Law of the Devil

When it came to the coming-of-age ceremony, Gabriel's expression was quite calm, but when Du Wei mentioned the word "fiancee", Gabriel's expression became a little unnatural. He seemed to glance at his elder brother, but Deliberately skipping the topic: "I heard that you killed a holy knight, and you are still the Grand Knight Commander."

Gabriel looked at Du Wei's face.

Du Wei frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "Oh, the news spread so fast."

Gabriel sighed, slightly worried: "Brother, I know that there is always your reason for what you are going to do. So no matter what you do, I will stand by your side... But don't forget, we My mother is a devout believer in the church. My mother is very sad to hear the news."

Du Wei thought for a moment, then suddenly sneered and said, "Hmph, it's the religious center of the church on the Luolin Plain. What did you say when you ran home?"

"...The teacher of the Religious Institute in Cote Province, before I left, came to my house once, in name to give me a few gifts, congratulating me on my upcoming coming-of-age ceremony, but... definitely put some words on purpose Passed through the mouths of the servants at home, and then to the ears of the mother."

Du Wei sneered: "These magic sticks always like to play these dirty tricks." He glanced at his younger brother: "How did you do it?"

There was a trace of determination in Gabriel's eyes: "What else can I do? Before I came out, I broke the legs of two servants who were chewing their tongues in front of my mother and threw them out. Then I told my mother that the struggle between imperial power and theocracy has always been Existence. Now that our family is closely tied to the royal family, there are some things that we have to do. As for the churches in Cote province... I have ordered that the religious contribution tax this year will be reduced by 50%. Forgive these guys I dare not go to the imperial capital to complain."

Du Wei smiled. I am very satisfied with my brother's growth. After all, the person who will be in charge of the Luo Lin family in the future cannot be a gentle sheep, but must be a lion who dares to attack everything that provokes his territory!

"By the way, after your coming-of-age ceremony, there are two major events. One is naturally getting married and marrying your fiancée. The second... is your future. According to the past tradition, the heir of the Luo Lin family is naturally You want to enter the army. Do you have any ideas yourself?"

The two brothers rode side by side on horseback. After Du Wei asked the question, Gabriel did not answer immediately. But he lowered his head and pondered for a while, when he raised his head. The boy's face was full of sincerity: "Brother, where do you want me to go?"

Du Wei was stunned for a moment, he looked at his grown-up brother, smiled and said: "You have grown up, you don't have to listen to my arrangements for everything, you should have your own ideas, I can only give you some opinions. But I can't Let me help you decide what to do."

As he spoke, Du Wei suddenly reined in his horse. Seeing his younger brother sitting on the horse with his back straight, he suddenly smiled and took off his cloak casually. Throwing it to Gabriel, he said softly: "After all, the imperial capital is not in the south, and it is still very cold at night. You should put this thing on."

Gabriel looked at his brother, at his face. The appearance of the two brothers is 50 to 60% similar. But in comparison, the fourteen-year-old Gabriel puts more emphasis on the traditional image of the Rollins family: strong. The contours of the face are also more square. He was not even fifteen years old, and some soft, fluffy beards had already grown on his face. It's Du Wei. The eldest son of the Luo Lin family seems to be thinner than his younger brother, and his shoulders are not as broad as Gabriel's.

From this point of view, when Gabriel grew up, he might look more like the old Earl Raymond than Du Wei, an image of an imperial general.

On the contrary, Du Wei is more like a civil servant.

After looking at his brother, Gabriel immediately wrapped the cloak without hesitation. Du Wei smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, tell me, what do you think. You tell me first, now I have some status, which department you want to go to, I will definitely let you do it. "

"I want to go to the army and be an officer of the army, even if I start from a low-level officer, just like my father did back then." Gabriel's voice was firm: "I don't want to go directly to the command to be a civilian soldier, that would be too boring."

"Start as a low-level officer in the army?" Du Wei pondered for a while, but stopped talking.

The two brothers kept silent, but Gabriel looked at Du Wei secretly from time to time. Seeing the changes in Du Wei's eyes, he felt a little uneasy, wondering if his brother would support his decision.

He made this choice for a reason. Their father, the late Earl Raymond, the last patriarch of the Luo Lin family, when Raymond was young, after the coming-of-age ceremony, he directly joined the Imperial Army as an earl, instead of choosing to work as a civilian in the high command, directly Entered the Northern Storm Corps, and worked as a junior officer for three years, starting as a cavalry commander, then as a captain, and in the last three years as a commanding officer.

Of course, this speed of promotion is naturally like a rocket. After all, his identity is the heir of the Luo Lin family of the empire. But even so, it is very rare among the nobles, because most of the wealthy nobles will not send their heirs to the grassroots of the army with difficult conditions to suffer, but will choose to seek wealth in various departments of the imperial capital. A good position, and then slowly mixed with seniority, and when you reach a certain age, you will be sent to the local army and directly serve as a senior officer. After a few years, you will make some achievements such as "suppressing bandits" and "maintaining local law and order" , you can return to the imperial capital with honor, get a general rank in the military, or seek a high-ranking position in the high command...

This is the official career of most wealthy and noble heirs. It goes smoothly and doesn't have to suffer too much.

Back then, Raymond was considered an anomaly. He rejected the military headquarters that stayed in the imperial capital, but ran to the most difficult conditions among the four main battle armies of the empire. When it comes to the commanding officer, he also relies on the influence of the family, but everyone admires him for his willingness to endure hardships. The Storm Legion was considered to be the most difficult place in the empire. He had personally led the army to fight against the monsters in the frozen forest, and also fought with those poaching and smuggling mercenaries. He was injured and stood up. merit, but these are actual merits without water injection.

Originally he did so. It is enough to make people admire him. Everyone believed that, as the heir of a well-known Wu Xun family in the empire, his doing so was enough to show his excellence, so he should be able to go back to the imperial capital to enjoy the blessings. .

But he didn't!

He ran to the Northwest Army again! Served as the head of the cavalry regiment for a year, and led people to fight with those ferocious horse bandits and grassland people in the northwest for a while!

It can be said that the two most difficult main battle armies in the empire, he

have been. Suffered and shed blood!

The empire has been peaceful for two hundred years. The rich and noble families, including many so-called martial arts families, have gradually become mediocre and obsessed with peace. Few people are willing to suffer and hone themselves like Raymond.

Now, apparently, Gabriel wants to retrace in his father's footsteps.

Du Wei was thinking. Gabriel didn't answer immediately, but the two went all the way back to the Duke's Mansion in the imperial capital.

When I came to the door of the house, I looked at the familiar house and courtyard. Although it has been expanded, the current Duke's Mansion looks more magnificent than the former Earl's Mansion.

"Your Earl's Mansion, the address has not been selected yet." Du Wei smiled and said: "There have been too many things recently. Besides, I want to apologize to you, this house... should be yours. But His Highness rewarded it to you. I'm the Duke's mansion. So, in a few days. You have to move."

Gabriel laughed: "Okay. My brother, this house belongs to you. It belongs to me. There is nothing to divide between two brothers."

The servants came to take away the horses, and the cavalry guards who went to Beijing with Gabriel also went down to rest. Du Wei took his younger brother and went back to the study first.

After a while, the servants brought the dinner, and the two brothers sat at the table in the study and ate a simple barbecue.

Gabriel ate very sweetly, wiped his mouth at the end, and said with a smile: "Speaking of barbecue, it's still delicious when you cook it yourself."

"Anyway, you're here now, and you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future. If you're free, I'll make it for you." Du Wei smiled.

Then he lightly dropped the knife in his hand, his face returned to seriousness, and he looked at his younger brother: "Okay, let's talk."

Gabriel also had a solemn face, and sat back at the desk with Du Wei, looking at his brother's serious face and slightly frowning brows. Gabriel could feel that as his elder brother grew older, his title and official position became higher and higher, the authority in his hands became heavier and heavier, and the power between his brows became stronger and stronger.

Sitting in front of his brother at this moment, Gabriel suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart: looking at his brother now is like looking at his majestic father back then.

"You want to go to the bottom of the army to hone yourself, I am proud of your courage." Du Wei said slowly, his voice was very low: "Which army do you want to go to?"

Gabriel smiled, and he could tell that his brother supported his idea: "Of course you don't need to think about the local garrison, you know what the garrison in those places look like! It's a mess, and if I go to that kind of place, I'm afraid it will kill me." It also made me lazy."

"No, Gabriel." Du Wei shook his head: "You may not know it in the Luolin Plain. In fact, in the past two years, His Royal Highness the Regent has been rectifying the local garrison, disarming a large number of redundant personnel of the local garrison, and daily The training and military records have also been rectified, much better than before."

"Anyway, I don't want to go to the local garrison." Gabriel muttered.

Du Wei smiled: "If you don't go, then you don't want to go, then you want to go to the main battle army? Or the Royal Guards?"

"Forget about the royal guards! The royal guards are still stationed in the imperial capital, I just don't want to stay in the imperial capital."

Du Wei sighed, he vaguely guessed his younger brother's plan, but out of respect for his younger brother, he still asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Gabriel smiled, and he pointed his fingers and said, "I was very interested in the newly formed Thor's Whip. I heard that the newly formed legion has quite good weapons and equipment. Many new weapons are given priority to them. I really want to go. But the commander of this legion is Alpay. Although I have been staying in the Luolin Plain, I also know that this Alpay and your brother are not on the same page. They are the enemy of our family, so naturally I can’t Go to his subordinates, otherwise he won't be beaten to death."

Du Wei smiled, seeing the familiar childishness on his younger brother's face. There is some warmth in my heart.

"Needless to say, the Southern Legion, guarding the swamp all the year round, radiating to the south...but the south is too peaceful, and the Southern Legion has been disarming and transferring people for many years. The navy has been expanded, and a group has been transferred from the Southern Legion. King City is near When the guards were purged, another group was transferred from the Southern Legion. This time, when Thor's Whip was established, a group of backbones were transferred from the Southern Legion. Now the Southern Legion is nothing but an empty shell, and its actual combat effectiveness may not be as good as Where's the local garrison! I don't want to go to that boring place."

"Do you want to go to the north?" Du Wei looked serious.

"Yes, the Storm Legion is my first choice." Gabriel said with a smile: "You also know that when my father was young, he first served in the Storm Legion. The current legion leader, General Rostock, was a good friend of my father back then. If I go, he should take care of me, so you don't have to worry about me."

Du Wei sighed in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said slowly: "Apart from the Stormtroopers? Do you have other options?"

"It's not bad to go to the Northwest Independent Division." Gabriel smiled: "But it's your place. The Northwest Independent Division is also controlled by you, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Northwest. It is your army. Although I am interested in where. But I Worried that people would gossip. I wanted to hone myself, not to be under the wing."

The last sentence revealed Gabriel's heart.

Du Wei faintly frowned.

Because he knows very well that these two choices are very bad! very bad! !

If it was a time of peace, of course Du Wei would not object to his younger brother going to suffer a bit, and it would be good to go to the Storm Legion. Although the Frozen Forest can be a bit dangerous. But as long as a few more master guards from the family are sent, there shouldn't be a big problem.

Isn't that how my father came here back then?

But. It's different now!

Gabriel didn't know. But Du Wei knew it!

Within the next year, the sinners and alien races will invade from the north. At that time, the Storm Legion was the first to bear the brunt!

Although Du Wei didn't want to dampen his younger brother's enthusiasm, as an older brother, he also had selfish motives! In future wars, the Storm Legion, as the front line of defense in the empire, will be the first army to exchange fire with the criminal army, and the casualty rate will inevitably be very high!

He didn't want his brother to take risks!

And the Northwest Independent Division... In fact, this army is simply a cover created by Du Wei and Prince Chen! .

This Northwest Independent Division is actually not an army at all! Because after the destruction of the Northwest Army, the threat on the grassland had already been blocked by Du Weixian, so there was no need to station a large army in the Northwest. This Northwest Independent Division was actually secretly created by Du Wei and Prince Chen...

Future Imperial Air Force!

Over the past two years, the large factory established by the empire in the northwest has produced a steady stream of hot air balloon airships. After technical modifications and updates, they have begun to equip them on a large scale.

The Northwest Independent Division has also conducted a lot of training. This army will come in handy in future wars!

This Northwest Independent Division, the prototype of the future Imperial Air Force, will definitely fight criminals on the battlefield. For the safety of his brother's life, Du Wei didn't want Gabriel to be a pilot!

He remembered the combat power of the criminals described in the letter Bai Heshou sent back to him using witchcraft.

Those rhino fighters whose strength is comparable to that of human mid-level warriors, and those orc soldiers who can be mad at any time to improve their combat effectiveness...the powerful fighting machines made by the dwarves.

Look at my brother's young face again.

Du Wei shook his head resolutely!

"Brother, as I said, I respect all your choices, and I will not force you to do anything. But, as your elder brother, I need to express my opinion." Du Wei's face was serious, and his eyes were fixed on him. Looking at Gabriel: "I personally... oppose you going to the Storm Legion or the Northwest Independent Division."

"Why?" Gabriel did not rush to refute immediately, but asked Du Wei very calmly.

This performance made Du Wei very satisfied. Well, my brother finally looks like an adult instead of a frizzy kid.

"I won't hide it from you." Du Wei sighed, and lowered his voice: "This matter is still a secret, but it will be announced in half a year."

He suddenly took out a map of the empire from under the table, spread it out on the table, and raised his finger to the place in the frozen forest: "I think you know about the rampage of monsters in the frozen forest two years ago. That incident caused heavy losses to the Stormtroopers."

"Know."

"Very good! Then let me tell you, this is just a prelude." Du Wei's voice was full of coldness: "In the next year, there will be a large number of people in the north, north of the frozen forest... I have never known and never known the invasion of evil races! They are not human beings. They are alien races. They have at least over one million troops and powerful combat power! Their goal is not to leave after a while like those monsters .It is for the extermination of human beings! This is a big war! The frozen forest will be the front line!"

Gabriel was stunned.

The room suddenly fell into a deathly silence!

The young Gabriel looked at his brother's eyes, and then at the location of the frozen forest on the map.

It would be hard for anyone to believe and accept such news for a moment!

The mainland has been peaceful for hundreds of years! For a long time, for the people of the Roland Empire, the only known enemy was the Northwest Legion, a separatist warlord, and now Du Wei has wiped it out.

There is also the grassland outside Mount Kilimaro, those grassland barbarians. But it's just a local disaster, not a big threat.

If we force ourselves to pursue it, there may be Nanyang... But the proud Roland people will not regard those natives with spears and rowing boats as "enemies"-they are not qualified!

"north?"

"North of the Frozen Forest?"

"An alien race that isn't human?"

Gabriel asked three questions in a row.

He could tell that brother was definitely not joking!

"The only person who knows about this matter in the imperial capital is His Royal Highness the Regent. He may have told Lord Robschell, but it is only limited to the core power circle of the empire. There will not be more than five people. Other than that Well, the only one who knows the news is the Pope of the temple... and the president of the Magic Union, Yagodouge, should have been informed as well."

Du Wei moved his fingers slowly: "You also know that we have established a military defense line in the northern part of the empire, a very long defense line built at the level of a first-class military fortress in the empire - the Kaspersky line of defense! If it's just to prevent monsters from raging. Is it necessary for us to build such a line of defense at any cost? My brother..."

Du Wei's voice was full of coldness: "Outside news. This line of defense is built according to the first-level military fortress of the empire, but in fact, its construction standards and costs are much higher! I invested a lot of money in this line of defense. Sixteen million gold coins! The empire also paid more than 100,000 laborers and civilians. Almost half of the people from the Imperial Works and Housing Department have been mobilized to the north. The lowest wall of this line of defense is 15 meters high. Where are we equipped? A large number of ballistas and defensive equipment. The military fortress behind the line of defense is large enough to station troops of more than three legions, as well as a large number of weapons and food storage... Over the past year, food from the south has been continuously transported to the north. And in the Northwest, I have spent countless efforts to extract the cows, sheep and horses from the Northwest Grassland. Including the newly formed Thunder God's Whip Legion and my Northwest Independent Division, they will all go north in the near future and have a round with the Storm Legion , and then... this line of defense will be our city wall against invaders!"

Gabriel finally spoke, his lips twitched a few times: "Are these intruders very powerful?"

"It's very powerful." Du Wei smiled wryly. For the first time in the past three years, he was able to tell his relatives: "It's so powerful that I'm not sure! These intruders are far more powerful than us humans alone. And ...they also have wisdom, hatred, determination...and everything else!"

Du Wei sighed, his face was exhausted.

In fact, he has been exhausted for the past three years! It's just that in front of his subordinates, he is the leader, and he can't show any weakness, but now, in front of his trusted brother, he can show his tiredness.

"This is not the Northwest War, not the local warlords like the Northwest Army, which can be wiped out in two or three months. It is not the grassland war twenty years ago, which can be ended in one or two years... This is a patriotic war. Or it's a 'human defense war', I even doubt that this war will last ten years, twenty years...even longer!"

However, Du Wei thought of the two "wars in the age of mythology" ten thousand years ago. .

That dark age lasted for a full hundred years! !

silence……

The two brothers looked at each other speechlessly.

Du Wei suddenly smiled, turned around and took out a crystal bottle from behind the bookshelf. The bottle is hidden fine wine - Du Wei also learned this habit from his father, old Raymond.

He unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to his younger brother: "I think you must have a drink or two now."

Gabriel smiled bitterly: "It seems that I really need it."

He grabbed the wine bottle and drank a small half of it viciously. Because he drank too fast, he even choked a few times.

Seeing his brother coughing, his face turned red. Du Wei finally smiled gently: "You are very brave, Gabriel. At least you didn't pee your pants in fear after you heard the news. If ordinary people know that we humans are about to face such a big crisis of extinction , I'm afraid most people

Will collapse in panic. "

"Why...why hasn't this news been announced?" Gabriel smiled wryly.

"This news was known three years ago." Du Wei smiled bitterly: "But we need time to prepare for the battle! Do you think, if this news is announced, how much panic and chaos will erupt in the human world? There will be a lot of civil strife in the empire. In desperation, no one wants to produce... that can't be done! We need three years, and we need three years, so that the farmers can continue to cultivate. So that the empire can store food. Let the artisans continue to produce, the emperor Only the ** army can get sufficient weapons and equipment. Only by allowing merchants to continue to circulate, can the empire’s finances wait for enough military expenditures! Also, in the past three years, we have wiped out the warlords of the Northwest Army at any cost and eliminated internal troubles... you think , if this news was announced early, we probably wouldn’t know what the chaos was like internally! But it’s good now. Most people don’t know, so we have prepared the army for war, the rectification of the army, and the accumulation of weapons and food , financial reserves, and the construction of the northern defense line..."

"But it will always be announced." Gabriel whispered.

"Yes, it will be within a few months." Du Wei sighed: "Then, chaos is expected. Fortunately, we have made preparations to suppress the chaos, the rectification of the local garrison, and the warlords in the northwest have been eliminated. Yes. At least we don’t need to worry about our internal affairs. As for the people’s panic...it’s inevitable. But enough food and weapons have been produced. Panic is panic, as for this... Believe in our spiritual leader. The teaching of the church Sir Zong will find a way to calm this fear. After all, he is the spiritual leader."

gurgling.

Gabriel took a few more sips of wine.

At this moment, under the stimulation of alcohol, this young man's trembling heart could gradually calm down.

He is not cowardly, but when the news of such a big event comes, all people will always be emotionally confused, even Du Wei, when he knew it, was the same.

"I still want to go to the army!" Gabriel actually downed a bottle of wine.

He blushed and put the wine bottle heavily on the table.

"You are the heir of the family!" Du Wei reminded solemnly.

"But I'm from Luo Lin!" Gabriel said proudly: "As the patriarch of the Luo Lin family, as the head of the proud Wuxun family, how can the Luo Lin family back down at such a great moment!! Ours The family is a part of guarding this continent! Our ancestors fought bloody battles for this empire, and our fathers also shed blood for this empire! How can I be willing to lag behind!"

"You will have a chance." Du Wei smiled bitterly: "However, I still don't think you should go to the front line now. You will probably die in the first wave of decisive battle."

"I'm not afraid of death." Gabriel shook his head, "No son of the Rowling family is afraid of death."

"I know." Du Wei still shook his head: "But you are the patriarch, if you die, who will inherit the family? Don't forget, you don't even have a son now. You have just grown up yourself. Before you die, at least give Only one heir can be left in the family. Otherwise, would you look at the Luo Lin family that I have worked so hard to restore, and it will be wiped out?"

A very calm question, immediately made Gabriel silent!

Indeed, in this generation of the Luo Lin family, Raymond died too early, and Gabriel was just an adult, but the eldest son Du Wei had left the family and formed his own family.

It can be said that if Gabriel died suddenly, the Luo Lin family might not even be able to find an orthodox heir... The only thing waiting for this great family is the ending of ashes!

"After your coming-of-age ceremony, get married immediately, keep the wedding simple. Then...I need you to get your wife pregnant within a year—or sooner. This is the responsibility of the family. As for your position...North I don’t recommend you to go to the Stormtroopers, because if you go now, your role will be nothing more than an ordinary low-level officer, and you won’t have much contribution value. And I have other arrangements for you... Of course, this Everything is based on your consent. You are my younger brother, but you have grown up, and I will not impose my will on you. You can think about it, if you insist on your plan..."

Du Wei smiled bitterly: "Then I can only agree, but I will send experts to protect you and try not to let you die in the post of a low-level officer. If the earl of the Luo Lin family died when he was still a low-level cavalry captain It would be too humiliating. You should have a bigger stage, my brother."

Gabriel stood up and looked at Du Wei: "You are my brother, I am willing to follow your arrangement!"

After a pause, he suddenly said in a low voice: "Brother, how sure are you of this... this matter?"

"You mean war?" Du Wei shook his head: "I'm not sure. This war may last for decades, or even longer, so... I have a plan. Three months later, I will find a way to save my mother from the war." My hometown picked her up and sent a boat to take her to Nanyang! I have made some preparations in Nanyang, which is considered my sphere of influence."

"Nanyang?" Gabriel was stunned for a moment, but he immediately caught a message: "Do you think that Kaspersky's line of defense may not be able to stop the opponent? Are you worried that the Luolin Plain will also fall?"

"Anything is possible." Du Wei shook his head: "This is not a war between humans and humans, a war between humans and humans. In the end, if one side admits defeat and surrenders, it will be over. But this is a war of exterminating the nation and species." The opponent’s goal is likely to destroy the human race! This kind of war has never been encountered by human beings for thousands of years.”

Gabriel looked at Du Wei for a while: "You are my brother, I believe in you, I believe in you unconditionally! Whatever you want me to do, I will do it!"

Du Wei smiled, his eyes were bright, and he firmly held his brother's hand: "Don't worry, I am also a member of the Luo Lin family! I will not let the Luo Lin family become famous. My brother, I hope you become After father, another famous general of the Luo Lin family!"

Gabriel suddenly had a strange expression on his face: "Brother, can we discuss the matter of marriage again..."

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