Age of Apocalypse

Luca stood up and saluted, and said solemnly, "They are the exiled knights of the Iris Territory. They have to do this kind of thing in order to take care of their exiled families."

"Knights are the backbone of the defense of the territory. How could Count Iris dove easily exile them?" Perth asked in surprise. After all, no one would do this unless he was stupid.

Immediately, Luka said with a sad and angry look, "What if someone forces them to self-exile?"

Perth didn't know why and was very confused.

It was Keith who saw this and explained to Perth, "There are many countries in the Hogworth continent, and the southern part is led by the Rose Kingdom of York and the Eagle Eye Kingdom of Aragon, which occupy most of the southern land.

Although Nanshan Territory and Iris Territory border on each other, they are located on the southern border of the Kingdom of York.

But the South Mountain Territory is on the northwest border of the kingdom, adjacent to the Berlin Mountains. The Iris Territory is on the southwest border, bordering the Kingdom of Aragon.

Although the Kingdom of Aragon is rich in resources, it is not stronger than the Kingdom of York. But the current King of Aragon, Ferucius III, is an ambitious man who is unwilling to be lonely."

"Is it possible that the King of Aragon still wants to provoke a war and break the Peace Treaty?" After listening, Perth asked in silence for a moment.

Nader also said, "Of course not, so without violating the Peace Treaty, Ferucius III secretly sent slave teams to harass and kill border residents as slaves.

He even tacitly allowed domestic nobles to harass and rob at the borders of our kingdom."

Immediately, he continued to speak, and his face became more serious the more he spoke, "In fact, the Principality of Slan in the north of the Kingdom of Aragon could only tolerate this approach because of its weak strength, and thus voluntarily gave up part of the border and some of the mineral veins.

, and has even completely become a vassal of the Kingdom of Aragon.

I think Ferucius III may have tasted the sweetness. The mineral veins of the Principality of Slan also expanded his ambitions, and he turned to target the border of our Kingdom of York.

Just like this intrusion on the Iris Territory, it may even be a test of our country's strength."

Regarding this, Perth recalled for a moment and said with confusion, "I just heard that the surrender of the Principality of Slan to Ferucius III made him more and more prestigious in Aragon, but I didn't expect that such a method would be used.

In this case, I think it is impossible for the Rose Court to just sit idly by."

Hearing Perth's doubts, Nader couldn't help but put down the cup of milk tea he was holding for warmth, and sighed helplessly, "The problem is, this kind of aggressive harassment does not break the terms of the Peace Treaty. So it cannot be used as a reason for war, and naturally it cannot be used as a reason for war."

It cannot be treated as a war through diplomatic means.

Moreover, after the rebellion five years ago, the York Court did not have enough strength to carry out a large-scale war.

In particular, the "Peace Party" within the royal court insisted on "peace negotiations" with the Kingdom of Aragon, which prevented the king from providing direct military assistance to the Iris Territory.

If the ministers of the royal court had not taken into account the marriage relationship between Earl Iris and the family of Her Royal Highness Queen Mother Elizabeth, they would have given Iris a certain amount of financial support.

Although it is ultimately up to Iris to solve the problem on its own, Golden Madrid can always attract some strong foreign aid."

Perth asked disapprovingly, "But that's not the reason why the knights in General Iris' territory self-exiled, is it?"

At this time, Keyes said, "Although Count Iris had reduced the defense line early and moved the residents of the small towns and villages to the mountain fortress in advance, the woodlands and farmland outside the fortress could not be moved.

And if the Earl of Iris does not agree to Aragon's slave-catching team and forcibly exiles the knights in the territory, then the villages, farmland, and vast tracts of forest land in the Iris Territory will be burned to a white ground, which will be devastating to the Iris Territory.

The blow.”

Nader then said, "After all, the iris collar named after the marigold iris and the iris dove is the foundation for the rise and prosperity of the iris family.

If the habitat of the iris dove is burned down, the marigold iris, a rare and powerful magic plant, will no longer be able to be cultivated in large quantities.

Of course, Count Iris also used this as capital to obtain more financial assistance from the royal court."

Luca even complained indignantly, "Not only that, as long as even half a person enters or exits the mountain fortress, he will be hunted down by the slave-catching team!"

After listening to this, Perth couldn't help but sigh. This is really a trick to kill everyone!

He even thought conspiratorially that the "conservatives" within the royal court might also have defectors from the Kingdom of Aragon, which created today's situation.

Why don't you just kill all the so-called "slave-catching teams"?

Don't be kidding, if there really was a fight, would the "slave-catching team" formed by more than a hundred knights from the Kingdom of Aragon be so easy to deal with?!

Perth even wondered how many troops and knights the Iris Territory would have left after experiencing such devastation.

Of course, if the Iris Territory survives this difficulty, it will not be difficult to quickly form a knighthood again in a territory that is rich in magical plants such as marigold iris, which is very attractive to knights.

Then, I heard Nader sigh, "But even if there are a lot of golden Madrid to attract foreign aid, continuing like this is really not conducive to the development of the Iris collar.

After all, marigold iris cannot grow vigorously without being nourished by the saliva of the iris dove."

At this moment, Old Chuck, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I heard that Count Iris's family treasure house contains a fallen golden feather of the King Iris.

No matter how long it takes, it remains sharp and elastic, as dazzling as gold, and even has light golden patterns. It can even be directly used for forging. It is said that it is a precious magic material that cannot be compared with fine gold and mithril.

It was through that feather that the ancestors of the iris family attracted the first batch of iris-doves raised by the family after discovering the marigold iris."

I have to say that Old Chuck’s words made everyone look at Perth.

After all, everyone knows that Baron Perth has been looking for precious membrane materials recently in order to build a high-quality magic tool.

And Perth has to admit that this is indeed very tempting.

But after thinking calmly, I thought of Moxxi Medici, and couldn't help but sneer in my heart.

Then he looked at everyone present, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and asked with a half-smile, "But we all know that the first thing to pass from Iris Ling is the most prosperous Nanshan City in Feilengcui, and there is even Pearl Ling, which is second only to Nanshan City.

Moreover, even if we don't mention the knight's allegiance, it will attract the active acceptance of all forces.

I think that as a former territorial knight, at least I would rarely put down my knightly pride and dignity and come to my remote town to rob pedestrians and caravans passing by.

What do you think? Knight Commander Case, Consul Nader, Mr. Chuck, Deputy Commander Luca?"

As soon as Perth's words came out, everyone invariably smelled the smell of conspiracy and trickery, and not only fell into silence.

Case, who was the most direct, looked at Perth and said loudly, "The reputation of Emerald and the glory of Tulip will never allow us to surrender!"

These words were sonorous, powerful and impassioned, and even the flames in the fireplace seemed to become more intense and blazing after these words.

Hearing this, Perth clapped his hands happily and laughed and said, "Well, let's see what kind of strength the knight in the iris collar has!"

Perth's attitude undoubtedly inspired everyone, and everyone present loudly echoed, "For the reputation of the emerald, for the glory of the tulip!"

The magnificent and colorful tall porcelain cup exudes golden light against the orange-red firelight, as if the excitement of several people in the castle is at this moment.

In their excited mood, they used the porcelain cups filled with hot milk tea and hot cocoa as wine glasses, and the crisp and sweet collision sounds seemed to represent the inner shouts of everyone's high morale!