Chapter 1075

Edward's plan failed, but his goal was achieved.

According to the night watchman's assumption at the beginning, although Brandon, as Prince of East Saxony, has the name of the crown prince, he does not have the real name of the crown prince - the reason is very simple. His popularity in the empire is too poor. Apart from a few nobles and Duke Byrne willing to support him, even few nobles in East Saxony are willing to be loyal to him.

That's why he took the opportunity of the return of the blood skeleton Valley Legion to crown Brandon with the iron crown and the Royal sword, so that Brandon could become the Imperial Emperor "in one step", and then slowly accumulate his prestige through the war.

This was not what Brandon wanted, but he also knew how rare the opportunity his night watchman leader had won.

So he changed his way and called on the soldiers to "voluntarily" join himself on the grounds of "saving the imperial capital and officially coronating", turning their unwilling "recommendation" into a spontaneous alliance of "fighting for common interests".

It happened suddenly, but Brandon was not a pure whim, but a decision made after careful thinking.

The remnant army of duanjieshan fortress is 8000, the East Saxony army is 30000, the Boyi cavalry army is 6000, and the bain Knight army is 3000... These people come from a variety of sources and have different interests, but they are basically the same, that is, marching into Golovin.

So Brandon let the total of nearly 50000 troops spontaneously assemble under his command, and it was also a huge legion with complete equipment, top square infantry and light and heavy mobile forces, good logistics support and high combat quality, which became his "basic plate".

At the same time, the 20000 Boyi army has set out from the Great Green Sea under the leadership of the big Boyi and is entering East Saxony;

The eastern Saxophone lords who completely surrendered to the imperial crown prince are also gathering troops according to the order of the sky palace, and 50000 recruits are rushing to the nearest barracks one after another;

In the south, 80000 Bain elite legions, which have already assembled, are rushing to aid the capital of Timor, Golovin, in accordance with the order of the round table parliament;

At the same time, under the threat of Byrne, the Principality of Arles began to assemble its troops and advance to the mount of aymans, as promised by their Duke at the meeting of the Royal Knights of the sword; The mountain people in this hilly area also began to respond to the call one after another and gathered one after another.

East Saxony, El Mans, Boye, Bain, Arles... The whole empire is marching one after another according to the arrangement of connord and the agreed route.

Some of these troops have received news, while others still know nothing about what happened in the imperial capital and duanjie mountain; They were mobilized just because of Connor's orders.

This huge army of tens of thousands, together with the materials gathered in the imperial capital, enough for 200000 troops to squander, as well as the complete logistics line from West sakran to eboden, is the biggest "legacy" left by Conrad.

What Brandon has to do now is to rely on his army of 50000 people to advance all the way to the south. While fighting with the Azores, Brandon continues to receive these heritages under his own command in the name of "imperial crown prince", "saving the imperial capital" and "avenging emperor Connaught", March towards the imperial capital and triumph in the heavenly palace.

Step into his own palace and let those who despise him bow down to be ministers - that's what Brandon wants.

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"Er... Wait, don't worry, come one by one."

In the Byrne camp in the ruins of duanjie mountain, Loren Turin, sitting in front of the round table, looked around at the guys who surrounded him and raised his hands with a smile.

Lucian, mentor Dalton, Isaac, Charlotte and Ayn, five people with different expressions surrounded him in the center.

"I know you have a lot to ask. I also know you may have been waiting for a long time. I also know that you have been worried about my safety, so..."

"Who is worried about your safety?"

Before he finished, Charlotte, with a cold hum, snatched and said, "I'm worried about Ayn and the soldiers you took to the blood skeleton Valley!"

"Duke Byrne, I don't know what you think of making such a crazy move when you clearly have a better choice! Do you understand what you're fighting and take your life as..."

"She's really worried about you."

The blinking little wizard said a word gently, and the red Countess of the red blood Castle turned her head with a faint hum, and her shoulders kept slightly shaking.

The dark haired wizard smiled awkwardly.

Different from the "reasonable" ayin, the more powerful Charlotte will not express her feelings so simply and clearly. She is eager to control everything, but lacks this power, so she can only desperately suppress her emotions and impulses; Especially in the face of a situation she can't control, this anxiety will become more and more obvious in her.

"I've learned the general course from Lucian."

Glancing at the gray pupil behind him, Dalton kand put his hands on his back and looked at Lauren: "so... What's the situation now?"

These are actually two questions.

The Azores have launched a full-scale invasion, and the military front is directed at the imperial capital Golovin; However, with the total annihilation of the Azores in the north, the eagle king fell in the blood skeleton Valley, and the strategic plan of the Azores to besiege the Empire on three sides has been completely bankrupt.

Not only that, because although duanjieshan fell, the main Legion did not suffer too many casualties because of its timely withdrawal; The imperial principalities in the Middle East, such as sakran, Boyi, Arle and El Mans, are still well preserved, enough to create a military advantage over any part of the Azores invaders.

In other words, unless the imperial capital Golovin is immediately occupied, or Shenlin castle is broken, lottel is completely occupied by the Azores, and the connection with eboden and Western saxoland is opened, the two Azores will echo around; Otherwise, the Azores fighting on their own will have to be surrounded and annihilated.

Of course, the strength of the elves is still very strong, and we can't completely deny the possibility of follow-up reinforcements, but at least the advantage of the war situation is slowly tilting towards the Empire; The Azores, who had no foundation in this land, could not stand firm unless they colonized on a large scale.

After nearly half a year of war, the empire finally gave full play to its real strength.

But the problem is that the Empire... Or Loren Turin's enemies are not just Azores.

"In short, our enemy is still the Azores, but... It's not just them, 'black cross' serliol... He's back."

Said the dark haired wizard with a wry smile.

The voice fell, and everyone's expression was surprised at the same time.

On that snowy morning a few years ago, Loren had told everyone about the "black cross" serliol and the threat he brought. He somehow understood what level this guy's threat was.

In a word, "the man behind the destruction of the Dragon kingdom" and "the culprit who killed the black Duke and sealed the female warrior God" are enough to explain everything.

The moment he opened the second valve, he had found serliol's empty force... Although it was so weak that he could not have noticed it before, he did find it this time.

Loren is also very sure that the other party knows this, and it is even very likely to let himself find it on purpose; In the arrogant serlior's view, this may be his way and posture of declaring war on himself. After all, if the second valve is not opened, he can't be aware of him.

He's declaring war, just like a knight on high - I'm coming. You should prepare as much as possible, because no matter how much you prepare, you will die under my sword in the end.

"Is there no possibility of... Compromise?" Charlotte couldn't help turning back.

She knew little about the existence of serliol. Basically, she understood it as an evil god who was very hostile to Loren and had killed the black Duke.

With a sigh, Loren shook his head: "never die."

The Countess of red blood Castle frowned.

"What's his purpose?" Dalton kand asked coldly, "is it still the same as in the past, to seize two nine pointed star Holy Grails?"

Lauren nodded slightly.

"Now one of the Holy Grails is on you and the other is where you know it, so..." Dalton's voice stopped suddenly:

"We must stop him."

The dark haired wizard nodded solemnly: "we must stop him."

The location of the second Holy Grail is a secret that only Loren himself knows - not only can he not tell anyone, but he can't even have any "impulse" to remember... He didn't quite understand in the past, but now he finally understands why the "Last Wizard" warned himself so.

Because the void response itself is the "radiation" of a certain conscious message and emotional changes, the changes of your emotions and thoughts in your mind will act on your void response.

Just by opening the second valve, Loren can "read" the other person's emotional changes from the person's empty reaction, and whether he is lying; Well, if it's the "black cross" serliol, I'm afraid I can "read" more from it.

Maybe it's just a flashback, a fragment in his mind, and he can detect the crucial information.

"So... How will he attack?"

Lucian is most concerned about this: "when exactly?"

Lauren still smiled bitterly.

"At any time," whispered the dark haired wizard, "at any time, anywhere, in any way... For serliol, there are no chess pieces in the world that are not used by him; in a sense, he is really only the last step away from seizing the world."

"All right, all right, it's almost my turn?"

As soon as he pushed aside Lucian, Isaac squeezed himself in front of Lauren, and his eyes stared round: "tell me, you opened the second valve, right?!"

"Uh... Yes."

"Sure enough! When Lucian described it, I knew I guessed right!" Isaac smiled proudly, and then stared eagerly at the dark haired Wizard:

"So... What's the feeling - is your present existence a 'material' existence or a 'spiritual' existence? Do you no longer need to use runes to use the power of emptiness?"

"Er, this..."

"Ask one by one!" the little wizard on one side stood angrily and stared at Isaac: "Loren hasn't fully recovered yet. How do you want him to answer you!"

"I... you... Water your head... Okay."

With a long sigh, Isaac took a few deep breaths and looked at Lauren solemnly: "a question - what is the so-called 'wisdom' of the second valve?"

"This... Is difficult to express clearly in a few words."

Lauren whispered, "my advice is that if one day you find a chance to open the second valve... You'd better be more cautious, because once you take this step, you can't turn back."

"Can't turn back... What do you mean?" Isaac couldn't help asking.

"In short, you have to make a choice - this decision will lead to the complete disappearance of a part of you and will never recover."

"Instead, you will become another level of existence; it is more like a transformation than evolution, and in terms of the results I see, the cost may be much more than what I get."

"Well..."

Isaac narrowed his eyes and fell into a state of meditation.

"Well, I'll try to be as cautious as possible then - it's a big deal to wait until I'm dying before making a decision; I know that the freswalker school has many ways to prolong people's life."

"As for others... I'll find out by myself when it's time. If I fully understand this kind of thing, it's boring; knowledge is to keep a little mystery, so that people can have the desire to explore!"

Lauren nodded.

As for whether Isaac can do this, it is completely beyond the consideration of the two people - with his talent and the inheritance of knowledge from the Dragon King tower, it is really strange that he can't open the second valve.

Just when Isaac wanted to ask what else, a flag officer opened the curtain of the camp, stood outside the door and greeted the dark haired wizard slightly:

"On the order of his highness Brandon de sallion, Prince of East Saxony, if the Duke and the Earl of red blood castle have no special reason, please move to the conference hall to discuss with his highness about rescuing the imperial capital!"

Although the flag officer used a respectful tone, his expression and attitude were very tough and could not be refuted at all.

"Now?"

"Now," said the flag officer solemnly, "Your Highness Brandon's original words are - if Duke Byrne agrees, a battle conference will be held immediately."

In the morning, I just preached in the barracks, and in the evening, I began to plan what to do?

The dark haired wizard sighed, looked at Charlotte with a tipsy cheek, and stood up silently:

"Please tell your highness Brandon that the meeting can begin!"