Soon, after the morale in the barracks had stabilized, Marshal Levi mobilized his soldiers to make several more attacks on the city of Moron, but without much advantage or success.

On the other side, the news of the defeat and surrender of the Susin Kingdom finally reached the Lopez Kingdom.

Previously, because Jason's Leonidas ordered the shooting of the civilians of the White Sword Province in front of the Barria Pass, this incident dealt a huge blow to his prestige, causing some nobles to gradually favor Phil.

However, when the Susin Kingdom was defeated and the Marquis of Asa would soon bring the news of the return of nearly 100,000 troops to the kingdom, the attitudes of some of these nobles began to become ambiguous again.

Upon hearing the news, Phil hurriedly ordered the crusade against Jason's army to intensify its offensive and make sure to annihilate Jason's army before the Marquis of Asa returned to Lopez.

At the same time, he planned to gather the noble ministers of the country and ask them to send their own private troops to form a combined army to go to the province of Laike to break through the rear of the Marquis of Asa and keep him out of the Dragon Fortress.

It's just that before these orders could be released, they were stopped by Sandra, and Sandra brought a person, and it was this person who made Phil cancel his previous plan.

Because this man was the Marquis of Bode Creon, Ivan's father.

Phil didn't try his best to ask the old marquis to come forward to help him, but this time what he didn't expect was that the Marquis of Bode actually came to the door in person.

I have to admit that Phil's mood at that time can be described as ecstatic.

And the Marquis of Bode assured him that he and the Creon family behind him could spare no effort to support Phil's future accession to the throne, but hoped that Phil could guarantee Ivan's safety.

It turned out that Sandra had learned from her men that Ivan's army had been defeated and that she had been plundered by Lancelot, so she immediately sent someone to find the Creon family.

Even she herself came to the door to state the pros and cons to the Marquis of Bode.

This is one reason why Marquis Bode chose Phil over Jason, and the other reasons are of course because Lancelot directly led to the destruction of the Creon family's 2,000 army, and most importantly, Ivan participated in the battle for the Barria Pass.

This already expressed the position of the Creon family, and even if the Marquis of Bode explained to Jason that this was not his intention, it was impossible for Jason to believe him stupidly.

So he had no other choice, and it was probably a big mistake to let Ivan manage the family instead of him in order to cultivate his ability.

After receiving the news of the Marquis of Bode's imminent arrival, Phil arrived at the main entrance of the palace early to wait.

Soon a magnificent carriage carrying Marquis Bode and Sandra arrived, and when Marquis Bode took the first step in the carriage, Phil greeted him with excitement: "Dear Marquis Bode, your arrival makes the excitement in my heart difficult to calm. ”

Phil's words are half-true, although he is indeed very desperate to get the help and support of the Creon family, but he does not want to completely smash the huge power of these great nobles.

It is foreseeable that in the future, if Phil masters the kingdom of Lopez, at the beginning, he still needs these big nobles to help him stabilize the country, and at the same time check and balance the infiltration of the hundred tribes in Lopez, but after a long time, when his power is strong enough, it will be time for the rights of these big nobles to be hit.

In this regard, he and Jason's thoughts coincided, but Jason's behavior was more radical, so he basically only had the support of some minor nobles such as the Viscount of Lyon, and most of the big nobles in the north were against him.

Phil put on such an enthusiastic appearance, of course Marquis Bode will not believe it all, in fact, strictly speaking, it is just a transaction between them, to the point where the Creon family, as long as there is no huge change, their position in the kingdom of Lopez is unshakable.

Since the old king handed over the power to the queen and the Marquis Garcia because he was "seriously ill", some of his previous unthinkable thoughts or ambitions have gradually emerged.

Now in his mind, he has put himself and the Creon family behind him in a position where he can be on an equal footing with the surname Lopez.

And this, he could not have imagined when the old king was still sitting in that position, but now ......

One of the two princes is struggling to resist and die in the north, and the power in the hands of the other is coveted by the noble council, and he is afraid that the old guys will attack it soon, and in addition to this, there is a group of threats with unknown purposes around him.

The two major helpers of the Lopez royal family once rebelled, the other was previously targeted by the Garcia family, and now Phil is jealous.

The Lopez royal family, which was once huge, intimidating the Lopez Kingdom and suppressing the nobles of the Lopez Kingdom, has begun to sink, and now it is no longer worth being feared by the Creon family.

It's just that now is not the time to show this gesture, so the Marquis of Bode saluted Phil very respectfully, and then said with emotion: "Your Royal Highness, you are too similar to your father. ”

This is really a compliment, not a satire on Phil, because no matter how controversial King Lopez is, whether he is a qualified father or not, but the fact that he alone has made the surrounding countries dare not act rashly against the Kingdom of Lopez is enough to show his ability.

Hearing this, Phil was secretly happy in his heart, but said very humbly on the surface: "I still have a long way to go before my father, and I am satisfied with half of his achievements in this life." ”

How dare you say it?

Hearing this, although Marquis Bode said that he was too modest, he was disdainful in his heart, to be honest, between these two princes, he was actually more optimistic about Jason.

It's just that he can't support Jason, for a desire that has just awakened in his heart, he is old enough, but he wants to leave a rich legacy for his son before he dies.

A marquis title and a province were clearly not to his liking.

After a period of greetings, Phil invited with a respectful expression: "This is not the place to speak, Marquis de Bode, please come inside, I have already instructed the servants to prepare a sumptuous feast for you." ”

Regardless of whether his attitude was sincere or false, it still made Marquis Bode very useful, so after a few polite words, he followed behind Phil obediently.