Chapter 102: The Partington Split
The Kingdom of Paddington is a buffer zone between Samoa and the Adria Empire, and when the elite legions of the Adria Empire invade Paddington, the Samoan Empire will not sit idly by, but they have not yet found a suitable entry point.
After the Golden Horn Army laid siege to the city of Padea and King Korek committed suicide, it was time and reason for the Samoan Empire to intervene. Baroque speculates that the Samoans may have entered Paddington long ago, perhaps by this time. After all, once the Odrians captured the royal capital of Paddington and quickly established a new king, the Samoan Empire would be very passive. So he reminded Schaumberg that he should look for the Samoan emissaries in advance and try to make contact with them.
The reality was that the Samoans had arrived a little late, and by the time the Imperial Foreign Minister, Lord Fiodore, arrived in Padya with his mission, King Lindh had been on the throne for many days. Just when they were disappointed, General Schaumberg came to make secret contact with them, much to the delight of Fiodore.
In the face of Schaumberg's cryptic expression, how could the shrewd and cunning Fiodor not understand: If Schaumberg's rebellion succeeded, and his son became the new king of Paddington, then it was bound to fall to the Samoan Empire, and Audreya's bison would definitely be angry and die of anger, and after a little weighing, he agreed to Schaumberg's request.
Schaumberg controlled all of Paddington's defenses, so he was able to make contact with the people of the Samoan Empire first and reach an agreement. But he did not expect that the treacherous Duke Jean would be aware of it, and would collude with the Audrians, who had long since withdrawn from Paddington's territory, and he did not know what price he had paid.
Of course, there is no point in saying anything now. The present situation is that on the surface it is an internal dispute in Paddington, but in fact it has now become a game between Audria and the Samoans! Neither the Duke of Jean nor General Schomberg had anticipated this, and they had a feeling of it...... It doesn't seem like things are going in the direction you want. Maybe in the hall, only one person vaguely guessed the ending!
"That horrible orc, he really did it...... There is no winner between the two empires, and in the end there can only be compromise, and Paddington can only be divided ......!" Susan muttered to herself, feeling extremely complicated about Baroque. Celine didn't come to the wedding in the end, how could the orc let her risk coming here?Somehow, the jealousy in Susan's heart grew stronger and stronger, and there was no reason for it.
A rebellion turned into a farce, under the confrontation between Lord Fiodor of Samoa and General Thomas of Audria, neither of them could finally suppress the other, and both sides spread their cards -- Schaumberg's forces controlled a large territory in the southwest of the Kingdom of Paddington centered on the city of Doron, and the treacherous Duke Jean has not been idle in recent days, they actually secretly linked up with some supporters, quietly occupied the other half of the territory northeast of Paddington, and began to form an army.
At this time, regression means a complete admission of defeat, and the people of the two empires will never let the people they support give up, so the final result can only be to maintain the status quo, and Paddington has inevitably gone to split!
.................. Dividing line ..................
Troops were being dispatched within the city of Padeya, and soldiers from all over the city gathered at the palace. Schaumberg kept his agreement with the Baroque and transferred the soldiers from the corner tower on the left side of the West Gate, and the soldiers who had come to replace the garrison were three minutes late. How could the Baroque, who had been hiding with his clansmen and snooping nearby, let go of this opportunity? Seven orcs rushed into the corner tower like a wind, and the black-** magic giant crossbow that shimmered with metallic brilliance was set up there, facing the battlements outside the city. Nearby, ten specially made huge magic arrows were silently inserted into the leather arrow holster.
Time was pressing, Baroque and several clansmen held giant axes, frantically chopped the stone base, lifted the magic giant crossbow weighing thousands of catties from it, and then quickly put it into the storage ring, and the ten magic arrows naturally would not forget, and they were also included. When they hurried out of the city tower, a large group of soldiers had already appeared not far away!
"Who's who?, stop them!" shouted the captain of the soldiers, seeing the masked figure of the Baroque. A hundred soldiers behind him immediately formed a battle formation and blocked the Baroque in their way.
These soldiers are not the garbage of the Sand Scorpion Mercenary Regiment, they can garrison the important magic giant crossbow horn tower, they are undoubtedly elite. Baroque may be able to escape smoothly alone, but Barrotan and Angre, facing the [Odoyle Battle Array] composed of the elite of the army, are bound to pay the price, or even die in battle.
Everything was expected, Tulayan, Lorn Khan, Muru, Zainzu, Angre, and Barotan all hid behind the Baroque. With a sneer from the baroque burqa's mouth, he pulled a scroll out of his sleeve and tore it open, throwing it at the human soldier. Then he and the tribesmen quickly retreated diagonally, there was an entrance to the sewer, which had long been opened by the orcs......!
The magic scroll instantly turned into a raging tornado, swooping down on the human soldiers who formed the battle array. For the human battle array, magic is undoubtedly their Achilles' heel. Their Odoyle battle formation, composed of a hundred ordinary soldiers, dared to confront ten Douqi warriors and killed them easily. But if they were distanced, they wouldn't even be able to compete with an ordinary mid-level magician. As long as the mental power is enough, a magician can torture these hundred soldiers to death.
Fortunately, the Wind Scroll was only a mid-level magic, and that Soldier Captain was still a good Fighting Warrior. His vindictive defenses held out the tornado's furious moments, and then the heavy shields of the soldiers, and the immobilization of spears and swords that clubbed into the dirt crevices on the ground, neutralized the wrath of magic. When the wind toppled over a nearby house, it dissipated. It's just that...... Those damned masked men have long since fled without a trace!
Oops, the captain of the soldier suddenly changed his face and rushed into the corner tower, his eyes were empty, the magic crossbow was stolen, and the captain of the soldier immediately collapsed to the ground, he knew that he was dead..............................
Overall, the trip to Padya City went well. Reunites with Celine and successfully obtains a magic crossbow, to Baroque's satisfaction. As to whether the poor kingdom of Paddington will be divided as Baroque predicts, it is not really on his heart,
He's only responsible for creating chaos and nothing else.
After sneaking some distance in the sewers, they returned to the pavement and hurried back to the Academy of Magic masked. Baroque has decided to take Celine with him, since this woman is full of love and dependence on him, and is not as debauched as those noble women, but chaste and pure. Baroque believes that he must be responsible for her, although the coming days can be expected to be difficult, but all difficulties will pass, he never thought that he will be unknown for the rest of his life, and one day he will be famous for the entire continent of Sauron, when Celine will have all the glory. I have to say that Baroque is a fusion of two souls, the character is resolute and stubborn, or even a little machismo, he knows that Celine will have some hesitation and reluctance to leave her hometown, but still insists on her decision.
Back in the small building of the Academy of Magic, Celine had just returned from the library, and she didn't know what the Baroque were doing. Baroque asked the people to get ready, and they were going to leave the city immediately. Then he took Celine back to the room and closed the door............ After a while, the door opened, and the two walked out. Celine looked a little hesitant, as if she didn't want to leave her hometown just like that.
"Celine, if you are reluctant to leave...... I will respect your decision. Baroque couldn't help but say when he saw Celine's sad expression.
"Baroque, is there no other way, do you have to travel thousands of miles back to the northern tundra? in fact, you can live in the gravel wasteland, and with your strength, you will conquer the wasteland, and you can live well. Celine couldn't help but speak and persuade.
Shaking his head, Baroque said gently but resolutely: "Impossible, the Gravel Wasteland is surrounded by four human kingdoms, and I and my hundreds of clansmen alone can conquer the lizardmen in the wasteland, but humans will definitely not let us orcs develop." Even if they only sent an elite infantry thousand-man team, we orcs would have to abandon our homes and flee in the wilderness. Rather than live in constant worry and nervousness, it would be reassuring to return to the homeland of our ancestors, at least the home of our orcs, surrounded by our orc brothers. ”
"I heard that the orc clans and tribes in the northern tundra are not peaceful with each other, and they always keep killing each other, what can you hundreds of people do when you go back?"
"Celine, my shamanic status will only make you wary and hostile in the human world, but in the eyes of my people, I am a leader worthy of respect. I have the confidence to establish myself there and let my blue wolf tribe grow. ”
Celine knew she couldn't convince Baroque, but she was really reluctant to leave her hometown. Because she knew that once she left with Baroque, she might never come back in her lifetime, which made her hesitate.
Baroque shook Celine's hand and said, "Go pack your bags, let's go! I promise you that I will bring you back again when I have the opportunity in the future. ”
Celine finally nodded, silently packed up the items she was going to take away, and put them into the storage ring. After a while, she walked down the small building and left with the orcs.
Before leaving, Celine always had to say goodbye to her friends and relatives, such as Lady Belinda and Sera...... At least meet them. Barrotan left the Academy of Magic first and waited outside, while Baroque accompanied Celine to Belinda's Magician's Magic Tower.
The group parted in the garden, with the Barrotan Six departing from one of the paths on the left, while Baroque and Celine walked in the direction to the right, and the earth dog Lac staggered behind Baroque. After the strange changes in the orc ruins in the center of the wasteland, Lark has undergone some unusual changes, but now he has only gained a lot of belly, and the rest is not visible. It's been harassing the academy kitchen a lot these days, and the cooks are going to cry.
Lady Belinda's magic tower is at the back of the academy library, and they first have to bypass the statue of Ingol outside the library. Walking past the door of the library, the door suddenly opened, and a group of people hurried out, and the two of them met Baroque unexpectedly! The two sides looked at each other, and the Baroque secretly said that it was not good--Damn, how could Earl Tipton of Audria be in the library of the Academy? Wasn't he already gone?