Chivalry does not mean the stupidity of integrity, and on the battlefield, anyone should only have one thought, that is, how to kill the opponent simply and efficiently while protecting themselves, and then the living are qualified to preach virtue and benevolence......

The weather is like a naughty child, always naughty and uncertain, it has lasted for nearly a month, the sun reluctantly hides behind the clouds again, the blue sky is now gloomy and heavy as lead, making it oppressive and difficult to breathe, and after a while, a whistling wind whirls and rolls, blowing even the huge stones on the ground in all directions

In the Gray Castle, the faces of all the people gathered at this moment were also like the weather outside at this moment, solemn and tangled, and no one spoke in the huge venue for a long time, and the atmosphere was suffocating

However, this atmosphere was soon interrupted by the sound of the friction of crisp metal armor leaves, and Leo, who was dressed in paladin armor, pressed the hilt of his sword with a calm face, and strode into the venue with an unwavering and indomitable momentum accompanied by Finn, Case, and Aldaryan

Incomparably natural and brisk walking through the passage reserved by the nobles, for the first time, Leo did not return the salute with a smile on his face to the nobles on both sides who bowed and saluted like cutting down wheat, walked to his seat in the middle without squinting, stretched out his hand and unfolded his cloak and sat down slowly, he first looked around quietly and carefully, and only then nodded slightly with satisfaction, cleared his throat and said

"Please sit down with all the distinguished gentlemen, time is not rich, so you can endure all kinds of doubts for the time being, and now I ask my marshal, Lord of White Moon City, His Excellency Marquis El Andréstes, to explain to all of you here in detail today's plan, the plan for retreat!"

First blocked the possibility of some questions with a resolute tone that did not allow questioning, Leo stretched out his arm and signaled, and soon, Marshal Al in a full suit of light armor walked out from the side, he first saluted Leo on his chest, and then turned to face the eyes that focused on him with different attitudes, without any greetings, he spoke aloud directly

"On June 11, 1177 in the Imperial Calendar, I must first of all thank Your Highness for your trust and your support, for we have held out in this city of the Duke of Lancaster for half a full year with tens of thousands of elite and equal numbers of miscellaneous soldiers, during which time we have experienced countless battles and dealt a blow to the arrogance of the enemy, and I can say with great responsibility that, apart from a few minor flaws, we have made a good start in this war! But that's just the beginning......"

After a few words, Al's expression became a little gloomy, and his eyes were sharp enough to give everyone who looked at him the illusion that they were being stared at, which was a kind of coercion brought by the power of the monstrous hand of the killing weapon

"In the past six months, the enemy's army of 300,000 and the reinforcements that have arrived one after another have been annihilated by us relying on the Gray Castle, and now we can roughly count the number of at least more than 70,000, which does not include the enemy's self-fleeing recruits and knights at the top of the combat power! In other words, according to objective data, the enemy's strength has shrunk by almost a third, and the impact on morale will be even greater."

After the distraction from the whispered cheers below had subsided for a moment, Al continued

"And the price we paid for it can also be called terrible, with more than 3,000 casualties among the Champion Swordsmen under Stormwind City, more than 1,000 casualties among the Stormwings, and more than 10,000 casualties among the Archers and Spear Legions and Savage Minority Legions formed before the battle! In addition, the three allies of the principality, as well as your private army, also lost more than 10,000 people during this period of changing guards! In addition, in addition to the punishment of the Knights, there was no loss to maintain the establishment, even the Knights of the Dawn directly under His Highness also lost 2 people and 5 wounded, and the Knights of the Dawn suffered as many as 31 casualties, including Captain Alexander who is now behind me, and you should know better than me that most of the knights of various families have also sacrificed, and this number may have exceeded 200, and even, some families lost their last knight in the battle a few days ago"

There was a little pity on Al's face, and everyone turned their heads along his fingers, and in the most remote corner of the seat, a Duchy nobleman dressed in baron costume was already covered with tears on his face at this time, but this baron stood up with his head held high in the face of everyone's gaze, and let the tears fall on the floor and shatter, his eyes crossed El and went straight to Leo on the throne, and he spoke softly after greeting with impeccable aristocratic etiquette

"Since the Raven family was pardoned by His Highness for the Orlando incident, and since His Highness benevolently bestowed the right to trade all kinds of precious goods and meticulous care, the thirty-seven members of the direct family have all sworn allegiance to His Highness and allegiance to the principality for life, even if they fight to the last person, even if I need to personally lift their weapons, all Raven people will never regret it!"

The grief brought out in the categorical words made many small nobles with similar identities inevitably a little embarrassed, you must know that for them, a family may only have a dozen or even a few knights, and most of these knights are direct or collateral children of the family, all the knights who have blood relations died in battle, and they can still insist on standing here, no matter what their status is, at this moment, all the nobles can't help but express their respect to this baron with extremely lofty etiquette......

Looking at the baron, whose trembling fists clenched at the far end and still trying to hold on to his gaffe, Leo stood up and bowed deeply, and his clear voice echoed throughout the venue

"The valiant Raven family should not be shattered and dying out because of loyalty, and you should not be a baron alone with a great heart, and all that your family has done must be rewarded and my friendship, and here, in my name, and in the presence of all men, I, Grand Duke of the Storm, Leo, declare that Baron Raven shall be promoted to Count Raven within the laws of the Duchy, and henceforth you may be called Your Excellency after your name, and in order to make up for the loss of Your Excellency the Earl, The Raven family's realm has doubled, and I've privately funded a batch of gold and equipment to rebuild the castle more befitting His Excellency's new status, and to form a new Order after the war! ”

Motioning for a moment as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Count Revan sat down, Leo slowly walked down the platform with the hilt of his sword, he walked back and forth quietly, his heavy steps seemed so clear in the quiet conference hall, finally, Leo raised his head, but his half-squinted eyes were staring at a certain place in the venue, and he tried his best to suppress his anger and roared

"I am very fortunate to have such an honest and loyal nobleman in the Duchy as His Excellency the Earl of Raven, and all those who have contributed to the Principality's resistance to tyranny and aggression...... It grieves me that, in addition to most of my true friends, there are a handful of disgusting maggots mixed in among us, who have betrayed our intelligence and spared no effort to flatter the invaders, even if they know the consequences of doing so for your families, and for the sake of their possible false status and wealth, and that today is the day when we will carry out our next plan to evacuate, and the reason why I have endured to this day is that they may finally send false news to the enemy, And then being beaten to hell in pain and regret! ”

The temperature in the air seemed to become cold when Leo spoke, and the undisguised disgust and murderous intent on his face made some cowards or people with ghosts in their hearts tremble, but Leo didn't give anyone a chance to speak, only to see him turn back to his chair and sit down again, waving his hand with endless tiredness, and after a while, with the sound of a large number of weapons and metal armor colliding, the Knights of Punishment rushed into the venue from all sides and surrounded everyone, quietly waiting for Leo's next instructions

He exhaled a long breath of turbidity in his chest, as if his body had been evacuated and sat upright again, and with Leo's slowly pointed fingers, there was a faint whisper of sobbing in the venue

"Don't blame me for being ruthless, blame you for choosing the wrong team, blame you for relying on your noble status and my kindness to want to be left and right, blame it! This damn era! (To be continued.) Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ)