Chapter 14: Your Choice (2)
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In fact, Bradley did not think as much as Link, and the "successor" he spoke of refers to the ideas and ideas of Befast, not the position of a child of nature.
Listening to Jafar's commentary, Link secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, I thought too much about myself. But isn't Kronberg an ally with the Wood Elves, why would he invade the city of BuΓ±ian, which had been given to humans, and imprison the humans who live there......
Link set his sights on Orlando, whether it was his origin or his beliefs, the half-elf was the most suitable person to explain.
Orlando knew that Link would definitely ask, so he simply talked about it here: "Half a year ago, the two sons of the current Duke Herbert died on the front line of the fight against the undead, which is where we are now in Bunion. The duke was furious and ordered the army to capture many elven villages, and all the captives ...... "Needless to say, the three people present also knew what it would be." Elves are the darlings of the gods, natural magical creatures, long-lived and beautiful. Whether out of jealousy or out of boredom by humiliating one's own species in every way, elves were always the most expensive in the slave trade. Cronberg was once insulated from the slave trade because of his alliance with the Wood Elves, and this time, the Duke's approach was too drastic.
"How did those two men die?" Link thinks that the death of Herbert's son must have something to do with Frost.
"Bunian was originally a territory of the elves, and after being given to the Duke as a gift from the Alliance, it has always been a mixture of humans and elves, and as the population increases and the cultivated land expands more and more, conflicts and contradictions are inevitable. The Duke sent his two sons to Bunian as representatives to settle the dispute, and half a month later, the two of them reported to the Duke that the two sons had died because of their involvement in the conflict. Duke he ......"
The half-elf's words were not finished. was forcibly interrupted by the angry elf captain, "They're not dead. β
"Huh?!" Orlando froze. If the two sons of the Duke had not died, why would the Duke be so furious?
Link's eyes drooped slightly, and he asked in his consciousness: [In addition to the guardian land of the Wind Pillar, what else is in the elves' territory?]
[Eagle Peak Mountain is the largest source of adamantite gold in the Big 6, and there are as many as fifteen dwarf clans underground. Because of the relationship between the pillars, the night elves and orcs who covet the pure gold have never dared to touch it. γ
Lorelei's answer confirmed Link's suspicions, and he couldn't help but sigh. If Herbert hadn't been manipulated by the undead to do such a thing, he would have been a short-sighted waste, willing to sacrifice two of his own flesh and blood for the sake of wealth.
"If you don't want to let those people go, kill them all. Link's words stunned everyone present.
"What are you talking about?!" Doyle would have grabbed the Ranger by the hem of his shirt if it hadn't been for the occasion.
"For the human aristocracy, the value of the commoner is to create wealth, not to consume it. Since the duke is willing to sacrifice two heirs. We will never compromise for the sake of someone who has nothing to do with them. β
Alysina heard the hint from Link's explanation, and she reacted quickly. The so-called discord and contradiction may have been deliberately arranged and created by the duke, in order to be able to swallow the rich mineral deposits of Yingfeng Mountain, which is controlled by the elves.
Bradley couldn't help but take a few more glances at the ranger who was called the 'Heir of Befast' by the Grand Priest of Dawn, with a mediocre appearance but a pair of eyes with a wise look.
Link did not persuade to release, but to kill, which made the elf captain hesitate instead. Wood elves like peace and don't want to kill needlessly. But if those people are released, won't there be any bargaining chips that can be used to restrain the human nobles?
"I have a solution once and for all. Link put his hand on Doyle's shoulder. Pushed him out before the latter could react, "Changing the decision-maker can put an end to senseless killing." β
Looking at the human youth who was pushed out, Brad remembered a rumor from many years ago.
Winnie, the only daughter of the former Duke Bull, was pregnant out of wedlock, and because her father was unknown, the title passed to Winnie's cousin Herbert. According to the custom of the aristocracy. Collaterals who do not have inheritance rights are sent to the temple. In his early twenties, with the Dawn cult and the green eyes of the Crumenberg family, could it be that he was the illegitimate child? Since Winnie had been in Beifast before giving birth, it was rumored that the child's father was actually a ranger who lived in the mountains. Unable to endure the hard life, a female mage from an aristocratic background returned to Kronberg with her child.
Bradley's gaze scanned back and forth between the rumored father and son, and the two were nothing like each other. But if Winnie's son's father is really of Befast descent, then changing titles is not empty talk. After being silent for a long time, Bradley said that the matter was important, and that he could not make the decision, and that he would use the magic communication to inform the royal court and tell Link to rest for the night first, and then give an answer tomorrow.
Because of the unpopularity, the caravan and mercenaries were restricted to stay in the carriage, and Link and the others returned to the tree and told them to rest tonight, whether to leave or stay, and wait for tomorrow's notice. Tired and tired, they fell asleep with restlessness, and that night, Link, who did not need to keep vigil, sat on the roof of the carriage and looked at the night sky.
Things turned out far beyond his expectations, not to mention Bradley, Link himself vaguely felt that Melville and Doyle did not imagine, the color, eye color, facial features, and even temperament were not the same, it was really unconvincing to say that these two were father and son.
Link had an inexplicable premonition that Doyle would not be allowed to meet his mother, or that when Doyle met his mother, Frost's plan would succeed. He always felt that Doyle's background was not as simple as it seemed. Even if Melville could not leave Befast due to the constraints of his ancestors, why didn't he prove that he was the father of the child? Separation between the two places would not prevent the heir from inheriting the title, why would Winnie and the old duke prefer to let Doyle bear such a disgraceful background as an illegitimate child than reveal his father......'s identity? Melville wasn't Doyle's real father?
Prompted by strong intuition, Link used Divine Knowledge. Unlike other abilities, as one of the core abilities given by the pillar to the Children of Nature, it does not require a huge amount of divine power to activate, and no one will even notice it when using it.
Unlike the last time, which was like a fast-forward movie, this time Divine Awareness presents a complete picture with continuity.
Link also obtained details of Doyle's mother through the images recorded in 'Past Time', a mage who is a hybrid with elves, so that each generation of Duke Kronberg and his direct line have a stronger elemental perception than ordinary people, either mages or demon warriors. Winnie's talent is the best in several generations because of the atavistic phenomenon, and she is ambitious in order to become a ** teacher, and she does not hesitate to learn the abyss call that is listed as a forbidden art. As her strength increased, she was no longer satisfied with ordinary monster summoning, and began to contact more evil and dangerous demons. Eventually, Winnie paid the price for her hubris by summoning an archdemon looking for an opportunity to enter the material realm.
The absolute suppression of strength, Winnie of the summoning party became a slave of the devil, and it was half a year after she completely came to her senses, and she was pregnant with an heir with demon blood in her belly. Due to the constraints of magic, she was unable to remove the fetus from her body, and Claire, the great sage who learned of this, disqualified Winnie from being a mage and removed her from the list. The chaotic Winnie enlists Melville, a ranger she had known as an adventurer, to help him become the titular father of her unborn child, unaware that Melville's other identity is a descendant of Befast.
Melville, who has had a crush on Winnie for many years, doesn't mind being a cheap dad, and he also tells his life story that has been hidden. Winnie was overjoyed, Befast was not only a former son of nature, but also a great nobleman with a knighthood and military position, so that he did not have to worry about being disinherited from too low a background. But what she didn't expect was that the demonic bloodline was too obvious, and she was born with horns and wings on her back. As a ranger, Melville wants to kill the baby with demonic blood, so she has to flee back to Cronberg with the child.
Unable to leave the Befast Territory due to his ancestral training, Melville refused to acknowledge that the child was his offspring, and Winnie's child became the illegitimate son of an unknown father. The old duke, who learned the truth from his daughter, passed the title to his sister's son Herbert in order to preserve the family's reputation, and handed over the son of the demon to the Dawn Sect to seal. Years later, Winnie contacted Melville, who had been cut off for help, saying that the undead had planted a spy on Herbert's side with the intention of corrupting the Wind Pillar. The rumors of Kronberg's rivalry with the Wood Elves are also heard, and Melville agrees to prove himself to be Doyle's father in order to stop the undead who are more evil than demons.
What surprised Link more than the demonic bloodline was Doyle's gender, 'she' and not 'he'. In order to protect and prevent the demon from finding the child, his gender was concealed from an early age, and he was sent to the Dawn headquarters in Xindu, where he was personally cared for by the high priest. To this day, Doyle does not know her true origins, and she is only told that she has to disguise herself as a man for the sake of inheritance. This is one of the reasons why Doyle hates Melville, and in order to be a perfect cover-up, she has to endure the torture of magic and forcibly change the structure of her body.
After learning Doyle's true background and gender, Link, who had thought it would be a mistake to pretend to be Melville, had to take over the task of guiding her. He had already guessed why Frost had taken such a fancy to Doyle. Uncover her background, escalate her anger and resentment, kill the rest of her lineage, and use her already thin bloodline to enter the Guardian Lands and corrupt the Pillar of Wind. Compared with others, Doyle, who is both a descendant of Bafast and the Kronberg family, is easier for the Wood Elves to accept, especially when the current Duke is a brain-dead, whether it is the church or Link himself, they will support Doyle to inherit the title, which is really a good plan to kill three birds with one stone, in line with Frost's consistent style. (To be continued!)