Chapter Seventy-One: Victory Celebration

The biggest hero of the battle of Medin City?

As soon as Kameni's voice reached his ears, he was drowned out by the thunderous cheers of the square.

Haysom stared blankly at the backs of Kameni and Roy in front of him. A thought, like the song of a banshee, tempted him, making his heart beat faster and faster.

Could it be, the young magician?

Is it Roy?!

The troops entering the city led by the Grand Duke passed through the boiling crowd of the Avenue of Glory, entered the square, bypassed the fountain in the center of the circular square and the bronze sculpture of the Grand Duke Solan riding a horse and wielding a sword, and stopped in front of the square celebration platform.

The celebration table is located on the terrace on the second floor of a gray building. On the left and right, there is a curved stone staircase. This is the Loulian government building, and it has been the perfect place for any expedition, proclamation or grand ceremony over the years.

At this moment, the building, along with all the buildings next to it, had been hung with a huge majestic flag and a Lulian military flag. It looks like giants draped in ribbons, surrounding the circular square. The stone railings of the terrace are also covered with small flags and flowers. The steps are covered with a red carpet. Heavily armed soldiers of the Muni Guards, standing in formation.

Grand Duke Adolf and Sophia rolled over and dismounted. Escorted by General Lulian such as Kahn and Fano and thirty Munich knights, the members of the 121st squad of the rabble army walked onto the ceremonial stage.

By the time the procession arrived at the square, the guests from all the provinces and principalities of the empire, Archbishop Wallace of Lulian, the royal envoy, the Count of Cousins, the ministers of the Duchy, and members of the Duke of Lulian's family, including the Archduchess of Adolf and his three other children, had already walked out of the lounge of the government building and were waiting in front of the terrace.

When Archduke Adolf, who had been fighting abroad for more than a year, shook hands with everyone one by one and hugged his wife, the atmosphere of the entire city of Muni reached its peak. At this moment, whether it is a nobleman or a commoner, whether it is a gray-haired old man or a young girl. They all screamed, jumped, screamed, clapped and whistled.

Since the moment the Ferrets invaded Lulian a year and a half ago, the entire empire has been in dire straits. The clouds of war hang over the lives of all people. Worry all day.

At that time, the news they heard every day was defeat, defeat, defeat. The unsuspecting imperial ** team, under the onslaught of the Feilie cavalry. There is little resistance. Whether it is the Pruu Theater in the northwest, the Longmen Theater in the west, or the southern coast of Lulian Province, the battle situation is a rotten scene.

Originally, in the minds of all the people of the empire, including the Lurians, the situation in the province of Lulian was the most dire. After all, Lulian was far south of the empire, and his army was the last of the empire's provinces and principalities. Moreover, after the fall of the southern coastal ports, there was no force left to stop the landing of shipwretches of Fijian soldiers.

It is entirely up to the Firean to choose the most suitable landing site along the long coastline of Loulian. And Lurian's defenses were stretched. It is impossible to hold on.

But no one expected that with the return of the Bavarian Knights led by Miss Sophia and the southward movement of the Red Leaf Knights, the Lulian Army under the command of the Grand Duke would be able to fight with the Fireans. Although the Fireans had been advancing northward, the retreating Lulian army showed no signs of defeat.

They still have courage and unity, and they keep the pressure on the Firetes. After a few battles over the past year, the Firetes have understood. Want to conquer Lulian. It's not as simple as they think.

What the Philaeons didn't expect was that they had already captured the province of Pru, which was much stronger than Lulian. Rushing into the city of Behring of the Grand Duke of Frerett, and even breaking through the Longmen defense line that had been preventing them from crossing the Warcraft Mountains for decades, they concentrated their forces and carefully prepared the fatal blow, but under the city of Medin in the south, suffered the biggest defeat since the launch. ...,

The result that 12,000 Fili martyrs were killed or captured in battle not only disrupted the strategic deployment of the Filie's army, but also caused a collective shock in Filie's country from Peter I onwards, dozens of officers and generals were held accountable, and the offensive posture of the three-way advance was also forced to be suspended.

In this battle, the Lulians not only won the biggest victory of the Saint-Soran Empire since the beginning of the war, but also won valuable respite for the Saint-Soran Empire, and told all the Saint-Soran people that the Philae were not invincible!

In the words of the famous Imperial General Safin, the great victory of the city of Medin strangled the reins of the Imperial carriage rushing to the precipice! Its impact on the situation of the war, the impact on the political situation, and the encouragement of the people's morale are incomparable!

This makes all Lulian people proud!

Although the war is not over yet, and there may be more cruel and severe tests in the future, it will be a matter of the future. Today, at least, they can stand here, celebrating their victory, applauding the hugs of the Grand Duke and his wife who have been fighting for more than a year. It's a holiday for all Lurians!

Gently kissing the face of the woman already covered with tears, Grand Duke Adolf took a deep breath and turned to the crowd in the square.

Looking down from where he was, the entire square and the surrounding streets were densely packed with human heads. Even the slightly taller sides of the square, such as the windows, roofs, and trees, were already crowded with people. A few mischievous half-sized boys even climbed onto the gallows and dangled their feet on the gallows beams hung with ropes and chains.

Archduke Adolf's gaze withdrew from a distance and fell on the group of young people in the audience. Among the young men who were divided into areas according to uniforms, he easily found the dark-haired boy.

"Sean. Grand Duke Adolf smiled and turned his head to Sean and the others beside him: "Look at who that black-haired kid is forty meters in front of you." ”

Sean and the others looked in the direction that the Grand Duke had said, and after a moment, the sharp-eyed archer Prawn was the first to spot the target in the crowd: "Roy, it's Roy!"

"Where?" the team excited. Look around. Soon, under the guidance of the prawns, they saw the boy who was smiling and watching them.

"Recognized?" said the Grand Duke.

"I know him when he turns to ashes. Sean laughed and scolded: "This damn deserter." ”

"Do you want me to pick him up?" Greyhound was eager to try, and his face was full of unconcealed joy on his pretended vicious face.

It seems that as long as Adolf gives an order, he will jump off the stage directly and find out this guy hiding in the crowd. Exposed to all.

Offstage, the students of the first training camp were confused and excited. They couldn't hear the words of Grand Duke Adolf and the others, and they couldn't understand why the Grand Duke and the heroes beside him were all looking to this side. However, now was not the time to worry about this, and many of the nobles stood tall with their chests held high. Trying to make a good impression in the eyes of the Grand Duke.

Only a few people such as Kameni and Nicole, Luke, and Jolie know the mystery. Kameni was expressionless, Julie and the others secretly looked at Roy, and Roy's face was a little unnatural.

"Forget it, let's respect his own wishes. Grand Duke Adolf shook his head. He smiled at Roy, then raised his hands at the crowd.

Although they were too far away to hear what Grand Duke Adolf and the heroes of Team 121 were saying, everyone was watching their every move. As Adolf raised his arms, everyone held their breath, and the cheers that rang through the sky gradually subsided, from the square to the surrounding streets, and became silent one after another. ...,

"We all know that. This war is far from over. ”

Here are the opening words of Archduke Adolf. Dressed in military uniform, he stood on the high celebration stage, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.

"Sixty kilometres south of the city of Medin there was the army of Fire. They are building up their forces and are preparing for a new offensive against us. And before that, they had already done so. They occupy more than 100 towns and cities in southern Lulian, more than 200,000 people have died in the fighting, and millions have been displaced and homeless. ”

A circular amplified magic array. Shining at the feet of Grand Duke Adolf. His voice. The echo magic array engraved in the surrounding buildings through guò spread in all directions. Every street in the city of Muni. His voice could be heard in every section of the city walls, even in the wilderness beyond.

The people gathered in the square and the surrounding streets and buildings, like forests in a windless world, quietly watched Archduke Adolf on the stage of the celebration. People in other places also stopped what they were doing. The blacksmith stopped the hammer, the farmer laid down the hoe, the woman put down the dishes in the sink, wiped her hands on her apron, and pushed open the kitchen window.

"Parking. A nobleman stamped his foot in the carriage, pushed open the door and stepped out of the carriage. When his shiny leather shoes stepped on the stone floor of the street, the other carriages passing on the street also stopped. Gentlemen and ladies stepped out of the car, looked at each other, and looked up to listen to the sounds in the sky.

Pedestrians on the street stopped, customers and vendors haggling stopped talking, people in the shops walked out of their shops, and refugees in their shacks looked at the fragmented sky between the tattered tarps. Even a few children chasing and fighting stopped and looked blankly at the adults around them.

"It was the voice of Grand Duke Adolf. "The soldiers stopped training and stood on the barracks playground in sweat. The knights grabbed the reins and patted the whirring horses on their necks. The officers put an end to the argument in the war room and walked out of the barracks in twos and threes, looking in the direction of the center of the city.

At this moment, the entire city of Muni seemed to be frozen in time and space.

"This is a nightmare. The voice of the Grand Duke of Adolf, echoing over the city of Muni, "A nightmare that I suffer from every time I wake up from a dream. ”

"Starting with Bollabelle, they burned, killed and looted. Their iron hooves trample over the fields we have worked so, and their torches set fire to the houses where our ancestors have lived for generations. They have slaughtered our wives, our children, plundered our wealth, driven us like cattle to the docks, carried goods for their ships laden with soldiers, repaired roads, and prepared for further aggression!"

"For more than a year, I've traveled all over the South. Everywhere I went, there was a scene that pierced my heart like a knife. I can't believe that the burned ruins, all that remains are charred and ruined, are the rich southern cities of Loulian. I couldn't believe that the grassy fields, the lifeless, foul-smelling villages, were the beautiful places I had traveled countless times. ”

The Grand Duke's voice was a little choked.

Of the five principalities of the empire, Lulian was the smallest. Land area and population. It's not even as good as a larger province under the royal family.

However, the Duchy of Lulian was the richest of the four major provinces in the southern part of the empire. The extensive sea routes, abundant fishery resources, natural harbors along the coast and rich magical and mineral resources adjacent to the Warcraft Mountains have made the economy here always within the top three of the four major provinces of the five principalities of the empire. ..., the House of Loulian, who has ruled this province for more than a hundred years. In the government building behind Adolf. Portraits of the successive Grand Dukes of the family are hung, and the admonitions they left behind are also inscribed.

Among the top nobles of the empire, the Loulian family is not the strongest one, but it is definitely the most benevolent to the people under their rule. Generations of Archduke Loulian have left a good name in this land that people admire. They are thrifty and industrious. Self-control. Possess the virtues of a true nobleman.

It took them hundreds of years to build a prosperous and stable Lulian. But this qiē was half destroyed in a year and a half of the break!

Seeing the inheritance left by his ancestors ruined in his own hands, and seeing countless subjects fall under the sword of the Phreth, Adolf's heart was dripping blood.

These words have been held in his heart for a long time. He didn't say anything about it. It was only at this moment, standing on this stage of celebration, looking at the thousands of Lulians gathered in front of him, that he confided his heart for the first time.

Every word Adolf said. All of them resonated with the people. Especially those refugees and down-and-out aristocrats from the southern coast have already burst into tears.

They knew better than the inhabitants of Muni what was going on in the South. I know better what a cruel scene it was when the corpses were everywhere and the blood was flowing like a river. That's what they've seen, it's their own experience. Some of them have lost their fathers, some have lost their children, and some have even crawled out of the pile of dead bodies.

Every day they could dream of storming the city with overwhelmingly dressed Ferray cavalry. Rush into the crowd. Wielding their swords, a sight of blood splattered. The sound of horses' hooves can be heard every day. The sound of the sword slashing into the **, as well as the cracking sound of the houses set on fire and the screams and cries of the people.

They fled north, in rags and starvation, away from the butcher's knives of the Phreels. However, on that long road, they saw more corpses lying on the side of the road due to hunger and disease.

No one wants to think about that scene. After coming to a safe place, they locked every qiē into the deepest place in their hearts and never touched it. Every touch was a kind of painful torture for them.

And now, all memories have awakened with the words of Grand Duke Adolf. In the crowd, cries gradually rang out. The men clenched their fists and bit their lips. The women covered their mouths and hugged each other, crying silently.

"It took me a long time to accept this qiē. "This is the reality, the misfortune of all of us, and the shame of my Lulian family! ”

"Father. Sophia, who was on the side, stepped forward and supported the trembling body of the Grand Duke, her eyes slightly red.

"It doesn't matter. Adolf glanced at his beloved little daughter, took a deep breath, suppressed his agitated feelings, and said, "Perhaps, we can't choose our own fate, but we can choose how to face him!"

His voice echoed over the city of Muni.

"This is the free and prosperous Lulian, the place where our ancestors have come since mankind set foot on the land of redemption. Here, they cultivated the land, expelled the monsters, built cities, and multiplied. Every inch of land here is condensed with their blood and sweat. Every house records their lives. It belongs to us Lulians. In our veins, their blood flows. They have never bowed to anyone, and today, we will never bow to anyone!We are fighting!From Bollabel to Turin, from Aksache to Porto Montoli, from the Beast Mountains to the Plains of Elam, from the River Hilai to the sea, we have been fighting!"..., all of them looked at Archduke Adolf with sparkling eyes, and the blood in their bodies boiled in his sonorous voice.

"Not long ago, we were under the city of Medin and were attacked by the most ferocious attack of the enemy. At that time, there were only 15,000 of us. And the enemy on the opposite side was a full 40,000. When their striker arrived at the foot of Medin City. No one believed that we would win. But we won. We annihilated more than 5,500 of the Philip strikers under the city of Medding, and we annihilated more than 6,000 of the enemy in the Baronial Canyon of Burgess, thirty kilometers south of the city of Medin. Not only that, but we also drove the Firetes back to the defensive line sixty kilometers south of the city of Medin, allowing them to stop their offensive in the three major theaters of the empire at the same time!"

Grand Duke Adolf raised his arms excitedly. A roar: "Cheers for the victory of Medding, Lulian!"

"Long live Lulian!"

"Long live the Saint Soran Empire!"

As soon as Archduke Adolf's words fell, the crowd erupted into a roar like thunder. The sound swept through the city in an instant, soaring into the sky and stirring up the clouds.

Whether it's the people in the square or the soldiers in the barracks. Whether it was the gentlemen and nobles who got out of the carriage or the refugees in the refugee area, everyone jumped. Everyone's face was flushed with boiling blood. Everyone was throwing everything they could, hats, scarves, coats into the sky.

They jumped, shouted, waved their arms, and hugged each other. The whole of the city of Mooney. At this moment, I fell into a carnival.

Amid this cheer, Grand Duke Adolf exclaimed: "Let us honour our heroes!"

The award ceremony was prepared for a long time. As Archduke Adolf and the royal envoy Count Cousins stood side by side, the heroes of the Battle of Medin stepped forward to receive the medals one by one in Karn's roll call.

"The first squad of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Battalion of the Lulian U-League, Captain Sean, was awarded the Order of the Golden Lion of the 3rd class. Registered in the Knight's Palace. The Jin Empire's royal second-class tiger lieutenant was awarded a B-level mining estate. Canonized as a baron of the first class. ”

The crowd burst into applause.

Everyone was in awe. I didn't expect the Grand Duke and the royal family to spend so much money this time. Sean from an ordinary civilian knight. Leap into the ranks of the nobility, and you can also get a B-rank mincing, which is simply a step to the sky!

He deserves it, though. For what he has obtained, people will envy, but no one will be jealous. You must know that if the battle of Medin City was not for the 121 squad, I am afraid that everyone would not even have a chance to stand here today, either they died in the flames of war, or they didn't know where they would have gone.

"First Squad of the Second Brigade of the First Battalion of the Lulian Rabble, Soldier Burroughs," Karn smiled and motioned for the knife to step forward, "Awarded the Order of the Silver Lion of the Second Degree, registered in the Knight Palace, the Royal Leopard of the First Class of the Jin Empire, awarded a C-rank Pick, and knighted." ”

With Karn's roll call, the soldiers of the 121st squad of the rabble army stepped forward one after another to receive medals and canonizations. Each of them was rewarded with a knight's registration and a fief. Even Tang Xiaoben, who was originally still studying in the first training camp and could only become a trainee knight, made an exception to directly register as a knight and was promoted to the imperial royal first-class leopard warrior.

The atmosphere has been completely detonated at this moment. Every soldier who stepped forward received the warmest applause and cheers from the people.

Starting from the 121st squad to the heroes of the noble troops, a full fifty people walked onto the stage to accept the reward. At the same time, Archduke Adolf and Earl Cousins also announced that the Grand Duke and the royal family would give an additional 2 million gold to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle. and generously compensate the families of all soldiers who died in battle.

When the last soldier to be publicly canonized stepped off the podium, Grand Duke Adolf stepped forward and pressed his hands on the ground. ..., the people fell silent and watched him.

"I think, as everyone knows, there is one person who has to mention the victory in the battle of Medin City. Archduke Adolf's gaze fell on Roy in the audience.

"It was this young man, who, together with his companions, at the most critical moment of the battle, united and organized the rabble soldiers to resist the attack of the Firetes. It was he who, when the enemy Knights were attacking, used his shocking magic to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Bavarian Knights."

People were excited. Who Archduke Adolf was talking about, of course they knew. A word about this young magician who didn't know the name had already spread throughout Lulian. He is the most crucial hero in the victory of Medding, the hero who saved the city of Medin and all the rabble soldiers, and the pride of the Lurians!

Everyone's eyes were shining, especially those Huaichun girls who admired heroes, their cheeks were crimson, and their hearts were beating faster. How they wished to see the young magician, and if he were here, they would have rushed up to him, kissed his face, and sprinkled him with all the flowers in their hands.

"You don't know who he is," Adolf's gaze swept over the students of the first training camp, and he said slowly, "But, I know. He's right among you, right in the first training camp for heroes!"

"Boom!", the crowd erupted in a commotion and exclamation, and the entire city of Muni was like a frying pan...... I didn't pay attention when I wrote that chapter yesterday, Sophia's hair should be silvery-white. I was in a trance...... In addition, at the end of the month, the monthly pass list began to become intense, brothers, there are monthly passes......