Without the acceleration of divine power, Link and his party walked on the gradually melting snow for more than ten days before they caught up with the large migration force that had set off only half a day earlier than them near the Horacio Mountains. Civilians and soldiers www.biquge.info scattered and hidden in the relative safety of woodland, while several commanders and officers sat around the fires set up on the perimeter, as if arguing over something, and their voices could be heard from afar. As for the survivors from the fortress, instead of being surprised and delighted, these people showed solemn expressions.

"I'm glad you're alive, my friend. Mario threw down his glass and ran towards the dwarf, who was also a teacher and friend. Dante is the longest-serving commander of the Northern Fortress, the oldest in terms of seniority and age, and has a good relationship with all the commanders.

Link's attention was soon drawn to another 'acquaintance' in the crowd, who had been specifically instructed by Iris to stay behind when he left Riverdale, and he had not only left his post, but also run so far away. Could it be that I heard the news of the fall of the northern fortress? But even then, it was too fast. Or...... Is it the instruction of the pillar?

Just as Link was speculating in his mind, the elf placed his palm on his chest and leaned slightly towards him. It wasn't the druid's respect for the children of nature, but the highest respect an elf could give to an outsider.

"I beg your pardon, I can no longer use honorifics. Iris took out a scroll with the royal insignia from his bosom, "This is what the Silver Empire brought to you from the Glow Elves." ”

Link nodded in understanding.

Losing his divine power is no different from an ordinary person, and he can't communicate with the pillar until he returns to the right time and space, and of course he can no longer be counted as a child of nature, and Iris's behavior is reasonable. Reaching out to take the letter from the Empire, the emblem suppressed by the wax melted instantly, and the scroll automatically floated into the air, and the magic it inspired reflected an image in the air.

"The hero who repelled the army of the undead, I am Ramos V, the Emperor of the Silver Empire, and I sincerely invite you to the imperial capital to negotiate the next step in the fight against the undead. ”

The self-proclaimed emperor's face was emaciated, and even the eye-catching blood vessels that were still clearly visible in the magic image were not only poor complexion, but it was not an exaggeration to describe that his life would not be long. I can vaguely see the appearance of my youth from the facial features that have been tormented by illness, and I can be regarded as handsome, but the suave people are often planted in feelings, if the emperor does not touch the princess, there will be no rebellion of the princes who hasten the collapse of the empire...... Forget it, what are you thinking about.

Link let out a long sigh. Even without the spell of frost, the fall of the empire was only a matter of time. As a human kingdom that has existed since the Second Century, it is simply too old, and the marriages and political alliances of the nobility based on interests have made it impossible for a large and bloated empire to bear.

The magic ended after a short narrative, the scroll shattered and spontaneously combusted, burning to ashes in the blink of an eye. This is a one-sided story, and the purpose is only to convey the word.

"It is indeed His Majesty the Emperor, but how can he age to such an extent?" Mario had been stationed in the north, and the Emperor in his memory was still a high-spirited youth, but what he saw just now was dying, and it should not be the appearance of a middle-aged person under forty years old.

Compared to Mario's disbelief, Orlando, who was standing behind Link, was angry.

Even if he already knew that it was the Lich Lord who was secretly manipulating, he did not think that the Emperor was innocent. If you don't have defilement in your heart, how can you be taken advantage of by the undead?

If I had the chance, I would have killed that bastard with my own hands. By the way, he invited Befast to the imperial capital, and I might be able to take advantage of it......

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the 'former' child of nature, who had lost his divine power, turn his head, and Orlando subconsciously looked away. He is still young, and he is not good at hiding himself, and everything he thinks is shown on his face.

"Don't do things that don't make sense. ”

Hearing that Befast called it meaningless to avenge his mother, Orlando didn't care about Mario, the commander of the empire, was on the side, and excitedly asked: "Is it also meaningless to avenge your mother?!"

"And then, you were hacked to death by unguarded soldiers, and your father who was far away in the east lost another relative? and you gave the already chaotic princes another excuse to cause chaos?" Link didn't want to blame Orlando, but he was naïve. Completing the assassination of the emperor alone is simply a pipe dream, let alone the present, and even Orlando in the future can't do it. The high priest is different from the emperor, the former is a divine envoy himself, and he can be called the strongest human in the material world except for the unsealed god Bray, and basically will not bring a close attendant other than the knight chief. Even if the latter has learned some martial arts, he can only deal with ordinary people, and his safety depends on the palace guards, and there are more than ten guards around him at any time.

"You have no idea what I've been through!" Orlando waved his arms angrily, his mind wandering back to the night that changed his life. How the deranged emperor humiliated his mother to the point of having to commit suicide to escape, which was the greatest insult to the spirits who believed in nature.

"The deceased is gone, and you are not the only one who has lost loved ones in this troubled world. The princes who have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the empire have used your mother's death to provoke a rebellion, and the most important thing you need now is to return to your father and brother, rather than lose your life for revenge, which has no chance of success. "Brumberg is the easternmost territory of the empire, Orlando never wants to talk about the truth back then, and Link's character doesn't like to pry on other people's privacy, so he never asks much about this matter. For this aristocratic rebellion that affected the empire for a hundred years, the records in the history books are no more than that of Bayfast, and it is only vaguely written that Ramos V admired the grand princess who was originally the princess of the wood elves, and ordered her to meet in the imperial capital with the respect of the emperor. The death of the Grand Duchess led to a rebellion among the twelve princes led by Duke Blumberg, and the Wood Elves cut off all contact with humans.

He's right. Archduke Cork, who had been silent, also had to speak: "I also had the privilege of meeting the princess in my early years, and I had to give her an elven dagger, and it is really a pity that such a thing happened." But...... Your special status is no longer just a matter of personal enmity, but a series of ...... after rising to the political level."

Before he could finish speaking, Orlando waved away the palm of the Grand Duke's hand pressed on his shoulder, and his face was resentful, apparently unable to listen to any advice.

Thinking of the many assistance that Orlando had given him, Link patiently continued to persuade: "From the moment your mother chose to unite with your father, this is already a doomed ending, but the time is advanced. ”

"What did you say?!"

"Although the life span of the wood elves is not as high as that of the high-level glow elves, they also have a thousand-year lifespan, but have you seen any pair of human-elves in history that had a happy ending? ”

Even the offspring of a half-elf would have to die before his mother died, which was the Orlando family's biggest concern, and he couldn't argue with it.

"It is also an indisputable fact that the emperor admires your mother, even if there is no frost and cold secretly fueling the trouble, he will always do it, your father is nearly sixty years old. The exact age of Archduke Blumberg Link was unknown, but he learned from Orlando's chatter that his father had met the Wood Elf Princess at a coming-of-age ceremony, and since then he has been unrequited and refused to marry a wife, and it took more than ten years to obtain the Elven King's consent. Orlando is the second son, and he has an older brother who was born a few years earlier, and a rough calculation of sixty is a conservative estimate.

"Archduke Blumberg is an important minister on the frontier, a great nobleman with an orderly inheritance of the empire, and he holds local military power, when he is alive, naturally no one dares to touch you, but ...... What if he dies? Do you expect your weak brother to shoulder the responsibilities of the family? Or do you count on your uncle who has severed contact with humans? Throughout history, there are not a few emperors who have usurped the wives of courtiers, even the elven king has to follow the rules of the world, he is a foreigner, since your mother is married to a human, she is no longer a princess of the wood elves, and she has to follow the rules of humans. Without the support of the other nobles, what would you two brothers do to fight the emperor? Even if the High Priest did not die at the hands of traitors, the Dawn Sect would not intervene, after all, this was only a dispute within the empire, and it would not reach the level of allowing them to overstep their authority. ”

"Say no more, please......" Orlando turned away, not wanting to see himself in tears. He understood what Befast said that his mother would choose to commit suicide for the sake of him and his brother. Without her father, her appearance and identity will inevitably cause trouble, and it is precisely after thinking about this that she will resolutely choose a method that elves will never take to fight for a glimmer of life for the future of future generations. If a rebellion was triggered, the emperor was bound to spare his life as a bargaining chip for reconciliation.

Recalling her mother's last expression, Orlando couldn't hold back her tears.

It's that we're useless, one is unintentional politics, and the other is resentful. If we had followed your advice and practiced magic with my uncle, we wouldn't have fallen to the point where we need to breathe on people's noses now.

Grand Duke Colk glared angrily and complained that Link had spoken too thoroughly. Link disagreed, walked up behind Orlando and continued what he left unfinished: "Everyone has their own mission and responsibilities. You, me, and every one of them here. Running away doesn't make you reject fate. At the moment of being chosen, I already knew my end, preventing the Three Lords from leading the army south, and fighting for a glimmer of life for all the creatures in the south, this is my mission as a child of nature, not to be a famous person, not to be a big hero, but just before the greater crisis. Hundreds of years from now, no one will remember who I am or what I did. ”

This is not just a casual remark for comfort, in all the records that Link can see, 'Befast' can be remembered by history because he accepted the Empire's mandate as a former child of nature, because of his contributions to the undead and orcs, not because of how powerful he is.

Orlando turned his head to look back, and his tear-covered eyes saw only a vague outline, obviously not familiar, but there was an inexplicable sense of closeness, and those words that were completely incompatible with relief also made the resentful heart gradually calm down.

Seeing that he had come to his senses, Link turned his gaze to Ires, who was following him, "Can you please send him back to the East? You are the most suitable person I can think of." ”

The elf nodded solemnly, whether it was another admirer of the Wood Elf princess or the prince of the Radiant Elf, he was worthy of this commission. (To be continued.) )