Lord of War

Fort Saint-Drones is a military fortress built when the Kingdom of Ryan was founded.

At the very beginning, the scale of this fortress was not large, it was just the most conventional standard fortress, and its defense strength has always been the defect of this fortress. This defect was exploited by the Millennium Covenant Empire during the war when the Millennium Covenant Empire invaded the Kingdom of Ryan, and became the most direct breakthrough.

Therefore, when the shield of Ryan, known as the "Holy Wall", Roald settled in this fortress and became the supreme commander of the fortress, the expansion, repair, and improvement of the fortress became a top priority. These secret work lasted for nearly ten years before finally transforming Saint-Drones Fortress into a real imperial-level fortress—although it is still the lowest standard imperial-level fortress, in terms of defense strength, it is also better than the original one. much stronger.

Asuna's childhood was spent in the ten years of expansion, repair, and improvement of the fortress, and finally cultivated her current character and ability.

It can be said that St. Murold G. Evans is Asuna's real enlightener.

If there is no later story, then Asuna will definitely become the next owner of this fortress—the entire Ivans family has moved away from the extravagant royal capital and moved to this bitter cold place. Although there is no public statement in Ryan, in fact, all the nobles know very well secretly that the authority of the Duke of the Border is extremely heavy, and no one can challenge the status of the Duke of the Border except the Sword of Ryan, let alone the Duke of Iraq. Vince forced himself away from the fortress.

Therefore, whoever takes over as the patriarch of the Evans family is the consciousness of the new owner of this fortress, and it is also rooted in the minds of all the Lane nobles.

But fate always likes to play jokes on people.

So Asuna left here when she became an adult, relying on her own efforts to lay a foundation bigger than Ivans - the first Grand Duke in the history of the Ivans family to obtain the right to establish an independent country. Continue to develop along this route, as long as Asuna's descendants work hard enough, plus a little bit of luck and timing, the Evans family can also become a new royal family on the Miracle Continent.

Ever since Asuna became Grand Duke Garrod, she has always been the object of adoration by countless women in the entire Lane aristocratic circle, and even more so by countless men, and of course the envy of many noble families. Even since Asuna established the Tonys Fortress, the relationship between the Evans family and Asuna who had been at odds with each other has finally been slightly loosened-for Asuna, she finally did not have to sneak around with her. Father got in touch.

But it's like that old saying.

"Fate always likes to joke."

Today, Asuna has become a prisoner of the Kingdom of Ryan, and has even been accused of "poisoning the former king, murdering His Royal Highness Adams, assassinating Prince Allan, manipulating Princess Vorshees, evading the royal family of Ryan, and seizing the Kingdom of Ryan" and many other crimes.

As a result, the former Grand Duchess has now become a despicable person who everyone scolds, and the people of the Ryan Kingdom even made a very loud call for the conquest of the Duchy of Garrod—of course, there are some nobles who fan the flames. Under such circumstances, the Ivans family naturally disregarded their relationship immediately, announcing that they had no relationship with Asuna G. Ivans.

If it wasn't for Sean to act immediately after receiving the news of Asuna's accident, and the news of the destruction of the Peace Council is no longer a joke on April Fool's Day, otherwise, at this moment, Ryan's army would have already fought with the troops stationed in Canada. Simi of the Principality of Rhodes started a confrontation.

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Roald G. Ivans, the current patriarch of the Ivans family, is also the riser of the Ivans family.

For the entire Ivans family, Roald has done more than anyone can imagine—many people only know that he was already a field earl when he became the patriarch of the Ivans family, but they don't know that in the aristocratic circle, the field earl How big is the gap between nobles and powerful nobles, not to mention how difficult it is to climb from earl to marquis. If it wasn't for Roald's astonishing talent and hard work when he was young, he would not have been dispatched to Garrison Fort Saint-Drones, nor would he have become a powerful and powerful Marquis.

As for the current duke, it actually doesn't mean much.

Because the Kingdom of Ryan hadn't been upgraded at that time, it was still a principality under the protection of the Millennium Covenant Empire, so the title could only reach the Marquis at most. But in terms of actual performance, this Ryan Shield has actually been able to become a duke long ago—his performance cannot be lower than that of his daughter anyway, but it was only because of some special reasons that he achieved it Grand Duchess Asuna's reputation.

Roald is now over fifty, but in fact he doesn't look old at all. On the contrary, perhaps because of better maintenance, he looks more like a young man in his thirties. Mature man up to forty years old. Of course, the powerful fluctuation of life force exuding from his body is also another strong proof that he can maintain his youth - this is a person who has stepped into the sanctuary realm.

As long as there are no accidents, it is not a problem to protect the entire Evans family for hundreds of years.

But only few people noticed that since Asuna was arrested, Roald's temples had turned slightly white, and his brows had been furrowed all the time.

At this time, in the corridor on the second floor of the mansion, Roald walked side by side with a middle-aged man whose appearance was about 70% similar.

Guessing from his appearance, this middle-aged man should be Roald's heir.

The two seemed to be discussing something, and from time to time, the middle-aged man next to Roald could be seen showing dissatisfaction. But what is quite different is that even when facing Roald, this middle-aged man did not show respect. Instead, he kept arguing with reason, which quickly made Roald's expression reveal dissatisfaction.

The maids who were cleaning nearby had already retreated when they saw the father and son from a distance.

Although they couldn't hear clearly, they also knew that these words were beyond their hearing.

In the home of the Evans family, all servants will go through prior training and be admitted after passing the evaluation. Therefore, they are very clear about what is the most important thing they need to deal with under any circumstances, and they have never had any talkative servants. However, it is precisely because of this that the Evans family has largely cultivated the atmosphere of being able to discuss and debate anytime and anywhere, even regardless of whether these topics are classified or not.

Soon, the father and son came to the door of a room. The discussion between the two remained, but when Roald reached out and touched the doorknob, his voice suddenly stopped.

The son standing aside immediately realized the problem, but he didn't stop his voice, as if he was still talking.

But Roald shook his head: "It's useless, the other party has already found us."

After all, the door was already opened.

The layout of the room is very simple, except for the bookshelves and the books that are full of bookshelves, there are almost no extra things, and there are only a few tables and chairs. Obviously, this is a small study room of a relatively private nature. . Because all the books in the study room have obvious signs of use, and many of them are even manuscripts and worn-out ancient books, and it can be seen that the people who read the books obviously cherish these books.

At the round table in the room, sat a black-haired young man, flipping through a manuscript as if no one else was there, as if he was attracted by the story inside, and didn't notice the entry of Roald and his son. From time to time, the young man could be seen reaching out to pick up the teacup next to him, and then took a sip. Roald could tell at a glance that the teacup contained his private collection of tap fruit tea.

This person, of course, was Sean who sneaked into Fort Saint-Drones secretly.

"Who are you!" Roald's son took a step forward, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

Roald glanced at his son, but did not speak, but his gaze towards Sean became serious. He didn't dare to say that his fortress defense layout was impregnable, but at least it was worthy of the word "fortified", especially in the area where his mansion was located. A monitoring point has at least three secret whistles to form a cross-monitoring perspective.

But even so, being invaded so silently by someone made Roald feel a chill down his spine.

He has already recognized the other party's identity.

The Grand Duke of the Void Principality, Sean Connery.

Roald also knew that his son had actually recognized the identity of the other party, just as the other party had already discovered them standing outside the door while sitting in the room. But his son still wanted to ask the other party's identity, as if this would allow him to gain momentum.

Thinking of this, Roald shook his head helplessly: after all, his son is still not as bold and courageous as his daughter. He stretched out his hand to stop his son's further questioning. In the current situation, this kind of behavior has no other effect other than appearing childish.

"If I had known about Duke Void's visit earlier, I would have gone out of the city to welcome him." Roald smiled angrily.

At this moment, although the Kingdom of Ryan and the Principality of the Void are at odds with each other—even if Sean has no scruples to let the army approach the Fortress of Tonis directly, at least the two sides have not officially broken faces on diplomatic occasions, so the two sides can still be regarded as "Own people". Especially with Sean's status as Grand Duke, which is half a level higher than Roald's status as Duke, it is only natural for Roald to speak politely first.

"It's okay." Sean closed the book, then looked up at Roald, with a deep smile on his face, "This is the Duke's eldest son, he is indeed young and promising."

"Haha, you are still not as good as the Grand Duke." Roald smiled modestly, "you are a few years younger than my son, but you are already the Grand Duke of a country, and he is only a false viscount now That's all."

"Well, the vigor is there, but the courage is still lacking." Sean glanced at Roald's eldest son, who is Asuna's brother, and smiled, "If you polish it well, the Evans family will be fine. Can't go further in his hands, at least not decline."

"What did you say!" Roald's eldest son immediately became angry when he heard Sean's straightforward criticism.

"What's your attitude!" Roald shouted angrily.

"My lord, the Void Principality's invasion is already a kind of betrayal. You don't have to be so polite." Roald's eldest son didn't show the slightest fear, but retorted, "What's more, this person sneaked into the Come to our mansion, who knows if the other party is the Grand Duke of Void. We don't even know the purpose of the other party's visit..."

"I'm here because of Asuna G. Evans." Sean glanced at the young man, but his gaze turned back to Roald after just a glance, and he interrupted him.

And Roald, from Sean's eyes, already understood that Sean didn't take his son seriously. It can even be said that at this moment, in Xiao En's eyes, his son is nothing to worry about. Apart from his youthful vigor, he doesn't know how to be flexible at all, and he doesn't understand the rules of communication in the aristocratic circle. To put it simply In other words, you can only be a nobleman guarding the border. Once you go to a place like the king's capital, you may be eaten to nothing.

"Asuna? She is no longer a member of our Evans family, she..."

"Back off." Roald finally revealed the majesty of the patriarch of the Evans family.

"Father..."

"I ask you to step down." Roald said in a deep voice, his attitude had become obviously tough, "I am now ordering you as the patriarch of the Evans family, not your father....If you don't Before officially becoming the patriarch of the Evans family, don't forget what you should do now."

Gritting his teeth, the middle-aged man who was 70% similar to Roald finally nodded silently, then turned and left.

"I made you laugh, Grand Duke Sean."

"This is the next patriarch who is going to replace Asuna and take over the Evans family?" Sean laughed, but the content of his words was not at all polite. Is the Wensi family completely buried?"

Roald fell silent and did not answer Sean's question.

However, Sean didn't seem to intend to really ask the result. After seeing Roald's silence, Sean said again: "He doesn't seem to agree with you."

"Athos won't trust anyone but himself." Roald shook his head, "I know his flaws, but besides Asuna, he is the most suitable person to inherit the Evans family .Only he can allow the Ivans family to continue to live here on the border and grow without any worries.... If I have to answer, then the next generation of the Ivans family will completely abandon the aristocratic circle of the royal capital."

Xiao En glanced at the closed door, and said softly, "He doesn't seem like someone who will be obedient."

"Indeed." Roald nodded.

"Aren't you worried that this will damage your fortress strength?" Sean laughed.

Roald didn't answer this question, but just looked at Sean with a smile, which let Sean know that Roald obviously wanted to test his own strength. If you want to go deeper, Xiao En can certainly understand the other party's approach. After all, after directly sneaking into the other party's base camp, it is like entering the back garden of no one's land. If your lair is invaded like this, Sean might not be able to sit and chat so quietly.

"Ulamog, I'm sorry to trouble you." Sean said, "Just take a little action and teach me a lesson, don't go too far."

"Follow your orders, my lord." Ulamog bowed to Sean.

At this moment, Roald discovered that there was a person standing behind Sean all along, but neither he nor his son Athos had noticed it! What's even more incredible is that with Ulamog's departure, a huge black and silver wolf suddenly stood up, which made Roald feel a little bit delusional: Is this really in his study?

"Okay, next, let's talk about the business." Sean said with a smile, and at the same time drew Roald's attention back.

"cough."

Roald coughed lightly to cover up the embarrassment of his absence. He glanced at the old man who left with the giant wolf, his eyes were unusually complicated. Just now he couldn't feel the strength and aura of the other party at all. Prove that the opponent's strength is definitely above his own.

However, this embarrassment quickly disappeared. After calming down, he looked at Sean and said, "I know why you're here." 〖To be continued〗【】