The Imperial Palace of the Holy Empire is incomparably majestic, and the concept of luxury is brought into full play, stepping through the deep palace gate, the vision suddenly opens up, the palaces are dotted around, countless figures shuttle among them, and the destination of Anduin and others is the majestic hall in the center, which is not a council hall in the conventional sense, and ordinary ministers are not qualified to participate in this negotiation.

Looking at the wide hall door of the black hole, Anduin suddenly remembered one thing, since the founding of the Holy Empire, a total of nineteen emperors have been ruled, and now the Pope is crowned, the same is the nineteenth, it stands to reason that the Holy Light Pope, who is a demigod powerhouse, has a longer vitality, but why, whenever a monarch dies, at most a new Pope will succeed him after a year, but the old Pope is nowhere to be found in the name of seclusion?

Could there be any connection between this?

Following behind the admiral, slowly walking into the hall, Anduin's gaze swept across the void, trying to pass through the curtains to see the lord of the empire who was hidden behind the scenes, however, even though he had reached the peak of the fourth order, he could only see a faint vague outline, Arathi XIX sat motionless on a high throne, his thin figure could not see the majesty of the king, but like an old man in the last years of the wind and candle, and could no longer withstand any twists and turns.

Compared with the twilight of His Majesty, the great prince standing next to the throne is full of vitality, he is wearing golden armor, and the dazzling lines like the sun are engraved on his chest, and from a distance, he is like a star in the dark night, far more dazzling than his father.

Looking at the long hair that draped over his shoulders like flames, Anduin thought to himself, this royal highness was really like a proud lion as the rumors said, and his slightly raised jaw made his indifferent face highlight the majesty and contempt of the ruler.

As for the other side of the throne, it is no different from Arathi XIX, hiding behind a heavy veil, looking at his figure, at most he can see that this person is a woman, from her body, Anduin inexplicably felt a familiar breath, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, Anduin retracted his gaze, in the huge capital can make him feel familiar, I think there is no one else except that one.

Anduin secretly became vigilant, and no longer looked around unscrupulously, but his eyes still involuntarily looked at the burly man sitting in the direction of the woman's hand, because this person's identity was somewhat special, neither a member of the royal family, nor a minister of parliament, wearing a badge on his chest, carved with a majestic howling wolf head, and in the entire Holy Empire, the only one who could wear this badge was the royal family of Gilneth whose fief was on the northwest coast.

The burly man sat upright, and despite the wrinkles on his forehead and the snow-colored beard on his sideburns, the majesty that came from his body still made him feel like the current ruler of Gilnehs, Prince Jean Greyman.

"The negotiations between the empire and the admiral, how could he suddenly be there?"

Anduin couldn't figure out why, so he quietly watched the next development, and the territory of the Holy Empire came to his mind. The most powerful Silver Fortress, with a vast territory, occupies almost the entire North Sea coast of the Holy Empire, compared to Gilneth is much smaller, it not only borders the Silver Fortress, but also admits to the Admiral's fiefdom of Kurtiras, and the three sub-fiefdoms are surrounded by a trend, sealing the elves in the vast forest in the northwest corner of the continent.

So, Gene Greymane was hired by the Imperial Family to deter the Admiral?

It's a bit of a fuss, isn't it?

Anduin glanced at the woman's purple boots sticking out of the veil, if he really planned to overwhelm people, he would just let her play for a short time? Presumably, no matter how powerful the admiral is, he doesn't have the courage to fight him, right?

When Anduin was puzzled, the admiral couldn't figure out the intentions of the royal family, and on this trip, in order to strengthen his momentum, he brought a lot of elite soldiers and strong generals to deter those annoying ministers, but today only four people from the imperial side attended the negotiations, each of which was a ruthless character whose stamping was enough to cause the situation to shock, which made Daylin Prodmore, who was originally full of confidence, beat a drum in his heart.

It seems that he is not the only one who wants to cut through the mess quickly.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Arashi XIX, who was sitting on the throne, coughed lightly a few times, announcing the official start of the negotiations, and then saw the lion-like prince, took a step, and said in a compelling voice: "Your Excellency General, this is the last negotiation, no matter what, we must come to a result, the limited time does not allow us to fight endlessly, Your Excellency General, my father's opinion has not changed, let's each give a step, how about it?" ”

The so-called concessions of each step, in fact, to put it bluntly, is to let Gianna's father shrink his power and allow the empire to install his own people in the monolithic navy top brass.

However, this touched the admiral's bottom line.

Since the Proudmoore family got the fiefdom of the West Sea, it has focused on building a sea fleet, and after countless years of development, it has become a well-deserved maritime overlord after a lot of hardships, forcing the princes along the coast to simply not be able to develop a fleet of scale, even the imperial family has to pinch its nose symbolically to give the title of "admiral", and every year it has to continuously deliver a variety of resources to fight against the vicious fishmen, Naga, sea beasts, and pirates.

Once the admiral loses the only right to speak, the upper echelons of the empire will gradually expand their influence through the gap, and sooner or later, the Prodmore family will fall completely.

The admiral will not allow such a situation to appear to him, and he will uphold the ancestors of the family who have stepped on the negotiating table, show the momentum of breaking the boat, and defend the family's hard work.

"I refuse!"

The admiral's unequivocal voice echoed through the empty hall, he had already learned his father's ability to gallop the seas, overwhelming all competitors, and he only needed to get through the biggest difficulties to maintain the dominance of the family.

It's just that the pressure he has to bear now is far greater than in the past, and the Black Dragon Princess has officially walked from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, which means that he has to face the deterrence of the demigod powerhouse, which is something that those puppet emperors simply don't have, and it is also a problem that the previous ancestors have not faced.

"I am not only responsible for the Imperial Navy, but also for the glory of my family, every commander of the Navy has died on the sea, their souls and blood are completely integrated into the naval fleet, and my duty is to protect this fleet, so that it can continue to gallop the seas, not to let those who have not even boarded the warships be wasted, and insult the banner forged by loyal souls."

The admiral's answer was very unkind, and he bluntly angrily reprimanded the royal family for the people who were ready to be planted as waste, and in the current naval fleet, almost every captain and high-level captain was killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and they, like Daylin Proudmoore, would not allow mediocre people to get their hands on naval power, so they could form an ironclad cohesion.

"With my current resources, I can still support twenty-three days of naval supply, and during this time, I will still fulfill my duty to defend the shores of the empire from aggression!"

"Twenty-three days? What do you hold up for twenty-three days? ”

Faced with the admiral's ultimatum, the eldest prince raised his own questions-for-tat: "Not long ago, you put down a naval chaos, right?" As far as I know, there are more than thirty percent of the fleet, and there is no way to restore the base ration, let alone increase the pension, unless you sell Kurtiras, you simply can't get so much money, and even if you have enough funds, you don't have access to key supplies, no ammunition, no potions, no food, what do you use to support twenty-three days? ”

The eldest prince's sharp reprimand drew a sneer from the admiral: "I have no intention of selling Kurtilas, but I have just opened the family's emergency treasury. Since the royal family began to control the supply channels, my family has been on guard, and every year they secretly store some gold to prevent being choked by the royal family. ”

"As for the resource channel, I don't have to worry about the eldest prince, as long as I can come up with enough funds, why can't I buy enough resources?" The admiral showed the brocade bag carrying a large amount of potion, "If you don't believe it, I don't mind letting the eldest prince see if the potions here can support the conquest consumption of the admirals!" ”

"You ......"

The eldest prince gritted his teeth, his momentum was suppressed by the admiral, and even the armor with golden light was slightly dimmed.

"Ahem......"

At this time, the eldest prince's argument was suddenly interrupted by Arashi XIX, his expression changed and changed, and he could only restrain his aggressive momentum, his eyes drooped slightly, and he bowed his head and said, "You have won, Your Excellency General." ”

Well?

While Dai Lin and the others were relieved, they were a little puzzled that victory came so easily, and why did the royal family choose to compromise so easily? Anduin's eyes looked at the immobile Black Dragon Princess, and the frowning Jean Greymane, and he suddenly realized that Onexia's appearance did not seem to be to put pressure on the admiral, or more accurately, she allowed the royal family to use her influence to scare the admiral into giving in, but she would not take the initiative to help the royal family and achieve the goal.

After all, the current imperial royal family has gotten rid of its puppet status, and the Black Dragon Princess has no reason to fight for its interests.

The next words of the eldest prince confirmed Anduin's conjecture.

"This is Prince Jean Greymane, His Excellency the General should be no stranger, the reason why he appears here today is because Gilneys suddenly encountered a difficult predicament, previously, Prince Onexia was invited by Prince Jean to go to Gilneys to investigate, only to find that the people of Gilneys are suffering from an unknown plague, but the source of the plague and the type of plague cannot be found out for the time being."

"Because the speed of the plague spread beyond the controllable range, it has caused a large-scale panic in Gilnehs, and countless victims are trying to leave the plague area through various means, at present, only Prince Jean's private teleportation array is still running in the Gilnes area, and the land pass is gradually being blocked, and it will not be long before the victims choose the sea route, so my father hopes that His Excellency the General can block the coastline to prevent the plague victims from expanding the scope of infection."

"If Your Excellency the Admiral can agree, the Empire will immediately resume normal supplies, and for thirty years, it will no longer interfere in the command of the navy."

Failing to use Onexia's deterrence to force Dalein Proudmore to make concessions not only made the eldest prince regret, but also admired the admiral's courage, how many people in the world could dare to say "no" in front of the demigod powerhouse?

When everyone heard what happened to the Gilneth region, they all frowned, the admiral did not hesitate to accept the conditions proposed by the eldest prince, and he was satisfied with the promise of thirty years, if the eldest prince was unwilling to give up, he did not even need to put forward this condition, and the admiral had to choose to agree, because Gilneth and Kurtilas were connected, but if there was a mistake, he would regret it.

Anduin and Gianna glanced at each other, stunned at the sight of the flickering surprise in each other's eyes.

On the one hand, the Empire's secrecy work is very good, and MI7 has not even received any rumors, on the other hand, this plague is too bizarre, even if the demigods come out, they can't find the root cause, which makes people worry, is there a mastermind behind the plague?

Anduin, as a person who came over, couldn't help but think of what he saw and heard in that world, Gilneys, who would have suffered the curse of werewolves, was actually attacked by the plague, which made Anduin have the idea of finding out, he wanted to find out whether this plague was naturally formed, or there was an initiator, in addition, he also needed to find a suitable reason to sell his own potion, and when he saw that this negotiation was showing a trend of ending, he took a step forward directly and said lightly: "I happen to have some research on the plague, and I hope to participate in the investigation." ”

As the embodiment of the Light, Anduin's sudden remarks were not rude, and the negotiations were too direct, and although no one mentioned his identity, the royal side would not ask questions like "who are you?"

The eldest prince had long seen Anduin's existence, and wanted to negotiate with Anduin to see if this famous incarnation of holy light was as magical as rumored, and when he heard that he intended to participate in the investigation, he showed a pleasant expression: "Marquis Anduin, as the embodiment of holy light, you are still willing to go to danger, please accept my greetings." ”

Anduin waved his hand, too lazy to be polite to him: "Your Excellency General's potion is from my hand, if nothing else, I will quickly take out the healing potion to deal with the plague, but before that, the royal family and the princes need to cooperate to collect plague samples." ”