Chapter Ninety-Two: The Dinner
Two days later, with the help of Thunderhawk, Francis, Saber, and Hawke finally arrived in the Kingdom of Jesha, east of Caesar.
"Here we are, this is Jesha's capital -- Thivandrew!" Thunderhawk slowly descended from the sky, and Francis stopped his magic. Flying at an altitude of several thousand meters, that kind of strong wind is not pleasant, but fortunately, Hawk has prepared a few magic props, as long as you enter the magic power, you can resist the strong wind magic shield.
Looking at Tivan Drew slowly approaching, Francis felt very novel. The architecture of the entire capital is clearly different from that of Caesar, and it seems that it is also a country with a long history and culture.
"Are you Master Hawke from Caesar?" When the group landed, they were greeted by four swordsmen in armor. They are the garrison of the capital of Jeshah, and it seems that they have been waiting for a long time.
"The contemptible is Caesar's Hawke!" Hawke nodded to the others.
"Great, please come with me!Her Majesty has been waiting for a long time!" the leading swordsman said excitedly, looking at Hawke with burning eyes, as if he also knew that Hawke was a god-rank.
"I'm sorry you guys to lead the way!"
"You're so polite!" the swordsman turned to lead the way.
On the way, Hawke also briefly told Francis about the current situation. This war of the orcs was strange and without any warning. According to the reports of the spies on the front line, the total number of orc troops is only 500,000, and the strength of the Three Kingdoms is enough to resist, and what is lacking now is only the master of the formation. Such a battle was not a big battle for the four empires, so Caesar did not send many troops, but only sent a few troops from the border to make an appearance. What really deserves to be cared about is actually what the orcs think! Their goal is very obvious, the line of attack is also clear at a glance, and the orc army is rampage all the way, pointing the spearhead directly at the capital of Dilis, and ignoring some of the cities that are easy to reach on the march! So that no one can guess what the orcs are thinking!
"Lord Hawke, please!" At the entrance to the palace, the four swordsmen stopped when they led Hawke here. Their mission was to bring Hawke and his party here, and the rest would be left to them.
"Hawke, I didn't expect you to come!" A swordsman walked out at the gate of the palace. With short fiery red hair, a tall build, muscular muscles, and a few scars on his face, the first impression of this swordsman is that of a domineering one.
"Gillian!" Hawk greeted him happily, and the two of them hugged each other.
"Hawke, you're still so skinny!" Gillian patted Hawk on the shoulder and squeezed him!
"I'm a knight of the wind system, what do you need so many muscles for, but you guys are stronger than before!"
"Mr. Parr is still in good spirits!" Gillian greeted Parr as he stood beside Hawke.
"Mr. Gillian too!" Parr responded politely, this Gillian and Hawke have known each other since childhood, so to speak, they are classmates. Because of the delicate relationship between Caesar and Jesha, the relationship between the two has been good until now.
"Mmmmmmmm But don't say more, let's go in!!, Her Highness Resther is still waiting for us!" Gillian smiled heartily and welcomed the group in.
Francis glanced at this swordsman who has a good relationship with Hawke, the strength of the god rank, he is the fire sword god Ji Lian, one of the two major god ranks of Yesha!
"Mr. Hawke, don't blame you for your misappointment!" a woman dressed in a splendid royal robe stood at the gate of the palace. Yun sideburns are plain, no powder, and the royal robe on his body has a kingly atmosphere. Francis couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Willis is so glamorous! This queen he had known since he was young, and now she is at least forty. This maintenance, it's really speechless, it's about the same as just in your early twenties.
"Your Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still radiant, not as bad as back then!" Hawke waved his hand to the queen, and the two walked into the palace gate side by side.
A dinner party has been set up in the palace, and all the guests and hosts are seated. On the left are some of Jesha's ministers, and Gillian is sitting at the top. On the right is Caesar's Hawke, corresponding to Gillian, who is also seated on the main throne and next to Parr. Francis, who felt troubled, took Saber and picked a seat at the back. The reason why he blatantly took Saber with him, Francis also had his own considerations, he wanted to try to see what would happen if his summoned character completed the mission with him, and whether the system would prompt the mission to fail. Since every time is just a summoning opportunity, and if it fails, it is just a lost opportunity, so Francis decides to take a gamble. If you succeed, it will be much easier to do other tasks in the future!
"It is a great honor for Resher to have Mr. Hawke here in Yesha this time. Please!" Rister took a sip from Hawke's glass.
"Thank you, Your Highness Rest, for your hospitality!" Hawke is flattered!" Hawke took a sip from his glass.
"Your Highness Rest, I don't know what the situation is at the front now!" everyone exchanged a few words, and Hawke began to get to the point.
"Speaking of the front line, the latest intelligence now is that the orcs are attacking the capital of Dilis all the way. Originally, all the troops against the Locke Kingdom were withdrawn, and it seems that the initial attacks on Locke were all feints. ”
"What does the Kingdom of Rock say?"
"The Rock Kingdom is ready to retreat, and their only legion against the orcs, the Rock Legion, is made up of dwarven warriors. Now the goal of the orcs is obvious, it is not the kingdom of Locke! So the peace-loving dwarves are not going to continue fighting!"
"Yes!" Hawke nodded, the dwarves were peace-loving warriors, and if it weren't for the orcs invading Locke's lands, they wouldn't have taken up arms and gone into battle. Now that the orcs have withdrawn from Locke's territory, the dwarves will naturally not participate in the war again!
"How long can they hold on to the current situation of Dilis?"
"The king of Dilis had mysteriously disappeared two days ago, and now the whole of Dilis is in chaos. The newly enthroned King Dilis is still too immature, and his prestige is not enough to save the whole country from defeat! We, the god of Lelifa of Jesha, and the sword god of Locke, Robdi, are now in Jesha to help the new emperor stabilize the war!"
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"Young Master?" while Francis was still thinking, Saber whispered in his ear.
"What's wrong?"
"Why don't these people seem nervous at all? It's clear that their country is about to face war!" Saber looked at the crowd who were talking and laughing from time to time, very strangely.
"War!!The war is still in Dilis, it's still far from here!So, you're just a king, not a politician!" Francis looked around and said to Saber with his head down, "The orcs seem to be targeting the capital of Dilis." In other words, the war will not necessarily be fought here! Use the power of the orcs to wear down the power of Dilis, or even directly let the orcs destroy Dilis, and wait until then to send troops. When the time comes, what we will get is not as simple as victory, land, population, resources! Do you think that there is such a good opportunity now, even I understand, the queen above will not know? In fact, we are here to go through the motions, and what I want to know most now is what is there in Dilis that attracts orcs, this combat style is not like orcs!"
"In that case, why did Hawke come to you? didn't he say he wasn't sure alone?" Saber was even more puzzled when he heard Francis's explanation.
"Hey! about this... Maybe it's something about Dies! Hawke must have told Willis about it. So, Willis promised me the title of Marquis, and wanted to tie me to Caesar's chariot!And I came to Jesha this time just to show that Theseus is always Caesar's Theseus!" said Francis indifferently, he had no intention of going to other empires anyway. Being able to restore the family's title in one fell swoop can be regarded as an explanation for the dead Marco! Also!
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"Why, Francis, you've been huddled back at today's dinner!" Hawke sat across from Francis in the inn outside the palace, and the two had been talking for a while.
"Hey, I didn't want to get involved in the war between those two women!Even if I came here, I thought it would be better for me not to know her!" Francis was helpless, hoping that Griffitz wouldn't know about it.
"Hahaha! You guy, you will be directly promoted to marquis once you come, why don't you complain about such a good thing!"
"By the way, Mr. Hawke, I want to go out for a walk tomorrow, and nothing will happen!" Francis didn't want to sit in this room until the war was over, and he had to look around when he came to this exotic country!
"This is nothing! As long as you can rush back before I go back to Caesar! To be honest, I'm afraid that the war won't burn Jesa now! Queen Rist has shown it very clearly today, it seems that Jesha is not going to support Dilis! When the orcs withdraw from Dilis, I'm afraid it's time for the two kingdoms of Jesha and Locke to start dividing Dilis!"
"Why? Can you be so sure that the orcs will withdraw?" asked Francis, curiously, wouldn't the orcs take the land?
"Hehe! Orcs wars are mostly to rob humans of food and wealth! What they need is food and human weapons, and most of the desert in Dilis is not suitable for orcs to live in. Although this war is strange, the outcome is certain, and the orcs will definitely retreat after some looting!"
"Really?" Francis thought for a moment, and felt that it made sense, and to the north of Dilis, across a few small principalities, was the Ottomans. They won't leave Dilis to the orcs, if the orcs don't withdraw their troops, they will probably be the first to attack.