Section 30 The Rookie of the Empire
The Tubis Warrior Tournament has been long overdue, and the Hero Tournament, which the entire empire has been looking forward to, finally begins to take place in the fall.
Since Whibart was in charge of the preparations for the Warrior Tournament, King Luojia stayed in the palace all day enjoying the service of the beauties, which made the power of the empire fall into the hands of Whibat. Waibat, who controls the entire imperial capital, actually has the supreme power of the empire, but this is far from enough for Whitebat.
What he wanted was not to guard the empire for his father, but to ascend to the throne of power completely, but without the support of the Knights, he could be toppled to the ground by Vacas at any time.
The Empire's Warrior Contest was a great opportunity for Whibatt to use his power to win over the winner, so that he could quickly possess the Empire's mighty Knights.
In the first few days of the Warriors' tournament, Whibart would come to the arena every day to watch the games, and then he would greet everyone in the camp where the Warriors rested, and bring everyone a variety of sumptuous snacks and wine and meat.
Visiting the Warriors' side and giving them the greatest comfort and respect is the first step to gaining prestige in the future new army of the Empire. Waibat, following the advice of Captain Vinny, was very interested in wooing these warriors.
This year's Warrior Tournament is more intense than all previous tournaments, and the field has become very frenetic in the selection of entering the top 20. The Warriors all showed off their skills and pushed the event to the top.
The powerful Molton easily defeated his opponent and successfully advanced to the top 20. But Beal wasn't as lucky, as he played an opponent from Dabbs for more than an hour before he beat him to advance. Bill was surprised, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to get into the top 20. Soon he was keeping an eye on the rest of the game, and Bill noticed that everyone else was playing hard, too. This year's Warrior Contest has produced a lot of masters, and it seems that the outstanding talents of this generation of young people in the empire have suddenly exploded, and countless powerful characters have emerged overnight.
With each event lasting more than an hour on average, the tournament had to be postponed by two more days, and the next event became even more exciting.
After countless fierce competitions, the Imperial Warrior Tournament has finally come to an end. With great perseverance, Bill reluctantly defeated Rudolph from the Alexander family and became the best player in this Warrior Tournament, so the cry of the steppe eagle resounded throughout the Tupis Empire.
Rudolph had been unknown before, but he suddenly broke out on the field and ranked second in the Warriors tournament, which completely blinded everyone's eyes. In addition, Byron's sons Tony and Sean are both in the top five, which makes the Alexander family shine with great brilliance, and Byron cried with joy.
In the end, the top five in the Imperial Warriors Competition are: Bill, Rudolph, Morton, Tony, and Sean; The bottom five are: Lambert, Chard, Gilbert, Nick and Booz. In the wartime era, the top ten warriors selected by the competition were directly named the captains of the knights of the new imperial army.
In the banquet hall of the palace, Prince Whubat set up a banquet and prepared wine for the king and his courtiers, and warmly welcomed the ten new Imperial Knights Captains. As the representative of the new leaders, Bill was warmly praised and rewarded by Waibart and his courtiers, and even the Woodrow family was received in the imperial capital to receive a feud and reward. Because Woodrow produced two excellent knight captains, Bill and Morton, Woodrow was promoted to earl by Whibatt, and both Buck and Silon were rewarded as their fiefs, and Woodrow's identity and status became completely different in an instant.
In order to completely envelop the new leader, Wyebart rewarded them more than ever. Not only were each of them rewarded with 500 gold coins, but Whitat also rewarded each of them with a set of exquisite annexes to the imperial capital. Later, the prince took the head of the regiment and the municipal party committee to their residence to visit them in turn, which made many new heads full of respect and loyalty to the enthusiastic prince.
In order to completely recruit this new group of leaders, Wybart painstakingly arranged a scene. One morning, the prince was on his way to inspect the camp with ten new Imperial Commanders, when he was suddenly attacked by a large group of Assassins. Dressed in black and wearing black scarves, the Assassins were numbering more than sixty people, targeting His Royal Highness Prince Whitbat.
Encountering such a sudden situation, all the regiment commanders were very surprised, but at the same time very angry. Bill, who was determined to serve his country, was furious, he waved his hand to summon Morton, and the two of them stood by the side of His Royal Highness the Prince, wielding the long sword in his hand wildly, mercilessly slashing the attacking assassins. The other commanders also gathered around the prince to protect the prince and fight the Assassins, who were killed in a short time.
After repelling the Assassins, Whubart remained calm, and he continued to tour the camp with the Commanders without showing a hint of panic, which led to the Commanders' extreme praise and approval.
In the evening, the prince arranged for people to set up a banquet in the camp on the spot, and drank and had fun with the leaders in the camp tent, creating an atmosphere of life and death together.
After a few glasses of wine, the courage of the regiment commanders was also enlarged, and at this time, the more bold Morton first asked: "Your Royal Highness, those assassins today are so arrogant that they dare to assassinate His Royal Highness the Prince outside the imperial capital. Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you know who sent these people, and how could they be so bold? ”。
Wybart sighed when he heard this, and he replied in a bitter voice with a sad face, "Well, what can I do as a prince, who will really take me seriously." Some people are so arrogant that they don't even care about His Majesty, let alone me. I dare not speak out in anger, so I won't say anything. ”
After hearing this, Morton rebuked indignantly: "What kind of person is so arrogant that he doesn't take His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince in his eyes, this is simply ......."
Before Morton could finish speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Bill's mouth: "We have just been promoted to the head of the empire, and we don't know a lot of rules, and there are too many things we have to learn in the future, so let's try to do as much as possible and talk less." ”
Whitart glanced at Bill after listening to the front of the car, and he felt that this Bill was not only extraordinary, but also cool-headed and good at thinking, and was indeed a rare and peerless talent.
At this time, Tony said: "So the food of the king relieves the king's worries, since we are loyal to His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince, we naturally want to solve the problems for His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince." In the future, His Royal Highness the Prince will be the heir to the throne of our empire, and anyone who wants to murder His Royal Highness the Prince will clearly oppose our empire. For such a rebellious person, we must not allow the purpose of the thief to be achieved, and if His Royal Highness the Prince has any orders in the future, he will never give up if he goes to the soup and fire. ”
After listening to this, Wabbat said happily: "Okay, today you are all life-savers for me, and in the future, our life and death will all be tied together." In the future, as long as there is a bite to eat in my Wybat, I will never make everyone hungry. ”
Hearing Wybart say this, all the heads of the regiment stood up and saluted together, thanking Dade for his constant thanks to the prince.
Whitart, however, only nodded slightly, then looked up and sighed, pretending to be grief, and left the camp dejectedly and returned to the palace.
After the prince left, the regimental commanders continued to sit in the tent and drink, and everyone was a little sullen.
Morton was very straightforward, and he complained directly: "His Royal Highness the Prince has been very kind to us, and has given us a much more reward than the previous king's reward for other new captains, and His Royal Highness the Prince is very concerned about us and often visits us. For His Royal Highness the Prince, who is so affectionate and righteous, how can we only care about our own safety and not think about His Royal Highness's life in the world? His Royal Highness is younger than all of us, but he has already shouldered the responsibility of our entire empire, presiding over the affairs of the palace on behalf of His Majesty the King. The prince is the only heir to our empire, and now that someone wants to harm him, wouldn't it be dangerous for His Royal Highness to be harmed if we don't help? Who can he rely on, those weak ministers in the main hall? Why does His Royal Highness treat us well? Don't expect our support and help? ”。
Bill frowned deeply and lowered his head in silence, apparently thinking that things should not be so simple.
Tony on the side immediately smiled and said, "Okay, okay, this matter has to be done slowly, and there must be no rush." I have heard a little about His Royal Highness the Prince's being snubbed and ostracized, but I didn't expect it to reach the point of being assassinated. This matter is very serious, and I have to go back to my father to discuss it together, and I must not let His Royal Highness the prince make any mistakes. ”
After saying that, Tony got up and stood, and then said goodbye to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, we will drink here today, and when the matter is discussed, I will discuss countermeasures with everyone." ”
After hearing this, the regimental commanders stood up and saluted, nodded their heads in agreement, and then said goodbye in turn and left the camp.
After the group left, Tony ran after Bill and Morton, and told them to go to the Duke's palace to discuss the matter with their father. Bill hesitated, and then Rudolph and Sean also walked over together, and the two looked at Bill with a smile and a look in their eyes full of anticipation.
Seeing that everyone had high expectations of him, perhaps this was a good opportunity for him, Bill answered them and took Morton with them to Byron's Duke's Palace.
Bill and Morton visit the Duke's Court again, and their identities are obviously very different from before. Now they are the heads of the two major knights, and there has never been a precedent for the Duke's Court to visit them.
Byron led a large number of his people and guards to greet them, and he was very excited, greeted them warmly, and invited them to the hall to set up a feast and treat them carefully.
In the Tubis Empire, Vacas was responsible for leading the imperial army, while Byron was responsible for the internal politics of the empire.
However, Waqas was a prince far more prominent than Byron, and he intervened in the internal affairs of the empire and forced his own strategy of strengthening the army with the intention of defeating the kingdoms and dominating the continent. Byron, on the other hand, advocated that the country should first seek development, and then try to unify the plan after the empire's strength was stabilized. The political disagreement between the two led to the collapse of their relationship, and the two sides became political enemies and had little contact.
For a courtier, political opinions were more important to Byron than his own life, and for many years he had been looking for opportunities to put the empire on the right track. But as Varkas successfully eliminated the powerful knightly kingdom, the cries of Vacas within the empire rose higher and higher, which made Byron disheartened for a while.
However, with Rudolph, Tony, and Sean entering the top five of the tournament and successfully becoming the new Knights of the Empire, and Bill and Morton are close friends of their children, the long-lost enthusiasm for the Empire begins to rise again.
Tony was very clear about his father's goal, and at the banquet, Tony analyzed and said: "Now in my empire, the only one who dares to attack His Royal Highness the Prince is the Prince's Mansion, and only Prince Wakas dares to send someone to assassinate His Royal Highness. ”
Sean smiled slightly after hearing this, and he nodded again and again in agreement: "Well, Tony's analysis is very reasonable. Now that we have taken the fattest land of the Knights, this Warkas is proud of himself, and he doesn't think of anyone. If this continues, there is a good chance that he will want to be our king himself. ”
At this time, Bill suddenly opened his mouth and questioned: "I don't think so, right?" ”。
Everyone was stunned for a moment and turned their eyes to Bill.
Byron was shocked to hear this, he didn't expect Bill to suddenly contradict himself. So Byron was the first to ask, "Captain Bill, what do you think?" ”
Bill replied with a very hairy voice, "In front of the Duke, I dare not talk about high opinions. ”
After speaking, Bill turned sideways and asked Tony, "Master Tony, if you were Prince Wakas instead, if you wanted to assassinate His Royal Highness the Prince, what kind of men would you send to do it?" What kind of location will you choose, and what kind of time will you choose? ”
Tony frowned at this, and lowered his head to think seriously.
At this time, Byron sneered and said, "Captain Bill is right. Varkas was a very steady man, and he would certainly not do such a thing at such a time, and it would make no sense for him to stab the prince to death. In other words, if Warkas wants to be king, he can even just ask King Luojia to abdicate to him, and maybe our king will really agree. And if Wakas wanted to stab Prince Wybat to death, then he didn't need to do his best to rescue the prince in the Northland Fortress. Moreover, what a shrewd man Vaqas was, and he had none of his plans in vain, except for his negligence in the Northland Fortress. He wants Wybat to die, it's not a casual thing, how can you give you a chance to save the prince. ”
Tony smiled slightly, and he continued to explain, "I know this too. It doesn't matter if it was done by Varkas or not. The point is that the military power cannot fall into the hands of anyone other than the king, otherwise it will be a great threat to His Royal Highnesses the King and Prince, and even to our entire empire. In our empire, he Waqas does whatever the king says, what is this? Who is the king? In the long run, great things will happen to our empire. ”
After listening to Tony's words, everyone nodded and pondered, and even Bill agreed with Tony's point.
Byron then said slowly: "In order to break the pattern of Wakas's sole control of the military power of the empire, His Royal Highness the Prince plans to set up a new commander of the empire to balance Warkass's eastern crusade army, so that he will not be too presumptuous in the future." And this time the Warrior Contest is to do this, and in the future, Captain Bill will be the second commander of my empire, on an equal footing with Wakas. Therefore, Captain Bill, you must keep in mind the painstaking efforts and intentions of His Royal Highness the Prince, and must not disappoint His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
Bill was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and replied, "This, is this appropriate?" I, I'm so young. ”
Byron smiled slightly, got up and took the glass and said, "Something is inappropriate." I've heard the legend of the steppe eagle for a long time, and I'm full of confidence in you. Come on, come on, let's toast to the future Commander-in-Chief, and hope that our empire will have a bright future. ”
Everyone stood together with a cup and drank it all with a smile on their faces.
This banquet lasted until late at night, and in the hearts of every head of the regiment, everyone seemed to understand a truth. Bill will soon replace Warkas as the central pillar of the Imperial Army. From then on, the imperial army will begin to change its blood, and everything will be very different.