Blue Sword

South of the Danivilk Fortress.

The Northern Horn Army launched no less than thirteen large and small assaults on the Imperial Knight positions in the south overnight.

Broken battle axes and armor fragments were everywhere, blood even melted the frozen soil around the battlefield, and broken corpses were everywhere.

Eleanor stood on the wall of the camp, looking at the Dannevelk Fortress in the distance, casting a huge silhouette in the cold wind of the night.

Many Imperial Knight Commanders have already found her and reported that Dannevelk Fortress must be captured, otherwise the enemy's supply line cannot be threatened, and the war will become a tug-of-war like a flesh-and-blood millstone.

However, what is more troublesome is that there are two demigods from the Northern Horn Army stationed in the fortress. These two people knew the power of Eleanor's holy sword. Every time she tried to lead her troops into the fortress, one of them deliberately entangled Yu Dou, while the other tried his best to cause damage to the attacking knights, forcing Eleanor to The Holy Sword had to be activated to protect the Imperial Knights.

As for Sidrifa, she took another demigod and attacked the camp of the Imperial Knights in a roundabout way. There were also two demigods on the Knights' side, but Hildrifa fought one against two and asked the other demigod to eliminate the effective strength of the Knights, forcing Eleanor to quickly return reinforcements.

To put it bluntly, she still took advantage of Eleanor's character of caring for her subordinates and not liking to sacrifice. If I were like Sidrifa, and you killed my people and attacked my camp, I would focus on giving you to the sharks first, and your ashes would be scattered... Sacrifice some people in exchange for time to use the holy sword to kill the other demigod. Kill them all, and the other side won't be able to fight anymore.

After continuing to look at the fortress for a while, Eleanor turned back to the camp and began to inspect the situation of the wounded soldiers.

Due to the large number of equipped with power armor, the quality of the individual soldiers of the Imperial Knights can barely match the extraordinary army on the opposite side. It's just that the power armor can prevent physical damage, but it can't prevent the low temperature transmitted from the weapon.

After a long period of fierce fighting, many imperial knights suffered frostbite. In severe cases, their limbs were bruised, and local tissues were completely necrotic. They were no longer able to fight.

The sudden suspension of cooperation on the part of the Holy See caused almost all the military chaplains to leave, which was nothing more than a more serious blow to the Imperial Knights.

"Grand Master." Demigod Wolfgang greeted Eleanor. In yesterday's battle, he was hit by [Nirvana] by Sidley Farri, and he activated the body conceptualization in time to avoid being killed instantly.

However, the real power of the Law of Extinction is that its harm can transcend the physical body and spread to concepts, making it impossible to conceptualize with the body and transforming the harm into spiritual consumption. Therefore, the current condition of this demigod is not very good. His spiritual upper limit has been lowered due to the damage to his concept, and his demeanor is somewhat depressed.

The latter nodded and looked at the wounded knights in the camp.

These wounded knights struggled to get up, half-kneeling on one knee, holding swords in both hands, and swore an oath to Eleanor:

"I solemnly swear here: I will be loyal to Grand Master Sophie for life and remain supremely loyal to the empire; I will help the people, rescue the wounded, and protect my companions. Hardships and hardships do not go against my true heart, and God can learn from it."

Soon, the bodies of these wounded knights glowed with a warm yellow glow. With the increase in physical strength, the original bluish-purple frostbite also recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Eleanor's [Oath of Faith] enhanced the overall attributes of their bodies, including their self-healing abilities.

This is why she is called "Light of the Morning" and "Light of the Empire", and why she has gained the unanimous allegiance of the entire Knights.

Even the demigod Wolfgang, the original demigod of the Blade Knights, felt that the damage to his spiritual upper limit was slowly recovering under the influence of Eleanor's [Oath of Faith].

"Tomorrow we will officially launch an attack, and the target is Dannevelk Fortress." Eleanor said briefly after the Oath of Faith was cast.

"I am willing to be loyal to the empire! I am willing to die for the captain!" The knights roared in response.

(Actually, the literal translation here should be "For the empire! For the leader!")

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Aachen.

As the headquarters of the Saxon family, Aachen has also become a victim of the Holy See’s divestment policy.

Some time ago, the local nobles who were complacent because "only people from Aachen can attend His Highness's wedding" have now begun to slander "Why does His Highness have to hold the wedding in Aachen?"

Isn’t it good to have a wedding in the Principality of Bavaria? Duke Weisbach is your adoptive father, so maybe the Holy See will sanction the Principality of Bavaria instead.

Of course, it is impossible for nobles to say this publicly. Although the Shinra Empire was quite tolerant of crimes committed by vassals and below, and many people could even continue to be lords after their rebellions were put down, that was all in the past.

In the past, before Her Royal Highness Sophie got married.

As we all know, the gentler a woman is, the more violent her temper becomes. Nowadays, the wedding has been disrupted, she has been stabbed in the back by her best friend, and she has gone north to fight against her love rival. No one dares to bet that Her Highness is still rational... If she is really rational, she should have suspended the wedding in the first place.

Therefore, although the nobles were whispering to each other in their respective manors and each other at each other's banquets, no one was stupid enough to go to Her Highness to persuade her, "There is no grass in the world, give up to you." How is my husband?"

However, although Her Royal Highness Sophie cannot communicate, the same cannot be said for her younger siblings.

So the nobles adopted the "curve to save the country" model and invited little Otto and Matilda to come out in various ways.

Little Otto was very annoyed by this. He had seen his sister in violent mode, so he didn't want to have anything to do with these people at all.

Matilda was full of vanity. She attended this banquet today and that salon tomorrow. She also commented from time to time that the quality of the banquet was getting worse. The emotion in her words hinted at the cruelty of the Holy See and the stubbornness of her sister. She attended the meeting. The nobles also echoed her as if they had found a close friend, hoping that she would quickly go to her family to report the situation.

Of course, Matilda is not stupid. She can deceive these nobles, but if she is really asked to call her sister or go to her brother-in-law to make trouble, she will never do it.

On this day, a certain court count in the south of the city held a banquet in a newly built suburban manor and invited Her Highness Matilda to attend.

She remembered that the count had great taste in art appreciation, so she went with pleasure.

As a result, in the main banquet hall, I saw Sister Adelaide in a white coat, with a helpless face as she dealt with the conversations and toasts of the surrounding nobles.

"Sister Adelaide!"

"Oh, little Matilda is here." Adelaide, as if hoping for a savior, hurriedly pushed through the crowd and walked over, "I didn't talk to you last time in the cathedral because I was busy returning to the Holy See. I'm sorry. .This time I brought you some gifts."

Matilda and Adelaide have a very good relationship, because this sister often brings her luxury goods from Italy, such as bags, watches, perfumes, etc., which are all rare things that cannot be bought within the Shinra Empire.

After greeting the nobles around her, Matilda followed Adelaide to the inner room of the banquet hall.

Then she saw various cosmetic sets, designer bags and high heels displayed on the table. It was so dazzling that the inscriptions of international brands were almost dazzling.

"These...are all these brought to me by you, sister?" Matilda was simply stunned.

There is no doubt that after obtaining these luxuries, she will be the most eye-catching "queen" in the salon of the upper class ladies of the empire for the next whole year.

"Yes." Adelaide said with a smile, "These are gifts given to you by the Holy Lady."

"Lord Saint?" Matilda turned her head in surprise and saw Nora in white robe walking out from behind.

This saintly lady is wearing a pure white nun's robe. The collar, cuffs and waist are sewn with fine and complicated gold threads. There are beautiful silver cross pendants hanging at the hem of the clothes. Her flaxen fluffy hair hangs down naturally. to the height of the shoulder blades in the back.

She has a pure and beautiful appearance, and a gentle expression. Even if she is bare-faced and does not wear any makeup, her appearance is not inferior to that of Sister Sophie, but she is a little less firm and resolute, and a little more gentle, kind, and inexplicable. , giving people the feeling of "a needle hidden in the cotton".

"Matilda?" Nora asked with a smile, "I have often heard Ellie mention you before, but I have never had the opportunity to visit you."

"Are you Sister Nora?"

Hearing that Nora was not called "Her Royal Highness Matilda" or "Her Royal Highness Sophie", Matilda naturally understood immediately and did not respectfully address her as "Saint Lady", but the more intimate "Sister Nora". The ground cried:

"Sister Eleanor often talks about you to me! In fact, I have always wanted to meet you, just because of my husband's family..."

She looked shy as she spoke, but she secretly screamed that she had said the wrong thing.

After all, her sister had just stolen her sweetheart, why did she have to mention her sister? Wouldn't it be better to just talk to her as Matilda?

However, Nora didn’t look angry and said with a smile:

"It's okay. Ellie is also very busy, so she probably won't have time to introduce her family to me..."

Having said this, the Holy Lady paused, then said with a gentle smile:

"By the way, Matilda. Can I ask you a favor?"