At the end of the Grand Review and Punishment Conference held by the Academy of Magic, in the Imperial Palace, a few miles southeast of the Academy, Emperor Yuss was walking around the grand royal library in civilian clothes and holding an ancient book in his hand.

The architecture and décor of the library reflect a strong Yuss architectural style, inherited from the orcs and improved to make it more habitable and usable. The interior of the hall is rectangular in shape, with four longitudinal rows of columns with numerous carvings, two columns in the form of a round arch between the two columns near the ceiling, and an oval vault at the intersection of the deep nave and the wide transept, where a large number of dark wood bookshelves are placed, and on the shelves are a large number of books, some of which are unique. The ceiling of the library is made of wood, and the ceiling is carved with various legendary characters from the Yus Empire. The floors are generally made of grey marble, and the walls and columns are made of white granite. The color is elegant, but magnificent.

What the Emperor Yuss is holding in his hand at this time is a lone ancient book, the ancient book mainly describes some continental history hundreds of years ago, this is not the official history, but a work that picks up the missing notes, this kind of work is very much in line with the emperor's appetite, because it contains a lot of ancient legends about this continent, and even some unknown areas are also described, if it was twenty years ago, maybe the emperor will personally explore it just because of a legend in the book. However, although the emperor is still in the prime of life and his ambition is not extinguished, he is entangled in too many imperial affairs to carry out it. At present, there are only two things that really make Yuss the Great feel a little difficult, one is the orcs in the north, which has always been a sword hanging over the head of the Yuss Empire. The second is the Papal State in the south, in recent years the south is not peaceful, the new Emperor Hepburn is ambitious, since he took office, the Papal State began to expand strongly, the north rejects the elves, the south obeys the countries, and now has formed a semi-encirclement of the Higg Empire, anyone can see that Higg will be the next prey of Hepburn.

Julius still had some sympathy for the new pope, Emperor Hepburn, an equally eloquent figure, who might stand in a hostile position in the future. Because from another perspective, the emperor would almost make the same choice, and he might not do it better. Of course, having such an opponent as Tees Hepburn will be a headache.

Compared to Yus the Great, the current Sig the Great will feel more headaches, now in his country facing the direction of the Papal States and the Divine Alliance, is a long national border, although there are a number of Sigg Empire checkpoints on the border, but because the border line is too long, scattered defenses make the checkpoints everywhere seem weak. Perhaps Higg should have reached out as soon as possible when the small southern countries were annexed by the Papal States, as long as the Holy See's power could be dragged to the small southern countries, then Higg would not have to send a secret envoy to Yuss for help at the moment.

The envoy of the Great arrived in the city of Boulder yesterday, and met with the Emperor Yus the Great and presented him with a secret letter written by the Emperor Higg himself, and the Emperor Yus the Great knew that the messenger was coming eventually, and when you could not dodge, the best way to rush up to it and crush it down. However, the Emperor was a little hesitant about the matter mentioned in the secret letter, and at this time he stayed in his study, reading the ancient book, while waiting for the arrival of his two most trusted courtiers, and then discussed the matter together.

It didn't take long for the attendants to come in and report that the Marquis Williams, the head of the Imperial ** Department, and the Earl of Lead, the head of the Imperial Royal Knight Academy, had already waited outside the door for the Emperor to summon them as instructed.

After listening to the announcement, the emperor waved his hand and said, "Take them to the study first, and I will be there immediately." ”

When the Emperor walked into the study, the two important ministers of the Emperor's side, the Marquis Williams and the Earl of Lead, were already sitting there waiting. Although the latter is not as powerful as the former, he has long served as the president of the Royal Knight Academy, the cradle of the emperor's ** officials, so he has a higher prestige in the military than the former, and the two have always been the emperor's first staff officer about the country's military, even the Duke Phelps, who is the prime minister of the empire, must be ranked behind.

After the two of them finished saluting the Emperor Yus, the Emperor stepped back, took out a parchment scroll, and handed it to the two of them.

"You guys take a look at this first, and then we'll talk. ”

Minister Williams picked up the parchment roll first, and when he read it, his eyebrows were almost twisted into a pimple.

Dean Leader took the parchment from Williams' hand and looked at it quickly, his expression calm.

"This was sent by the secret envoy of Busman Roland Higg. "Yus the Great explained the origin of the parchment, but he did not explain, and the two of them guessed it.

"Is the letter true?" asked Lead, putting down the parchment.

"There is no investigation, and only the three of us in the Empire have read this letter at the moment. But Higg wants to lie to us about this, and it won't do them any good. The Emperor expressed his opinion.

"I didn't expect Des Hepburn to be ready to attack Higg so soon. Williams sighed with emotion, "This new pope is not very old, but his ambition is indeed not small, if he is allowed to expand like this, soon the entire continent will believe in the God of Light." ”

"Faith is a small matter, but I'm afraid that this son will have to listen to their arrangements in the future. Yuss the Great patted his seat and said with a smile.

"I read in the letter that the matter of Dias sending people to Triumph City to ask Higg to agree to the Holy See to set up a branch in Higg and carry out missionary work is probably just a temptation of Higg by the Holy See, mainly because Dith wants to see the reaction of Busman Roland, and then make a corresponding plan. After all, Higg is not one of those small southern countries, it is not so easy to deal with, and the Holy See has eaten too much over the years, and it needs to be digested, otherwise it will be indigestion. So I don't think DS will necessarily take immediate action, so we still have time. Leader spoke his mind.

"Lead's words have a point, but what worries me is the attitude of Busman Rolland, and I am afraid that if he is hesitant and indecisive, he may not give in to the Holy See, if then we will be too passive. Perhaps his purpose in writing this letter is to test our attitude, and if we fail to support him, perhaps he will fall to the side of the Holy See. Boothman Roland did not have the ambition and courage of his ancestors. The Emperor tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, expressing his concern.

"If it is military support, it will be difficult to hide the eyes of the Holy See, and then it will inevitably anger the Emperor, and I am afraid that it will be Higg who will benefit from it. Williams spoke his mind.

"Maybe I have a solution. Dean Leader said.

"Oh, what a way, say come and see. When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but lift his spirits, although this little man was not good-looking, he often surprised him in military affairs, which is why he always regarded it as a humerus.

"Before Your Majesty summoned me today, I already had good news for Your Majesty, and now that I happened to encounter the matter of Higg, perhaps we can use this good news to give Higg confidence. ”

"Oh, what good news, don't sell it, say it quickly. ”

The Emperor's curiosity grew even stronger, and even Williams stuck his ears out.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the other day when you discussed the Academy of Magic with me? ”

"Oh," the Emperor seemed to understand what Led meant, and he got up from his chair excitedly, pointed at Led and asked, "Are you saying that Fama Ax has finally relented?"

"Yes, the heavens gave me a chance, he ran to me yesterday, I talked to him in depth about getting the magicians of the magic academy to cooperate with the emperor ** team, and finally I gave him two choices, one is to continue to be stubborn, and then wait for the Holy See to unify the continent and finally eliminate magic from this continent. The other is to fully support the Empire, limit the power of the Holy See, and even eliminate it in the south of the continent, so that magic can usher in better development. After some struggle, he finally chose the latter sensibly. ”