In the 65th year of the new calendar, the 90-year-old Tyre L'O'Orio died peacefully in the bedroom of his ducal mansion on an ordinary morning......

In the winter of the same year, the Empress Dowager Elena de Lancaster Chang died in pain due to irrepressible asthma, and the continuous loss of elders and relatives made the current Emperor's Majesty Edwin even more stubborn and irritable......

In the 66th year of the new calendar, after attending his mother's funeral and in front of many important ministers of the empire, the second prince Prince Alex, who had a violent dispute with his brother Edwin for the first time, returned to the southern fiefdom in anger, and in the same year, he announced to the entire continent as the imperial prince and a famous scholar on the continent that he had completely mastered and controlled a new power, and was willing to become a guide to spread this power for the benefit of the people

This announcement shattered the peace that had been maintained on the mainland for a long time......

In the 68th year of the new calendar, the once unfamiliar word "magic" gradually spread all over the continent, and scholars, professors, and middle-class people who have a strong desire to explore all kinds of novelties continue to converge to the southern territory, under the leadership of Alex, they continue to explore, improve and experiment, and finally make magic science a series of new disciplines with many branches and relatively perfect, and in the same year, the first professional magic college in the history of the mainland was established and put into teaching in the southern territory

Under the example of Alex, the prince of the empire, magic began to develop rapidly after adapting to the initial stage, and a large number of magic devices that could be used for people's livelihood gradually appeared, and even slowly spread to the use of military force related to the national fortunes of the empire......

In the 70th year of the new calendar, when Prince Alex, who had just turned 22 years old, personally destroyed a hill with flames, His Majesty Edwin, behind the cheers of the imperial subjects and the praise of the bards, could no longer sit idly by

As if overnight, the "Statute of the Prohibition of Magic" was promulgated without warning, and for the first time the ordinance explicitly denied magic from the laws of the empire, and pointed out that the arbitrary and uncontrolled spread of magic science would affect the security and stability of the empire

At the same time, with the approval of the Emperor, the Imperial Cabinet severely reprimanded Prince Alex, who had originally spread magic, and stipulated that His Royal Highness the Prince should return to the Imperial Capital within a limited time to explain the situation to His Majesty and the Cabinet and dissolve the so-called Magical Association

In the winter of the 70th year of the new calendar, Alex, who had already complained about his brother about the death of his mother, explicitly rejected the Empire's request, and unexpectedly detained the Imperial Law Minister and 500 Punishment Knights who had gone to the south to receive the order, and the dispute intensified at this moment......

72 years of the new calendar...... After 2 years, both Edwin and Alex, who blame each other and guide public opinion, began to feel tired

After the last peace negotiations failed, His Majesty the Emperor, who was nearly sixty years old, was furious, and for the first time at a cabinet meeting, he exercised his power to veto the decision to negotiate again, and ordered the world to prepare to send troops to the southern territory

Soon, led by the Punishment Knights directly under the Empire, an army of more than 50,000 regular knights and 300,000 elite infantry gathered from the imperial capital Stormwind City

This move shook the continent again, and a generation of peaceful time seemed to have made people accustomed to life now, but just as war gradually became a relatively unfamiliar word, a storm began again......

His Majesty Edwin, who is still physically and mentally in good spirit, gave a tough speech at the gates of Stormwind where his father had gone on his first expedition

He pointed out that, according to the great Founding Emperor Leo, the foundation of the empire was the rule of the knightly class, and that it was concerned with a serious and realistic attitude towards affairs, and that Prince Alex's approach and the spread of knowledge had affected this

As Emperor of the Empire, he could not tolerate anyone destroying what his father had bought with his blood, even if it was his younger brother......

The news of the dispatch of the Empire's elite army could not be concealed from the eyes of the Southern Commander, and only three days later, Prince Alex, who was also not to be outdone and mobilized for the war, also delivered a speech in the Southern Territory

Asking in an incomprehensible tone why His Majesty the Emperor, his brother, was so opposed to the development of a new mystical discipline, and denied all the accusations, Alex said to the nobles and people of the Southern Realm

"I adore my father, yes, perhaps no one in this world worships him and understands him more than I do, and when I was very young, my father told me that there is no such thing as a fixed social and political form, that any matter that is powerful to rule and to the people should be tolerated and accepted, and that everything needs to be examined in detail and not rudely refused, and that this is undoubtedly a crime against the whole empire and the people!"

The short one-month journey was spent quietly in the war of words between the supporters of both sides, and the autumn colors turned the fertile fields pleasantly golden, but the cool breeze of the southern territory could not blow away the clouds of war

The city of God, the most important city in the southern territory in terms of politics, economy, people's livelihood, and military, is also the royal city of Prince Alex in charge of this land

But at this moment, the caravans that were constantly coming and going on a daily basis had long since disappeared, and the bustling streets were as silent as death, and all that could be seen was the closed gates, the soldiers with weapons in their hands, and the weapons of war that could be seen everywhere above the city walls, armed with their fangs......

Outside the huge city gate, the army of more than 200,000 people under Alex's command with his back to the city has also been deployed, and the two armies are like two fierce beasts before the attack, facing each other silently outside this emerging city

They were just as well equipped, with only minor differences in the costumes of the two armies, and perhaps the soldiers never imagined that they would one day be faced with their comrades who were supposed to be hooking up their shoulders

Probably the biggest difference is in the military configuration of the two sides, the reflection of the armor of the knights on Edwin's side almost darkens the sun, and the dense spears are artificially creating a dark cloud full of trembling

Edwin, who believes in the supremacy of knights as much as Leo, has never considered defeat at all, and in his opinion, knights are the greatest class of soldiers of this era, and there is absolutely no one

Comparatively speaking, Alex's side was a little shabby, the vast majority of the 200,000 people were composed of various types of infantry, in addition, the only things that could stand out were the more than 15,000 strange soldiers standing in the rear wearing robes of various colors, and the cavalry with no more than 1,000 horsemen but no heavy armor and spears, only wearing light armor, light shields and long swords with strange patterns

After a long time in silence, as if there was a tacit understanding, Edwin and Alex rode their horses towards the center of the battlefield at the same time

When the two flags representing the empire and representing the prince finally converged in the center of the battlefield, the two brothers, who were only a few meters apart, looked at each other and were speechless for a long time

Until this moment, perhaps both of them have indescribable regret and entanglement in their hearts......

Eventually, it was Edwin who was the first to speak, leaning forward slightly on horseback, and speaking in a tone that had never been kinder than before

"Give it up, my dear brother, I don't see the slightest chance of victory for you in this war, and what you are doing now will undoubtedly disgrace my father and disappoint all the people of the empire who support our family...... Alex, disband the army and I go home, now I am not as the Emperor, but as your brother your brother is asking you! ”

A hint of wavering and struggle flashed across his handsome face at the words, but Alex soon shook his head

"I'm sorry brother, but I still remember hearing my father say when I was very young, he said that I love life, but I love the truth even more, and it is these that prompt me to dream of becoming a great scholar, the rule of the empire should be inclusive and open in my opinion, and when we start to fear the creation of anything new, then we have unconsciously gone to decay!"

"But, Alex, what are you doing now? It's a crime, and you're going to watch hundreds of thousands of Imperial soldiers just because of ...... Just because...... Bleeding and losing your life because of your pathetic and ridiculous dreams? They should have lived well."

His fair face flushed, and Alex immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly

"Yes, but who brought us to where we are today, who was the first to lead troops into my fiefdom, and who neglected my mother's body for the sake of so-called state affairs, and let her die alone and painfully in the dark and silent deep palace? Tell me? Who is the hardhearted, my dear brother!! ”

After more than ten years on the throne, Edwin, who had never been yelled at like this, turned extremely ugly, and his right hand clenched and loosened on the golden hilt several times, and then he took a long deep breath and calmed down a little

"Mother...... Yes, I'm sorry Alex for my mother, but you have to believe that this is definitely not the result I wanted, I swear in the name of my father! ”

"Father? No...... My brother, you never really understood your father'......"

Gently pulling the reins, Alex turned and slowly returned to his own camp, he didn't want Edwin to see his red eyes, he didn't want anyone to see his weakness again

"Alex !?!"

Edwin's last words came from behind him, to which Alex just waved his arm lightly without looking back

"Let history prove who is right, brother......"

The faint sound was inaudible, not even the guards who were close at hand

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The wind is starting to get stronger......

Riding his horse in front of countless banners, Edwin had no one knowing what was going on in his heart at this moment, nor did he know that he was covered in golden armor, and the back of his hand was already pale and bloodless

Finally, he slowly pulled down his armor, and the paladin sword and paladin shield that had been passed down to Leo were lifted high again after many years and slashed down

"In the name of the Empire, punish the Knights for the charge, for the sake of honor!!"

"For honor!!"

With a roar that resounded through the sky, a large number of Imperial Knights began to move forward, and Rulin's mounted spears were laid straight and flat, firmly pointed at their companions in the name of honor......

On the side of the southern army, facing the knights who began to accelerate gradually in small broken steps, the trembling earth made countless soldiers almost want to collapse under the tension, no one can face such a powerful impact without changing their faces, humans can't, and demons can't either

In the end, it was Alex himself who stabilized the morale of the army, and he led the fifteen thousand robed soldiers who seemed to have no combat effectiveness to resolutely walk onto the front line of the array despite any dissuasion

Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, the young prince's hands began to sprint in the air in a dazzling and mysterious trajectory, and at the same time, obscure syllables that were different from the lingua franca quickly spat out of his mouth

The wind blew through his robes and his long black hair, making Alex, who had entered a certain mysterious state on horseback, like a young god walking on earth

As Alex's chanting began to pick up, the fifteen thousand soldiers behind him also began to chant at the same time, and the loud sound of war horses rushing through the sky seemed to be muffled by this sound for a moment

Suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the Imperial Knights who had entered the final acceleration stage, and looked at the familiar figure in golden armor at the front, but Alex's pupils were filled with pain, sorrow and ...... deep in his bone marrow Refuse!

In the next moment, an ethereal voice that seemed to come from the heavenly vault spat out of Alex's mouth

"Summoning the five rays of the sky, summoning the five rays of the earth, the elements of all things in the world obey me, follow the sacred oath, and with my sincerity, I would like to summon you to appear, break the boundary between time and space, and show up the golden three-headed flame dragon!"

As soon as the last words fell, it was like a smooth mirror being shattered, and a manic vortex suddenly rolled up above the clear sky of the battlefield, and through the black center of the vortex seemed to have no bounds, a crazy roar resounded through the heavens and the earth

"Roar!!

The long-trained war horse suddenly seemed to have its bones removed, and rolled to the ground with the equally stunned knights, and the formation of the knights in the charge was chaotic for a while

Edwin, who was pulled up from the ground by the two guards, didn't even look at his wailing mount, he lifted his visor and raised his head sluggishly, and in his deep pupils, a giant beast almost the size of the city, covered in gold, with huge wings and three hideous heads, was spewing fire, frost, and lightning with a hideous downward, flying towards the knight army of the Empire

"Gods above, what ...... this"

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