Chapter Forty-Eight: Friends
"What exactly does this Duke of Badr want to do?"
As the carriage drove slowly down the road, Anthony frowned, unable to stretch his grip as he looked at the information recorded on the parchment in his hand.
Will escaped, as Anthony expected.
Hundreds of Serpent Legion soldiers escorted Will to escape, which Anthony expected.
Hundreds of soldiers of the Serpent Legion escorted the escaped Will to smash and loot everywhere, which made Anthony unable to understand!
The places where Will smashed were small city-states with which Rannylord had a good relationship, so it was unknown to tell Anthony his whereabouts?
Anthony had never seen such a high-profile prey escape, and the commotion was not ordinary.
On October 3, Duke Badr and a group of masked men broke into the city of Angood, beat a group of guards to the point that they could not get out of bed for half a month, and directly broke into the treasury of Viscount Angood, robbing a large amount of property.
On October 7, the Duke of Badr attacked the Fortin Castle and distributed all the three months' worth of the Baron of Turin to the nearby farmers, along with a large number of precious stones from the Baron of Turin.
On 11 October, the Duke of Badr was attacked by the combined forces of the Duke of Friuli, and in victory, turned to Valen, visually passing through the Giant's Forest and then towards the town of Lyon.
What the hell is this kid trying to do?
"Morrigan, what did the Magic Alliance say about this incident?"
Morrigan smiled and said, "The original words of the Magic Alliance are like this: Angude City, Fort Turin has been attacked by a small group of unknown people, and we are investigating. ”
Anthony shook his head and said, "It seems that until the situation is clear, the Magic Alliance is unwilling to get involved in this trouble!
"The matter involves the Romanovs, but the Duke of Badr is very high-profile, and they do not want to complicate the situation. Therefore, most of the accounts are placed on the Duke of Badr. But they did not send a single soldier in support of the Duke of Friuli. ”
"Is that so?" Anthony savored what Will had done recently, and said slowly: "With hundreds of soldiers from the third-rate legion, he dared to raid the small city-states around Valen, and also won the battle against Duke Friuli, it seems that this is Duke Badr's military talent!"
"Indeed!" Morrigan nodded and said, "Although Duke Friuli is not a famous general, he also has a deep foundation, which has been honed in dozens of battles. However, it was broken by this Duke of Badr with a blow, and it was indeed not simple. ”
"How's our manpower going?"
"The dark lines that can be mobilized in the south have all been assembled towards the small town of Lyon. In addition, we employ about 300 adventurers. It's just that the Duke of Badr obviously had a chance to break through the town of Lyon before we were massed in numbers, but why did he delay it until now?"
"The Duke of Friuli is an important member of the Empire in the south... Friends!"
Antony pondered the words and finally positioned the Duke of Friuli as a friend.
Morrigan was still a little confused, but he heard Anthony explain: "The empire has a lot of interests in the south, and it needs these 'friends' big and small to take care of it. Although Duke Badr was targeting them, the discerning person could see at a glance that these city-states had suffered unjustified disasters because of the Empire. I'm afraid these nobles think so in their hearts. In such a situation, the empire must spend some means to appease the discontent in the hearts of these nobles in order to ensure the interests of the empire in the south. ”
"That's why the teacher is busy meeting the Duke of Friuli?"
Anthony nodded, with a hint of vigilance on his face, and said: "This Duke of Badr is really powerful, in this way, I will be stranded for a long time, and there will be a mistake in the dispatch ahead." The Duke of Badr may seem immature, but in fact he minimizes the risks. ”
"Is it so troublesome?"
Anthony smiled, although his disciple was extremely intelligent, he knew very little about the affairs of these nobles. "You don't understand how much these nobles care about etiquette, and how complicated these etiquettes are? This Duke of Friuli's territory is very important, and if I don't appease him, then there are people who are willing to 'pacify' him! Duke Badr is important, but the interests of the empire in the south are even more important. ”
"What do you mean, teacher?"
The carriage slowly stopped at the end of the road, and Anthony looked at Morrigan and said, "This fork in the road leads to the north to the small town of Lyon, you go at once and command it for me." As soon as I pacified the Duke of Friuli, I rushed to the town of Lyon. ”
"I see!"
Morrigan stepped out of the carriage and looked at the carriage in the distance, a narrow smile on his face.
.......
Giant Forest.
"Cheers!"
Hundreds of soldiers sat around the fires.
Ivan and Will sat down next to each other, their mustaches cocked and very happy.
Ivan blushed, holding the wine bag in one hand and putting the other hand on Will's shoulder, and said, "Brother Will! In such a short period of time, he has earned his brother's salary for several decades. ”
"What are you going to do with the Romanovs?"
Will asked suspiciously, when he told Ivan about the plan, he didn't expect him to agree so readily. Helping himself so recklessly, what should he do when he returns to the Romanov?
"Well, Brother Will knows why our Serpent Legion is here this time?"
Will shook his head, but saw a smile on his face. "Brother, brother, don't you mind! That's because the two marriageable princesses of the empire are unwilling to marry you. That's why this errand fell to our Serpent Legion. ”
"Huh?"
Ivan looked at the stunned Will and said, "Of course, this has nothing to do with you, brother. Although the two princesses are women, they have a male atmosphere. The two of them are young, but they have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time. If whoever marries you loses the right to the throne and becomes the Duchess of Badr. So in the end, we were sent down from above. ”
Will smiled and said, "Neither of these two princesses wants to marry me, but they both want each other to marry me?
"Yes, our brother thought it was a chore, who knows?"
Ivan smiled, feeling the fullness of the money bag on his waist, and his heart was happy.
"However, with our brothers alone, the road ahead is not easy!"
Ivan looked at Will meaningfully.
"It's very simple, isn't it beautiful that we will be separated!"
Will's words made all the soldiers present who were drinking and eating meat stunned.
Ivan squinted his eyes, and became more and more unable to see through the young man in front of him.
What exactly does he want to do?