Chapter Twenty-Three: The Pattern of Alliances
"You...... Calm down, can't I stop it?" Lin Qiu withdrew his hand with a winch, he didn't know what was going on, didn't he just ask for another plate of barbecue, why did Julius, Phoenix, Stien, and her subordinates all show expressions of wanting to beat him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even the surrounding diners mostly joined the indignant ranks.
In a metropolis as much as the imperial capital, it takes a lot of courage to speak out about your dreams, and the result of that courage is often endless ridicule from others. Most of the people living in the imperial capital care about what you have now and what kind of bargaining chips you can give, and few people believe in the ethereal future and dreams.
Now there is finally a stupid boy who shouts out his dream as if no one is around, and there happens to be a bunch of people who echo him, creating a good atmosphere of enthusiasm. Even the surrounding aristocrats more or less recalled their youthful years full of dreams. And then a plate of barbecue that fell from the sky ruined it all.
"Really, isn't it just a plate of barbecue, as for being so stingy......" Lin Qiu, who didn't know why, thought that Stien was distressed about his pocket.
"Young man, it's not so easy to become the number one swordsman. Stien calmed down for a while before suppressing the feeling of wanting to give Lin Qiu an old punch: "It seems that you have chosen a path that is more difficult than ours, if you want to become, you need not only the pinnacle of swordsmanship, but also understand the world!"
Stien paused and said, "And the Feast of Kings is your shortcut to understanding this world. ”
Speaking of the King's Banquet, Lin Qiu also paid attention to the conversation between the two. Because he found that he only knew about the imperial capital and the kingdom of Tarun, he did not know anything about the composition of the Heluthian Alliance.
If you really understand the meaning behind it, you can understand why the Feast of Kings is so great. The last banquet dates back to more than 60 years ago, when Henry IV died of illness, and the young Henry V distinguished himself among his siblings by virtue of his indirect reading of the Hundred Years' War, inheriting the entire Holuthia League from his father...... Even in times of war, the Feast of Kings attracted all the kings. ”
"Hmph, I know all these things, and I also attended the King's Banquet!" Phoenix said unconvinced, she seemed to be trying to choke Stienne: "There are many people who have come back from the front to participate in this boring banquet, you humans really care about this kind of boring face." ”
This is not a boring face, the succession of kings represents the end of an era, not only kings, but also changes in the hegemony of the great kingdoms on the map of Holutiah - Henry V is the closest of the kings to the church, so that no one in the Kingdom of Glory and the Kingdom of Glenn can shake their position during the reign of Henry V. Can Albert ...... That is, after Henry VI ascended the throne, the pattern of the continent will change. Dima you have just met is one of the main leaders of the eastern powers, and after him, there are several new kings who have risen rapidly in times of war. ”
Unlike the central forces, which admired chivalry, the eastern forces, under the leadership of Dima, practiced the law of the jungle of iron and blood.
"One of the consequences of the rise of power in the east is that the church will be relatively compressed, and the main war faction will regain power. ”
During the reign of Henry V, the main political idea was to value peace, so after the victory in the Hundred Years' War, he did not take any further action, but adopted a policy of enriching the country, which was naturally opposed by the main war faction, who advocated taking the opportunity to invade the Byron Empire.
"In general, the people of the main battle faction are fools. "The Hundred Years' War in which the two countries were, at least outwardly, complied with the treaty not to send Templars to war, and if the war escalated further and threatened the foundations of the Byronic Empire, the situation would not be the same - even if Holutia did win, we would be left with only two barren lands." ”
In this regard, Lin Qiu and Julius deeply agreed.
The two agreed more with the idea that the people of the main battle faction were fools, because they felt that Dima was a fool.
"But what does this have to do with me wanting to be the First Swordsman?" agreeing, Julius spotted a key problem. His goal is to become the first swordsman, not the first politician, as long as the war does not spread to the kingdom of Tarun, he doesn't care whether the main war faction is in power or the main peace faction is in power.
"Because if you want to be the number one swordsman, Dima is an opponent you can't bypass. ”
"Dima, he's so powerful?" Lin Qiu was also stunned. Just now, he only felt that Dima was vicious, and every move hit the point, which was completely a killing technique. But in terms of swordsmanship alone, there should be many people who are stronger than him.
"Dima's power was brought to power by himself, and he himself was known as the First Swordsman of the Eastern Kingdoms, and Paladin, Prince of the Glorious Country, had been known as the master of swordsmanship in the Middle Kingdom many years ago, and it was not until Ophelia appeared that his position was shaken...... However, as of now, Paladin and Ophelia have never officially played each other. ”
When Lin Qiu couldn't help but look at Paladin, he found that they and Ophelia had already left first.
"Even if it's you, don't underestimate them too much, Dima is far from showing real skills when he fights. It's not just because he underestimated you, but he deliberately hid his hand. If you stab down with that sword, you will definitely be dodged by him. ”
"You mean engraving?" Lin Qiu immediately understood something.
As the leader of the eastern forces, Dima naturally can't have no ability. Lin Qiu recalled Dima's calm expression and believed it a little.
"That's right, Paladin's swordsmanship and Dima are also in the middle of the match, and he should be absolutely confident when he challenges you. Stian reminded him: "Don't treat these people as ordinary opponents just because they are princes, these people are all people who have experienced war, and each of them has stepped on the pile of bones to get where they are today." ”
"Don't worry, I'll be absolutely careful. Lin Qiu nodded solemnly.
Of course, what he really meant was that he would miss all the next duel-related matters due to symptoms such as broken bones, stomach aches, dizziness, diarrhea, and vomiting, until Paladin left the imperial capital.
Stian obviously didn't find out Lin Qiu's sinister intentions, and thought that Lin Qiu was a good young man who humbly sought advice while having great strength, and his evaluation of Lin Qiu in his heart had increased by a few points.
"Wait a minute. Julius managed to digest what Stien had just said.
Is there more than one first swordsman? And each region has a first?
He suddenly felt that he had many more opponents out of thin air, but there was another question that he was more concerned about: "So, among these people, there should be one of the strongest swordsmen, right?
After asking, he held his breath in anticipation of Stien's next name.
"The Strongest Swordsman ......"
This question made Stian think for a long time, she touched her chin, and said, "I personally think that the strongest swordsman should be Alyssa Shucarredo at the moment." ”