Chapter 144: Characters
"Your Highness Lin Xu, are you referring to the recent marriage contract between my Viking family and the Dusa family?" Victoria's expression was obviously a little unnatural, "Why is Your Highness so out of shape?" Now that the Viking family and the Dusa family are close in strength within the tribe, and the conflict between them has intensified, at this time, only the marriage of the two sides and the unity of the two sides can benefit the entire snow wolf tribe. β
"So you're going to sacrifice yourself, my dear Viking sister?" Lin Xu turned his back and sneered coldly.
"I also ask Your Highness to let go of Beijing, this matter is also my personal wish. There is no need for His Highness to interfere. Victoria looked complicated and said coldly.
"Her Royal Highness, the princess of the Snow Wolf Tribe, may I ask if the status of the Viking family and the Dusa family can now be suppressed by each other to balance each other, is it because the demon wolf lair bows to His Highness?" Lin Xu asked.
"That's true. If the Demon Wolf King did not re-recognize the Viking family, the family would not even have a chance to marry and repair the relationship. Victoria replied. Please also ask Your Highness to let go of the shackles on Beijing. This marriage has already been approved by the senate, and if His Highness does not agree, the family will compensate His Highness for the matter of the Demon Wolf King. β
"Haha-" Lin Xu laughed a little sarcastically.
The laughter echoed in the main hall of the Xuezhen Temple, and there were bursts of echoes, and Lin Xu's whole person was presumptuous, and there was a taste of anger and laughter.
"Your Highness, you also admit that it is because of my Demon Wolf King that I bowed my head to the Viking family again. So, is it foolish or is it an enemy of me that Your Highness is now taking the help I have given to the detriment of my interests? Lin Xu asked.
"I don't understand." Victoria was surprised.
"Victoria, did you know that the Violet Alliance and my Druid House are about to go to war with the Holy See forces in the north?"
"The caravans coming from the outside world this year have rumors and know something, but what does this have to do with the Winter Mountains?"
"Under the nest, there are eggs. If the Northern Curia occupies the land of our Alliance, the Winter Mountains will also be purged by the forces of the gods. Therefore, the forces of the Winter Mountain Range in this war will also be responsible for this, and they will also participate in the confrontation with the northern forces. And I am about to take up the post of chief priest in the war zone preparation of the Winter Mountains. In other words, in the event of a war with the North, I will be the prefect of the Druids and the Alliance in the Winter Mountains. Your Highness, do you understand what I'm talking about? β
"This ......" Victoria was also a little shocked by the news, but the Winter Mountains had always been far away from the politics of the druids and the Alliance, and they couldn't judge the significance of this for a while.
"Your Highness, do you think that my previous role as the head of the Druid Temple was just a spectator of the power struggle in the Winter Mountains? Would it be naΓ―ve to think that I, after serving as the supreme commander of the Winter Mountain Theater, would be indifferent to the power and interests of the Winter Mountain Range? Let the benefits of the Winter Mountains slip away from my lips? Lin Xu said word by word.
Victoria the Sheep was a little confused, she was thinking about the impact of this incident, but she didn't really know the power of the druids, and she couldn't judge the Alliance's true attitude towards the Winter Mountains right now. For thousands of years, the forces outside the Winter Mountains have not had much influence on the mountains, and over time, the people inside the mountains have naturally avoided the complexities of the outside world when considering politics.
"Your Highness, I don't think that my marriage will involve His Highness's interests. If His Highness thinks this is inappropriate, His Highness can change it with his own strength. The power of the Viedons also cannot influence the decisions of a tribe. Victoria still defended herself by saying that the marriage contract itself was not pleasing to her, and when she was faced with such an involuntary choice, she hesitated for a long time, and finally accepted it painfully. For the man in front of her, she had a good impression of him during the journey of the Holy Mountain Trial, but the other party had been missing for half a year and had no contact with her for a long time, which had already made her lose faith. At this time, she had both doubts and amusements about the anger of the person in front of her, and some slight crankiness about her care.
"Your Highness Victoria, please come with me to the basement of the Xuezhen Temple to see the power that the academy has given me to prepare for the main sacrifice in the war zone."
Lin Xu turned around and motioned for Victoria to follow. "Your Highness Silver Battle Song, please stay here for a while."
Lin Xu glanced at the silver female knight who was trapped by the thorn entanglement spell. Jing, who was entangled in thorns, glared at Lin Xu fiercely.
Lin Xu led Victoria to the basement exit stairs of the Snow Temple.
Victoria followed Lin Xu and walked into the entrance of the staircase, watching the magic candles on both sides of the stairway light up, illuminating the dim underground space.
Soon the underground space suddenly opened up, and under the magic light of the basement, the scene in front of her was extremely clear, but it shocked Victoria.
"Undead...... The Great Army ......" Victoria looked in shock at the underground space, where thousands of skeleton-soldier-like undead units were on display. These are the dark laborers under Lin Xu's command, and now they are arranged by Lin Xu as a demonstration of Lin Xu's own strength.
"How could it be. Do you dare to touch the power of the underworld? Victoria's whole person became shocked, she looked at Lin Xu, slightly frightened. Of course, she understood the horror of the skeleton army in front of her. However, since the Underworld ravaged the land after the Great Destruction, causing many living beings to be slaughtered by the undead and cursed, the world, whether it is the Holy See or ordinary countries, has strictly forbidden any force to involve the power of the Underworld.
And what are these skeleton armies in front of you?
"It's just an ordinary use of death spells. Your Highness Victoria, I must have heard that my four major druid academies are known as dark druid forces, and it is not surprising that their power is biased towards the dark element. These Nether Skull Warriors are the secret weapons of my Dark Druid forces, and they are used as mass-produced units in warfare. Your Highness has only seen less than a tenth of the forces that the Academy has sent to me, and Your Highness can imagine that if I have such an army of tens of thousands of undead in my hands, it will not be difficult to suppress the entire Winter Mountain Range and complete the preparations for war. It's just a question of how much blood is shed. β
Lin Xu said slowly to Victoria.
"And I, how could I do nothing? Your Highness Victoria, I will use this power to firmly control the four major tribes of the entire Winter Mountain Range in my hands. Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. In other words, I am not a spectator between the forces of the Winter Mountains, on the contrary, I am the ruler of the future politics of the forces of the entire Winter Mountains. Victoria, do you see what I mean? β
Victoria's face was full of shock at this time, she looked at the army of Netherworld Laborers in front of her for a long time, and then walked down the steps and stroked the body of a Netherworld Laborer. The texture of the skeletal body told her the truth and brutality of the scene in front of her.
"So Lord Lin Xu, what exactly do you want to say to me and the Snow Wolf Tribe? Your Highness, after all, you still need the support of the nobles of the Winter Mountains to secure this position, does Your Highness want to kill all the nobles who resisted and get a force in the Winter Mountains that cannot provide any high-end combat power to the war? β
Victoria calmed herself down and asked.
"About your question. Victoria, I'm a Viking after all. Of course, I will kill many people in the Winter Mountains in the future, but I hope that the Viking family, led by you, will have a vested interest in the management of the mountains after this bloody purge. I will not allow an independent kingdom to exist within the Winter Mountains, and within a few months, I will unite the four tribes of Winter into a complete alliance, and I want you to be the spokesperson of this alliance. β
"As for the rebellion against the family. It's just a matter of killing a group, closing a group, and persuading a group to surrender. To tell you the truth, the Druid House doesn't think the Winter Mountains have much power to offer. Otherwise, in the past hundreds of years, our war with the north has caused the four tribes of the Winter Mountains to send troops? In other words, it's okay for me to kill all the ruling families of the Mountains. However, this is not what I wanted. β
"I'm going to take this opportunity. Use absolute force to unify the entire Winter Mountains, and then establish my ideal kingdom. Victoria, this land is too backward, and the trivial struggles you face are too small. The outside world is changing rapidly, and many industries have undergone tremendous changes over the past thousands of years, with all kinds of advanced technologies and creations being invented, but this place is the same as ever. What's even more regrettable is that this land is still the same backward system as before, and Villadusag is a huge human settlement, but I can only say that it is an ugly primitive village compared to the city of the outside alliance. It is self-evident that in human society, there are always several supreme moral laws in our hearts. Freedom, democracy, country, civilization, a more independent personality, a better social system, better education for young people, better power for each of us, and I did not see these in this ancient land. β
"Now that I have a military territory that can sweep away the opposition of the entire mountain range, of course I want to live up to my ideals in this out-of-this-world land. So you can't marry the Dusa. On the contrary, you have to be on my side. Help me control the Snow Wolf Tribe, and then help me transform the land after I unify the Four Winters. After all, I also have Viking blood in my blood, and I will not allow a Viking family to appear as an opponent. β
"Today, I am not a spectator, nor a chess piece, but a chess player!"
Lin Xu finished narrating his thoughts to Victoria in a low voice, and the threat to Victoria was evident in his tone. The whole person was full of momentum, and if Victoria objected at the slightest, he would overthrow the entire tribe and let the army of the undead run over the entire Villadusag.
"So, if all this is true, Lord Lin Xu, what do you want me and the Viking family to do?"
Victoria asked.
"First of all, you forget about your engagement with that family. Ten days later, I will be engaged to you in the Vila Dusagne, in the presence of my Snow Zensday Celestial Winter Order! β