At dawn, William and the others returned to the mountain defense line with the survivors of the black castle in the small town of Rolls. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the outskirts of the mountains, the detachment of hunting ghouls also returned, and the casualties of the soldiers were not large, but the results were not small, almost enough to hunt and kill a thousand ghouls.

The victory in the battle has drastically reduced the number of ghouls, and in addition to the meritorious service, everyone's faces are filled with sincere joy.

Under the orders of the Governor of Locks, all the troops began to return to the group, rest, count the number of people, etc., and prepare to recharge for the day before launching an attack on the ghouls tomorrow.

The survivors rescued by William and the others were also handed over to Governor Locks. Whether it is appeasement or investigating the truth of the matter, these are all accusations from the Governor's Palace, and William has no right to intervene, nor does he have the interest and thoughts.

When the soldiers fell into a deep sleep, and only the necessary sentry personnel remained, William also took a nap for a long time.

In the afternoon, not long after William was in his tent, a herald arrived, saying that Governor Locks had invited him to discuss important matters.

William knew that this was a plan to exterminate the ghouls.

In fact, after the initial contact and engagement with the ghouls last night, after the soldiers hunted the ghouls, the fear of the ghouls was not so great, and the morale had increased a lot.

The so-called ghouls are just a group of powerful but low-intelligence species.

Moreover, William and the three of them went deep into the town of Rouse last night, and they searched all the way, and they only encountered ordinary ghouls, and found no other dangers at all.

Now that the troops are enough and the morale is there, the remaining thing to exterminate the ghouls is no longer difficult and terrible, but has become a military merit that can make up for it.

If it is dealt with, perhaps the Empire will not only blame Governor Locks for his dereliction of duty, but will also reward him.

William had no interest in arguing with Governor Locks, and he directly resigned from the herald sent by Governor Locks, asking him to tell Governor Locks.

After the herald left, William took the knight Kane and the mage Rhine, rode horses, left the mountain defense line, and returned to Sunset Town.

This trip to encircle and suppress ghouls, it can be said that everything is quite perfect. But there was a lingering regret in William's heart.

He was already six or seven points sure that this ghoul incident was artificially created.

However, the people hiding behind the scenes were too deep to appear, and William could not explore the truth in the darkness with fragmentary clues.

I couldn't figure it out, and William didn't think about it anymore.

After a day or two in the small town of Sunset, he said goodbye to his father, Baron Bazado, and sailed south to the imperial capital of Canaan Province to attend a state banquet.

This state banquet was extraordinary, and the nobles of the news channels all knew that His Majesty Charles IX was going to announce a bombshell news on the last day of the state banquet, that is, the first day of the new year.

The position of the prince!

Unlike the last time His Majesty's birthday banquet, this state banquet will undoubtedly change the fate and development of the empire in the future.

The third prince has a calm personality and has the courage and ambition to do great things.

At a certain party, he even revealed that he wanted to inherit Charlemagne's legacy and conquer the steel mountain range where the dwarves are located, the Aaron Mountains where the orcs are located, and the elven forest where the elves have lived for generations into the territory of the empire.

Some people praise the ambition of the three princes, and some people say that the three princes are too whimsical, Charlemagne is such an outstanding emperor, and he has exhausted his life's strength, but he has not completed his lofty goal.

In short, if the three princes are elected to the position of prince, the future Holy Spirit Empire is likely to develop in the direction of emphasizing military force and ignoring literature, judging official positions by military merits and titles by contributions.

This is something that those who are good at governing the country do not want to see, so most of the people who support the faction of the three princes are warlord families like the Page family.

The concept of the young Five Princes is completely different.

From beginning to end, the aspects that the five princes thought about and developed were all in the direction of hard work. Many vicious-eyed ministers also saw it. If the five princes become princes, the country's main energy will be on internal governance.

One intends to expand, conquer foreign races, and expand the territory of the empire, and the other intends to govern internally, turning the behemoth of the Holy Spirit Empire into a thriving one.

The two cannot say who is right and who is wrong, and who is justified or unreasonable.

The different starting points also created two classes of people of different factions. However, the ultimate goal of both is the same, which is nothing more than to make the empire more prosperous and prosperous.

Even now, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are hidden in the darkness, watching His Majesty Charles IX's every move.

What did Your Majesty eat today, who did you meet, where did you go, and what did you say......

All the trivial news has become something that the nobles of the empire ponder every day.

The arrival of William Rest, the lord of Yuanxin Water City in the province of Haiman, made the news less worth mentioning.

If it was placed in the past, William built the water city and governed the water city in an orderly manner, perhaps the streets and alleys of the imperial capital, all kinds of public opinion that came and went, must have been related to William.

But now, at such a critical moment, there are very few people who can still pay attention to William.

The Monro family, known as the green leaf family, is one of them.

On the night of arriving in the imperial capital, the house of the Lester family was brightly lit, the chef had already prepared all kinds of ingredients, and when he was about to cook, an invitation from the Monro family was sent to William's desk.

The invitation is not a greeting post, the former is undoubtedly more noble, and the latter is more casual than an appointment, nothing more than an appointment to meet at a time and place, you can come or not, just recover.

The Mengluo family sends out thousands of prayers every year, not more than 10,000.

However, there are only a handful of invitations sent by the Monro family.

Not to mention, this is still the helmsman of the Monro family, and the Grand Duke of Monro personally filled in and sent it out.

When the chief butler of the Monro family rode in a carriage from the noble North Street, which was closest to the royal palace, to the outside of the mansion of the Lester family, many noble lords had already learned the news in advance.

However, what is even more surprising is that after the grand butler of the Monro family delivered the invitation, not only did not leave, but parked the carriage on the side of the street and waited alone.

It was only then that the noble lords realized that something unusual.

As an evergreen tree of the empire, the Monro family has stood for more than 700 years without falling, and the various information channels controlled by its family are absolutely terrifying.

At such a critical moment, the important figures of the Mengluo family did not go out of the door, and they almost cut off contact with the outside world, making it clear that they did not want to participate in the struggle between the three princes and the five princes' factions.

Not even the two princes, but to meet a new nobleman who has risen in recent years.

This matter is too worthy of thought. (To be continued.) )