Chapter 4 Planning and Decision-making
Three years ago, the current Earl of York was the Duke of York, and the Duke of York was one of the three major provinces in the eastern part of the kingdom.
At that time, a war broke out between the Kingdom of Gambis and the Rand Empire over a territorial dispute. To people's surprise, His Majesty Neovest, Emperor of the Rand, turned out to be a golden knight who stepped into the realm of legends. Under his leadership, the long-weakened Unicorn Knights of the Rand Empire won consecutive battles and finally defeated King Lane's Swift Dragon Knights. Although King Ryan was a veteran Golden Knight and also wounded Neovester in the knight duel, he was defeated and died in the end. Two of the three major provinces were also breached, and two dukes were hanged by order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Rand.
At that time, the Duke of York was frightened and fled without a fight when Her Royal Highness Roland August, the eldest princess of the kingdom, led the Knights of Glory to meet the unicorn knights. However, what he didn't expect was that although His Royal Highness Roland was only 25 years old, he had already been promoted to the Golden Knight, and when Emperor Rand returned to the rear to heal his wounds, he used his extraordinary water-based sword skills to severely damage Adrian, the head of the Unicorn Knights, and stabilize the situation. In the end, under the mediation of the Church of Radiance and the Kingdom of Neville, the Kingdom of Gambis ceded the three eastern provinces, including York, to the Ranth Empire, and the two sides signed an armistice.
After the war, His Royal Highness Roland hated the Duke of York for fleeing without a fight and wanted to strip him of his nobility. But the House of York took refuge in King Lane's younger brother, Archduke Williams, and under the protection of the Grand Duke, after the House of York paid a large amount of ransom, the Duke of York was demoted to an earl, and was arranged by the Grand Duke to be the governor of the Centaur Hills.
"Although the Earl of York has lost the duke and dukedom, he has not lost much of his strength. There are at least 5 silver-level knights under his command, and the strength in the secret is even more unknown. Lord Abel took out a sheepskin map, which was the territory of the Centaur Hills.
"Now the most urgent thing for the House of York is not the title of duke, but the desire to restore the territory under their jurisdiction to the size of the dukedom in order to house the vassal families of the House of York. Only in this way can his strength remain intact. Victor, come and see your barony location, which is north of the Earldom of York, which happens to be separated from the rest of the Yorkist family. Abel tapped a few times on the parchment map.
"So the Earl of York led the attack and wanted to take my territory?, but I don't understand the fact that the Earl of York, if he is powerful, why would he put my territory in this position that he covets?" asked Victor.
"Since King Lane was killed in battle, the kingdom has not yet had a new king. In the kingdom now, there are three adults who can inherit the throne. Abel explained to Victor: "The first is Prince Edward, the blood of King Lane and Queen Catherine, but the prince is only 7 years old this year, and he was only 4 years old when the first king died. According to the law of the kingdom, you can only inherit the throne until you are 12 years old. ”
"The second is His Royal Highness Roland, the only son of King Lane and Queen Irene. But Queen Irene was only the daughter of a lord, with a low status, and died of illness early, and the bloodline of Her Royal Highness Roland was criticized by the Senate. However, His Royal Highness Roland has the support of the three major knights of the kingdom, and the military minister Marquis Goron is also the core figure of His Royal Highness Roland's lineage, and it can be said that His Royal Highness controls more than half of the military power of the kingdom. But the eldest princess has no intention of being a queen, she just wants to assist Prince Edward on the throne," Abel shook his head regretfully.
Indeed, if the eldest daughter of the king had been interested in the throne, she would have already ascended the throne and become king, and the political situation in Gambis would not have been as turbulent as it is now.
"The last one is the Grand Duke Williams, the younger brother of King Lane, the Grand Duke is a modest man and has the support of many local nobles, so the Grand Duke has a high reputation in the House of Lords and has considerable influence in the Senate. It is said that the relationship between the Grand Duke and the Radiant Church was very close, and this truce was the result of the Grand Duke's lobbying and inviting three cardinals to put pressure on the Emperor of the Rand. Abel sneered and continued, "And the York family is now the lackeys of the Grand Duke. ”
"Victor, our Marquis is a close friend of Queen Catherine, and naturally a natural supporter of Prince Edward. We can't sit back and watch Williams surge. It makes sense to divide the Earl of York's domain, not only is your barony placed in a separate position, but several families that support the prince are doing the same. It's just that I didn't expect the Yorks to do it to us first. Able stood up and paced back and forth a few steps.
"Then what should I do?" asked Victor to Abel.
"For the past two days, the Earl of York has been refusing my request to see me on the pretext that he is busy with official business. It seems that he will not see me, and presumably he has sent an envoy to the Senate of the royal capital to handle this matter. No, I must go back to the royal capital immediately to meet Lord Sophia, the key to victory or defeat lies in the judgment of the Senate, we must prepare early, and we will definitely not let him succeed. Abel stopped and turned to Victor and said, "In order to prevent him from sending someone to intercept me halfway, I can't leave you any more men." During the month-round trip, the Earl of York may put pressure on you, and you use the excuse that the injury has not healed and you are unconscious, and drag him for a month. He will not hurt you without regard for the decency of the nobility. ”
Hearing that Abel was going to leave him alone in the black castle to delay the Earl of York, Victor thought to himself: I'm afraid that you don't care about my safety, as long as the Earl of York throws me into the wilderness, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to find my body at that time, but unfortunately, I am no longer the toy I used to be at the mercy of others.
Victor sneered in his heart, but pretended to be earnest and said to Lord Abel: "Teacher, I am at your disposal, please be sure to go early and return early." ”
Victor stood at the window of the room, looked down, and saw Lord Abel's carriage driving in the direction of the royal capital under the arch of dozens of guards, gradually disappearing from view, and his face couldn't help but have a trace of coldness.
Lord Abel didn't know that the original Baron Victor had already been gone, and when Zhang Xiaoqiang was sorting out the memories of the little baron, he found that at the moment of the baron's death, a strange face of the demon god appeared in the sea of knowledge, and the eyes of the demon god shot out two fiery red rays, and in an instant, the little baron's soul was broken. This shows that the little baron was murdered by someone with a supernatural power in a coma.
The Earl of York should not be a murderer, a hairy little baron who is not deeply involved in the world, the York family has a way to manipulate him, and it is not in the interests of the York family to kill a baron, but it will be a big trouble.
However, the power of Prince Edward's family is not easy to say, and sacrificing an insignificant baron can give the initiative in a new territory, whether it is to blame the House of York or send more military force to the Centaur Hills.
Moreover, although the little baron had a broken soul at that time, his body was not dead, and he was still in a coma, but in a few days he would really die. If it weren't for Zhang Xiaoqiang's soul crossing over, I was afraid that when Lord Abel arrived, it would be the time when the little baron died in the Black Castle.
Thinking of this, Victor shuddered a little, and the image of a beautiful woman came to his mind, could it be her?
Victor pondered by the window for a moment, then turned and walked to the chair in the room.
It is a newly crafted chair made of silver fir wood, which is simple in style, but thick and strong, with a fresh log scent.
Victor stretched out his white and slender palm, gently pressed it on the back of the chair, his arm was slightly forced, his waist was raised, and the whole person jumped up and stood firmly on the back of the chair.
Victor turned his waist on the back of the chair and began to adjust the center of gravity of his body, and gradually the two front legs of the solid wood chair had been lifted off the ground, Victor continued to shift his weight to the left leg, and the right leg in the back of the chair also left the ground, while Victor was still standing firmly on the back of the chair. If anyone had seen this astonishing scene at this time, he would have the illusion that both Victor and the chair had lost their weight and were levitating.
Did the X-3 chip control the body to this extent?
A glint flashed in Victor's eyes, and he jumped up from the back of the chair to the back of another chair, and when he landed on the back of the chair, his body naturally adjusted his center of gravity several times, and then stood firmly.
After jumping between the backs of his chair a few times, Victor rolled over in the air, landed lightly on the ground, exhaled, and slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the scene in his eyes was different again.
When Victor looked at the chair, a group of data appeared in his eyes, the back of the chair was 110CM high, the chair surface was 50CM wide, Victor reached out and grabbed the chair and lifted it, weighing 35.74KG, and then pinched it with his hand, the hardness was 1290BF, these data were born at random in the eyes, and they were destroyed at will, and there was no awkward feeling. Victor closed his eyes, took a breath, and sure enough, the data of the skin temperature and air humidity that he wanted to know appeared in his mind.
Victor looked at the candles lit on the wall again, reached out and picked up a disc on the table, closed his eyes again, raised his hand, the disc spun and flew towards the candle, extinguished the candle flame with a pop, and spun and flew back when it was about to touch the wall, Victor listened to the sound of the frisbee, raised his hand and pinched it, and the disc was firmly grasped in his hand.
Victor opened his eyes and found that the frisbee had not touched anything other than that the candle on the wall had been extinguished.
Victor felt a little heavier than when he first started the test, so he exited data mode, shook his neck, and realized that there was no great discomfort.
This is a world with extraordinary powers, and my state should be regarded as a kind of extraordinary power, but in this state, the physical strength will be consumed faster than usual, but now is not a good time to test X-3, and next time I will find a chance to see what X-3 is capable of? Victor thought to himself.
Victor was also confused about a biochip following him into this world, but he didn't dwell on it, after all, he was still happy to have such extraordinary abilities.
Suddenly, Victor's keen sense of hearing caught the sound of soft footsteps outside the door, and after a while, the voice of a stereotypical elderly male sounded outside the door.
"Your Excellency Victor, you have been summoned by the Governor, and I ask you to come with me to your audience. ”
Sure enough, a smile tugged at the corner of Victor's mouth.