Lord of War

The news of Sean's entry into the city began to spread frantically throughout the entire capital.

Many people, especially those young girls, are particularly eager to see this big man who has played the leading role in countless bards and novel interpretations. Of course, it would be even better if we could have some wonderful encounters and stories with him. But these are just the romantic fantasies of commoner girls, and there will not be more than ten people in the entire Ryan capital who are truly qualified to contact or successfully meet the Grand Duke.

Sean didn't stay in the Emerald Castle, which was reserved for princes, grand dukes, and field dukes.

This emerald castle was transformed from two fortresses next to the palace that were previously reserved for the envoys of the Millennium Covenant Empire after Ryan was upgraded to a kingdom. This castle, which is not much less luxurious than the royal palace, has fifty three-room suites for ten people. There are four entrances, exits, and three underground secret passages for escape. Because the palace guards were stationed next to it, the castle did not build an outer wall, but this also made the castle extremely guarded.

According to the purpose of the establishment of Emerald Castle, as long as they are nobles with the title of a real duke or higher, and they have not purchased real estate in the capital, they can live here. However, each noble can only bring ten guards at most, and the excess can only be arranged in hotels and hotels near Emerald Castle. There is no nobleman who does not like to talk about pomp.

Of course, Sean may be an exception.

Many nobles who received the news that Xiao En, the miraculous lord, the Grand Duke of the Void, and the exorcist hero, had entered the capital thought that Xiao En must have already moved into the Emerald Castle, so they all came uninvited, and there was a crowd outside the Emerald Castle There was a long convoy.

But their ridiculous ideas are destined to be disappointed.

"How do you know that those people will definitely go to Emerald Castle to find you?" Alexis stood by a window and looked out from this angle. As long as her eyesight is good enough, she can still see things thousands of meters away. Emerald Castle.

"Because those people are a bunch of jackals." Sean sneered disdainfully, "These are some small nobles with no real power, and the best of them may be able to get a small territory, but it is estimated that it is only one or two villages. That's all... Now the capital is in a state of turmoil. The three most powerful contenders for the throne are trying their best to increase their power, hoping to win over more nobles, but no one is going to win over these minor nobles."

"Why?" Alexis was a little puzzled, "Isn't the more people the better?"

"That depends on the circumstances." Sean said lightly. "Let's put it this way, one hundred I challenge you, can you win?"

"It's effortless." It's not that Alexis is arrogant, but that she does have this strength: let alone a hundred Sean, she can solve even five hundred. It just takes more time.

"So, those people are worthless." Sean said lightly, "There are probably only thirty or forty nobles in that convoy, how many of them have territories and real jobs? Those who have no territories and no real jobs No matter how many nobles with false titles, they can’t compare to a viscount who has real power in the capital.” Speaking of this, the disdain on Xiao En’s face became even more obvious: “These people just want to keep their false titles. It's just to show their sense of superiority over ordinary people.... I don't even think about it, how many of them are not even as good as ordinary civilians.

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Alexis shrugged. She wasn't interested in the politics at all. It was Sean who told her. This time, there might be many enemies who can make her kill enough to satisfy her inner desire to kill, so she came here with Sean, and restrained the attack on Lorendas at the city gate. Behead **.

At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

Alexis didn't move at all, as if there was something very attractive outside the window, she looked at everything in the capital with great interest. Sean sighed helplessly. Of course he knew that Alexis was on strike, but after thinking about it, she was not his servant, so he could only get up and open the door by himself.

After Sean opened the door. I smelled a faint fragrance floating in front of me.

The one standing outside the door was none other than Grand Duke Garrod, one of Asuna's three followers, Elizabeth Batian, nicknamed "Daughter of Thunder".

"A rare visitor!" Sean was taken aback for a moment. Immediately, he reacted and greeted Elizabeth into the room with a smile.

Elizabeth looked graceful, and walked into the room following Sean's sideways body, but when she saw Alexis, her eyes couldn't help but light up slightly. But soon, this look was covered up. Turning his head to Xiao En who was beside him, he said with a smile: "The Duke of Void is still so romantic, every time there are always all kinds of excellent women around him."

"Miss Elizabeth is also an excellent woman." Sean closed the door with a smile, and then responded, "But it's really lucky that Miss Elizabeth was able to find me here... I thought that not many people knew where I lived. "

"There are not many people who know where you live. Those old nobles who have lived in the capital for a long time have their own eyeliner." Elizabeth ignored the words that Sean molested, and then replied with a smile, "But those who dare to come to disturb , there are not many of them....I am here this time to deliver a message to you on behalf of Asuna-sama."

Seeing Elizabeth's silence after saying this, Sean can roughly guess what Asuna asked Elizabeth to act as a messenger.

"Miss Asuna... did you choose a side too?" Sean sighed softly, and then said slowly, "You know, I don't want to get involved in this dispute. In fact, it's not just me, Miss Asuna also has enough strength to choose not to get involved, because I am equally valuable as the Grand Duke, no matter who the throne ultimately belongs to, you must rely on the strength of Miss Asuna and me."

"You're right when you say that." Elizabeth put away the smile on her face, then nodded slowly and said, "But Miss Asuna... also has her own little trouble. And it seems that this trouble has become more and more serious. The bigger the trend, the more…”

"Miss Asuna is in trouble?" Sean frowned, "The words of the third prince, Allan, shouldn't be a big trouble, not to mention that the target of Michael and others is me, and Miss Asuna should not be implicated. .Then...is the eldest prince Adams?"

Elizabeth nodded slightly. Said: "He is one of Miss Asuna's suitors, maybe he is the only suitor now....People in the kingdom say that he led the army to the north ten years ago to suppress a rebellion and thus laid the foundation for today But in fact, when he proposed a marriage contract to Ms. Asuna and was rejected by Ms. Asuna, he asked for a military duel, which was a very private duel..."

The so-called military duel refers to a duel method that includes five categories, including sand table deduction, actual combat drills, raids, encounters, and historical battles. Each category has two battles, the two sides of the duel play the attacking side and the defending side respectively, and each battle wins three points. One point for a tie, no points for a loss, and the player with the highest total score wins.

And because this kind of duel can not only hone the command attainments of the commanders and improve the military level, but also will not cause actual losses and injuries, it is very popular among the commanders and generals. Often, it also serves as a channel for commanders to resolve disputes privately.

"The eldest prince has lost all?" Sean asked.

"We lost all ten games, and Ms. Asuna mercilessly won with a total score of 30 points." When she said this, Elizabeth's expression was slightly unnatural, "At that time, Asuna Miss Na, she's too young and aggressive. She doesn't know how to be flexible."

For a prince, and he was still the eldest prince, to make such a face-smacking behavior, it is no wonder that the eldest prince left the capital in anger. With the speed at which rumors spread in the aristocratic circle, even a private duel might reach the ears of some people, so Prince Adams naturally couldn't continue to stay in the capital. However, since he was able to quickly gain a foothold in the north of the kingdom known for its bravery, not only achieved brilliant victories, but also convinced a group of northern nobles, this really proved that he is also a talent.

However, now this talent is back. And seeing that Elizabeth also came here with the purpose of being a lobbyist, it is conceivable that His Royal Highness may not let go of her hatred. Well, the return this time is obviously for revenge, so if he is allowed to ascend the throne, I am afraid that the result will be the same as that of Alan ascending the throne and threatening Sean.

"If His Highness Adams can be made to give up trouble with Miss Asuna, then can Miss Asuna not get involved in this throne dispute?" Sean thought for a while before he said, "To be honest, I am very grateful Miss Asuna's help back then, but my current identity is indeed quite sensitive...I think Asuna's choice at the moment has fundamentally caused the hatred of Her Majesty Adams. If I also join, then this Isn't it tantamount to letting His Highness Adams and His Highness Allan find a reasonable excuse to join forces?"

Hearing Xiao En's words, Elizabeth frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, she spoke: "Master Xiao En, do you... have any misunderstandings with the Fourth Princess?"

Ingus Ryan has five sons and three daughters, a total of eight children, which is not so outstanding in the blood of Ryan in the past—at least not like Ryan II, who is known as the "king of the strong breed", who has a total of eight children. More than forty children, with an age difference of up to forty years.

But among the eight children, three sons and one daughter are the most representative.

They are the eldest prince Adams who is known as "The Uncrowned in the North", the third prince Allan who is known as the "Evangelist", the fourth princess Voorhees who is known as "The Heart of Ryan", and the fifth prince Gray. kindness. Among them, the eldest prince Adams is thirty-two years old this year, the third prince Allan is also twenty-seven years old, the fourth princess Voorhees is only twenty-four years old, and the fifth prince Grain is just over twenty.

When the Marquis of Floris was acting as a lobbyist before, Sean thought that King Ingels' designated heir would be Glenn. After all, the fifth prince had shown an astonishingly keen political sense since he was a child. According to the Marquis of Flores, the Bad Blood Project was an illusion and conception of the prince, which was then thoroughly perfected by His Majesty the King and others, and finally put into practice by Sean and others. During the process, the prince also put in a lot of effort.

However, he did not expect that what he learned from Floris was that His Majesty King Ingels Lane had intentionally revealed that the heir designator was the Fourth Princess Voorhees.

Among the three successors vying for the throne today, the most powerful is undoubtedly His Royal Highness Adas, because the northern border of the kingdom has always had strong soldiers and horses, and there are many strong men. If it weren't for Asuna and Sean from the south, the northern border of the kingdom would be the symbol that can represent the strongest national strength of the Ryan kingdom.

But talk about talent. The fourth princess, Voorhees, is not much inferior to Adams. Even because she has been active in the royal capital for a long time, the nobles of the royal capital are much more familiar with her than Adams, and since the fourth princess was twenty years old, all the territories directly under the kingdom have been ruled and managed by this princess. Every year, it brings extremely rich financial income to the royal family, and even gathers a lot of popular support.

But the most subtle thing is that among the three successors to the throne, Voorhees has the least supporters. The Marquis of Flores was able to win the support of Asuna for him, and this was because Adams was too aggressive after his return. However, except for Asuna, in the seven-member alliance where Sean and Asuna are the core, no one has any support for Asuna. This is one of the main reasons why Elizabeth had to come to her. .

But it's no wonder those old Darby expensive families choose to wait and see.

After all, since ancient times, standing in a team has not been a simple matter. Once you stand in the wrong team and follow the wrong people, the results will be very terrible. Often after the new king took office, in order to fulfill the benefits promised before, those nobles who stood in the wrong team would naturally become the targets of revenge, and it was very lucky to be able to save their lives. Let alone whether the inherent interests can be preserved.

The conversation with Elizabeth naturally did not go smoothly, at least Elizabeth did not get a formal answer from Sean, but she said that she would pass on Sean's proposal and concerns to Asuna. In this regard, Sean is actually a little helpless. He once hesitated whether to agree to Asuna's words. After all, Asuna once supported him so much, but from the bottom of his heart, Sean really resisted getting involved in this kind of situation. Come in trouble.

After Sean sent Elizabeth away, Alexis, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up: "That little guy is pretty good."

Hear what Alexis said. Sean just remembered that he forgot to observe Elizabeth's breath just now. But recalling that Elizabeth didn't have many traces of momentum fluctuations, she should have stepped into the realm of the upper sanctuary, after all, so many years have passed since the previous farewell. With the aptitude and talent awakened by Elizabeth's bloodline, it is not surprising to step into the upper sanctuary realm now.

However, what Alexis said next really startled Sean: "You people here are really strange. She has clearly stepped into the realm of legend, but she still pretends that her strength is low. The guy who stopped us outside just now dares to call himself the strong man of the country even though his strength is so low."

"Legendary... strong?" Sean was a little surprised. "How... is this possible? If it's Vivienne, I still believe it. Could it be..."

"The potential and growth rate of the bloodline awakener is much faster than expected." Alexis said in a deep voice, "What's more, that woman just now is the bloodline of the Thunder Destroyer. This bloodline is listed in many legends. The bloodline can also be regarded as extremely strong bloodline, not even inferior to the common Wanmin bloodline. Didn’t you notice just now? At the moment when the woman lost her mind after being rejected by you, Her pupils glowed with a golden light, which is a sign that her bloodline is about to enter the fifth stage, and her real name is about to be awakened."

"I haven't seen you in a few years. I didn't expect Elizabeth to be so powerful." Sean sighed softly, "I don't know how Simi and Vivian are doing. However, if Elizabeth is already a legendary powerhouse, Then why did Ms. Asuna still choose a side? Logically speaking, even if Adams becomes king and has the strong servants of the town to serve him, he will not be Elizabeth's opponent."

"Do you think she is the only legendary powerhouse in this capital?" Alexis raised her eyebrows.

"You mean...how is this possible!" Sean stood up abruptly, with a look of extreme surprise on his face, "Asuna broke away from the Kingdom of Lane and established the Principality of Garrod. I understand, after all, the strength and heritage of the Principality of Garrod itself is not much weaker than that of my Principality of the Void, and if the resources are concentrated and cultivated, Elizabeth can indeed achieve a legendary state. But..."

"This city has gathered at least three legendary powerhouses." Alexis said lightly, "Except for the one called Elizabeth just now, there are two more in the city, and one of them is hidden in that palace. Among them, there is another one whose whereabouts are very strange. It should be an assassin or killer.... Anyway, these people, including the woman just now, obviously don't want others to know their strength level, so they are doing their best. Hide your breath."

"Speaking of which, the current situation...is really as chaotic as Marquis Floris said." Sean reached out and tapped the table, then fell into a moment of thought, "It seems that I need to I met Asuna-san in person."

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