It's already spring in the south at the moment.

It was supposed to be a pleasant season, but the people of the Rhine were finally panicking.

The reason why they were so depressed was the 150,000 Bavarian troops stationed outside the city.

Everyone thought that it was only a matter of time before the city was broken. The only thing that could have comforted the hearts of the people of the Rhine was that there were still two archmages in the city. But Rothschel's crushing defeat left everyone with a loss of confidence. After all, in the city of the Rhine at this moment, if you don't count the Xinding who was temporarily put on the front line, there are only 20,000 regular defenders.

The end of the Bourbon dynasty was only a matter of time.

At this moment, in the barracks outside the city, the Grand Justice of Bavaria sat alone in his tent, reading the letter that Catherine had written to him.

"Dear,

When you read this letter, you must be under the Rhine, making a final plan to end this battle.

Compared to our army of 150,000, the Rhine is almost an undefended city. There are only 20,000 regular troops in it, and more than 100,000 new soldiers who have been temporarily pulled to the front line will not be put in your eyes. But we still have a very big problem, and that is Hierro and Lhasa.

I have carefully looked at your great victory at Rothschel. Consume the magic power of the two great magisters with non-stop strong attacks, rely on strong personal combat power to destroy the otherworldly demons of the Lhasa Grand Karcist, and finally concentrate all their strength to break through the city gate in one fell swoop...... All the tactics were executed so perfectly. With the exception of one point, we managed to make the two archmaguses escape back to the Rhine.

My dear, I know how difficult it is to trap the two archmagisers. But this time in the Rhine, we can't afford to let them escape successfully.

The capture of the Rhine meant the end of the Bourbon dynasty. Originally, under the surname of King Louis, he would always have the two archmages with him to keep him safe. But after the fall of the Bourbons, the situation was completely different. How terrible it is for the two archmagists who have regained their freedom, I think, my dear, you know better than I do.

Our Grand Duke's Mansion in Lille may not be able to withstand a small baptism of magic from the two Grand Magisters. Although your strength is close to that of a strong man like Mr. Pross, I am just an ordinary woman who has no knowledge of martial arts or magic at all. And I don't think that our bloodline crystals will have the ability to resist magic for the next ten years. The most important thing is that even with your strength, you may not be able to escape under the most terrifying magic of the archmage. ”

Seeing this, the Grand Duke of Bavaria smiled slightly wryly. He certainly knew the true meaning of Catherine's letter. Whether it was facing Hierro or Lhasa, after the two archmages cast spells with all their might, he actually had no chance of surviving. The Grand Duke settled down and continued reading.

"My dear, I couldn't sleep all night about this during this time. To this end, I paid a special visit to the Venerable Lord Augustus, as well as to a number of warriors and battle mages in the Church Sanctuary. I am glad that these efforts have not been in vain.

That scroll that is sent to you with this letter is the crux of the whole plan. The fact that a terrifying magic scroll like a meteor rain can actually be bought cannot but be said to be the luck of the entire principality. The price of five million gold coins is too small in comparison.

Rothschel's fight shows that you are more than capable of holding the two great magicians in check, as well as determining their approximate location. The next thing to do is to detonate the magic of this meteor shower around the two archmagisers. In terms of power and range, this magic is the pinnacle of magical art. The only things that will make it difficult for you are the warriors of the principality who are destined to be out of the magic sphere. Maybe five thousand, maybe more. But within the same range, there will also be a comparable number of enemy soldiers. As the two archmages, it is not embarrassing to have 10,000 warriors to accompany the burial.

Master Hierro is known for his attack magic such as arsonous fire and lightning, and this meteor shower is just in his area of expertise. Although as far as I know, Master Hierro's magic power is not yet capable of performing such terrifying magic, not many people know about it. The surname of this 10,000 warriors can be attributed to his head. Luckily, Master Hierro's reputation is not very good.

With your wisdom, you'll know how to make a trade-off. Next is some detailed questions, please don't bother me.

You are the pioneer of the dynasty and need to be mindful of your majesty and perfect image at all times. My proposal is destined to be known to a very small audience, but you are still not the right person to make it. In my opinion, David Roccherio is the most suitable man, he is young, ambitious, and has a thorny fighting spirit that is known for his insidiousness. As for how to get him to come forward with this plan, this is not a difficult task.

The Meteor Shower is not guaranteed to take the surnames of the two archmages, but the next attack of the high-level mages may not be something they can withstand. The generous Pope has sent you two Templars and four Battle Mages, and at this critical time, they are in good use. The two archmages who were seriously injured would have a hard time escaping their pursuit.

Finally, keep an eye out for and reuse Kate, the leader of the Liontooth Knights. He is a wise viper. If there is a chance that the two archmagists will have a chance to live, then I believe that this chance will be stifled by Kate.

In a little more than a month, it will be time for the crystallization of our bloodline to come to the world, and at that time, you must have ended all the war and come to welcome his birth......"

The Grand Duke closed the letter, and a golden flame ignited in the palm of his hand, reducing the letter to ashes.

He opened the small and beautiful box on the table, revealing a magic scroll inside. Countless glowing, indiscernible magical symbols fluttered around the scroll, revealing how terrifying the magic of the scroll's seal was.

The Grand Duke sighed and closed the lid.

"Night Dancer...... Hmph, this kind of thing can be bought, and they are still needed now, waiting for the beginning of the dynasty to be decided, and it is time to attack them. The Grand Duke thought coldly.

He clapped his hands, called in an entourage, and ordered: "Go and ask Marshal Rocherio to come over, and say that I have something important to discuss." ”

If there is anything that can stop a battle to the death, it is the calamity of heaven and earth.

The clouds in the sky swirled incessantly, frighteningly low, as if the pillars of the heavenly realm had collapsed. The center of the whirlpool is less than 100 meters above the ground, and looking up at this time makes one feel that these heavy clouds could fall at any time and at any time.

It was as if the world had come to an end, and the whole cloud was burning and rolling. The sky above the Rhine is like a pot of boiling molten iron.

Countless meteorites were falling from the center of the whirlpool of burning clouds under the envelope of flames, smashing the Rhine City, and then stirring up a wave of fire and smoke!

Within a radius of a kilometer, it has completely turned into a hell of flames.

In the midst of hell, there were only flying stones, waves of fire, lava, and Brahman, and the once majestic and towering walls, the countless houses of the Rhine, and the tens of thousands of warriors who had just fought to the death disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Meteors are still falling in the sky.

Nearly 200,000 troops and millions of citizens in the Rhine City stood in place at this moment, silently watching this sudden disaster. A few people are still praying to the gods in their hearts, and the hearts of most people are already blank and numb.

The Grand Duke of Bavaria and Marshal Rocherio stood high outside the city, watching the flaming hell not far away, both expressionless and completely unmoved by the sight.

Those who can survive in hell are the most powerful beings, or the most daring beings.

An amazing sword aura flashed, and a fire meteor that fell from the sky suddenly split into two halves and flew diagonally to the side.

Fiore's handsome face was also black and red at the moment, covered with soot. Looking at the two balls of light in the distance, which were still tenaciously emitting a faint light, I hated. He gritted his teeth, swung his sword, and rushed over.

"Stop, Fiore, do you dare to disobey orders?" shouted a tall middle-aged man behind him, his voice filled with an indisobedient majesty.

"Kumar-sama! But ......"

"We need to get Rafa alive and out of this place! Without you, all four of us would have died here. The man named Kumar said coldly. His mood didn't seem to fluctuate at all with the hellish circumstances.

Fiore looked at the three colleagues who had fallen to the ground, unconscious, and hesitated slightly.

"If you kill all four of us, you can snipe the two great magisters alone. Of course, the premise of all this is that you can obtain the understanding of His Majesty the Pope for what you have done, Lord Fiore. What's more, I'm not polite to say that although the two Great Magus are close to running out of mana, with the strength of the Templar that you have just joined, the chance of success in attacking head-on is no more than thirty percent. Kumar didn't show any affection for Fiore at all.

Fiore was furious, he stared at Kumar deadly, and his sword hand trembled: "You self-righteous fellows! Your own strength is useless, but the Templar is controlled by you bastards who study military strategy! Damn! I almost succeeded, I don't fucking want to!" Fiore, who has always been elegant, even cursed and rude, is obviously already angry.

Kumar said lightly: "You can complain to Lord Augustus about the structure of the Sanctuary when you go back." My primary goal is to preserve the lives of every Templar, and we've done our best, but we can't kill these two archmagisers. Now I think that our operation has failed, and that the time has come for those dead men to come out. As he spoke, he carried one of the three unconscious Templar battle mages on his back, one in each of his left and right hands, and ran out of the Flame Hell.

Fiore was furious, and couldn't help but roar! He knew that with Kuma's thirteenth-level fighting spirit, this distance of four hundred meters was enough for him to die three or four times. With a wave of his long sword, he leaped to Kuma's side like lightning, and the sword light flashed continuously, slashing several incoming fire meteors into dozens of pieces like a vent.

There were a total of six members of the Church Church who secretly followed the Grand Duke on this expedition, except for Fiore, who was a samurai specializing in martial arts, the other four were fourteenth-level battle mages, and the actions of these six people were commanded by Kuma, who studied military strategy. Just activating the magic scroll of the meteor shower drains all of a battle mage's magic.

Soon after the meteor shower began, the remaining five Templars rushed into the Flame Hell. However, it was only this time that these arrogant Templars truly appreciated the terrifying power of the Grand Magus.

Although they were severely injured in the most powerful first wave of the Meteor Shower, Hierro and Lhasa were able to defeat the three Templar battle mages unconscious after a thrilling battle of magic. If it weren't for Fiore and Kumar by their side, these three battle mages would have been cursed by Lhasa's shadow killers.

In front of the five Templars who were in disarray, nearly a hundred figures were rushing towards them.

In the face of the rain of fire, although these people dodged, they refused to slow down. As if life was not their own, they rushed towards the two very conspicuous clouds of magical light in hell. Halfway through the journey, a third of the warriors were forever reduced to ashes in the flames of hell.

"Phew!what a fucking bunch of lunatics!" Fiore scolded in a jealous whisper. He subconsciously lowered his voice, as if unwilling to let them hear. Despite being far stronger than the Liontooth Knights, he still doesn't want to mess with these outlaws who only know how to fight and kill.

The glow of magic flickered again, but the sound of the explosion was completely muffled by the roar of the meteor.

"Old friend Hierro, how are you?" Lhasa's body was already in tatters, and several charred wounds were still emitting faint smoke.

Hierro was not much better than Lhasa, relying on a magic wand to support him to stand still: "Reinhardt is really ruthless! He even launched a meteor rain regardless of his warrior's surname! Alas, and these people just now, I can't do it." ”

Looking at the dozens of corpses of the lion-toothed knights piled up like a hill ten meters away, Lhasa also sighed. "Old friend, can we still run for our lives?"

Hierro smiled bitterly: "I also have a random teleportation magic, but it's a pity that we are like this, it is difficult to say whether we can survive the teleportation process, and the distance will not be too far." However...... although he did not say what he said, Lhasa also understood. Teleporting far means that it is difficult to escape from Prosis.

"When the time comes, we will split up, and there will always be some chance. It would be better for the living to take revenge. Lhasa said decisively.

A strange bloody aura suddenly spread. In this battlefield filled with smoke and the smell of sulfur, the bloody atmosphere was very strange.

Lhasa's words stopped abruptly, and he stared in disbelief at the tip of a spear protruding from his chest. He looked up with difficulty, and saw that Hierro also had an extra bloody hole in his chest.

"Two masters, it seems that you have no chance of revenge. There are 10,000 soldiers to accompany the two masters to bury, which is already very beautiful. Kate said softly, as if her whole body was shrouded in a cloud of blood.

"You ......" Hiero pointed at Kate, blood gushing out of his mouth, and the words below could no longer be spoken.

"I used the bodies of four of my comrades as shields to dodge your deadly magical attacks. Kate said lightly.

There was another whistling sound in the air.

Kate leaped to her feet with a flash of lightning, and with a single blow of his spear, he flew the corpses of six liontooth knights.

Kate spotted a crater smashed by a meteor and jumped in. Six corpses flying in the air landed in the pit one after another, covering his body.

Another terrifying wave of fire swept across the ground, turning everything on the ground to ashes......

Unlike the Rhine, which trembled in blood and fire, the Grand Duke's palace in Lille was a scene of singing and dancing.

The news that the army of the Duchy of Bavaria had completely besieged the city of the Rhine had long since come back, and everyone knew that the end of the Rhine League was not far off. The Duchess's due date is at the end of next month, and there will be a big celebration in the Duchy.

The aristocrats were thinking about something else.

This time the capture of the city of the Rhine, coupled with the fact that the Duchy of Ron can almost be regarded as the land of the principality, then it is only a matter of time before the Grand Duke of Bavaria ascends to the throne. The great nobles attached to the Bourbon dynasty have fallen, and now is a good time to divide up their domains and possessions. With a territory, their titles will naturally be promoted.

Catherine was sitting on the couch, her brow furrowed slightly, flipping through a ledger in front of her, page by page. Her high bulging belly could no longer be concealed by her clothes.

On the ground in front of her, Franco was on his knees in a panic, quietly awaiting the fate of the Grand Duchess, who was known for her nobility and perfection. Since she presided over the Duchy, the citizens of the Duchy of Bavaria have fully appreciated her wisdom and justice. The aristocratic high-ranking officials were completely subservient to her shrewdness, ruthlessness, and power.

For most of the year, the Grand Duke of Bavaria was constantly fighting everywhere, while she presided over the affairs of the principality. During this time, more aristocratic ministers were guillotined than in the last ten years combined. Catherine famously said, "Confession does not necessarily avoid the guillotine, but the only destination of deception is the guillotine." ”

"Viscount Franco, I have taken a cursory look and it seems that you are telling me the truth. Since you were responsible for a large part of the military supply, you have embezzled a total of 300,000 gold coins from the treasury of the principality. That's not a small amount, it's enough to send you to the guillotine more than a dozen times. But you yourself gave me this ledger, and it really made me very difficult, and you said, what should I do with you?"

"Venerable Madam, I give you this account book because of the uneasiness of my heart. I have betrayed your trust, please punish you as you like!"

Catherine closed the book, smiled slightly, and said, "Lord Franco, you are a very smart man. I'm well aware of your intentions in doing this, and when critters show their loyalty, they will show their weakest points. But I'm a moody woman, aren't you afraid that I'll do things according to the law and really send you to the guillotine?"

Franco lay on the ground, unable to see Catherine's face, just listening to her tone, it was very peaceful, very gentle, with a slight arrogance that rejected people thousands of miles away, which was the most perfect tone of the great noble woman. But somehow, listening to these words, Franco only felt an indescribable chill on his body, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly. He couldn't help but regret that he was too smart, and if he used this trick to save his life, would it be self-defeating?

Catherine handed the ledger to the maid and said, "Lord Franco, the position of the Principality Prosecutor is still vacant, are you interested in taking over?"

Franco shuddered again, he knew very well in his heart what kind of position the prosecutor was. He will have a lot of power in his hands, and he will also have a lot of trouble. In fact, he will play a very ruthless character. He is the sharpest butcher's knife in Catherine's hand, but the object of hatred of the nobles and ministers will be transferred from Catherine to him. At that point, he really had no way out.

Franco sweated coldly and stammered, "Lady Catherine, I'...... I'm limited and completely incapacitated...... Competent for this position. ”

There was silence in the room for a long time, as if years had passed.

Catherine finally spoke: "Since you don't want to, then I'll choose someone else." Get up, concentrate on the principality in the future, and the 300,000 gold coins will be placed with you for the time being. ”

Franco stood up, his underwear was completely soaked with cold sweat and clinging to his body, unspeakably uncomfortable.

Catherine held out her hand to him, and Franco took the perfect hand and kissed the ring on her finger. The tip of his tongue spat lightly and licked lightly on Catherine's fingers.

Catherine seemed completely unaware of this blatant teasing.

Watching Franco's figure disappear outside the door, Catherine smiled faintly and thought to herself: "Sure enough, he is a smart person who knows how to choose what to do with his weakness." I just don't know how long I can be smarter. ”

Not only Franco, but in front of Catherine, who was terrifyingly shrewd, all the nobles and officials of the principality trembled, and did not know when the disaster would befall them.

Catherine's lesser-known quote is that a person who lives in fear often reveals his true weaknesses.

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