"His Highness Lelouch." Just as Lelouch and Suzaku were talking, a herald hurried over.

"What's the matter?" Lelouch was not angry that he was interrupted from a rare chat with his friends, although it was only one time, but he was no longer so immature after experiencing the baptism of war.

Under normal circumstances, the herald will only convey Yang Hui's orders, which can be regarded as Yang Hui's real direct department, and seeing him running out of breath, it should be a very urgent matter.

"Your Highness's Emergency Summoning Order."

"Emergency summoning order?" Lelouch was stunned for a moment, then agreed, "I know, I'll leave immediately." ”

The herald saluted and hurried away, it seemed that he had other people to deliver an urgent summons.

"Then I'll go first, Suzaku, you have to come on, when you are promoted to an official knight, I will go to Yang Hui to ask for someone." Lelouch patted Lelouch on the shoulder and encouraged him.

"Well, I will, you go too."

Lelouch nodded, turned around and left the camp of the apprentice knight, and soon after, the rest time of the Suzaku was over, and he returned to the team for the next training.

"The results of this year's promotion assessment are coming out soon, and I hope I can pass the ......"

Just as Suzaku was thinking of this on the way home, the instructor in charge of managing it found him.

"What? I...... Promoted? Suzaku looked dazed.

"Yes, congratulations, Knight of the Pivot, you are now an official Nightmare Knight." The instructor said to Suzaku with relief.

The instructor was a Burnitarian, an elite veteran who had followed Yang Hui in the northern and southern wars since the establishment of the [Nightmare] Knights, and at the beginning, like most Bunitarians, he looked down on numbers from all over the world.

But under the influence and edification of Yang Hui, the principles of the [Nightmare] Knights have been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, the strong is king, no matter where you come from, as long as you are good enough, you can be recognized and worthy of respect.

"Yes...... But isn't there still a month left for this year's promotion evaluation? Suzaku asked honestly.

"That's right, but there are exceptions, last year you regretted not being selected, but we have always seen your excellence, this year you have also made great efforts, your results have been better than the requirements of the formal assessment, so several of our instructors jointly reported and applied for your early promotion."

"This ...... Thank you very much, instructor. Suzaku was overwhelmed by the sudden surprise and thanked him excitedly.

"Haha, you kid don't have to thank us, we are also selfish in doing this." The instructor smiled straightforwardly, "On the one hand, replenishing [Nightmare] with excellent fresh blood, we will also be rewarded by His Highness; On the other hand......"

As he spoke, the instructor lowered his voice and leaned close to Suzaku's ear and said to him, "...... There are a lot of good seedlings in this year, and there are only a few places, so you and a few other guys who are directly promoted don't occupy other people's places. ”

"Uh......" Shumu Suzaku was stunned for a moment, smiled wryly, and secretly spied "I...... I see, instructor. ”

"Well, it's teachable." The instructor nodded with satisfaction, and then patted Shumu Suzaku on the back, hitting him staggering, "Go and pack your things, soon your order will come down, don't embarrass us when you arrive in the new unit!" ”

"Yes!"

……

Because of the importance of the emergency summoning order, the summoned Lelouch and the ten twelve zodiac Dao arrived at the governor's palace as quickly as possible, and they were all puzzled why Yang Hui would use the emergency summoning order to summon them, after all, the suppression operation of [ELEVEN] had just ended, and there should not be a huge battle.

However, in Yang Hui will be Charles · When DI Burnitalia's secret order was informed, everyone's expressions were mixed.

Regeni Rejetta and Fujido Kagyoshiro had very calm expressions, as if this matter had nothing to do with them; Jeremiah, Veretta, and Joan Rowe remained calm, but their eyes flashed with excitement and excitement; Ania continued to be expressionless, and then blatantly secretly filmed their expressions; Gino, Orpheus, Audline, and Monica all had mixed expressions and didn't know what they were thinking.

Finally, there was Lelouch with a rather disdainful expression.

"Cut, it's been so long, and that old guy finally remembers to give you a reward?" What Lelouch said was not just the suppression of the resistance organization, but how much credit could it have in the suppression operation?

He's talking about all the exploits of the Nightmare Knights since its inception.

In terms of combat exploits, the [Nightmare] Knights cooperated with a very small army to defeat [ELEVEN].

There are more other aspects, the training system formulated by Yang Hui has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the entire army of Bunitalia, the scientific research department of the [Nightmare] Knights has accelerated the iterative update of the Imperial Knightmare, and there are various civilian technologies, and now the scientific and technological level of Bunitalia has exceeded the world for at least fifty years.

These are all considered the merits of the [Nightmare] Knights, and no matter how bad Yang Hui's exploits are, they should be counted as a whole, right?

BUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS, EXCEPT FOR THE GOVERNOR OF [ELEVEN], YANG HUI OR THE [NIGHTMARE] KNIGHTS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REWARDS, AND EVEN THE GOVERNOR OF [ELEVEN] CANNOT BE REGARDED AS A REWARD, BECAUSE [ELEVEN] WAS PERSONALLY LED BY YANG HUI TO FIGHT DOWN, AND THIS IS HIS TERRITORY.

"I don't care about the reward or anything." Yang Hui shrugged his shoulders and glanced meaningfully at Jeremiah, Veretta, and Joan Rowe, who were a little excited.

Feeling Yang Hui's scrutinizing gaze, the three of them lowered their heads in shame, they are now the [Nightmare] knights, or one of the twelve aces in the elite, and they are Yang Hui's personal subordinates, their loyalty should be all handed over to Yang Hui, and they should not be loyal to Charles Hui. DI Bunitalia's reward is thrilled.

"We are now able to be self-sufficient, and his old man's reward is not very important, but if there is one, we will accept it, who will dislike it?"

This sentence also relieved the shame of the three Jeremia and made them breathe a sigh of relief.

"The problem isn't the reward itself, is it?" Lelouch frowned and said, "If you really want to reward the [Nightmare] Knights, you don't need to make a special trip back to your country, you must have other plans." ”

"It's a very accurate judgment, the information that the imperial sister got from the mouth of the ninth knight shows that several knights of the round table are about to retire."

"This! Your Highness, please refuse the Emperor no matter what. Everyone present was stunned for a moment, except for Lelouch and Regeni Rejeta, who immediately knelt down on one knee and sent a request to Yang Hui.

That's right, even now, the Knights of the Round Table are the highest honor among the knights of the Empire.

But they all know one thing very well, and that is that when they become Knights of the Round Table, they are no longer Nightmare Knights.

The Knights of the Round Table are the commanding heights of the Knights, but more often than not, they are only symbolic, and they are basically not used by the Knights of the Round Table.

Although it is safe, it is also a restriction, and not being able to make a move means that it is impossible to continue to establish meritorious deeds, and the Knight of the Round Table is only a knight after all, not a nobleman, and no matter how high and loud the honor is, it is not comparable to the actual reward.

"Don't worry, his old man won't ask for anyone, the Knight of the Round Table was not personally chosen by his old man in the first place, and he won't take back the reward he gave out, he won't do anything to slap himself in the face." Yang Hui said to the nervous crowd, reassuring their worries, "Generally speaking, the Knights of the Round Table are recommended by the active Knights of the Round Table to the emperor, and then judged by his old man, before the recommendation, the recommender will personally recruit you, so after you go back, there will definitely be active Knights of the Round Table looking for you, if you don't want to, just refuse." ”

“Yes，your highness.” X10

Jeremia and the others who heard the words were relieved, they were different from Regeni Rejetta and Fujido Kagyoshiro, they were loyal to Yang Hui at the same time they were also loyal to the Bunitarian Empire, and Regeni Rejeta and Fujido Kagyoshiro were loyal to Yang Hui himself.

"Then order all the knights, the [Nightmare] Knights are ready for the second battle, ready to set off on an expedition at any time."

"Expedition!?" Everyone looked at Yang Hui in surprise.

"Yes, the expedition." Yang Hui nodded seriously, "[Eleven] has stabilized, and there will be no problems for more than ten years, and it is not appropriate for the [Nightmare] Knights, as the sharpest blade of the empire, to remain in the scabbard all the time." ”

Hearing this, everyone lowered their heads and fell into thought, and then nodded, when Yang Hui established the [Nightmare] Knights that only belonged to him, it was on the grounds of "the sharpest sword of the empire", and now [Eleven] is stable, but there are still many digital areas that have not been completely stabilized, and there are still more territories waiting for the empire to conquer.

"Two possibilities, one is the EU and the other is the Middle East." Lelouch raised two fingers, then bent one, "There are Cornelia and the Knights of the Rose Witch in the Middle East, and our visit is just icing on the cake; So it's more likely to go to the EU. ”

“EU？ If I'm not mistaken, the current campaign against the EU is Archduke Augusta Henry Hyland, and his four knights are also known for their bravery and skill. Monica recalled what she knew, and said that the combined intelligence of the two sides made her feel that neither side needed the Nightmare Knights to participate in the war.

"The EU has been very busy lately." As he spoke, Yang Hui gave Regeni Rejeta a look, and the latter understood and distributed the information prepared in advance.

"This!"

According to the intelligence, in order to cope with the fierce attack of the four knights under the command of Augusta Henry Hyland, the EU divided by civil strife once again coalesced together, accumulated thick and thin, and developed a new generation of Knightmare [Alexander] belonging to the EU under the leadership of the genius girl Anna Gleiman, and at the same time, under the leadership of Rena von Blegau, a genius girl in commanding operations, the originally fragmented battle line was re-established, and the model of elite knights such as the [Nightmare] Knights was imitated. The Einsatzgruppen [W-ZERO] was formed.

For a time, the four brave and warlike knights encountered huge obstacles, and the entire battle situation fell into a stalemate.

(End of chapter)