The large-scale celebration was finally held in Wallenmere Fort as scheduled. Of course, it is not to celebrate Rod's slaying of the vampire lord, but to celebrate the victory in the naval battle of Erlengrad.

For this dinner, Caterina was extremely luxurious, and the original unpretentious Valenmere Fort was decorated with gold. Workers repainted the walls and ceilings of the castle hall with paint, decorated crystal chandeliers and multi-faceted mirrors, and covered the otherwise rough stone floor with patterned carpets. The windows were polished so shiny that they could almost reflect the human figure.

Almost all the chefs in the city were dispatched, and all the best ingredients were brought out. But even then, it still did not meet the needs of a huge corps. Valenmere Fort is not a large castle, on the contrary, it is very small, as small as two Blackhammer Castles, and can only accommodate about a thousand people at most. If it weren't for the fact that there was a good port and proximity to Erlengrad, Caterina would not have chosen this place as a base for her conquest. Therefore, when tens of thousands of troops gathered here, the castle obviously could not accommodate it.

Many civilian soldiers were placed on the perimeter, and many tents were erected along the coast and beaches. Viewed from above, it looks like a ring of flames surrounding the tiny Wallenmere Castle. I'm afraid that this castle has not been so lively since its establishment, but the owner of the castle could not see it, he was on the side of the Errengrad noble alliance at the beginning of the battle, and after the Northern Coalition captured it, the first thing Caterina did was to capture the lord of the castle and execute it on the spot. The body was transported back to Kislev...... No one knew what Queen Caterina wanted the corpse to do, and in short, the betrayer would not even be able to get the whole corpse.

However, all unpleasantness was completely covered up by a naval battle.

"In the name of the gods, we have achieved the final victory in the decisive naval battle. ”

At the banquet, Caterina sat on a chair made of solid ice and gave an impassioned speech like a call to courtiers.

Below, the ministers immediately stood up and echoed loudly. "Her Majesty is wise!"

Rhodes also got up with the others. His eyes remained fixed on Caterina, the first time he had seen Caterina on the same occasion as an officer, the proud queen had never even left her Ice Palace, but this time, she had not only left, but also walked into the army. It is enough to see how seriously Caterina took this rebellion, and Rhodes was only speculating about how the brutal vampire queen would treat those who betrayed her after the rebellion was over, bite them all to death, become zombies and skeletons, or put them in a dungeon and be eaten by spiders and wolfdogs? Rhodes knew that this queen would do such a thing, perhaps worse than that, and her torture methods might have long exceeded his imagination.

Food and drinks were served on plates, with golden roast chicken, fat beef, succulent fruits and vegetables, vodgart, red wine, and beer imported from the Empire. The noise resounded through the hall.

There are small meetings inside, and there are meetings outside. Sitting in the castle hall were all lord-level figures like Rhodes. Even, the lords of the northern realm looked a little sloppy in front of the southern lords of Kislev. The lords of the big castles in the south were dressed luxuriously, and some even wore silk robes to the dinner.

And Rhodes is still just wearing a cotton shirt, showing his true colors in the north.

Outside the castle, there was a gathering of soldiers, and the food was not as rich as inside, but it was also a rare improvement in food after half a year of fighting in all directions.

"For the Great Victory!"

In the noisy castle hall, I don't know which drunken lord suddenly stood up and shouted loudly. The audience raised their glasses again, but Caterina only raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and did not participate in the alcohol. She sat there like a statue. Rhodes had always thought of her as a statue, a statue made of ice. Sometimes she'd listened intently to the Frost Witch around her, and other times she just sat there, watching the crowd like a cobra.

"Ready, I reckon there's a reason why the Ice Queen is here, and the post-war dinner is the perfect time to be rewarded for meritorious deeds. ”

Alves walked over with a glass of wine, broke away from the dwarf, and sat down next to Rod.

The depression on his face had dissipated for the most part, and perhaps alcohol had played a role. Read a book for a long time

"Haha, do you want to make me an earl? or do you want to make the commander of the navy an archduke? Or maybe you should have some bounty, the Rose held off at least ten rounds of enemy fire. ”

Rod took the wine glass and teased the little gnome. Alves clearly didn't want to joke, though. Dean's affair broke his heart, and he could feel that after the naval battle, the little nephew's attitude towards him was even worse, like an enemy. Alves felt that Rod's words were correct. As long as he is by Dean's side, there are many things that this little nephew can't do, and Rhodes is joking, but that joke may not come true.

"Get out of the way, little man. I'm going to have a few more drinks with Rod. ”

Alves and Rhodes' conversation was interrupted by the dwarven butcher beside him. Bogur looked drunk and filled a large glass of beer to toast to Rod......

"We have important things to talk about, and you'll come back later. ”

Alves drove him away. But Bogur ignored it, and continued to come up, yelling at Alves with his foul mouth—"I'll let you get out of the way." I'm going to drink with him. Did you hear that?"

He was heavily drunk, but Alves was not compromising at all. He sat on a high stool with his butt and didn't even move.

"Go to the side and drink. Rhodes and I have important things to say. ”

He continued.

"What is more important than me drinking with him? Do you know that he and I are comrades in life and death, and we go deep into the castle and the tomb together......"

Bogur's words were interrupted by Rhodes in time, no matter how much he messed with Rhodes to ignore him, but he must not divulge everything about the trip to the tomb. That's a secret of secrets. And the dwarf seemed to be half drunk when he was shouted like this. He looked at Rod embarrassedly, and consciously stepped aside to fight with Diego......

"The tomb? The tomb he said was ......."

Alves was keenly aware of the problem and asked Rhodes in a low voice.

"It's nothing, I'll talk to you about this matter slowly when I have a chance later. ”

Rod picked up his glass and motioned for the topic to be over. Not far away, they noticed that the young lord of Ring, Dean, who was dressed in a gorgeous coat, was always staring at them with strange eyes. And behind this handsome, fair-skinned beautiful boy, another woman is inseparable. Although he had only met once, Rhodes still remembered her face. She was the woman who seduced herself that day after Dean's wedding reception.

"If the woman behind Dean is not removed, there will be no peace in Ring Castle. ”

Rod turned his head and whispered to Alves.

Finally, Queen Caterina, who was sitting on the ice seat, made a gesture to silence everyone, and it seemed that she had something to say.