Chapter 627: Before the War

A month later, the kingdom of Ri Yetis convened a court council in the palace of Wallachia.

Gerdjief, who remained motionless and vigilant beside King Rambusha III, frowned slightly as he looked at the six nobles gathered together.

It is quite a rare situation for all the six nobles to arrive.

The six nobles who have the most territory under the king, in many fields such as military and financial resources, there is always one that is more powerful than the king, and it is precisely for this reason that they are often absent under various excuses in the face of the king's summons, especially the leader of the anti-royal aristocracy, Paul Lophou, does not even hide his contempt for the king.

In addition to the nobles, all three of the king's children were present.

The most striking of these are, of course, the three daughters of the "Golden Princess" Lana Thierle Chardon Lyle Versalf.

The second is the second prince Zanak Bouaysef, who followed the king to act for the people and thus raised his reputation in the midst of the demonic turmoil in the royal capital.

Finally, there was the eldest son, the first prince of Barubro Andorea Yerudo Lyle Vaserulf, with a strong physique and neatly trimmed hair, who was the one Paul Lope was secretly trying to put him on the throne.

Nearly forty years old, Brumra had gold and Mithril mines on his territory, and with the precious metals produced there, he became the most wealthy nobleman in the kingdom, but he was said to be very greedy and stingy. There were even rumors that he betrayed the kingdom and betrayed the information to the empire, but because the king could not produce conclusive evidence, he never did it.

The eldest of the six nobles was the Earl of the Border of Ulovana, whose hair was all white and thin, and he looked like he had no long hair, but he was the most charismatic of the great nobles.

Opposite him were the three great nobles who belonged to the aristocratic faction.

Standing at the forefront of the ranks is the central figure of the aristocratic faction, Paul Lopuhou, who has the most territory among the six nobles, although he is over fifty years old, his bird-like gaze will make people think that he is a battle-hardened warrior.

The aristocratic faction of Paul Lopuhou and Lintonburg and the royal faction of Ulovana Border Bo supported the first prince Balubro, while the nobles who had nothing to do with these factions mostly supported Besbeyahou, who married his eldest daughter, and Ravenhou supported the second prince Zanak.

Not long ago, Gurdjief thought that whoever would be the king was about the same, but now he supported the second prince Zanak personally.

"So let's get started now."

The old king's tone changed a little more subtly than usual, which made Gurdjief feel a little uneasy.

"Read the manifesto from the Empire."

At the king's command, the attendants who were at his side began to read out the parchment.

The general idea is that the Bajas Empire has made the Nasalik, an organization led by the Chanter of Great Magic, an independent nation led by King Ainz your Gong, and has formed an alliance with it.

Originally, the outskirts of Yar Lantil were occupied by the Demon King of Ainz you Gong Gong, and the kingdom of Ri Yestij is now inappropriately occupying it, and for this reason, it must be returned to its rightful owner.

If they do not comply, the Empire will assist the Enz your Gong Wizard King by launching an attack on the kingdom and reclaiming the territory that belongs to the Wizard Ainz ul Gong.

What such a ridiculous declaration......

Gurdjieff couldn't help but lose his mind slightly, no wonder the king would gather so many people.

"We've also investigated the history of the kingdom just in case, but we haven't found any records of a character named Anz your Gong dominating the vicinity of Yah Lantil."

After saying this, the attendant bowed and retreated.

"This is nonsense that can't even be called an excuse!"

"What!"

"Although the period has been greatly delayed, isn't this a routine annual invasion of the Empire? Every time I find some annoying reason to come, this time it's because I've run out of materials to find faults, so I came up with the name of the magic chanter, right? Even added such an exaggerated title as the Demon King! ”

Even the aristocratic faction, which had always been at odds with the king, became agitated, because the excuses they had made for the attack were too much for them to accept.

"Doesn't you seem to have heard this name before, hasn't you, Captain Storonov?"

Earl Linton sneered and looked at Gurdjieff.

"If the name is correct, it must be the magic chanter who helped me when I went to the outskirts of Yah Lantil."

As soon as Gurdjieff finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from below.

"I see, I'm afraid I mistakenly thought that His Excellency the Warrior Commander was his own people, so he helped."

"It was the Imperial Army that attacked the countryside near Yah Lantil at that time, right? The magic chanter was already there when you went, so it seems that they must have colluded to extract information about the kingdom from you. ”

"That arrogant magician doesn't matter at all, what we need to decide is how to respond to the Empire's declaration!"

Just as Gurdjieff was considering how to respond, Paul Lophou interrupted the conversation.

In reality, however, there is no need to think about it at all......

As Gurdjieff had predicted, all the members decided to fight the Empire, after all, if they retreated because of such a declaration, the face of the kingdom would be lost, but Gurdjief was worried because he knew that Anziulgon was powerful, and even he felt that he was only getting a glimpse of it.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the words anyway.

But there is still a problem in front of everyone at this moment.

That's the issue of troops.

The soldiers of the kingdom are different from empire, most of them are temporarily conscripted, and in terms of combat effectiveness, they are more than one grade worse than the elite imperial army, and the only advantage is the number of people. Over the years, the small fights have also relied on the numerical advantage to barely equalize.

But this time the scale is different.

Both the aristocratic faction and the pro-king faction are high-spirited, and even put forward the idea of fighting each other in Yelantil, it will be a war of hundreds of thousands of troops strangling each other!

…… Even if it's Kyo, I'm afraid he won't be able to control such a war.

Gurdjieff thought about it, and retracted his naïve and stupid idea, and let the king cut the land would only be ridiculed if he said it.