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There is a small wooden house on a high mountain where the snow does not melt all year round, and Ludwig, the supreme commander sent by the Kosai Kingdom, temporarily lives here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Upon his return from the city of Doret, Ludwig was officially canonized as King Adam's envoy, responsible for supervising the various regions of the kingdom of Cose, and also coordinating and liaising with the areas where the war was taking place. In just a few months, Ludwig found many nobles and officials who were communicating and conspiring with other countries, and some guys who only ate and did not work in the war zone were also found out by him, which can be described as very clear and efficient.

Ludwig, who should have been rewarded more, was not knighted, which was related to the opposition of the Winter nobles. However, the frail young king Adam still relied heavily on Ludwig, and Adam declared independence on the Sunrise Plateau, and Constable immediately canonized Ludwig as the governor of the Sunrise Plateau after proclaiming himself governor of the Sunrise Plateau, and declared the Sunrise Plateau to the mainland countries as the land of the Kingdom of Cosai.

But just like canonizing Ludwig as the governor of the Sunrise Plateau, there is no basis and no validity for claiming that the Sunrise Plateau belongs to the Winter Kingdom to other countries, so other countries did not pay attention to the self-proclaimed Kosai Kingdom, and the Sunrise Alliance did not usher in the governor of the Winter Kingdom privately.

Ludwig did not lose heart after receiving this empty rank, and after a period of rest, he was appointed by Adam as the commander-in-chief of the border forces between the Kingdom of Cosey and the Duchy of Magini. This honor was seen by all the nobles and lords of the Winter Kingdom, who were well aware that the frail King Adam had chosen to rely on a "leopard child" over the other nobles who had contributed so much to the rule of the Kosai Kingdom.

Ludwig stepped out of the hut, and the snow-capped mountain at his feet was the highest among the mountains on the southern border of the kingdom of Kosai. The hut was not built for Ludwig, but for the soldiers guarding the beacon. The soldiers guarding the beacon were replaced every ten days, and their task was to protect the beacon and to light their own beacon as soon as they found the beacon on other hills to ignite wolf smoke and spread the news of the enemy's invasion to the borders.

"But the country that will be invaded this time is not our Cosey Kingdom," Ludwig stood alone next to the beacon tower, the sky without snow was very clear, enough to see a cloud in the infinite distance, "These beacons are used to fight against the old kingdom, I didn't expect the three principalities after the division of the old kingdom to be so weak and incompetent, the principality of Noo... The Duchy of Mageni, they are now all fish on the board, fish in the net, and one of the fish is going to bite the other..."

Ludwig's self-talk was overheard by an officer who had just come up the mountain, "Lord Governor, I forgive your subordinates the presumptuousness of asking, when do you plan to launch an attack on the Duchy of Mageny? Our men have long since lost their patience and want to avenge the surprise attack two years ago. "What this officer said was that after Jack's defeat of the City of Honor, the Duchy of Mageni and the East Oguna Empire sent troops to the north together, and the war caused by that incident was not completely over, and the East Oguna Empire had seized the territory of the Cosai Kingdom and had not yet returned it, and the two countries were still at war.

Ludwig shook his head slightly, his pointed ears peeking out from his long black and blue hair, "The fall of the Duchy of Mageni depends on the strength of the rebels, but we can't choose to be the first to strike. The Duchy of Noo and the Eastern Oguna Empire are both close to our country, and they will also be on guard against us, but if they strike first, the initiative will fall into our hands... This is the key to the war in the east..."

The officer probably understood what Ludwig meant, after all, for the Winter Nationals, who loved the vast expanse of the frozen soil in the north, they valued the land handed down from their ancestors more than someone else's.

Ludwig recalled King Adam's instructions to him, and he knew that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility this time, and he would never be able to be thwarted by some inexplicable "accidents" that jumped out of nowhere, like the Battle of Doreth, and returned empty-handed again.

"Ahem... This time you were able to mobilize a lot of troops under your command... You should also understand what this king means... Ahem. Adam, who looks like Jack, has been sick for many years, but he has become accustomed to calling himself king in order to show his toughness in front of his courtiers.

"Your Majesty understands that Your Majesty will do everything in his power to bring back honor to the Kingdom of Kosai. Ludwig was raised by a herd of snow leopards, but he never showed his wild or bestial nature to others, but he showed more education and quality than that of his colleagues, which made it impossible for those who were jealous of his talent and did not like his origin.

Adam's complexion was very bad, his face and lips were pale, "This king wants you to bring back more things, not only land, cities, or... Useless honors. ”

Ludwig still knelt on the ground, and he put his left hand on his right shoulder, "My king, rest assured, your courtiers will focus on finding Prince Jack and Princess Margaret, and at the same time, your courtiers have prepared other troops to carry out a raid on the border of the Duchy of Noo, and look for the prince and princess in the place where they disappeared." ”

Ludwig noticed that Adam was looking at an oil painting on the wall, which depicted Adam, the deceased former king and queen, Jack and Margaret, and now that Adam was the only royal family left in the vast Winter Kingdom, Ludwig could feel the loneliness of King Adam's heart now.

Because of this, Ludwig used his position as a special envoy to investigate the disappearance of Prince Jack and Princess Margaret as early as after the blood banquet. Most of the people who accompanied the Marquis of Ampwair to the wedding banquet of the Duchy of Noel were close associates of Ampwol, but even so, Ludwig obtained relevant information from three places.

The first is the eyeliner he planted at the wedding reception. The eyeliners all pointed to Prince Jack's escape with Princess Margaret after the banquet hall caught fire, and some pointed out that the Marquis of Ampvo had encouraged the two to escape, and was willing to provide war horses.

The second was a close associate of Ampwer who had been bribed by Ludwig. The man said that he had not followed the Marquis of Ampvo in pursuit of Jack and Margaret, but he knew that Prince Jack had fled north after taking Impwair's horse, but he did not know where the prince and princess had fled. This cronie also revealed to Ludwig that the Marquis of Ampvo did not bring back any special people when he returned to his territory, but instead asked many of his cronies to return to the border between the Duchy of Noo and the Republic of Marveil and the Kingdom of Cose, investigating what was going on.

The last source of information was a mercenary from the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment. The mercenary approached Ludwig on his own initiative, saying that his regimental commander had left Evon with the Marquis of Ampwło after the Bloodbath and pursued them in a west-northerly direction. This information was very important to Ludwig, and although he had no way to contact Toya, the leader of the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment, he was already aware of the intentions behind this escape.

The Marquis of Ampwol's disobedience had long been noticed by Ludwig, and the Lord of the Snow Leopard believed that other nobles and ministers would also notice it, but King Adam had never mentioned or hinted at it, so could King Adam trust his uncle so much?

Apparently not, or Adam would not have allowed more and more people of plebeian origin to occupy important positions, including Ludwig himself, who were young and loyal to the king.

Ludwig linked this chain of information, and all he could think of was Ampvo's intention to use Jack and Margaret as bargaining chips, which was the easiest intention to think of.

But these things are speculations without actual evidence, and the thing that can be concluded now is that Prince Jack and Princess Margaret really escaped, at least the Marquis of Ampvo, who left his men on the border of the Duchy of Nou, did not capture them. If he can find the traces of the two of them first, maybe he can delay the rebellion of the Marquis of Ampvo, and at the same time guarantee one thing...

Thinking of this, Ludwig suddenly took out the medal that proved the identity of the governor, although this status was not worth a penny, but it was a proof of King Adam's trust in himself. King Adam's sick body appeared in Ludwig's mind again, Ludwig, who had lived with the snow leopard, could easily feel the vitality of others, Prince Jack's vitality was much stronger than that of King Adam, and King Adam, who had never been able to get a woman pregnant, had no heirs, which was a big taboo for the royal family.

Just as Ludwig was lost in thought, a faint cloud of smoke appeared in the distance of the mountain—pale yellow smoke!

Ludwig quickly recalled the meaning of the various colors of smoke, the pale yellow smoke representing an emergency! But this emergency did not mean a dangerous situation, but judging by the place where the smoke appeared, it was clearly an emergency in the Duchy of Mageni.

It was impossible to receive exact information at the top of the mountain, and Ludwig immediately descended with the officer. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the important message from the crow to reach Ludwig.

"Your Excellency Governor, to the east of the Black Marsh, the capital of the Principality of Magini, the city of Decree is under attack! It is estimated that it will be captured by the hundreds of thousands of troops of the rebels within two days!"

The soldier who had brought the information shouted loudly, and the letter in his hand confirmed that his words were true.

Ludwig immediately asked his subordinates to unfold a map of the eastern region of the Duchy of Magini, the city of the decree is located directly east of the Black Swamp, this city is not a city on the border between the Duchy of Magini and the East Oguna Empire, it is an important city located in the hinterland of the principality, and it is the "waist" of the capital Black Marsh!

"The defenses of the southern region are so weak that the rebels did not take it... It seems that they are going to make a desperate bet," Ludwig immediately ordered all the officers to assemble, "the line of attack of the rebels has changed, and an emergency meeting will be held immediately!"