Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

In the year 202 of the Guangxi Calendar, the Holy League Empire suffered the heaviest blow in its history. 200 years ago, Bird Fernando, who built this powerful empire with one hand, never expected such an embarrassing scene today.

His Majesty the King was strangely assassinated, the Minister of State Affairs of the Empire made an abrupt rebellion, the Thor Fortress in the north was captured by the orcs, the Clay people in the South Tarun grassland rebelled, and the lord of the south was ready to move...Even the royal tomb was looted and only left. Countless empty tombs, fortunately, the mausoleums of the kings of the past are protected by a powerful magic circle, and this has escaped a disaster, but almost all the remains of the empire's holy knights have been stolen in the past 200 years.

The Orlando general never understood why some people would steal the graves. The holy knights did not have any burial after they died, but a shroud wrapped the corpses and buried them, but they stole those corpses, disturbing What is the rest of the dead for?

Orlando can’t think of the reason no matter what he thinks. He doesn’t have time to think about it now. What has happened is that there’s no way to change it, but even though the situation in the empire is quite critical, in this royal chamber, those Officials are still arguing loudly about who should inherit the throne. Without the emperor’s orders, many things in the empire can only be dragged on, but these officials don’t care at all. They only care about their own interests. As for this country, There are also the people of the empire, but they are nothing more than a tool for their interests.

Luke walked to Orlando, who was sitting in the corner, and patted the latter on the shoulder lightly. Orlando looked up at Luke suspiciously, and Luke made a gesture to signal him to come out with him.The two walked out of the hustle and bustle of the Royal Chamber in tandem, and came to a secluded side hall.

This side hall is not very big. It only takes 20 steps to walk from one end to the other. It is the place where Luke handles official business. He has long given up on those bastards who are still arguing and works here instead.The layout of the side hall is very simple. A table, two chairs, and a bookcase are densely packed with various documents and materials.

"Sit down!" Luke pointed to a chair, then poured a glass of water and handed it over.Orlando nodded slightly to express his gratitude, then took the water glass and sat in a chair.Luke sat in another chair and poured himself a glass of water.

"Since your majesty was killed, I have quit drinking." Luke said lightly: "There are too many things, but I don't have time and mood to taste wine. People, it's really a contradiction. When I have time, I always taste the best Bordeaux. I feel empty in my heart, I want to do something. When you get busy, why do you yearn for the feeling of doing nothing in your heart?"

There were only Orlando and Luke in this side hall. Orlando changed the confident face in front of the others and sighed: "The situation is critical, but these bastards are still arguing. Don't you know the orcs in the north? We have obtained the materials we hoarded in Thor’s Fortress and will soon be armed. The orcs originally possessed a single and powerful force, but they have undergone rigorous training. Now their equipment is comparable to that of our humans. Terrible power."

Luke still had a calm expression: "Orlando, there are many things that you can change completely, but why..."

Orlando waved his hand vigorously, stopping Luke from continuing: "Stop talking, that thing is impossible!"

"Why?" Luke's tone was anxious: "The northern Clay tribe and the orcs colluded with each other. The South Tarun grassland no longer belongs to the empire. The southern lords are ready to move. According to reliable sources, they are likely to be ready to leave the empire It’s just that no one wants to be the first to come forward. Look at that group of bastards, idiots, and pigs... Oh, sorry, I shouldn’t use pigs to describe them. Although pigs look dirty, But at heart, it's nowhere near these guys!"

Orlando shook his head and said, "I know what you mean, but I can't do that. The army is the sharpest weapon in the empire, but this weapon can never have its own thoughts. Foreign enemies invade, we can beat them, those lords have Alien, we can deter them, but once I mobilize the army to suppress these officials and control the power of the empire together with you, it will set a very bad precedent for future generations. Domestic and foreign difficulties do not necessarily exist every year, but the army must be from time to time. existing!"

"Then sit and watch the empire slowly decline under these bastards' arguments?" Luke's words brought a taunting taste: "Orlando General, you really strictly abide by your oath, hehe, always loyal The Fernando family, as long as the Fernando family survives, what does this empire have to do with you?"

Orlando looked embarrassed, and he said distressedly: "Okay, Luke. If you can make the empire better by saying this, you might as well talk about it every day. The top priority now is to rectify the army and prepare for war. The orcs can't not come. To attack the imperial capital, we must fight this battle, and we must win, otherwise..."

"Win?" Luke smiled contemptuously: "Fernando City claims to have a population of tens of millions. In fact, it refers to the entire area of ​​Fernando City. There is only one city like Fernando City within a thousand miles. The tortoise is shrouded in this city. The entire Fernando City area has a population of over 8 million. Do you think they will wait outside the city? Now more than 200,000 people flock to the city every day. Those orcs are not used at all, as long as these mouths can be destroyed Lost this city."

"The only solution is for His Majesty to issue a decree to forcibly collect materials from various farms and pastures outside the city, and then uniformly deploy them, and destroy all visible food, shelter, and water sources outside the city... It is almost autumn. If there is no order from your majesty, do you think those nobles and civilians will let you move the food they will harvest immediately? And those nobles have a lot of private soldiers in their hands, and they must be recruited by your majesty’s orders. Zhuang must also gather together to form a reserve army. Orlando, so many things, must be ordered by His Majesty, otherwise even if I, as the imperial finance minister, if I do anything, I can be punished with treason!"

When Orlando heard Luke uttering the words "treason", a strange look suddenly appeared on his face. He suddenly said, "What happened that night? Your Majesty was assassinated, and Chad rebelled. From common sense In other words, Chad is already in a position under one person, how could he make these meaningless actions? And, since Chad has a conspiracy to rebel, Luke, why did you stand in this position in the end?"

Luke said displeased: "Do you doubt me? Can't you still believe me as a person?"

Orlando looked at Luke and said, "People always change. There were too many things that happened that night and it was too unreasonable. Isn’t it doubtful? The most important point is that you got all the benefits in the end. , That night you held the military power, and the places where the nobles lived were looted. I am afraid that Chad’s defeated soldiers do not have such great power? And, now these bastards are arguing all the time, I am afraid it is the result of your indulgence, right? I should have already grasped the situation in the imperial capital in a calm manner. Why do you have to pull me? Now you just appoint a king’s successor, and those guys can only talk about it, and they have no power to oppose it. , Can't you just do all that you just said in the name of the new majesty?"

Luke was told everything by Orlando, his face flushed, and then he said with a straight face: "Orlando, I can swear! Your majesty's death has nothing to do with me! As for the current situation, yes, it was caused by me behind the scenes. , But I don’t care about the high throne, I just want to do something for the people of the empire without being fettered. But once I launch a new king, everything is no longer like this. The new king is young, I will definitely be charged with the charge of holding the government. When the new king grows up, how do you let me deal with myself? Even if I give up power, my wings will be full at that time, and my men will not be willing! Conversely, if the new king If the king is over 30 years old and can be crowned right away, how similar it would be to the situation where his majesty had been dictated before!"

"And your joining is different. As the commander of the Royal Knights and the highest military commander of the imperial capital, you control the military power of the imperial power and can restrict me in name, but in fact you just ask about government affairs. It just made me show off. Orlando, I owe Sophis a lot, it is too late to make up, and I will never do anything to hurt her. As long as the two of us work together, in the short term, we can concentrate on resisting the orcs, and in the long term In other words, I will govern this empire well. I don’t have a son. Even if I have ambitions, who can I pass it on? Besides, haven’t you been by my side to help me and supervise me?”

Luke's eyes widened and stared at Orlando, while Orlando lowered his head in silence. Luke's words did make sense, but the decree of the empire and his vows when he became a holy knight made Orlando. Powerless.

The whole hall fell into a strange silence.

After a long time, there was a rush of footsteps in the distance, and the sound of footsteps quickly came outside the door of the side hall.The man shouted outside the door: "Report, urgent document!" Orlando looked up at Luke, and Luke shouted: "Come in!"

The door of the side hall was pushed open, and two royal guards came in with a civilian dressed up. The civilian dressed up had a bloodstained face, and his clothes were in tatters and looked very haggard.Orlando was shocked when he saw this man, because he knew this man dressed as a civilian. He was the captain of a cavalry unit in Sunrise City. His name was Donald. He came to the capital once three years ago.