Southern part of the Danny Virk Fortress.

In one night, the Northern Horn Army had launched no less than thirteen charges, large and small, against the Imperial Knight positions in the South.

Broken tomahawks and fragments of armor were everywhere, blood even melted the frozen ground around the battlefield, and mutilated corpses were everywhere.

Eleanor stood at the head of the camp wall, looking at the Danny Virk fortress in the distance, casting a huge silhouette in the cold wind of the night.

She has been approached by many Imperial Knight Chiefs, who have reported that the fortress of Dannyvirk must be captured, otherwise the enemy's supply lines will not be threatened, and the war will turn into a tug-of-war of flesh and blood.

However, the fort was garrisoned by two demigods of the Northern Horn Army. The two men knew the power of Eleanor's holy sword, and every time she tried to lead her troops into the fortress, she deliberately entangled one of them in battle, and the other desperately tried to inflict damage on the besieging knights, forcing Eleanor to turn on the holy sword to protect the Imperial knights.

As for Sidlifa, he took another demigod with him and made a roundabout way to attack the camp of the Imperial Knights. There are also two demigods on the Knights' side, but Sidlifa himself has one against two and let the other demigod destroy the living forces of the Knights, forcing Eleanor's side to quickly return to help.

To put it bluntly, he still took advantage of Eleanor's character of caring for his subordinates and not liking sacrifice. If you change to a person like Sidlifa, you can kill my people casually and attack my camp, and the old lady will concentrate on giving you to the shark first, and the ashes will be scattered...... Sacrifice some people in exchange for time to kill all the other demigods with the holy sword, and the other side will not be able to fight.

After looking at the fortress for a moment, Eleanor turned back to the camp and began to inspect the wounded soldiers.

Due to the large amount of power armor equipped, the Imperial knights can barely withstand the extraordinary army on the opposite side in terms of individual soldier quality. It's just that the power armor can protect against physical damage, but it can't protect against the low temperature transmitted from the weapon.

After a long period of fierce fighting, many Imperial knights suffered frostbite, severe and even bruised limbs, and some tissues were completely necrotic, and there was no way to continue fighting.

The abrupt suspension of cooperation on the part of the Holy See caused almost all the chaplains to leave, which was tantamount to an even more serious drain on the Imperial Order.

"Grand Master." The demigod Wolfgang greets Eleanor. He was hit by Sidli Fari in yesterday's battle [Silence], and he opened the body conceptualization in time to not be killed in an instant.

However, the true power of the Law of Extermination lies in the fact that its damage can spread beyond the physical body to the conceptual, so that it cannot be conceptualized with the physical body, and the damage can be transformed into a consumption of the spiritual. Therefore, the demigod's current condition is not very good, and the upper limit of his spirit has been lowered due to the damage to his concept, and his demeanor is a little sluggish.

The latter nodded, looking at the knightly wounded soldiers in the camp.

The knightly wounded soldiers struggled to their feet, knelt on one knee, and stabbed their swords in both hands, and swore an oath to Eleanor:

"I hereby solemnly swear my allegiance to Grand Master Sophie for the rest of my life, and to remain loyal to the Empire; I will help the people, help the wounded, and protect my fellow soldiers. Hardships and hardships do not go against one's heart, and God can learn from them. ”

Soon, the bodies of these knightly wounded soldiers glowed with a warm yellow glow. With the physical strength bonus, the original blue-purple frostbite also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Eleanor's Oath of Faith enhances the full range of attributes of their bodies, including their ability to heal themselves.

This is why she is known as the "Light of Dawn" and "Light of the Empire", and has the unanimous allegiance of the entire Order.

Even the demigod Wolfgang, the demigod of the former Blade Warrior Order, felt that the damage to the upper limit of the spirit was slowly recovering under the effect of Eleanor's [Oath of Faith].

"Tomorrow we will officially launch an attack, targeting the Danny Wilk Fortress." After the Oath of Faith was cast, Eleanor spoke briefly.

"Loyal to the Empire! I am willing to die for the head of the group! The knights roared in unison.

(Actually, the literal translation here should be "For the Empire!") For the head of the regiment! ”）

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Aachen.

As the stronghold of the Saxon family, Aachen has also become a victim of the Holy See's digression policy.

Some time ago, the local aristocrats, who were complacent because "only Aachen people can attend His Highness's wedding", have now begun to slander "Why does His Highness have to hold a wedding in Aachen".

Is it bad to have a wedding in the Duchy of Bavaria? The Duke of Weissbach is your adoptive father, so perhaps the Holy See will sanction the Duchy of Bavaria instead.

Of course, it is impossible for the nobles to say this openly. Although the HRE Empire is quite tolerant of vassals and subordinates, and even many people can continue to be lords after being put down in rebellion, that is all in the past.

In the past, before the marriage of Her Royal Highness Sophie.

As we all know, the more gentle a woman is, the more violent she is when she initiates a black temper. Now that the wedding was made a big fuss, he was stabbed in the back by his girlfriend, and he went north to fight against his rival, no one dared to bet that His Royal Highness was still sensible...... Anyway, if she was really sensible, she should have suspended the wedding in the first place.

Therefore, although the nobles whispered in their respective manors and forced each other at each other's banquets, no one was stupid enough to go to this highness and persuade her, "There is no grass in the world, is it good to give up your husband".

However, although Her Royal Highness Sophie is unable to communicate, her younger siblings are not.

So the nobles adopted the "curve to save the country" model, inviting little Otto and Matilda in various ways.

Little Otto was annoyed by this, he had seen his sister's rage pattern, so he didn't want to be involved with these people at all.

Matilda was full of vanity, attending this banquet today, participating in that salon tomorrow, and commenting from time to time that the quality of the banquet was getting worse and worse, and the words hinted at the cruelty of the Holy See and the stubbornness of her sister, and the nobles attending the meeting echoed her as if they had met a bosom friend, wishing that she would hurry up to her family to report the situation.

Of course, Matilda is not stupid, it is okay to deceive these nobles, if she really wants to call her sister or go to her brother-in-law to fiddle with right and wrong, she will never do it.

On this day, a certain court earl in the south of the city held a banquet in the newly built suburban manor and invited Her Royal Highness Matilda to attend.

She remembered that the Count had a good taste in art appreciation, and she was happy to go for it.

As a result, in the main hall of the banquet, I saw Sister Adelaide in a white coat, helplessly coping with the chatter and toast of the surrounding nobles.

"Sister Adelaide!"

"Oh, little Matilda is here." Adelaide hurriedly lined up the crowd and walked over, "I didn't talk to you in the cathedral last time, because I was busy returning to the Holy See to restore my life, sorry." I've brought you some gifts this time. ”

Matilda and Adelaide had a good relationship, as this sister often brought back luxury goods from Italy, such as bags, watches, perfumes, etc., which were rare things that could not be bought within the HRE Empire.

After greeting the surrounding nobles, Matilda followed Adelaide to the inner room of the banquet hall.

Then she saw a variety of makeup sets, designer bags and high heels on the table, and the inscriptions of international brands were almost dazzling.

"These ...... It's all my sister, you brought it to me? Matilda was stunned.

There is no doubt that after obtaining these luxuries, she will be the most conspicuous "queen" in the salon of the upper nobles of the empire for the next year.

"Yes." Adelaide smiled and said, "These are all gifts from the Holy Maiden. ”

"Holy Maiden?" Matilda turned her head in astonishment, and saw Nora, dressed in a white robe, walking out from behind.

The holy lady was dressed in a white nun's robe, with intricate gold threads sewn on the neckline, cuffs, and girdle, a beautiful silver cross pendant at the hem of the garment, and flaxen-colored shaggy hair that fell naturally to the height of the shoulder blades of the back.

Her appearance is pure and beautiful, her expression is gentle, even if she is plain and does not use powder, her appearance is not inferior to Sister Sophie, but she is a little less firm and resolute, more gentle, kind, and inexplicable, giving people the feeling of "hiding needles in the cotton".

"Matilda, is it?" Nora asked with a smile, "I've heard Ellie talk about you a lot, but I haven't had a chance to visit you. ”

"You're Sister Nola?"

Hearing that Nola's title was not "Her Royal Highness Matilda" or "Her Royal Highness Sophie", Matilda naturally understood immediately, and did not call her "Lord Saint", but the more intimate "Sister Nola", and called out affectionately:

"Sister Eleanor often mentions you to me! I've always wanted to meet you, but it's just because of my husband's family......"

When she said this, she showed a shy look, and in her heart she secretly screamed that it was not good and that she had said the wrong thing.

After all, her sister just robbed her sweetheart, why did she want to mention her sister's matter? Wouldn't it be nice to talk to her directly as Matilda?

However, Nora did not look angry, and said with a smile:

"It's fine. Ellie's side is also very busy, so I don't think I have time to introduce me to her family......"

Speaking of this, the Holy Maiden paused, and then said with a gentle smile:

"That's right, Matilda. Can I ask you for something? ”