because of your knowledge and experience, a country that has been abandoned and waiting to be rebuilt, needs the brave to calm the chaos, and the wise to plan for the future. ”

The lonely lamp man smiled and said: "You are indeed stronger than your father, I don't care whether your words to me are true or false, if this country can radiate brilliance again, if the truth of history can return to the world again, I can do whatever it takes." ”

......

In the royal capital, the battle has ended, and the sky in the distance has been white, and the army of the Grand Duke has conquered the outer city. According to the structure of the royal capital, behind the city wall is the outer city, where the common people live, and behind the second wall is the inner city, where the people live are either rich or noble, and there is another place that is the royal city, or the royal palace is more appropriate.

Since there was a large number of monsters attacking at night, people thought that the Grand Duke really colluded with the monsters, and the originally wavering resistance was instantly strengthened.

When the outer city was not breached, it spread among the people of Pingming that the Grand Duke did not hesitate to exchange the lives of the soldiers and civilians of the royal capital in order to use the power of the demons, and in an instant the soldiers and civilians were boiling, and they were running towards the inner city, and the monsters flying in the air also seemed to be sitting on this rumor, constantly attacking the soldiers and civilians on the ground.

The monsters will attack the defenders at the head of the city and tear apart the civilians on the ground, but they will not participate in the attack on the city walls. When the Grand Duke's troops came to the city, although the city's defenses had been reduced, they were still facing a fortified city.

After paying the price of a night of storming, the Grand Duke lost almost half of his troops before entering the city, and the entire outer city has been tossed and turned into a disfigured state, many soldiers fought back before they died, and there were many civilians who did not have time to flee The eyes of resentment, perhaps for the current Grand Duke, it is more difficult to accept and pacify the outer city than to take it.

At night, a large number of soldiers and civilians fled to the inner city, making the inner city overcrowded, but the monster's fierce reputation was terrifying, and no one wanted to become a meal for the monster.

Grand Duke Wald also entered the city with the army, before he could not rush ahead of the army, otherwise he could break the door with a wave of the light sword with his strength, and now in the city, the light sword in his hand he has become a monster nemesis, several gargoyles want to sneak attack from mid-air, all of them were dissolved by his light wave, and the blazing golden light burst out of the light sword knocked down more than ten monsters.

The Green Earl, who was observing the situation on the entire battlefield, couldn't help but sigh at the power of the Bright Sword, but now was not the time for him to make a move, so he had to let the humans fight more fiercely, but it was only two days. The Monster Legion in the South should have leveled the Southern Monastery at this time, and from now on there will be nothing to stop them on this island.

......

Early the next morning, Prince Sauron gathered a large army and set off to the royal capital, and the Lone Lamp Man really reported to him that these little nobles were secretly plotting, although they would not immediately turn against the water, but after all, it was an unsafe factor, and Prince Sauron instructed the Lone Lamp Man to secretly get rid of a few of the most threatening ones, as for those who swayed from side to side, they did not deal with it first, so when they just set off, a nobleman was thrown to the ground because he was startled, and he happened to hit his head, and then died. It doesn't take too many accidents like this, and it can't be replicated, and the death of two or three people before the big war is already staggering. If it weren't for the fact that their conspiracy was too big, Prince Sauron wouldn't want to go this far.

Nearly 20,000 people accompanied by nearly 3,000 troops, although some of them were unwilling to go north to seek a living, but in the face of the unstable south, the king was more attractive.

Although people have spread the news about the Grand Duke's rebellion, in the eyes of these small people, even if they face a war, it is better than facing monsters in the south, anyway, it is a noble lord who fights around, as long as he can avoid the monsters far away, he can follow whoever he wants.

With so many people naturally slowing down the speed, Roger originally suggested that the prince should be quick and not bring these civilians. But Prince Sauron didn't think so, if he just went to war, he would naturally use one set in the army, but now his purpose was not simple. On the one hand, it is necessary to gather a large number of people, which is conducive to post-war reconstruction and can weaken the power of the south. And now that the Green Earl and the Grand Duke should be inseparable, they are considered to be an existence beyond their plans, so why rush to join the battle. Wait until the last moment, and then join in, with Ji Ya and the Sword in the Lake, he can show his strength to countless civilians. Therefore, this dispatch of troops is not only a battle for the recovery of the royal family, but also a grand political show.

Of course, he will not really bring so many civilians to participate in the war, from the day after leaving the southern monastery to leave, he began to resettle refugees along the way, conservatively estimated that when he arrived at the royal capital three days later, only half of the number of people left around him, if he could successfully recover the royal capital, these people would be the capital to re-establish the country.