Act 297 News from the North

As the precious auction items are sold off one by one, the auction is gradually coming to an end. Brando auctioned off a piece of adamantite gold worth 300,000 tors, one of the main materials for all-steel armor, which, together with the relics of the White Knight Alberton and part of Amman's life savings, would soon be ready to work on the armor. The nun princess Magdal also symbolically photographed a silver ornament from the Wind Elves and gave it to Antitina as a gift.

The last item of the auction was a round shield handed down from the days of the Karnov dynasty of the Cruz Empire, but the two of them were completely distracted, and the situation in Ampesel's dark waves was so unreasonable that it was impossible to put it at ease, and Brando and Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Duchy of Antobro quickly reached a final agreement, and then the two left the box early.

Magdal had to return to the temple immediately to avoid suspicion, and then she had to find out what the Flame Temple was really about, and what was the shady affair between the new High Priest of Merros and the nobles of Eruin.

Brando, on the other hand, was quite satisfied with the meeting, and although he didn't get much information, he at least had a solid ally within the Temple, and he also understood the attitude of the Cruzians. Brando, who has a lot of faith in Princess Magdal's qualities, is known for her integrity and kindness in another history, and is even known as 'the heart is more than the outside', you must know that Princess Magdal is not ugly, and her beauty is not even inferior to that of Griffiin, who is a half-elf, and is known as the human 'Queen Ain' (the elven queen who was active in an era after the Sage War, known for her beauty).

Brando asked Antitina to stay behind to settle the auction with the auctioneer and help him get the good money, but he left the auction hall and stopped a carriage at the door, saying, "74 Scorpion Shell Street!" The carriage soon left Piazza San Pinot and passed through a winding alley - even in a bustling trading port like Ampesel, where there were slum deposits under the floating gold, the carriage stopped in a shack on the outskirts of the city, where Sue had already bought, and Brando went straight to a house with his back to Ampesel Bay, and had barely reached the door when the dusty wooden door creaked open.

A feminine face appeared in the back, but with fins on her chin and ears, and skin resembling jade, and she glanced at Brando with a wary look of pale yellow prismatic eyes. "Hello, Lendes." Brando smiled slightly, it was a female Shining Scales Naga named Lendes. Lendes nodded, and then dodged away and let Brando in.

"Your Lord." There were also two male Shining Nagars in the room, one of whom was Sanior. It had been wounded in a battle with other clans a few days earlier and was unable to go back to battle for a short time, so it was sent to serve as a liaison officer for the new lord of Toniger. Now Brando is already the most important 'friend' of Shining Scalenagar, and curing Her Royal Highness with the No. 1 Holy Water is one aspect, but the main reason is that the shrewd Queen of Cold Dew values Brando's potential strength more - a person who can casually take out the No. 1 Holy Water will not be too many in the human world.

But it wasn't these Naga who spoke first, it was Sue who was standing behind them. The innkeeper's daughter had a worried look on her face, as if something terrible had happened: "Your Excellency, something has happened. ”

"Huh?" Brando was slightly stunned, thinking that he had only been away for a few hours, what could happen during this time, could it be that the nobles Her Royal Highness Princess Griffiin had been placed under house arrest? "What's going on? Is something happening to the princess? He couldn't help but frown and asked.

Sue shook her head and pulled out a letter. When Brando took the letter and read it, his face immediately turned strange. He had been asking Su to find a way to collect news from the north in order to confirm what had changed the attitude of the Flame Temple, and this letter was written with such news - it was written that Toquinen's golden-maned lion had knocked three days ago, and the Earth Temple had already mobilized for war half a month ago, which means that it was completely different from history, and the Earth Temple launched the war about three months in advance, and the reason was because...... Well, the Earth Sanctuary has asked the Sanctuary of Fire, and the Eruin Kingdom has returned their long-lost sword...... Harangea, the sword of the earth.

“……”

"Ha......" Brando pinched the piece of paper, not knowing what to say for a while. He didn't know why the Temple would change its attitude towards the Eruin royal family, but he didn't expect the reason to be so simple, just because the Earth Temple had started a war in advance. And in the final analysis, it was because of him.

"How did this news get in?"

"I arranged for a message from an informant in the north, the letter was sent through Guònaga, and now Ampesel has blocked the road in and out on the grounds of the monsoon season, and the outside news cannot get in at all." The tanned girl replied methodically.

Brando glanced at Saniel and thought to himself that this was the guy who had brought the letter.

"Is the person who got this news reliable?"

"It's not reliable, it's just taking money to do things, but it should be enough to pass on the news."

Brando nodded, the news that the lionmen started the war in advance should have been known in the north, but Ampesel, who had been blocked from the news, had not yet gotten the news.

The war between the Sanctuary of Fire and the Sanctuary of Earth was only a minor episode in the history of the end of the Eruin period, but it was not the case for the Cruz, who were no less influential among the players of the Cruz Empire than the War of the Black Roses were for Eruin, and even more so for the Cruzians. This is a religious war, and the Flame Sanctuary will definitely go all out, and as a sentinel war, the Eruin War is even more so, so it seems that the Flame Sanctuary is determined to maintain stability.

Even if you use heavy-handed means-

This is great news for the nobles of the north, but it is bad news for Princess Brando's side. "My lord, what do we do now?" The innkeeper's daughter didn't know the nuances, but she knew it wasn't good news. She had at least heard of the change in the temple's attitude in recent times.

"Presumably, Her Royal Highness the Princess has been placed under house arrest, and now the Flame Temple will definitely not allow her to leave Ampesel, they will force An Leek to make a statement, and the next time the nobles and the royal party will be in danger." Brando thought for a moment. The royal party should also get the news at this time, maybe it is a little earlier than him, and the royal party will only have more informants in the north, although they do not have a naga under them, but they must also have the means to transmit information to Ampesel. It's just that if An Lek also defects, Her Royal Highness the princess should be in a desperate situation now, and even whether he can leave safely is a question.

He suddenly turned around and asked, "What about Roman?" ”

"Miss Roman has gone to the trade zone, there are many chambers of commerce with us in Ampesel, she said that she wants to contact the leaders of these chambers of commerce, the war is about to break out, the market will inevitably fluctuate, Miss Roman is worried that it will affect the livelihood of the territory." Sue seemed to be about to talk about it.

"She's alone?" Brando frowned, he knew that those big businessmen were glamorous on the surface, but they weren't good behind the scenes.

"Akane went with her, too." Sue glanced at him and replied.

Brando nodded, after Akane was given the blood of the dragon, she now has almost the strength of the golden peak, purely in terms of strength, even he is not an opponent, with her on her side, the safety of the merchant lady can be completely assured. "When they come back, let them stop going out, and let everyone leave the hotel and gather here."

Su nodded, frowning slightly. Has the situation reached this point of tension? Brando's plan she knew part of it, and getting everyone together to show that the situation at the nobles and the meeting was irreparable, and the next step was to intervene by force. But to be honest, the power led by Tonigel is also insignificant on top of this huge chess game.

"Sue, do you have any questions?"

"I don't have a problem." Su shook his head and threw away the trace of unhappiness in his heart.

Brando was suddenly a little silent, and he suddenly thought that he was actually a little selfish in bringing these people into the whirlpool of this political struggle. Sue is the innkeeper's daughter, Roman wants to be a big businessman in his dreams, Freya wants to help the inhabitants of Buchi, Akane is just wholeheartedly trying to gain the approval of others, and the veterans of the Bronze Dragon, the young men of Toniger, the fate of the royal party and Princess Griffiin has nothing to do with them in the first place, and they are here now because of one of his ideas.

Why did they pay so much, even with their lives, for the rise and fall of the royal family, and for the change of the fate of a princess? Unlike the deep-seated prejudices of the royal party and the aristocracy, in Brando's view, there is no distinction between high and low people, and even the life of a princess is not necessarily nobler than that of a beggar.

Princess Griffiin is more important in his heart, not because she will be the regent of this kingdom in the future, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but because he cannot forget the precious memories of the past, the days when she fought side by side with her companions, with the Valkyries, with thousands of people who share the same beliefs, but this memory is not for anyone else, even Freya.

His purpose was originally somewhat selfish, but there were some things he had to do because he knew the result.

"Sue, do you believe me?" Brando asked suddenly.

The dark-skinned girl looked up at him suspiciously.

"What we're doing now may not necessarily succeed, but it's going to be right, and if we do it we might fail, but if we don't, it won't succeed. The aristocracy could not save Eruin, but they could not find a peaceful life in a quiet corner. Brando remembered the Second War of the Black Roses, which was bound to take place in the future, and the kingdom was burning in flames, and the overly modest reforms could not save Eruin.

If he doesn't let go of it, history will repeat itself sooner or later.

Su lowered her eyelids, "I don't understand, but Miss Freya chooses to trust you, my lord." If you bury your head in the sand, you can only deceive yourself, and the lord wants to say this, right," she smiled, "Actually, I don't care, my father's opinion is my opinion, and he chooses to believe you, my lord, not because of any big reason, but because you have never failed so far." ”

"This is the end of a failure, and if you succeed, you can continue to walk, does that mean?" It seems that this is indeed the case, he only has one chance and cannot choose, if he can't succeed, then at least one vigorous failure. Because even if you don't do it, you're a failure.

He nodded, relieved.

He turned around: "Sanior, then according to the predetermined plan, I will ask you to help attack the port, and I will provide you with the details of the location and defense of the warehouses of the Chamber of Commerce in the docklands and the Ampesel Navy, and all the looted goods can be used as your trophies...... But if you can, try to minimize civilian casualties. ”

"We are not bloodthirsty villains." Sanir snorted angrily: "There is a detailed defense, we will try to avoid civilians, but there is no problem with the map you gave us?" Ampesel's layout and defense are all in the hands of the Flame Temple, can you get it? ”

Brando smiled mysteriously, of course he couldn't get it, and he didn't need it, he already knew the layout and fortifications of Ampesel through decades of history. "Don't worry, there won't be too many navies left at the dock that day, and I will create conditions for you." Ampesel's navy, with the exception of a few ships of the Port Authority, consisted mainly of the monks of the Temple, and Brando was at least confident that he would lead those monks away.

Besides, the storm at sea was approaching, and the Templars would never have thought that the attack would come from the sea.

"By the way," he suddenly thought of something, "I would like you to use the Sea Demon Whale again." "He mainly wants to use the sea devil whale to cover the retreat, the port authority still has a few warships, and the sea devil whale has a special effect to suppress the storm, and when the time comes, he will retreat from the sea, just passing through the storm-ravaged sea, Brando doesn't want to finally escape from Ampesel and bury the belly of the fish.

Sanir hesitated, then nodded. Brando has been very kind to the Shining Scales, and this time he should return the favor. In addition, the Shining Scales Naga suffered a lot of losses in the Western Sea War, and Brando's offer to give them the opportunity to plunder the warehouses of the Ampesel Navy and the Chamber of Commerce was also a condition they could not refuse. Ampesel is the largest trading port in Eruin and the entire South, and if you can get to the bottom of Ampesel's navy this time, Shining Scalenagar's losses in this war can almost be replenished.

"Thank you so much." Brando is really a little surprised now, the relationship with Shining Scales Naga is just an unintentional move on the way to Ampesel, but he didn't expect that the unintentional intervention has become the most critical part of the success of this trip to Ampesel.

"It's just reciprocal." Sanir is still the same as in history, and he will write off the favor that Brando owes with a light sentence, and if the shrewd Queen Hanlu knows about it, he will definitely punish him to go to the abyss of the deep sea to work and reform.

And then, Brando decided to meet the half-elf girl one more time.

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