Chapter 123 Defense Council on
"Lord of the Snow Leopard," Fide subconsciously repeated in a low voice. He looked back at the young man again, who was about twenty years old, about his own age. The face is relatively long, the chin is a little curved, the ears are particularly pointed, and the eyes are like the eyes of a leopard, clear blue-white. But unlike Fidel's wooden face, there was a thin layer of indifference on the other party's face, as if in his eyes, he could only see the captain of the guard who called his name, Leland, and did not pay attention to the eyes of the others looking at him.
After the name of the deputy head of the widow's mercenary group, Myra, did not continue to shake her feet, and kicked the dining table in front of her, and the bones she spat out were almost kicked from the dining table to Satnam's body. "Hey, there's a strange guy there!" Myra pulled out her dagger and pointed at Fidel, who was standing behind Satnam.
Captain Leland and the heavily armored guards behind him all looked at Fidel, and Satnam immediately explained, "This is my staff officer, please allow him to follow me to the military defense meeting." Isn't it normal for Satnam to bring one or two deputies or assistants to the meeting?
"This meeting is top secret, so Commander Satnam, please think about it," Captain Leland's voice was low and thick, "If there is a leak of information, the corresponding person will be fully responsible." ”
Satnam glanced back at Fidel, then said to Leland, "I know the captain of the guard, please let my staff officer come with me." ”
Then Ludwig whispered a few words to the four people around him, and they all nodded in agreement, and stood still and did not follow Ludwig to the meeting, while Leland chose six of his guards to follow him.
The four of them followed Leland out of the inner city, and then into a quiet alley at the end of which there was only a drunk man drinking. The drunk glanced at Leland, who was walking in front, and immediately put the bottle down and moved out of the way to the entrance to the building at the end. Feder saw that it was like a place like an ordinary house, and there was a staircase that led up to the second floor.
The six guards stood at the exit of the alley, and the rest followed Leland to the second floor. Immediately after going up to the second floor, a guard said to Leland, "Lord Leland! The other participants are already upstairs, just a few left." Captain Leland nodded and led the four of them upstairs.
Feder found that the space on this floor was small, about a quarter of the size of the conference hall where he had just met with Virgin Golia. There is probably only one reason why such an important meeting was held in such a narrow place - for the sake of secrecy.
Fett followed Satnam up to the third floor, through the wooden door at the entrance of the staircase on the third floor, which was already full of people. In a square room about 20 meters long and wide, more than a dozen people sit. Some of them were dressed in aristocratic attire, others in heavy armor, but most of them looked at Ludwig with a slightly surprised expression on their faces.
Ludwig was assigned the third seat on the right, while Satnam was placed in the fifth seat on the right, Myra was placed in the seventh seat on the right, and Fidel was behind Satnam. After sitting down in this way, every seat except the chairman's seat has its owner, and the proximity of the seat to the chairman's position of the regent can be seen in the importance of this person to the military defense council. With the addition of the regent Xiumo and a seat next to him, there were a total of sixteen seats.
The seat of the Lord Regent was still vacant, but in the place next to the Lord Regent, there was a child in his teens, who looked more mature than the average boy of his age, and who looked dignified and looked straight ahead, and who did not move after straightening his posture, and appeared quite cultured.
At this time, the nobleman sitting first in the left row spoke: "While the regent is not here, I suggest that everyone introduce themselves, otherwise I don't know what the group of people on the other side is capable of, hum." "This man was dressed in silk and satin, shining gold, and looked like the kind of rich man with a lot of money. Although this person is not tall, he is lean, and he looks different from the average local tyrant with a fat belly. Except for this person, the other six people sitting on the left did not look like soldiers, they should be the nobles of the Theoguna Empire. Most of them wore gold and silver, and it was clear from the expressions on their faces that they were very unhappy with being crammed into such a small attic.
"Let me introduce you to you, this is the most illustrious marquis in the Theoguna Empire, Lord Montres!" Behind Montres, the lean marquis, stood a young man about Avi's age, who looked very similar to the Marquis of Montres in front of him, and if Fede was not mistaken, it should be his son. Fede noticed that only the man who was supposed to be the son of the Marquis of Montres was standing, and neither of them had a seat, which was slightly abrupt. Especially himself, who is dressed in black and has a wooden face, does not look pleasing at all.
The man who suspected to be the son of the Marquis continued to introduce the other nobles, "This is the Marquis of Makilov in Basin City, and he is a commander who has no last resort!" he said, pointing to the middle-aged man with a long neck and a narrow eye in the seat on the right.
"This is Count Barton of Flower City, and his archer army is the strongest archer on the mainland!" "This is Count Yotek from Romy City, he was the most handsome knight in the Theoguna Empire when he was young" He introduced all seven people in this row, but did not introduce himself. And he would introduce each jazz with oil and vinegar, as if he had a particularly good relationship with these jazzes. Fide noticed that the lowest rank was also the earl, and the nobles of the titles of viscount and baron did not appear.
"Then you must be the Duke, and it hasn't been your turn yet!" said a man who sat in the fourth seat on the left, laughing.
The nobleman, who looked similar to the Marquis de Montres, blushed and immediately wanted to refute the other party, but Montrey waved his hand and blocked him, "Count de Barlo, I thought you would be ashamed of abandoning the Tail Peninsula, but I didn't expect you to be quite optimistic." The Marquis of Montres was unceremonious, and directly poked the other party's sore spot.
"Count de Barlo, why didn't you let your maiden family of the Kingdom of Salins send troops to help? The middle-aged, pot-bellied Earl Barton also joined in to taunt each other. Fei De began to suspect that the people in the seat on the right were all high-ranking elites, and the row on the left was mixed with everyone.
"You guys!" said Deballo, his face flushed, and he was about to spill blood, but then the teenage boy sitting next to the chairman's seat spoke, "Don't argue, let's listen to the people on this side introduce themselves." With that, he nodded to the man who looked like the son of the Marquis de Montres.
"This is a good friend of His Majesty Manfret, and the man who rescued Manfret from Greencor, Lixson," the young man standing behind the Marquis pointed to the teenage boy, "and I, yes, I am the son of the Marquis of Montrenice, Möngke!" I don't know why when I heard these people introduce each other just now, although the names of the other people were recorded, he didn't care much about who these people were, but he was very concerned about the identity of this seventeen or eighteen-year-old young male nobleman, perhaps because his facial features were too similar to the Marquis of Montrees, which made people dare not imagine what would happen if the other party was not the son of the Marquis.
The boy nodded, and he drew everyone's eyes to the seat on the right, motioning for the attendees to introduce themselves.
"I'm Stanley, formerly the old ministry of the regent Xiumo, and now the chief of the general staff. The first man on the right was honest and unremarkable, wearing a set of black and white plate armor, and he stopped speaking after he had said this, and looked quite capable and composed. Satnam had mentioned to Fetter about the old ministry of Shumo, and the old ministry of the regent was originally a frontier general in a certain part of the Oguna Empire, and when Xiumo and Golia supported the new emperor, they led their own armies here to surrender.
The man who sat in the second seat was called Fuller, and his hair was deliberately combed to stand on end, like grass. He is the leader of the former Oguna Empire's second-level privileged mercenary group, the Frenzy Mercenary Group, and is now in charge of commanding all the mercenary groups of the Western Oguna Empire. This man is a little ugly, but his body is still quite strong, and in addition, he seems to be very afraid of heat, and constantly uses his hand as a fan to fan himself.
The third is Ludwig, the lord of the snow leopard, "I am Ludwig, an envoy sent by the Kingdom of Kosai to support the defense of the Theoguna Empire. "Ludwig's hair is not long, black with a touch of blue, which is very special.
"How many soldiers have you brought, Messenger of the Winter Kingdom?" asked Count Yotek, who was sitting across from him. Previously, when the son of the Marquis of Montres, Möngke, introduced this Count of Yotek, he praised him as the most handsome knight in the empire, but the current Count of Yotek has no chance of being handsome, after all, he is already a gray-haired old man with a dead age.
"Four. Ludwig was shocked, but he didn't expect that the four men around him were all the reinforcements he had brought.
"Hmph, I don't know if my ears heard it wrong, or if you said it wrong, although I'm very old, it's not yet time for a northern boy like you to tease me!" Jotek opened his wrinkled eyes in an instant, and he stared at Ludwig with his already cloudy eyes. Only then did Fidel realize that there were many powers hidden in the old man's body, and anger was one of them.
"Adam became the king of your winter kingdom at a young age, and because he was young, he was allowed to send only four people to support other countries? The Marquis of Montres also sneered.
Ludwig ignored the sarcasm of the other party, he just replied lightly: "Those four people are only responsible for protecting my personal safety, if there are real reinforcements, then I am the only one." As soon as he said this, those powerful factions of the Western Ancient Empire couldn't sit still.
"The little Papal States has sent 10,000 men, and although they have died a lot of them now, at least they have done their best, look at yourself! What are you!" a nobleman who sat at the end of the throne half stood up and pointed at Ludwig and scolded. And the nobleman beside him also said: "Either like the Kingdom of Salins, not a single soldier will come out, or just like the Papal States will send an army, and you Winter Kingdom will not come to the people, just come a stinky boy! Do you really think that your kind of thing in the north can work here?"
What about the north? Feder looked at Ludwig, who was at ease, and the other party did not seem to show any signs of anger, and did not pay attention to the rebuke of the nobles, it seemed that he was really hidden.
It was only after everyone scolded each other that the chief of the general staff of Stanley, the former department of the regent Xiumo, said: "Don't speculate yet, I heard that Ludwig is a very important general in the Kingdom of Cose, and he will definitely be able to help our defense line this time, let's take a look first." ”
Satnam looked back at Fidel, as if he wanted to tell Feder about Ludwig, but it was rude to do so in such a cramped room, and it was soon the turn of the head of the Church Order to introduce himself.
The fourth person was Count de Barlow, who had fled from the south, and the fifth person was Satnam, the head of the Knights of the Church of the Papal States, but everyone else had their eyes on Field, "This is my staff officer, Fielder, and we have sent elite troops from the Papal States to support the Allies on the orders of Archbishop Arthur Auerbach. Satnam didn't respond to those who had just mocked Ludwig and then mocked the Papal States as well, he just wanted to put the archbishop in the position and let everyone know that Archbishop Arthur Auerbach was the most loyal friend of Theoguna's empire – not the pope.
The Marquis of Montres showed a disdainful expression again, "Although you killed that Hollis guy by the right, and I heard that you also killed Juan's pig, but this doesn't mean that you can bring one more person to this kind of top secret place!"
"That's right, everyone here is a nobleman of high authority," Count Patton said of the nobleman, not Ludwig, "even a noble lord like Möngke can only stand, how can your staff officer be brought into the hall casually?"
The few nobles sitting opposite each other whispered, but just as Satnam wanted to explain, Ludwig spoke first: "Fid is the one who defeated two mercenary guild leaders in a row. ”
Feder looked at Ludwig in astonishment, how could the other party know
The others also cast surprised glances, especially Myra, the deputy head of the widow mercenary group, but Myra quickly put away her surprised expression.
"Two mercenary groups of two mercenary unions?!"
"That's right, James, the leader of the MONOCULUS mercenary group, died at the hands of this Fidel staff officer, and Marven of the knight mercenary group was also defeated by him. Ludwig's tone was calm, as if he were talking about a trivial incident on the street.
All of a sudden, the nobles sitting opposite each other inquired about the truth of what Ludwig had said. You must know that the mercenary groups of the mercenary union are not only superior in strength, but the commander and deputy commander of each mercenary group are well-known fighters, and even their squadron leaders have extraordinary fighting skills. Of course, these nobles had heard of the MONOCULUS mercenary group being wiped out by the Moon Shield mercenary group, but even that Marven was defeated by this young man
The nobles had no way of judging the truth of what Ludwig had said, but Fidel himself knew very well that his experience had been made clear by his northern peers.
Luxon, who was next to the chair, said to the seven nobles, "Although I am only eleven years old, the name of Fielder is indeed the one who slashed James, so don't speculate too much. "Fei De didn't expect that he was only eleven years old, it seems that this boy has been through a lot of things, and it can be tempered to appear in this composure and dignity.
The nobles all looked at the two marquises, Montrey and Makilov, the lord of the basin city, who had not spoken, he just kept looking at the crowd, a silent observer. And Monteres didn't plan to continue to ask because of Lixson's words, anyway, it wouldn't be good to have one more person standing in the venue, as long as that guy was a strong guy.
The sixth seat on the right is Gabrihaus, the largest merchant in the Theoguna Empire, who claims that he and the regent Shumo have known each other since childhood, are childhood friends, and are now willing to invest all the gold coins earned over the years in the Theoguna Empire, regardless of the return.
Finally, a person appeared who made the seven nobles on the opposite side smile, most of whom knew the big businessman. Some nobles even immediately stated that the merchant Gabrihaus should sit first, and not so far away. But Gabrihaus was very easy-going, and he laughed and said that the soldiers who went into battle should be respected, and that he was just an ordinary businessman who did not dare to take credit.
"It's your turn, Deputy Head Myra. Lord Möngke, who was standing behind the Marquis, pointed to the only woman here.
Myra stood up, the mace on her waist nearly hitting Gabrielle in the face, "Since you all know who I am"
"I don't know, who are you, why are you dressed so strangely, are you a man or a savage?" said Count Barton, not forgetting to glance at Ludwig, in the eyes of the nobles in the south of these continents, the barren land in which the kingdom of Cosse is located is the world of barbarians.
Myra glared at Barton and said, "I'm Myra, the deputy head of the widow's mercenary group. ”
"So? So you're going to let the mercenary guild turn to us, or are you here to officially declare war on us? You know, we have Fielder here, and we've defeated both of your captains!"
"I'm only going to tell the regent Shumo what I'm here for, and I'm going to correct you," she said, after glancing at Fidel, she continued, "Marven is only the deputy leader, and the leader of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment is not something you mortals can defeat. ”
"Tsk!" said the Marquis de Montres, "barbarians, enemies, mercenaries and monks, what an interesting thing!"
"Interesting, brother, I said that you will definitely see interesting things when you come. A fat version of the "Marquis de Montrenice" walked in through the doorway, followed by Captain Leland. It's just that Leland immediately closed the door, not even daring to look inside.
"Lord Xiumo!" shouted Lixson, an eleven-year-old boy sitting next to the chair, who immediately stood up.
Only then did Fede see the face of the regent Shumo—he looked almost identical to Montres, just a little more fat. What worries Fett the most is that Xiumo looks more like Monteres' son, Montgo.