Crown of Chaos

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Sunset led the expeditionary force of more than 3,000 people. The next day, the military pay was distributed at the school field. Aaron distributed a total of nearly 100,000 gold lion coins as military pay. This money included the army's fixed salary, departure expenses, and victory bounty.

The biggest part is the pension. Aaron has to pay a large pension for the war dead. This money accounts for the bulk of the expenditure. The pioneer army of more than 3,000 people has a total of nearly 700 soldiers and adventurers fighting gloriously. Death, Aaron cannot deny the money, and the due pension must be paid in full.

When the financial controller Arian calculated the pension details and asked Aaron to sign, Aaron couldn't help but sigh that sometimes the evil camp is indeed more flexible and convenient in doing things, and has many excuses and reasons to save pension expenses.

His Excellency the Viscount still signed, and a large sum of gold and silver was pulled out of the treasure house, which made the pastor lady feel heartbroken.

There were more than 300 people disabled due to the war. Aaron's choice was for the non-staff adventurers to pay pensions, while the Shepherd Legion soldiers within the staff would be blessed.

The fairy princess Buyel used Isa's healing power to show everyone a miracle - she released a long-prepared super-large sacrificial ceremony, allowing 180 disabled people to regenerate their severed limbs and return to the army in one go.

The miracles on the school field made the soldiers stunned, and the ensuing pay made the soldiers who had experienced the hard battle in the blizzard couldn't help but show a look of expectation on their faces.

In order to make the scene spectacular, Aaron ordered tens of thousands of gold and silver to be piled directly on the school grounds. Twenty large boxes were lined up gorgeously. Every soldier who read his name came up to receive his pay. Gold and silver coins were piled Together, it's quite visually stunning.

Every Shepherd Legion soldier received full military pay without any deductions.

With the real money in their pockets, the soldiers of the Shepherd Legion had happy smiles on their faces. They only felt that following the Viscount, they really had meat to eat, and they were protected even if they were disabled!

Under the warm winter sun, Aaron personally paid each soldier, and every soldier whose name was read personally took the money bag from the hands of the Viscount. His eyes felt a little sour, and his chest felt a little burning. They were deeply moved. He bowed deeply to Aaron, and before he could say anything, he was pushed away by the Black Eagle Guard, because the next soldier was still waiting to be paid.

The school grounds were surrounded by citizens, and everyone was extremely enthusiastic, including the adventurers who participated in the war.

It’s good if it’s organized!

After every soldier had received enough military pay, Aaron announced the second thing.

Canonized knight.

A total of one hundred and seventy-two soldiers who have distinguished themselves in the Battle of Hurek Forest have won the title of Knight Errant. They will be promoted to the rank of "Captain of Ten" and enjoy an additional income.

A total of twenty-six officers have been promoted to "Knights of the Kingdom". From today on, they will not only join the "Silver Dragon Knights" and become members of the independent knights only belonging to His Excellency the Viscount, but they will also receive "knight baptism" and transfer to the "Knights of the Kingdom". After becoming a "Silver Dragon Knight", each person will also receive 30 acres of land as a fixed salary. However, Aaron did not entrust the actual land to them. Instead, he established the "Silver Dragon Knight National Estate" and used the estate's title as the "Silver Dragon Knight". Harvest distributes corresponding physical goods and wages to each kingdom knight.

The "Baptism of the Silver Dragon Knight" ceremony is actually the transformation ceremony of the Chaos Warriors, and the transformation location is held in the Round Table Hall.

After completing a series of rituals, Aaron focused on his personal gains in this war.

First, he obtained a condensing crystal of the godhead from the projection of Lorgar, the original body of the Great Word Bearer.

The price paid by the Great Word Bearer Demon Primarch for projecting in the kingdom this time is not small! A piece of godhead crystal may not be worth mentioning to a powerful god, but it is already a huge loss to a demigod like the original body.

Even for gods with powerful divine power, unless they devour or fuse with other gods, each fragment of their godhead requires hundreds of years of accumulation to be condensed into a godhead through continuous evolution and accumulation of divine power.

The crystallization of the godhead is an abstract thing, and there is no concrete object. As a crystallization of energy, the godhead is more like the degree of integration of laws by gods or quasi-divine powers, representing the height of the god's ability to master the origin of the universe.

Whether they have godhead or not is the main difference between divine creatures and divine-like powers. The divine powers of divine creatures come from gifts from other divine powers and divine-like powers. Their power is not essentially their own, but if the divine power can be condensed into Godhead, then the divine creature will take the crucial step to master its own power.

Without this projection, the strength of the demigod and demon primarch Lorgar will permanently drop by a few points.

A divine creature like Aaron is originally incapable of easily absorbing the Great Word Bearer's godhead. Any divine creature that wants to fuse the godhead will take tens to hundreds of years. You also have to worry about whether you fused him or not. Did he merge with you?

However, as the personal choice of the Four Gods, Aaron has no worries in this regard.

The source of power for both sides is originally the same.

Is it difficult for a regional general agent to merge part of the sales channels and supply resources of a distributor under another regional agent?

As long as Aaron is strong enough, he can easily master the power of chaos that other divine creatures take hundreds of years to master.

The power of merging Luojia to connect with the source of chaos is more important than the chaotic power of the chaotic bloodline.

This is the core of Aaron’s deification!

To sum up, at the end of the year 1362 in the Valley calendar, His Excellency Viscount Salian was very busy, so busy that he didn't even have anything to arrange his own private affairs.

At the same time, a military report reporting victory was sent directly to Susar as the Hurek Forest was pacified.

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A touch of pale gold rises slowly from the pearl on the shores of Dragon Lake, the royal capital of Cormyr, Susar.

With the arrival of dawn, the Obeschier Palace began to operate again. The palace guards, purple dragon knights, and queen's blades had three layers of defense, each layer of which was tight.

Several luxurious carriages have stopped outside the lion gate of the palace. In front of the carriages, several nobles wearing purple dragon-patterned noble costumes, mink fur coats on their shoulders, and noble crowns on their heads are already stealing. Whispered.

The leader was none other than the Duke of Kayneth-Ireland, who had helped Aaron twice. We hadn’t seen each other for two years. His Highness the Duke’s face had not changed, but his eyes had become much deeper. He had a smile on his face while chatting with other nobles. Bragging, "Aaron is a latecomer that I discovered personally" while introducing his son to everyone.

Secondly, there is another actual Duke Marelli, Duke Gordon Marelli who once temporarily jumped during the fire of Sousal and chose to side with the princess. After the incident, the old Duke Marelli was ordered to retire by Alice Searle. , Gordon inherited the title of Duke. Compared to a year ago, Gordon looked older. He was no longer high-spirited, but had become more calm and vicissitudes of life. Over the past year, in order to control his grandfather's court, , Gordon often struck hard, and his family also criticized him. Fortunately, with the support of the princess, he finally settled the internal problems.

The third great noble is Ms. Millman-Laure, Countess of Arabelle. Ms. Lauer, who has just given birth, has shed her former image of a heroic and strong woman, and her strong and gentle motherhood is accompanied by the phoenix crown on her head. It was revealed along her body that after retaking Arabelle, Ms. Raul had fulfilled her wish. She returned to Sousal for vacation this year and gave birth to a daughter for her lover.

"Salian has done a great job this time." Duke Kayneth said jokingly with his deep eyes: "He actually swallowed up the entire Hurek Forest. His Highness called us in today. It should be Discuss this."

"Aaron does have some abilities, but he also benefited from the legacy of the former king. Who in the whole of Cormyr doesn't know that it was the former king who conquered the Hurek Forest once, and then lost control due to the goblin war. What Aaron did , it’s nothing more than bringing the forest back under control on the basis of the previous king.” Duke Gordon shook his head, with some fear in his eyes: “His Royal Highness actually allowed him to inherit the legacy of the previous king...”

"It's easy for you to talk. The late king did conquer the forest... How many exploration teams and logging teams entered the forest and disappeared after that?" Ms. Raul interrupted Gordon: "I know Hurek Forest in Arabelle. It’s haunted every year.”

The three of them were still chatting for a few more words when suddenly there was a sound of feet from behind. They all fell silent, leaving only the sound of the cold winter wind blowing through their clothes.

The morning light was dim, the magic lamp was weak, and there were two people, one old and one young. The old man was wearing a purple dragon-patterned robe, while the girl was wearing a pure white winter princess dress and a pure white dragon skin robe.

These two people are naturally the chief wizard of the Cormyr royal family, the legendary wizard Fangdaheist, and the girl is the designated next-generation heir, the eldest warlock lady Charlotte Karadenai.

Seeing Fengerda Heist, Duke Kayneth sighed in his heart, thinking that the strength of this old mage was really not as good as before. The former strength of Fengerda Hester was considered a strong one among the mages in the legendary field (not as good as Elminster's group of chosen mages), but after the Goblin War, this old mage's strength declined due to serious injuries. It can be seen from his appearance that his vitality has begun to decline.

However, the Archmage has found an excellent heir. Karadna's strength has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Now she is a real eighth-level spellcaster. Her quirky personality and difficult temper make people more and more unpredictable. Toru, there are rumors that she has the blood of gods flowing in her body, and there are also rumors that she is the daughter of the stars. There is no consensus.

It is worth mentioning that Master Van Gerda Hester is Ms. Raul’s lover, and their daughter has just been born.

As for the teacher-student scandal between Charlotte Karadna and Aaron Salian, it has been rumored for a long time, and it is not even news.

Several people said hello, stopped chatting, and prepared to meet.

The bells rang, and the Cormyr Kingdom Parliament was officially convened. The cabinet ministers and the kingdom's nobles entered the hall one after another.

The regent Princess Alice has also finished dressing. She is surrounded by purple curtains and on a throne engraved with dragon flames. The mature and gorgeous princess's scarlet eyes are full of majesty with flaming red lips. She is separated by a layer of curtains. Seeing everyone preparing to take their seats, the princess, who was wearing a set of magical snow-white fox and purple dragon royal princess dress, could not help but gently support her beautiful face with her bright white wrists wrapped in long pure white lace gloves. She leaned sideways on the throne and fell asleep, with her gorgeous waist-length bright golden hair tied up behind her head. Golden dragon-shaped hairpins tied up her hair, and then flowed down like a waterfall. There were strands of princess braid surrounding it. The pearl from Longhu is dressed up noble and cool.

The princess regent's dress had a large slit. She relaxedly put her right leg on her left leg, and her long legs wrapped in black thickened aurora pantyhose were completely exposed, showing off a large area of ​​aurora like stars. A pair of black pointed gold-edged patent leather high heels hung from the end of her long black aurora silk legs, tightly wrapping the Regent Princess's beautiful, flawless, crystal black silk feet from toes to ankles.

As she ordered the curtain to be removed, Alice's proud breasts swayed slightly with her movements. Even under the cover of the royal dress, it was eye-catching. Her waist turned slightly, and her temperament changed from a girl to a young woman. The transformed princess signaled that the meeting could begin.

Naturally, the content of the meeting was about Aaron's conquest of the Hurek Forest. The purpose of convening the Kingdom Council today was to discuss how Aaron should be rewarded? Also, how to characterize Aaron’s conquest? Is he considered to have inherited the legacy of the late king, or is he considered to be his own great achievements? Should the kingdom encourage his behavior, or should it warn him not to do the same again?

There was always a lot of noise below, and the nobles expressed their opinions.

Alice Serre sat on the throne and did not speak. She just glanced around boredly and saw the white palace surrounded by cold snowflakes. The loneliness in the palace made Her Royal Highness feel physically tortured - she You have to wait until Midwinter is approaching before you can get out of the palace.

The Kingdom's Parliament Hall is naturally very large in area. Sixty-four stone pillars support the dragon-shaped dome. Half of the murals at the top are empty, and the other half depicts all the major events from the founding of Cormyr to the present. Among them, Assan IV and The mural of the ancient red dragon duel has just been completed. The color is very bright and looks majestic and gorgeous.

There were 300 nobles of Cormyr ranked from the Duke to the lowest baron in terms of title, and more than half of them were present. The royal cabinet was collectively in office, and the cabinet composed of Sir Arnold, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, proved to be somewhat useful.

The chief wizard, Fengerda Heist, stood on a high seat next to the throne. Charlotte sat next to Fengerda Hester, listening to the debate in the council.

"Shame! What a great shame!"

"We, the Kingdom of the Purple Dragon, have conquered the Hurek Forest no less than a hundred times before, killing tens of thousands of people, consuming half a million gold coins, 300,000 pieces of cloth, 10,000 sets of weapons and equipment, and no less than 10 million pounds of food. Finally, the late King He barely managed to pacify the forest under his personal leadership. After the death of the late king, the forest surrendered and rebelled again. If Aaron Salian really succeeded in pacifying the Hurek Forest, wouldn’t it be the biggest shame for our country of Purple Dragon in thousands of years? ?”

"Hmph~ Do you know Aaron's true strength? He is only in his early twenties this year, and has already made countless great achievements. He is the elect of the Silver Virgin, kills the son of tyranny, holds grand ceremonies, and single-handedly attracts those magical ladies. The elector has promoted our country's prestige, and even signed a high-level dragon covenant with the legendary dragon species. Why can't he pacify the forest? Let me tell you, he summoned hundreds of powerful dragons with one covenant, not to mention the forest, and the sea of ​​​​the moon will be given to you. Spit up."

"I think we can let Aaron Salian guard the northeastern border of the kingdom. We can let him be responsible for his own profits and losses. We can save an unknown amount of military expenses every year."

"You! Do you know how much money it costs to launch the Dragon Clan Covenant? And, let Salian rule the Northeast? Have you forgotten Arabelle's rebel dynasty?"

"I heard that he also founded the Silver Dragon Knights. Could it be that he doesn't want to be a Purple Dragon Knight and wants to establish another knighthood?"

The Kingdom Council was in chaos and noisy.

Among them, some discussed whether it was reasonable for Aaron to rule the entire Hurek Forest, some discussed whether Aaron used forbidden power, some discussed Aaron's reward, and some even expressed concerns about Aaron's excessive military capabilities. worried.

The Kingdom's Parliament gradually divided into two factions. One faction was led by the Duke of Kayneth, who believed that Aaron's pioneering move was worthy of encouragement. The other faction was led by Sir Arnold, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, who believed that although the fait accompli could not be changed, it should be done by itself. This began to suppress and guard against Aaron's inverse faction.

After the two sides argued for a while, Aliceser finally coughed a few times.

The Kingdom Council immediately calmed down, and everyone turned their attention to their regent.

The curtain was removed, and a pair of beautiful black silk legs wrapped in the color of the night stars poked out from under the throne. The red-soled high heels made a crisp sound when they stepped on the gold brick surface. The grand narrative of the upper body swayed slightly with the forward movement. The regent crossed her long black stocking legs, frowned and said, "Conquering the Hurek Forest has always been my father's wish."

The faces of the nobles in the Kingdom Council changed slightly. From the tone of the regent princess, she seemed to approve of Aaron's behavior?

Assan IV was a very sacred being in the hearts of the Cormyrs. As soon as Aliceser mentioned his father, the nobles stopped talking.

A while passed, but no one spoke. The princess looked at the people in the parliament with her cold scarlet eyes, dissatisfied. She hated this "aristocratic republic" because of its low efficiency, slow decision-making and always had opponents.

"Sir Kayneth."

"Your Highness." Duke Kayneth stepped out.

"What do you think should be done?" Alice Searle asked slowly.

"...Your Highness, I think Aaron Salian should be rewarded and reminded at the same time." Duke Kayneth thought for a while and gave a plan: "How to reward Aaron, please make your own decision on how to remind him." …Your Highness, doesn’t Aaron still have two family members in Susar?”

"I propose that his uncle Lothair Cormier be given the title of Honorary Lord and that he be promoted to the title of Honorary Steward of the Royal Stables of Sussal, and that Aaron's aunt Mellie be given the title of Honorary Lady of the Royal Mews, and that I give them generous gifts to reassure them. Live in the royal capital."

"That's right." Alice Ser nodded. The regent's noble and proud voice overwhelmed all the noise in the parliament. Duke Kayneth's thoughts coincided with hers: "Then let's do this. We must let these two Aaron’s relatives felt the Kingdom’s sincerity.”

"Mr. Jim, I'll leave this matter to you." Alice Sayre said to a minister in the cabinet.

"yes."

"As for how to reward Aaron Salian himself, we will discuss it after I personally go to Hurek Forest to investigate."

The regent princess stood up, her long skirt swaying, and little bits of warm light had accumulated on the golden jade surface next to her pair of beautiful black silk feet, sliding down the steps.

At the mention of going to the Hurek Forest in person, Alice's face flushed, and the princess's scarlet eyes showed obvious joy. She signaled the council to adjourn the meeting with a relaxed expression.

"The meeting is over!"

"Charlotte, please stay here for a moment."

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