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The old man's dry voice finally sounded again in the silent room, Leo pointed out the window vigorously, and for a moment a ruddy flush representing the vitality of life appeared on his pale face

"I ...... Take me, take me...... Go to the city gates......"

"Father...... No, I beg you to take back your order, your body ......"

In the crowd, a boy who was no more than twelve or thirteen years old and had seven or eight points similar to Leo between his eyebrows and eyes finally couldn't help but stand up and whispered

Looking at his second son dotingly, Leo shook his finger imperceptibly, and Keith stood up desperately to squeeze away the surrounding imperial ministers and Leo's heirs, and gently hugged Leo with both arms, as if holding a fragile rare treasure......

"Yes, Your Majesty, of your will, I take you there, to the place where we first met, and I think the same will do with Finn, Anthony, and others...... I miss you the same...... Woohoo......"

Finally, the iron-clad man could no longer hold back his crying

Keith's cry was like a lead, and the crowd around him could no longer suppress their grief, and the huge room was instantly occupied by crying

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Just a few minutes later, a horse rushed out of the palace frantically, and soon, the last remaining more than fifty people in the empire's previous wars, the original punishment knights quickly gathered together, and the battle flag that had terrified all the enemies of the entire continent, made all the conspirators, all the little ones fall into an endless nightmare, and was once again raised in the wind by the simple oak stick

They hold shields in one hand, their spears are as tall as a forest, their eyes are full of endless honor and expectation, they have never been fearless under the leadership of Leo, they are even willing to kill the gods for their leader, they are the most powerful force in this era, this country, this continent, absolutely no one......

It didn't take long for Keith, who was in full armor, to appear at the gate of the palace with his arms tightly wrapped around Leo, his majestic gaze quickly swept over his subordinates who were ready to go, and without any superfluous words, he directly turned over and shouted

"In the name of the Lord, the Punishment Knights are dispatched, the target, the Stormwind Gate!"

After that, Keith ignored the Imperial Minister and Leo's family members who hurriedly chased him out behind him, only nodded lightly to the queen, and rode directly towards the gate of Stormwind City

There were no pedestrians on the main road of the new imperial capital at this moment, whether it was a merchant pawn or a prince or nobleman, regardless of his status and status, he was pushed to both sides of the road by tens of thousands of elite champion swordsmen

Surprisingly, however, the people who had complained at first fell silent after seeing the banner that represented supremacy, and the old man who was embraced by the Grand Master of the Punishment Knight with tears on his cheeks

I don't know who started, but people knelt down on one knee with awe, gratitude, and grief, and they paid tribute to the emperor who created a new era for them in the most simple way

The galloping horse team did not stop to reach the gate of Stormwind after several ascensions, Keith gently took the reins, and the unicorn companion under his crotch gently slowed his pace, and finally stopped at the edge of the gate

Lowering his head, Keith whispered to the old man in his arms

"My lord, we have arrived, to the place where we swore to you for the first time, followed you for the first time......"

"Put me down, Case, don't worry my friend, I'm feeling good now, really, as if body and soul have never been so good......"

His face was unusually flushed, and Leo stood trembling in front of the city gates under the careful care of Keith and the queen who came later

He gently but resolutely pushed away the arm that was supporting him, straightened his already rickety body with his hands behind his back, and walked forward slowly

Seeing the old man walking alone, no one around dared to persuade and stretch out his hand to help, because they all saw what the old man's final destination was......

Five minutes? Ten minutes? Or longer, Leo finally walked up to the statue outside his former mansion with difficulty, stretched out his withered arms, and he touched the bronze statue carved with high spirits with emotion

For a long time, the cold bronze statue still seemed to give strength to the aged Leo, and he turned around and swept his gaze full of endless memories over the other ten bronze statues standing high on both sides of the main road......

"Let's call it Stormwind City, one day, this will be the greatest city in this plane, and statues of me and my most loyal subordinates will be erected on the main roads of the city, and it will become an eternal legend!"

Muttering to himself the words of his high-spirited teenager who had just arrived here, tears welled up in Leo's already dried tear ducts again

Fane......

Anthony......

Ardalyan ......

Kane......

Tedamir ......

Aeoria ......

Hohenzollern......

Leicester......

And......

Marcel!

Nine huge bronze statues are carved to life, either holding their weapons or smiling and holding their hands, the only thing they have in common is that they are all equally slightly sideways towards the position of the central Leo statue, as if they are still guarding and paying homage to them as they did when they were alive......

"It seems...... Ahem, I've lived too long, old friends......"

No one, no one in this empire dared, and no one was willing to interrupt the old man's contemplation and memories, and it was not until Leo trembled and touched the last statue with his own hands that he motioned for everyone to come to him again

"Keith, my friend, would you like to take the place of the last statue? I'm sorry old friends, I've lived so long that I can't help but want to see them again......"

Kneeling on one knee again, Keith reached out to wipe away his tears and smiled

"It is my great pleasure, my lordship, to be like you...... I miss them all the time, Finn...... Anthony...... As we swore to you, our lives will be with you until the end! ”

"Yes, time flies, it seems like yesterday, get up, my friend, and I'm glad to have you and other loyal knights with me at the end of my life."

Patting Keith on the shoulder, Leo looked up at his wife, his two sons, and the hundreds of Imperial ministers who had stopped again

For a moment, people seemed to feel some kind of illusion, the great emperor who had led humanity to victory over several demonic invasions, the great emperor who had reunited the empire and brought happiness to the people had returned, a force that the gods had to respect and finally bow their heads to the top

Standing with his hands in his hands, Leo spoke calmly as he faced the crowd bowing to him

"As Emperor Pander I of the Empire, and as the supreme ruler of the continent, I, Leo Chang, am here to give you one last decree, Edwin de Lancaster Chang!"

Hearing this, born on the eve of the Pande Empire replacing the Bernadotte family as the emperor, Leo and Elena's first child, the eldest prince of the empire, His Royal Highness Edwin, who took Leo's original northern territory as a fief, desperately wiped his tears and stood up

Looking at his eldest son, who was most similar to his personality and appearance, Leo smiled and nodded

"Edwin, with the rights given to me by the gods and the people, here, I declare to everyone that you will become the second emperor of the great Pander Empire, you can legally exercise your power as an emperor, and listen to the voice of the people to fulfill your due obligations, and at the same time, all the nobles, knights, and armies of the empire will renew their allegiance to you and protect you from continuing to rule this empire!"

Seeing that the Imperial Prime Minister and the Clerk quickly finished writing their orders and forming a formal document, quickly signed them and handed them over to the Empress for safekeeping, Leo gently patted the eldest son, who didn't know whether it was excitement or other reasons, and asked him to step back, and his doting eyes turned to the little son who was hiding beside his mother and was a little shy, and the boy who couldn't help but persuade him in the dormitory......

"Alex, my elementary schooler, come to my father"

As if different from the deliberate alienation of his eldest son, Leo grabbed his younger son's wet palm with his cold palm, and he even bent down slightly before smiling

"Don't blame my father for his decision, my dear son, your brother is better suited than you in age and heart to take charge of this vast empire, and you and I are a junior scholar, in the future I believe that you can still continue the research you love under the protection of your brother, the people need great emperors, but at the same time they need scholars who can change their lives, this ...... This is a decision I make with your mother, my son! ”

As if seeing the guilt on his father's face, the prince, who was born after Leo entered old age, hurriedly hugged him gently, nodding desperately in his arms

"I don't have any grievances against my dear father, my brother is better suited to do these things than I am, I just don't want to leave you, I don't want to leave you, father, woo woo woo ......"

Withered fingers brushed the ends of his son's hair, Leo rubbed his chin against the top of Alex's head for a long time, and then reluctantly looked up again, and he looked at his eldest son, who was nearly forty years old, with a majestic gaze

"In my name, Prince Alex is crowned Prince of the Empire, and the Southern Territory contains one hundred and twenty-eight castles, thirty-seven cities, and fourteen million people under its jurisdiction from now on to become Prince Alex's fiefdom, and ......"

After hesitating for a moment, under the shocked gazes of the imperial ministers and the eldest prince, Leo said heavily

"And Prince Alex has the right to legislate, mint money, levy, canonize and form an army of fiefdoms, and after swearing allegiance to the Emperor of the Empire, Prince Alex enjoys complete legal immunity unless he conspires against it!"

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Sluggish...... The silence was filled with the repressed madness of all, and even Empress Elena looked with fear at her husband, the emperor who had single-handedly created and expanded the empire to where it is today

Someone hesitated, their eyes exchanged frantically below, and finally the imperial prime minister licked his lips and wanted to stand up and refute the emperor's order in front of him

But before he could take the first step, Keith had already taken the lead in taking a heavy step forward, and the Grand Master of the Punishment Knight pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword and looked at the Imperial Prime Minister under one person with a cold face

"Please pay attention to your identity, Your Excellency, this is the decision made by the greatest king of the Empire, the seventy million ministers of the Empire, no one can refute His Majesty's orders, do you know what I mean? I'm talking -- anyone! Otherwise, the Knights of Punishment will use their swords to reclaim the honor of Your Majesty! ”

Facing Keith, and facing the fifty or so original punishment knights around him, the Imperial Chancellor trembled and retreated from the queue, and finally expressed his attitude with a deep bow, and he acquiesced to all this......

Perhaps it was this place that attracted everyone's attention and attention, and no one, not even Empress Elena, who was close at hand, saw the trace of struggle and coldness that flashed in the eyes of her eldest son after her husband made this order......