Lord of War

The capital of the Principality of Rumber was expanded from the village at the foot of the historic Rumber Castle. ? Hunter???????????????

After hundreds of years of continuous operation, this small village has gradually become extremely prosperous through repeated repairs and expansions. And the mountain road leading to Lumber Castle, in this expansion again and again, has changed from a road that was originally located in the suburbs to a road that can only go up the mountain from the city of Lumber.

Over the years, the city of Rumber has become a symbol of honor for the entire Duchy of Rumber.

There are no beggars or poor people here. Basically, anyone who is willing to work can earn a living. Of course, the standard of living and expenses in this city are also not low, and it can even be said to be more expensive than ordinary cities.

But today, the whole city seemed very quiet.

Except for some patrolling soldiers in heavy armor, there were no residents or travelers walking on the streets in the entire capital, and almost everyone hid in their hotels and homes. Only for those houses whose windows happened to face a street with obviously more guards, someone quietly opened a gap behind the windows, and then secretly observed the scenery outside.

Not long after, when the sun gradually rose towards noon, the newly built teleporters in the capital finally emitted a bright light.

A young woman in a velvet gown is walking out of the teleportation array.

At this time, several guards who had been waiting for a long time went up to greet him, kneeled down on one knee respectfully, and saluted him: "Congratulations, Miss Cecilia."

These guards are the soldiers of Cecilia's Guards.

The earliest soldiers of Cecilia's Guards were basically Lumber people. They were the ones who left the Principality of Lumber with Clover and went to the trading capital to collect news about Cecilia. It's just that, after a series of changes, they turned to Cecilia, and these people gradually became an extremely terrifying elite army, but the price was that these soldiers who were originally from the Duchy of Lumber were constantly decreasing. .

until today.

Although the Cecilia Guards can reach 50,000 at full strength, they are actually still from the Lumber people, but there are only about 100 left.

At this moment, the people who came to welcome Cecilia were these Lumber people—even if they are middle and high-level leaders in the Cecilia Guards now, they were still crying with joy when they were able to return to their homeland. .

therefore,

It is also the most glorious place in their hearts to welcome the real and only grand duke of the Lumber Principality.

"Where are people?" Cecilia asked, her voice was very soft, but very soft.

"I'm waiting for you at Lumber Castle." A guard replied.

"Renbel... the castle..." Cecilia murmured, and her eyes couldn't help but look at the castle, which could be vaguely seen in outline even when standing near the teleportation array in the city center, "There are already ...I haven't been back for seventeen years."

This castle carries the memories of Cecilia's entire childhood.

From the time she was able to remember at the age of three, until she was sent to the Magic Academy of the Maggie Empire at the age of eight, she lived in the castle, and she was familiar with everything in the castle: brick by brick, One flower and one grass, as well as the layout of each house, and the plants planted in the courtyard. Even though she has never been back here since she was twelve years old, all the memories that were buried in her mind all came back when she just saw this castle towering on the top of a mountain hundreds of meters above sea level. Out.

Seventeen years.

Ever since she was twelve years old when she heard the news of her parents' death and was forced to abscond, Cecilia hadn't set foot in her homeland for seventeen years.

until today.

Tears rolled out of Cecilia's eyes.

"Miss Cecilia, please get in the carriage." A guard very cleverly pulled out the carriage that had already been standing beside him, and then invited Cecilia to get into the carriage.

After Cecilia nodded slightly, she boarded the carriage, and then, escorted by a whole team of more than fifty Cecilia Guards officers, began to drive towards Lumber Castle. It wasn't until the carriage gradually disappeared at the end of the street that the people who were hiding in the houses and hotels finally opened the door and came out, and then looked at the end of the street.

The expressions of many people are extremely complicated.

From the moment the city of Rember opened its doors and surrendered, these residents knew that their Duchy of Rember had been defeated again.

The last time they were defeated was hundreds of years ago, when they became a vassal state of the Maggie Empire. From then on, they will always appear inferior to the people of the Maggie Empire. But this time, although the reason for the war was a battle of revenge, the former Grand Duke and Princess of Lumber who had been persecuted in the past came back to take revenge, but she brought power that did not belong to the Duchy of Lumber—in the eyes of the Lumber people , The Void Empire is a group of invaders.

Who will have a good face on the invaders?

Countless people have begun to worry about their future destiny.

...

Cecilia is a magician, so she is more sensitive to emotions than anyone else.

As early as when she arrived here, she had already felt the weird atmosphere of the whole city.

But she didn't say anything, and in fact, she didn't know what she should say. But Cecilia, her heart didn't change at all, she still decided to carry out the goal she had thought from the beginning: all Lumber people who are willing to leave with her can live in Lunbeier, which has been divided in the Void Empire. The city of Bell Province has obtained a piece of land with permanent rights, and even in the next few years, they will have certain preferences no matter what business they are engaged in.

The carriage soon arrived at Lumber Castle.

Those who welcomed Cecilia were Hela, Alfred, Clover, and Diana.

The few people did not chat with each other, but after a few simple inquiries about the situation, Cecilia, Hela and others walked towards the large reception room in the castle together.

In any castle, there will be a large banquet hall and a large meeting room. Similarly, there are naturally small side halls that are more suitable for chatting in the banquet hall, as well as small and private reception rooms that are more private.

Diana chose to meet the envoy of the peace talks of the Duchy of Lumber in the living room of the conference hall, which was obviously quite meaningful.

Pushing open the door of the reception room, Cecilia saw Apollo sitting on a chair in the reception room at a glance.

This old man who was over half a century old did not appear to be sluggish because of the war. On the contrary, his energy was very vigorous, and he obviously did not look like the kind of dying person waiting to die. At this time, after Apollo Beta saw Cecilia enter the reception room, Dang even got up to greet her, and at the same time said a few words of compliment.

Although the two parties have known each other for a long time—after all, Cecilia has lived in Lumber Castle for so long. For this middle-aged man who was only in his thirties sixteen years ago, and who was at the peak of middle-aged charm and flamboyant, Cecilia Celia was naturally impressed. In the same way, the other party obviously had enough understanding of Cecilia's death, but the two parties still officially started to cut into the topic under Diana's introduction.

"I don't know, Lord Apollo, why did you come to me for peace talks?" Cecilia said calmly, "Even if you open the city gate and let us in, at most we will just thank you a little bit. But if you want to If you make a threat, you should know what will happen."

"I'm not here to fight at all." Apollo chuckled, "I'm here to make a proposal."

"If you want to repair the relationship between us, then I suggest you stop talking." Cecilia glanced at Apollo before saying, "Those people on my list must die, who will come?" It's no use pleading."

"I'm not here to intercede." Apollo shook his head, "I'm here to petition for all the people of the Duchy of Lumber, and hope that there will be no more wars between us...Because of this behavior, it has already caused Countless families have broken up, they have lost their sons, husbands, parents, so I hope this can stop."

"I don't want to cause any harm to the civilians in Lumber, otherwise I wouldn't have dealt with it so gently." Cecilia then took a serious look at Apollo Beta, "I know what you mean, General Apollo , It’s just that I also have my duties that I have to fulfill....I can’t not avenge my parents’ revenge. And those nobles who participated in the rebellion back then are also unpardonable sins.”

"I know." Apollo nodded, "So, I brought a gift, hoping to prove my sincerity.... As long as Miss Cecilia trusts me, I promise to put the one on your list Those people, sent to you one by one?"

"Oh?" Cecilia raised her eyebrows, "I'm curious what kind of gift can show your sincerity."

Apollo didn't speak, but got up and picked up a gift box at his feet, and then put it in front of Cecilia, motioning Cecilia to open it by herself.

Cecilia glanced at Apollo, then gently opened the gift box.

Cecilia's pupils shrank suddenly when she saw what was in the gift box.

Not only Cecilia, but the four of them including Alfred, Hela, Diana, and Clover all showed surprise on their faces.

Because the so-called sincerity contained in this gift box is nothing else, but Magellan Rumber's head with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Grand Duke Magellan knew that he was guilty of serious crimes, so he was willing to exchange his head for the opportunity to quell your monstrous flames, so that you would not take your anger out on the people of the Principality of Lumber." Seeing Cecilia's expression, sitting Apollo on the side finally spoke again, "He said that this incident was his own fault. I hope you can forgive his heir for the sake of the blood of the same family."

"The man under the wheel." Cecilia stared at the head. She thought that after killing Magellan Rumber, she would feel extremely happy and excited, but until she saw the head placed in front of her When she was in front of her, she realized that the feelings she thought were all respect and love, and what was left at this moment was only emptiness.

Apollo knew what Cecilia said.

The males below the wheel refer to the descendants of Magellan Rumbell. All males can only live if they are below the wheel, and those who are higher than the wheel must be executed. This is a very normal way of dealing with blood feuds, because the men below the wheel can't remember things deeply at the moment, so they don't know what will happen to their family, of course, the premise is that no one wants them to mention it.

After all, it is definitely not fun to fight endlessly with blood feuding heirs.

After a little hesitation, Apollo nodded: "I understand....The female family member..."

"As long as you promise not to be hostile to me, I will ignore it." Cecilia gently closed the gift box again, and then said in a tired voice, "I believe this, General Apollo, you will be able to do it, Right? ... I don't need to do it myself."

"No need at all." Apollo Beta nodded, and then bowed to Cecilia, "Thank you for your kindness, Queen Phoenix. I guarantee that everyone on the list will appear on your behalf in ten days at the latest. in front of you.” (To be continued.)