Chapter 1: Preparations for War (1)

At the palace meeting held in the imperial capital palace of the Ossig Empire, Krantiel, who had been maintaining an immobile posture beside the emperor Tarim Lansen, looked at the six nobles gathered together and opened his eyes slightly.

It is quite a rare situation for all the four nobles to arrive.

Among the six nobles who have the most power and territory under the emperor, in many fields such as military power and financial resources, one or so is more powerful than the emperor, and in a sense, the royal blood of Tarim Lansen is not pure.

It is precisely because of this that in the face of the emperor's convocation, he was often absent under various pretexts, especially the aristocratic alliance leader who tried to seek power and usurp the throne, Rosentier, did not even hide his contempt for the emperor.

But it was true, after all, of the six nobles, he was the most powerful, and for a while, even to the point of making people feel that the empire would collapse from within—to this extent.

Krantiel's gaze then captured the emperor's two children.

The most striking is of course the eldest son, the most promising to inherit the throne, and the ruthless Tarim Duolun. With a strong physique and neatly trimmed hair, he is the one who Rosentier is secretly acting to get him to sit on the throne early, and this time Rosentier will come to the court meeting, more than because of the prince's request.

The second is the second prince born to the emperor's concubine, Tarim Lailu. He looked very weak, and he seemed to be so weak that he couldn't even hold a sword.

The court meeting with the nobleman Rosentier in attendance was sure to be intense, and Krantiel wanted to divert his gaze from the uneasy situation covered in black clouds and look at the six nobles who had gathered.

The first thing that caught the eye was Boudelle Wright, the most luxuriously dressed person in the court, who was about forty years old, with a neat countenance, a Mithril mine and a forest of Tinar ores, who was said to be very greedy and could betray his family for a gold coin.

Although it is impossible to mine those two minerals in large quantities with current human technology, in fact, there are rumors that he betrayed the empire and betrayed the humans, betrayed the information to other races, and cooperated with the subhumans.

But the reason for ignoring such a figure is that if he does not produce conclusive evidence, if he cuts off the head of Boudelle Wright, one of the six nobles, without evidence, the nobles who follow him will probably throw themselves into the command of Rosentier, and the balance of the three parties will be broken.

If it is precisely for this reason that he has the courage to sell intelligence, then it can really be said to be the worst character, even if Rosentier succeeds in seeking power and usurping the throne, at least the empire has only changed the emperor, but if it is Boudelle Wright, I am afraid that the empire will be controlled by subhumans, and the worst case is to control the empire to wage war against other countries, triggering a human civil war.

The next thing Krantiel looked at was the youngest beautiful man among the nobles, Enfilly Grinsea.

It is a nobleman who belongs to the emperor's side, in other words, the existence of loyal ministers, and Enfili Grencey is also one of the first people to know the existence of the emperor's daughter, Wu Jiu, it is said that he will assist the emperor because he is a person who married Wu Jiu, although there are still many unknowns about his ability and character, but his father is a person who is excellent in ability and character, so the young Enfilly Grencey may also be like this, Krantiel thinks so.

On the contrary, the eldest of the six nobles is the Earl of the Border of Lozfar, but he is also the Grand Magician of the Empire, his hair is all white, and his hair is scarce, and he looks as if he has no hair, although his body and wrists are like dead wood, he still maintains the unique majesty of the elderly.

Moreover, Lozfar is the most charismatic figure among the great nobles, and he can use fifth-order magic that can resist the hero realm.

Opposite his horizontal column were the four horsemen who belonged to the Empire.

First of all, it is the central character of the Four Knights, the most powerful of the Four Knights, although there are many scars on his face, but his face is enough to be called a beautiful man, with a penetrating spear [Blue Dragon], it is said that the magic defense below the fifth order will be neutralized.

Next to him is Melluo, who has the impression of being a fox, and she is also an inferior existence among the four knights, because she is the only woman among the four knights, and she is good at long-range sniping, and she has a bow that must hit [Suzaku], and her bow and arrows are literally her arrows that no one can dodge.

Then there was Clinn, who looked young, and was actually the youngest of the four horsemen, with short blond hair and slender blue eyes, a tall and thin figure, giving the impression of a snake, and possessing a sword of sharp teeth [White Tiger], the scars of the sword he held would never heal.

The last person is now on the cusp of the Four Horsemen, and the other three Horsemen have a clear affiliation or declaration of neutrality, but he is not submissive to anyone and has always chosen to go alone.

Rhein Tanya –

A middle-aged man with a generous personality, he can be polite to anyone, and it is said that his strength is twice as strong as that of Tianmu Lin after using a certain forbidden martial art, and he has the shield of the Holy Domain [Xuanwu], which can ignore attacks that are probably below the fifth order.

"So let's get started now."

Ranson's tone was a little subtle compared to usual, and the words of those with sensitive ears had already guessed the reason for today's gathering. People who weren't like that also noticed the subtle changes in the atmosphere showed strange doubts.

"The original notice was to discuss greed, but now it has changed, my knight, Clarantir, read the news you have brought back."

Accompanied by Ranson's order, Crantiel, who was serving beside him, began to read the contents of the parchment.

In summary, the contents are roughly as follows.

Lin Feng, a young man who suddenly didn't know his surname, nationality, or origin, and his subordinates reinforced the empire, and formed an alliance with him on the basis of providing greedy information.

The biggest credit is Lin Feng, and on this basis, the results of both sides are redistributed, which is a fair distribution and is to prevent improper cooperation.

The content that was read seemed to be a well-intentioned reinforcement, but in terms of the distribution of combat merits, it would be crazy to follow this as the other party said.

"Just in case, I also investigated Lin Feng's origin, and I didn't find any records of people called Lin Feng in various countries, and besides, I care about his service."

"Is there a source of greedy intelligence?"

Someone among the nobility spoke up.

"Yes, it is a magic weapon that he called [prophecy], but after investigating the history of the empire, it was not found that this kind of magic weapon had been unearthed or manufactured, and it was supposed to be from another country, and after identification, it was found that its manufacturing technology was beyond the reach of the empire."

"What are you kidding, because you can't make it and believe it, then this is the nonsense of a madman who can't even be called an excuse!"

A fierce voice like a shout rang out.