Sunset City Kingdom.

It is a highland kingdom just east of the Misty Forest, and the royal capital Sunset City sits on the Olgard Plateau.

Whenever the red sun falls in the west, the sunset city will be shrouded in a golden glow, like a dream, the sunset city at this time is the most beautiful, the mood of the people of the sunset city will also touch the scene and laugh, all the fatigue is dissipated in the afterglow of the sunset.

However, at this time, the palace hall was heavy, King Quinn XIII dragged his sick body to sit on the iron throne, his long hair was mixed with white silk, and his face looked a little yellow and dull, which was a symptom of a long-term illness.

Beneath the Iron Throne stood the courtiers, who were also silent at the moment, and no one dared to speak, because the king had just become angry.

The vast Misty Forest is covered by dense fog all year round, and at the end of spring every year, a large number of mid- and low-level demonic beasts will rush out of the Misty Forest and attack the border land of the Sunset City Kingdom, Wind Castle.

The Land of the Wind Castle has no provinces, but it is also the largest city west of Sunset City, and due to the barren land and the perennial attacks of demonic beasts, there are few towns in the hundreds of miles around it.

And every year after the end of spring, the Wind Fort will also blow a strong wind, which will last for a full nine months, which is not suitable for human habitation at all, but it is also the time when the Wind Fort is relatively safe.

Sunset City can only send a 10,000-strong army to garrison it, and it costs a million gold knives a year on the Wind Castle Legion.

However, Sunset City's economy has deteriorated, and the relationship with Angela has eased for a few years, and the economy has gradually improved, but in the past three years, there has been a deficit in the treasury, and now the military budget for the Wind Fort is about to be allocated, and the treasury is unable to take out military spending.

What does the garrison of Fort of the Wind hold?

Goss, the former prime minister, was three years older than Quinn XIII and was now sixty years old. It stands to reason that sixty years old is not old, but the former prime minister who has been working hard all the year round is white-haired and white-bearded, full of haggardness, and the whole person looks old.

Even if Quinn XIII was angry, Goss still kept his eyes shut, Sunset City's ills have been around for a long time, and now I'm afraid it really can't hold on, but Goss still has a way, but this solution was vetoed by the king, so he didn't say anything more.

The minister in charge of commerce, Sarn, was sweating at this time, and the economic adviser had long since been dismissed by King Quinn XIII, so the economy of the kingdom was almost on Sarn's head.

Of course, Chancellor of the Exchequer Edgar has been ill for several days and will not come to the meeting.

King Quinn XIII did not expect that the kingdom was already in danger, he glanced at the eldest son Muse among the first standing ministers, and he did not think that the small actions of the muse were not taken seriously, but he did not expect that it was his connivance that led to the current situation.

However, Queen Bella's family is already powerful, and it is very likely that other kingdoms will take advantage of it, and Sunset City will be destroyed soon.

At this moment, Quinn XIII suddenly remembered his seventh prince, Mars.

People are dying, and they always want to remember some past events, especially the regrets of the past, and the seventh prince is the biggest regret in the heart of Quinn XIII.

It was also his selfish intention to let the seven-year-old Mars go to Angela to become a proton, firstly, so that Sunset City could get more preferential terms in trade with Angela, and secondly, to protect the young Mars, he knew very well what kind of woman Queen Bella was.

It's just that now, he has been ill for a long time, his health is deteriorating, and he originally wanted to hand over an intact Sunset City to Mars, but he didn't expect that the queen and the eldest prince would secretly empty the treasury.

Of course, for the heir to the throne, after careful consideration, Quinn XIII still wants to let the seventh prince Mars, who is far away in a foreign land, inherit, without him, Mars's reputation in the Angela academic circle is known to him, and his appearance is also the most similar to him when he was young among several princes, especially the black and shiny hair unique to the Quinn family, which is a symbol of the royal lineage.

These are all things that the eldest prince muse did not have, but the muse inherited the ruthlessness of Queen Bella, and eradicated dissidents and excluded other princes in the royal capital for many years, which made Quinn XIII very disappointed.

Because in the eyes of Quinn XIII, whether it is the eldest prince or which prince wants to inherit the throne, he must have enough talent, and he has the final say on who he wants to pass on, rather than forming factions, forming factions, and even persecuting political opponents.

But at this moment, after being angry, Quinn XIII only had disappointment and helplessness in his heart, so he could only endure it!

Quinn XIII pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The military expenses of the Windcastle Legion will be deducted from the royal treasury, and from now on, all members of the royal family, including this king, will be reduced by half until the treasury returns to normal." ”

No one dared to speak, the hall was still silent, and although the royal treasury was not rich, it was enough to solve the military expenses of the Wind Castle Legion.

The eldest prince muse wanted to say something, but he couldn't hold back, he couldn't offend the majesty of the king at this time.

Seeing that none of the ministers had admonished him, Quinn XIII snorted lightly and continued: "Minister of Justice, thoroughly investigate the case of the deficit of the treasury, this king has allowed you to use all resources, I want to see who is so bold as to dare to empty the treasury!"

The king seemed to have something to say, but at this moment, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on the forehead of the Minister of Justice, and knowing that the king was angry, he immediately took the order and promised: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely give you an explanation." ”

And when everyone heard the Minister of Justice say this, they all showed a look of sadness, perhaps everyone in Sunset City except King Quinn XIII knew the reason for the deficit of the treasury.

Then the fate of the waiting Minister for Justice can be imagined.

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Wind Castle.

As the westernmost city on the border of Sunset City, it is not large, due to its proximity to the Misty Forest, it suffers from demonic beasts all year round, especially in late spring, there will be nearly a month of beast tide impact, and then after entering the summer, there will be stormy weather for up to nine months.

Therefore, the Wind Castle is not suitable for ordinary people to live in at all, but it is the front line of Sunset City's defense against the invasion of demonic beasts, and the royal family of Sunset City has to station troops here.

For the sake of this army, Sunset City made it possible to live in the Wind Castle without paying taxes, so it was mostly inhabited by poor people, and due to its proximity to the Misty Forest, it was also a colony for demon hunters.

As a result, although the population of Wind Fort is small, the people are fierce, and the troops stationed there are even more perennial battles, which are much more fierce than the other garrisons in Sunset City.

Bounded by the government office in the center of the Wind Castle, to the west is the headquarters of the Wind Castle Legion, which is also close to the Misty Forest, so that the Legion can resist the attack of the beast tide at any time.

As the end of spring is getting closer and closer, the sorrow on the vicissitudes of life on the cheeks of the corps commander Waldhaus is getting more and more intense, and it has been a month since the letter sent to Sunset City urging him to pay for this year's military expenses, but it is almost the end of spring, and the military expenses are nowhere to be seen.

Without military funds, what do soldiers eat and wear? What do they do with worn-out weapons? Do they still have the strength to resist the onslaught of the torrent of demonic beasts?

"This year's beast tide is dangerous!"

Waldhouse let out a long sigh and looked into the foggy forest in the distance.

From here to the Misty Forest, it is a smooth road, and it is also the largest entrance to the Misty Forest in the Human Kingdom, and the other is in the Timberwolf Kingdom.

A young knight on the side muttered, "Father, the princes of Sunset City are all vying for the throne, and the courtiers are vying for the throne, and I am afraid that they will no longer have time to take care of us." ”

"Ciel, that's not what we're supposed to talk about!" Wardhouse said with a serious face.

The struggle for the throne has always been taboo, and they cannot be criticized as border garrisons.

The young knight pursed his lips and said no more, and he asked again, "Father, do you think it is possible for His Highness Mars to inherit the throne?"