In the silence of the study, Anthony heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, followed by the whispered exclamations of his wife and daughter. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He put down the paperwork in his hand, frowned, and opened the door.

"What's wrong?" asked Anthony.

In the living room, Ralph was standing in front of Elizabeth and Scarlett with a complicated expression on her face. And Elizabeth and Scarlett were covering their mouths, as if they had heard something unbelievable.

Seeing Anthony come out, Ralph saluted respectfully. Elizabeth walked briskly over and whispered a few words in Anthony's ear quickly.

"Wait......" Anthony seemed a little unable to come back to his senses after listening, he tilted his head and asked in confusion, "You mean, Adolf dispatched a hundred knights in the Heavenly Transformation Demon Suit during the ceremony?"

Elizabeth nodded.

"A hundred?" Anthony asked, looking at Ralph again.

"Yes, Your Highness. Ralph, who inquired about the news, said respectfully.

Anthony's gaze straightened a little, he paced to the couch, sat down, and asked thoughtfully, "...... Moreover, these days the magic costume is made by Leo?"

"Yes, Your Highness. This was confirmed by Grand Duke Adolf himself. It is said that this is the condition that Leo paid to recruit troops in the city of Muni," Ralph said, "and ......"

He looked at the time and said, "After two prayer hours, the Golden Skull Auction House will auction off a simplified version of the Heavenly Transformation Costume. The author is Leo. ”

The room became silent.

Anthony and Elizabeth stared at each other, and it wasn't until much later that they digested the shock in their eyes.

Suddenly, both of them looked at Scarlett at the same time.

Scarlett stood quietly in the sunlight peeking in through the window. She bit her lip, her eyes flickering, not knowing what she was thinking.

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When night falls, the majestic Paramet Fortress, perched on a steep cliff, is particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the red glow in the sky.

The entire fortress is in the shape of an irregular double diamond. Sit south facing north. The walls were built with huge stones weighing thousands of kilograms each, and they were 100 meters high. The extent of the city wall encompasses almost every inch of land at the top of Mount Palamé. This makes the entire fortress blend with the steep cliffs, which is extremely steep.

A hundred years ago, Grand Duke Solan led a large army to the north, and it took a whole month to break through the fortress guarded by less than 500 soldiers. Over the past hundred years, the fortress has been repeatedly repaired and expanded as the throat of the northeast of the imperial capital, and now its scale is five times that of the original.

Sophia walked along the city walls.

The newly formed Fire Phoenix Legion of the Solan Empire is now stationed in the Parame Fortress.

This is the base camp of the Fire Phoenix Legion and her birthplace. Countless soldiers and knights gathered here from all sides of the empire, and countless money, food, and weapons were sent like flowing water, and it was only now that the legion was taking shape.

As Legion's Commander, Sophia has spent months at the Paramet Fortress. I am very familiar with every brick and stone here.

At this moment, walking on the city wall, stroking the rough wall tiles with her hands, Sophia frowned slightly, pondering as she walked. So much so that several passing officers and soldiers patrolling in front and behind saluted her, and she was unconscious.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard anything big, have you?"

Officers and soldiers, all whispered.

The Fire Phoenix Legion was originally established because of the invasion of the Feili Empire.

Today, however, the situation in the empire has changed dramatically. And the mission of the Fire Phoenix Legion has also changed from resisting the Feilie Empire to fighting the demons. In a few days, the legion will be the vanguard, and the camp will be drawn north.

And Sophia's task is to send a reconnaissance team into the territory of the Pompeii Empire to contact the demon army going south to find out the number, scale and speed of the enemy. Second, it was responsible for setting up camps, transporting grain and grass, and preparing for the assembly of coalition forces.

If you are someone else, you will inevitably be in a hurry.

But in the past few months, the legion has grown from scratch, from small to large, and it can be said that it is all run by Sophia. For this young corps commander, there is also unanimous awe from top to bottom.

Don't look at her age, although she is not very old, her personality is also indifferent, which makes it difficult to approach. But in military terms, he is a first-class genius. Whether it is the usual internal orders and prohibitions, training and cooperation, or on-the-spot command and logistics support during the march and battle, she is in good order.

You must know that the members of the Fire Phoenix Legion come from all over the empire. There are many generals whose strength is far above Sophia, who is a knight of glory, but after a few months, everyone is obedient to this legion commander. Even the people of Donald's line in the army are only silent until now.

It's not that they don't want to fight, it's that under Sophia's iron fist, they don't have a chance at all.

Especially during the construction of the legion, Sophia also found time to fight the Battle of the Fjord. A hearty victory completely established her unshakable position.

Ever since she received the order to go north, Sophia has been preparing. These days, orders from all sides have been issued one by one, and the implementation is also in an orderly manner. At least judging from the current situation, everyone doesn't think that the Legion Commander has anything to worry about.

It's not often that people see a situation like today's distraction in the corps commander.

"I guess it's a matter of Loulian. Turning his head to see that Sophia was already far away, a third-level tiger lieutenant said in a low voice, "Haven't you heard, this time, more than thirty nobles have united to force the palace on Grand Duke Adolf." ”

"I've heard about that, too. ”

All the officers said one after another.

"I'm not from Loulian, but I can't stand it. You said that the human Lulian had just fought with the Abyss Demon, and he tried his best to drive the demon back, but the result was ......"

"yes, those guys' eating looks are really ugly. Isn't that bullying?"

"Hey, you don't know what virtues these nobles have. Now the major families are desperately recruiting people and expanding their armies. With so many mercenaries who want to join the army, can they bear to hold back such a big piece of cake without stretching out their hands?"

"That's it. Don't look at these mercenaries who are unruly on weekdays, but in terms of strength, they are as strong as clouds. If they really join the army, the strength is probably much stronger than our legion. Whoever it is replaced, is not willing to watch it. ”

The crowd talked and went away. Silence returned to the walls of the fortress.

Walking to the south gate of the fortress, Sophia stopped and snuggled up to the pheasant, looking south. The setting sun had already disappeared into the clouds in the west, and only the last glimmer of light remained. And the mountains and jungles in the south are also blurred in the gradually thick night.

As everyone speculated, Sophia was indeed upset about Lulian's affairs.

In the past two years, Lulian has suffered many disasters. First, it was invaded by Filie, and the lives were devastated. Finally defeated the Southern Army of Feilie, but I didn't expect the Abyss Demon to come out like this again. Let the little vitality that Adolf worked so hard to recover be ruined.

Seeing that she was about to go north, Sophia couldn't help but worry about her father.

In the imperial capital, she could feel the turmoil of the empire far more than when she was in Lulian. The royal family, the Donald, the Holy See, and the swinging centrists, the outside powers...... All kinds of forces converge and collide in this land.

Over the years, Lulian has been in a safe corner, and it is actually quite far from these storms.

But in the past two years, Lulian has been at the center of the storm many times, and once profoundly changed the direction of the imperial political situation, which made the family have a lot of enemies, both openly and secretly.

It was hard for Sophia to imagine how the family could gain a foothold in the coalition with the current weakness of the family. Without power, there is no voice. The weak will always be the first to fall victim to being abandoned.

Especially this time, that kid is still ......

Thinking of Roy, Sophia couldn't help but frown.

Although in front of Moya, Sophia is completely on Roy's side. But deep down, she was still worried about Roy and those families competing for mercenaries.

Roy, this guy has just been promoted to the nobility.

He thought that this was still Bollabel fighting with a bunch of children over something? It would be unwise to make enemies at such a time. What's more, he provoked so many such powerful opponents at once. For anyone, this is a naked search for death!

And what's even more worrying is that his father actually messed around with him.

What hole cards are these two unconscious guys holding and what are their plans? I don't know what the situation is now. Those nobles are not easy to deal with.

Just as she was thinking, Sophia suddenly saw a group of knights escorting a carriage towards the fortress.

Billowing dust and smoke, dragging the elders on the barren plains.

As soon as she saw the dragon dragging the carriage and the giant-like physique of the coachman, Sophia immediately knew that it was Moya who had arrived. She quickly probed to the guards at the gate to open the door, and then walked quickly around the stairs and down the city.

Crunch crunch...... With the sound of wheels running over the wooden bridge, the carriage drove into the fortress.

When Moya stepped out of the carriage, Sophia was already waiting.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Mo Ya's expression, Sophia's heart tightened. The two have been friends for many years, and no one knows Mo Ya's calm and wise better than her. On weekdays, even if something big happens, she has never seen Mo Ya have any panic.

And this time, Mo Ya, who got out of the carriage, had an obviously strange face.

Her brow furrowed tightly, as if she was thinking about something that had been incomprehensible all the way. She had a secret letter in her hand that had been fired, and when she got out of the car, the letter was still unfolded, and judging by the crumpled extent of the paper, I don't know how many times she had read it repeatedly.

Even when Mo Ya talked to her, she was in a trance.

And looking at the dust on the carriage and the appearance of the guards and knights of the Ministry of Supervision, you can see how anxious they were. From the imperial capital to here, the distance is not short. Even if you rush to the whip, it will take more than ten prayer hours.

Usually going to the imperial capital, Sophia will spend two days on the road. And if there is anything between the two that need to be contacted, it is usually through the letter falcon. This time, Mo Ya came without prior notice, which made Sophia suddenly have a hint of foreboding.

Under Sophia's quizzing gaze, Moya walked up to her.

"What the hell is going on?" Sophia was a little furious by Moya's gaze. She found that the eyes of her good friend were indescribably strange.

"See for yourself. Mo Ya slapped the secret letter in her hand into Sophia's hand, and walked in first, "Go to your room." ”

Sophia unfolded the letter, eagerly reading it as she followed in her footsteps.

As she walked, Sophia's pace slowed down, and at last, she simply stopped.

Mo Ya turned to the side and looked at her.

On the ice-like face of her close friend, she saw a slightly open mouth and extremely shocked eyes.

I can't hide that shocked look!

"You really don't know?" Mo Ya was a little surprised.

"Of course," Sophia came back to her senses when Mo Ya asked this, and walked up quickly, "a hundred Heavenly Knights...... Our Family...... Is this true?"

"Nonsense," Mo Ya glanced at her, "This is a secret report from my Supervision Department!"

She said, turning and continuing to walk, "Besides, this news is not a secret. I don't know how many people in the whole city of Muni have seen it with their own eyes. It's just that I got the time a little earlier than everyone else...... Hey, your dad played a big card. ”

"But," Sophia followed her, "I know better than anyone else what is going on in my family. Not to mention a hundred sets of Heavenly Transformation Demon Costumes, even ten sets can't be taken out. Otherwise...... The letter said that it was all Leo, no...... Made by Roy?"

"That's going to ask your father, and Roy's damn brat," Mo Ya gritted her teeth and glared at Sophia, "You say, how many secrets are you still hiding?!"

Sophia couldn't help laughing: "I don't even know these things, what's the use of you staring at me?"

"But that kid is your Lulian man!" Mo Ya looked angry and looked jealous, "You say, why is your family so lucky?"

Hearing this, Sophia pursed her lips, a smile on her face.

As a member of the Lulian family, there is no news that makes Sophia happier than this news. She never dreamed that this time, her father would solve the problem in such a way.

A hundred knights of the Heavenly Change.

In the face of such power, she could fully imagine the reaction of those nobles.

It's just that she was in extreme shock before, which made her a little unable to come back to her senses for a while. And at this moment, after accepting that all this is the truth, even if her temperament is as cold as hers, she can't help but shed a trace of happiness, and even a little pride.

Although the curvature of the corners of the mouth was very shallow, this scene still stunned the officers and soldiers passing by.

It was the first time they had seen the girl-next-door situation of their own legion leader, who was colder than an iceberg. Just pursing your lips and smiling, it's like a spring breeze thawing.

"Proud of it?" Mo Ya glared at Sophia, the more she looked, the more angry she became.

Sophia didn't speak, just pursed her mouth and walked with her.

As she walked, Mo Ya sighed, stopped, and turned her head to look at Sophia: "Do you know why I ran like this myself?"

Sophia shook her head.

"My dear eldest lady," Mo Ya said through gritted teeth, "wait until tomorrow...... No, not to-morrow, at most a few more prayers, and your Loulian family will be famous all over the world. A hundred Heavenly Knights, how many people do you say will rush to show favor to you?"

Sophia was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "So ......"

"So," Mo Ya looked depressed, "I was sent by my family to hug your thighs." ”

Poof, this time, Sophia laughed straight out loud.

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. (To be continued.) )