First of all, on the sofa in the study of the official residence, Pei Di and Duke Nick, father and son, sat opposite each other.

"The work of the guard is over, right?" asked the duke.

"Yes, I won't have to go to work at the guard from tomorrow. Pei Di's tone was flat, "This time, the headquarters reacted quite quickly. ”

"Haha!" the Duke laughed, "you seem to be a little unhappy with Bernie's case?"

Pei Di was stunned, "There's no dissatisfaction, just some thoughts." ”

"Do you think Bernie is wronged?" said Duke Nick, grimacingly, "but I don't think so, I think it's his own weakness or old-fashionedness." ”

"Weak?" Pedi wondered, though Captain Bernie was old-fashioned, but he was not weak at all.

"By weakness, I mean something else..."Duke Nick's tone slowed, and he stared at Pedy for a few seconds before continuing, "Let's put it this way... If I were Bernie, I would have acted earlier than Gus El, rather than being a passive defender, and I believe that with Bernie's strength in the guard, it would be very easy to force Gus El out of power, although this would offend the royal family, but when did the guard not offend the royal family, he lacked the courage to be decisive and resolute. ”

"So, Bernie is too weak in that regard, and that's the key to his failure... He may have been an excellent detective, but the post of Chief of the Inspectorate of the Security Service was clearly not suitable for him. ”

"But..."

"Pedi!" The Duke interrupted what Peddy was about to say, "Sometimes victory or defeat is instantaneous, if you have the strength to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, don't hesitate, because it is your enemy, and it is foolish for you to give up the opportunity to defeat the enemy, Bernie is the best example." ”

Pedi looked at his father in a daze, he had always thought that Bernie was wronged, but he had not thought about it from the perspective of what his father said.

In Duke Nick's mind, there is no such thing as right and wrong at all, only victory and defeat, and he doesn't care about the case itself at all, and no one cares, and no one else cares.

He was telling the Pedi nobles the rules of survival.

The Duke stared at his silent son and said, "You will also face this kind of problem in the future, I hope you can make the right choice." ”

"I understand. Pedi whispered softly.

"Don't think about it anymore. The Duke froze, "The spies in your surveillance department are still very useful... If you are not at the guard's office, this force will help you more, of course, you also have to give them some benefits appropriately, and it is up to you to decide how to do it. ”

"Yes. ”

"Then let's talk about your new appointment now. ”

"New appointments?"

The Duke had a special smile on his face, "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor personally arranged it, the Vice-Minister of the Command of the Coron Fortress. ”

"Oh?" Pedi was stunned, the deputy commander of the command was also the deputy commander, the number two person in the Koren Fortress.

"The position of Vice-Chancellor of the Cologne Fortress has been vacant for nearly five years, do you know why His Majesty the Emperor chose you?" asked Duke Nick.

"War, war with the barbarians?" Pei Di's face changed, he was mentally prepared to enter the battlefield, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Yes!" the Duke nodded, "The royal family is no longer able to afford this war, except for the two legions of the First Legion, the other four legions are basically useless, as for the Paladin Legion... If the Paladin Legion were to be used in a war of this magnitude, the empire would be in jeopardy. ”

"So, the royal family wants to use the power of the Barrett family and the power of the Reagan family?"

"He'll agree, if he wants to reclaim the land of the Koren Fortress. Duke Nick had a smile even more on his face.

Pei Di was stunned, "Your Majesty wants to use this war to get rid of the burden of the Koren Fortress?"

Duke Nick shook his head, "I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, but I know what Gna thinks, soon after you take office, Sir Yale will receive an order from the military department to report on his duties, and then, the Coren Fortress is up to you, so you decide what to do." ”

"But—" Pedi felt a little weak.

"Be confident, my child, no matter what choice you make, no one can help you, because you are a member of the Reagan family. Duke Nick's tone was calm but majestic.

"Yes, Father. ”

"This war may take a long time..."Duke Nick suddenly lowered his voice, "Remember, you must not allow the barbarian forces to invade the Klan Territory from the flank of the Koren Fortress, because I have received news that the orcs will attack the Anku Fortress at the same time, and if the barbarians are allowed to stir up the rear of the Klan Territory, I don't need to say much about the result." ”

"I'll do my best, father. "In front of his father, Pedi will not shout those useless slogans.

"Yes. Duke Nick smiled, "Go and accompany your two sisters, tomorrow your appointment will be issued, and perhaps, the day after tomorrow you will have to go." ”

"So fast?"

"War is not child's play, and perhaps while we are talking here, skirmishes have broken out in the Koren fortress. Duke Nick returned to his desk, and it was clear that the conversation was over.

Pedi exited the study, and Phyllis, as usual, was waiting for him in the hallway outside the study...

"Is the tea party going on?" she asked.

"Of course. Pedi walked over and rubbed the other's hair.

Happy times always pass quickly, and before Pedi and his two sisters have a plan to prepare for a trip, the appointment of the military department has come down...

The next morning, on the morning of May 4, His Majesty the Emperor directly ordered that the military department draw up an appointment document appointing Peidi as the deputy commander of the command of the Koren Fortress, and that he must arrive at the Koren Fortress by the 15th of this month.

Ten days to the Koren Fortress, thousands of miles away...

Yes, yes, but it's almost every day on horseback.

And just after Peidi's appointment, the orcs of the Western Continent acted in advance......

The Anchor Mountains, the northernmost mountain range on the mainland, and the Lordan Mountains, which span almost the entire continent, form a narrow passage between the two mountain ranges, which is the Black Mountain Pass.

As the weather warms up in the north in May, the snow at the foot of the Ankrow Mountains is slowly melting, and this is the favorite day for the orc tribes, as they no longer have to spend all day in their foul-smelling tents because of the cold.

In the extreme north of the Alan Continent, the only connecting point between the Western Continent and the Eastern Continent - near the Black Mountain Pass, the battle between the formed orc scout squad and the human frontier sentry tower takes place almost every day...

This heralded the imminent arrival of a large-scale war.

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The power outage in the past two days is very annoying, I rented this building line has a problem, there are many people at night on the trip, the landlord is changing the line in the past two days!