Chapter Ninety-Seven: The First Step
At the end of the month, I actually received so many monthly passes, and I was moved............ Thank you, brothers and sisters/(ćoć)/~~!!
The subversion of the Duchy of Hanseasa could not be done with the help of the Highlanders alone. Even if the Baroque had a perfect plan, if it went well, it would not take too many troops to take control of the Duchy of Hansea. But Hansa is a country of millions of people after all, and if you want to subdue all those with ill intentions, you still need to have your own deterrent power after all. So despite Susan and Celine's reluctance, they had to follow Baroque's advice and go to the eastern part of Paddington to meet their father, Duke Jean.
Old Jean only has his own family in his eyes, and when the situation is unfavorable, he does not hesitate to abandon Susan's husband King Korek, which makes Susan have a great grudge against his father. When escaping from the royal city of Padea with the help of her henchmen, Susan did not seek the protection of old Jean, but fled to the northern highlands of the Highlanders with her three sons, and was later hunted down by the Hanseas, but the disastrous consequences were partly remembered by Susan on Duke Jean, so she was very reluctant to see her old father.
Baroque had a different idea, believing that Susan should still get in touch with Old Jean to get his support. After all, Susan was still the titular Queen of Paddington, and it was also a testament to the legitimacy of the regime that Old Jean was proclaiming to the outside world at this time - despite the long and tumultuous war, not many people in the divided Paddington at this time still remembered the original queen of Paddington!
The Baroque saw very well that the division of the Kingdom of Paddington at this time was something that Audria and the Samoan Empire liked to see, and was willing to maintain. In other words, the current state of affairs will remain for a long time, and anyone who wants to break this situation and reunite Paddington will be blocked by the two empires. Imagine who could withstand the wrath of the two great empires, and this is why Baroque abandoned Paddington in favor of the Duchy of Hanseas, because the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Hanseasa himself was too weak and flawed, and he was also an irascible and reckless man. Taking advantage of the chaos within Odria now, the perfect opportunity to take care of himself is too suitable for him to start!
The sorcerers Savati and Pahomi had long since followed the Baroque's instructions to leave the northern highlands. With a large amount of gold coins and jewels given to them by the Baroque, they infiltrated the main city of Talva, the capital of the Duchy of Hanseas. They had only one mission, to try to get close to Archduke Hanseasa [Morrisson]. ............
Both of them are high-level magicians, and they are still authentic from the royal capital of Audreya Duron, a few days later. They also easily entered Talwa City by virtue of their noble status. Because the Two-Headed Eagle Legion was completely wiped out, and no one carefully counted all the victims, no one knew about the rape between Savati and Pakhomi, and in the Odria Empire, the military thought that they had already died in battle. Even their families received many imperial compensations. This also makes the two of them completely dead and want to go home, because once they return, the current owner Baroque will completely expose their identities and deeds, and when the time comes, not only will they die, but even their families will be torn to pieces by the angry Imperial people!
With only one way to go to the dark, and they are greedy for life and afraid of death, their two venerable magicians can only work for Baroque!
The Duchy of Hanseasa was just an ordinary vassal of Audria, and there was nothing worth mentioning. The royal city of this country is very ordinary, except for the majestic and ornate Grand Duke's Castle, the others are featureless. Grand Duke Morrison was in his fifties. Very tall and a little fat. He was sexually playful, chasing beautiful women and drinking spirits. Among the wives of those nobles, if there are some beautiful ones, he will try his best to seduce fornication. In the upper class of mankind, this kind of thing was all too common, and those noble subordinates even recommended their wives and daughters to the Grand Duke in order to curry favor with him, and Morrison was happy to do so. The subjects of the Duchy of Hanseasa have a very popular saying that they jokingly greet when greetings. will always say casually: "You said that the Grand Guild of Morrison invited which noble lady to the castle today?"
The wife of the Grand Duke Morrison died very early, leaving him with two sons. The two heirs had the same temperament as their father, lustful and greedy. So much so that in the upper aristocratic circles of the principality, it was simply smoky and dirty.
But this kind of swaggering personality also makes it very easy for Savati and the two to get close. For the price of just a few silver coins, I learned from passers-by what the Grand Duke and his two sons were doing. They went to the famous Colosseum in Talva, where the Grand Duke and his two sons were admiring the fight.
There is not much forest and wilderness around the Duchy of Hansea, so naturally there are no fierce beasts to survive. Therefore, the fighting animals in their Colosseum are all purchased and imported from other countries, which also makes watching fighting animals an extremely expensive thing, and it is not that the rich people look down on it at all.
The Colosseum was packed, so people watched with great interest the fight between a wild boar and three wolves. The wild boar went crazy and even the lion and tiger had to retreat temporarily, so the three wolves did not succeed, but just circled around the wild boar and attacked the opportunity.
"Hey, this is the so-called best Colosseum in the Duchy of Hanseas?
This provoked public outrage, and the surrounding Hanseasa immediately glared at them. But after seeing the magic robes they were wearing, they obediently shut their mouths. Even those noble lords knew that they couldn't afford to provoke them after seeing the high-level emblem on the magic robe, so they could only dare to be angry. -- Listen to the accent, these are two people from the royal capital of Audreya Duron, and they are also high-level magicians, which are not something that the small nobles in the countryside can provoke.
Originally, he was also a little bored, and was reminiscing about the wonderful ** of the baroness last night, Archduke Morrison came back to his senses, and stared at the person who said this arrogant thing with a gloomy face, and after seeing that it was two high-level magicians, he was also stunned! You must know that since magicians are all people who belong to the Continental Magician Association, except for some powerful big empires, even if the armies of many small countries have the establishment of magician squads, but they are assigned by the Magicians Association, they only have command power, and they dare not exercise military orders against those magicians at all.
The legion of the Duchy of Hansa has a team of 100 magicians, but the leader of the team is only a high-level magician, who just left the Hanseasa Palace a few days ago due to old illness, and the others are only mid-level at most, which greatly reduces the strength of the army's magician team. This is also the reason why the Duchy of Hansa is obsessed with invading the kingdom of Paddington, because Paddington has a high school of magic that makes the surrounding countries jealous, and they all want to have a good relationship with the academy and be able to invite enough magicians to their country in the future.
Two high-level magicians suddenly appeared in front of him, which made Morrisson stunned for a moment, and then he immediately smiled and said: "This venerable magician is right, there are no fierce beasts around our Hansa, even if our Hansa warriors have a strong combat force, there is nowhere to do it." I had to catch a few wild boars and gray wolves to make fun! The two adults came to our Hansa and didn't see the wonderful fighting beast, which was our faux pastime. If you don't mind, will you accept my invitation to be a guest at the Grand Duke's Palace?" I think I'll make up for your regrets. ā
I have to say that although Morrison is addicted to wine, he is still good at pulling people's wrists. Savati and Pahomi developed a 'crush' for him. They immediately humbly accepted the Grand Duke's invitation and sincerely apologized to the people around them for their faux pas.
The fighting beast stopped watching, and Morrisson, with his two sons, enthusiastically took the two magicians back to the Grand Duke's Mansion as guests. The surrounding audience admired the hospitality of their Grand Duke, and secretly guessed what price it would take to make the two high-level magicians stay as the Grand Duke's guest ministers?
It turned out not as difficult as one might think, and Savati and Pakhomi came to the Grand Duke's Mansion and received the warmest welcome. Wine and food, and even the Grand Duke invited many nobles to accompany the guests, and of course, the wives of the nobles must accompany them.
The Savati magician seemed to be a little drunk, and he inadvertently unleashed a high-level water dragon spell, draining all the water from a pool in the garden of the Grand Duke's mansion, turning into a water dragon and breaking a wall of the castle. Then the 'awakened' magician immediately apologized to Archduke Morrisson, his face full of guilt.
Completely relieved, no longer worried about the two liars, how could the Grand Duke Morrison care?he laughed and continued to accompany the two magicians to drink. The ladies around them, at the hint of the Grand Duke, came to Savati and Pahomi one by one to offer their courtesy, their watery eyes almost revealing naked lust.
Savati and Pakhomi are not bad, plus they are high-level magicians, they are very good lovers for those women, and it is also a very face-saving thing to publicize that they have a magician lover in the future.
No one could refuse this kind of thing, and Baroque's order was originally for them to enter the Grand Duke Morrison's side, so they naturally had to accept the Grand Duke's kindness! The two magicians were drunk, and Morrisson deliberately guided and questioned, and 'confided' his identity and the purpose of coming to the Duchy of Hanseas.
Grand Duke Morrison also knew that they were magicians from the Audria Empire, and because they had offended some powerful people in the Magician Guild, they could not get a proper distribution, so they chose to become adventurers in a fit of rage...... To put it bluntly, they are unemployed wanderers. This is simply the most beautiful gift for the Duchy of Hansea, and the people around ............ are more and more attentive!
Late that night, the two magicians embraced several noble ladies into the rooms prepared for them by the Grand Duke and enjoyed wonderful service ............!
When they got up the next day, when the Grand Duke Morrison came to visit them and earnestly invited them to stay in the Duchy of Hanseas, the two magicians who had already been conquered agreed without the slightest hesitation! )