The Amber Sword

As early as Harvest Month, villages and estates north of Butch along the Goran-Elson tunnel were notified that the black rose across from Bromandow might be moving silly. The White Wing Cavalry Regiment, affiliated with the Van Meer Legion in Pragues, where Deputy Chief Walter had already received information from the Princess warning of possible wars and the organization of evacuations in the area, but the work was well known, and the inhabitants of the land - especially the peasants - had difficulty cutting off their most precious possessions, and the nobles were reluctant to drive their own farmers to the north to abandon the land. The key was that during the last period before the autumn harvest, the fields were still hung with the wheat ears of Burma, and if the harvest of a year in flight was not expected, it might be affected in the coming year. Almost all of us are fortunate enough to remain, with the exception of a small number of artisans.

To the north of Butch, however, those orders were well implemented and residents had fresh memories of the war of the previous year and deep fears remained in their bones, but most of the refugees of that time had already gathered near Pragues and the panic caused by the war had led to more refugees, almost overburdening the city on the southern border. Baron Rockville, the owner of the city, had to cut rations for refugees outside the city in order to secure the army's supply, and an angry mood had spread among the crowd.

Earlier in September, a letter was delivered to Princess Griffin via Freya's hand:

‘Your Highness, Madala may have achieved substantial reunification today, and the composition of the army has changed dramatically compared to that of the Black Rose War. On the western side of the Sea of the Dead Moon, a large number of corpse witch lords have sworn allegiance to that immortal Supreme, so be careful that there may be more corpse witches in Madala's army than is commonsense. ’

When Griffin saw the letter, she was studying the history of the Vaughn continent at Ms. Weiss. She was surprised when she saw the letter. She raised her head and smiled with apologies to her teacher. Ms. Weissus had been working for the royal family for a long time. She was a noble woman with very good news. She was keenly aware of what had happened, smiled and nodded at Her Royal Highness, putting away the teaching aids and retreating. Griffin hastily picked up the letter and found Ovewell. Sir Wolf looked a little confused after reading the letter. It was not an easy task to get a wire in Madara. The Royal Party took a great deal of effort to get into a few very peripheral eyeballs over the year, but all the news from those people was normal. How did this Count Tony Gale know so clearly? He played the corner of the letter and sank for a moment: "Your Highness, can you confirm the origin of this letter? ”

“This letter was handed to me by Freya herself and should be fine.” Griffin blushed and was embarrassed to say that only she and Brando knew about the memories on the letterhead, because she didn't tell anyone about it and was worried that Ovewell would feel she didn't trust him enough. But there was nothing unusual about the divine colour on Ovewell's face, and he shook his head and said, "This is strange. Where did the Count get this information? ”

“But Lord Ovewell, I don't think Count Tonigle needs to lie to us about this.” Griffin frowned and argued. Ovewell looked at his nominal student with some surprise and had previously heard rumors that she and Count Tonigel had produced mustard, which he had not expected to reconcile so quickly, but it was okay that he had been in contact with each other for quite some time before Brando's episode, always feeling that this man was not as powerful as rumored to be. While time will change everything, some deep-rooted nature is hard to remove, not to mention Eruin's need for stability now, and if His Royal Highness is anxious to compete with Kwon for profit, it is not good enough.

Good thing Her Royal Highness knows the whole story. Ovewell nodded, but immediately shook his head: “The letter said that Maddalene may have achieved substantial reunification today, which, if it were true, would seem too important, but there is some doubt among his men whether Maddalene will be able to complete such a major transformation in a year and a half in the district, you know, even though Eruin has just gone through a war, it is the same for Maddalene. Madara is a huge country, with more interests at stake and more time to absorb the gains of war. Count Toniguer's assertion that the war was a border provocation unlawfully provoked by the sceptre Jorge was strongly shared, and this has happened many times in the history of Eruin, not only in Madala, but occasionally the Lords of Eruin on the border have entered Madala to plunder themselves. ”

He smiled bitterly and did not say to Griffin that, in fact, in the early years, this situation was more. The invasion of Karasu by the blood wand was a revenge against the Lord of Golden City. At that time, the sand was scattered inside Madara, while Eruin was a sovereign and complete kingdom, and there had never been a tradition of frequent invasion of the powerful by the weak side in history. But since before and after the Black Rose War, the situation has gradually begun to reverse. In fact, most intelligent people in the kingdom can clearly understand that the black Bromando rose may be in a state of anger, but no one will believe it if Madara rapidly completes reunification and immediately launches another full-scale war.

But if Brando were here, he would have told him that the nature of the war was very special. To be honest, Maddalene the Supreme joined forces with Alvett the Queen of Witches to perform a trick wand to die. Maddalene was clearly still divided, but as he said, the reunification was essentially complete. This war was the final battle of the Supreme to eliminate her dissent, and now, within the borders of Maddalene, all resources and forces were united to prepare for the next revival of this dark kingdom. And today's blood cane, with that blatant and covert indulgence, the army has taken the lead in making the change, which will be the first ‘new Madara’ the kingdom of Eruin has encountered, and the Duke of Goran-Elson has suffered greatly in history.

It is unfortunate that Brando is not here to explain this, but only to hope that Princess Griffin and Ovewell will take his views seriously enough.

Griffin listened to Ovewell, but was still unsure. This time, she faced an almost unknown opponent. Before the Black Rose War, Madara was suffering from the scourge of her hands and feet, and the local nobleman was forced to walk, which was the gangrene on her chest. In fact, until now, it still represents the idea of the majority of nobility. If not for the sake of solving Jeannel's problems together, this autumn war would still be just another frontier provocation for Eruin, who, while implicitly recognizing that the rise of Madara may be a threat to this ancient kingdom, cannot talk about it in such an environment.

She thought for a moment and replied: "This judgment, though logical, is too arbitrary, and I am sure that Lord Count, he will not be unarmed. ”

“I do not doubt the Count.” Ovewell couldn't help laughing again, seeming that his student was not generally convinced of the Count Tonigle, but suddenly realized that the Battle of Ambessel might have impressed Her Royal Highness and left her with some blind confidence in Brando's military talents, but he knew even Count Odin that the military talents of the other side could only be described as ordinary, but judged the development of things extraordinarily well. He thought about it, presumably describing Brando's experience of fighting in conversation with her as too romantic. He was simply trying to impress Her Royal Highness out of admiration. After all, Tonigal was indeed a rare talent, more than loyalty to the kingdom and ideals. He appreciated the younger generation more than those in Makaro and Leewoods, but at this moment Ovewell shook his head, and it seemed necessary to remind the princess that it was not a good thing for Brando or her to have unrealistic thoughts.

At his discretion, he added: "I am only concerned that Count Tonigle has been misled by intelligence. ”

“Are you saying that Brando Count Toniguer may have distorted or even trapped the information he received?” Griffin reacted and frowned back.

Ovewell nodded.

Half an hour later, Odin, Grand Duke Vieiro, the Highland Knights' mission was summoned, and Grand Duke Ero read the letter in his hand and was silent for a moment, then called his own men. The middle-aged knight, who claimed to have been dealing with Madara for quite some time and had some knowledge of the black rose of Bromando, shook his head after hearing the princess's question: “There have been rumours in recent times that Madara is undergoing some changes in the country, but I think it is at this time that they will be more cautious if Count Tonigle is telling the truth, but how is it possible that the scepter will receive full support from their supreme man? ”

“I think our main enemy should be Jean de Neil,” said Grand Duke Vieiro, adding his own point: "We have just signed a peace agreement with Madara, and the blood wand should not be too wild, he should be bewitched by Jean de Neil, who thought he saw the opportunity to march to take advantage of the cheap to please their supreme man. ”

Grand Duke Vieiro's answer was too subjective for all of you present to shake your head, and Griffin frowned, as her grandfather's analysis was almost in stark contrast to Brando's, and it could be seen that Lord Toniguer's plan focused on Madara. It also fits her mind, and she doesn't want to make changes on it, so pretend not to hear her grandfather's answer, but to look to the Highland Knight.

The head of the Highland Knights' mission was an experienced and steady old knight, but the witch who spoke was a slightly younger one, who simply replied: "According to the information we have, we do not yet support Count Tonigle's view. Although Madara's Supreme Almost unified the opinions of the dark nobles, Madara is not yet fully united, and the vampire family mostly supports him, but the Dark Lord is separated from him, and the corpse witch is temporarily bowed under pressure from the first two, in addition to Alvitt, king of witches, who has always resisted the caress from the palace of Eludennier, and it seems to us that there will be a battle sooner or later between them. ”

Almost all the information seemed to oppose Brando's judgment, Griffin was somewhat embarrassed, and she was willing to believe the Count Tonigle, who, although somewhat cynical about Brando's possible ambitions, trusted Brando's judgment of the future situation, especially the strange convergence of political views between the two. But how do we convince the others, or is Brando really mistaken?

At this point, Freya finally couldn't help but say, "Perhaps Alvett and the queen are just disoriented? The cane starts the battlefield gently, which amounts to a violation of the peace accords between the two countries. If it wins, it is good, and if it fails, it is likely to be eliminated directly. The sceptre itself is the most untamed of the dark lords. It has no reason to greet the Supreme One of Madala. Jugg is a cruel and greedy lord. When he retaliated against Karasu, he was driven only by his grumpy character, not by reason. Once again, he may also be flouting the authority of the Supreme One. If that were the case, the information on the table would make sense. ”

Her words silenced the entire study.

Nobody knew it was the closest speculation to the truth, not even Freya herself, but she listened to Brando by chance and blindly trusted each other's judgment. But after a moment of silence, she saw the highland knights shaking their heads, and the middle-aged knight of Grand Duke Vieiro said, “Ridiculously, you are purely a conspiracy theory, and this is a war, how can we speculate on what is at stake between the Supreme and the blood wand, and the point is, is there any evidence of this other than speculation? ”

“Evidence?” Freya blushed. That's what Brando told her, but she also understood that the sentence obviously could not be used as evidence.

And finally, Griffy, because she broke the perimeter. “In any event, the Count's proposal is for prudential purposes, so that the contents of this letter may be forwarded to the following generals. It is not a bad thing to be prepared.” After all, Her Royal Highness looked at the knight's daughter and couldn't help shaking her head. She knew that Brando was hoping that the little girl would stand in her way in the future. She did have this qualification and background, and after so many things she did become steady, but she was still too anxious when it came to Count Tonigle's arguments. Somehow, she had a hidden envy in her heart. Brando's political opinions were also her political opinions, her prevention against Madara, and one of her thoughts, but she could not stand up as frayed as Freya and speak out for herself and the Count Tonigle.

Because she is the sister of the future King Eruin, the actual master of the kingdom's balance at this moment.

Ovewell looked at the handbook written by his nominal student, which was the treatment of Brando's proposal adopted by everyone. He shook his head. Her Royal Highness was still a little too naive in these respects. She did not know the people below. The messengers of Vieiro and Lantoniland seemed very concerned, and the attitude of the highland knights did not show enough importance. It was still so. It was even more insidious below. It was doubtful how much remained to implement this warrant.

However, Sir Wolf did not expect that all of them would soon need not be troubled by the problem, as the black roses of Bromandow had blossomed quietly in the shadows as the order had not yet come out of the gates of Wallendenburg.

Golan-Elson Corridor--

The corridor is located in the north of the Pine Mountains, between Tosancad Forest and Butch, and has another name, the Hillman area. Like most of Eruin's borderlands, Sylman is not much of a prosperous land, with its western hills fluctuating and flat only in the eastern valley, with starpoint villages and estates scattered over the valley belt, two rivers in the south, one passing through Butch, one passing through the Sylman Valley and eventually remitting into Lake Valentine, and this second river, the lifeline of the Sylman area.

From Harvest Month onwards, three battalions of cavalry have spread across this lifeline, sounding powerful, but loosely distributed to every town, which is actually the strength of one or two squadrons. To prevent a dispersal of forces, Deputy Commander Walter concentrated most of his vitality on the busiest town of Owl in the Hillman area, and then released the entire cavalry regiment's patrols and scouts in the form of squadrons to monitor the south of Mount Pine. It was precisely that evening that the patrol, which was supposed to return on time, gradually disappeared.

It was not until around 7: 00 sharp that the scouting report revealed signs of flexibility in small strands of death to the south, but at this time most people in the Hillman Valley felt fortunate, even including Walter, that it was only an attempt on the part of Madara. The reason is simple: since Madara holds the wider area of Butch, she can't really see why it's necessary to attack from the Hillman Valley. Walter met with a messenger from Van Mir at 8: 30 to learn that since the afternoon, a large army of dead spirits had been attacking the Van Mir line of defense.

Maddalene's main offense was in Butch, Walter let go of his mind. Although he also received warnings from the Princess, the fact that the Van Meer Corps was actually closer to the Duke of Goran-Elson was a well-known fact, and His Royal Highness had kindly reminded the Duke, the Duke, especially the people below, would not necessarily appreciate it, not to mention the fact that it was thought by those who had been dealing with Madala for years that they were commanding purely in chaos.

What the bone skeletons across the mountain were thinking, they were really clear.

At 10 p.m., Walter rubbed his eyes out of the tent and tried to make a final observation, after which he saw the miracle of the rising starlight.

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