Act XXXIII Another Opportunity IV
At this point in time at the end of the Year of the Sword, there was indeed a second invasion of the Blood Staff in history.
The unruly King of the Witch colludes with Denel to create an excuse for the invasion of Elson. The deeper intention was to get rid of the supreme emperor of Madara, or at least to weaken the prestige of the other party.
So this is completely a good play directed and acted by the blood rod, but some people planned the opening of the big play, but they didn't expect the final ending. The Blood Staff, which had once swept through the eastern borders of Karasu, was completely destroyed in this war, first defeated by the combined forces of Echo, Jura, and Archduke Viero, and then ambushed by the army of Alvet, the Banshee King who was "claimedly" unwilling to submit to the Silver Staff, in the process of retreating to the Spiderlands, and then defeated and killed.
Not long after its death, the Blood Forest region, which it had previously ruled, was divided. Instaron inherited the largest of them. Then Alvet, the Banshee King, also surrendered to the High One of Madara, after symbolic resistance. The whole process looks like the King of the Witch has dug a hole and buried himself in it.
Because Instaron had secretly conspired with Jean Denel before leaving Eruin, the lovely Earl turned to the Blood Staff to conspire with him. I don't think there's anything strange in this, and probably only the empty head of the blood rod that has been eroded by the darkness can think of it.
The Banshee King, Alvet, was also very suspicious, but that wasn't Brando's concern. What moved him was that he realized that this historical 'September conflict' would give him a huge opportunity, and maybe even allow him to solve the troubles in the south once and for all.
If the idea can be successful, then Her Royal Highness will have at least one to two years of development after the unification of the southern border. Even before the Emperor of Madara was ready, if Eruin had prepared for war, perhaps the newborn Black Rose would have carefully considered the route to the west.
Brando thought about it, and couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment. He tapped his finger lightly on the envelope. Only he could see the opportunity clearly - he clearly remembered this historical node - the autumn twilight moon of the year of the sword. The Blood Staff would have chosen to go east from present-day Buch, in the Silmain region, into the Golan-Elsen, and then round with Count Jeandenel on the border of the Norte Tosancade Forest.
The Blood Staff's army then swung north to attack Kurk, the capital of the Golan-Elson. An attempt was made to open up the avenue to Viero on the west side of Lake Wallen.
However, the army of the undead was ambushed by the combined forces of Echo, Jura, and Archduke Viero near Repulse and was defeated. The Blood Staff was killed by Alvette on the way back to the Spider Lands, and the army of the princess and the Grand Duke of Anlek attacked Magitan, the capital of Jean Denel.
The September conflict began in the month of harvest. It lasts until the middle of the autumn twilight moon and lasts for more than a month. Afterwards, both Madara and Eruin did not recognize that it was a war, and a written consensus was reached that it was a border conflict in which the lord privately plundered and retaliated. Brando was personally involved in the war as a player at that time.
Shortly thereafter, Count Denel was banished and fled to Mardara to join Instaron's forces, but that was no longer Brando's concern. He looked up at the large map of Eruin's southern realm hanging on the wall of the hall of the fir castle, his gaze wandering over one of the lines.
The line runs from Silmann in the south to Fort Kurk in the north. Historically, the Blood Staff had captured Kurk, but this time Brando was clearly not going to give the dumb corpse witch so much benefit. The Southland is now in the Princess's pocket, and Brando hasn't been so generous with giving her things away.
The point is that this is the best opportunity to win over Archduke Golan-Elson. And the Grand Duke of Vieiro will certainly join them. Now I just hope that the old fellow of Anlek will follow suit, if their coalition forces are completely wiped out. Then the fighting in the south has in fact subsided.
Brando's gaze rested on the Silman region of the war, and he suddenly remembered some people.
Those guys must have established themselves by now.
Then the plan is set.
He curled his fingers and tapped lightly on the tabletop. This action made Antitina on the side perk up slightly, and the staff lady who was familiar with him knew very well that this was the next plan he had decided.
Brando looked up, and he glanced at Delphien, who was pressed into the chair by Akane. This woman made him a little baffled, but the fact that she instructed her men to hurt Freya made him even more angry, and the Valkyrie had run in bandages to tell him not to be impulsive, but it was precisely because of this that Brando's heart was even colder.
He groaned slightly, the murderer should have the consciousness of being killed, this woman has sinister intentions, although she did not succeed in the end, but at least it was an attempted murder. What's more, it wasn't her own conscience to find out, if it wasn't for Akane being there at the time, Freya might even be in trouble.
However, the two armies did not fight each other, and although the envoy did something despicable, Brando was not so stingy as to deal with a woman. What's more, he killed Delphine like this, but he was afraid that Freya would probably feel guilty for it, and he didn't want to leave any mustard for the future Valkyrie of this kingdom because of this trivial matter.
However, capital sins can be avoided, and living sins cannot be escaped. What's more, Brando thinks that sometimes death is a relief, this femme fatale glared at him with a resentful face, but she was afraid that she would die quickly, she was the daughter of Prime Minister Cruz, and it seemed that her status was still very unusual, she was a hundred, but I was afraid that there would be a real war between Eruin and Cruz after that.
Brando stared at the other party, and no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this was what the other party's dark purple eyes were full of resentment.
"Your Excellency?" Antitina seemed to see his consideration, and asked in a whisper.
"I don't want to see this guy for the time being, he has such a beautiful face in vain, but his heart is disgustingly ugly. Escort her to the water dungeon beneath Fir Castle, and I'm sure Mistress Veronica will give me a satisfactory answer. Brando replied coldly.
"Water dungeon?" Antitina asked in disbelief, and she couldn't help but glance at Delphien with some sympathy, maybe it would have been slightly better to be executed directly. The black dungeons below the fir castle were all set up during the Gruding era, and the water dungeons on the lowest floors were covered with an iron cage, and the bottom was full of waist-deep stinky water. There's no way anyone could have changed the water in there. I don't know how many people, rats, or other corpses were in there, and there were other things that she couldn't even talk about - you can't make a prisoner give up excretion, can you?
It was hard for her to imagine what would happen to the prime minister's daughter after being locked up in it for a few days. It is impossible for a beautiful woman like the other party not to love beauty. What's more, Brando has to wait for Veronica to reply, which means that if Veronica doesn't give him an answer for a day, it is estimated that Delphien will be locked up there for the rest of his life.
Miss Staff feels creepy just thinking about it.
But she glanced at Delphien. couldn't help but sigh, this woman was also to blame. When she ordered Freya to be injured, the whole territory was almost excited.
"I see." She nodded and replied softly, and then prepared to order the soldiers to drag the prime minister's daughter away.
But it was at this time that Laurenna, who was being controlled by Charles with a spell on the chair, couldn't help but plead when she saw this scene: "Lord Lord......"
Although she herself was the one who actually hurt Freya, she and her fiancé were treated the best, and the other Cruz knights were directly tied to the ground, while she and Firas were just imprisoned in their chairs with spells. From this point, the female knight could vaguely feel that the Earl in front of her did not seem to be such an unreasonable person.
Not to mention a knight who was born in the army. She knew very well what kind of place the black prison was, and Delphien, who had been born into an aristocratic family, would never have stayed in that place for more than a day.
But as soon as she spoke, Brando interrupted her, "Lady Laurenna." I know you're a good knight. You know very well what would have happened if I hadn't stopped that at the time. If Freya dies because of it, or even if she is seriously injured. I'll declare war on Cruz right away, too. ”
He glanced at the female knight, in fact, he let Laurena and Filas sit on the chair not to see that the other party was innocent, but Laurena and Filas are still a little famous in history, and they are the few Cruz commanders that Brando admires more. The title of Laurena the Righteous continued to spread on the earth after the Holy War, and he believed that the other party would not attack Freya for no reason.
"Don't doubt that you have this ability," he paused for a moment and continued, "Lady Laurenna, I guess you already know very well about my relationship with the Grey Sword Saint. If Eru is at odds with the Cruz because of this, then what awaits the two kingdoms will inevitably be bloodshed, but because of this woman's selfishness, hundreds of people will die because of it, and the prime minister's daughter in front of you is more like a cold-blooded executioner than my current indifference. ”
"Besides, when she ordered you and Mr. Firas to take action, she probably didn't think about your safety. You should be well aware of this, that if you do it, you are in enemy territory. It is not difficult to imagine what kind of situation you will face once you miss. In fact, if you hadn't met me, I'm afraid you would have met with something bad by now. Brando continued.
Lorenna was slightly stunned and couldn't help but be silent.
"It's really bandit logic, Cruz is at war with Eruin, it's just your own decision, lordship. But you can put it on my head and make me an executioner, my lord. Delphine was pressed into his chair, smiled coldly, and said sarcastically.
Brando glanced at the woman with some pity, and replied slowly: "Compared with a woman like you who has no normal human feelings, it is indeed difficult for you to understand the family ties and bonds between people, after all, these things are too complicated and profound for you. You have cold blood in your veins, and I can declare war on the Cruz for Freya's sake, and that's the biggest difference between me and you—"
"You—" Delphien seemed to have been stabbed in the underbelly, and couldn't help but bite her lower lip and stare at him viciously.
"Miss Delphien, I can endorse Count Tonigel's words and make sure he is not alarmist." Princess Griffiin, who was silently watching from the sidelines, suddenly interjected at this time and spoke.
She replied quietly, "Mr. Brando is right, it has nothing to do with reason or profit, the murderer pays for his life, and Eruin has the ability to protect his people." ”
Brando turned around.
He glanced at Her Royal Highness the princess with some gratitude, although he knew that there was some element of buying people's hearts, but at least at this time she stood up in front of outsiders and chose to stand with him. It means that she will always be on his side in this matter.
Not only Brando, but even Laurena and Filas couldn't help but look at the eldest princess of Eruin in surprise, and both of them showed surprised looks, and subconsciously re-evaluated the status of the earl in the princess's mind.
Obviously, it's more intimate than what is rumored outside.
Delphine stared coldly at Princess Griffine, she trembled slightly, and replied in a resentful tone, "I see. But you'd better kill me, or I swear that if you don't kill me one day, I'll do it to the people around you!" ”
"You don't have a chance, Miss Delphien," replied Brando coldly, "I know what you're thinking, but I'm much more brainy than you think. ”
At this point, he was too lazy to deal with this femme fatale, so he turned back to his staff and said, "Antitina, take her down, everyone must be responsible for their own actions." The staff lady nodded slightly, and then took the accompanying soldiers to bet the daughter of the prime minister of the Cruz Empire.