"Our... Lord Byrne is really aboveboard and concerned about the country and the people..."
The imperial capital, Golovin, the heavenly palace.
In the side hall next to the Royal cabinet, metterne Leopold, the seal minister holding a wine cup, looked at the letter paper just sent by the messenger on the table and sent from Byrne to the whole empire with sharp eyes. His wrinkled face showed an expression of crying and laughing, and kept shaking his head:
"I really want to know whether he knows what kind of turmoil and destruction his letter will cause in the Empire?"
"Of course he knows, and maybe even that''s why he did it." former chief justice Victor Hughes snorted coldly. He stared at the letter with a frosty face:
"It''s his consistent style to break the inherent situation, destroy the original balance and take a shudder from the fire..."
Looking at Victor Hughes, who was secretly gnashing his teeth and trying to be calm, a smile of vicissitudes appeared on the face of the seal minister.
It is not easy for Victor, who has been disturbed by the Royal trial and even had to overturn the case for the enemy himself, to forgive this "former wizard consultant".
But Victor''s advantage is that he doesn''t put his personal emotions into his work, which is an important reason why he can become a former justice... Or he will consult him.
Loren Turin caught the Empire off guard - more importantly, let the heavenly palace and the church start to face the consequences of this matter every time they are not prepared!
The enemy of the Empire was actually the pawn of the evil god, and the Empire didn''t notice it from beginning to end. The reaction was so slow that a powerful principality was on the verge of extinction
What will the Archduke of each principality think? Will they think that the Empire has no strength to protect them?!
The bishop of the great eboden church, once the hottest servant under the Holy Cross, is actually the running dog and apostle of the evil god, with his hands covered with blood
What will the believers of the Holy Cross in the whole empire think, and will their beliefs be shaken?!
The "guangweizheng" Duke Byrne didn''t consider these at all. As an imperial vassal, he didn''t even ask the emperor''s own opinion. He publicly announced such important news to the whole territory, which immediately put the heavenly palace into such a passive dilemma.
"If it had been before, I would immediately suggest that your majesty arrest the vassal who leaked such important information on the charges of rebellion and treason, and directly take the most powerful means to supervise his fiefdom, so as to deter other principalities."
Victor, with a stiff expression, narrowed his cold eyes gently: "but..."
"But this time, we can''t do that." mettner sighed and took his words with a light sip of wine: "not only that, because the Principality of Bain solved the enemy with the fastest speed and minimized the losses caused by the evil god apostle."
"The Empire cannot arrest or convict a hero; moreover, we have to reward and reuse him - only in this way can it prove that his majesty Eckhardt II is right to restore the unity of Byrne and make Loren Turin Duke."
"Otherwise, your majesty will slap himself in the face!"
With a low sigh, metterne raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Justice Victor also fell into silence, gently picked up the letter and looked at it.
"Your expression looks tangled... There''s a problem?"
Mettner''s eyes were extremely sharp.
"Nothing, just some doubts." Victor shook his head. "There is no doubt that Loren Turin took advantage of his power as Duke Byrne and his favorable situation in Boye, which caught us off guard; we had to face such a serious problem immediately and had no time to take into account his other actions."
"But..." he filled himself with a glass again. The seal minister knew that this was not what he wanted to say.
"Doesn''t it explain some problems that he can seize the opportunity so easily?" Victor asked in a calm voice: "in the face of such a dangerous enemy and severe situation, the former cabinet and even the whole Parliament thought of covering up and delaying the problem rather than solving it."
"I admit that the Empire needs to solve many more problems than a principality, but the strength of the empire is also much stronger than a principality; this time, if the empire can act immediately, it must be much faster than Bain."
"We have an unparalleled Legion and an invincible dragon. The results of his highness Brandon''s visit are enough to prove that even if it is mainly infantry, the Legion''s breakthrough speed is not inferior; at the same time, the dragon can quickly enter the battlefield and form a strong combat effectiveness alone!"
"Why are we so passive that we have to accept the result we least want to see?"
Victor''s voice was deeply helpless, even if he didn''t deliberately show it.
In the leisurely side hall, they fell into some silence again.
"Times have changed, and the situation will change." mettner''s low voice sounded again: "what we are about to face is no longer an empire with balanced forces under the emperor at the peak of twelve generations."
"New forces are going to rise, and old forces are facing challenges; the threat from the north, the unrest in neighboring countries, potential enemies and internal hidden dangers all make the original balance no longer exist." the seal minister said faintly:
"At this time, it is more dangerous than at the beginning of the establishment of the Empire, because we have to fight not only the enemy, but also our malicious and mercenary allies, and sometimes... But also ourselves."
After a moment of hesitation, Victor gently put down the letter.
"So, in such disputes between the parties..." the voice of the chief justice was a little decadent: "power and strength are the top priority. The law is irrelevant. Does it matter if it becomes a dead letter?"
"On the contrary!"
Mettner suddenly interrupted him, "pa!" pressed the glass on the table: "the more this time, the more someone needs to stand up and maintain the most basic legal principle! The more volatile the situation, the more it is necessary to formulate some rules."
"Even if it''s just superficial, pretending, or even relying on hidden rules... It''s very important; otherwise the Empire built by the twelve generations will be doomed overnight!"
"Stabilize the situation and watch it change... That''s what we have to do and what we can do." the seal minister''s expression was extremely dignified and looked at Victor four eyes:
"His majesty Eckhart, who trusts us so much, wants us to do it!"
Victor Hughes nodded slightly, but his expression was a little unwilling.
The minister in charge of the seal sighed and said faintly: "what''s more, it''s not you and me who should worry about this at present, but the Holy Cross Church; the evil gods reappear, the bishop rebelled against the church, and the heretical Church in the red blood castle..."
"Hum... At the beginning, a little wizard put forward the" theory of terrain and nature ", which made Archbishop innocent angry. He didn''t hesitate to fight his majesty, but also had to carry out heretical trial and fire. This time, I''m afraid it could directly kill him!"
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"It''s more than... I''m surprised that he still exists in the world and hasn''t been called by the Holy Cross."
Eboden, the nine pointed star wizard tower.
In the Council hall, consul eboden and the first elder of the wizard tower, corona, glanced at the letterhead on the table and glanced at freswalker sitting opposite him, smoking a pipe.
After the letterhead appeared from Byrne, the wizard tower also got it for the first time; However, compared with the great enemy of the heavenly palace and the anger of the Holy Cross Church, the attitude of the wizard tower is much easier.
Even the two people sitting opposite each other in the Council hall have a kind of... Gloating expression on their faces.
"Freswalker, you really make me jealous." with a sigh of emotion, corona, still smiling, provoked his eyes:
"Isaac Grantham, Ian Rand, and then Loren Turin... How can you, old and immortal, concentrate the hopes of a whole generation of wizard tower under your door?"
"Please wipe your ass before blaming others!" freswalker snorted coldly with his pipe, without giving the archon any face:
"When some people pried the disciples from me, I didn''t say a word!"
"That''s because you already have Isaac Grantham, and your freswok school''s achievements in incantation are very few, which is not enough to compare with our corona!"
"Really? I think some people use their power for personal gain, take the inheritance of the wizard tower for hundreds of years and add bricks to their school; in order to make their face bright, they know that the investment of the chamber of commerce is cheated by their disciples, and they have to pretend to take care of their younger generation!"
"But you should also see the good side of things - we have curbed the momentum of the yode chamber of Commerce and established a good friendship with Bain; how can you, an ivory tower wizard, understand the importance of networking?"
"Yes, I don''t know anything about business. But I know that some people almost lost their money when they failed to invest. If ocean trade is not included, your corona family''s assets have shrunk by one third?"
"Even if it shrinks to one tenth, it''s a hundred times as much as your freswalker family."
... when two people talk about you and me, they belittle each other and quarrel happily;
The unification of Byrne, or the birth of the first "Wizard Duke" in hundreds of years, had a great impact on the wizard tower and even the whole empire; The help to the wizard world is self-evident.
Because of this, they will be so happy when they receive the news of the victory of the Centaur war - which indicates that Loren Turin has completely stabilized his status and power, and has given eboden a potential strong ally.
The most important thing is to rapidly expand the influence of the wizard world in the whole empire... If Byrne, as the largest principality of the Empire, can establish a complete wizard system and completely abandon the traditional concept of wizards, it will be of great help to improve the status of wizards in the Empire.
Of course, these are things in the future. It is impossible to see immediate results immediately. It will take more than ten years or even decades or hundreds of years... But even if it is just a hope, it is worth grasping it tightly.
"I heard that Ayn Rand was also in Bain''s army and participated in the war." corona whispered: "Halin van achmai, he won''t miss such a good opportunity."
"Of course he won''t, but I don''t care - like you said, I already have Isaac Grantham." freswalker raised his head with magnanimity:
"Twenty years later, three of the twelve schools of the wizard tower will come out under the door of freswalker; at that time, even if you don''t like it any more, my portrait will definitely be the one in the middle."
Looking at the complacent freswalker still puffing, and the whole Council hall is shrouded in smoke, corona frowned slightly: "if you continue, we won''t have to wait until twenty years later to see your portrait."
"Four months, to be exact," whispered freswalker.
Corona was slightly surprised and frowned: "you have a hunch?"
"In terms of prophecy, only elbird is a little better than me." freswalker has a careless expression: "in half a month, I can only see you in the hospital bed."
"There is no remedy?"
"Of course, but I gave up - living too long won''t increase wisdom, it will only make you feel farther away from the living." freswalker whispered:
"If you don''t want to become a monster like an evil god, you''d better stop early... Wait another ten years, you''ll feel the same as me."
Corona looked at him without saying a word.
"What''s more, all the things that should be arranged have been arranged. There are successors and the future is promising. What else can I regret?" freswalker shook his head and suddenly thought of something:
"How''s the deal with Byrne... Ready?"
"It was finalized half a month ago, but now it''s just ahead of time." corona nodded slightly and raised his mouth: "it''s expected that when Loren Turin returns to red blood castle, he will meet the gifts we have carefully prepared for him."
"Two months of planning, repeated consultations and compromises with the Holy Cross Church, the heavenly palace, the round table Parliament of red blood castle and the imperial wizard college, just for this moment..." freswalker whispered:
"I hope the Duke of Byrne can understand our good intentions to prepare this'' surprise ''for him."
"Well, he will understand... After all, he is very smart and we have spent so much effort." corona nodded. "And he will be shocked. It''s a surprise he can''t even think of."
"Of course, it''s not certain whether you can laugh."
"I don''t think I can laugh."
"Well, that makes sense."
The voice fell, and the two people who looked at each other nodded seriously.