In 763 of the Holy Spirit Empire, Baron Bazado was critically ill, and William rushed to Kuwait overnight to visit his father, who was critically ill.

At the same time, the Lester family held a grand ball, and many noble lords of Kuwait Province were invited to attend, and brought their young masters and daughters with them.

And the party William, as the protagonist of the party, did not show too much enthusiasm.

Despite receiving invitations from the daughters of various families to dance together, William did not dance a single dance, and the dance ended unhappily.

For this, Baron Bazado clearly blamed William.

According to one of the people in the castle, Baron Bazado was so angry that he had the urge to vomit three liters of blood on the spot. However, when Duke William appeared in front of Baron Bazado's hospital bed with a beautiful woman and a lovely little girl, Baron Bazado instantly smiled.

On the fifth day of William's return to Kuwait and his stay in the sunset town, Baron Bazado passed away happily.

Baron Bazado's illness is a disease caused by overwork. Although William tried his best to save his life, it was to no avail, unless His Majesty the Pope of the Church of Light came and performed the legendary magic in person.

But apparently this is not possible.

On the third day of Baron Bazado's death, the Lester family held a lavish funeral to honor the old man of the duke, who had worked hard all his life.

William, dressed in plain clothes, personally presided over the funeral. Governor of Kuwait Governor, Viscount Mordo, Lord of Wildfire, Baron Bazado's family and friends, and a number of noble lords from other provinces were invited to attend the funeral.

At the funeral, William once again met with one of Baron Bazado's best friends, the Inspector of the Imperial Capital, the Murphy family.

For William, the Murphy family was obviously extremely respectful, respectful and flattering.

For some reason, Miss Jena, the daughter of the Murphy family, who had been friends with William and was ready to get engaged to the two families, did not appear at the funeral.

The funeral, which lasted for a day and a night.

Late at night, as the funeral was completed, outside the setting town, many noble lords, with torches and their families, left one after another.

With the passage of time, a faint sadness that permeated the setting town disappeared, and the life of the local name gradually returned to its former peace.

In the same year, while William was sitting in the castle study, and his father, Baron Bazado, often sat on the large chair, shyly thinking about the past and thinking about the future, the imperial capital of the Canaan province issued a conscription order to the imperial provinces.

A conscription order, as the name suggests, is a military order to recruit soldiers.

This military order was issued by the Military and Political Department of the Imperial Capital, and there was an additional seal of Her Majesty the Empress on it.

From middle-aged men in their thirties to young and middle-aged men in their twenties, according to the size of the fiefs of each noble lord, they were conscripted from hundreds to tens of thousands.

As a result, the Holy Spirit Empire entered a months-long state of preparation, preparing to start war again in the year 764 of the Holy Spirit Empire.

The state of internal governance that had been maintained for several years, and the years of peace, finally came to an end with the arrival of the conscription order.

Unlike the reign of His Majesty Charles IX, the era of Charles X, this era exclusive to Her Majesty the Empress, benefited from the coup d'état day in the imperial capital, and at this moment, different factions in the court have been washed and disrupted.

No faction, not even a neutral faction such as the Monroes, could compete with Her Majesty's faction, which was supported by the Church.

There is no doubt that Her Majesty the Empress has become the most powerful emperor after Charlemagne and several other emperors.

As time passed, a month after the military order was issued, one evening, a mysterious visitor came to the palace of the imperial capital.

The mysterious visitor was dressed in tight-fitting leather armor, a wide black robe, and a semi-openwork silver mask on his face, making it impossible for anyone to recognize him.

It was in the palace of the imperial capital that Her Majesty the Empress had a secret meeting with the mysterious visitor, and the two talked until the next morning.

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Imperial Empire 764, at the beginning of the year.

Spring is the season of flowers.

The Empress took command and gathered 600,000 troops on the border, preparing to wage war against the orcs.

It is said that it is an army of 600,000, but in fact there is quite a lot of water in it.

Except for a few elite legions of the empire itself, the remaining more than half a million soldiers were temporarily recruited from various provinces. These recruits have never been on the battlefield at all, nor have they seen blood, they have only received some superficial training.

However, Rao is like this, and the scene of 600,000 troops gathering together is also extremely spectacular.

Not to mention anything else, the terrifying number of 600,000 troops alone is probably more than ten times more than the orc race, which claims to be all soldiers.

This war is not trivial. After the 600,000 troops were assembled, the border defense lines of the empire, such as the Giant Stone City Pass, the Sanshui City Pass, and other border city defenses, took the lead in issuing a war announcement to the orcs.

Beyond the borders, the Orcs of the Aaronic Mountains heard from nothing.

On the contrary, the dwarves of the Steel Mountains, who have gradually become friendly with the Terrans of the Empire, issued a strong statement of condemnation, and threatened to unite the forces of the orcs, dwarves, and elves to jointly fight against the military oppression of the Empire.

Empress Charles, the ruler of the Holy Spirit Empire, was obviously even more concerned about this, and seemed to wish that the three clans would unite and give her a reasonable reason to go to war.

William Rest, as the governor of Haiman Province, recruited thousands of troops this time.

There is no way, Haiman Xing Province is one of the worst acts of the Empire, and the population is sparsely populated. These thousands of people are the result of William's sincerity and dedication to carrying out His Majesty's decrees.

The province of Beigus, which has the 'reputation' of the province of death, is even more exaggerated, and the number of conscripts is worth more than 1,000 people.

Many are laughing.

If it were to be replaced by the densely populated province of Canaan, a small city would be enough to draw five or six thousand soldiers.

With the strength of the province of Beigus, the total number of conscripts is less than a small city.

The son of the noble lord of the Northern Gus Province, the fat young master Gates also felt that his face was gloomy.

He didn't get involved with the aristocratic young masters who got along with him on weekdays, but instead met William from time to time, and his words and attitudes did not deliberately curry favor with a duke.

He is still the same old man, since William is different from the past, Young Master Gates still looks like a smile, and he is a brother to William.

Gradually, William found that it was a good decision for him to be friends with this fat man.

Therefore, William also planned to take special care of this cute fat man when the war broke out. (To be continued.) )