The Cruz people mentioned by Frow are naturally a group of southern Cruz nobles led by Count Orcons, since they arrived in Port Fatan, these southern nobles were quite regular at first, probably because they knew that they had been tied to the same ship as Brando, and the army of Qiaogendegang and the lion people in the south could capture the Evergreen Walkway at any time, and if they didn't hold on to the fleet of the Eruin at this time, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

Coupled with the news of the civil war in the Banks region, the queen split the temple, and suddenly claimed to be the inheritor of the dark dragon, which also made them feel at a loss, and the belief that had been ingrained for thousands of years collapsed with a bang, and no one could accept such a thing. Therefore, at the beginning, the Count of Orcons and others were quite the same enemy, and honestly restrained the low-ranking officials who managed the port of Fatan, and on the one hand actively contacted the northern nobles, trying to find an alliance to resist the mad queen Xià.

But as the tide of battle turned sharply, the nobles east of Metz were unable to resist the queen's advance, and they were defeated one after another, as if almost instantly, the army of the new temple had reached the door of Ludwig, although they had not yet fought with the Black Army, but they had already occupied a great advantage in the situation. Coupled with Veronica's house arrest, the Blue Legion was unable to respond to the 'uprising' of the northern nobles, so that soon on the front line of Fatan, people often saw the remnants of the nobles who had retreated from the front.

Various versions of the rumors also spread, first the nobles of the Cloak Bay defected, and then several strange armies suddenly appeared under the queen's majesty, today the werewolves of Senia attacked Mothabi Castle, tomorrow the mountain people swore allegiance, and it was rumored that even the Azure Spear had reached the hands of Her Majesty the Queen, all kinds of signs showed that the emperor's strength was increasing with the naked eye, as if she was a lonely silver queen at the beginning. In the blink of an eye, it already occupied a third of the empire's sphere of influence.

At this time, the new temple was already a behemoth that could not be ignored - even suffocating.

As a result, the southern nobles, who were not firm enough, immediately began to waver, but this vacillation was only circulated among the lower classes at first, until the sudden change of banners of the Lion Man and the army of Gegandigang dealt them a fatal blow. In fact, Count Orcons and others did not have any real feelings about the civil war in the north. Because Brando had sealed off the port, almost all of the first-hand news they received came from hearsay, which can certainly make people panic, but it is difficult to say how real it can be.

However, the aristocracy's fear of the Southern Lion and the Chaugantigan army, especially the Chauganedigan army, was deep-rooted, and they had witnessed how that army had destroyed their homeland, driven them out of their land, and sent them into exile like refugees. I even had to send someone under the fence.

If it weren't for the constant threat of the Evergreen Walkway to the east, why would they have to be trapped here?

But now that the lions and the underworld lords have made their position clear to the dark dragon, the situation has become a little delicate, who is the dark dragon now? She is no longer just the emperor of the Minr people a thousand years ago, she is also the silver queen, a Cruz person, and although the nobles care about faith, in the final analysis, they care more about their status as citizens of the empire. This is the guarantee of their status, the source of pride. Saving one's life is the first priority, but status and power are also what they are after.

Previously, these two options were incompatible, but as the situation changed and the nobles who fled here from the south suddenly appeared, the answers to these two options seemed to gradually merge into one.

To save life and status. What to do?

At least for the time being, surrendering to the Queen was the only possibility, and in any case, she was at least the Emperor of the Cruz, although it was said that the Temple had been divided. But it can barely be considered orthodox. As a result, subtle changes soon began in the hearts of these fugitive nobles, and even the upper nobles, including Count Orcons, began to gradually fall into the capitulation faction. At this moment, Brando's disadvantage as an Eruin is particularly prominent, and before that he could claim these nobles in the name of faith, the Temple of Fire is a religion that transcends countries and has been deeply rooted for thousands of years, and although the Eruin and Cruz are very different, they have at least one thing in common.

That is, they share the same beliefs.

In the name of religion, it is often possible to ignore the differences between countries.

But this reason will soon be untenable, because after the threat to life has disappeared, the Protestantism established by the Silver Queen does not seem so unacceptable, and the original difficult choice in this war has quietly changed to whether to innovate or conservative, as if people have consciously or unconsciously avoided the identity of the Silver Queen's dark dragon.

In fact, there is no need for Flo to say, Brando also knows very well that the current situation is caused by the lack of legitimacy of the northern nobles in the final analysis, after all, regardless of the identity of the silver queen, she was at least once the emperor of the empire - although she split the temple, but did not betray the empire, simply put, that woman deliberately put the royal power above the church, although this practice is somewhat disagreeable, but it is not unacceptable for the nobles, I am afraid that in addition to those die-hard loyalists of the Flame Temple, No one wants to get along with the Queen on this issue, especially at the risk of their lives.

The northern nobles are on the opposite side of Her Majesty the Queen because they are supporters of the emperor's eldest son, but these exiled nobles in the south have no scruples, even if some of them are die-hard loyalists of the temple, but now that the temple is divided into two, who are you loyal to?

So this war was not on the side of justice and evil, light and darkness from the beginning, it was just a pretense, this was a civil war, Brando had always been very aware of this, although he had used this reason to fool Count Alcons for a long time, but those imperial nobles were not stupid, and it was time to react.

It's time to give them a dose of potion, Brando thought to himself, and he listened quietly to Flo's statement, but what the Wild Elf Maiden was going to say was about the same as he had imagined - at least not as unexpected as the witches' civil strife, and even he thought that these southern nobles were a little too sluggish, perhaps frightened by the Gorgantigans or something else. In his mind, they should have made a fuss a long time ago.

However, he was not worried, and when Flo finished speaking, he asked unhurriedly, "So what are they doing now?" ”

The wild elf girl was slightly stunned, and couldn't help frowning, in her opinion, the current situation was completely caused by the negligence of the lord in front of her. In the past few days, Brando has neither strictly controlled the news, nor prevented the nobles who had fled from the front from entering the port—only forbade them to leave again—and there was no restraint on the nobles of the Cruz, and it could even be said that they did nothing, except to keep the port running, presumably to send messengers to contact the northern nobles, and the rest was to study the useless stone all day.

As soon as he thought of this, Flo felt a hatred for not being made of steel. She felt that the lord in front of her had been idle all day since the establishment of the fir lord, although the other party Eruin had achieved a lot of achievements, but in her opinion, it was just luck, or it was all thanks to the ability of Antitina and Miss Roman, otherwise it was still a question of whether the territory could function normally. I thought that after he became the earl of the kingdom, he also served as the head of this envoy group, and he would be a little more restrained. I didn't expect it to be like this, doing nothing. will only push things to his subordinates to do, such a lord, I'm afraid even she can do a good job.

And he was still a traveling mage, the de facto ruler of them, which was a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the master in her mind, Flo couldn't help but snort heavily, "What else can they do? The fleet hung over their heads. Can that waste still revolt? Of course, they are clamoring to see you, Lord Lord, and in their opinion, only Lord Lord had better speak. ”

Hearing the resentment in the girl's mouth, Brando smiled wryly and shook his head, but he was still a little surprised by the weakness and incompetence of those southern nobles. He had thought that they would at least be tougher, but he didn't expect that Count Orcons was just going to 'negotiate' with him.

"Since they're going to negotiate," Brando sneered in his heart, "that's as they wish." ”

He looked up: "Where are they?" ”

"Right outside, they've put in a couple of representatives, hoping to negotiate with you." Flo replied with a straight face.

"Negotiations?" Brando was a little amused: "How are they going to play?" What do they want to talk about? ”

Flo sneered: "According to them, since the army of Qiaogendegang and the lion people has been subordinated to the empire, then all that remains is the civil war of the empire, and it is no longer suitable for the lord to continue to meddle, they have asked the lord to send the fleet back to Eruin - of course, you can still continue to go to the imperial capital as an envoy." ”

"Oh? And what about the Silver Queen's claim to be the Dragon of Darkness? Brando asked deliberately.

The wild elf girl's face suddenly became a little strange, and it could be seen that she couldn't bear to show too much disdain, and replied: "They said that this matter is too ridiculous, and it may be a rumor. ”

"Hehe," Brando couldn't help but smile, "What a rumor." ”

He paused and tapped on the table, "In that case, let them come in and meet me." ”

"Okay-" Flo blurted out, then stunned, raised his head and glared at his lord, "Lord, what did you just say?" ”

"Didn't I say that clearly enough? Let them come in and see me! ”

"But ......"

The wild elf girl wants to say it, but don't you see it on weekdays? In fact, this is also the source of her anger before, it is not the first day that the southern nobles have been shaken, in fact, they have wanted to negotiate with Brando more than once before, but Brando has never paid attention to this, and he has not even bothered to restrain these people, a laissez-faire appearance, and in the name of trying not to cause too much disturbance in Port Fatan.

She originally thought that it should be the same way to deal with it again today, but she didn't expect that her freewheeling lord seemed to have a whim and was going to see these people again. In fact, in Fro's opinion, the best way for these people to see is to arrest the most violent ones among them, and make an example of them. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the lord in front of her suspiciously.

Brando waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, you go and get the guest who arrived at the castle yesterday." ”

The guest? Flo was slightly stunned before he remembered the man, who looked as if he was from the northern region of Ludwig, and could barely be seen as a Cruz from the outside, but he had a strong Faenzan blood, in short, a half-blood. When he arrived at the castle, he claimed to be a messenger of the Black Legion, wearing a thick cloak that covered most of his face, and he looked afraid to see anyone, but Flo remembered that his lord had received him very carefully.

She was not a gossip woman, and when she heard Brando's instructions, she just nodded silently and was about to turn away, but at this time Brando stopped her again.

"Wait," said Brando, "I didn't just call you in to deal with the nobles. ”

"What do you mean?" The Wild Elf Maiden turned around and asked.

Brando tapped his forehead, as if after thinking for a moment, he replied, "It's just right, two things together, you asked me to contact Charles and ask him to come to me immediately, can you find him now?" Sue him, I want to see Antitina, now, right away. ”

Flo nodded silently.

……

Fir Collar, Valhalla Fortress -

"Miss Shiduo, His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor."

Antitina watched as the Imperial Prince and Miss Scholar came out of the hall, stood up and saluted, followed by the young men of the Knights of the Folding Sword who had been placed under house arrest a few months ago, a group of more than a dozen people, all of them fully armed and waiting for each other. These descendants of the younger generation of Cruz nobles have become much calmer after these months of wear, but perhaps because they are used to staying in Valhalla, there is no need for these proud young people of the empire to condescend to the lords of a small place, but a lord like Brando, who owns a fantasy fortress like Valhalla, may not really be regarded as a mere count of Eruin.

In fact, after getting along for the past few months, they have at least roughly figured out the strength that Brando has, even on the surface, it is enough to be awe-inspiring, even those fairly powerful counts in the empire may not be able to catch up with such a 'little Count Eruin'. Incidentally, they had respect for Brando's deputy, or staff, Antitina.

But that's all, even in front of the real royal family of Eruin, these young people may not be able to show such a respectful attitude, after all, it is just the royal family of a small kingdom, and a small country like Eruin has many subjects of the empire on the borders of the empire.

However, the emperor's eldest son, Lenarat himself, is still the same as a few months ago, he seems to be a little taciturn, rarely talks to outsiders, and only nods his head slightly at Antitina's salute, he frowns slightly, as if he is thinking about some problem anytime and anywhere, and the brilliance in his eyes is also confusing. He didn't speak, but Miss Shiduo, a scholar beside him, had already spoken: "Miss Antitina, is there anything important that you suddenly came to us?" Has the situation in the empire changed again? ”

Antitina silently looked at these Cruz people, nodded and said, "There are some changes, but this is not the main purpose of today. ”

She paused slightly: "General Mangrove has already contacted my lord." ”

"Oh?"

This sentence seemed to ignite the wildness in Lenaret's heart, and he saw that the eldest son of the emperor raised his head suddenly, and his slightly deep gaze lit up suddenly.

The time has come.

…… (To be continued......)

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