Chapter 2: The Emperor Struggling in the Cracks
The early morning sun shone on the Myers Mountains, and the defense line of the racial alliance army was full of corpses, including the demon army, and there were also racial alliance troops, just last night the demon clan suddenly launched a round of charge, but after a pillar of light appeared in the sky, it retreated, and the commanders of the racial alliance were able to take a breath and quickly held a combat meeting overnight. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Hah! I'm so sleepy, I hope I can still block the attack of the demons today, alas! Mel, the commander of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment of the Connors Empire, walked out of the tent, looked at the demon army camp opposite, and then strode towards the front line.
Coming to the front line of defenses, Mel asked a soldier who had just changed shifts, "How is it, is there any movement from the demons this morning?" ”
"No, it's so quiet that it can be said to be eerie, and I wonder if the people of the demon clan died overnight." The soldier saluted respectfully, then shook his head.
"Really? Let me see. Taking the binoculars from the soldier's hands, Mel looked at the demon army camp.
"Hey, it seems that there is really no movement, and the skeleton soldiers that can be seen everywhere in the demon camp at this time are not visible, are they really dead?" Mel put down his binoculars and touched his chin and muttered to himself.
"You continue to observe, I'll go and talk to Marshal Kells, maybe this will be a new ploy of the demons, and we must never forget the failure of the expeditionary force." Mel patted the soldier on the shoulder and turned to the largest tent in the camp.
Coming to the tent, the violent quarrel coming from the tent let Mel know that the marshals of various clans had not rested well last night, and sighed for the hard work of the marshals, Mel said to the soldiers guarding the door: "Please go in and inform Marshal Kells, that Mel, the commander of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment, has important information." ”
One of the soldiers at the door nodded and turned around and walked into the tent, and it didn't take long for him to walk out of the tent and signal that Mel could enter, Mel quickly tidied up his appearance, walked into the tent and saluted respectfully: "Mel, the commander of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment of the Connors Empire, greets all the marshals!" ”
"Soldier, tell me about your so-called important information, if it is not important, it is not right to go out and receive the punishment yourself, and it is not right to interrupt the combat meeting!" Said a man sitting in the first place, wearing marshal's armor and with a scar on his face.
"My subordinates understand! The subordinates just learned from the soldiers on duty that the demon camp was surprisingly quiet, and everyone seemed to have died overnight, even the skeleton soldiers that usually appeared everywhere in the camp were gone! Mel quickly organized her words and told her what she had just seen.
The tent fell silent for a moment, and the marshals of various races were thinking about the reason or intention of the sudden disappearance of the demon race, and for a long time, the marshal of the werewolf clan said hesitantly: "Maybe, I mean maybe, the demon army has retreated?" Because of the appearance of the Brave Lord? ”
"It's possible, but be careful. In this case, send a thief scout to scout the camp of the demon army, and at the same time notify the various armies to be aware of the possible sneak attack of the demons. Marshal Kells pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke his thoughts.
"Investigate the demon camp and leave it to our elven scouts, I don't worry about your human scouts." The marshal of the elven clan stood up and said haughtily.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Your Excellency, and I'll trouble you to inform your subordinates, then let's dismiss the meeting now, I think everyone is also sleepy." Kells yawned and stepped out of the tent first.
Half an hour later, the elven scouts reported the situation of the demon camp back to the camp of the racial alliance, and the demon soldiers seemed to have left the camp overnight, and there were a lot of traces of migration in the camp.
Hearing this, Marshal Kells did not dare to be careless, but still informed the marshals of various clans to strengthen the vigilance of their respective defensive areas, and resolutely not to let the defeat of the expeditionary force repeat itself.
Three days later, a letter came to Emperor Frank's hand, and Emperor Frank, who had read the letter, was overjoyed, and immediately summoned all the ministers and informed everyone of the news of the retreat of the demons.
"Your Majesty, this is great news! Now that the demons have withdrawn, we should also discuss what to do about the Brave Lord's trouble with the Great Sanctuary of Feitos, right? ”
Emperor Frank frowned when he heard this, this matter has been dragged on the grounds that he has delayed the handling of the special period, and he thought that he would release the brave man when it was almost over, and then recruit the brave man to his command and send him to the demon king to crusade, as long as the demon king is successfully eliminated, the majesty of the royal family will definitely rise sharply at that time, and he is worried that he will not be able to suppress the noble council and the temple of Fetos?
Emperor Frank pondered for a moment, smiled and asked, "Yes, it's really time to discuss, then how does Marquis Valentine think it is better to punish the brave?" ”
"We don't summon the brave to destroy the demons, I think the brave should be sent to the Myers defense line to resist the attack of the demons, until the demon army is completely wiped out, the demon king without an army is like a tiger without minions, anyone sent can be easily eliminated." Marquis Valentine's eyes flashed, and he said loudly.
"But hasn't the demon army already retreated? Sending the brave to the Myers defense line won't do much of a thing, and besides, the reason why the demon king is the demon king depends on his strong strength, isn't it? We summon the Brave to fight the Demon King, not his army. Emperor Frank retorted with a smile.
"Then according to what Your Majesty said, if the Demon King is not destroyed for a day, we can only rely on the brave for a day, and let the brave do whatever he wants? If the brave man wants to become the emperor, then your majesty, do you want to give way? Marquis Valentine asked rhetorically with the same smile.
Emperor Frank's face instantly became gloomy, and he lowered his head to think about the rebuttal, when a voice sounded from the door of the main hall: "If the brave man really wants the throne, then it is not impossible for His Majesty to give it to him, but the premise is that this brave man is really a brave man." ”
"It turned out to be Metropolitan Charman, come and give a seat! What does His Excellency Metropolitan Charman mean by this? As soon as Frank waved his hand, two guards brought a chair and placed it under his right.
"Because the brave man we summoned yesterday was not a real brave man at all, I thought it was a little strange at the time, so I checked the relevant books, and the book said that every brave man will be blessed by God when he is summoned, but this 'brave' will not have God's blessing at all when he comes, so he is fake at all!
Therefore Your Majesty, I beseech your Majesty to hand over a man to us in the Temple of Fetos, who vomits in the Great Chapel, which is an act of blasphemy against the god Fetos, and I will send him to Rum for judgment in the Temple. Metropolitan Charman stood up excitedly, with an angry expression on his face, full of piety.
If I hadn't known that you weren't a proper believer in the gods of Fetos, I would have almost believed it. The Marquis of Valentine snorted disdainfully, and despised Metropolitan Charman with hatred in his heart.
"Since Metropolitan Charman has said that he is not a real brave man, then our Connors Empire also has the right to judge this person, he openly insulted the representative of the Elf Race, and he is also the Prince of the Elf Race, this is destroying the reputation of our Connors Empire, so how we get along with the Elven royal family in the future, if we want to judge, our Connors Empire will judge first!"
"Marquis Valentine, what you said is not right, you can have other ways to repair the relationship with the Elven royal family, but this blasphemy against the god of Fetos is not a trivial matter, and you will bear the punishment of the god when the time comes?" Metropolitan Charman sneered.
"If the elves withdraw from the racial alliance because of this matter at that time, will the Knights of Judgment in your temple be on top? I really don't have a backache when I stand and talk. ”
"Then aren't you afraid that our temple will withdraw from the Racial Coalition Army?"
"I'm afraid of you, you retreat, it's not that I don't know what the soldiers of your temple have done, and it's nice to say that waste."
"You ......" Metropolitan Charman's face flushed, his chest rising and falling, obviously angry.
"What are you doing, do you want to fight? This is the Imperial Palace of Connors, not your Great Church of Fetos, you have to think about it. ”
"Enough, what a noise!" Frank slammed the table in front of him and said angrily, "You didn't exist when I was the emperor, right?" That's all for today, I'm tired. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Marquis of Valentine and the Metropolitan of Charman agreed, but they still glared at each other, not caring about the departure of Emperor Frank.
Walking out of the main hall, there was another quarrel between the two behind him, and Emperor Frank sighed, hunched his back and walked to the dormitory tiredly.
Back in the dormitory, Emperor Frank walked to a chaise longue and slowly lay down on it, rubbing his temples incessantly, thinking about how to keep Charman and Valentine speechless and safely take the "brave" under his command.
"Your Majesty, Princess Louise is here, do you want to let her in?" A maid walked in the door and asked.
"Let her in." Frank waved his hand, and the maid immediately saluted and turned out of the dormitory.
After a while, a girl with long pink hair and a worried face walked into the dormitory and asked with concern, "Father, are you worrying about that brave man's affairs again?" ”
"yes, ...... today"
After listening to Emperor Frank's narration, Louise smiled, ran to Emperor Frank's side, rubbed his shoulder, and said, "I'm 18 years old this year, and I have a coming-of-age ceremony in a few days, right?" ”
"Yes, my father has already thought about what gift he wants to give you."
"Then father, Louise wants to be a little willful, give me this fake brave, I don't want a gift from my father, I want this person to be my entourage, nothing else, father, do you want to give it?"
"Okay, my father promised you ....... Hahahaha! Louise, you deserve to be your father's favorite daughter, you really did your father a great favor, hahaha! Emperor Frank immediately laughed and touched Princess Louise's head happily.
"Louise doesn't know anything, my father remembers what he said."
"Okay, okay, my father won't forget it."
The next day, Emperor Frank summoned all his ministers and Metropolitan Charman and announced Ye Chen's punishment in public: "My daughter Louise's coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon, since this 'brave' is fake, it is a commoner." So I decided to give this person to Louise as a retinue at the bar mitzvah as punishment, do you have any opinions? Metropolitan of Charman, Marquis of Valentine? ”
"No, Your Majesty." Metropolitan Charman said with a gloomy face, gritting his teeth.
Valentine's face was also gloomy, but he stood up and asked loudly: "Your Majesty, I don't think this is appropriate, although the 'Brave' is a commoner, but more importantly, he is a guilty person, you gave it to His Highness Louise so casually to ignore the reputation of our Connors Empire, and you also know the temper of the elves, do you think they will pass it so easily?" ”
"Is it, that Marquis Valentine decided not to support such a decision?" Emperor Frank's brows furrowed slightly, and his heart was full of dissatisfaction with the Marquis of Valentine, are you trying to overstep your authority? Are you the emperor or am I the emperor?
"Yes, Your Majesty, we should let the Elven representatives decide the matter."
Do you think I didn't know that you had already agreed with the elven representatives to let him decide? Are you stupid to me, or are you the emperor who is in vain, I think it's beautiful!
Frank slammed the table, waved his big hand, and said toughly: "If the elves are held accountable, I will bear all the consequences!" The punishment for the brave is so decided, and no one is allowed to mention this matter in the future! ”
"Your Majesty......" Marquis Valentine wanted to refute again, but then his eyes rolled to a look of frustration and distress, "Since Your Majesty insists on this, then I have nothing to say, I can only hope that the elves will not mention this matter again." ”
"I'm sure they won't!"