118. Don't be cannon fodder
The Imperial Capital Council Chamber, located at 9 Royal Street in the first block, is a centuries-old building adjacent to the Duke's Palace on the shores of Weiyang Lake.
The magic caravan drove straight from Yulin Avenue to Lakeside Avenue, and arrived after twenty minutes of driving north along the lakeside continent, this is an oval-shaped building like a water court, if you look down from the sky, the Imperial Capital Council Hall looks more like a gladiatorial arena with a dome, and the square in front of the Imperial Capital Council Hall is flat and wide, even if hundreds of magic caravans are parked here, it will not seem crowded.
The magic caravan carried me to the entrance of the Imperial Capital Council Chamber, where Count Lionel Faulkner and a group of his friends were already waiting.
As the fourth group of troops to support the Angela Face, their army stayed in Angela for less than two months, but this did not prevent them from sharing in the fruits of the victory, and the fact that Duke Billy Babington recognized them and let their combined legion pass through the portal of San Carlos represented the recognition of the fact that the legion supported the Angela Face.
This group of young nobles gathered on the stone steps at the entrance of the imperial capital council hall, and some people sat side by side on the white jade railing of the steps, they were talking and laughing and seemed to be in a good mood, the young nobles were dressed in gorgeous dresses, wearing delicate family crests and knighthood badges on their chests, and when they saw me stepping out of the magic caravan, they waved to me from afar, and the early morning sun shone from behind them, so that I couldn't help but squint my eyes, and reached out to build a pergola on my forehead, I took a deep breath and stepped up the long stone steps.
In order to highlight the solemnity of the Imperial Capital Council Chamber, the stone steps in front of the Council Hall were built very long.
At this time, many nobles had gathered in the square in front of the council chamber, and many nobles also walked along the long steps.
Some aristocrats, dressed in traditional linen robes, holding golden scepters in their hands and carrying gold headbands on their heads, climbed the stairs, and the nobles along the way avoided them.
Count Lionel Faulkner came out of the crowd, greeted me, pulled me to the side of the stone steps, avoided the nobles with the golden scepter in their hands, and led me to salute the nobles in front of them, and waited for the nobles to pass in front of us, and then he whispered to me: "These people are all members of the Imperial Capital Council Chamber, don't look at their usual reputation, but their status in the Imperial Capital is very high, try not to mess with them." β
"How could Billy Babington hold a convention in the Imperial Capital Chamber?" I asked Lionel.
At this time, the young people behind him gathered to greet me.
Lionel Faulkner stood beside me and explained to me: "After the victory of the Angela Front, because of the large number of legions participating in the battle, each legion entered the Angela Circle at a different time, and the contribution to the Angela Plane was also different, in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, Duke Billy Babington decided to leave the distribution of the benefits of the victory of the Angela Fronts to the Imperial Capital Council Chamber. β
A young nobleman with a beard on his face said with a look of disgrief and some schadenfreude: "Hmph! No matter who is invited to decide, this time the Babington family will inevitably have to give up some resources from Angela's face. β
A young nobleman with a pale face next to him couldn't help but say: "According to me, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Charles is the five major Mithril mines that have taken a fancy to Angela. β
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Lionel Faulkner said to the white-faced young nobleman: "Angela has many faces, and our group of people are all fighting in the back, whether it is the captain of the Aix Army, the Mo family, or the group of Louis Mensan, which one of them is not because of the face of His Royal Highness Prince Charlie who sent troops to Angela for many faces? β
The bearded young nobleman also nodded again and again and said: "I also heard the old man of our family say about this, originally the Mo Clan Legion wanted to enter the Luo Qi plane with the South Wind Legion, but in the end, I don't know how to do it, and in the end, I went directly to Angela Duomen. β
As soon as the topic opened, the other young people chimed in, and everyone gathered on the stone steps, but no one came to our side.
Count Lionel Faulkner said: "In fact, there are some other factors in it, if it weren't for His Royal Highness Prince Charlie leading the Royal Constructed Knights to enter Angela, the Mithril market on the side of the Green Empire probably wouldn't have stabilized so quickly." β
At this time, someone in the crowd said: "Hey, the door of the council hall is open, let's hurry up, and when the big people in the back arrive, we will inevitably salute them." β
We looked up, and sure enough, the councillors with golden scepters walked to the gate of the council hall, and the door was pushed open from the inside, and when the councillors walked in one after another, the door of the council hall did not close, but some guards came out of the council hall and stood in front of the door.
The guards in the imperial capital like to wear metal armor, which is somewhat different from our people in the north, most of the guards in the city of El will wear some light leather armor, and then put on a fur coat outside, so that even if they are worn very thick, but it will not affect the flexibility of the body, the guards of the imperial capital wear a metal armor in winter, and there must be thick warm clothes inside, so that they look like robots when they walk.
Mixed in with these young aristocratic groups, some young aristocrats are curious about me, because it was Zach who brought me into this circle before, so the topic will also be developed here.
The young nobleman with a long beard asked me curiously, "Marquis Giga, I heard that you and Zach met during the war on the Hierro plane?"
I think he must have come to the Northlands as well, but I don't remember him introducing himself before, so I smiled and said to him, "Please call me Jiga, Zach and I actually met in the Imperial Capital last winter, I remember that Zach and Ernestine were sent from the Hierro plane to the Imperial Capital for treatment, and a good friend of mine worked at the Campbell Sanatorium, and I also met Zach because of this." β
There are probably many young aristocrats who want to know how Zach and I met, so I will explain it in this detail:
"Last summer, our academy encountered the Nibru Spider when we were training on the Hiero plane, and then we returned to the imperial capital, but some of my followers chose to stay in the Hiero plane, speaking of which, I was also forced to get involved in the Hiero plane war, and then Zach and Ernestine organized a counterattack war on the Hiero plane, I was fortunate enough to participate, although the process was very difficult, but the ending was not bad, in this plane war we united the local aborigines to defeat the Nibru spiders, and I also obtained the black crystal and magic herbs from the local aborigines, heheγ β
Hearing my statement, the group of young nobles all showed envious looks, and some even blurted out and asked, "Are those black magic crystals?"
I knew he was referring to those unidentified black crystals I had sold them, and I nodded, "That's right!"
In fact, almost everyone in the imperial capital was not very optimistic about the war on the Yero plane at that time, and because the resources on the Hiero plane were limited, they could not attract the attention of those big lords with heavy troops, and the small lords in the imperial capital did not dare to bet their chips on the Hiero plane, so that Zach and Ernestine came to the imperial capital several times to ask for assistance and returned empty-handed, and no one thought that the Hiero plane would win a perfect victory at that time.
This victory not only turned the Duke of Samoyed and the lords of Durva Province around, but also made many small lords in the imperial capital salivate.
Zach and Ernestine were also famous in the circle of young nobles in the imperial capital for a while, although they could not be compared with the Prince of Wales Mo Jiada, but they were also outstanding generals among the younger generation of the Green Empire.
When these young nobles heard that I had actually participated in the war of the Hiero plane, they praised me:
"Jijia, you're in luck. β
The bearded young nobleman sneered and said:
"If you really think it's his luck, then it's a mistake!"
The other young nobles asked curiously, "Unel, do you know any other insider?"
By this time, a group of us had already walked to the front of the main entrance of the council chamber, and the guards at the door stood up to stop us, and Lionel Faulkner went out to negotiate with the guards for a while, and then showed our noble badges, and without verification, we entered the Imperial Capital Council Chamber, where the female clerk at the front desk led us into a hall like an opera house, and our seats were in the most inconspicuous position at the back.
When everyone sat down, they didn't forget to let the front desk waitress say a few words, the young nobles were a little open-mouthed, but this is also the vitality of young people.
He has a big beard and a big chin, and when he laughs, his chin is protruding, which looks like a dustpan, but his teeth are very white, so I heard him say, "Do you remember the wedding that caused a sensation in the imperial capital at the coming-of-age ceremony last year?"
The young nobles gathered together one after another and said, "He is the young magician who was chosen by His Royal Highness Qige and Princess Yingli at the same time?"
I quickly admitted, "Yes, I'm the magician." β
The envious eyes turned into Chi Guoguo's jealousy, but he didn't expect to marry Qi Ge and become the public enemy of the whole people.
The beard smiled at me ambiguously, and then said, "Do you remember that Duke Ryan's lover was robbed by the magic of the Royal Academy of Magic last year?"
Someone from the young aristocratic crowd actually got up from his chair, pointed at me, and said, "He's the magical student who stole Duke Ryan's lover?"
Lionel Faulkner replied for me, "Yes, he's the magician, didn't you see Lady Arya the last time we met?"
Someone immediately complained: "At that time, we were all immersed in the joy of dimensional war, and we didn't notice these ...... at all"
Another young nobleman said: "When Zack introduced the Marquis of Jijia at that time, I thought he was an arms dealer in the imperial capital, since Zack came forward to introduce him, I didn't verify his identity......
Then the topic gradually turned to the Angela multi-faceted war, these young nobles began to tell some of the Angela multi-faceted terrain, customs and so on, I listened very carefully, but because when the Babington family ran the Angela face, they caught the aborigines in the local area as slaves to mine, and the aborigines in the center of the occupation area of the Greene Empire died, and they migrated, and they did not see the many faceted aborigines of Angela.
While we were chatting, some of the nobles entered the council hall one after another, and they all looked for seats to sit down.
Soon more than half of the seats in the conference hall were filled with nobles, and on the long curved table sat some parliamentarians with golden scepters in their hands, some materials in front of them, and these councillors in linen robes were also discussing with each other.
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"Hey! β
Just as I listened quietly to the young nobles telling the story of Angela's many faces, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
I turned my head to find Mo Xiang standing at the door of the council hall near the back row looking at me with a smile on his face.
"Mo Xiang, I haven't seen you for a long time, why are you here?" I said hello to this Mo family master.
In the past six months, he and I went from hostile to indifferent, and then because Lord Bruce made peace with him, our relationship gradually became friendly, he needed my single-attribute giant crossbow arrow, and I needed him to help me get kryptonite, and after a few dealings, we became friends.
Mo Xiang was wearing a gorgeous dress, and there was a group of Mo family members standing behind him, everyone's eyes fell on us, and he said to me: "Yes, that guy Billy handed over the distribution of interests in Angela's many faces to the Imperial Capital Council Hall, if I am not present, this cake is estimated not to be distributed to me, the Mo Clan Legion has been stationed in Angelado for nearly a year, I hope that the distribution of the members of the council hall can satisfy me." β
Then he waved at the group of men and told them to go to the front, and he walked over to me instead.
Lionel Faulkner immediately gave up his seat next to me, and Mo Xiang sat down unceremoniously and asked me, "Tell me about you, the distribution of the benefits of the multi-faceted war in Angela has nothing to do with you, right? Why are you here?"
I rubbed my nose and explained to Mo Xiang:
"Actually, it has something to do with me, you also know that although I was promoted to a marquis, I don't have a territory other than the town of Trum on the Hiero plane, this time Angela multi-faceted war, as a member of the logistics department of the fourth batch of support groups, provided some single-attribute giant crossbow arrows to the Angelado battlefield, so I also came to receive the fruits of victory. β
Mo Xiang asked me with a surprised expression, "You mean that you are going to open up territory in Angela?"
"Duke Billy said that if he didn't agree to this distribution of benefits, the Babington family could give up the land belonging to the Babington family in the "433 Convention", which I think is quite good. I said to him.
Mo Xiang frowned slightly, and paused before saying, "Hey, Jijia, you have to think about this, those Nagramans are only temporarily retreating strategically, and their comeback is just around the corner, don't you become cannon fodder in that strategic buffer zone......"
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