Thor Fortress. Military command post.

Orlando and the others are seriously discussing the war at the moment, in the past period of time, the human defenders have achieved quite good results, the attacking orcs have lost almost 300,000 soldiers, and their offensive is getting weaker and weaker day by day, while the morale of the human defenders is getting stronger and stronger, and the war is developing in the direction of humanity's favor.

"General Orlando, this is the battle today. General Clark stood on the military map hanging on the wall and said loudly: "In addition, according to our observations in the past few days, the orcs seem to have suffered a lot of attrition, and it seems that only the 100,000 people who come out to raid the formation every day are still in formation. ”

Orlando nodded, and Kiss Ernst interjected: "According to our previous analysis, this year's beast ** attack, it is likely that their ruler has come to weaken the strength of other lords, and most of the 100,000 elite warriors are directly subordinate to the orc ruler." Now the purpose of the orcs is about to be achieved, they are only about 500,000, and now there may be less than 200,000 people left, if the manpower continues to be lost, maybe even grazing and hunting will not be enough. I suggest that the monitoring of the beast battalion be strengthened, and if the orcs retreat, they will immediately send out cavalry to follow and pursue, and maybe they can lay peace for the next 20 years of the empire's northern defense line in one fell swoop. ”

Orlando still nodded and didn't speak, but in his heart, he didn't agree with Kissern's optimism, but everything was in favor of the human defenders, in the past two days, the orcs didn't even have a stone thrower and a siege vehicle, and they rushed up directly with a wooden ladder, and Orlando only had his doubts in his heart.

Orlando spoke: "Recently, the situation has gradually become favorable to us, but everyone must not take it lightly, after all, the orcs have not retreated. Especially when defending at night, it is important to be cautious. ”

"Please rest assured, General. Kissn said loudly: "My adjutant Hans is in full charge of this matter, he has my most elite troops under his command, and thousands of mercenaries from the south to assist, absolutely foolproof!"

Orlando saw that Kissern was too optimistic, and had the heart to persuade him, but before he could speak, he heard a voice from outside the door: "Report!

Everyone in the military command post was stunned, not knowing what was going on, Orlando raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Let him in!"

The door was pushed open, and the three holy knights strode in, and the one who was the leader saw Orlando at a glance, so he raised his right fist and beat his chest, made a knightly salute, and then said: "Orlando Commander, the imperial capital is urgent, please read it alone!"

Orlando remembered that the knight's name was Arnold, and he only became a holy knight three years ago, and now he should be a team leader, and now he actually sent the letter in person, Orlando saw the look on the knight's face, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, he waved his hand and said, "You guys go out first!"

Curiosity filled with curiosity, Kissern and the others walked out, and even the two men who were following the knight at the head withdrew. When only the knight who delivered the letter was left in the command post, Orlando asked, "Arnold, what the hell is going on?"

Arnold didn't answer Orlando's words, but just took out a sealed letter from the closet, and then handed it to Orlando with both hands, Orlando took out the letter inside in a few clicks, opened it, and saw that it was written: "On the evening of August 4, 202 in the Bright Calendar, Chad rebelled, and His Majesty Fernando XIII was martyred." ”

Orlando looked at the letter in his hand incredulously, only felt that it weighed a thousand pounds, his eyes were straight, his lips were dry, and he said in a dry voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty was martyred?"

Arnold whispered, "Yes, Captain." ”

Orlando only felt a sudden heat in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, staining the letter in his hand red, and the letter paper slowly fell to the ground.

"Ah, you, captain," Arnold was startled, and he hurriedly stepped forward to hug Orlando, who pushed him away and sat down in his chair. "I'm fine, Arnold. Orlando said lightly: "What the hell is going on, you tell me the whole story in detail!"

Arnold heard the pain and sadness in Orlando's flat tone, and he knew that Orlando was in a very bad mood at the moment, so he lowered his voice and recounted the events of that night. Although it was not possible to know the details as Arnold in many cases, he also personally led his subordinates to fight on the front line of the counterinsurgency, so Catherine chose him to deliver the letter.

Orlando silently listened to Arnold's account of what happened that night, and suddenly asked: "What is the motive? If Chad really wants to rebel, I leave the imperial capital, and Luke is removed, it is also a good opportunity, but what good can he do? He is already above ten thousand people under one person, does he want to be His Majesty, can he stop my Royal Knights?"

"This" Arnold hesitated for a moment, he said cautiously: "This is not clear, but Queen Catherine and Lord Luke both said so, and, and at that time in the Royal Banquet Hall, many people saw His Majesty die in Chad's arms, and then the Grand Magister de Silva brought someone here, he was in charge of guarding the palace that night, I don't know what he said to Chad, Chad began to mobilize the army. ”

Orlando sighed, he knew from this alone that there might be another inside story, but it was a pity that he was no longer in the imperial capital that night, otherwise he should be responsible for the safety of the palace, in that case, who could hurt His Majesty. As for Luke, Orlando doesn't need to think much about it, anyway, if Chad is eliminated, it is naturally Luke who is in power and has great power, no matter what, Luke will not refuse, let alone carefully investigate the truth of the night.

"Could it be Luke?" Orlando's heart moved, because all the benefits of the whole thing belonged to Luke, this suspicion was too great, but he thought about it again, and gave up this idea, because he knew Luke's personality, and at the same time, Luke also knew the power of the Royal Knights under his command, even if Luke had 200,000 elite soldiers in his hands, he could not resist the charge of 10,000 Holy Knights of the Royal Knights on the plains, Orlando would not think that Luke would take a huge risk to do this, not to mention that Luke had been removed, he really wanted to mobilize the army, how could he hide it from others？

"Luke, don't be you, otherwise, otherwise I'll have to be sorry for Sophia!" Orlando shook his head slightly, he couldn't figure out what was going on now, and the king he had been loyal to died like this, once the news spread, the empire would definitely be in chaos, Orlando's top priority now is to return to the imperial capital immediately, only the powerful royal knights stationed in the imperial capital can truly deter the Quartet, so that the empire can survive the current difficulties smoothly.

Orlando closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, and after a moment, he opened his eyes and said to Arnold: "This matter must be kept absolutely secret, and there must be no leakage. ”

"Yes, Captain. Arnold whispered: "However, this incident happened 5 days ago, no matter how much we keep it secret, as long as it exceeds 10 days, it will always be reported here, please deal with it earlier." ”

Orlando nodded and said, "I know, you go down and rest first, and I will send someone to protect you." Arnold didn't speak, Orlando did this as he expected, although he didn't know the content of the letter, but who was present at the time of what happened in the imperial capital? Arnold knew the importance of this news, even in the end of the Thor Fortress, he only vaguely said the urgent letter, and never talked about anything.

Sending Arnold away, Orlando made up his mind in a moment, he must rush back to the imperial capital immediately, the inheritance to the throne, and the stability of the empire, all need his personal presence, so as to avoid problems, but the martyrdom of His Majesty is too important to be made public for the time being, and what he needs most now is time.

Orlando immediately summoned Kissnst, and after he left, this place was naturally the largest in Kissnst, and he could only tell him privately if there was anything first.

"General Killster, that's probably how things are, now that time is pressing, I won't say anything superfluous, I will return to the imperial capital with all the knights, this force is quite important for the stability of the empire. After I leave, you must try to block the news as much as possible, so as not to cause turmoil in the whole army, and you must also be vigilant against the orcs, and you must not take it lightly. ”

"There is another very important thing, that is, Chad's son Bailey, you arrest him now, keep quiet for the time being, and lock him up in secret first, and there are a few of the 200 magicians who are related to Chad, and they can't be let go. You can ask Ryan for help in this matter, the relationship between Ryan and Farath is extraordinary, and it is naturally impossible to leak it. And Ryan easily defeated Bailey at Atlético Real last year, and he can definitely subdue him in terms of strength. Magister Androkos was a man who had previously disliked either Luke or Chad and had consulted Victor about magic and should be trustworthy. ”

After carefully instructing Kissernst, Orlando mounted his horse and led 500 of his men to leave first, 5,000 people at the same time is too noticeable, Orlando has already arranged, the remaining 4,500 people will leave in batches in the next three days.

After sending Orlando away, Killest immediately invited Ryan and Androkos, as well as Faras, in Kissster's opinion, Luke took the position, and Faras's identity became very special, and of course he had to do something at this time. When Kissunst informed the three of them about what had happened in the imperial capital and Orlando's hasty departure, even the always neutral Androkos gasped, not to mention Faras and Ryan, who were close to Luke.

Under Kissern's arrangement, he invited Bailey and several magicians who were inclined to Chad, and Ryan and Androkos worked together to subdue them one by one. Bailey didn't know what it was for, and it wasn't until he was tied up that he learned about his father's rebellion from Kissern's mouth, of course he knew that his father couldn't have done that, otherwise he would have sent someone to inform him or simply wouldn't let him come to Thor's Fortress, but who would have listened to him. Kissunst simply had him gagged with strips of cloth, and selected 40 guards to secretly imprison them, each with four long swords around his neck, and killed them at once if there was any abnormality.

After doing all this, Killn looked at the north with great ambition, the imperial capital was in chaos, and Orlando returned in the starry night, so the merit of defeating the orcs would eventually belong to him, and with these credits, he was transferred back to the imperial capital to serve basically irrevocably.

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