In fact, Princess Elizabeth is not a descendant of Frederick's royal family. Elizabeth's maternal grandmother did have a brief intimate relationship with Emperor Sassan, but Emperor Sasansen did not impregnate her. It doesn't matter, Elizabeth's maternal grandmother's partnership with the Emperor of Sassan is well documented, and the church recognizes Elizabeth as a member of the Sassan royal family, so she is the princess of the Sassan Empire.

On top of that, Elizabeth has the golden blood of Nakhtigar.

The wings of the Sassang royal family and the five eastern lord families hardened and began to stumble with the Radiant Knights, which was only a minor problem. The golden bloodline of the Barcelius family is the major hidden danger that causes the empire to divide and unbalance.

As early as a hundred years ago, Testier's father and Fleets' teacher had clearly realized that as the territory of the Sassan Empire continued to expand, once the vast lands of the Sidon Khanate were annexed, the division of the empire would be inevitable, and the Iron Mountain Empire would surely revivenation.

The core interest of the Knights of Radiance and the Church is to be able to mobilize and command the armies of the secular lords, as long as the Sarsanid and Baselius royal families are willing to cooperate with the Radiant Knights and surrender more than half of their forces to assist the Templars in fighting the orc tribes and recovering the human homeland. The Church allowed the Barcelius family to restore the Iron Mountain Empire. Even the territory of the two empires, the six major paladin families have already been discussed, the Iron Mountain Empire is in the north, and the Sasang Empire is in the south, and the two sides have married and formed an alliance to advance hand in hand, expanding to the east of the wilderness together.

But who would have thought that the bloodline of the Divine Knight would last for three thousand years. The imbalance of blood between the Iron Mountain Empire and the Sassan Empire will bring about an imbalance of power, and the noble children and population of the Sassan Empire will flow into the Iron Mountain Empire, and in the long run, the Radiant Knights will not only be involved in the political whirlpool of the two empires, but may also be subject to a strong backlash from within the church.

The Paladin family rolled up their sleeves and personally went out to wrestle and help the Sasang Lord resist the Iron Mountain Lord, which of course would cause the dissatisfaction of the Iron Mountain Empire. This is not the time for the Pope to rule, the knightly aristocracy has taken control of the Holy See, the once closed El Church has begun to absorb the aristocratic elite, the Church has emerged in an endless stream of talents, and internal relations have become complicated. The lords of the Iron Mountain Empire are supportive of the missionary work of a certain sect of priests, and there will always be high-ranking clergy who speak for them.

More than 300 years ago, the lessons of the Holy City Rebellion made the Knights of Radiance deeply aware that only by maintaining a neutral position and manipulating the situation from a high place would they not be set on fire.

In particular, the contradiction between the eastern lord families and the paladins of the Sassan Empire has become increasingly prominent, and the previous generation of patriarchs and Testiel's father, after careful research, have come to a conclusion: the root of the problem is that the Radiant Knights are too close to the six families in the east of Sassan. They mistakenly thought that the Knights of Radiance would not be able to do without their support.

As a result, the previous generation of patriarchs chose the most hard-nosed student, and Friedes succeeded the patriarch and told him to suppress the arrogant eastern lord family and ease the relationship between the Barcelius family and the Radiant Knights. In fact, this is an important adjustment to the Radiant Knights' shift towards neutrality.

Only in this way will the Knights of Radiance be able to control the situation in the rivalry between Barcelius and Frederick, and calmly mobilize the military power of the entire northern lord.

Because the Knights of Radiance intended to extricate themselves from the whirlpool of secular politics in the Sassan Empire, they decided to secretly activate the bloodline of the Nachtigar Paladins, an important legacy of the original Pope Enoch, considering the blood gap between Frederick's royal family and the Barcelius family.

Of all the Paladin families, the Nakhtigard family has the most special Mark of Light. Their knight bloodline is stronger than that of the six major paladin families, and almost every generation has legendary knights. The other paladin families have broken away from the Mark of Light, and their bloodlines are only the top-level silver bloodlines, while Nakhtigar is the gold bloodline. It's just that the ancient golden bloodline of the paladin family is more likely to weaken than the normal golden bloodline. But it doesn't matter, the Nakhtigarh family has a long lineage, and the church has always held an ancient golden bloodline.

What can the secular Nakhtigar do if his bloodline is weakened? Paladin Nakhtigar can raise another family of golden bloodlines, just like the other six major paladin families, the Sasan lord family who supports the silver bloodline.

Nakhtigar and the Paladins control the secular through their bloodline, and the Pope controls the Church through the distribution of the Holy Power Pool. This was the plot of the first popes and the Nakhtigarh patriarchs, and it is also an important legacy of them.

The Knights of Radiance overthrew the papal lineage and took over the entire legacy of the first pope. Two generations of the Radiant Knights have spent decades and paid many costs to obtain the golden bloodline from the legendary paladin Nakhtigar, Princess Elizabeth Frederick.

Friedes did not want to put Elizabeth on the throne of the Sassanian Empire, on the one hand, Elizabeth's personality was a headache, she was more like a paladin than a paladin, and she was not suitable to be an emperor. On the other hand, the Patriarch openly interfered with the succession to the throne of the Sassanian Empire, committing a great taboo. The secular lords of the entire human kingdom will unite and fight back strongly. In order to appease the wrath, Patriarch Friedes must be prepared to step down.

According to the plan made by the previous patriarch, the Knights of Radiance could make Elizabeth's descendants dukes of the Sassanian Empire and the Duke of Sassan with the right to inherit the throne when necessary.

This was the safest way to do this, balancing the balance of power between the two major lords, beating the royal family of Frederick, and attracting a large number of families who aspired to noble bloodlines, including but not limited to the northern lords. The Knights of Radiance are elegant, and the White Tower camp, which has been making trouble for paladins, will also be self-defeating.

As long as Emperor Frederick and the Grand Duke were present, Friedes was reluctant to use Elizabeth in advance.

Now that the throne of the Sassanian Empire is in vain, it is a trivial matter, and it is most urgent for the Centaur Great Khan's troops to go straight to the eastern defense line. The two highnesses of the Blood Wolf Castle fell at the same time, and the Duke of Barcelius, who was in charge of the army on the northern route, urgently returned to help. Because of the army he commanded, the cavalry of the central lords was the majority. Now, the monsters are going to fight home, and the soldiers still have the heart to pursue the centaur gang?Barcelius gathers some of the elite to support the eastern defense line and intercept the centaur Great Khan, and the rest of the knights and vassals can continue to fight. In the same way, the southern cavalry are all from the eastern lord family, and their homeland is next to the eastern defense line, and once the centaurs break through the defense line, their homeland is the first to suffer.

A few months ago, Her Majesty the Empress called on the Sassanian lords to organize their people and re-cultivate the fields. The soldiers went out to fight, and their parents, wives and children were at home farming, and they were defenseless in the face of sudden dangers. No one knew who the bad luck would befall them, and the soldiers of the South Road Army were anxious.

Barcelius handed over command of the Northern Army to the Knights of the Moon Bear in the Duchy of Teuton, and he led the Knights of the Gripen and some of the knights of the Central Lords back to the eastern defenses. In this way, the centaurs on the northern route can run away a lot, but if Barcelius does not return to the eastern line, the cavalry on the southern and northern routes will have no intention of fighting.

Grand Master Testil weighed the pros and cons and acquiesced in Duke Baselius' escape from the battle, while he himself organized reinforcements from the Great Stone Fortress to intercept the centaur warriors on the northern route as much as possible.

The kingdoms came together to march into the northern wilderness, and such an opportunity was rare. Only by killing and injuring a large number of male warriors in the centaur tribe, occupying the rich and vast Sidon Khanate, and producing more food, will the population of the kingdoms explode, and the development of the human kingdom will take the most solid step.

The people of the Sassan Empire can't see so far, they only know that the Knights of the Gripen have turned the tide and are the people's desire and expectations. The Duke of Barcelius, in fact, exercised the duties of the emperor.

Empress Grace asked Freya to become the Grand Duke of the Empire, but she did not say a word about Emperor Zieg's eldest son. She wanted to cut off Freya's unrealistic thoughts, but also to let Archduke Freya withstand the pressure of the Barcelius family. However, neither Freya nor Siegfried were enough to compete with Duke Barcelius, and Grace's small calculations showed that Bloodwolf Castle had no way to do it.

The Knights of Radiance hope that the revival of the Iron Mountain Empire will be fifty years from now. Usain and Oroksia have a tacit understanding of this, and the Barcelius family still needs to use the power of the Knights of Radiance to open up the empire's territory. But things have developed like this, and it is difficult for the two highnesses of the Barcelius family to suppress the voices of other families.

Friedes had to put Elizabeth on the throne of the Sassanian Empire to avoid an early division of the northern lords.

Empress Elizabeth has a shallow foundation, and the old patriarch has been tough all her life, and she is not afraid of offending people again, so she always has to take a few noble sacrificial flags that are not open to the eyes to stabilize the throne of the new emperor. After that, the Church needed a new patriarch to heal the scars left by the Sassan lords in the struggle for imperial power.

Among the students, Dist was the mildest of temperaments, and Friedus, who had previously disdained him, now chose him as the successor to the next patriarch.

Patriarch Friedes didn't mind mentioning a few more students, and said gently: "Dister, in the name of the vicar, you let the core members of the Eastern Lord family go to the three major fortresses of the Eastern Defense Line. After a pause, he continued: "In the past few months, the eastern defense line has expanded by more than a dozen camps, and the depth of the defense has increased to 130 kilometers. The army led by the Centaur Great Khan was short of supplies, and they fought all the way, numbering less than 20,000 and struggling. In order to seize food supplies, they had to storm the newly added fortifications of the defensive line. I have asked the commanders of the three major fortresses to hold their fortified lines and preserve their living forces. The centaurs had to retreat to the front of the camp and get food supplies, and even if they continued to move west, they would suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, the fortress of the Eastern Defense Line is the safest place. ”

Dist thought for a moment and asked worriedly, "Teacher, if the Centaur Great Khan passes through the eastern defense line and enters the eastern region of the empire, what will happen to those people who cultivate green barley?

Friedes shook his head with a deep gaze and said, "There are still many goblins and kobolds in the Eastern Territory that need to be cleared, and they are more harmful than two or three thousand centaur bandits. Moreover, during the season of water, millions of people were organized to migrate, and more people died than were killed by monsters. ”

"You don't have to worry about it. I take all the responsibilities with all my might. ”

The Patriarch was prepared to use the millions of people in the eastern part of the empire as eyes and ears and bait to lock down and hinder the actions of the Centaur Great Khan.

Dist lowered his head, not daring to say anything more, but in his heart he hoped that the centaur Great Khan would grab food supplies and flee east.

Friedus stood up, paced to the window, looked at the bustling street scene of the Sassanian Imperial Capital, and said, "His Majesty Neowest has a blood feud with Princess Roland Auguste, and he will not come." But His Highness Randall will definitely arrive soon, and in addition, I have summoned the Holy See to ask His Majesty Nakhtigar to come to the Sassangian Empire and besiege the Legends-Rank Centaurs. I believe that within ten days, His Majesty Nakhtigarh will be able to rush from the Cult of El to the Eastern Frontier Line......"

As he spoke, hurried footsteps were heard in the corridor outside the door, and a paladin informed the guards outside the door that there was an urgent military situation coming from the Eastern Defense Line. Friedes motioned for the student to open the door and return to his position behind his desk.

The paladin entered the room without saluting, and said in a panic, "My lord, it's not good! The Gombis and the centaurs are fighting!"

"What!?"

With a bang, the old patriarch pushed open the heavy oak desk with one palm, stepped in front of the holy warrior in two steps, snatched the letterhead from his hand, and quickly scanned it.

The information conveyed by the crow was very brief, and it said that His Royal Highness August and the eldest princess Freya Frederick had led 24,000 cavalry to fight the centaurs at the Maverick Village camp yesterday evening. The garrisons of Duncan's Fort defense area left the garrison and went to Maverick Village to support the eldest princess Freya.

"Isn't Roland crazy!" Patriarch Friedus was furious and exclaimed, "I ask her to hold the defensive area, how dare she, a golden knight, raid the army of the Centaur Great Khan?!"

"And Freya, who actually risked her life and coerced the garrison into battle! Kaulokar is also a waste, as a high-ranking combat priest in Duncan Fortress, doesn't he know how to stop those two bastard princesses?"

Seeing that the teacher was angry, Pastor Dist was silent and stood beside him, not daring to breathe.

Friedus paced back and forth a few steps, and when he stopped, he said to Dister, "Prepare the Horned Wolf mount, and I'll go back to Duncan Fort now." You immediately go to the Blood Wolf Castle, meet Her Majesty Queen Grace, and tell her to immediately mobilize the royal capital garrison cavalry and rush to the Duncan Fortress defense area, and be sure to enter the ...... before the centaurs break through the eastern defenses."

Speaking of this, the old patriarch suddenly stopped, his eyes were cloudy, he thought for a moment, turned around and picked up the calfskin map that had fallen on the floor, and carefully checked the latest troop configuration of the eastern defense line.

After a while, Diser stepped forward and asked cautiously, "My lord, I'm going to the palace to inform His Majesty Grace?"

Friedes shook his head and ordered, "Clean up this place, we'll wait for the next battle report." ”

Diser and the three paladins worked together to restore all the items of the tables and chairs. Patriarch Friedus motioned for the paladin to open the door, and Dist sat down on the couch beside him.

At the time of a big hourglass, news from the outside world came in one after another.

"My lord, the eldest son of Emperor Siegfried has just gathered the royal knights and led 8,000 guards cavalry out of the imperial capital. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Grace has asked to see you. ”

Friedes raised his head and said slowly, "Tell Your Majesty that you don't need to see me." The cathedral's 600 paladins and battle priests moved with her. ”

The priest on duty was slightly stunned, and then bowed and retired.

Priest Dist was a little uneasy and asked in a low voice, "Teacher, the paladins of the cathedral are your guards." ”

Friedes' eyes flickered and he muttered, "Perhaps...... Your Highness Ziggy, you don't need them at all. ”

Dist sat in the room for half an hour, and his uneasiness became more and more apparent, and another report of the battle came in.

"Your Excellency, Her Highness Orokthea Baselius leads 27,000 cavalry to join the battle of the calf camp!"

Battle reports one after another.

"Duke Baselius and the Knights of the Gripen rushed to the Maverick Village camp and immediately went into battle. ”

"His Majesty King Friedrich with the Knights of the Iron Wall and 28,000 Duoduo cavalry appeared on the south side of the Calf Village camp, ready for battle!"

The atmosphere in the room became more and more relaxed, and after another hour, the priest on duty hurried in and shouted with joy: "Patriarch, the battle of the camp of Little Cow Village has been won a great victory! The cavalry of the Eastern Defense Line has annihilated more than 17,000 centaurs. ”

Priest Dist jumped up from the couch and asked, "What about the Great Khan of the Centaurs?"

"The Great Centaur Khan led hundreds of centaur remnants to break through the encirclement and flee to the south. The Knights of the Gripen, the Knights of the Dragon, and the Knights of the Iron Wall have already pursued them. ”

Patriarch Friedus asked in a deep voice, "How many Highnesses are involved in the pursuit?"

"Four Knights of the Gripen, two Knights of the Iron Wall, plus His Royal Highness Roland August, a total of seven Highnesses. He was also accompanied by four high-ranking battle priests. ”

Diser couldn't help laughing: "It's okay, it's okay, only a few hundred centaurs escaped, it's not a big problem." ”

Friedus stood up, sighed long, and whispered to himself:

“...... Roland, Roland......"