Chapter 191: Marshal, You're Wrong
When the great wizard of the wind system Eunice appeared, he felt "elegant, light, fantastical, mysterious", and in addition, "beautiful".
The lifespan of the Great Demon Guide is more than three hundred years, and it is supported by the magic medicine Phantom Feather Tianlu, so the seventy-year-old Eunice looks only in her early twenties.
And today's church envoy Isabella, as the great magician of the light system, is accompanied by the word "bright" when she appears, brilliant and incomparable.
It was as if a sun had suddenly risen in the dark wilderness, and even the clouds in the sky were reflected in a pale gold.
As soon as she found her target, Isabella had already dismounted and walked towards Changle and Wendy on foot, but she casually stepped dozens of meters, her pace was leisurely, her clothes fluttering, but her speed was faster than that of a galloping horse!
The marching troops froze in place with their torches raised, completely stunned by the vision, not knowing what to do.
Chang Le didn't give them any orders, even if he had to do it, he didn't need the help of the soldiers, they couldn't help if they wanted to, so it was better to watch the play on the sidelines.
As the distance closed, Isabella's face became clear in the golden halo.
She is really very young, only slightly older than Eunice, and looks about thirty, but referring to Eunice's age, this great wizard is actually probably nearly a hundred years old.
Such a young and supreme master, who appeared on the stage with a holy mask, should have amazed all beings, but unfortunately her appearance was not beautiful, but she was not ugly, she belonged to the category that could not be found if she was thrown into the crowd.
"That's her! she's going to take me away!" Wendy yelled, pointing at Isabella.
Chang Le nodded, pulling Wendy behind him to protect him, while taking a deep breath and quietly waiting for the confrontation to come.
He didn't ask Wendy to escape alone, because with the personality of the little princess, she wouldn't leave him to run away first, not to mention that if she couldn't defeat Isabella, Wendy wouldn't be able to escape the other party's pursuit.
If he had to do it later, it would be the strongest enemy he would ever face.
Not long ago, Chang Le had defeated Zhan Zong Eriot, which was the same realm as the Great Demon Guide, at that time, in Chang Le's opinion, the enemy was as strong as a god, and he finally won, relying on countless conspiracies and tricks, as well as the special geographical advantages in the Demon Abyss.
Today, these two opponents are stronger than Elliott combined, and he can't use the Yin Damage method yet, because Isabella represents the Church of Light, the most powerful force in the world, and behind it stands the gods of the sky!
Isabella also had Marshal Fontaine by her side, that was his mentor!
If he used his telekinesis to control the artifact monarch sword, he might be able to sneak attack and kill Marshal Fontaine, but he would definitely not be able to do it.
Chang Le's gaze turned to the marshal, and he also saw the marshal's gloomy expression.
At this moment, he suddenly understood all the causes and consequences!
The marshal praised his cultivation talent, accepted him as an apprentice, and urged him to cultivate diligently, in the final analysis, he hoped that a second war sect would appear in the empire and be able to compete with the Nomadeus of the Blood Soul Valley, so as to maintain the inheritance of the crown prince and resist the support of the three princes in the Blood Soul Valley.
With Robert V's health, he will probably be able to rule for another twenty years, and after that, without another war sect to check and balance, the crown prince may not be able to face the challenge of the three princes.
Therefore, Chang Le is a disciple and a tool for the marshal, and the marshal's dedicated cultivation has had a political purpose from the very beginning.
During the one-year contact at the Royal Military Academy, the marshal never forgot Chang Le's untouchable status and worked hard to change Chang Le's thinking, but this led to countless arguments between the two sides, and the untouchable boy's dissatisfaction with the hierarchy never wavered.
The marshal's unconditional loyalty to the royal family and his determination to maintain the existing order were both "pedantic", and Changle often secretly ridiculed them.
But pedantic or not, the marshal is such a person.
Therefore, the marshal was worried about the growing prosperity, lest he would support Changle to stabilize the order, but it would lead to the collapse of the order.
The marshal was also wary of Chang Le's prestige among the civilian cadets, and Chang Le now recalled that the two of them had many arguments about "whom the soldiers are loyal to" stemmed from that panic, and the marshal was afraid that a "warlord" would be cultivated, and this "warlord" was still obsessed with "building a new fair world", which was simply a disaster!
Seeing that Chang Le's cultivation and studies were making great progress, and he was bound to rise to the top in the army after graduation, the marshal went to "inspect the Western Front" at this time, and handed over the most important "graduation exercises" to Chang Le's great enemy, the Provost Marquis Philip.
No matter how urgent the Western Front was, it would not be difficult for the marshal to spare a few days to come back and arrange and direct the exercises.
The conclusion is obvious, the marshal is on purpose at all, he expects that Philip will not give Chang Le good fruit to eat, and there is no need to explain anything, he can "borrow a knife to kill" and remove Chang Le from the army, and at the same time do not hurt each other's feelings, and the two still have room to be masters and apprentices.
The marshal believed that as long as the untouchable boy did not hold military power and was only a simple cultivator, he would not seriously threaten the rule of the royal family and the nobility.
At this moment, recalling the Battle of Cessnek, the marshal did not attack at the appointed time, and the reason may not be as simple as "Elio set up a second line of defense".
Because the timing of the marshal's final attack was too coincidental, it happened to be the last moment of strangulation on the front line, Elliot's entire army was shaken, and more than half of Changle's subordinates were killed, if it was ten minutes late, it might be that Changle's entire army was defeated, and Elliot stabilized his position.
The marshal can be regarded as waiting for the best time to rush into the battlefield, which can avoid casualties among the "officers and soldiers" to the greatest extent, and can weaken the "private army" of Changle, or "warlord", to the greatest extent.
As for erasing Changle's achievements after the war and attributing all the victory of the war to the crown prince, the reason is very clear.
First, it is necessary to enhance the prestige of the crown prince and stabilize his succession;
Second, it can make the empire draw a clear line with Changle, so that its actions of driving dark creatures will not affect the royal family and avoid the hostility of the Church of Light;
Third, it was obviously to prevent Chang Le's prestige from rising, and to deprive him of his military power, and even the border guards that he had reorganized under his command were not allowed to be commanded by him, and he had to send people from the regular army to take over.
Among the three reasons, the marshal had several long talks with him, but only mentioned the first point, the second point did not matter, and the third point was the most important one, and the marshal would never pick it out.
After pondering all this, Chang Le's gaze towards the marshal became hazy, and tears welled up uncontrollably in his eyes.
He was wary and hostile to all the nobles, but regarded the marshal as a teacher or even a father, trusting and obeying him unreservedly, and some suspicions that should have aroused his vigilance a long time ago, but completely ignored the past.
As a result, he was, at best, a tool of the marshal, and now that his use value has been exhausted, he can be thrown into the garbage heap.
In this way, Chang Le was sad, resentful, and aggrieved, gritted his teeth and tears, and silently watched the marshal approach.
Marshal Fontaine's face was calm, and he began to shout from afar:
"What the hell are you doing? Mutiny?"
Chang Le didn't answer.
The marshal took a few more steps closer and pointed to the winding procession on the side:
"They could have been co-opted, paid and soldiers, the luckiest pariahs of all time, and you deprived them of the opportunity to take them to be robbers, worthy of your own men?"
At this point, Chang Le couldn't help laughing:
"Marshal Fontaine, you are wrong, I am not going to be a robber. ”
The marshal was stunned for a moment, Chang Le used to only call him "marshal" or "teacher", never with his surname, and rarely called him so vividly.
After a moment's hesitation, he frowned and asked:
"If you don't be a robber, why are you taking so many people away?"
"I want to build a nation. Chang Le smiled, "But the name of the country hasn't been decided yet, what is your opinion?"
"Founding of the country?" The two voices sounded at the same time, the marshal was stunned, and Wendy was surprised.
"Are you going to be king?
The marshal saw Wendy clearly, bowed respectfully, and greeted Her Royal Highness the princess, before turning to Chang Le in annoyance:
"Where are you going to build a state? on the territory of the Empire?"
Chang Le's "nation-building" is just a whim, a momentary angry decision, but the more I think about it after shouting, the more reliable it becomes, isn't the Hanhai Kingdom just a gang of robbers who founded the country, and its legitimacy is gradually recognized by the nations?
So he smiled and replied:
"The capital of the country is set at Fort Stanley, the empire lost that piece of land to the enemy, and I recovered it, I picked up what others lost, and used it very comfortably, I didn't want to return it, it's as simple as that. ”
"Are you really determined to betray the Empire?" the marshal's gaze suddenly became fierce.
"What about rebellion? Anyway, the emperor doesn't allow you to lead troops, so it's better to let a new generation of famous generals, Havilland's god of war, the handsome and martial Crown Prince Frank, come down to crusade against me!"
"You ......" Marshal was not particularly eloquent, and Chang Le was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while.
Instead, Wendy screamed in protest:
"That's not good! My brother is very stupid, he will definitely not be able to beat you, and the marshal must go out himself!"
"Which side are you on?" Chang Le couldn't help but laugh, turning his head to stare at the little princess.
Wendy stuck out her tongue:
"Oops forgot, I should have helped you!"
Isabella, who had been silent at this time, took two steps forward and smiled:
"Please be quiet for a moment and wait until we're gone before arguing. Wendy, come on, come with me to the Western Continent. ”
"I said it a long time ago, if you don't go, you won't go, you won't go!"
Wendy was so frightened that she retracted behind Chang Le, only poked out half of her small face, and refused repeatedly.
Isabella continues to smile:
"Your father has agreed, and the church has promised him a lot of benefits, and if you don't go, His Majesty the Emperor will be angry. ”
"Hee-hee......" Wendy laughed sheepishly, "the last thing I'm afraid of is Daddy getting angry!"
Isabella smiled gently:
"No one can be angry with a cute little girl like you, but ours is really for your good. ”
The Great Demon Guide immediately began to explain the benefits of being a saint, it is simply a noble status under one person in the world, above hundreds of millions of people, and what you want to eat, what you want to play, all kinds of reasons try to rely on a naughty girl's thinking.
The marshal was also on the side to help, and his eloquence was much worse, but he also seemed more sincere.
Wendy covered her ears and stamped her feet:
"Don't listen, don't listen, don't listen!"
Isabella's expression was solemn, and she frowned:
"The little girl is so disobedient, I have to take you away by force, and when you are sensible in the future, you will thank me!"
After saying that, the Great Wizard walked forward.
Wendy immediately screamed "help".
Chang Le pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and shouted in a low voice:
"Wait!"
"What? you want to do it with me?" Isabella looked the young man in front of her up and down, "Just by you, the realm of a level 2 battle master?"
When she spoke of "Level 2 Warrior", every word was accompanied by a disdainful chuckle.
Chang Le shook his head:
"I'm definitely not your opponent, but I'm Wendy's full-time bodyguard, and I'll do whatever she tells me to do!"
"Good bodyguard, good job!" Wendy patted Chang Le on the back and grinned, "Light magic is all healing, what if she's a great magician, don't be afraid!"
And at this moment, Isabella's wrist turned lightly, and a dazzling white light fell in the air, hitting the grass not far in front of Chang Le.
It took five seconds for Chang Le's eyes to readjust to the darkness and see the scene in front of him clearly.
The two-meter-wide bush of deep grass was gone, and all that remained was ashes, no open flames, no explosions, and even the smell of burnt fire was not dissipated, and those green grasses were annihilated in the extreme heat!
Light and darkness are really two sides of the same coin, and after the brilliant light, what is left behind is darkness and death!
Wendy covered her mouth with an "oops".
Isabella smiled at the frightened little girl:
"That's a great trick, isn't it? I can teach you, as long as you come with me. ”