Above the sea, as night fell, but the waves did not subside in the slightest, the fleet of a huge fleet of the Kingdom of Nicaea was marching violently towards Constantinople, and the narrow straits were not very long, and it would not be long before they could reach the final battlefield. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Is it finally going to begin?" Above the ship, the man sighed faintly, he was none other than Plekhanov, the last remaining general of the Kingdom of Nicaea, who had been devastated after the rebellion, but now with a broken army to reclaim their sacred land.

"General Plekhanov...... You say - will we really succeed? Beside Plekhanov, a young man in purple came over and asked in an inquiring tone, but he was hesitantly looking at the sea in the distance, the sea in the dark felt really terrible and terrible, and John couldn't help but tremble.

"Your Majesty, now you are the new king of Nicaea, and you may be the future emperor, sometimes you can't let others see that you have any wavering!" Plekhanov sighed slightly as he looked at this young man, who was already completely different at this time, and for him, he had a feeling of fresh air again, and in that city of Nicaea, the erosion brought by the decadent aristocracy almost corrupted him together.

"General Plekhanov ......" seems to have inspired John deeply with the words of this man, and not long ago the coup d'état changed everything, and under the strong demand of everyone, the king of the Kingdom of Nicaea, Mikael, had to choose to abdicate, and John, as a nephew, was elected as the new king. And in addition to Plekhanov's help, he also had the support of the knight king, and chose to be engaged to Sylvia, the royal daughter of the kingdom of Trebizond, so the opposition of the Herod nobles completely disappeared, and it can be said that if Constantinople can be recovered, John will undoubtedly become the new emperor.

But in the current situation, will they really be able to succeed?

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, since even the Knight King has already promised, I think it will definitely succeed!" Plekhanov breathed deeply, feeling the icy cold wind of the night and looking west.

……

Quietly looking at Baldwin in front of him, the man under the mask smiled slightly, and his voice grew louder and louder, with endless irony, he took off the clown mask, revealing a mixture of immature and old, and his green eyes and golden hair were so noticeable. Such a face gives people an extremely strange feeling, and it makes people feel a kind of suffocation of beauty, which is really a rare beautiful man.

But it wasn't Baldwin's handsome face that attracted him, but the face Baldwin had clearly seen.

Exactly, Bashiles, he appeared generously in front of Baldwin, and when this face fell into the man's sight, the king of the new Brad Kingdom, who had never been in a bad mood, actually showed a shocked look at this moment, and subconsciously he actually clenched the desk next to his throne.

"It's you—?" Baldwin's face was ugly, and Baldwin couldn't believe his eyes struggling to squeeze a voice out between his teeth, "No, it can't be - it's been more than ten years, you can't have changed at all!" You...... Who are you? Baldwin actually felt the unbearable fear for a while, but the young man in front of him shouldn't be alive, and more importantly, he hadn't changed at all!

It's like a real ghost standing in front of her!

In response to Baldwin's panicked questioning, a mocking smile appeared on Bashiles' face, "Looks like you haven't forgotten it all, Baldwin, apparently you also remembered what happened fourteen years ago, right?" ”

The sudden appearance of a bitter chill makes people shudder-

Baldwin finally understood why these things had happened for so many years, and it turned out that this man had been behind the scenes. All of these things can be solved.

"Haha...... It's been a long time, Alexios! With an embarrassed smile on his face, Baldwin uttered an unfamiliar name, but when it fell into Bashiles's ears, he missed it immensely.

"Oh, sure enough, you still remember my name, Your Majesty! But now I've abandoned that name, and now I'm called Bashires, and I wish you could call me that! Said with a smile, Bashiles was savoring the fear in the other party's eyes at this time.

But the astonishment and fear on Baldwin's face gradually faded, and he looked at the young man as if he were facing a great enemy, "Bashiels, is it derived from the name of the great emperor of the Macedonian dynasty?" But even that doesn't change the fact that you're a traitor to the Empire. During the reign of Emperor Bashils of the New Roman Empire, the Crescentists continued to invade Anatolia in the east, and defeated the Normans and Bolgars in the west, so that the New Roman Empire once seemed to return to the glory of Justinian's time. However, this could not be changed in any way, and it was this man who chose to open the gates of the Constantinople Wall, so that the Crusaders finally conquered the city that should never fall.

And at the beginning, Baldwin, the younger brother of the Earl of Pierce, who was the nominal commander of the Crusaders, naturally knew the secret!

However, Bashires, or Alexios, the prince of the empire, seemed very calm and replied indifferently: "So what? I've never been loyal to the so-called Empire, and I've decided my revenge since the nobles did something like that, but you Lastines are also my enemies. ”

Alexios, a name that has never been noticed, because Emperor Scipio was a commoner, it was only after getting the blue eyes of the modern emperor Manuel that he was able to marry the emperor's daughter and inherit the emperor, but the senate greatly limited Scipio's power, such as the future crown prince, they simply did not allow the empire to fall into the hands of a commoner, first forced Scipio's daughter Anastasia to become the crown prince of the empire, and then took the opportunity to depose, All of these actions were aimed at bringing about the end and fall of Scipio's rule. The nobles never recognized the man as their emperor, and as the son of Emperor Scipio, Alexios, or Bashiles, never received any formal recognition. So no one noticed his presence.

"But that doesn't change the fact that you killed your father, does it, dear [Knight King]? No matter how much you hate the New Roman Empire, it doesn't change that the man who has always chosen to keep his oath to Manuel - to defend that empire to the death. Baldwin said mockingly.

……

On the other side, another mighty army was slowly approaching Constantinople from the land.

And the crusader flag was very impressive.

This army came from the southern islands, and no original Crusader nobles dared to stop it, because the Crusader flag had already made the identity of this army, the only remaining Knights Hospitaller in the original order, who had been stationed on the island of Crete, but were now marching towards Constantinople.

Of course, it was not enough to conquer the walls of Theodosius, the largest barrier in Constantinople, with a single knightly order, along with the aristocratic army of the Italian Confederation and the Swiss Guard, the largest army that the Holy See had personally summoned in the past decade, but not the pagans in the east who had taken over the holy city of Jerusalem, but the kingdom of New Brad that had angered the cardinal. From the moment they dared to steal the mecha legacy of the New Roman Empire in an attempt to rebuild a huge empire, Baldwin was a dead man in the eyes of the cardinal's archbishops.

"I didn't expect to leave that island in my lifetime, what an unexpected thing!" Veronis, the head of the Knights Hospitaller, whispered, and the huge mecha slowly moved forward, making him feel uncomfortable.

When the Crusaders captured Constantinople with all their might, they were criticized by many people for the simple reason that their target was Alexandria in the distance, and the enemy was pagans, but as the Holy Church, they turned their swords at the orthodox Church, how ironic. After this incident, the crusaders who participated in the siege of Constantinople were excommunicated by Pope Ingwe. This immediately aroused the indignation of the Order, knowing that although this military operation was ostensibly a spontaneous act of the Crusaders, in fact it was tacitly approved or even directly supported by the Holy See, but the Holy Church imposed a law on them.

In a fit of rage, these Crusader nobles naturally chose to make peace with the Western powers, thus threatening the Holy See, which is why the New Bullard Kingdom was founded. And this made the Crusader Knights a restless presence in the eyes of the Holy See, and sanctioned them.

In addition to the Templars' bitter fighting against the Crusaders in Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitaller had to stop their crusade and have been on standby in the southern islands, while the Teutonic Knights were transferred to the far north to fight the Slavs, and a few years ago in Novgorod were so badly damaged that they were forced by the Poles to throw themselves into the arms of the Holy Roman Empire.

Now that it was finally their turn, the task of attacking Constantinople would naturally not be the elite Swiss Guard, nor would it be the most astute Italian federal army, and it would naturally fall on those of them who were not used to being looked down upon by the cardinals.

A big war is inevitable......

And standing beside Veronis was Dandoro, known as the Knight King of the Holy See, whose eyes were also full of coldness and he didn't say a word.

Veronis immediately remembered the rumor not long ago, that is, in Anatolia, the knight king appeared, and the flag bearer who was responsible for destroying Trebizond actually suffered a crushing defeat, which undoubtedly left a huge shadow in his heart.

But in Veronis's opinion, this is normal, because the opponent is the knight king.

"Is Your Excellency the Flag Bearer still remorseful about the previous failures?" Veronis knew that the other party was depressed because of this incident, but he still deliberately mentioned it. And he was immediately greeted with two sharp gazes, but not entirely angry.

Although Dandoro was humiliated by the Knight King, he was not yet capable of doing such an impulsive thing.

Because at this time, he suddenly remembered that the knight chief in front of him was not one of the members of the attack on Constantinople, so it is very likely that he had experienced the terrifying battle of Adrianople in the legend.

The so-called Adrianople War was the only battle of the Knight King back then, but it was also his famous battle, and it was precisely because of that war that the entire West felt the fear of the Knight King and made them understand what a gifted knight was.

At the beginning, the crusaders chose to attack Constantinople from the land, and the first to bear the brunt was the now ruins of Adrianople, which was a battleground and a fortress of Constantinople.

The final result was terrifying, originally thought that as long as there were enough mecha on the battlefield, the crusaders who were advanced enough would never have imagined that the Knight King would become their nightmare.

More than 10,000 people were killed in that war, and many more were wounded, leaving countless people with a psychological shadow that cannot be forgotten.

"What kind of existence is the Knight King, Your Excellency the Knight Chief?" Subconsciously, Dandoro asked, although he had fought with that man before, but the two of them had never met each other while sitting in the mecha, and he was very curious about that person.

Veronis, however, shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, in fact, it is difficult for me to tell what the Knight King is for a while. It may be appropriate to describe it as a monster, but those who have seen his true face must think it is incredible, he was just a beautiful child at that time! ”

"Little children?" Dandoro looked at each other in surprise.

Then Veronis replied with a smile: "Yes, compared to the Holy See, the selection of knights in the new Roman Empire can be said to be perverted, because the damage of early nerve connections is huge, so they let children sit in mechas, even the sons of nobles." And I can always keep the portrait of His Royal Highness the Knight King. ”

"What did you say?" Dandoro, who was shocked by the other party's words, almost jumped, because the so-called Knight King was too mysterious, even if he was the core figure in the Holy See, he was too young to understand it deeply, and the Knight King was supposed to have been sitting in the mecha and never appeared, and how could Veronis in front of him know the other party's appearance?

I saw Veronis say quite proudly: "Speaking of which, this is my trophy." Although it was obtained by accident, it is certain that the ghostly knight king left a rare trace in this world. As he spoke, the man took out a locket box from his arms, and when he opened it, it was a small elephant with a figure, which was very exquisite, and the young man in it was dressed luxuriously, obviously an ordinary person. It's just that the eyes are too cold, the green eyes are slightly bewitching, and the golden hair makes people feel that this boy is almost like a fairy.