Chapter 60: Post-War Resolutions
On Lucerne Square, there is a lot of mourning and ruins. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Count Aubrey looked at the elite guards who had suffered heavy losses, and he almost couldn't help but spew out a mouthful of old blood!
According to Erosa's military establishment, the city guards should be classified as the defense corps. In other words, they are only second-line corps responsible for internal military control.
The truly elite legions of Erosa are the Central Legion directly controlled by the Grand Duke of Erosa, and the noble guards recruited by the nobles according to the system. If you explain it this way, you can probably understand Count Aubrey's mood at the moment.
Aubrey originally thought that the round-up of a mere person was an easy feat that fell from the world. Who would have thought that not only the noble guards that he had spent a lot of money to support had suffered heavy losses, but even Lucerne City, which he was proud of, had been destroyed like this.
The red-eyed Earl of Aubrey did not dare to be angry with Aven, but with nowhere to vent his anger, he clenched the hilt of his sword and asked for his life in a hoarse voice.
"Your Highness, Grand Duke, please order all the priests of the Just Church to be monitored, and immediately hunt down the madman Neham!"
The pastors of the Church of Justice turned pale, staring at Inigo, hoping that the bishop would intervene to resolve the current crisis. Their leader, however, stood in place in despair, as if he had lost his soul as a marionette that had lost his soul.
A flash of pity flashed in Aven's eyes, and he shook his head slightly, vetoing Count Aubrey's proposal. As a result of this incident, the prestige of the Church of Justice, which had flourished most in Erossa, would be reduced to freezing, and politically, it could be said that the Clayderman family had achieved absolute superiority.
He didn't want to tear his face and kill them all, after all, the one standing behind the other party was the true god sitting high in the clouds.
"No, we need the pastor of the Church of Justice to help us with the wounded. Inigo-sama, is it all right?"
It wasn't until he was pulled by the priest next to him that the lost Inigo nodded in hindsight. There was nothing to criticize about Aven's order, and Count Aubrey took a deep breath and stared at the church priest with an angry scrutinizing gaze, his eyes that didn't show the slightest kindness made the pathetic back-bearers sweat.
"His Royal Highness, the Grand Duke!" Edie, who was counting the casualties in the square, stepped forward quickly, "The preliminary statistics have come out, although the number of deaths is not much, but the damage has reached three layers. Moreover, there are nearly 100 civilian casualties......"
Count Aubrey's eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground in anger. If on the battlefield, three layers of battle damage is enough to collapse an elite army. He was distraught by the cries of the wounded in the square, and he looked at most of the wounded with broken hands and feet, and realized that his ten years of hard work were almost all gone.
Not to mention the prestige and financial losses caused by the collapse of the Lucerne Tower and the death of civilians, the elderly count could not help but bleed at the thought of his pitiful treasury.
"Charlotte, Charlotte, where are you? Charlotte—"
Not far away, the girl's crying and mourning could be heard, and several people who were discussing the aftermath followed the voice, but saw Vivien Leigh and Cecilia leading the Rose Knights to dig through the ruins of the boulder, and Elbert released a spell to help. And the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle, who was originally standing there, was gone.
Earl Aubrey was devastated, and he could hardly imagine the terrible consequences of Charlotte's death.
At best, the death of an heir in his fiefdom is a serious diplomatic problem that can cause two countries to come into conflict, and at worst...... Looks like the situation is even worse! Archduke Lawrence probably tore his heart apart!
Count Aubrey shuddered, and in a panic he ordered the guards to stop treating the wounded and immediately go to the aid of the Rose Knights.
The group walked quickly towards the ruins of the boulder, and Vivien Leigh let out a sigh, the blue magic energy almost condensed into physical armor. The slender princess lifted the boulder with a thud and lifted the boulder with ease in the stunned expressions of everyone, as amazing as a humanoid bulldozer.
In the ruins, a hand reached out from a crack in the boulder, as if his skin felt fresh air, and the hand waved as fast as a drowning man. Through the cracks, Charlotte's muffled cries for help could be heard.
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
Vivien Leigh, Cecilia and the others carefully pulled away the boulder, and in the ruins, Charlotte, who was covered in mud, rubbed her waist and got up.
"Your Excellency, Grand Duke of Icewind Castle, it's a pleasure to see you safe!" Elbert smiled kindly at Charlotte.
Charlotte nodded at Elbert, and as soon as he spoke, his mouth full of mud suddenly turned to gray mist.
"Bah, bah, damn it, how could the tower collapse suddenly, if it weren't for the defensive aura, I would have almost gone to see Claudio!" he rubbed his waist and limped over the boulder, the defensive aura that resisted the impact damage, but was not fully immune to the concussive impact.
It's not that he still has the physical fitness of a three-ring warrior, so I'm afraid I'll just confess here at the moment, "What about Neham?
"No, that damn bastard escaped!" Fervien Leigh, relieved to see that Charlotte was okay, shook her head and complained, she glanced at Charlotte with disdain, "It's a shame that you're still a three-ring warrior, and you forgot to even the most basic dodge!"
Charlotte's face turned red, now in addition to the physical fitness supported by the strength of the bloodline, how can he have the fighting quality of the three-ring warrior. He knew that he was at a loss, and tidied up his clothes in the spirit of Ah Q.
On the side, Cecilia took a step forward intimately, ignoring Charlotte's mess, and carefully patted the dust off his body with a red face. No one noticed Edie's face darkened, and he ducked behind Evan with his head down.
Charlotte, who had rarely enjoyed such treatment in eight years, was extremely embarrassed, he glanced at Fivien Leigh and changed the subject, "Look at me, as a sister, you not only don't care about me, but also ridicule and despise me in all kinds. Look at Cecilia, who is also a childhood playmate, why is there such a big gap?"
Cecilia's face turned pale, she lowered her head for a long time before she muttered, "You misunderstood, how can the relationship between childhood playmates be as good as brother and sister...... When Vivien Leigh saw that something had happened to you, she was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. ”
"Who, who is so anxious that tears are about to fall!" Fei Wenli blushed and hurriedly waved her hand, "Sister Cecilia is the first one to run over in a panic when she saw Charlotte's accident." Hmph! Can a simple childhood playmate behave like this?"
Charlotte was so embarrassed that she almost slipped back into the crack in the ground when she glanced at Aven, who waved his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two women.
"Alright, Charlotte, you're fine. He looked at the scene and looked ugly, "It's my fault! I didn't expect this to happen, and then, we have to work out the next step, we must stop Neam from summoning the Lord of Darkness!"
Everyone nodded in unison, and at this moment, Claire's cold and chagrin voice came from behind.
"No, the fault is mine, it's my dereliction of duty. I didn't expect the Succubus Queen Lilith to suddenly appear and let her destroy the Lucerne Tower. ”
The young mage bowed to the crowd with a look on his face, "I'm sorry! it was because of my carelessness that Neam escaped and caused such a heavy loss to Lucerne. ”
"Claire......" Edie called softly, but didn't know how to comfort her friend.
"I said it, the responsibility is on me!" Evan shook his head, "I didn't expect an unexpected situation, the opponent is the Succubus Queen Lilith, Claire, you have done a good job!"
"But ......," Claire looked at the mournful square, depressed.
"Come on, brother, no one here can stop the Succubus Queen from destroying the Tower, it's not your reason!" Charlotte patted Claire on the shoulder, who looked at the mud on him in disgust and stepped back quietly, "Hey! What the hell is your attitude?"
"Hmph, Charlotte, you've finally said a human thing! Claire, you've done a great job! It's just a pity that you didn't kill Charlotte. Vivien Leigh patted Claire on the shoulder, smirking and waving her fist in response to Charlotte's angry gaze.
"What are we going to do next? Brother Aven. Princess Silver Dragon looked at Aven, frowning and contemplative.
"Organize manpower ......" Evan rubbed his eyebrows and replied in a firm tone, "We broke into the Lucerne Underground Palace District!"