"Wendy, Alina, don't get me wrong, I'm not self-sacrificing......"

Leon pointed to his head: "But I shouldn't be in danger, Kavala is still with me, as long as the leaders of Marittin are not controlled by Kavala, I won't have an accident - they don't know me anyway." Instead, you two must leave, or you'll be in trouble if you get captured. ”

"And what if you get captured?"

Although she knew that Leon had a point, Wendy pouted.

"Then you can bring the soldiers back to save me if you run out......"

Li Ang stretched out his hand and looked as a matter of course: "Okay, it's decided." Don't waste any more time, let's get rid of the idiots out there blocking the door. ”

Wendy sighed, she would definitely obey Leon's orders, and since she had decided, she wouldn't say anything more.

Alina didn't have a mother-in-law - she didn't say a word, she just opened the door.

The attackers on the Doge's Palace were all members of the Viper Army.

The combat effectiveness of these secret spies is indeed not strong, but the snake worshippers are not afraid of death, so they can temporarily block the Governor's Palace.

There was a battle going on in the courtyard outside the door, and the corpses on the ground were basically all poisonous snake spies, and it seemed that the silver hand had the upper hand.

But Klose was still leading his brethren in a cautious defense - Leon was wounded, and Klose did not dare to be careless, and he listed several rows of defensive arrays in the courtyard.

The Viper Troop seemed to be split into two halves - half of them were desperately attacking the array of the Silver Hand, while the other half was cowering and retreating.

"It doesn't look like everybody is being controlled...... Alina, hurry up and give the order to get out of the way of those guys who are retreating. ”

Leon pointed into the courtyard, and then shouted, "Silver Hand!" Leave those who retreat, just kill those who are not afraid of death! ”

In the middle of the courtyard lay Cassian's corpse with a sword stuck in his back - apparently he had been killed by a surprise attack by 'his own men'.

This was supposed to have been killed by Kavalra when the Vipers stormed the Doge's Palace, presumably during the short period when Kavalra had not controlled Malbert.

The need to kill Cassian's leader means that a large part of the Viper's forces are not soul-controlled—like the retreating half.

"Scatter the attack!"

Klose raised his greatsword.

"Hah!"

The Silver Hands no longer maintained their defensive arrays and began a counteroffensive.

"Right...... A real viper doesn't fight to the death......"

Alina also understood, looked at the polarized spies outside, and also ordered loudly: "If you think you are still an imperial soldier, stand on the side of the courtyard!" ”

The retreating half of the spies seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and obediently retreated to the side corridor.

The courtyard was free up enough space for the greatsword to use its full power.

"Klose, give you five minutes to take out the enemies here!"

Leon turned his head to look, and then asked Alina, "Do you know the flag of that fleet?" It's actually purple, is that the Maritin Emperor? ”

There was no wall on the south side of the courtyard of the Doge's Palace, because on the south side was a coastal cliff, and below the cliff was a reef beach, and a little further away was the sea, and now it was clear that the fleet was getting closer and closer at sea.

The flag of the fleet is purple, and the coat of arms on it is a burning sword and shield, both of which are only outlined with edges, and only the fire pattern is orange.

In Maritin, purple was the color only used by the emperor, because purple was very difficult to dye and very expensive - pure purple dye could only be extracted from one type of conch, and the price of purple robes was usually more than twenty times that of the white garment.

However, Leon did not know much about Maritin, he only knew the general situation of each country, and knew very little about Maritin's characters.

"Not the Emperor...... That should be Caspas. ”

Alina did not answer, and it was Ares who spoke: "Caspars is the premier nobleman of the Marittin Empire, and he was exceptionally awarded the title of 'Majesty' by the Marittin Emperor for his outstanding military exploits, and he was allowed to use purple flags and robes, so he was privately called 'Vice-Emperor' by the Maritines." ”

It seems that this intelligence distributor is still very knowledgeable.

"Not a king, but with the title of Your Majesty? Vice-Emperor? ”

Li Ang raised his eyebrows, and had a feeling of 'nine thousand years old': "Is he very strong or is he from an extraordinary background?" ”

“…… His Majesty Caspars came from a prominent background, with a lineage dating back to the Emperor of the First Bacchus Empire, who controlled half of the land and military power of the Marittin Empire, and was still very young, only thirty years old...... Oh, it's supposed to be thirty-one by now. ”

It was as if he were reciting some intelligence letter, speaking quickly, but always in the same tone......

"What did you memorize this from?"

Leon was about to laugh, he had now discovered that Alyss should be a man with a particularly good memory, no wonder Justes would let him distribute information.

"From a secret letter trying to recruit my father...... It was the same Caspars who wrote it last year, and he tried to marry Alina, in a ...... tone Arrogant and domineering. ”

Ales looked at Leon and then at Alina: "I only gave the letter to His Majesty Marius, sorry, my father won't let me tell you about this." ”

"There are foreign enemies who come to dig the foot of the wall, this is the state affairs of the empire, I was not in the empire at the time, this should not have been told to me...... Why apologize? ”

Alina shook her head disappreciatively.

Ales sighed: "This is not a state affair, it is Caspars's own intention to surrender his father, because there is no mention of Emperor Amorian VII of Maritin in the text of his letter." ”

"Young, illustrious, powerful, even dared to bypass the emperor and directly 'surrender' Justes...... And he actually used an arrogant and domineering tone in the letters of surrender, which means that his personality is more arrogant......"

Li Ang frowned and thought for a while: "Wouldn't the emperor of Mariting be jealous of him?" ”

"He has come to the Pande Continent with his fleet, how can he not be afraid...... There seems to be a reason why Kavala will be eyeing him. ”

Alina looked at Leon, then at Wendy, "Wendy, can you do me a favor?" ”

"Okay, what do you want me to do?"

Wendy agreed without even thinking about it.

"Help me bring Aleth to Siyuan City, and let General Creon come to the aid of Imperial Harbor - I don't want to run away now."

Alina took off the orator's sword from her waist and handed it to Wendy: "There is also a garrison in Marasburg along the way, which can mobilize them with this sword. ”

"Huh?"

Wendy was dumbfounded and looked at Leon: "This ......"

As he spoke, Klose ran over: "Your Majesty, the enemy has been cleared!" ”

"Go Wendy, there is no need for help from Risa Dilan's side, he will come to pick me up after he settles out the troops of the Snake Cult."

Leon looked at Alina and nodded for Wendy to hurry up.

……

Half an hour later.

Wendy had already left Imperial Harbor with Ahlers, and Leon had her ride Alice away.

Alina was on the southern wall of the port of Dillin, looking at the Maritin's fleet that was about to approach the port.

The port has already arranged troops - the guys who are still the Silver Hand.

Klose is probably close to the port of Dilingang, and this is the second time he has fought a port defense battle in Dilingang, and the last time was to help the Bacchus Empire defend against the Serpent Cult.

"Where else can I stop my ship and land besides the port?"

Leon was also on the city wall to observe the surrounding situation.

"There is also a shallow bay to the east with a lot of sandy beaches. But we don't have enough people to be there anymore. ”

Alina pointed in the direction of the Doge's Palace.

The Governor's Palace was located southeast of Imperial Harbor, which was actually where they had first seen the fleet.

The southeast side of the port is a large number of sandy beaches, but the beach is topped by cliffs - the beach is completely submerged when the tide rises, and the waves make the cliffs very smooth.

At the same time, on the west side of the beach is the reef area, which is the reef area under the cliffs south of the courtyard of the Doge's Palace.

This is the result of the cliff being hit by the waves for a long time, and huge stones falling and deposited.

The Doge's Palace itself was actually part of the city defense, the walls were directly connected to the city walls, and the wide atrium could be used as a military station—the Bacchus were still very good at adapting to local conditions.

If there are more manpower and can control the port due south and the beach to the east, then the port of Dilin can be defended.

But now that there were a shortage of men, the Maritin's fleet looked to be at least four or five thousand men, and the fortifications of the Imperial Harbor had been completely destroyed when they were occupied by the Serpents.

There are no trebuchets, no sasswood, and no fire oil, except that the city walls are basically intact, so it can be said that there is something lacking - Emperor Marius worked hard to drive the army of the Snake Worship Sect out of the Emperor's port, and naturally everything that can be used has already been used.

There weren't even a few ships in the port, and it was impossible to sink a ship and blockade the port.

There are a few crossbows and bolts, but the Silver Hands aren't very good at using them......

In other words, both the port and the beach may not be able to hold it.

"Alina, you're not going to run, are you going to surrender?"

Leon asked suddenly.

"Ah...... You guessed it? Worthy of my teacher......"

Alina looked at Leon in surprise: "I'm thinking about rhetoric...... I want to surrender. ”

"Ahem...... Actually, when I asked you to leave together, I also planned to surrender to you...... At that time, I didn't expect Caspars to hit your idea. ”

Leon also smiled.

"Haha, then in what capacity are you going to surrender?"

Alina smiled too.

"Of course, it's with the identity of Ahles, the son of the governor, he doesn't have much combat power, but his status is enough to save his life, and it's not too big or too small......"

Leon shook the robe on his body—it was a set of blue off-the-shoulder robes that Bacchus often wore for young aristocrats, a summer garment that was just right for the wounds on his left shoulder and left chest.

"Then you're my brother now."

Alina took out an armband made of pure gold from her bosom and clasped it on Leon's right arm: "This is my father's thing, representing the family inheritance." ”

The armband, which represents the inheritance of the Justes family, is in the hands of Alina, and it seems that Justes does prefer his daughter.

"Then set up a banquet at the Governor's Palace...... Klose, get to work! ”

Leon covered his wounds and slowly moved down the city.

……

Port of Dilingang.

Dozens of warships slowly sailed in, anchored in the empty harbor.

"Your Majesty Caspars, there is no one here ......"

Several soldiers disembarked from the boat, looked around, and shouted in return.

"Sure enough, there is no defense...... It seems that my dreams are all true! I'm really the inheritor of His Majesty Kavala......"

At the bow of the flagship, a man in black armor took off the strange Maritinine overlay helmet on his head, revealing a fierce face.

This is His Majesty Caspars.

Caspars came from a prominent background, and his lineage can be traced back to the Emperor of the First Empire of Gurakes—and his family was more noble than Emperor Amorian of the Maritin......

From an early age, Caspars received a rigorous military education, and at the age of eighteen he became a general of the Marittine Empire, a high position that many people struggle for in their lifetimes, but for Caspars, this is only the starting point for him.

However, apart from the use of weapons and the deployment of soldiers, Caspars was most interested in the immortal legends of the conquerors.

How Claudius the Great, the "magician", lured the barbarian troops to the open battlefield chosen by the empire to fight the imperial army head-on and win a great victory, so that the barbarian tribes would submit to him and become vassals of the empire.

How did Augustus, the "Butcher of Cato", resist the huge conservative forces to carry out military reforms, learn Cato's clothing and combat methods, and then launch the legendary Cato Punishment Expedition, and defeated the Cato tribal alliance with the proud cavalry of the Cato people on the steppe;

Especially the legend of invincibility hundreds of years ago - "Pande Supreme King" Kavala...... It is said that the High King was brave and resourceful, upright and forgiving, but cruel and tyrannical, and achieved numerous brilliant victories, and was undefeated in his life, and spent his whole life on the journey.

The High King was even able to defeat the old Bacchus Empire, which was in full swing at the time, with a weak force, and even led to the division of the empire......

Speaking of which, the establishment of the Maritin Empire was all thanks to the expedition of the High King Kavala.

There are many people in Marittin who worship the High King, and Caspars is certainly one of them.

But unlike most of the Maritinian aristocracy, Caspars not only admired the legendary conquerors of antiquity, but also emulated them in action—he was universally loved by the soldiers for his ability to lead the way, fight alongside the soldiers, and build up feats with his own hands.

As an adult, Caspars was skilled in the art of war, and as a high-ranking general of the empire, he led his army to fight east and west, and was fully trained in countless wars.

He won numerous border clashes with Cato and crushed many rebellions of the Maritin usurpers, and many called the young general "Augustus Reincarnated".

Within a few years, Caspars's exploits and prowess had risen to the extreme – he had become the Marshal of the Empire and had control over half of the Empire's army, but he was still doing ......

After Caspars once again repelled the Gatu at the border, in response to Caspars's loyalty and military exploits, the Maritin Emperor granted Caspars the title of 'Majesty' for the first time, giving him the honor of being above 10,000 people under one person in the empire......

At the same time, the Emperor gave the newly appointed His Majesty Caspars a glorious mission - to conquer the chaotic continent of Pande and fulfill the 'great ideal' of the Marittine Empire for generations!

The emperor even allowed Caspars to own all the lands he had occupied on the continent of Pande.

Is this the suspicion that inevitably arises after there is no reward? Or did the Emperor really intend to give Caspars a chance to rule another continent?

Maybe both.

But Caspars didn't hesitate to take on the task.

Perhaps, this is the career he has always dreamed of - because his talent for leading soldiers does not only come from learning and training since childhood, but also from the supreme king in his dreams!

A person who can often get help from the High King in his dreams, and is of course the inheritor of the High King...... It is the reincarnation of the High King Kavala!

That's what Caspars thinks anyway.

(End of chapter)