Lord of War

"Spector?" Cecilia frowned, looking up and down at the strange young man in front of her with an extremely suspicious expression, "Are you pretending?"

"Oh! I'm sorry." Spector apologized suddenly, "I was in a hurry and forgot to take off the mask."

Soon, Spector took off the mask covering his face, revealing a tanned face that was almost wheat-colored. Compared with the situation when he met Cecilia and others in the wild land before, Spector now obviously looks much more mature: his brows are a little more determined, and his eyes are not like before. Floating like that, but a little more vicissitudes of suffering.

After Spector's outstanding performance in the wild land mission last time, Sean felt that this young man was a talent, so he made a special proposal to William. So now Spector doesn't need to run errands like before. At present, there are more than 80 subordinates under his direct control, and two of them are from the Void Dark Blade for his convenience. The dispatched special operations team totaled sixteen people.

In the division of the unified management area of ​​the void, the barbaric land is divided into twenty areas in total, twelve of which are core areas that need to be monitored and controlled. Only the general managers of these twelve areas will have two special operations teams dispatched from the Dark Blade of the Void—according to the current internal system of the Void Realm, in addition to William and Ruby, Eli Kate and Heech Geli, the two characters of the three small giants, did not have the command and dispatch authority of the Void Darkblade.

However, there are a total of twelve regional leaders in the wild land, but each has the command of two Void Dark Blade teams, which is enough to show the importance of these twelve regions.

With Spector's current status, the delivery of confidential documents like the one at the moment does not require him to do it himself.

But this time, he still came here in person, from which he could see the importance of this confidential document.

Cecilia's frown did not relax, she sat back on the chair again, but she did not open the confidential document immediately, but was thinking that the secret intelligence network of the Duchy of the Void might need to Re-modify and arm. In Black Swan Castle, it is very difficult for ordinary assassins to sneak in, but in order to prevent harming their own people, there are actually a few secret paths left for members of the void to enter and exit, but in general these The people who came in and out were all familiar faces, so no additional fortifications and inspections were carried out.

Judging from the expansion rate of the Void Principality today, this method has become a bit dangerous.

Once the spies of the Void Realm are bribed, these secret paths can easily fall into the enemy's intelligence network, thus providing the enemy of the Void Principality with a very perfect beheading path. Although Cecilia is very confident in the defense capabilities of Black Swan Castle, this does not mean that the defense systems in other places can also be so perfect, just like the Void City and Void Fortress that are now in a state of emptiness.

Because Xiao En's departure gave the others a holiday, Nolo didn't know where to go, and Rotika Bass went out to look for the remains of the riding god.

At present, Rena is the only high-end combat personnel left behind in the Void City, because both Cefanio and Ruby went to the Fascist Kingdom to investigate information about the fog spirit.

And Harding, who comes from the demon family in the underground world, followed Hela—since William was attacked last time, the three giants of the void are now traveling, and besides the guards, there must be a strong man with high-end combat power accompanying him . therefore,

The serious lack of high-end combat power has naturally led to an unavoidable huge loophole in the defense system of the entire Void Principality, especially the lack of strong players in the Void Fortress.

The Void Fortress was originally built on the basis of the old fortress of the Dabiang Kingdom in the Canyon Rift Valley.

The overall scale of the fortress is based on the core goal of accommodating 100,000 soldiers and storing enough rations for 100,000 soldiers for three years. It’s just that because of the lack of alchemy puppets and special technologies, even though a large number of magic apprentices and natural builder races such as dwarves, gnomes, and goblins have been invested, after nearly two years of double input of a large amount of materials and manpower regardless of gains and losses, At present, only the main city walls located on both sides of the Xiadi Rift and the inner city main building on the side near the wild land have been completed, and there is still a long time before the real completion.

Originally, this fortress was used by Sean to prepare against the invasion of the tribes in the wild land one day after they turned against each other.

It's just that after Cecilia, Hela, William, and Neil jointly re-enacted the Void Empire plan, the position of this fortress became a bit awkward.

According to Neil's thinking, there is no need for this fortress to exist now, it is better to save resources and use them for expenses elsewhere. Although Hela and William both believed that the construction of the Void Fortress was still necessary, they disagreed on the location of the Void Fortress: Hela built the Void Fortress on the original site; William advocated Moved the location of the stronghold to the entrance of the Famous Rift.

Because in William's view, the enemy on the human side is much more terrifying than the enemy in the wild land. Especially in the lack of sufficient strategic depth on the territory of the Void Principality today, the existence of a defensive fortress is very necessary; on the other hand, in the wild land, the Great Wall built by the original Pancontinental Chamber of Commerce Alliance on the side of the canyon rift. The Rift Valley Trade Territory is still under the control of the Principality of the Void, so if the tribes in the wild land want to raise troops, they can completely defeat them in a region with a vast strategic depth.

Hella's point of view is exactly the opposite of William's. Hella believes that the original site of the Void Fortress remains unchanged, which can not only serve the purpose of deterring the tribes in the barren land, but also serve as a special line of defense. Once there is a conflict between the Void Principality and the surrounding human lords, they can retreat to the barren land However, due to the unique topography of the canyon rift, in this square area, it is completely possible to achieve a situation where one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it.

It can be said that whether it is William or Hela, both of them have certain desirability.

But it was Cecilia who finally made the decision—she simply adopted the suggestions of William and Hella at the same time, and directly built two fortresses at the beginning and end of the Isthmus Rift. One-piece fortress. And it is precisely because this fortress must take into account the defensive facilities of the two gaps at the beginning and the end that it will greatly slow down the construction work and time of the entire void fortress.

As for the generals defending the fortress, William, Hella, and Cecilia were surprisingly consistent: Stalin, who was proficient in defensive operations.

For this reason, the First Infantry Regiment has now been urgently expanded to a scale of 100,000 people, and even the Second Infantry Regiment commanded by Nock was directly incorporated into it, and the First Infantry Regiment was officially renamed the First Army. Stalin served as the head of the army, and Nock was the deputy head of the army. The First Legion was positioned as a legion specializing in fortress defense, mostly heavy infantry and shield soldiers, supplemented by archers, spearmen, and a small number of swordsmen and other arms. Although the First Legion directly became the legion with the largest number of troops in the Principality of the Void, correspondingly, it was at the cost of a serious decline in the combat power of the entire legion: at present, it is barely maintaining the strength of the quasi-third-level army, and even the real The third-tier army doesn't even count.

For this reason, Stalin and Nock are simply too busy. Even if a large number of veterans take over the positions of the middle and lower commanders of the entire army, the army of 100,000 people is no bigger than the previous 20,000 to 30,000 people. One is enough to make people feel extremely helpless. Not to mention, a legion specializing in fortress defense needs to consume a lot of arrows and other consumables for fortress defense in training.

However, the First Legion and the Void Fortress are the most important parts of the entire Void Empire plan.

Spector came to report that the second phase of the Void Empire plan had been completed, referring to the real formation of the First Legion.

The first phase of the plan is to divide the cohesion of the Wild Federation, and at the same time expand the influence of the Duchy of the Void in the Wild Federation. The second phase of the plan is the formation and formation of the First Legion, as well as the acquisition of twelve seats in the Savage Federation Council. As for the third phase of the plan, it is the real prerequisite plan for the establishment of the void empire: to absorb the tribe members of the wild federation, and start to build the prototype of the void empire in the wild land.

The fourth phase of the plan after that is to promote the prototype of the empire of "peaceful coexistence of humans and multiple races" in the barren land, completely absorb the entire barbaric federation into the territory of the void empire, and start to radiate to the barren land and the duchy of the void around. Then the fifth phase of the plan is to promulgate the relevant laws and systems of the Void Empire and officially announce the establishment of the Void Empire.

This is the void empire plan jointly formulated by Cecilia, William, Hela, and Neil.

Hella is responsible for grasping the overall situation and creating the general trend, William is responsible for solving potential threats that may arise, and Neil is responsible for the improvement of the economy, law, and system. Cecilia is in charge of the diplomatic work with the Wild Federation, as well as the friendly exchanges between the Void Principality and surrounding lords before the establishment of the Void Empire.

It can be said that in this plan, the four are indispensable.

And as long as the fourth stage can be completed, then no one can stop the establishment of the Void Empire.

Cecilia quickly sorted out the related ideas of the Void Realm in her mind, and was going to raise the loopholes that the Void Realm had ignored to William later. Then I picked up the document bag with the word "Confidential" printed on it and opened it, but when Cecilia glanced over it, her expression became shocked: "William knows this Is something wrong?"

"I'm not very clear, Your Highness Cecilia." Spector shook his head and said, "I was directly summoned by Lord Hella, and she asked me to send this document to you in person. As for the other I am not clear about the matter... However, I guess Lord William should not be aware of what happened, otherwise, Lord Hela could use magic communication to communicate with Lord William instead of asking me to send this document over in person .”

Cecilia frowned tightly, staring fixedly at the several documents in the document bag.

It can be clearly seen that Cecilia's emotions are a little intense, because the right hand holding the paper is a little hard, and it can be seen that the knuckles are protruding, and even the paper is crumpled a little.

"Cecilia...Your Highness?" Spector asked doubtfully.

"Sean has been away for almost a year, right?" Cecilia asked suddenly, "Any news about him?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm not the intelligence officer in charge of this." Spector said helplessly, "And the current priority of the Void Realm is to serve the Empire's plan..."

The implication of Spector's words is very clear, that is, there is no news about Sean at all.

About a year ago, Sean disappeared suddenly, leaving no news at all. Apart from the people in the inner circle who followed Sean knowing that Sean was looking for a way to break through the sanctuary, no one knew where he went. The only thing that is clear is that Nolo's regular information transmission shows that Sean is still alive, but even Nolo is not clear about the exact location. He said that he can only feel Sean's presence when Sean sends out a summoning message. Location.

For this reason, other people are also quite helpless.

"The civil strife in the Millennium Covenant Empire is over." Cecilia sighed, "I have something to trouble you."

"Please give instructions, Your Highness." Spector said in a deep voice.

"Tell William that Reis has been secretly transferred, and now there is a good chance to make a move." Cecilia said lightly, "As for whether to rescue Reis, it depends on William's own thoughts.  … If William decides to go to the rescue, you go back and tell Hela that you must fully cooperate with William's actions."

"Yes." Spector nodded, "Any other orders?"

"Does Hela have any information about the Farscist Kingdom?" Cecilia thought for a while, and then asked.

"No." Spector was really helpless, because what Cecilia asked was obviously beyond his ability.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the study.

Cecilia glanced at the door, then transferred all the documents in her hand into the document bag, then pushed to the edge of the table, and said, "Leave it to William, and he will decide."

"Yes." Spector nodded, got up and took the file bag, and then quickly disappeared into the shadows again.

It wasn't until Spector disappeared completely that Cecilia said to the door, "Come in."

The door was quickly opened, and a young woman with blond waist-length hair walked in calmly. After entering the study, she turned around and closed the door, and then walked in front of Cecilia, Put the several documents in your hand on the table: "Miss Cecilia, thank you for your hard work."

This blond woman is Diana from the Simon family, and she is also the Deputy Minister of the Foreign Ministry of the Duchy of the Void.

She wisely chose to surrender in the revenge battle of the Void Principality against the Simon family raising the blood flag, and took refuge in Sean's command. After the complete destruction of the Simon family, she abandoned her surname and was willing to be just an ordinary citizen of the Void Principality—but in fact, neither Sean nor Neil could let Diana go. Her talents were wasted, so she quickly took up the post of acting minister of foreign affairs newly created by the Duchy of the Void.

Beside Diana, there were two dead soldiers trained by Void Darkblade watching closely. This was also William's idea.

As for Diana, of course it is impossible not to know, but she really doesn't care. Because she doesn't have much sense of family honor and pride for the Simon family, she doesn't lose anything by taking refuge in the Duchy of the Void. Rather, it is a wise choice for her to reach the pinnacle of her life. Because the power and status she has now is higher than what she can get in the Simon family.

Before Xiao En left the Void Principality, he granted Diana a noble status: Viscount. He didn't mind that Diana still used the surname "Simon", but in order to show her loyalty, Diana resolutely refused to use it—she wanted to use the surname Sean, but such a thing was obviously impossible, So up to now, Diana has kept silent on the choice of her surname.

Before Cecilia took over the Void Principality's foreign affairs, Diana's name had swept through the intelligence networks of all nobles who were closely following the Void Principality's situation like a hurricane. They do have some thoughts about Diana, because this woman is not only as beautiful as a stunner, but her talent and ability are also astonishing. Many nobles want to use her as a breakthrough to intervene in the affairs of the Duchy of the Void. Very frequent contact.

And Diana was really smart.

For those who have other purposes, she will always come. But after contact, everything will be written and recorded by him, and all will be handed over to William the next day. Today, among the Big Three in the Principality of the Void, it is basically acquiescence that Diana is about to become the fourth giant, and Cecilia also acquiesces in Diana's joining the plan of the Void Empire.

However, the title of "Minister Acting" will not be removed for the time being, because the Duchy of the Void currently has no manpower to send to Diana to protect her.

Therefore, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who is in charge of attracting firepower outside is exactly Cecilia Rembel who is sitting in the study of Black Swan Castle at the moment.

"Are these new documents?" Cecilia picked up the documents sent by Diana, and pointed to a pile of documents on the other side. Rejected....You can sort it out and understand it a little bit, and I will trouble you in explaining it."

"I'm just running errands and being a vase and talking nonsense, it's not hard." Diana smiled, her smile was very sweet, "The one who really worked hard was Miss Cecilia.... Hassas Mister is here again."

When she said the last sentence, Diana's smile seemed a little narrow.

"Why is that guy here again?" Cecilia frowned, looking a little impatient, "Go back and find someone to write a sign that says 'Dogs and Hassas are not allowed', and put it in the castle outside the door."

"Master Cecilia, are you joking?" Diana shook her head helplessly.

Although she admires Cecilia's sophistication in handling things, and handles many things more perfectly than her, even in her attitude and aspects of looking at things, there are many things she can learn from. And such a person who seemed to be a born diplomat was actually younger than herself, which made Diana sigh at the injustice of God. There are indeed legendary figures who can be called geniuses in this world.

Of course, the legendary character sometimes has a temper that is no different from that of a child.

"No, I'm serious." Cecilia tilted her head, thought carefully and seriously, and then said, "If he is here to propose again, then you should drive him out. … …By the way, what do you think of the wooden sign that says 'No dogs and suitors allowed'?"

"Oh." Diana sighed, and said helplessly, "Miss Cecilia, your identity is Grand Duke of the Void, the younger sister of Lord Sean Connery, as long as you can marry you, you will marry me." You can get the help of the entire Void Principality, so naturally there will be many people who want to propose to you...Moreover, I believe that there are still many depressed young nobles who don't mind getting married, because in this way, as long as Xiao If Mr. En accidentally falls, then according to the right of inheritance, you will inherit everything in the Principality of the Void and become the second Grand Duke of the Principality of the Void."

"A bunch of whimsical waste." Cecilia pouted, "According to what you said, that Hassas is barely a man."

"Although Mr. Hassas is not ranked high in his family's line of succession, he is indeed a very outstanding person. We can only blame his family for giving birth to too many geniuses." Diana simply said He explained, "Besides, having Mr. Hassas publicly express his love for you can prevent many unnecessary flies from circling around you. At least... there is no one with the same strength, status or status as Mr. Hassas , I have no right to pursue you at all."

"Do you think I need him to help me fend off those flies?" Cecilia sneered, showing deep disdain, "In my opinion, Hassas is more disgusting than ordinary flies, because he buzzes The buzzing was just too loud and noisy."

"Okay." Diana sighed helplessly, "But today, Mr. Hassas really didn't come because of a marriage proposal or because he wanted to see you."

"Oh?" Cecilia raised her eyebrows, "Then what are these flies doing here?"

"Mr. Hassas said that he wants to cooperate with us." Diana took out a piece of paper from the document in front of her, and put it in front of Cecilia, "I think this matter may be very important." It is worth our intervention. Because we can not only gain huge profits from it, but also gain the friendship from the Joanton family.... And according to Mr. Hassas's request for help at this point in time, I suspect that the civil strife in the Millennium Covenant Empire should It is coming to an end, so now is the harvest time for the nobles on the side of the Millennium Covenant Empire to compete for war profits."

Hearing what Diana said, Cecilia looked at her in surprise.

With Diana's current status, she is naturally not qualified to have access to the surrounding investigation information of the Void Realm, because she does not need to be responsible for these. Just from negotiating with Hassas Joanton, he was able to accurately discover some dynamic information about the Millennium Covenant Empire. This keen observation and analysis ability is not something everyone can possess. From this point, it can be seen that Diana is indeed worthy of Xiao Engao's attention.

The most rare thing is that after Diana negotiated with Hassas earlier, she had already prepared a risk assessment report-now she handed Cecilia this piece of paper, which listed above the What can be gained and the risks that need to be taken when trading with Hassas. Although the risk value is a bit high, this is not in line with the first consideration of a principality's foreign ministry, but combined with the current situation of the void principality, the rewards are far greater than the rewards that need to be taken.

Cecilia may not care about the gains in this cooperation plan, but there is one place that has attracted Cecilia's high attention. Her fingers tapped lightly on the table, which was a thinking movement she had developed recently. Diana had been assisting Cecilia for more than half a year, so she was very clear about Cecilia's state at this time, so He stood quietly aside, without disturbing Cecilia's thoughts.

After a while, the sound of Cecilia tapping on the table stopped, and then got up: "Let's go, let's see what that big fly is trying to do." (To be continued) [This text is written by Qihang] Provided by the update group Mengtete @除除de狼白] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. ) Bring a stupid Nanyi @泪自者、花留