Post-battle restoration work proceeded in an orderly manner, with Sna cleaning up the battlefield and burying the bodies of those killed in the battle, Varne repairing the town damaged by the demonic invasion, Landas pacifying the populace, and Gold compensating the casualties.

Crad's mission was paramount, as he was responsible for collecting the rout of the former Southwest Legion and recruiting soldiers for the Demon Hunters and Demon Hunters. In fact, the current Demon Hunting Knights should be renamed the "Demon Hunting Legion", and in Jihua, this army will recruit between 250,000 and 300,000 soldiers, including cavalry, infantry and archers. The duties of the cavalry are the same as those of the original Demon Hunter Knights, who are responsible for hunting down the low-level demons who infiltrate the territory and raiding the territory, protecting the safety of the people, and the infantry and archers are responsible for garrisoning several fortresses on the border between the empire and the demon clan to defend the border.

Dick is running back and forth between the imperial capital and Otto City through the magic teleportation array, and now he is a marquis and a powerful general in charge of a legion, and all parties in the imperial capital have thrown olive branches to him, but Dick clearly knows that he still does not have enough voice in the upper class of the imperial capital, so he did not give a clear answer to any Shili's solicitation. And all parties didn't dare to push him too much, just as he was a centrist who wanted to protect himself.

On this day, Dick was again involved in the proceedings in the palace hall, and the marquis title was able to secure him a place in the palace hall.

Of course, Dick, as a party and a fief far away in the southwest, it was not compulsory for him to participate in the deliberations of the imperial capital, after all, there were several local nobles who would run around the two places all day long through the teleportation magic array like him, and even if they had the funds to arrange the magic array, they did not use the magic power of the magic array.

But Dick will definitely come to participate in the palace deliberations as long as he has time, for no other reason, the imperial capital is the most well-informed place, and it is also the place where all parties are crisscrossed, and the big people in the imperial capital stomp their feet, which may cause a major earthquake tens of thousands of miles away. Dick didn't want to be like a fool in the day when there was a "big earthquake" in his territory and he didn't know anything.

The Great Hall of the Council is still as lavish as usual, with carved balustrades, a dome painted with gold painted with dragons, and four walls carved with reliefs in praise of the god of war, Trencius.

At the very front of the main hall, on the throne high above, sat the supreme ruler of the Miro Empire, Emperor Edward VII. On the right side of the throne, there stood a civil servant in court clothes, led by Prime Minister McCallan, and on the left was a military general dressed in armor, led by Imperial Marshal Lupsas. Dick stood in the middle of the general's side.

A tall and thin old man with a white beard stood in the center of the hall and delivered an indignant speech: "...... This is a provocation to our Miro Empire, and it is also a blasphemy against the supreme god of war, Faun and Xius are too deceitful, if Bixia is not investigated to the end, it will be difficult for the people to be angry......"

According to Dick's understanding, the incident happened a month ago, when the news of the Demon Clan's invasion had just been reported to the imperial capital, Edward VII immediately ordered the Frontier Legion, the Southern Legion and the Miro Legion to send troops to the southwest.

It was also at that time that several missionaries of the Holy See of Light took advantage of the scarcity of the Imperial Frontier Legion to sneak through the checkpoints in the Grells area on the border, preaching the teachings of the Lord of Light in Milo, and were expelled immediately after being discovered. The soldiers of the Miro Empire, who believed in the god of war, never knew what politeness was when dealing with infidels, so the conflict between the two sides escalated from verbal to hands-on, and later the border guards of the Xius Empire and the Faun Empire were also involved.

This is a border conflict that is not too big or small, and at worst, it is a matter bigger than the sky, involving a matter of faith, and it may cause a full-scale war between the three countries. But if it is said to be small, that is, a few soldiers on the border fight and provoke in private, as long as the monarchs of various countries do not seriously investigate and send a few diplomatic ambassadors to play Tai Chi, the matter will be over.

Edward VII sat patiently on the throne and listened to the impassioned speech of the old minister below, and then asked lightly: "Do you have any opinion on this?"

Prince Longer came out of the crowd of generals, walked straight to the center of the main hall, and bowed to Edward VII and said: "Father, the sons and daughters think that what the old general Taaiman said is very right, this is a provocation to the dignity of our Miro Empire, and the conflict was completely provoked by the other two countries, and we have every reason to investigate it to the end!"

Before Prince Longer could retreat, another young man came out from among the ministers, Dick recognized this person, he was the great prince of the empire, Yorkson, he also bent down to the emperor on the throne Bixia Yaoyao and said: " Erchen doesn't think so, our three kingdoms of the human race are all facing the threat of alien races, if we start a war rashly, it will undoubtedly give aliens an opportunity, and this matter is at best just a conflict between a few soldiers on the border of the three countries, and it is really ungraceful to worry about such a trivial matter. ”

Yorkson's slender figure was hardly concealed by his loose court clothes, and his curly blond hair and blue eyes, pale complexion and elegant temperament made it hard to imagine that this was a pampered prince, and he looked more like a wandering bard or a well-rounded scholar.

"The words of the Great Prince are a bit irresponsible, what is called 'losing the demeanor of a great country'," Marshal Lupsas also stood up and said: "The border guards of Hughes and Faun openly slandered the great god of war we believe in, and if they don't even fight back against this, they will insult our great country demeanor! Besides, although the alien race is arrogant, our human race is also full of talents, let's just say that a few days ago, what about the 200,000 demon army?

The Imperial Marshal walked out, and the Prime Minister naturally couldn't stand, and McCallan also played: "The Marshal's words are wrong, the doctrine of the God of War advocates that we fight against the aliens, but we don't let the Terrans kill each other. Furthermore, if there is to be a war against both countries at the same time, it is still two to say whether I, Miro, will be able to win. ”

Lupsas immediately said: "I didn't say that we should go to war against the two countries at the same time, the first missionaries to cross the border are from the Theseus Empire, and the first soldiers to get involved in this dispute are from the Faun Empire, we can bite one of them and start a war against any empire to restore the prestige of my Miro Empire." ”

Another person stood up among the ministers: "Your Excellency Marshal, your subordinate officials said bluntly, won't a country that has not been affected by the war reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

Another military general in armor stood up in the group of generals: "......"

Edward VII couldn't help frowning as he looked at the officials of the two factions who were each holding a word under the main hall, and the officials of the two factions who did not give in to each other could not help frowning. He didn't know that this matter was beautifully said in order to maintain the dignity of the empire and protect the glory of the god of war. In fact, it's just a struggle for power between the two factions.

If the empire goes to war with the outside world, it will inevitably reuse military generals, then the status and influence of the military generals will naturally rise, so the military generals led by Lupsas will be the main battle, and the civilian generals led by McAllan will be the main peace.

Edward VII suddenly felt very tired and tired. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and no longer looked at the noisy ministers below.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a person, Dick, the hero who fought off the demons some time ago, this centrist figure who did not accept any invitation from Shili. He suddenly wanted to hear this man's opinion.

Edward VII held out his hand and motioned for all his ministers to be quiet. Then, the emperor Bixia spoke: "Marquis Dick, do you think our Miro Empire should fight, or should we make peace?"

The eyes of everyone in the entire hall looked at Dick, and in the huge hall, the silent needle throwing could be heard in an instant.

Dick's eyes lit up, and he strode out of the ranks of the generals, stooped down and saluted Edward VII, and said aloud, "Fight!" His voice echoed in the chamber, which was now completely silent.

"What about Weishenme?" asked Edward VII with a smile.

"There are four reasons for this. Dick replied aloud:

"First, our Miro Empire can't show weakness, if we appear too weak diplomatically, the other two empires will think that we can be bullied, and even if we don't pursue this matter anymore, the other two empires will not give up. ”

"Second, our Miro Empire is very powerful, and although we can't go to war with two empires at the same time, it is enough to support a large-scale war. ”

"Third, this incident has aroused public indignation among the people, and the people's will is available, and the chances of our army defeating the enemy country will inevitably be greatly increased. On the other hand, if we do not go to the army, we may make the civilians angry. ”

"Fourth, a few days ago, the demons invaded, and you have ordered the Frontier Legion, the Southern Legion and the Miro Legion to send 400,000 troops to the southwest to support, but now these troops are not used, and they have not yet returned to their respective legions, just to fight back against the enemy!"

After saying something, the military generals were full of momentum, and they also attracted angry eyes from the civilian side.

"Okay!" Edward VII said, "Just listen to what Qing Zhi says!" So, do you think you should attack the Xiusi Empire or the Faun Empire." ”

"Faun Empire!" Dick replied without hesitation, in his eyes.

Edward VII frowned: "Weishenme?"

Dick only had a wry smile in his heart, his heart was clear, if the Miro Empire wanted to send troops, the suitable target would naturally be the Xiusi Empire. The reason is simple, the Miro Empire shares a large territory with the Theseus Empire, but the only border with the Faun Empire is the Grells Plain. 400,000 troops are to be sent from the Plains of Grells into the territory of the Faun Empire...... Have you ever seen this when thousands of troops have crossed a single-plank bridge?

But it has been Dick's dream to send troops to the Faun Empire to make the Miro Empire go to the Empire for the past ten years, and now, even if it doesn't work, he has to bite the bullet.

Dick searched for reasons in his mind, and then said: "Bixia, the Hughes Empire is a relatively moderate and conservative country compared to the Faun Empire, so if we choose to go to the Faun Empire, we basically don't have to worry about the Hughes Empire taking advantage of the fisherman, and the 400,000 soldiers you gathered a few days ago originally planned to go to the southwest to support, and Faun is located in the southwest of Milo, which can save the time of marching." ”

Edward VII shook his head: "Have you ever thought about it, there is the territory of the Demon Clan sandwiched between my Miro Empire and the Faun Empire, and the territory of the two countries is directly bordered only by the Grells Plain, how can we make the 400,000 troops enter the territory of Faun through such a small plain? Will the Faun people give us this time?"

Dick stiffened his head and said, "Maybe we can use the Dao Xius Empire to enter Faun." ”

Edward VII said: "The Empire of Theseus was also involved in this incident, and it was in the same camp as the Faen, because they also believed in the Lord of Light. The Empire of Xius will not agree to our borrowing. At this, Edward VII waved his hand, "Dick, you stand down first." ”

Dick opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but eventually the sparkle in his eyes dimmed, and he said nothing, and he retreated into the group of generals.

Next, Edward VII and his ministers discussed the matter of war against the Empire of Theseus. Dick stood on top of the main hall, looking at the ministers who were scrambling to speak first, but he was no longer in the mood to listen to the contents. His eyes were blank and thoughtful.

The deliberations were soon over, and the ministers dispersed one after another, except for Marshal Lupsas and the fourth prince Long'er who were left behind by Edward VII to discuss a war with the Empire of Hughes.

The deep night shrouded the Marquis' Mansion in the city of Otto, and almost everyone fell asleep, and there was silence between heaven and earth.

The moonlight shone obliquely into Dick's bedroom through the open window, and on the floor of the bedroom, there was a huge and complex magic array carved into it, which was more than five times the size of the auxiliary cultivation array that Dick used before, and all kinds of precious and rare magic materials were inlaid between the lines of the magic array, making the entire magic array shine with a shining light, which was the magic array that Dick bought from the Shadow Thorn at a sky-high price.

Dick was sitting cross-legged in the center of the magic circle at this time, he swiped his hand in the air, opened the space bag, took out a divine grace potion from it, pulled the stopper from the bottle, and poured the potion into his mouth.

The billowing energy fluctuations fluctuated in Dick's body, refining and absorbing them at a rapid speed. Dimihera floated above Dick's head, and half of the energy Dick absorbed was expelled again and poured into his body.

Ever since the battle with Badajoth, Dick had a vague feeling that he was about to break through, and he had been trapped in the realm of a ninth-level great mage and high-level warrior for some time.

Just tonight, when he had been cultivating for about an hour, suddenly the robes on his body were windless, and a strong and domineering momentum suddenly surged out from his body, and at the same time, his body suddenly burst out with a huge suction, absorbing the heaven and earth energy around him at a terrifying speed.

"Dimichra, do you see it, I've broken through to the realm of a magister and a knight!" said with Dick's self-control.

But then he found that Dimihera had undergone a strange change, it was still floating in the air, but the black qi around it became extremely condensed at this moment, and it was like a substance in an ellipsoidal shape, enveloping Dimehera's entire body. It looks like a black dome. The dome is a man's height and a meter in diameter at its thickest point.

Dick recalled what Dimihra had said when the Demon Clan invaded, and he had said that his Liliang had reached a critical point at that time, and that if he broke through to the strength of the Magister and the Knight, it would also break through. Thinking of this, Dick finally put his mind at ease. He stood by the side of the giant egg that Dimihera had formed. The demon had helped him so much, and Dick didn't want anything to happen to him.

As the minutes passed, the sun gradually rose in the sky, and the sun slowly rose overhead, and began to fall towards the west again. Dick was always by Dimihera's side. With Dick's current cultivation, not eating or sleeping for a few days is not a big deal.

When night fell again, the black dome finally reacted, and a crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the dome, and then quickly spread on the dome, and then with a "wave", the dome completely shattered.

Dick was aware of the first crack as he stared at the black egg, which shattered completely, and he was stunned.

"Dimichra, you're a woman?!"