After disguising himself and settling all the people down, Salian entered the Palatinate Palace with Anna, the representative of the Council of the Earls of Schwartenn (she was the descendant of the former Duke of Schwartenen and the head of the nobility of the region), who was also attending the Imperial Election Conference. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Here, they first had a friendly meeting with the head of the central forest region of the Empire, the Duke of Koenigs, who had already arrived.

"Virtuous nephew, according to the secret letter you sent me, I have set up a garrison in the northern part of the border with the Duke of Kerzen, but will he really attack?"

"Dear uncle, with the Ruger family behind them, they have enough funds to wage war, but we don't need to be afraid of him, the countermeasures have already been thought of, and the first step is to ensure the victory of Archduke Joseph at the conference. ”

In addition, Salian told Koenigs the location of the camp outside the city, so that the Duke could cooperate with him in case of any situation. Then Salianma took Anna to meet with many important princes of his faction, including Ulrich, Riddlelingen, Duke Wienria and others, as well as the chief Archduke Joseph. The Kingdom of Vanolia did not have the right to vote, so no one came, and this is why Prime Minister Wiethel sent troops to support Salian and use his hand to influence the election.

After all these preparations, Salian also paid a special visit to the Earl of the Palace, and once again expressed his full support for the regent's accession to the throne. The Earl of the Palace himself and his heir, Viscount Charles, also expressed their gratitude to Salian for his support, and at the same time they also praised the severed head of Baron Junggingen and the broken body of Jaeger that Salian sent some time ago, because in this way, it is believed that Margaret will also be at ease to be the queen, and there will be no more thoughts about free love.

On December 31, 2492 AD, in the Great Hall of Voting in the Palatinate Palace, representatives from across the empire will begin the process of electing the new emperor of the "divinely blessed Tutonian Empire" by secret ballot. Among them were staunch supporters, some sold their votes for money or something, some were threatened with force, and Salian had foreseen what would be a comical meeting.

As a member of the House of Princes, Salian sat in the second row of the voting seats, the first row of which were the princes of the Church, and on the rostrum were the Regent, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Next to Salian was the Duke of Kirzen, Moritz von Eppenzel, who was next to him, and this was the first time they had met. The Duke was in his prime, tall and magnificent, and could be said to be a typical Tutonian nobleman. As he sat down, his gaze swept across Salian's face, and Salian couldn't see through what was hidden in his deep gaze, and they waited silently without any communication.

The Imperial Election Council was presided over by the Speaker, Archbishop Carl Jung of Meloa, who was a witness to the marriage of Viscount Charles, and what he was best at was high-sounding words. After all the members had arrived, the Jungian throne called the meeting to order, first of all, he reaffirmed the rules and regulations of the election, and made all the members of the empire swear to the one true God, and as the Pope's acting agent in the empire, he was a witness to this ceremony.

The Regent, Count Hans von Ensbach, then drew lots to elect three minor lords of the Reich who did not have the right to vote and representatives of the Free Cities of the Reich as tellers. The Vice-President, the Earl's in-laws, Bruno, was elected as Overseer in accordance with the procedure.

In this way, the first round of voting began nervously, and if no candidate received a majority of the votes, the next round would be held until a majority appeared, which was designed to avoid the crisis of the vacancy of the imperial throne, and the failure to elect the emperor would greatly hurt all the members of the empire.

Half an hour later, the first round of the election was over, and after careful consideration, the results were: 32 votes for the Grand Convention of Aldenburg, 32 votes for Moritz von Eppenzel, Duke of Kelzen, 18 votes for Hans von Ensbach, Count of the Hautes, and four votes for Vanne von Hinterfingen, Duke of Wienria.

Salian noticed that the Count of the Palace on the rostrum had an ugly face, and it was conceivable that when he understood how painful he was in the Tao, the Duke of Colzen, who had promised to support him, actually surpassed him in the number of votes, which was an obvious betrayal, so the Count of the Palace stared at the Duke of Colzen and wanted to kill him immediately. The duke, on the other hand, is now completely blind. But Duke Kerzen's heart was actually very nervous, he didn't expect that Archduke Joseph's energy was so great that he could completely overwhelm himself in terms of votes.

The Duke of Kerzen immediately stood on the podium and made an impassioned speech, in which he expounded the legitimacy of his election in the most convincing tone, and exposed the scandals of the family of the Earl of the Palace, among which was Miss Margaret's affair, which attracted a lot of boos from the audience, and finally he solemnly quoted the contents of the code of the "Tutun Realm", which proved the fact that the Archduke Joseph did not have the legal right to inherit.

Of course, the Archduke Joseph's faction will not be restrained, and since the Earl of the Palace has actually withdrawn from the competition, then his original eighteen tickets have become a state of waiting to be sold. Manster, who was present at the meeting, was guided by his father, Bishop Beckenried, of Konstanz, to discuss business with a number of bishops and abbots who had supported the Count. Salion, on the other hand, personally approached the Grand Master of the Order of the Brotherhood of the Sword and showed him a copy of the prepared document, which turned out to be a copy of the secret treaty between the Duke of Kerzen and the Kingdom of Gniezno. The Grand Master was shocked, if the secret agreement was true, it would be a catastrophe for the Knights, and he believed that Salian would not dare to lie to him on such a major matter, and he also knew that only Salian could save him now, so the Knights of the Sword also turned to the side of Archduke Joseph. He then made contact with the other two knights with whom he was close through the Order of the Sword, and finally spent some money to successfully win them over.

In addition, Duke Vienria also publicly expressed his support for Archduke Joseph, and at least three of the four votes he received would also go to the Archduke, and their faction was already rock-solid.

Unlike Salian, who threw a lot of money, the Duke of Kirzen, who had been wealthy, seemed to be a dime a dime today, only shouting some empty slogans, and Salian expected that it was very likely that Estfaria's actions had an effect.

Then came the second round of voting, in which Archduke Joseph won forty-five votes and won without a doubt, but Salian understood that things were not settled, and he could feel the anger of Duke Kerzen beside him.

Just as the Speaker Jung's throne was about to declare the victory of Archduke Joseph, suddenly the guards placed outside the auditorium by the Count of the Palace broke in, and they shouted in panic: "My lord, no, we are surrounded by a group of flying monsters in the sky! They demanded that Duke Kerzen be elected emperor, or else attack, and they had already used magic to shatter a tower!"

Hey, these people haven't grown at all since the sadomasochistic incident caused by Yeager and Baron Rongzingen last time, and their performance is still so unbearable. Salian quickly got up, walked out of the auditorium and looked up to see that the sky had been overrun by the flying classes. As previously estimated, sure enough, it was the allies of the Duke of Kerzen who came.

Now in the sky are the unique troops of the Kingdom of Gniezno, the famous Falcon Dragon Knight and Pegasus Knight on the mainland. Due to Gniezno's unique geographical conditions, her nominal land area is twice the size of the entire Divine Grace Empire, and at the same time most of it is plain, and the population is very small, only about eight million, so in order to effectively control such a large area, her army is basically composed of cavalry.

Among them, in addition to the ordinary cavalry, relying on two kinds of wurm resources unique to China (they have had several powerful dragon trainers in history, and have carried out hybrid experiments between dragons and alien creatures, resulting in several magical new species), that is, artificially bred falcon dragons and Pegasus, forming the only formed air force on the continent today. The Hayabusa Knights, which consisted of male nobles, and the Pegasus Knights, which consisted of aristocratic girls, were only allowed to join the country's elite army because of the country's strict serfdom system and strict precautions against the people. It is completely different from the Imperial Army, which was promoted according to military merit, regardless of origin.

Although the Falcon Dragon, which was formed by crossing a low-level green dragon with a dinosaur, had a low intelligence and could not use words, it inherited some of the dragon's strength and the dinosaur's ability to fly. They can still fly freely when they are wearing armor and carrying a fully armed adult male with a spear in their hands. The Hayabusa Knights' strongest killer weapon is their swift dive attacks, and the survivability is also quite high by relying on the tactics of one-hit escape.

Pegasi are even rarer as descendants of dragons and unicorns, they are noble, elegant, and intelligent, and although they are weak enough to fly with slender women on their backs, these beautiful creatures are highly intelligent and can use several innate spells, such as acceleration and concentrating light. At the same time, it can also communicate with humans spiritually, although it is not very useful. And the aristocratic ladies who control them are mainly magicians of all kinds because they cannot be equipped with heavy weapons and armor.

As far as Salian knows, there are now a lot of talents in the two major knights, especially the four masters of the Hayabusa Dragon Knights, known as the "Four Knights of the Heavenly Wings".

Salian looked up and saw a handsome knight dressed in a very ornate manner, with a long cloak painted with the symbol of Gryzno, the silver eagle, and I don't know if it was a figure from the Four Horsemen. Beside him was a very beautiful Pegasus knight, with supple light-colored blonde hair that reflected the sunlight and looked very dazzling. In the hearts of ordinary residents of the mainland, Gniezno is best known for the country's abundant handsome men and women, whose bards and dancers are well known to the general public. The two in front of me are the best of them.

Now it seems that these extremely mobile knights will not attack for the time being, but only threaten, and the killing will cause the whole empire to be angry. But Salian knew that the battle would be sooner or later, because the Archduke Joseph's faction would never compromise.

At this time, many members of the empire also came to the outside of the auditorium to find out, some were terrified, some fled, and some immediately fell to their knees at the feet of Duke Kerzen, such as Duke Ulrich. Only Grand Joseph righteously rebuked Duke Kerzen and criticized him for his evil act of introducing foreign forces into internal affairs.

On the other hand, the Duke of Kerzen, ignoring the words of Archduke Joseph, was standing triumphantly on the steps in front of the Great Hall, threatening the Count of the Palace and the two archbishops to vote for him, and it seemed that the Duke had an overwhelming advantage by relying on the fast-moving flying forces.