"Father, don't you think it's too late for me?"

Duke finally did not suppress the grievance in his heart, also as the son of Duke Otto, the two elder brothers were able to get the full help of Duke Otto, and the Silver Moon Army and the Maple Leaf Army were established one after another.

But he couldn't even maintain his identity as a proton, and finally became a miserable abandoned pawn, and he could even be described by the word cannon fodder. The toughest days have already been passed by Duke, and today's so-called Lions help is too late for Duke.

Duke Otto probably didn't expect Duke to reply like this, or maybe no one dared to disobey him for a long time, so he looked at the youngest son in front of him, opened his mouth and was rarely speechless. This is the first time for an iron-blooded soldier like Duke Otto!

Even the group of lion army generals behind him collectively chose to be silent when they heard this. The people who were able to enter the big tent today were all old men of the Lion Army, and most of them also knew about Duke, so they knew what it meant for Duke to be too late.

"I ......"

Duke Otto opened his mouth to say such a word, but in the end he did not continue, because if he were a commander-in-chief, he would have said all that he should have said. But as a father, he is incompetent and cannot say many things.

In the end, Duke Otto did not say anything, but waved his hand at Duke, and then turned and walked back to the camp, he was also a man who was not good at expressing his feelings.

Looking at Duke Otto's back, Duke also had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and in the end, he turned around and got on his horse without nostalgia, leading his storm escort to the Imperial army camp several kilometers away.

Except for Duke Otto, the other so-called members of the Otto family, he has no feelings at all. Or in addition to the fact that Duke Otto still has a bit of father-son affection for Duke, the two brothers can only be regarded as strangers. No, because Teucer is not even a stranger, he should be said to be an enemy through and through.

Watching Duke's back go away, Baker stood in place and muttered, "Duke has changed more than when I first saw him." ”

"Big brother, it's not that he has changed a lot, it's that we don't know him. ”

"Perhaps. ”

After saying this, Baker returned to the tent as well. At the same time, the fighting spirit in his heart was also completely aroused by the Storm Army, when he returned from outside Andorra before, Baker directly expanded the Silver Moon Army of the previous 3,000 combat troops to 10,000 people.

And used his network of contacts to vigorously develop commerce, and without relying on Duke Otto, he maintained the development of the Silver Moon Army of 10,000 people. This is definitely an amazing achievement for the younger generation of the Empire, and it does not live up to his title of once a genius boy.

Even in order to exercise the actual combat ability of the Silver Moon Army, Baker led the Silver Moon Army across the border many times to fight against the most powerful orcs, so that the Silver Moon Army was not just an increase in numbers, but a sharp increase in combat effectiveness!

It's just that he didn't expect that Duke's progress has far exceeded his imagination, and it can even be said that he has left them far behind. This was unacceptable to Baker, and with his proud character, even if he did not regard Duke as an enemy, he would not allow this younger brother to surpass him.

Therefore, he intends to make the Silver Moon Army stronger, and only in this way can he suppress the momentum of the Storm Army.

It's just that the current development of the Silver Moon Army has basically reached a bottleneck stage, and the reason is very simple, that is, the fief of Silvermoon City is not in the territory of the Duchy of Berry, but within the direct territory of Emperor Fran, and the population and territory are limited, and it is impossible for him to pull people everywhere like Duke, and the way to make money is not as profitable as Duke, so there is still a big problem in wanting to develop.

This reality of being chased and even surpassed by others has put a lot of pressure on Baker, and the more this kind of man who is called a genius and shrouded by all the aura, the more he can't accept the fact that he has been surpassed, especially by the people who have always been looked down upon by his family.

So Baker felt a sense of urgency, and at the same time a sense of no direction came over Baker, he thought that he had done his best, but there was no room for him to develop in the future.

Compared with the pressure of his eldest brother Baker, Teucer is relatively much simpler, in addition to extreme resentment, he thinks that Duke is bragging, or at least exaggerating the facts. It is also very simple to break this factual basis, that is, let the Shark Tribe attack Storm Castle, so that you can directly probe the true strength of Storm Castle.

Speaking of the Shark Tribe, Teucer felt a burst of anger, this group of Sea Tribes is simply a waste, 10,000 people suddenly attacked Storm Castle before they actually didn't fight. Of course, that time there was a strange archmage who stopped the Sea Clan's attack, so Teucer chose to tolerate it.

But later I learned that the Shark Tribe and the Wave Tribe of the Sea Clan had not been able to deal with it, which simply made Teucer feel unbearable, with three or four times the strength of the powerful opponent, plus a large number of weapons and equipment support from the Northern Legion, he didn't eat a battle in the ocean, which was really nothing to say.

It was from this point that Teucer concluded the nature of the Shark Tribe's waste, and even terminated his cooperation with the Shark Tribe. After all, with so much outflow of weapons and equipment, Teucer is also under tremendous pressure. If the pressure and responsibility become meaningless, Teucer will naturally not want to do it.

So the real reason why the Storm Army's Shark tribe suddenly stopped and didn't choose to attack was actually this. In a sense, Teucer did Duke a favor, and when Stormfort was at its most critical, he did not face the risk of fighting on two fronts. If the Shark Tribe chooses to attack again at that time, the Shark Tribe will definitely not be able to stop the Shark army.

And Stormcastle is fully committed to the battle of the Ice Demon, the defense of the hydro factory has been abandoned, if the hydro factory is destroyed, then Stormburg will fall into a chain reaction, all production and construction will be stopped, and if the Seine River falls, it will not be easy to rebuild the hydro factory.

In addition, the commodity sales trade that has just been opened will also be ruined, and the equipment replenishment and pension of the Storm Army will be gone, and it will be impossible to recruit troops later. It can be said that the survival of Stormcastle was at this critical point in time, but Teucer let Duke escape the life and death because of his anger!