In all fairness, everything that Birdlaire said is justified - as one of the principalities of the Empire, Ebolden is of course also a vassal of the Empire, and in the event of civil unrest, major crises, enemy invasions and vassal rebellions, it is also the duty of the Empire to request reinforcements from the Empire to quell the rebellion, and to maintain the stability and order of the vassal territories within the territory.

But that's just in theory!

Yes, the current situation has reached the point where you can ask the Empire for help, but once you invite the Imperial Legion over, it will not be easy to send them away!

No matter how stupid these nobles of the Free Council are, they can see this - the Empire will definitely station the entire legion in Ebolden in the future, and use the superiority of troops to further threaten and interfere in Ebolden's internal affairs, which is something that can be thought of with your toes.

What will they do next? Will they take over the ports and tax revenues of Ebolden, or will they simply turn Eboden into a direct crown of the Crown? Will the workshops and shops, the bazaars, and the ocean-going fleet all have to be directly titled "Royal"?

No, no, no, it is a question of whether there will be a need for the Liberal Council to exist!

Not only the aristocratic parliamentarians, but also Aalto Bellini's eyes widened, staring incredulously at Bedlaire who said this, even if he tried to be calm enough.

The reason why Ebotden has the situation and status it has today is entirely because it maintains its absolute independence within the empire, so that it can be free from direct interference by the church and the empire - otherwise why would the wizards not be affected in any way here, and even have a transcendent status equal to the nobility.

Have they forgotten that?!

Aalto, of course, would not have remembered that he was the first person to set out to break the "balance" and "illusion", and if it weren't for his sudden defection to the Holy Cross Church, the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower would not have really made up its mind to stand with the Corona family and wait for the final judgment of the Empire.

Whatever the outcome, it would certainly be 10,000 times stronger than having the Holy Cross rule over Ebolden - in the eyes of the Empire, the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower and the Church were his vassals, and the wizards were just changing the rulers of Ebolden, but if it was the Holy Cross Church, it was a matter of survival and perdition!

The Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower and the Wizard of Wimpal are definitely not the same kind of people, they are as proud as nobles, and they are definitely not willing to die to accept such harsh conditions!

"This was all planned by you, right, you cunning villains!" Verlot, who finally couldn't help himself, jumped out again and asked loudly, "From the very beginning, you were prepared to skip the Free Council and betray us, and when the Imperial Legion came, you will ask for credit like a pug!"

Aalto Bellini did not speak, and the agitated noble councillors seemed to foresee the impending destruction, and one by one shouted loudly, spitting at Bedlaire, who was standing in the center of the room.

"Betraying you?"

A taunt flashed across Birdlaire's face, and with a slight snap of his fingers, the mercenaries behind him immediately stepped forward and surrounded the wizard in the center, pointing their crossbows and spears at the "Lords" sitting in their seats.

"Y-what do you want to do?!" the noble councillors were shocked: "This is the Free Council, and there is a tacit understanding between us!"

"When you incorporated the Church of the Holy Cross into Ebolden, and when the Wizarding Tower withdrew from the Council, our tacit understanding was gone. ”

Birdlaire's expression was unprecedentedly cold: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to think about how to survive.

whether it is to follow the Church of the Holy Cross and turn Ebolden into the kingdom of God;

Or will we maintain our ancient traditions, and let the alliance of knowledge and gold sustain into the next era?

The choice is yours!"

.................. "Why do you have to make such a bitter and bitter hatred?" Doesn't this completely push those people into an irreparable opposite and make them make a choice immediately? To be honest, this kind of forced choice is the last thing I want to see!"

Brandon Sully muttered in confusion, a puzzled look of innocence, which made the black-haired wizard sitting opposite him look black and look at him intently.

It was the red-haired and red-eyed aristocratic young man in front of him who had made up his mind and told them an astonishing "secret" - the Imperial Legion of 3,000 men had been deployed a month earlier, and it would reach the border of Eberton in a week at the latest!

That is, all this was planned and premeditated. That legion wasn't invited by the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower, but for this Brandon Sully.

Loren was really getting more and more curious about his identity - he came from the Prince of Saklan, was close to Ruth Infinit, and had ties to the Imperial Legion......

"Is he usually like that?"

Glancing at the aristocratic boy who was still complaining, Loren secretly inquired about the knight girl named "Fitlonai".

The doll-like Miss Fitlonay glanced at him, and bowed slightly—though only for a moment, Loren did read the hint of helplessness in her eyes.

So isn't this the first time?

But then again, what is the relationship between him and this Miss Fetronay?lover?sister and brother?childhood sweetheart......

"If you are playing Miss Fitronay's attention, for the sake of your life, I advise you not to do it. The aristocratic young man who turned his face flashed with unparalleled sincerity in his big red eyes:

"Believe me, she's terrifying than you can ever see – the delicate flowers are often filled with butterflies and ferocious steel-toothed saber-toothed tigers. ”

“............ You're really thinking too much. ”

The black-haired wizard was very sure that just after Brandon finished saying that, there was indeed a sound of a long sword unsheathed behind him!

Fitlonay snorted coldly, put away his sword and turned to leave, not forgetting to slam the door shut.

"Bang!" was the only two men left in the room, looking surprised and afraid, and staring cautiously at the door, as if they were on guard against someone who might rush out from behind the door at any moment...... Uh, steel-toothed saber-toothed tigers.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Brandon, with an embarrassed expression, came back to his senses first: "Anyway, there are two weeks at most before the Imperial legions arrive at Eboden - then everything will be a foregone conclusion, so we must do it before then."

And neither the Church nor the Corona family will wait for that day to let someone else decide whether they live or die – so you have a lot of strong contenders, Lord Loren Turin. ”

Within two weeks?

"And how long will it take to complete the Blood Sacrifice?"

"The Corona family didn't say it, and I guess they probably can't be sure either. The aristocratic boy shrugged his shoulders and replied with a smile, "Of course, it is also possible that they already know, but they only plan to wait until they are done to tell us." ”

"For the sake of your life, I also don't recommend that you go alone, at least you need a few trusted companions - believe me, this 'mission' will only be more dangerous than your 'expedition' in the Ancient Wood Forest, not much easier. ”

"Thank you so much for the reminder. Loren nodded without a smile.

"You don't believe it?"

"No, it's just that what you said was exactly the same as what you didn't say. ”

“......”

Just kidding, the civilian area in the south of the city has been completely blocked, full of crazy thugs and homeless people fleeing everywhere, monsters who have mutated or are about to mutate, even the south of the big tree wall, the ogre-full forest is not so dangerous!

What's more, in that damn sewer, there are still thousands of monsters that have completed mutations - according to Isaac's theory, the longer the mutation is intact, and the more erosion will be.

Well, it may not be quite graphic, so to explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand way, this monster will still evolve!

So now Loren can only pray for one thing with all his heart - no matter where this nine-pointed star holy grail is, it must be thousands, not in the sewers!