Gradually, Rhyat became numb, he no longer followed the spirit of a knight or a strong man, all he wanted to do was how to destroy the enemy quickly, and if he avoided mass casualties in the army, he became unscrupulous in order to achieve these goals. ”

"He has done all these things by blowing up dams, flooding the three armies, burning forests, laying red land for thousands of miles, and even poisoning water sources!"

"And these heinous behaviors also made Reat a dream demon in the hearts of the kingdom's generals, in just ten years, he wiped out more than 500,000 armies of other empires and principalities, and killed a total of three marshal-level generals, forty-six general-level generals, one hundred and eighty-two general-level generals, and countless other generals, so that the world called it 'War Demon'!"

"It's just that even if he has such outstanding feats and such a terrifying record, the war is still not over!"

"He was forty-four years old that year!"

"He couldn't wait to end the war, and brazenly launched the 'Tianyan War', he took the two major legions under his command with a total of 200,000 troops as the main force, and at the same time pretended to pass on the holy decree, and gathered seven legions with a total of 800,000 troops as the left and right wings in the name of the 'War Demon', and the millions of soldiers were divided into three ways, and the front of the troops was directed at the capital of the Fire Empire - Tianyan City!"

"Everyone knows that as long as the 'Tianyan City' is captured, then the Fire Empire will fall, and it also means that this war that has lasted for decades can finally end!"

"So that battle, the battle was extremely fierce and extremely cruel, all the soldiers were red-eyed, seeing that the capital of the Fire Empire, Tianyan City, was about to be captured, but his affairs were also revealed at this time!"

"In a fit of rage, His Majesty the Emperor at that time, under the bewitchment of many great nobles with interests involved, regardless of the victory in the battle at that time, easily recalled the seven legions defending his flank, and it was difficult to support it alone, which directly led to the failure of the 'Battle of Tianyan', and the ten years of Ryatt's achievements were destroyed in an instant!"

"After returning to the imperial capital, those filthy nobles even moved out of the church regulations to accuse him of a series of crimes such as disregard for life, violation of chivalry, etc., so Rhyat was sentenced to ten years in an underground prison, and the subsequent marshal who held the power - Ron Locke was even more ruthless, in order to prevent Ryatt's resurgence, he directly purged all of Ryatt's original close subordinates and even slaughtered all the people of the Hayard family!"

"This is the end of a generation of 'war demons'!"

After speaking, the crazy old man smiled softly and self-deprecatingly, but his eyes were extremely sad!

Apparently he said that the hero of the story he said was himself!

Hua Long has known this for a long time! And while listening to this story, what Hua Long felt most deeply was the helplessness and sadness of that state of mind. In this environment, how small is a person's strength, and how powerless is a person in the face of war.

Behind the seemingly beautiful life, in fact, it has long been bound by fate, and this established shackle can neither be shaken off nor thrown away!

"Master, haven't you ever thought about revenge?" Hua Long, who felt the same way, was also angry in the next moment, if such a thing happened to him, I am afraid that he would have killed the Marshal's Mansion directly regardless of it, and the blood debt would have been repaid!

"Revenge?" the crazy old man suddenly clenched his fists sadly, and said with red eyes: "How could I not have thought about it......?

"What is a pity?" Hua Long hurriedly asked.

As far as he knew, although Marshal Ron's mansion also had many masters, he might not be afraid at all with the strength of the mad old man's cultivation, not to mention that the bright ones could not come to the dark, why was Marshal Ron still safe and easy for so many years, but the crazy old man hid in the mountains behind the Imperial Women's Academy alone, living a life where this person was not like a human or a ghost.

"Hey, it's not as simple as you think, behind his back...... Hey, don't talk about it!!You'll know later!" The crazy old man sighed suddenly, obviously didn't want to dwell more on this matter, and after calming down his mood slightly, he immediately changed his words and said: "Hualong, you have to understand that many things can't just look at the surface, just like you said you want to hold power, but what do you use to hold power?"

"The power is in the hands of Prime Minister Rongte, the military power is in the hands of Marshal Ron, and your brother is trying to frame you in every possible way, you can't even protect yourself, how can you hold power?" the crazy old man reprimanded in a slightly cold tone.

The crazy old man's words were like a sharp sword, deeply inserted into Hua Long's heart, shattering his beautiful beliefs in an instant!

And Hualong, who knew that his thoughts were too naïve, didn't know what to say for a while.

"I'm sorry Hua Long, my tone is a little heavier!" the crazy old man's expression regained his calm, "I want to tell you a story to tell you that the acquisition of power is not only a military victory, but also a political victory, and you will never get power by relying on the military alone!"

"At this point, your brother Hua Yun is more transparent than you, he is not only more ambitious than you, but also knows how to use strategies and means than you, he can sacrifice everything in order to achieve his goals, all his talents are what you lack, if I can, I would like to accept him as an apprentice, not you!"

"Then why ......" Hua Long was suddenly extremely surprised, and he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Why did he choose you? Because he didn't answer that question!" Seeing that Hua Long didn't understand, the crazy old man continued to explain: "Hua Long, although the acquisition of power depends more on political tactics and means, the military is also indispensable, and the military without politics is like a castle in the air, fleeting, and politics without the military is also water without roots, drifting with the wind, and the two complement each other and are indispensable!"

"And although your younger brother enrolled in the Imperial Royal Academy, he didn't answer that question, so at most he is only an excellent soldier, and you are a natural soldier, because you have unique insights and views on war, this is the essential difference, after all, excellent soldiers will only maximize the knowledge they have learned, and their abilities are limited after all, while natural soldiers are able to create their own tactics and play at will, and the potential of that kind of military is unlimited!"

"Moreover, it is because you have a kind and tolerant heart, and your birth determines that you must take this path, otherwise there is only a dead end!"

"Master, I don't understand, why did my birth determine this path?" Hua Long was puzzled, although his cultivation path was indeed forced by his birth, but he might not be able to back down before the way of power, after all, as long as he had a cultivation that was enough to protect himself, even Hua Yun might not be able to help him.

The room was silent!

"Hua Long, what if your father asked you to marry Nicholas Xueya?" the crazy old man asked suddenly.

Xueya!?

Hearing this name, Hua Long felt uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart, not because she let the evil god kill her, but because of her empty look and excessive vain attitude, all of which made Hua Long feel that this noble lady was extremely disgusting!

"I'm ......" Hua Long hesitated suddenly.

The authority of the father is absolute, and it is even more impossible to disobey, if the father asks him to marry Xueya, the result will be ......

"You can't resist, can you?"

"This is impossible, my reputation is so bad, and Xue Ya likes Hua Yun, so ......" Hua Long suddenly paused, because he noticed the seriousness of the crazy old man's expression at this time, and a bad feeling immediately surged into Hua Long's heart, "Master, this can't be true, right?"

"What do you say?" the crazy old man chuckled.

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