Chapter 120: Liliana's plea for help
Unbeknownst to William, Princess Alice had revealed his secret, even though he had no intention of hiding it.
It doesn't mean anything to him, even if someone knows about his power, or the source of his power.
William was sitting in the courtyard of the garden, his laptop playing a video, an online course taught by a professor at the University of Milan, on management.
The first lesson is Taylor's principles of scientific management.
If you want to rule a country, even if King Arthur has taught him by word and deed, and his father has personally set an example, but for William, who aspires to become a wise monarch, these are still not enough.
In the feudal era, the first priority was to be able to get the support of the nobles and hold the military power in their hands.
Therefore, for the most important quality of a monarch, is to be able to fight, to be able to fight, and to form a close master-slave relationship with his vassal lords through war, King Arthur relied on his group of knights of the round table to govern the country and make the country prosperous.
Charlie the Lionheart of England, except for the two times he was crowned and captured, he never came to England to rule his kingdom, and he spent a long time on the battlefields of the Crusades and foreign communications.
Therefore, the most important thing to become a wise monarch is not the monarch's personal talent, but the most important thing is to trust the wise minister to arrange him in the right position.
Talent matters.
When a monarch's territory is too large and limited by transportation, it is common for the monarch to appoint his own close nobles as governors or vice-kings.
Both Erica and Liliana are impeccable treasures to William, and he must take them for his own use, and he can become his paladin.
William also needs his own Knights of the Round Table, and even more so a Merlin-like thinker.
"Jennaroqing, where's Liliana?" William clicked the mouse, rubbed his eyes, and thought about the content of the online class in his head.
The sentence that resounded in my mind was Professor Milan, that the essence of management is actually the allocation of resources, because people's desires are unlimited, and resources are limited.
He knew about Erica following Paul to England, but Erica wasn't around, and Liliana wasn't around, so he was a little lonely in his heart.
He hid his inner emotions, he did not have the idea of engaging in the industrial revolution in the Holy Seal world, the so-called industrial revolution was built on the Renaissance, and the magic of the fantasy world has replaced science, so the so-called management methods can still be managed in the same way as the feudal society.
"Don't you know? Wang, Liliana has been summoned by the Marquis. Gennaro replied that he, as the Grand Knight of the Bronze Black Cross, had served as William's attendant after Erica had left Italy.
Gennaro was both William's secretary and bodyguard, as well as his personal diplomat and the Bronze Black Cross and the entire Italian Magic Society.
Although the Bronze Black Cross declared allegiance to William and Tony, it was an open secret that he was tasked with spying on William, as well as the staff of diplomatic embassies in various countries, who were both diplomats and spies.
"Marquis?" William was stunned, Liliana seemed to have something on his mind before, he tried to ask Liliana tentatively, but Liliana didn't say anything, out of respect for her thoughts, he didn't ask.
"Yes, it is the Marquis, the oldest Demon King, Sasha Dejansdal Woban,"
Marquis of Woban, the oldest god-killer in the world, holds the title of the Wolf King, and is said to be three hundred years old to date.
He has plurality of powers, and he is said to have killed the most gods, and he ruled all of Europe alone before the appearance of the Black Prince Alec of England and Tony and William, and even now his reputation is unrivaled.
"Didn't Liliana do what I commanded? What is the Bronze Black Cross trying to do? William frowned, and suddenly hearing this answer made him very unhappy.
Italy has given birth to its own godkillers, and according to convention, the whole of Italy belongs to William and Tony, and the Italian Magic Society will naturally be loyal to them, and if they don't want to be loyal, they can only move out of Italy.
Therefore, whether it is the bronze black cross or the bronze black cross, or even the Seven Sisters and even other small magic associations, they should owe allegiance to William and Tony.
The Bronze Black Cross pledged allegiance to William and Tony, but sent his own men to serve the Marquis of Warban in Eastern Europe, which was problematic no matter how you looked at it.
"Do you mean to say that Bronze has turned his back on me?"
William said lightly, this remark was undoubtedly a very serious accusation, not only surprised the king's dissatisfaction with the bronze black cross, but also meant that the bronze black cross was labeled a traitor.
"No, the Bronze Black Cross is the Bronze Black Cross, and Liliana is Liliana."
Gennaro hastened to explain that although the Bronze Black Cross and the Bronze Black Cross were hostile organizations in Milan, the struggle between the two sides had always been based on a fighting and unbreakable position.
The two may have differences within Milan, but externally they will be the same.
There is a proverb that I join forces with my brother against my cousins, and I join forces with my cousins against my strangers. When there are no outsiders, I deal with my brothers.
The Bronze Black Cross and the Bronze Black Cross just look at the name, knowing that the two have a deep relationship, seeing the former opponent being wiped out by the Demon King, the first thing the Bronze Black Cross felt was not happy, but the rabbit died and the fox was sad.
"Oh!" William looked at Gennaro with a strange gaze, and even if he was sluggish at this time, he understood that Liliana's appearance at that time was actually asking William for help, hoping that he could save her.
"Marquis of Warban, who wants to summon the god of disobedience, needs a large number of shrine maidens to perform séance rituals, and he is asking for it from various magic associations."
"But isn't Italy under my protection and Tony's? The right to tax represents sovereignty. ”
Italy was the domain of William and Tony, so only William and Tony had the right to recruit the Italian Magic Society to serve them.
For example, although the Duchy of Normandy does not pay taxes to the king of France, once the king is called up to fight, then the Duke of Normandy must fulfill his vassal obligations to the king of France and send a large army to serve the king.
This is the core of the knightly fiefdom system involved in Charlemagne, Charlemagne distributed the manor as a fief to his knights, the knights as lords do not need to pay taxes, the fief is the monarch's reward for the vassals, so the knights must bring their own armor and war horses to fight for their monarch.
Since both the Bronze Black Cross and the Bronze Black Cross were loyal to him, William had to fulfill his duty of protection and defend their property rights, and they had to serve themselves and only one monarch.
"Although Miss Liliana's Clanichar family has always been a big cadre of the Bronze Black Cross, the Clanichar family and the Bronze Black Cross are two different things, just like the Brontry family is not equal to the Bronze Black Cross. The world fears the power of the Demon King, so they worship the power of the Demon King, and thus become their followers, just like the Red Bronze Black Cross and the Brontree family serve you, the Marquis of Woban has lived for more than three hundred years, fearing his power, and worshipping him, as the follower of the old Demon King, even in Italy, there are many people, and it just so happens that the old grandfather of the Clanichar family is a loyal follower of the Demon King. ”
Gennaro explained that the old demon king Marquis Woban had lived for three hundred years, and his background was not at all comparable to the new generation of godkillers, not only the number of gods-killing and the number of powers, but also the number of followers.
William was speechless for a while, if it was Liliana's own choice, then he really had nothing to say, let alone a position to mix.
This must have been a sacrifice Liliana had made for her family.
"But King, if Miss Erica were here, she would have asked you to save his friend?" Ariana Hayama Aliarudi spoke suddenly.
This is a girl of Erica's age, dressed in a maid's uniform, with the lovely face of an Asian woman, who is said to have Japanese blood, and serves Erica, because William lives in the Brontree's house, so she serves one more person.
Ariana and Erica have a pretty good relationship, they can be described as sisters, even if they don't have the talent of magicians, in Erica's words, she is also an indispensable member of the Bronze Black Cross.
Ariana is also an official member of the Bronze Black Cross, a person in the magical world, who is also aware of its information and supports Erica's operations as a logistician.
"What?" William wondered if Liliana volunteered to serve the Marquis of Woban for the sake of his family, then what position did he have to save Liliana.
To be honest, if you have to snatch talents, get Liliana into your hands, and use brutal means, but if you go against the will of the other party, then what's the point.
"To summon the god of disobedience, you need the arrangement of the stars and the flow of the magic of the leylines, and then the witches will collectively use the séance technique, and the vast majority of the dozens of witches will lose their minds, become wasters, and even lose their lives, only the lucky ones in the single digit can be safe."
Ariana stepped forward to William and said with a girlish scent, "Please, save Miss Liliana, this is not only my wish, but also Miss Erica's wish, only the king can fight against the king, and only the king can fight against the tyranny of another king." ”
"Does Erica know about this?" William asked.
"Erica is in the UK now and doesn't know it." Ariana shook her head.
"Is it Liliana's cry for help?"
"No, it's Liliana's maid, Karen, who asked me for help, hoping to get the news on to you, Miss Liliana wants to be your knight and allegiance to you, not to serve the Marquis of Vauban, and even to sleep for you, this is all said by Karen, and it is said that she has written many hymns and love letters about you."
Ariana's words made William stunned for a moment, and the maids on the other side said so, and he felt sorry for others if he didn't save Liliana.