"What are you thinking, boy?" asked Dimihera, who stepped forward from behind her, standing side by side with Dick in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

"I'm thinking about the past, and I'm thinking about the future. Dick stared out the window at a snowflake falling until it hit the ground and merged with the white expanse.

Demichra was silent, and after a long while, she said: "In the competition for the throne, Longer has a strong edge over Yorkson, if he really inherits the throne, will it be bad for you?"

"I don't know. Dick confessed, "But I'm already on this boat, and it's not easy to get into the water anymore." ”

"Yes......" said Dimichra softly, as if muttering to herself.

At this moment, the eyes of both of them were attracted by a figure outside the window. It was a cavalryman, dressed in a black snow cloak, with a felt hat on his head, a few blood stains on his face, a straight uniform, and a fierce steed, roaring all the way through the open north gate, holding the reins of his horse in one hand and holding a scroll high in the other.

"Get out of the way!" even through the window, the two of them could hear his loud shout. The fast horse whipped and galloped all the way, and everyone on the side of the road gave way, and the direction he was driving in was the palace of the Miro Empire.

"Something must have happened. Dick whispered.

"What do you think will happen?" asked Demichra curiously.

Dick muttered, "He's from the north, and he should have something to do with the undead." But it is also possible that there was a border conflict with the Empire of Hughes in the northwest. Who knows, but if there is a big event, Emperor Bixia will definitely summon us. ”

Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, the palace envoy visited Dick's Duke's palace.

"Lord Dick, Emperor Bixia urgently summoned his ministers. As soon as the palace envoy entered, he said, "Therefore, please move quickly." ”

"Got it. Dick answered, and then returned to his luxurious bedroom, changed into the uniform of an imperial officer, and then put on his cloak, walked out of the door, and got into the carriage against the wind and snow, and Dimihera turned into a black mist and burrowed into him.

The carriage rolled and went, making two shallow snow marks on the snow. Go straight to the palace hall.

Dick opened the window of the carriage and let the cold wind blow into it, and looked out of the carriage, where on the avenue leading to the palace were the carriages of many other officials or nobles. Judging from the family crest that adorned the outer wall of the carriage, Edward VII summoned most of the high nobles in the imperial capital.

The carriage drove all the way to the gate of the palace, and the coachman stepped out of the driver's seat and opened the door, and then Dick got out of the carriage, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the palace.

"Duke Dick, are you here too?" suddenly a voice sounded behind him.

Dick looked back and saw that it was Marshal Lupsas who spoke, and beside him, stood the fourth prince of the empire, Long'er. Longle smiled at Dick as well. It's kind of said hello.

"Yes, does the marshal know what Bixia summoned us for?" Dick laughed.

Lupsas shrugged his shoulders: "Bixia's affairs, how can we as courtiers speculate privately?"

Dick also paid attention to the information that Prolo provided to him two months ago about the four princes' resentment against him. However, in the past two months, there has been nothing unusual about Lupsas and Longle's performances. Dick didn't know in detail.

"Duke Dick, let's go quickly, don't let my father wait. Longer smiled.

The three of them were about to walk towards the palace hall, but Dick suddenly felt as if a gaze was burning his back. He couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see that the eldest prince Yorkson was also walking towards the gate of the palace, and walking side by side with him was Prime Minister Macaulon.

Yorkson opened his mouth and smiled: "My dear brother, why don't you wait for me to be my brother?"

Hearing this, Long Er looked back: "I'm really sorry, I thought brother, you didn't receive a notice from your father." ”

Lupsas said: "Your Highness, what you said is not right, are you saying that His Royal Highness the Great Prince is not qualified to participate in the proceedings of Bixia?"

"Oh, my dear brother," said the fourth prince, "don't get me wrong, you know, I didn't mean that. ”

McAllan laughed, pulled away from the awkward topic and said, "So Duke Dick is also here, how are you doing, Duke?"

Dick smiled: "The lower official is very good, and Lord Lao has bothered." ”

Yorkson spoke at this time, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling: "My dear brother, you are not too young, shouldn't you also find a suitable girl to marry? ”

Dick and Long's pupils suddenly shrank at the same time!

Dick was the first to laugh and said, "The big prince is a bit of a joke. ”

Longer also reacted at this time, and laughed dryly: "Big brother, you are really funny, younger brother, I can't catch up." ”

Yorkson laughed and said, "It's not too early, I think my father should be in a hurry, I'll leave first, and then Zaijian, my dear brother, and the respected Lord Lupsas and Lord Dick." ”

As he spoke, Yorkson quickened his pace and walked towards the palace. McAllan followed him closely.

"The Great Prince Zaijian. "Brother zaijian. The remaining three laughed against their will.

In the main hall, all the ministers have arrived, the ministers are standing on the right, the prime minister is McAllan, and the military general is standing on the left and led by Lupsas, and the two sides are clearly distinguished. However, there was no trace of Edward VII on the throne, and the ministers below couldn't help but talk about it.

"What's wrong with Bixia?

"I heard that Bixia was hit by a poisoned arrow, and the injury is difficult to heal, it seems to be true. ”

"Bixia was never late before, what's going on lately?"

......

Suddenly, the chatter in the hall stopped abruptly, and the pale-faced Edward VII limped to the throne with the support of two court attendants, and then sat down on the golden throne with a heavy body.

Dick couldn't help but be secretly shocked when he saw it, was this still the heroic and confident Edward VII Bixia? His face was pale, his eye sockets were deep, his cheekbones were prominent, and his body was emaciated. It seems that the battle of Huvist hit him quite hard, the poisoned arrow injured the body, but the complete defeat hurt the soul.

Grecia, Dick meditated on the name again in his heart, and if he had a chance, he must see what kind of character this is.

Edward VII waved his hand, and the ministers below immediately fell silent.

Edward VII spoke, his voice still firm and steady: "According to the military situation, just yesterday, the undead in the north defeated the northern legion of my Miro Empire, and now there are at least more than half a million undead armies in the south to slaughter the subjects of our empire! ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall was boiling.

If there is any alien race on the continent of Karimodan that is most hated by the human race, then it is undoubtedly the undead that Edward VII said.

The undead, also known as the Scourge of the Undead, who usually gather in the extreme arctic ice fields of the continent, are creatures between "life" and "death", their stench, their darkness, their habit of eating corpses, and their practice of making the dead unable to rest in peace, make them the object of disgust for everyone.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and the dark mages of the Terrans, the necromancer, are very fond of dealing with the undead.

The ministers said, "What about General Saker who led the Northern Army?

Edward VII smirked, "He may have become a meal for the ghouls, or you may be able to meet him in the skeleton legions of the undead." ”

Immediately there was a deathly silence in the hall.

After a long time, the fourth prince Long Er came out of the crowd of military generals: "Father, please let me lead the troops to resist the Undead Scourge Legion." ”

A hint of appreciation flashed in Edward VII's eyes, and he turned to the generals and said, "Could it be that Long'er is the only one in the entire court who dares to fight against the undead?"

Marshal Lupsas immediately stepped out and saluted Edward VII and said, "Back to Bixia, Wechen is willing to go with us to help His Highness Longer." ”

Dick tilted his head and thought about it, and also walked out of the ranks of generals: "Weichen is also willing to lead the demon hunting army to help!"

"Good" Although Edward VII was sick, he also stroked his palms and smiled: "It seems that my Miro Empire is not short of brave generals!" His eyes looked around and saw that the rest of the generals were weak for a while.

"The congregation will obey. Edward VII said loudly.

"The end will be. Lupsas, Lunn, and Dick replied in unison, their voices firm.

"Lupsas, you are in charge of commanding the 120,000 Miro Legion, including the newly recruited soldiers, to destroy the Undead Scourge. Edward VII's voice echoed through the silent Great Hall.

"Yes, as you command!" Lupsas replied respectfully.

"Longer, you are in charge of assisting Marshal Lupsas. ”

"Yes, as you command!" said Long'er.

"As for Dick," muttered Edward VII, "you are responsible for leading your fifteen thousand demon hunters to assist Marshal Lupsas. Remember, it is assistance, an army is not allowed to have two commanders, and you must follow the orders of the marshal in critical decisions. ”

"Yes, as you commanded!" Dick saluted.

Edward VII added, "The court mages, including Mr. Fario, will accompany you. It also gives you the power to organize and dominate the defeated Northern Legions, as well as the private army of the local nobility. ”

"Xie Bixia!" the three of them saluted in unison.