Williams' gaze swept over the four Guardians, Roland was boredly running a strand of white gold hair with his slender fingers, Sylvia lowered her eyes and smiled at the corners of her mouth, as if she was remembering something good, Victor stared at his glass, the contents of which were rippling in the gentle wind, and Marquis Goron nodded slightly with a deep expression.

"Thank you Lord Tamor for explaining the doctrine to us, and we in Gambiz will follow the guidance of the Most High...... Barbarians are the children of evil, enslaved, destroyed, and not communicated equally. The regent said sincerely. He was not sure how this principle of the Church would affect Cambys's strategy of southern expansion and diplomacy, but he knew that André and Tamor would certainly have something to come.

Sure enough, Patriarch Tamor smiled kindly with relief, shook it, and said with a sigh of embarrassment:

"The northern barbarians once occupied vast lands south of the Boulder Mountains. Combis, Dord, Neville, Seuss, Southern of the Dusk Forest, Eastern Alliance...... With the exception of the El Holy City, which is a wizarding city-state, the entire barren south is their territory. Where we are now, maybe there have been barbarian activities...... More than 9,000 years ago, the wizards of the Pantheon secretly captured barbarians and sacrificed them to the devil, and the conflict between the barbarians and the wizards of the Pantheon became more and more intense. After the mediation of the wizards of the El city-state, which belonged to the council, failed, the archwizards of the Pantheon suddenly blockaded the El city-state, and the allied forces of the Pantheon city-state crossed the Boulder Mountains and invaded the homes of the northern barbarians, and a full-scale war broke out between the two sides. The council wizards of the city-state of El were left alone, and could only watch as the allied forces of the city-states of the Pantheon crushed the main army of the barbarians, broke through the royal court of the barbarians, and sacrificed their captives in blood. By the time the Grand Wizard of the Council arrived in the city-state of El from the far north, the Pantheon wizards had already sacrificed hundreds of thousands of barbarians in blood. The Grand Wizards of the Council could only exercise restraint and deal carefully with the Grand Wizards of the Pantheon. The wizards and golden knights of the city-state of El secretly help the surviving barbarians flee across the river from the shores of Lake Fez. The Grand Wizard of the Council was superior in numbers, but did not bring an army. The Pantheon Archwizards are few in number, but their coalition is more than capable of defeating the city-state of Eyre. The two sides reached an agreement to give the barbarian survivors ten days to escape. ”

"For ten days, hundreds of thousands of barbarian women, women and children did not even have time to build boats, they cut down logs, made simple rafts, and some simply jumped into the water with logs. Countless barbarians drowned in Lake Fes, which became a meal for fishmen and water monsters, and the blood of the barbarians stained the narrow estuary and the small half of the lake on the south shore of Lake Fez, hence the name of the River of Blood. His Majesty Enoch's maternal grandfather, a soldier of the city-state of Eyre, was on the northern shore of Lake Fes and witnessed the tragic scene...... The Great Escape from Lake Fes was not only the trigger for the Blood Sacrifice War, but also had a profound impact on His Majesty Enoch...... We now know that the impact of the Great Escape from Lake Fes continues to this day. ”

“...... Wait a minute. Roland listened to the story with relish, and before he knew it, his delicate boots had stepped on the coffee table, his elbows were against his knees, his slender hands were holding his chin, and his eyes were shining and he asked: "Have all the barbarian royal family members been killed? The ancestral knights of the Neowestern family and the ancestors of Nakhtigar are both the golden knights of the city-state of Eyre?

"This ...... Whether or not the survivors of the royal family of the northern barbarians managed to escape to the southern continent are not recorded in more detail in the historical documents collected by the Church. Patriarch Tamor paused and continued, "However, Nakhtigarh and Neowest are indeed the Golden Knight family of the El city-state. After the barbarians were bloodbathed in the Pantheon, the Neowestern family left the city-state of El and disappeared. Otherwise, Neowest might follow His Majesty Enoch and become the Paladin family of the Church, as Nakhtigar did. ”

Williams August took a sip of Dom and said something that he had made up on his own: "The ancient city-state of El and the northern barbarians should be an alliance. Considering that the wizard tower does not care about the world, and the Golden Knight family of El jointly holds the power of the city-state, out of diplomatic considerations, the Neowest family and the barbarian royal family are married, and it is precisely because of the close relationship between Neowest and the barbarian royal family that they helped the survivors of the barbarians to escape to the Southern Continent, and were hated by the Pantheon wizards, and under the pressure of the Pantheon coalition army, the parliamentary wizards exiled Neowest and exiled. ”

Roland shook his head again and again, and said with dreamy eyes:

"Neowest should have run away in anger...... The enemy invades in large numbers, and the eldest princess of the barbarian royal family travels to the city-state of El to seek the help of the wizards of the Parliament. The Wizard Towers of the El City-State are unable to provide support to their barbarian allies. The barbarian princess failed to mediate, so Neowest let her take refuge in the city. However, in this time of crisis, the brave eldest princess only wants to be with her people and fight to the death against the evil wizard alliance, rather than hide behind the walls of El and weep. She resolutely refused to be retained by the Neowest family and left the city-state of El alone...... The news of the eldest princess's death in battle reached the city-state of El. Neowest saw the weapon left behind by the eldest princess and the bloodstains on it. Filled with remorse, they cleverly set up a game to secretly plan the escape of Lake Fez, and at the same time dragged the selfish council wizard into the water, pitting them against the pantheon archwizard, triggering a blood war between the Pantheon and the council, and indirectly avenging the blood revenge for the eldest princess. ”

After Roland finished speaking in one breath, Sylvia glanced at her and said slowly: "What does it matter if Neowest is expelled or runs away angrily? Ancient Neowest and the current Neowest are not the same family...... Why are you so excited? Also, why is it the eldest princess, not the barbarian queen?"

"That's not the point...... I said it in line with the beauty of the story. Hey, why is it a barbarian queen, not an eldest princess. ”

"I like it. Sylvia raised her thin golden eyebrows and said as a matter of course.

"Haha, you like the story I said. But I decided to write a stage script for the princess of the barbarians. Roland waved his little fist happily.

"I think it's closer to the historical facts to change the barbarian princess to the barbarian prince. Williams said in a deep voice.

"Don't think about it!" Roland rolled his eyes, looked around for supporters, and finally asked the Marquise of Wimbledon, "Sophia, what do you think?"

Sophia hesitated for a moment and said, "The barbarians are reckless by nature, and the barbarian royal family should all be dead." The city-state wizards and ancient knights are high above each other and do not care about the lives or deaths of the barbarian survivors. I think it was a clever and brave ordinary barbarian who took advantage of the contradictions between the Pantheon and the Council to orchestrate the escape from Lake Fes. With that, she grabbed Victor's arm, tried to seek her husband's support, and asked softly, "What do you think, honey?"

"These story elements can be added. Victor shrugged his shoulders indifferently and calmly analyzed: "Anyway, the Grand Wizard of the Council saw that the wizards of the Pantheon had cultivated more wizards through the blood sacrifice barbarians. For the sake of strategic balance, they would rather all the barbarian survivors drown in Lake Fes than let them fall into the hands of the wizards of the Pantheon city-states. The Great Escape from Lake Fes must have been the inevitable result of the secret guidance of the wizards of the Council. ”

Seeing that the conversation at Flowing Leaf Manor had been distorted by the two Augustes, the oldest guardian of Gombis corrected, "It is rude and rude to interrupt the guests...... Lord Tammor, on behalf of Roland and Williams, I apologize to you, and you are requested to continue. ”

Patriarch Tamor woke up from a dream, put down his glass, and said, "I think that in the most desperate and helpless moments of the barbarian survivors, there is an evil god who took the opportunity to replace the ancient god Donal they believe in. He carried out his ulterior and evil plan, bewitching the wizards of the city-state of El and carrying out the Great Escape from Lake Fez...... Because at that time, the great Lord of Light had not awakened, and evil gods and demons had the power to influence the minds of wizards. ”

Marquis of Goron: "......."

Andrey: "......."

"...... yes. The Patriarch coughed dryly, and Masasei said, "In any case, the survivors of the northern barbarians who fled south spread their hatred of humans to the southern continent until today. This time, I went to the barbarian kingdom on the other side of the Borui River Bay to investigate, and I deeply experienced the barbarians' bitter hatred for human beings. His Royal Highness Andre brought a batch of documents collected by the United Kingdom of Borui, all of which were about the Barbarian Kingdom. If you look at it, you can feel how I feel about the barbarians. ”

Andrei nodded and said, "Yes, those materials are in the carriage." On behalf of the five major families of the Borui Kingdom, I will send the capture of the Barbarian Fighters to His Highness Randall as a congratulatory gift, along with the detailed information of the Barbarian Kingdom. I left Crowk behind, and he could teach the barbarian language to the scholars of Cambes...... We sincerely hope that our gift will be helpful to the overall situation of the southern expansion of the Kingdom of Gombis. ”

Sylvia stood up, lifted her skirt, and gave a graceful salute, "Gambis, I sincerely thank the Borui Kingdom for the gift, it is very important to us. ”

Everyone stood up, and Andrei returned the salute and said, "It's our honor." ”

"Is His Highness Christopher ready to return home?" asked Victor.

André replied, "Yes, we are going to leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Victor smiled and said, "I have a small request, I hope that His Royal Highness Christopher will allow several of my subordinates to accompany the Borui knights to the south shore of the Borui Great River Bay to investigate the situation of the barbarian kingdom on the spot. I assure them that they will follow the orders of the Borui Knight and will never cause any trouble to the Borui Knight team. ”

Andre was a little surprised, and said in embarrassment: "Your Highness Randall, I am happy to serve, but I cannot guarantee that they will return to the human kingdom safely. ”

Patriarch Tamor explained beside him: "Your Highness Randall, the landing and infiltration operation of the Borui Knight Squad is very dangerous, in addition to dealing with the barbarian patrols and guards, safe evacuation is also a big problem...... During the southern expansion of the Borui Kingdom, a solid stone pier and a fish-proof wall were built on the southern shore of Dahe Bay, and those facilities are still in use today. In order to prevent the barbarians from using the dock facilities to build warships and attack the seven major islands, Borui's fleet often used trebuchets and ballistas to bombard the barbarians and orcs on the docks. The barbarian kingdom was also afraid that Borui's fleet would land on the southern shore with the help of those dock facilities. They are heavily armed behind the docks. The squad of knights, who were tasked with carrying out infiltration, reconnaissance and sabotage, had no way to land from the old docks. Other landing shoals are filled with fish-men, who overturn individual landing boats. The knight team can only choose the dark night, take a battleship, look for cliffs along the river bank, and then drive a dinghy to quietly dock, and climb the cliff with bare hands to carry out infiltration missions. In the past thirty years, the barbarian kingdoms have intensified their patrols on the cliffs, destroying landing craft with trebuchets when they spot the sight of warships, and attacking boats with deep-water beasts beneath the cliffs. If the boat is destroyed, the knight squad will be stranded on the south bank for a while, potentially being captured or annihilated by the barbarians along the way. That's why I asked Her Highness Sally to come along, so that the half-elemental Knight of the Waves could swim me back, while the Knight of the Earth's half-elementalized would only sink to the bottom. Many of the valiant Borui knights have disappeared on the South Bank, including Duke Peter's brother, Tarno Peter. ”

Victor's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth outlined an elegant smile, "It's okay, there will always be victims in the Nantuo War, Lord Tamor has taken the risk to land ashore, how can the warriors of the Gambis Kingdom retreat in the face of danger? ”

Andrei nodded and said, "Okay, I won't worry about it, let the Supreme Lord decide the fate of the warriors." ”

The next day, Andre led his entourage back to the Borui Kingdom, accompanied by three elite guards of the Randall family, all of whom were six-year-old spirit monkey militiamen with emotional intelligence at the level of normal people. They are on a mission to return to the Alchemy Tower, and what they see will be presented to Victor through the Tower. As for Patriarch Tamor, he was to remain in the Cathedral of Blinor for a month to deal with the transfer of personnel from the Archdiocese of Cambys. Today, he attends a dinner hosted by the Earl and Countess of Golden-Eyed at the Marquess of Wimbledon.

Sophia arranged the dinner and went into her study, where she saw Victor hunched on the table, writing something.

"My dear, are all the barbarian kingdom intelligence information provided by the Borui Kingdom?" she asked in surprise as she stepped forward and picked up a parchment scroll full of words.

"I've had a knack for memorization. Victor stopped the quill pen in his hand and said triumphantly: "I have read all those materials, Sylvia and I have read them. They are now in the hands of the regent. I'll write it all down and show it to you, and by the way, flesh out the heritage of the Randall family. ”

Sophia bit her red lip and said with some frustration: "I may really not be suitable for political ......"

"Why do you say that?" said Victor, raising an eyebrow and smiling, "my countess is beautiful and intelligent. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. Sophia smiled, frowned at the purple willow eyebrows, shook her head and said, "I always feel that Andre is not simple, but I can't figure out the purpose of his trip. ”

"How can there be a simple golden knight?" Victor nodded and said, "At the beginning, André was invited by the Marquis of Golon to visit Cambis and propose to Princess Roland. At that time, he probably wanted to unite with the Borui Kingdom as the Prince of Cambes and land on the south shore from Lake Fez. In other words, the Borui people have not given up on the southern expansion strategy, and the port of Lake Fezland has always been their target. ”

Sophia was puzzled and said: "Yes, the orc and barbarian kingdoms blocked the passage of the Borui people to the south, and landing from Lake Fes is their best choice." I thought that André and Patriarch Tamor would make a request for an alliance with Gombis at Liuye Manor. As a result, they send you a orc captive, a complete set of intelligence materials, and a scholar translator without asking for anything...... They were so well prepared, and they just gave up halfway? I participated in the whole meeting, but I didn't know what was going on at Liuye Manor?"

Victor pondered for a moment and spoke, "The Borui Kingdom and Patriarch Tamor have already put forward conditions. ”

Sophia's amethyst-clear eyes glared at Victor and said coquettishly: "Don't hang my appetite!"

"It's good to have an appetite...... If you want to satisfy your appetite, you have to use your brain. ”

Victor got up from his seat, stroked Sophia's smooth face, and teased:

"A few hints to you, the church does not allow us to have any communication with the barbarians of the Southern Continent, the barbarian kingdom of Borui Great River Bay is extremely hostile to humans, and the Borui people can capture the barbarians, and the barbarians also capture the Borui knights, and they both know each other's languages...... Why does the Church characterize the barbarians as the children of evil? Why is the barbarian kingdom hostile to humans? What impact will the interaction between the Borui Kingdom and the barbarian kingdom have on our southward expansion strategy? If you think about these questions more deeply, the answers will come out...... Well, as I've given you my homework, tomorrow Sylvia and I are going to Lake Basel on the upper reaches of the Blinor River to watch Augustus train his sailors. When I come back, you tell me your answer, and if the answer satisfies me, I will accept you as my student...... The opportunity to be a teacher at Baylandall University is precious. ”

Sophia snorted, squinted at Victor and said, "Okay! If I pass your test, you will be responsible for carving my name on the walls of the silver-white tower." ”

"As the wife of a scholar, your name may be engraved next to my name, indicating Countess Sophia Wyndall...... If you want to engrave the name of Sophia Wimbledon on her own, you'll have to work hard. Victor said with a grin.

"Poof...... Forget it. Sophia shook her head and smiled, she had a character that did not admit defeat, but she was really not interested in academics.

"My dear, don't you worry about the Borui deliberately sacrificing them by handing over the three guards to Andrei?" she asked, changing the subject.

"It's useless to worry about it now. Guardians do what they say, and there's no way I'm going to take it back in front of André and Tamor. Victor shook his head and said with a sigh: "In the eyes of politicians, there are only families, faction forces and kingdoms, and no individuals. If you look at these things as a complete life, you will find that it has no personal emotional needs at all, a cold monster, a god who transcends the limits of individual life, and is almost omnipotent...... Politics is cold. As the head of the family, you have to learn to be ruthless. ”

Sophia blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at Victor's handsome face, and said softly, "My intuition tells me that you are not cold. If so, you're not a qualified politician either. ”

Victor was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Well, fortunately, we are playing different roles, and politicians are just one of them. ”