The Triumphal Fortress is the northern gateway to the Tedgar Hills. It was built on a mountain, most of the structure was inside the mountain, and the barbarians built a large number of suspension bridges on the mountain walls, which could attack the invaders below. In the past, when the barbarian legions fought for the Empire, they walked out of the Tedgar Hills from the Triumphal Fortress; Returning to the division in victory is also a triumphant fortress.

It's fair to say that the Triumphant Fortress has recorded too many barbarian legions, and now it's in the hands of the Imperial Northland Legion.

During the truce between the Legions of the North and the Legions of the Barbarians, the Fortress of Triumph became a large military camp. At the top of the mountain, the Northern Legion has built a large magic tower, and the magic detection wave continuously scans the surrounding area; In addition, on the basis of the internal tunnels of the fortress, the Northern Legion has opened up many mountain passages to connect all the surrounding mountains.

The engineering troops laid railroad tracks and built roads, and the materials brought in from the rear could be quickly unloaded and then dispersed into the mountains.

The train from the Imperial Capital pulls into the Triumphal Fortress, and Luke and Agatha step out of the carriage.

Outside, there was a small guard of honor on the platform, but there was no Sinclair or General Jossier. Agatha is the eldest princess of the Empire, Luke is the Marquis of the Empire, and the second and third men of the Empire, and the highest officer who arrives to greet him only wears the rank of colonel.

This is contempt and humiliation, and you can feel that the entire Triumphal Fortress is full of strong hostility towards the condolence group.

The Colonel stepped forward and saluted Agatha and Luke, "Your Highness the Eldest Princess and Lord Marquis of Meteor, on behalf of the Northern Legion, I welcome you both to visit. The delegation's accommodation has been arranged, please come with me."

Luke scanned the fortress surrounded by mountains and walls, but didn't move.

Agatha didn't follow the colonel either, she took out the momentum of the eldest princess of the royal family and asked, "Where is His Highness Sinclair?"

The Colonel replied, "His Highness Sinclair and General Jossier are discussing urgent military matters. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and Her Majesty the Marquis can stay in the fortress first, and when His Highness Sinclair is done with military affairs, they can meet the two of them."

The colonel described the condolence group as a visiting group, and used the special word "reception" for superiors to subordinates, and the meaning he wanted to express was very obvious.

Agatha said with a little anger, "You tell Sinclair that the Marquis of Meteor and I have come to the Triumphant Fortress to solve the problem. If he doesn't see us, the problem can't be solved.

He also told General Josiul that he had already made a mistake by not stopping Fania from launching a coup d'état, and that this time he should not make another mistake and harm Fania's only son.

We live on the train, and when Sinclair decides to see us, we'll move into the fortress."

With that, Agatha turned and walked back into the carriage.

Leaving the colonel somewhat overwhelmed.

Luke stepped forward to the Colonel and asked, "What's your name?"

The Colonel replied, "My name is Doyle Chester, the fourth son of the Earl of Chester in the town of Burlington."

"Colonel Chester. You see, the negligence of the Northern Legion has made Her Royal Highness the eldest princess very angry. Think of your elaborate military uniform, and the food and drinks you can enjoy every day, cigarettes, coffee, razors......

The treatment given to the Legion of the North by the Empire has not been diminished in any way by that incident, and this time we have brought an entire train of high-end condolences, including Caviar and Westland Red Wine, which are the specialties of Ruth's Bay. Do you say this car of condolences is unloaded or not?"

Colonel Chester didn't react in particular, but the officers and soldiers with him couldn't help but purse their lips when they heard the caviar in Lusan Bay and the Red Wine of the West.

After all, this is a war zone, and no matter how good the Empire's supplies to the Northern Legion are, there will not be too many luxuries. The vast majority of officers and men were well fed, but the food was almost unrelated to them.

Colonel Chester said, "I'm sorry, Lord Marquis of Meteor, it's not for me to decide."

Greeting the Imperial condolence group is definitely a thankless task, and the slightest mistake is thankless on both sides. Colonel Chester was calm on the surface, but he was actually panicked in his heart.

From Colonel Chester's answer, Luke got a general idea of the attitude of the Northern Legion.

If the Northern Legion is true

If you want to embarrass the Imperial Condolence Mission, you will send a tougher figure, who must also be the core officer of the Northern Legion. In the intelligence of the Secret Intelligence Bureau, Colonel Chester is responsible for the logistics of the Northern Legion, and his operational ability is outstanding, but he is not a core member of the Legion. And although he came from a big family, he was only the fourth son, and the colonel was basically the end of his military career.

The Northern Legion sent such a figure to greet the condolence group, which pushed him out to take the blame, which also means that there is quite a lot of room for maneuver inside.

Now that Agatha has finished singing Red Face, it's time to sing White Face herself.

Luke smiled and said, "You can't decide, I'll decide. This is the list of condolences we brought this time, and the Northern Frontier Corps immediately unloaded the goods, and the colonel and I supervised the inventory.

Let's hurry up and send the condolences to every soldier who is fighting for the empire as soon as possible."

Karina, who was accompanying her, took out a list of condolences from her briefcase, and Luke took it and handed it directly to Colonel Chester.

Colonel Chester was surprised and forgot to take the checklist.

The Northern Legion treated the Imperial Condolence Group in such a humiliating way, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess even refused to leave the train angrily, he thought that he would not be able to receive this batch of condolence materials, but he did not expect that the Marquis of Meteorite would let him unload the goods.

"Lord Marquis, are you really unloading?"

Luke smiled and said, "Unloading, of course! Can we pull them back again? The eldest princess is angry with His Royal Highness Sinclair, and it has nothing to do with you.

Don't waste time, everyone will want to taste caviar and red wine quickly. By the way, we are also accompanied by a medical team and mechanical alterers, so that the wounded officers and soldiers who need to have their limbs replaced go to them, and all the medicines and mechanical prosthetics are all sponsored by Angry Waves City."

Luke's words instantly brought the two sides closer, and if it weren't for the constraints of military discipline, it is estimated that they would have cheered.

Colonel Chester took the list: "Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

Luke and Colonel Chester led their subordinates to the freight train to supervise the unloading, and Prince MacDonald said indignantly in the carriage, "Sinclair's grandson humiliated us so much, and the eldest brother even let the Northern Legion unload. If anyone offends me like this, I will bring it back untouched and throw it all into the sea and not give it to them. Agatha...... Won't you stop him?"

Agatha looked at the hot scene outside and smiled on her face: "He did the right thing, why should I stop him?"

"This ...... Right?"

"Of course. These were soldiers of the Empire, who had previously resisted the Atlantshire Union in the north, and had now entered the Tedgar Hills to quell the rebellion of the Celtic dukes. They shed their blood for the Empire, and the Empire cannot treat them badly."

Prince MacDonald looked disdainful: "Don't sensationalize me. I'd rather believe that Big Brother used these supplies to buy the hearts of the lower-ranking officers and soldiers of the Northern Legion, so that they could arrest Sinclair, as well as Joshur."

Agatha said, "Can you see that and ask me?"

Prince MacDonald was shocked: "Really? Did I really guess right?"

Agatha picked up the coffee on the table and sipped, "I don't know if you're right, I don't know what the meteor is trying to do. In my previous experience...... Just wait here, and the Meteor will bring the Northern Legion back to the Empire."

"Huh?!"

At this time, on a prominent platform in the mountain, the Emperor Sinclair and General Joshul stood overlooking the military columns parked in the fortress.

The sergeants of the Northern Legion were happily unloading their cargo, and Marquis Meteor and Colonel Chester led the men to carefully check the list. The doctors who came with the condolence group set up a medical tent, which was piled up with medical equipment and human mechanical modification equipment, and moved in and installed it when the tent was set up.

Sinclair, who has experienced great changes in his life, has matured a lot, and he silently looked at the condolence train, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

General Joshul looked at the train as well, and after a while said to Sinclair, "Agatha refused to get off the train, but Meteor allowed it to be unloaded, they wanted to buy off the hearts of the Northern Legion. Your Highness, if you don't show your attitude for a long time, it is easy for the will of those below to waver."

"Uncle Joschel......" Zink

Rai looked at the train and said lightly, "You know my ambition. I have seen you as my role model since I was a child, and I want to be a general like you and lead an army to fight for the Empire. I never thought of fighting a civil war, especially when it could lead to the end of the empire."

Joshur looked at Sinclair as if it were his own son, and said, "Sinclair, you are too young, your heart is full of fiery ambitions, and you can't understand the cruelty of politics. The battle for the throne has reached this stage, and either you die or I die.

If you don't fight, these military families behind the Northland Legion have no reason to support you. When they give up on you, they will not hesitate to tie you up and give you to the queen.

You have no way out, none of us have a way out."

"Is there really no other way?"

"Nope!" Jossier affirmed, "There are rumors in the palace that His Majesty has passed away, and the Empress is now regent under the guise of His Majesty's will. She is now wantonly eliminating dissidents, appointing a large number of officials recommended by the meteor, and putting the entire court at risk.

If Her Majesty were still alive, would the Empress be allowed to do so?

If you continue to hesitate, the empire of House Augustine will be stolen!"

"But that's just a rumor." Sinclair said, "The Regency of the Queen is an order personally given by Her Majesty at a meeting of the Imperial Cabinet. The Queen's Prison Nation, confirmed by the eldest princess Agatha, the Governor of Angry Waves, Marquis Meteor, and the chief knight of the royal family, Knight Millcombe.

This was proved to be the case, and the Snow Legion established by the Empress fought very well in the north. A lot of people are comparing the Snow Legion to the Northern Legion, and they think that the Snow Legion is stronger than the Northern Legion."

Joshual said with a very bad face, "The Snow Legion is indeed fighting well in the North, but it cannot be concluded that the Northland Legion is weak, this comparison is meaningless. Your Highness, the envoys of the Duke of Celtic and the envoys of the Cabinet have arrived, when are you going to meet them?"

Sinclair didn't change his mind when Joshuel changed the subject, "Let them wait, let's talk about the Northland Legion and the Snow Legion. I've heard that the Snow Regiment was formed in a hurry, and that many of the officers who were replenished were cadets who had not yet graduated, and that they were mainly civilian officers."

Jossier knew that Sinclair liked military topics, so he could only put the envoy aside for a moment, and he replied, "Yes. Before the spring, everyone was generally not optimistic about the war in the north, and the Snow Legion had a queen background, and most of the cadets from the family refused to serve in the Snow Legion, so the supplementary officers of the Snow Legion were basically from civilian backgrounds."

Sinclair added, "Most of the officers of the Northern Legion are from large families, especially high-ranking officers, and many of them are family heirs."

Joshul admitted, "Yes, many of the officers of the Northern Legion are noble. Your Highness, I know what you mean, the rank of the Northern Legion is solidified, and the family concubines don't have much room to rise, let alone civilian officers.

But our officers are all from military families, and they have been educated in military skills since childhood, and their military literacy is definitely not comparable to that of civilians in military schools for several years. And these families are loyal to Prince Fania, and now they are loyal to you, and they all want you to become Emperor and bring greater honor to their family."

Sinclair nodded and said, "Yes, our officers are very good. But they're loyal to me? Or is it loyal to the Empire? Or be loyal to their family?"

Jossier didn't know how to answer.

Sinclair sighed and said, "Uncle Joschel, I'm very confused right now. Any decision I make now could ruin me and ruin the empire, I hope you can understand. My father did something wrong, and I can't do it again."

Jossier remembered Agatha's words and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Your Highness Sinclair. I didn't stop His Highness Fania, the biggest mistake I have made in my life. It's a very difficult decision for you. But I still insist on my opinion, only by seizing the military power of the Northern Legion, the queen will not dare to harm you.

Please think about it."

"I'll think about it." Sinclair nodded: "What is the purpose of the Duke of Celtic's envoy coming this time?"

"It's still an alliance. Now that the Duke of Celtic has lifted the factory restrictions, the factory in the Holy Mountain is very well built

Fast. Leo and the Atshire Union gave him a lot of funding, and it was believed that it would not be long before the Tedgar Hills would be able to support two legions.

With the Barbarian Legion and the Northern Legion, and the court's loyal ministers to take over, you can easily defeat the Empress and ascend to the throne as Emperor."

Speaking about the situation, Joshuel was very optimistic and did not reflect at all on the death of the coup d'état in Fania.

Sinclair was still in that bland manner, he looked at the meteorite below and said, "A lot of the supplies that entered the Tedgar Hills through the Triumphal Fortress came from Fury Waves. Some time ago, the charities of the city of Angry Waves also sent an inspection team and a census mission to invest in the construction of livelihood facilities in the Tedgar hills.

Uncle Jossure, you don't know about meteors, and I've been with him for a while.

As his opponent, don't be optimistic at any time, you have to be afraid."