"Your Excellency Lord Jon, I think I would like to discuss with you if I can send my family to the safer ...... of Serobart."

The attaché took advantage of the fact that Grand Duke Jon was in a good mood and hurriedly opened his mouth to plead. He didn't know when Grand Duke Jon's mood suddenly turned bad, after all, people's moods are often very sensitive at this time, and they can be completely changed by some small trivial things.

"Syrobart, why are you mentioning that damn place, I've heard that there are already people there who are starting to oppose my leadership, and they think that it was my war with the Falkenridge that led to today's defeat!"

Archduke Jon's face suddenly turned terrified, for just a day earlier he had received a secret report that the exiled families in the Stacy Hinterland had begun to circulate against it.

Archduke Jon immediately informed Serobat and ordered the authorities there to suppress the rumors that were not conducive to his rule, and to arrest those who spread them. However, Serobart's men politely refused Archduke Jon's request, claiming that if the workers' remarks were hastily investigated, the production of weapons and equipment in the rear factories would be affected.

This almost justified refusal caused a sudden panic in the heart of Grand Duke Jon, who feared that his orders would begin to be unsupported at the local level, and suspiciously felt that an inexplicable force was behind his back.

The successive failures have made his emotions almost out of control.

Now, when his own attaché suddenly mentioned Serobat, Grand Duke Jon was rightfully furious.

"No! As long as I live, no one will leave Dean City! No one will leave! You will all fight in this city, for our country, for our cause! Fight! Fight until the last second!"

Grand Duke Jon pounded the table and roared loudly, his voice echoing throughout the palace, "If you talk to me about leaving Dean City again, I'll send your family and you to the front!"

It is impossible to compare the huge shadow that Grand Duke Jon has left in the hearts of the Stasi. He labeled those who disobeyed his rule as enemies, and then put their families to death or sent them to a bitter cold place in harsh conditions. Under such high-pressure tactics, his dominance seems to be a little stronger than that of Vess's in Falkenridge.

This is also the reason why there has been no disagreement after Stasi's repeated defeats. This time, however, Grand Duke Jon heard rumors he didn't want to hear, and his orders were ignored by a group of nobles in distant Serobat.

It's a pity that he can only roar at the people around him now, but there is really no way to target those who disobey his rule in the distance. Since last week, the number of weapons and ammunition sent from the direction of Serobat has been decreasing, which is another reason why Grand Duke Jon feels that the other party is no longer reliable.

He was now suspicious of everyone, which was the real reason why he almost never left the Grand Duke's Palace. Even with countless guards trained by Stacy around him, he still felt that his safety was worrying: "Get out! Don't try to challenge my patience and bottom line again!"

After yelling, the tired Grand Duke threw his cane on the table and waved his hand in frustration at the trusted delinquish, motioning for him to leave his office. He didn't want to say a word, and when he heard the door shut, he held his head and hid his face in the crook of his arm.

Outside the window, the cannon of Falkenridge's army rang out again, and these powerful magic cannons could already fly over the positions of the two sides and hit the buildings on the edge of the western city of Dean City. The shelling here is no longer the expensive ultra-long-range magic cannon, but the much lighter army medium-caliber conventional artillery.

On the other hand, the number of spellcaster troops in Dean City is not large, and even during the day, they can only rotate the defensive shields, and at night, they simply go back to sleep after a perfunctory moment.

As a result, the Grand Duke's palace has become less secure than it used to be.

At this moment, a cannonball flew over the long road, and finally hit the corner of a building in the west of Dean City, and after a loud bang, the solid building did not completely collapse, only one corner finally collapsed, revealing the floor layer by layer inside.

As if none of the buildings had collapsed, the surrounding Stasi soldiers ran through the nearby street with their weapons in their hands, and into an alley at the end of the road. They had become accustomed to the constant destruction and collapse of the buildings around them, to the sound of enemy artillery and the endless evasion.

It was still a long way from the front line, so it wasn't the worst battlefield they had ever experienced, because not far in front of them, the Falkenridge army and the Stasi army were fiercely fighting for every trench, and it was the Shura field full of corpses, and it was the terrible hell that really took people's lives.

......

The capital of the kingdom of Falkenridge, Zakif.

Inside the King's Castle, Vess was sipping a cup of coffee, staring at the piece of paper in front of him until he barely recognized the handwriting.

"Lord Hillcutt, he's indeed dead. ”

Beside him, Lan Descartes whispered, "The woman named Tiffany in the special security forces of the royal capital has verified it, and there is also a confirmation message from Lord Helfras in the Amba Mountains." Your Majesty, please mourn. ”

Although Blue Descartes learned of Vess's true identity because he was directly loyal to the leader of the Tokamaks, Elo, he was somewhat surprised by Vess's performance even though he knew that Vis was a colorful dragon known for his ruthlessness.

When he learned of this at noon, Weiss did not shed tears, not even the slightest expression of sadness, but sat silently at the table until the sun went down and Blue Descartes came to see him again, and he remained in this position.

Perhaps Blue Descartes could not understand it, but Weiss himself knew very well that he was now the king of a country, and he could no longer indulge his emotions as he had in the valley of Icourt.

Besides, now even the Icourt Valley is gone, and among the former allies, Natalie is dead.

He didn't know if he would be the next to die, but he knew at least one thing - now before he became Hillcart's brother, he had to be the king of Falkenridge, and he could only be the king of Falkenridge.

Maybe after the war is over, he will have enough time to miss this probably only blood relative, but not now.

He has no time to grieve, and all he can do is carry the wishes of the deceased and move on.

So he took some time to adjust his emotions, and then immediately called a regular meeting in the evening. Now Weiss has no half feeling about Hillcut's death in his heart.

"Your Majesty, General Ninel has arrived! He is waiting for you in the next room. ”

An officer knocked on the door to the room, then stood in the doorway with his hands behind his back, his chin held high to remind Vess that the air general he had invited had arrived. With that, the officer exited the conference room, closing the door with a faint noise.

“...... Well, gentlemen, the purpose of our war is to make our country tomorrow better, we are not war maniacs, we are not arms dealers, remember our original intention to wage war, this is the most important thing!"

With a smile, Weiss stood up and summed up today's conversation: "No matter how brilliant the army's achievements are, they will eventually disappear because of the arrival of peace, and what you have done will accompany the development of the country to the end of the world. ”

"Long live Your Majesty!" he could still hear the ministers in the room shouting as he pushed open the door and walked towards the room where Ninell was waiting for him.

"Ah, General Ninel, forgive me for transferring you from the front line in spite of your busyness, which has just been promoted to Air Force Commander. With a smile on his face as he walked into the room, he confessed himself.

Niner's experience is also quite inspiring, from an ordinary hunter to the lowest level of soldiers, and then with extraordinary quality and luck to live until now, and continue to learn all kinds of knowledge, finally sat in the position of senior commander two months ago, and never had to go to the front again.

Of course, Ninel wasn't in the habit of being disrespectful to Vess—from the point of view of his men and the king, or from the point of view of werewolves and dragons—and as soon as Vis came in, he jumped up from his position and raised his arm in salute.

"Your Majesty, I have to be very excited to compliment you, because of your foresight, Falkenridge's air force has an almost infinite future!" Ninener reported to Vis with a proud smile, "We have the ability to stop flying behind the army's chariots and cover the army as a priority! We can attack the enemy alone and destroy targets in the enemy's hinterland faster and farther!"

Vis laughed along, secretly sighing in his heart that the strategic goal of developing the air force this time was not Ello's order, but his own idea, although in the end Ello still provided a lot of help.

Then he patted Ninel on the shoulder, signaling not to get too excited.

After Ninel collected his feelings, Weiss spoke: "Although I also admit that even if we defeat Stasi, we cannot relax our military development, but at this stage, I don't think it is a good thing for the Air Force to carry out attack missions independently. So I order you to put away those ideas ahead of your time and concentrate on covering the army's final battle for Dean City. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Ninner, of course, would not disobey Vess, so he replied immediately. Even though Vis was pouring cold water on the Air Force in front of him, Ninel still felt that it was His Majesty's trust and love for him personally. So he replied resolutely, and this resoluteness was based on the already high personal prestige of Vesna.

Interestingly, before the start of the war, Weiss's prestige was low, while that of Archduke Jon was high. Now the two are starting to reverse.

"Very well, I have great confidence in your ability to do my job! So I handed over a part of the Air Force to you, and you did live up to my expectations of you!"

Weiss nodded, and told the young and promising officer the real purpose of calling him back from the front line this time: "I want to promote a group of officers who have been performing very well on the front line, you are one of them, prepare it, I will personally promote you tomorrow." ”

Weiss said as he patted Ninel, who was stunned in place: "Congratulations, Your Excellency the General of the Falkenridge Air Force!"