Act 112 Showdown in the Legations
Brando coughed lightly.
Speaking seriously, he really doesn't know how to start this topic, so do you want to directly sue these people that the supreme person of the empire has betrayed the empire and lured the wolf into the house? But what is she trying to do, a person always needs a motive to do things, if the silver queen led Qiao Gendegang and Toquinen to invade, just to purge the dissidents in the country, don't say that others don't believe it, I'm afraid even he himself won't believe it, how naïve and naïve is this in politics, to do this kind of thing?
Unless the Silver Queen tolerates the permanent loss of a large part of the empire in exchange for the security of her throne, which may sound tempting to some madmen, it is actually ridiculous, because that would mean that she must keep the whole thing a secret forever, her throne will be like a castle in the sky, and more importantly, either the Georgantigan or the Lion can threaten her with this, and with the Silver Queen's nature, such a choice would never be possible.
No matter how crazy that queen is, first of all, it is undeniable that she is an emperor who has reigned for decades in a vast empire, and no one dares to take her for a fool.
Brando thought about it and felt that there was only one possibility that the situation that Chiara had said would occur.
That is, Her Majesty has supreme power among the Gagedegang and the Toquinin Lion, so of course she can use her own direct forces to protect the king, but this idea sounds like a fantasy at all. Brando thought about it for a while before finally speaking, "Chiara, I still have to make sure, why do you think it's 'her'?" ”
Almost everyone except Chiara and Roman didn't understand who the so-called 'she' in Brando's mouth was, but Kiara snorted confidently, "It's not easy. I've told you all before, as long as you have a little IQ about what that stupid dwarf did, you will understand that there are only a few people in the entire empire who can do this, and how many people are there? ”
"The Most High One of the Flame Temple. The Prime Minister, the Dukes, and the woman.
"That's all—"
There seemed to be a cold wind passing through the woodland, hovering over the canopy like a ghost, whining, and Kiara paused for a moment before continuing.
"But I've already ruled out the first few of them one by one, and the prime minister probably won't expose his shortcomings to his daughter, first of all, he doesn't need to take this stinky move. Even if we think about it the other way around, let's say that Prime Minister Niedwin Jr. is doing this to clear his name, what's the point of him doing this, letting the suspicion fall on that woman? It's not necessary, because it's so fantastical that no one will believe it, like you don't want to believe it right now, do you? ”
Brando nodded, and that was true.
Kiara smiled contemptuously, "This is the inherent rigidity of your human mind. They will think - how could she have betrayed, why should she betray herself. It's ridiculous that the average person rarely thinks about this: the empire is hers, but not hers. ”
What do you call humans, Brando couldn't help but roll her eyes, this little girl is good at everything, but sometimes she is too pretentious. It's exactly the same as those Bugas, it's a shame that this guy doesn't want to be a wizard for her head and character. But thinking so, he still had to play the role of that 'stupid human', otherwise the venerable Miss Kiara would not be able to get off the stage next: "So respectable Miss Kiara, what do you think?" ”
Chiara was clearly satisfied. Squinting her eyes proudly, she suddenly felt that this guy was not so much of an eyesore, she showed her sharp canine teeth and replied: "Just simply assume another situation, under normal circumstances, the truth we know is difficult to happen, that is to say, whether it is the supreme person of the Flame Temple, or the prime minister of the empire, or the woman, ordinary people will not take their suspicions lightly, and they will not even have similar associations at all, traitors of the empire, It can't be any of the three of them, so for them to do nothing is the best cover-up - assuming they are traitors. ”
"But they did, does this mean that the traitor is actually among those archdukes?" Chiara shook her head: "Chances are, before we met Lady Mithriel, the gap between dragons and mortals was like the gap between mortals and ants, I know that those dukes have no connection with dragons, on the contrary, in the Cruz Empire, I know that there is a person who has a deep connection with dragons-"
Everyone's eyes subconsciously fell on Mithreel, the dragon lady present, who smiled awkwardly, indicating that it was, but it was not known whether she agreed with the first half or the second half.
"Maybe you're right, but your statement is just as true for 'her,'" Brando asked, and that's exactly what happened, because if according to Chiara, the Queen was the least suspicious of the three, because everyone's first suspicion could never point to her, then there was no need for her to try to cover it up, did she? In fact, Brando already vaguely felt that the truth was likely to be as Chiara said, especially when the other party mentioned the relationship between 'that woman' and the dragons, which was an irrefutable reason.
Kiara shook her head: "She's not trying to disrupt her vision, but to make excuses, does she really expect the Qiaogendigan people to fight with the lion people to the imperial capital of Rushita, you and I both know, that's impossible, the empire is an empire after all, even if it is one enemy and three enemies, it will not be defeated and retreated." The qiē here is just to hide people's eyes, or just a curtain to open, and the real action of the queen must be in the imperial capital. ”
"She's going to deal with the old prime minister's forces first, then the Flame Temple, or both, but her enemies are too strong after all, so she has to paralyze them first, it's really hard for ordinary people to guess this, even if I didn't know the details of this conspiracy, I wouldn't have thought she would dare to do this, did I? The White Legion is in Violet Valley on its way to the Evergreen Walkway. The Red Legion is fighting against the Wind Elves, the Black Legion is far north in Ludwig, and there is only the Green Legion near the Imperial Capital. ”
"The Green Legion is not a descendant of Her Majesty the Queen, so it is possible to make the nobles relax their vigilance."
"But the question is, where is their Legion Leader Veronica now?"
Kiara asked softly, a voice that seemed like a spell. Lingering in everyone's ears.
Charles seemed to have a long time to react, and asked leisurely: "This...... I heard it right, the two seem to be discussing the queen of the empire, you are saying that the so-called traitor to the empire in Rogers' mouth is the queen herself? ”
As soon as he said this, Mithriel was fine, but she frowned slightly, and the Duke's daughter Oni and Princess Magdal had already shown disbelief at the same time.
"How is this possible?" Oni subconsciously spoke, she was going to say that this was impossible. But considering what Brando had done before, it seemed that none of them had no purpose, which invisibly affected her judgment. It's just that even so, it was a bit of a fantasy to make her believe that the Silver Queen would betray her empire, and she carefully recalled the previous questions and answers between Chiara and Brando, and realized that the other party was explaining the reason to herself.
But so what?
She still felt a little incredulous, and the point was. What benefits can Her Majesty get from this?
Could she have attained greater power than she already has?
She wants to completely destroy the temple of Miè Yan and bring to the ashes the millennial struggle for clerical power among the Cruz. This sounds like self-destruction, and not to mention the backlash of the Temple of Flame itself, the other three temples will not sit idly by.
So what could have prompted her to act so madly other than this reason—yes, madness, and only that word could describe the behavior of Her Majesty at the moment—if what Brando and Chiara were saying was true. At this moment. The Duke's daughter fell into the same confusion as Brando, and the root of this confusion was that, although they found clues that Her Majesty might have done so, the problem was that they could not think of each other's motives in any way.
The only explanation for the moment can only be. Her Majesty the Queen had gone completely insane.
But this explanation is clearly unsatisfactory.
As for Eco and Princess Magdal, they only frowned slightly. The former has a blind trust in Brando, Brando said that the queen betrayed the empire, then the queen must have betrayed the empire, he only needs to consider why she betrayed the empire; The latter thought more, and Princess Magdal pursed her lips and said nothing, but she could see that she was willing to believe Brando, but she also found this fact a little difficult to accept for a while.
She was silent for a long time before she asked, "Is the Flame Sanctuary in danger right now?" ”
"I don't know." "I can only guess that Her Majesty the Queen will do this, and as for the outcome of her doing this, it may be a successful conspiracy, or it may be self-defeating, but knowing this qiē work is what astrologers should do." ”
She added hatefully: "Although they never predict to be accurate, they will always only give you an ambiguous answer." ”
This reluctant tone makes it easy to think of when some astrologer may have offended the eldest lady.
After asking the question, Princess Magdal fell silent again.
Of all the men, only the non-commissioned officer from Yanirasu asked, "Guys, what should we do now if what the Count says is true, I mean. He saw Brando's gaze at him, hurriedly saluted the latter, and then continued: "After this period of time together, everyone should have established a certain understanding of each other, I believe that there is no need for Lord Earl to lie to us in this matter, Lord Earl's character, we can see it, not to mention that this is a guess in itself, even if it is a guess, it may happen." ”
"So, I mean, if things really go as expected, how do we respond?"
Brando glanced at the non-commissioned officer in some surprise, and didn't understand why the other party suddenly said good things for himself, in fact, this was not a good thing, but now he was a little used to these traditional Eruin nobles singing against him, and for a while someone was on his side, he was a little uncomfortable.
For this issue though. In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, and he gathered these people here just to let them have a bottom in their hearts, so that they would not be in trouble when the time comes.
Those Cruz people were in the game, he couldn't believe it, and now he could. There are only these noble daughters and young masters who they brought out from Eruin, which is also a helpless fact.
He thought for a moment and replied, "The answer to this question is actually quite simple - first we have to confirm our identity, we are the envoys of Eruin. ”
It was a good thing that Brando didn't say that, and as soon as he said this, everyone's faces immediately showed different expressions, except for a few who were snickering, most of them looked a little strange - most of them were thinking that the Earl could still remember this identity, and that was right. They are legitarians. But the question is, did they come this way like what the envoys should do, they knew fine, and those who didn't know thought that they were a bandit of thieves from Eruin, burning and looting all the way - although they were all aimed at the nobles. Of course, they did not dare to say this, but the Earl was always arbitrary, according to him. They are teaching the empire a lesson in the glory of the reigning kingdom, although no matter how you look at it, it seems like they are taking the opportunity to vent their anger.
But at least one thing convinces everyone. That is, as Brando said, the Empire really can't take the time to teach him a lesson, and now it seems that instead of teaching him a lesson, they have a tendency to become the heroes of the Empire, if Her Majesty is not mad.
The rest of the population was not right, and nodded vigorously. Only the Duke's daughter, Oni, did not have this habit, and she asked: "Lord Count, you mean that the war of the Cruz people has nothing to do with us, which means that there are two choices for us at the moment, nothing more than to move on." Or choose to go back and go back to Eruin. ”
"I'm afraid I can't retreat," Charles shook his head: "The back is all Qiaogendigang people, we finally broke through, how can we fall back again." ”
"So the only way left is to move forward?" Roman asked.
"Almost," Brando nodded, "but the plan has changed a bit, our previous idea of trying to trap Rune now seems a little unrealistic, after all, the other party has three dragons in the Zài, with them, no matter how high the walls are, they are all ashes under the flames, we have to find a way to sail out of the harbor from Rune to the Mez or Cloak Bay area." He glanced at the Dragon Lady and continued, "Our immediate priority is to leave this land of right and wrong, send Miss Mithriel out, and report to the Dragons, as for the rest, it is no longer up to us to control. ”
"But how could they let us go, it's a three-headed dragon," Oni questioned, looking at Mithriel and asking with some presumptuousness, "Lady Mithreel, I ask rudely, can you still fight in your current state?" ”
Mithriel shook her head, "I'm afraid it's hard, little girl. ”
"We don't have to face the dragon queen head-on, the elves have a natural affinity emblem on them, and they don't dare to act rashly, but I guess they will go to the port of Rune one step ahead to burn the ship, which is a trick that dragons often play." For this question, Brando has also thought about it a long time ago and replied confidently.
"Burning the ship, that's even worse, if the dragons really burn the ship in the harbor, then won't we have to trap Rune?" When the fat man Ephram heard the news, he couldn't help but ask with a sad face.
"Can we get a head start on Asaph?" Marjorie asked further.
Brando shook his head, the army of Jorgendegon was already all over the north, and it was obvious that the Cruz Empire was losing ground and that the idea of breaking through the siege and reaching Asaph before the Lizard King could only be thought of in a sweet dream.
He replied, "Don't worry, the Dragon Queen can't burn all the ships, as long as they reach Rune, we have a chance, so now we have to think about how to get to Rune." ”
Everyone looked at the Earl strangely, and did not understand where his faith came from, but now they had gradually developed the habit of saying that since Brando said that the dragon queen could not burn the ship, it would be better for her to burn it. Oni said, "Since the Earl said that the Dragon Queen will not show up in person, then they will definitely send the Jorgandians to intercept us, and we need to be careful of the patrols of the Gagedigans. ”
"I don't think it's difficult," Marjorie said after thinking about it for a moment, "the primary target of the Gorganegon people is definitely the fortress of Asaph, it is impossible to mobilize too many people to find us, we just need to follow the pre-planned route, along the northern edge of the Rokozy Heights, the most thinly armed area of Jorgane, there will not be much trouble, and according to the information they have gathered, the port of Rune should not fall into the hands of Jorgane. ”
"After we leave the port, which route do we take? To Metz or Cloak Bay? It was only then that Dilferre spoke.
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(PS: It's a little late today.) (To be continued......)