Henry VII was talking about his own heart, he had only treated Duke as a gentleman before, and even investigated Duke's details and behavior, and determined such a thing, so he would be crowned a viscount and then transferred to Stormcastle as a lord.

This is a chess piece that is destined to be consumed, and Henry VII didn't pay much attention to it after putting it in Storm Castle, and even when Storm Castle was attacked by the Ice Demon last year, Henry VII ordered the Imperial Army not to rush to help, and the entire Storm Castle territory was within the scope of Henry VII's abandonment.

Of course, it was certainly not because Duke had abandoned Storm Castle, and he had absolutely no fortress worth anything in the eyes of Henry VII. More of a problem is the decline of the Flange's national power, which makes it impossible for them to keep the Storm Castle running, and the income from the magic crystal and ore is completely disproportionate to the expenditure on maintaining the security of the Storm Castle, and the Storm Castle has become a huge burden for the Flan Empire.

By the way, he can also get rid of Duke Otto's son and give him a serious warning. If it is done properly, it can also hold the Otto family accountable for losing the imperial territory and find a way to "cut the domain".

But now things have developed far beyond Henry VII's expectations, Duke is not dead, Stormcastle has not fallen, and now there is no even the most basic recourse for help. And at the last royal banquet, Duke's close relationship with the Holy See and the royal relationship surprised Henry VII.

If it weren't for the fact that the level was too high, and the memory was not even qualified for the status of Duke Otto, otherwise Henry VII probably thought that there was a shocking conspiracy behind this, and he couldn't sleep at night.

"Lazer, what the hell did you say Duke was doing in Stormcastle?"

"This vassal doesn't know, if Your Majesty wants to know, we can exclude spies and go to Stormcastle to investigate. ”

Before, because Storm Castle was really inconspicuous, with less than a thousand troops, and it was all about to be abandoned, the French Empire did not place officials or eyeliner in Storm Castle, because they didn't even have the value of installing eyeliner.

But now it's different, Henry VII is extremely interested in the affairs of Stormcastle, and more importantly, Stormcastle seems to have a good Stormtroop army. The strength of the army is what really worries Henry VII, and he regrets a little that he underestimated Duke too much, and has already probed him.

"Yes, find a way to send someone to Stormcastle to investigate. ”

Henry VII finally made this absolute, and Duke's titles were all sealed by him, so he was a direct vassal of the French royal family, and Henry VII still had a lot of binding force on Duke, and even surpassed Duke's titular lord, the Prince of Andorra.

If something really goes wrong with Duke, in order to prevent the Otto family from becoming bigger, Henry VII will do everything to stop the development of Storm Castle, and even find a way to take Duke directly.

Just as Henry VII was making his decision, another batch of documents was delivered, and the lead documents came from Duke's Storm Castle.

When he saw this document, Henry VII smiled a little relaxed, and even teased Lazer behind him: "I thought that this Duke really had some ability to reach the sky, and he didn't even ask for help from the winter ice demon attack, it seems that we still think too much." ”

Stormcastle's reporting was expected by Henry VII, and it was the nature of many rulers that they didn't like things that were no longer in their control, and Stormcastle now had this tendency. So seeing that Stormcastle still needed help, Henry VII was in a good mood.

Lazer, who was standing behind him, naturally said cooperatively at this time: "Of course, Your Majesty, Duke is just a noble child who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun in the imperial capital, and there is nothing special about it." And I've heard that he was able to get to know Paladin Andrea, and he had something to do with Princess Jena. As for the relationship with the cardinal, it seems to be because of the Bishop of Stormcastle, Kasmai. As for how Castlemai had a relationship with the cardinal, I don't know, it's an internal matter of the Holy See. ”

Hearing Lazer say this, Henry VII was even more sure of his thoughts, and it seemed that this Duke still couldn't escape from the palm of his hand. But when he opened the paperwork and looked at the contents on it, the smile on Henry VII's face froze almost instantly, because what was written on it was completely different from the letter he expected for help!

Lazer has served Henry VII for so many years, and naturally he can't detect any subtle changes in him, so when he saw the smile on Henry VII's face freeze, he asked carefully: "Your Majesty the Emperor, is there something wrong with Storm Castle, the Ice Demon has already conquered Storm Castle?"

Hearing Lazer's question, Henry VII was relieved from his shock, and he shook his head at Lazer and replied, "The Ice Demon didn't capture Storm Castle, and even this matter has nothing to do with the Ice Demon. ”

"So what happened?"

At this time, even Lazer was surprised, forgetting the etiquette of his vassals, and asked Henry VII directly.

At this time, Henry VII naturally did not notice these small details, but directly handed the paperwork in his hand to Lazer. When Lazer saw the contents of the paperwork, he quickly became as surprised as Henry VII, because the contents of the document were something they could never have imagined!

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Duke's Storm Fort actually asked to send the Storm Army to the northern border, how is this possible? Let's not talk about what Duke thinks, does the Storm Army have this strength? If I'm not mistaken, the previous Storm Castle Storm Castle City Lord's Guard plus the Border Knights was only about a thousand people, so they relied on these 1,000 people to go to the northern border?"

"Even if the date above says that it will be next spring, but winter is the time for the Ice Demon to attack, and it does not mean that the Summer Ice Demon will be dormant without any offensive action. You must know that in the history of Storm Castle, there is also a record of summer ice demon attacks, all Duke is planning to completely abandon the defense of Storm Castle and go to the northern border, and what is the reason for him to do this and winter, I don't understand it at all!"

Hearing Lazer's surprise, Henry VII only replied lightly: "Look at the next page." ”

Without any hesitation, Lazer flipped to the next page, which indicated the number of troops the Stormtroopers intended to send - three thousand!