When Asa returned to Bracada and heard that the new commander had arrived, he immediately went to the town hall. The Duke must be told what happened to the general and the five thousand soldiers.

When he came to the commander's room, he saw a handsome knight in knight's armor, with a clean face and neat golden curls, sitting in the commander's seat with a graceful stare at him. The knight's appearance, which had nothing to do with the humble and rugged garrison, was as neat as it had been seen at his wedding not long ago.

Asa frowned and glanced at him, unconcealed the disgust on his face, and asked, "What about Duke Mrak?" Although he only didn't have a good impression of this guy before, now he only realized that he hated him extremely at some point.

Clauvis's face was not very good-looking, and he replied: "The Duke will hold off because of something, and I will be in charge of the command here for the time being." ”

Asa snorted coldly and said, "I knew I was coming a few days late. Now I'm in a bad mood, and it's even worse when I look at people I hate. ”

For the first time, Asa felt that his status was still beneficial. Lao Tzu is a priest of the Academy of Magic, what do you want?

Clauvis's face immediately turned pale, and seeing that it took him a lot of strength to maintain his courtesy, he said in a somewhat unnatural official tone: "I heard that the priest went to chase the general who instigated the soldiers to set off without permission, don't you know how to catch up?"

"Caught up. ”

"So you've been with their troops all along?"

"Yes. ”

"And what about their men now, have they fought with Orfo?"

"They were all dead. "Asa doesn't want to talk nonsense with this guy.

The corners of Clauvis's eyes jumped, and he asked coldly, "Are they all killed in battle?"

"Yes. Asa replied coldly.

Clauvis's eyes swept Asa up and down, and said, "How can you come back safely, Lord Priest, and seeing that you don't seem to be hurt, and your clothes are not even torn, are those orcs reluctant to hurt you?"

"Uh....." Asa muttered, unable to really say what was going on. "I hid and watched. ”

Clauis didn't speak, his blue eyes still staring straight at the obvious liar. Asa looked at him as well, without showing any hint of weakness. The two men glared at each other. After a while, Clauvis suddenly shouted, "Someone." Take down this traitor for me. Outside, a group of soldiers ran in, but they were all confused, and they all recognized it as the priest.

Asa yelled, "What ****** you fart?"

Clauvis's righteous words were stern: "You are a priest, but you did not command the priests to stabilize the morale of the army, which caused Sanders to incite the army to lead the troops privately." And if it weren't for your collusion with those orcs, how could it be that none of the 5,000 soldiers escaped from you unscathed? According to the report of the probe, the general's troops had already traveled at least hundreds of miles, so how could you come back in such a quick time? A sentry just reported that an orc bipedal wyvern appeared ten miles away, but it only shook for a moment and flew away, and then you came back at this time. Isn't this evidence that you are in collusion with the orcs?"

"This is..... Eun..... "Asa really can't explain it at this time. He did come back with a bipedal wyvern, and he really didn't think about these issues.

"It seems that I heard from them that the priest did come back on foot just now, and he didn't ride a .....horse," the squad leader said suspiciously, adding fuel to the fire.

Some of the soldiers were skeptical. Crowis completely took the advantage, and with a wave of his hand, he shouted imposingly: "This is not evidence? ”

"It's certainly not much evidence. A man walked in from the outside in time, and a few words full of magnanimity had the effect of turning things upside down. "Your Majesty has ordered the withdrawal of troops and intends to sign a peace treaty with Oufu. General Sanders and the 5,000 soldiers ignored military rules and discipline and attacked their allies for their own personal revenge, and they should have all been dealt with in accordance with military law. Thanks to the efforts of the priest in mediation, those who did wrongdoing did not destroy the relations between the two countries and did not cause an even greater disaster of war. The man summed it up with emotion. "He is truly a merciful servant of God, a pillar of the country, and a blessing to the people. ”

"Your Excellency. You're here so soon. Crowvis's expression was a little apprehensive.

"Fast, of course. If it weren't for the fact that there was no time to stop this misunderstanding. Luckily, as soon as I arrived, I heard that the priest had returned, so I rushed over immediately. Duke Mrak waved his hand kindly and told the soldiers to go out. He looked at Asa and smiled kindly, just enough to show affection and apology. "We're all young people, and we're too impulsive, so sometimes it's inevitable that there will be a lot of offense between words, and he doesn't know that we're actually on the same side, and it's not good for anyone to have a grudge against each other. I ask for your forgiveness. Turning to Clauvis, he waved. "You still don't apologize to the priest?"

"Forget it. There's no one else here, so there's no need for boring etiquette. What the hell is going on, everyone still doesn't know in their hearts. Asa spread his hands. "Well, I know it's not good for anyone. Fortunately, Lord Duke, you are here, and after explaining the matter here, I will go back to the royal capital to find the bishop first. Lest everyone here be young and impulsive. ”

"That's not going to work, Priest. The Duke's smile today was particularly cordial and friendly. "The reason for my delay is that Your Majesty and the Bishop have an important task for you. This is a very important task, and the Bishop strongly recommends that you be the only one who can complete it. I have prepared a retinue for you to accompany you on your mission to Oufu. ”

"Ahh

"Retinue regiment. Accompany you to Orf to negotiate and sign a peace agreement. You are now on a glorious mission to bring peace to both countries. ”

Although it seems a bit troublesome, it's an additional task, so it probably won't take much time. Asa frowned and nodded reluctantly.

When Asa left, and only the Duke and his lieutenant were left in the room, the Duke's face began to gloomy, and after a moment of silence, he said coldly: "You must not attack him in the future." ”

"But...... This evidence is sufficient. He could be executed on the spot for collaborating with the enemy, and with this army of 40,000, he would never be able to escape. Crowvis struggled to justify his impulsiveness. "This man's existence is too dangerous....."

"Killing him may also make us unable to eat and walk around. The Duke's face grew gloomy, and his voice became a little impatient. The shrewd and energetic expression of the past is gone, and now the chubby and kind face is actually full of discouragement and annoyance, making him look like a businessman who has just lost a lot of money in business.

Crowvis was surprised. Although he had been with the Duke for a long time, he had never seen the Duke look like this.

It doesn't seem like a big deal for a person to be discouraged. But the duke, who is scheming, clever and wise, has a city like the sea, and is also on the cusp of politics, will have such a frustration. Crowis almost wondered if the sky was falling.

Of course, the sky will not fall. And it seems to be so good right now that I can't see anything wrong. The Duke has now successfully taken over the military power, and as long as the plan is followed, the next exciting drama can be staged immediately. So Clauvis really didn't know why the Duke had such a reaction.

But curiosity is curiosity, and Clauis didn't ask. He could already see something unusual in the Duke's eyes, and he knew better that a good assistant should always talk less and do more. So he immediately went to inform the generals in the army to come and meet with the new commander.

The Duke was the only one left in the room. Looking at the empty room, the Duke sighed again.

Then he stared again, looked carefully, and listened attentively. After making sure there was no one around, he flew up and kicked a stool against the wall. At this moment, his kindness and grace that seemed to have become part of his appearance suddenly disappeared completely, and there was no longer the slightest smile in his slender eyes, but the cold light that was enough to shatter the corpses of the people looking at him, and the majesty on his chubby face was no worse than any general who fought on the battlefield, slashed immediately, and killed countless people.

But the next moment, after venting, the duke's face returned to its original state. After a while, when the other generals and Clauvis returned, they could see a very kind, very kind, very personable and friendly duke, of course, a trace of fatigue could not be concealed.

According to the Duke's cultivation, it is true that even if there is a big setback and a big frustration, it will never be shown on the outside. And with his cultivation and means, even if he really has any predicament, he can definitely handle it without any traces. So one of the reasons for his aberration is that this setback is not just 'big', but a little outrageous.

This setback is that the agreement between him and Oufu has failed because of this kid's intervention.

The duke's plans go back a few years. When he heard from Cedros that he was going to establish an orc city-state, he immediately expressed his extreme support. The Duke not only gave Cedros a lot of material help, but more importantly, secretly tried to find a way to block any news of the construction of the city from reaching the Imperial military.

Completely concealing the news of the establishment of a city-state is such a difficult task even for the Duke's methods. Although the two are friends. But for people who do great things, no matter how big the friendship is, it is not as great as the relationship of interests. Since the duke is willing to do this, it can only be because he has greater interests and futures.

At that time, the Duke had just received this extremely noble title, but he also knew that his career had basically come to an end.

Although he is indeed very capable and has the means, and all the bureaucrats in the whole empire will not be his opponent if they play intrigues together, but his fame is indeed no longer possible. As a low-level nobleman with no background, it is already a miracle that he can reach his height, but no matter how many miracles there are, no background is no background, alone, no matter how wonderful political means are, it is impossible to fight against those wealthy families with many people. Even if he married the Ernie family, the hereditary nobles with deep ideas only wanted to use his abilities, and would not really treat him as their own.

As for the military, although, according to his ability, it is possible to slowly rise to the top of power. But in the years of peace, that pace was too slow to satisfy his immense ambitions.

There is only one chance to rise to the top, and that is war and crisis.

Only in times of danger for the survival of the empire can he fully demonstrate his superb ability, and only turmoil and chaos will have enough opportunity for him to make full use of that ingenious means and intrigues to remove obstacles and get enough oil and water.

And an orc city-state suddenly appeared out of thin air on the wild highlands that had always considered itself the territory of the Empire. This will definitely attract the attention of the military, which has always wanted to use military merit as political capital, and war is absolutely inevitable. But as long as Sedlos is well prepared, as long as the orc troops have a certain size, as long as they are under the leadership of General Gru. The duke never believed that the forces of the empire had a chance to win, just as he did not believe that eggs would eat people.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he took advantage of his daughter's marriage into the Ernie family, and with the good relationship with the military, with this ambiguous status of both sides as 'his own people', coupled with some skills and his own well-known abilities, he could be naturally entrusted with the task of being in danger of the country's survival.

After taking over the army, the situation was purely showmanship. As a condition for helping Cedlos, the Duke asked for this kind of cooperation on the battlefield.

The battle is to be won, but it will never be easy, and injuries and bloodshed are inevitable. The terrifying combat effectiveness of the orc troops is already well known, and the great reversal of survival in the face of danger is the real demeanor of a general. But the dead, wounded, and defeated are all generals and troops who are not easy to control and buy. Such injuries are definitely pleasant as well.

You can't win too completely, and you can save the situation of losing a lot. Cedros would never agree to lose the precious orcs he had done so much to keep. Those big-eared monsters that are not easy to manage are excellent cannon fodder.

After a stalemate between the armies of the two sides on the high ground for a while, Cedros's pre-arranged diplomatic strategy began to take effect, and the diplomatic pressure of various countries naturally forced those politicians to stop fighting. At this time, he can use some subtle foreshadowing planted in advance to transform himself from a combat hero to a messenger of peace, and promote the negotiation and negotiation of a peace agreement. Of course, this kind of transformation requires clever performances and means, and with the cooperation of allies, the Duke will handle it without leaving a trace.

In the end, of course, everyone was happy. Oufu was successfully established, his military power was in hand, his merits were not matched for a while, his political capital increased dramatically, and dissidents were almost eliminated. It is a trivial matter for one person to be below and above ten thousand people, and the key is to lay a good foundation for greater action and broader prospects in the future......

This is indeed an incomparably grandiose, subtle and profound layout, with a unique vision, and it is definitely an artistic strategy. Even the Duke himself was proud of this plan. There are many aspects to be considered in the implementation of this plan, the details to be taken care of, and the requirements of large and small layouts must be meticulously taken care of. Looking at the whole world, probably only a sage of power like the duke, a god of political means, can accomplish it.

But this is definitely an extremely dangerous operation, as long as there is a leak anywhere, properly arranged, it will immediately make a mistake and lose everything. Neither the Imperial Military nor the Ernie family would allow the existence of such a person with such deep and dangerous intentions, just as no one would dare to live with a poisonous snake no matter how lenient he is, even if his methods are ten times more clever, he will only die without room for turnover.

So he carried it out carefully all the way, walking on thin ice to be on guard, killing anyone who might leak secrets, watching Oufu build up day by day, looking forward to the arrival of the perfect ending day by day.

But he never expected that just when he had put in countless efforts and was about to reap the fruits of success, a stupid country boy appeared out of nowhere, and as a result, the whole plan had a huge change that even he couldn't figure out now.

The Duke didn't care when this kid first came out, but he was just a deserter, and he killed him. He has already cleaned up much of this kind of garbage that has nothing to do with the overall situation.

But I don't know if it should be an incredible coincidence or something, but the Bishop actually intervened. The Duke was a little surprised, but he was not panicked, the Bishop had always ignored political affairs, and probably only helped him speak on a whim. And with his own means, he can handle this kid properly in a few words, and he is still a waste, and it will not have the slightest impact on the overall situation.

When I came down again, I was surprised to find that the relationship between the bishop and this kid was not usual. Now the Duke is starting to get a little interested, maybe it's not a waste, but a good pawn, a pawn to win over the Bishop. But when he tried his best, the Duke was surprised to find that this was actually a guy who was completely incapable of oil and salt. It can't be used, and it doesn't dare to be eliminated, and it is obviously not in accordance with the rules of the game, but it is a big stab to stand there, and the whole situation has an uncontrollable tendency because of this.

The next development made the duke even more dizzy and at a loss. The bishop, who had never been concerned with political affairs, suddenly said that the emperor wanted to withdraw the army and negotiate peace, which greatly accelerated the arrival of peace, and he did not have time to take over the military power, show his heroism, make meritorious deeds, and eliminate dissidents. That's not all, but the candidate for the peace talks became the kid under the strong recommendation of the bishop.

At the risk of ruining one's reputation, the plan that put in such a huge amount of effort was ultimately in vain. A person whose cultivation is ten times higher than that of the Duke may not be able to get angry. And that's not all, there are even more headaches to come.

In the past, when the kid didn't want to get involved in the circle of power, the duke was not very worried. But now the Bishop suddenly wants to focus on the kid. And this kid who can't be killed and can't be won over has his own great secret, which is undoubtedly the sword of Dacmoris hanging over his head. From now on, every move must be scrupulous, restrained, inactive, fearful, and tied...... Such a situation was absolutely intolerable for the Duke, with his ingenious means, his good reputation, his foreshadowing, and his endless ambitions.....

So now the Duke is very depressed, annoyed, and irritable. He even wished he could tear the kid into small pieces of flesh with his own hands.

But a duke is a duke after all. No matter how irritated and irritable his emotions were, it would never affect his noble rationality, so as soon as he got here, he used supreme concentration and cultivation to suppress all his emotions, and resolved the tense scenes and atmosphere with great grace and skill.

Emotions never solve any problems. No matter how difficult a problem is, only by being careful, rational and practical can it finally be solved. It's just such a huge problem, and the Duke knows he's going to be busy for a while.