Vol 6 Chapter 285: Throne, duke, friend

With the destruction of the last Azore elf, the highland battle finally came to an end.
As far as the empire is concerned, ending this "inner battle" on the eve of midsummer is an established matter; and no one will win the battle of the defending of Ebden, the battle of the Valley of Blood, the Duke of Bayern There was no surprise in this "little ending".
The "shooting army" that Loren pulled out for the first time was a surprise that surprised everyone.
The "Jiaoguang Sword" that can attack a thousand steps away, the "Jiaoguang spear" that is endlessly shining ... Even the grand dukes who think they "have a little understanding" of the wizard, are really affected by the power of this weapon. Startled.
Despite this, almost all the Dukes and Counts who were present only stayed at the level of "frightening"-very simple, because in order to operate these weapons, there must first be a wizard.
Only the apprentice-level "Jiaoguang Spear" can be ignored for the time being. An improved version of the "Jiaoguang Sword" requires at least five mystic wizards and twelve alchemists in charge ... in addition to the current nine-man star wizard Byrne, who is fully supported by the tower, cannot be drawn by so many wizards in any principality.
Of course, it ’s not really not, but most of these people are the only physicians, pharmacists, clerks, and alchemists in their respective territories ... Pull them all out to fight, and there is no substitute in the territory. Make up.
Only His Royal Highness Brandon, the "faceless prince", had a great interest in this "new army"-it is well known that the advantage of the Sackland Legion lies in the frontal heavy infantry phalanx; whether it is "Jiaoguang Spear" or "Jiaoguang Sword" can provide extremely powerful projective firepower for the legion, to a certain extent make up for the shortcomings of mobility.
And Sakran, who has a long history of alchemy, is far stronger than the stereotyped old Byrne in terms of wizardry; regardless of financial, human or material resources, if you want to, you can pull out a "shooting army" that is not inferior to Byrne.
While he was eager to find Isaac, he was greeted by a basin of cold water.
Yes, money is never a problem.
The problem is not enough money.
The actual cost of the "Jiaoguang spear", which has the lowest requirements for human and material resources, is not cheap-throwing away the physical requirements, the power and range are basically the same as ordinary heavy crossbows, but the cost is at least two Times.
And the current failure rate of this thing is still high, a little problem may explode, and once exploded, it will end in death;
The power of it must also be scaled, and the cost of forming a shooting army is enough to arm two or three times the crossbowmen ... The most important thing is that training and selection of personnel also takes time.
As for the beautiful looking "Jiaoguang Sword" ... aside from the cost, a thousand-step range doesn't really make much sense-unless there is a sharp shooter like a small wizard, it can shoot a thousand steps away from Jiaoguang The sword, only to the extent of hearing it, cannot return to the book at all.
But Brandon still waved his hand and sent a commission to the Nine-Man Star Wizard Tower as Prince Sacran-because this thing was created by Byrne, but in order to make Isaac a veteran, it belongs to the name Nine-Mang Star Wizard Tower-Build twenty bright lightsabers in the shortest time, and all expenses should be borne by the emperor capital.
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"Although I do n’t know much about" magic weapons ", at least I know that it is as powerful as a ballista, it needs to be concentrated as much as possible to be powerful. One or two is nothing except listening to a sound. significance."
Brandon raised his feet on the map table, raised his chair legs, and looked at Loren who entered the tent with a glass of wine, smiling:
"Of course, considering that even if these twenty bright lightsabers were made, most of them still depend on your Ain Rand wizard to be able to exert their power, which is equivalent to preparing you ... so if you can trouble, you can give a discount. , Support a few wizards or something, it ’s a big deal. After the battle is over, I will give you back. "
The dark-haired wizard couldn't help but sigh, and opened the chair and sat down.
"Something?"
"Of course it is, otherwise why should I find Duke Byrne and my first wizard advisor?" Shrugging, Brandon lifted his foot gently and pushed a glass of wine in front of Loren, leaving it on the map table A string of wine stains:
"The defense of the imperial capital is over, and it is time to rescue the battle between Lothal and the Azores. Should we not discuss it first?"
"I think this kind of thing, we should get everyone together to discuss."
"Yes, that's right-we will discuss with them after we come up with a plan together." Brandon nodded seriously: "I will accept it with humility and you will listen to their opinions. Make changes, and then come up with a plan that was exactly the same as we discussed at the beginning. "
"......"
Loren really did his best to resist the urge to roll his eyes-at this point, Brandon never let him down.
"Don't look at me like this, you know why I say that." Throwing the glass behind his head, Brandon wiped his mouth in a random manner:
"Or you come to tell me, in the invincible Royal Sword Knights, how many can really come up with" suggestions "?"
Raised his eyebrows, Loren held his shoulders and watched His Royal Highness raise his finger there.
"Prince Duke Salika Jonah, I have been with this wild duke for almost three years, and the biggest impression on her is that she has no idea-she is a little clever, and she is a good player in fighting, but it is by no means an excellent one. Ruler; with the support of Byrne and the Sacran Legion sitting in town, the noblemen still dare to be restless ... I was really surprised. "
"Nolan Odd of Arles ... Well, this robber leader is wise, but his downline is almost as low as mine, so I wo n’t discuss combat plans with this kind of guy, he should also It can be imagined that I will not discuss any plans with him, just as he will not tell me his plans ... there is a hooligan and tacit agreement between us. "
"As for the Duke of Elleman, Julie Wiltz ... a good person, a visionary, a strategist, and all his fathers know how to make sacrifices for the sake of the big picture, and they will never cross the border until the last resort; the only drawback is that they are too rigid. I do n’t like this kind of over-aged children. Their presence always makes me look very naive. "
"So ... crazy girl like a lunatic, a gangster who didn't go offline, too old a ghost ..." Lifting his fingers one by one, Brandon sighed: "It seems that the entire Imperial Sword Knights are just us two It's normal. "
These words ... Loren really didn't know where to start.
Although he is not completely unable to understand Brandon's idea.
Simply put, the relationship between them has changed.
In Eckhardt II ... even when Connold was still alive, the relationship between the emperor and the grand princes was still the subject and lord, or the relationship between the master and the vassal; even if Connold actively restarted the Knight of the Sword, There is also a high and low respect for the deliberations with the Grand Duke.
This relationship ended with Connor's death.
Yes, Brandon is the crown prince of the empire, and is the first heir to the law; yes, he has absolute strength and name to inherit the throne, and no one can stop him.
But as long as he did not succeed to the throne and became the emperor's fourteenth supreme emperor, he and the Grand Duke were on an equal footing-Connold could directly order the Grand Duke Poi, and Brandon had to discuss it.
As for the question of succession ... how much imperial aristocracy hates Brandon, how much strength he will use to stop him from succeeding; and once this is done for the first time, even for the sake of life, they must continue to stop it.
Unless, Brandon relied on the Knights of the Sword, which is the absolute support of the Grand Duke to force the succession-but doing so is equivalent to owing the Duke's favor, and also weakening the authority of the emperor invisible.
Therefore, the current relationship between Brandon and the Duke is not so much the emperor and the courtier as the "friendship" between allies and allies.
"So I think my most trusted wizard advisor must be able to understand what I am thinking." Brandon slowly said:
"Yes, I can enter the emperor capital now, and take the hundreds of thousands of troops to become the fourteenth emperor of the empire, but then I will owe this group of guys a big one, and I need to return the favor as soon as possible-more independent Power, less taxes, less obligations ... sorry, I want to be an empire, not an emperor of Golovin! "
"I am De Salion, and I will dominate the empire by birth!"
"What's more, if I become an emperor, what should I do with the nobles, knights, or soldiers-I promised them to hold a triumphant ceremony in the capital."
"Rewards, territories, titles ... Grand ceremonies are always indispensable; but where does the money come from, and what should be used to continue the next war? What ’s more, if this group of guys are allowed to swell up one by one, add officials Sir, do they dare to kill you and kill the Azores? "
"Therefore, I can't succeed immediately, and I have to give the jerks in the Imperial Capital a little bit of sweetness, making them think that I will be willing to give up to the sister-in-law of Fellowe ... in exchange for this, Do your best to win this Azores war. "
"Wait until the end of this war, the killing that time, the prisoner of the prisoner ... there is always a means to compensate the soldiers who won the throne for me ... Oh, I may still drop a few drops for the unlucky dead on the battlefield What about tears. "
The embarrassed expression of the prince, with a somewhat excited tone, slightly reveals a bit.
But this is the real him.
Stripped the seemingly full of affinity coat and mixed character, he is no different from Connor
Yes, as he admits himself, he is a de Salyon.
Born to rule the empire, or ...
People who are eager to rule the empire.
"Amazed?" Raising his eyebrows, Brandon stared at Loren: "I can tell you now, Loren Turin; after I inherit the throne, our relationship will not be as good as it is now." Go on. "
"Yes, I strongly support the development of the wizards, but I will also do my best to suppress the position of Byrne in the empire-I am serious, do not expect me to accept a cheerful enough to challenge Desali Ang's family appeared. "
"If that's the case, you shouldn't tell me."
Loren smiled calmly.
"Don't you laugh, I'm serious."
"Yeah, I said you shouldn't tell me-just like if I knew about it, I would definitely find a way to keep you from leaving the battlefield alive."
"Oh ... I can't see it. I thought you didn't care much about the title of Duke."
"That was before, I care a lot now."
"Because Charlotte?"
"... Almost, half because of her."
"What about the other half?"
"I'm not too sure ..."
"Not sure ... ah ..."
Brandon, who suddenly realized his expression, raised his eyebrows, staring at the dark-haired wizard with some surprise, and asked in a very "curious" tone: "You mean ... the crime was attempted, or ... um ... the mission was accomplished, but Not sure if it succeeded? "
"Can you laugh a little brighter?"
The expressionless dark-haired wizard raised his right hand and pointed to the corner of his mouth as he grinned.
"Sorry, but I'm still a little surprised. I always thought you weren't the kind of guy who would be impulsive because of sensibility and desire!" Brandon sighed:
"So ... women are poisons, see what poisons my best friend-if you remember correctly, you two are still cousins, right?"
"Come on ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It seemed that someone used this excuse to force me to find Charlotte, and someone was almost bold about his aunt."
"It's blatant-if you can't get everything you want, what's the point of being an emperor, and what can I do for it?"
"You ... uh ... in order to save the world?"
"Pooh! If this world is so miserable that I need to save it, I think it's better to give it up, it's basically not saved."
"so……"
The dark-haired wizard slowly stood up, looking at the schematic diagram of the two people just piled up on the map table with food and wine glasses while talking:
"Eboden and Lotel."
"Two lines of advance, two-pronged approach, fight for time." Brandon nodded very seriously: "All the way north to join the remnants of the military minister Severin de Salion to siege Eboden.
"Go west all the way to assist Grand Prix of Ruttel, Freedom, and then rush back with the army of Loter to join the final battle."
"Two lines of battle, both lines must win; a battle, the final word!"
"boom!"
With a crunch, Brandon smashed the hip flask heavily on the map table and stood up looking down at the dark-haired wizard: "Tell me, Eboden and Lotel, which one do you want-although you do n’t need to say, I probably guess Arrived."
The dark-haired wizard nodded slightly.
"Lotel."
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