New Habsburg.

Old Leonard, dressed in a brand new silk shirt and holding a whip, stood at the gates of the city.

He was loudly scolding the peasants and soldiers who were carrying the supplies: "Hurry up, Lord Marquis, merciful to allow you to return to your hometown, away from the cruel battlefield, and give you land and bounty, but you are not here to grind foreign workers!" ”

"All the supplies must be counted before the sun sets, and they will be sent to Gaza early tomorrow morning without any delay!"

Beside him, the Imperial Decree Knight-turned-grain transporter teased, "Alright, old Leonard, you don't need to carry that ornamental whip, my lads may be a little unintelligent, but they will never be lazy." ”

Leonard snorted and reluctantly put away his whip.

He is actually a warm-hearted person, if someone makes a mistake, the whip is waved and waved, and the spit star can spray the other party's face, but he has never really hit anyone.

"I am the Marquis's personal commissioner, the most trusted, the chief of the castle named after his noble surname, and it is my duty and obligation to supervise his subjects for the Marquis."

The transport officer smiled: "Old Leonard, you always say that you are the most trusted courtier of the Marquis, why didn't you go with the army for such a big thing as the attack on Egypt?" ”

Old Leonard smiled contemptuously: "A lowly peasant soldier can also accompany the Marquis on the expedition, but the Andrias knight, who is in charge of government affairs in Hebron, must be behind the scenes, does this mean that the Andrias knight is not as trusted by the adults as a peasant soldier?" ”

The transportation officer smiled dumbly: "Old Leonard, you are so old, and you are still so sharp-toothed. ”

Old Leonard snorted proudly: "My tongue is indeed good, but I did not rely on words to gain the trust of adults, I also instigated my mount to follow the army and charge. ”

"Hahaha, but how did I hear that your mount is an old and lame pack horse, and by the time you rush to the battlefield, the enemies have been cleared by the adults?"

Old Leonard's tanned face didn't show the slightest embarrassment, but said with a smug face: "Ha, can my old bones really go into battle to kill the enemy?" Don't I know this myself? But when I charged, did I hesitate because of this? Doesn't this show my loyalty to the Marquis, knowing that it is death, but still moving forward bravely? ”

A series of rhetorical questions, the said transport officer was powerless, and muttered: "You lucky old dog." ”

"Of course, I'm the most loyal old dog of adults!"

After he said that, he raised his throat and shouted: "The tax superintendents are all wide-eyed, optimistic about whether those passing caravans have any private behavior. As the most loyal of the Marquis's courtiers, I will not allow a single copper tax to slip out of my nose. ”

He waved his whip again and came to another gate for caravans and pilgrims.

He repeated over and over again: "The Marquis is lenient with every pilgrim and merchant who comes to his land, but you must bear in mind the laws of Transjordan that the judges of the circuit court will not be open to the net because you are a foreigner." ”

"I would especially like to remind you, don't try to break a branch of the sacred tree and go back, do you see the corpses hanging from those pillars? It wasn't for us to dispose of it, but for the branches of the sacred tree to hang it themselves. ”

"Leonard."

A somewhat familiar female voice sounded behind him.

Old Leonard hurriedly turned around, and when he found that it was Cellinina, he immediately showed a warm smile, as if even the folds on his cheeks had become a lot more ironed: "Miss Cellinina, why are you here?" ”

Cellina was a little uncomfortable with the enthusiasm of old Leonard, took a step back with an expressionless face, and said: "Your Excellency has an order, immediately send someone to close the passage of the Hajj to the Tree of Life, and all the pilgrims who are included also need to be cleared out." ”

Leonard was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there an enemy coming?" ”

"No, it's just that the tree of life is about to usher in another wave of rapid growth, and there may be some new changes."

Cellinina said, looking overhead, the huge canopy of trees that covered the clouds and towered into the clouds - compared to the last time they parted, the Tree of Life had not changed significantly, after all, after entering the maturity period, the rapid growth of the Tree of Life had stagnated in the area.

No one knows what kind of vision Osiris's broken rod will produce when it merges with the Tree of Life.

Even Lothar didn't know.

After all, the effect of the system is that fusing Osiris's broken staff can make the tree of life mature earlier - but the problem is that the mother plant of the tree of life has already entered the maturity stage.

Maturity and maturity - it will not go straight into old age, right?

Meanwhile, in the governor's residence at Damietta, Lothar was listening to a report from his men.

The resistance in Damietta has been basically wiped out, leaving only the manors, fortresses, and many small villages outside the city, and this part of the small forces, like grass on the wall, as long as he sends troops to approach, basically will not have much resistance to take it.

Take Damietta City, and Damietta Province can basically be declared to have been taken by Lothar.

"How's the coronation going?"

Lothar asked casually.

He was ready to be crowned Grand Duke of Lower Egypt at St. Mark's Basilica in Damietta, although in a hurry and without the coronation of Baldwin IV or the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.

But after all, becoming a duke is the best way for Lothar to improve his strength in a short period of time.

After that, even if Damietta was recaptured by the infidels and the crusaders were defeated, he could not say that the crusade to the south had not gained anything.

As for the coronation as king of Egypt, at least one of the two must wait for Alexander or Cairo to be on the agenda.

Jeanne smiled: "All the best, the bishop of the Copts will be happy to coronate you in St. Mark's Church, but some of the people in the crusaders, represented by Cardinal Sebastian, have a little bit of a complaint about your coronation." ”

She paused and said, "After all, the only territory you really control in Lower Egypt is the city of Damietta. ”

"Since it's a microword, it doesn't matter, and I know that the name is not true, but now what I need is a name."

Lothar tapped her fingers on the table, calculating the time: "According to the time, Nina should be almost in Neo-Habsburg at this time, and I don't know what changes will occur to the tree of life after fusing Osiris's scepter." ”

At this time, the system's prompt sounded in Lothar's ears.

The Tree of Life is fused with Osiris's Broken Staff, and its growth level has been newly improved, and the new trait "Immortal Body" has been obtained.

Immortal: Can hold a single slot, and will be revived in the Tree of Life in full state immediately after death.

This place

After a moment's thought, Lothar wrote her name decisively.

It's not that he's greedy for life and afraid of death, but as long as he lives, even if Jeanne and Hans die in battle, he can find an opportunity to resurrect him, such as the "Nirvana" talent obtained by killing the tyrannical dragon.

This talent can be shared with the followers, but the disadvantage is that the resurrection takes too long, and I don't know if there will be sequelae.

But in case Lothar himself died.

He doubted that all the servants who existed because of him could continue to survive.

If there are no others, all the servants will disappear.

The dragon egg he turned into in "Nirvana" is afraid that it will not be possible to hatch him again when it becomes a fossil in a few hundred years.

(End of chapter)