Chapter 30: Gathering in the Moonlight Court
Hearing that Theresia was also preparing to go to the Moonlight Royal Court, Clear Sky couldn't help but smile and said, "Not long ago, I received news that the Sanctuary of the Moonlight Royal Court has begun to operate, and the Archangel Gold personally presides over the Sanctuary of the Moonlight Royal Court. You are in charge of the Holy Lun City Church, how did you remember to go to the Moonlight Royal Court to pay homage to the World Tree at this time?"
Theresia took the tea and drank it, during this time she was somewhat accustomed to the life of the world, and it was a special pleasure to drink afternoon tea in her spare time.
To Clear Sky's doubts, Theresia replied very bluntly: "I have a gut feeling, you have the answers I want, and all kinds of mysteries about you are also worthy of me to know you more deeply."
Theresia turned her head to look at the clear sky, with a look in her eyes that wanted to see through the other party.
Clear Sky also looked at Theresia with an inscrutable smile on her face, "The Moonlight Court welcomes all friends with good intentions. It's just that there are a lot of people going to visit the World Tree this time, and I don't know what interesting things will happen."
Theresia asked, "Who else but me is going to the Moonlight Court?"
Clear Sky didn't answer, she invited Theresia with a teacup: "You'll know when you arrive, drink tea!"
"I'm looking forward to this journey even more."
A few days later, the new Marquis of Meteor, the first assistant of the Empire, announced that he would lead a business delegation to tour the western borders of the Empire. One of the purposes of the visit was to inspect the construction of the Western Railway; Another purpose is to strengthen the plan for the large-scale development of the western border, so that the wind of civilization can blow in every corner of the western territory as soon as possible.
But this seemingly ordinary inspection made some people feel like they were facing a great enemy.
The Crescent Oasis, where the two princes were stationed, was the only way for the empire to enter the western frontier. The Imperial Leader Meteor has just finished dealing with the Xinkelai and the Northern Legion, and this time he will go to the Western Territory to clean up the second prince.
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Already mature Crusader technique. By giving the Golden Shield Samurai a more powerful physique through transcendent transformations, and endowed with armor and weapons made with top-notch alchemy, the Golden Shield Samurai will have powerful attack and defense power.
In order to make the Golden Shield Samurai fly, the General Directorate of Imperial Heavy Industry is developing individual steam wings.
In addition to these, there is a lot of whimsical research in the works.
Agatha brought information from the battlefields of the North.
Artshire Lenovo Negotiations.
According to the information from the winter capital, the anti-war voice within the Artejun Union is getting louder and louder. Especially after the summer, the impact of the war on the production of the Atlantic Union was infinitely magnified. As the attackers, the Atshire Union was unable to obtain sufficient supplies from the occupied territories, and the logistical pressure was much higher than that of the Empire. After the loss of the port of Songta, it was completely reliant on overland supplies, which increased the cost.
The industrial structure of the Artshire Union is far less perfect than that of the Golden Shield Empire, some people make a lot of money in the war, and some people are not getting the war dividends, but are facing the risk of bankruptcy.
To talk, or not to talk?
Empress Christina asks about the new Shousuke.
Luke, who had already set up a strategy for the Atlantic Alliance, replied, "Talk, of course, to show the outside world the Empire's efforts for peace. But I don't think the Artshire Union has much sincerity in this negotiation, and it can't easily spit out the occupied areas, let alone pay war reparations and admit defeat.
The start of negotiations for the Artshire Union should be more for the sake of their own people, and in the end they will definitely throw us the charge of breaching the peace."
Acknowledging Luke's analysis, Agatha added, "Based on the intelligence that the CIA has now. The Atshire Union is mobilizing their overseas colonies, and it is expected that by the end of the fall, the first minaries will be on the battlefield in the North.
In addition, the Foreign Affairs Council of the Artshire Union has sent several groups of diplomats to visit the so-called free country in a vain attempt to isolate the empire internationally. Some of them pledged economic assistance, while others directly sent mercenaries.
Winter War, the strength of the enemies in the north of the empire will be greatly increased."
Queen Christina asked, "Does the Cabinet have any measures in place to deal with it?"
Luke replied, "At this stage, the war between the Empire and the Atlantic Union is only a local war, far from the level of a one-time war. Most of these moves by the Atlantshire were expected, which is why I didn't recommend Spring War too aggressively in the first place.
Since it is a local war, the empire cannot affect its own development because of the war. I think that the main way to deal with the winter war this year and next year is to strengthen the snow corps. Build more forts, stock up on winter supplies, and build a snow city defense network.
At the same time, the Angry Waves Armoured Assault Division, stationed in Songta Harbor, had the opportunity to attack the flank of the Allied Army of Atshire to the west to relieve the pressure on the front of the Snow Corps.
If given the opportunity, the Rags fleet can seek out the Atlantic Navy for a decisive battle at sea. Regardless of the outcome, the Royal Ocean Escort Fleet has finished its world cruise by then, and the Furious Waves fleet can be replaced and repaired."
After listening to Luke's countermeasures, Queen Christina nodded and said, "The cabinet's response is very safe, and the empire should not be too nervous about the big moves of the Atlantshire League. If he wants to talk, we will talk to him; If he wants to fight, we will fight him. Take every step under our feet and not be easily influenced by the outside world.
The matter of peace talks was left to Agatha.
The meteorite is going to patrol the western realm in the near future, and the deputy negotiator will be Viscount Yin Skolan."
Agatha and Viscount Inscoran received the order: "Yes, Her Highness!"
Empress Christina asked Luke again, "Do you need any cooperation from the Imperial Court on your tour of the Western Frontier?"
Luke replied, "No. The main reason for this visit to the Western Realm is that there is a crisis that will affect the World Tree, and Miss Sunny Sky and I have to eliminate the danger."
"I see." When it came to the Moonlight Court, Empress Christina didn't want to ask much, so she said, "In the name of the Empress of the Prison Country, I will issue an imperial order to the nobles of the Western Realm, asking them to accept your transfer unconditionally."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The Imperial Cabinet meeting ended, and Luke followed
That is, we will set sail for the West.
In the western Gobi, the wind and sand are pervasive, and the sand dunes are layered on top of each other. The sky was cloudless, the sun was shining, and a caravan of camels was walking in the desert.
There were seven camels and thirteen pack beasts in the caravan, with large cargo boxes strapped to their backs and guards protecting the caravan on their backs.
The guards were uniformly dressed in leather armor, with scimitars hanging from their waists, and several emergency potions in their leather pouches. On the trade routes of the Western Desert, their equipment was already very high-end, enough to deal with most dangers.
The leader of the guards who walked in front of the caravan was an old man with gray hair, his skeleton was large, and his physique was still strong. With sharp eyes and a temperament like a lion in the wasteland, he looks like a ruthless character with a story.
At each point, the leader would ride his camel to the top of the dunes, holding his newly purchased telescope to observe his surroundings. Although most of the sand thieves have turned to running businesses and lived a stable life with the backing of Angry Waves City, the busy trade routes have bred a group of guys who want to get rich by robbery.
The sand thieves will never stop, but there will be far fewer than before.
The leader watched carefully through the binoculars, not missing any details. Use your previous thinking as a sand thief to analyze where you will set up an ambush.
Under the dunes, the caravan marched forward in a line.
"Hello, can you give me some water?"
A voice suddenly sounded behind him, and the leader turned around instantly, the knife was already in his hand, and asked the people behind him, "Who are you?"
The man was wearing a gray linen gown with a hood that obscured his appearance. Under his robe, his back bulged out, as if he was carrying something.
"I'm just an ordinary traveler, on my way to the Moonlight Court."
The leader did not let his guard down, he held the knife in one hand, pinned the binoculars to his belt with the other, and took off the water bottle at his waist.
"The water is in the caravan, and I have wine here, do you want to drink?"
"Wine is even better." The man took off his hood, and it was a young man with purple hair.
"It's all for you, I wish you a smooth journey!"
The leader threw the jug at the young man and prepared to lead the camel away. Just now he was sure that there was no one around him at all, and this person appeared behind him silently, definitely an existence that he couldn't provoke.
"Please stay, I have a few more questions for you to answer." The young man unscrewed the lid of the kettle, looked up and took a deep sip of wine, and said, "Not a bad ale."
The leader paused, "I can't afford to delay too long."
"A few very simple questions." The young man laughed, but his smile made people shudder, "In which direction is the Moonlight Royal Court?"
"You're going to the Moonlight Court?"
"Yes. But I don't have a good sense of direction, especially since it's all the same dunes."
The leader pointed in one direction and said, "The Moonlight Court is in that direction. As long as you don't deviate, you can see the oasis in about seven days, which is the ancestral grassland. When you get to the Ancestral Grassland, you won't get lost when you go to the Moonlight Royal Court, and the barbarians there are very hospitable."
"That way." The young man looked past the leader's direction, but there was still no end in sight of the dunes. Thinking about his own experience in the past few days, he felt that he might not be able to find the Moonlight Royal Court in just one direction. Then he said to the chief, "Take us to the court of the moonlight."
The leader hurriedly refused, "I'm sorry, the place we are going to is almost the opposite direction of the Moonlight Court. You just have to walk all the way in this direction, and you can definitely get to the ancestral grassland.
Wait, you just said ...... "we."
The leader looked around, and the young man in front of him was alone.
The young man smiled and said, "I didn't ask for your opinion. We need a guide to take us to the Moonlight Court, and we need a new identity."
At this moment, the leader felt a dark shadow blocking the sunlight in the sky, and he looked up, and then he saw a group of angels slowly falling from the sky. They wore black armor, and the wings flapping behind them were also black.
The leader sat on the sand in fright.
Fallen Angels!
It's a fallen angel who appeared during the ancient wars!
But after the end of the ancient wars, there was no trace of the fallen angels, and it is said that they were extinct.
This time, it turned out to be a group.
"You, you, are you fallen angels?" The leader was frightened and incoherent.
"Garand......" A fallen angel in the sky said to the young man, "Is this the idea you came up with, let a human take us to the Moonlight Court."
Garland said helplessly, "We've been in the depths of Hell for too long, and we haven't adapted to the direction of the surface. We've been searching in this desert for a month, but we haven't found the Moonlight Court. Do you have a better way to find a human to be your guide?
And we can also disguise ourselves as human merchants and sneak up on the World Tree."
Another fallen angel said, "But we can't fly with a whole caravan. As you heard just now, it's a seven-day walk."
Garland smiled and said, "It's only seven days...... If we go to the Moonlight Court by ourselves, are you sure we can find it within a month?"
No fallen angels objected this time.
As a fallen angel who once roamed the ancient wars, he was now lost in the desert for a month.
What a shame!