Chapter 70: I Came for Peace
Francis, who had tried to stifle the uncertain factor of Augustus, knew that this troublesome little guy also had a strong strength that shocked the entire wasteland when he threw away his wheelchair, although the strength here may not be how strong, but he was able to kill two level 5 swordsmen at his age, which was enough for Francis and others to maintain the necessary vigilance, so from Augustus raising his big sword to his clean and neat moment to cutting off more than 10 spears, while guessing Augustus's intentions, Francis was also carefully observing his true strength, yes, it was indeed amazing, Even Francis, who didn't feel the strength of the fighting spirit, also noticed the balance between Augustus's strength and speed, and he couldn't figure out the source of Augustus' power for a while, but he clearly knew that if Augustus didn't hide his strength anymore, then the strength he showed alone would not be enough to kill two level 5 swordsmen, so how did he do it in the original town of Lorain, Alfred?
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But in this environment, this is not important after all, what matters is that this hated little guy deliberately shows his strength, why is it? Just to declare that he has left the wheelchair and has the strength to get out of the encirclement? Ridiculous, even if he can kill 10, or even 20 level 5 swordsmen at the same time, he will definitely not be able to break through the 200-person knight encirclement in front of him, which is not stupid, he will not be unaware.
So why on earth did he do it?
Francis, who was willing to believe that the damned Alfred at the helm would not go mad for no reason, quickly thought of a possibility, and his expression suddenly became nervous, and finally for the first time he looked away from Augustus, and looked at the magnificent carriage that had come with him, and he was full of vigilance.
Augustus, who naturally sensed this, smiled calmly.
The knights' spears without spears could not threaten him for the time being, and his room for movement was much larger, he bowed slightly, and said: "You guessed right, the honorable earl, you must have thought of the tragic scene that your heir brought back when he attacked my castle, yes, that knight happened to be in the carriage, he was going back to the empire, so he also passed by Sauron, I believe you will no longer doubt whether I have the ability to break through the siege and rush to the city gate." β
Count Francis, who was still looking at the carriage, had a complicated expression.
Augustus, who is already good at using all available resources, has unexpectedly harvested Albert's peers, of course he will not let go of this bargaining chip that uses the first knight of the continent as the last straw that crushes Francis's camel, and he does not have any psychological burden when he uses it, and looks at Francis on the horse playfully, Augustus knows very well that he can't kill, he doesn't dare to kill, and he can't kill until now, and he has successfully forced back Francis's flame of hatred, at least after he gives pressure through various psychological hints, With the pressure pressing, Francis can only forget about his heir for a while.
It's a pity that the first knight of the continent in the carriage didn't cooperate with his design, and he didn't completely push this wave of psychological offensive to a climax.
On the contrary, Queen Terina, who was a headache for Augustus, finally couldn't help but make a brilliant appearance in a disruptive nature.
Perhaps hearing Augustus's words, or perceiving the change in the atmosphere, Queen Terrina lifted the curtain and walked out to stand on the carriage, she looked down at the black-pressed knights around her, and then looked at Francis, crossed her waist, undisguised her rampantness, and said disdainfully: "A group of weak humans, rejoice in your broken souls, otherwise Queen Terina will definitely be interested in pulling out your soul whipping." β
Augustus was able to hide his unnatural look at first, but with the appearance of the first knight of the continent, he was completely unnatural.
Just poked his head out, revealing a stubble and wrinkled farmer's face, the first knight of the continent was full of humility, his eyes were on Queen Terina standing in front of him, and he smiled flatteringly: "Why bother with these boring things? Let's continue the topic just now, you still haven't said how the Seven Great Magicians fell later." β
Augustus was magnificently defeated.
Of course, it took more than 10 years of dormancy to subvert Sauron, and no one knows better than Francis that 'what the eye sees is not necessarily true', and he will never despise the eccentric little girl because of this, and the middle-aged man who has no image to speak of, on the contrary, he can only be more cautious, and finally look at Augustus in front of him again, he completely hides his hatred, his cruelty.
The originally tense atmosphere in the square was accompanied by the sudden appearance of a little girl who was particularly fond of pink princess dresses, which was very strange.
Francis looked down at Augustus below him, hesitated for a long time before he said, "Say what you mean." β
Augustus smiled brightly.
He first looked at the knights of Francis who surrounded him, then put his eyes on the withered and hideous head on the ground, and smiled, "I have come for peace. β
It's ironic.
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However, ironically, it was unexpected, and Francis did start negotiations with Augustus on 'peace' in Sauron Square, although the surrounding knights, spears, and swords were full of unpeaceful atmosphere, but the two sides in the twilight did regard such a background as the most suitable negotiation table.
Augustus was the first to express his sincerity, making it clear that Alfred would not participate in the next war between Francis and Artelas, that he would not provide Artelas with the aid of even a knight, and that what he wanted was very simple, just asking for mutual tacit understanding. And at the end, he added with a smile that in fact, Alfred and Francis did not actually clash and hate, and what caused the current situation was only Francis's unilateral bullying, first sending people to ambush Alfred's town of Lorain, and then blatantly attacking Alfred's castle by the Knights, and Alfred's side was only a last resort. Slightly' counterattacked, from this point of view, Francis, who had done 2 moves on Alfred, took advantage, of course, Alfred also cut off the head of Francis's heir, and everyone barely evened it out.
Francis's thin face trembled slightly.
Is it time to be grateful for the forbearance of this damn Alfred at the helm? He accepted Augustus's proposal with a blank face, no way, what Augustus said before is indeed the real big problem that Francis currently has, he has just subverted Sauron, and he has not yet succeeded in digesting the fruits of victory, so he has to face the blood revenge of Arthras and the remnants of Sauron, especially the stupid Louis obviously has ambitions that do not match his mind, he is even more difficult to relax, plus he can't deny that he is indeed not too sure that he will be able to defeat the alliance of Donald and Alfred in a short time, so considering Christopher, who is eyeing Christopher, he has no choiceγ
Finally, just when Francis thought Augustus should get out, the damned little count of Alfred smiled and reached out to him for 1,500 gold Bourbon coins.
The reason is very tenable, the hundred knights who attacked Alfred's castle on the night, more than 30 knights did not die, and they were also treated by the white-robed priests of the Holy See, as prisoners of war, according to the rules of the wasteland, Francis needed to pay a certain amount of gold to redeem his knights, and Augustus set the knights at 50 Bourbon gold coins per person, which seemed to be a fair price.
Then after speaking, Augustus smiled again: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse the earl, I know that you don't expect this knight order to come back, but you have to think about the war you will face next, even if there are 30 more cannon fodder, it's a good thing, isn't it? Of course, you can ignore that, but according to my guess, the number of adventurers you recruited should not be as large as I thought, otherwise there would not have been just 5 swordsmen involved in the attack in Loraine Town. β
The corners of Earl Francis's lips twitched again.
I'm afraid that even he didn't expect him to be able to keep his sanity, and he said gloomily, "Up to 1,000 gold bourbon coins." β
Augustus crossed his fingers for a long time, and once again lamented the barrenness of the wasteland, and only then did he say bitterly and generously that 30 or so knights would soon be sent to Sauron's castle.
In the end, under the strict vigilance of the knights, Augustus, who jumped into the carriage, still looked unhappy, as if he was the one who had suffered from this trip to Sauron.
So, Francis, who lost his heir and 1,000 Bourbon gold coins, finally couldn't help but clench the delicate narrow sword in his hand, oh yes, speaking of the narrow sword, he also lost half of the narrow sword, and he only had half of it in his hand.
He watched the damned Alfred's carriage leave Sauron Square, narrowing his eyes and repeating over and over again, that only blood could wash away today's hatred and today's shame.
Everything is slowly progressing under Augustus' control.
When Francis decided that Augustus would not dare to kill his heir, he told Stuart that this damn Alfred at the helm was a smart man with means and good at forbearance, and it was often difficult for such a smart person to have desperate crazy thoughts, because forbearance itself was not what a paranoid gambler should have, so he would always subconsciously leave room for relaxation, so as not to die.
And today, his speculation about Augustus and what Augustus did are clearly two opposite extremes.
But the interesting thing is that maybe even Francis didn't realize that his analysis of Augustus at that time was fully verified by him: he was able to endure for at least 10 years before he overthrew the Sauron family in one fell swoop, how could Francis not a smart person who had the means and was good at forbearance, how could he easily have desperate crazy thoughts, and how could he easily break the boat.
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