Lord of War

The sky finally started to brighten up completely.

In the deep mountains and wild forests, Sean and Cecilia are trekking hard, especially with Cefanio who is still unconscious on Sean's back, which naturally greatly hinders their forward speed procrastination.

Sean's situation was better, but Cecilia seemed a little sluggish. In terms of the physique of a magician, being able to walk with Sean for a whole night is already a very difficult task. But even so, Cecilia did not ask to stop and rest, but continued to persist silently. She knew very well what the most dangerous thing for them is now. If they cannot get through the current dangerous period, Then all their efforts will be completely in vain.

"Take a rest." After walking a certain distance again, the terrain of the forest became slightly flatter, and Xiao En finally said.

Cecilia did not speak, but nodded slightly, and then sat down on the spot.

Sean glanced at Cefanio, she still looked unconscious, but other than that, all vital signs were completely normal, which made Sean feel relieved. He also didn't expect that the previous battle with Edward in the capital would put such a heavy burden on Cefanio's body, so that her mental state completely fell into a coma, but generally speaking, as long as she herself is not in any serious trouble If so, then the other issues are minor issues.

"Where are we now?" Cecilia took the water bottle handed over by Sean, took a small sip, and moistened her throat before asking.

"According to the previous route map, we should be on our way to the meeting point now." Sean was also a little confused about the location, but at least it was certain that the direction of progress was correct. "If nothing unexpected happens, we It should reach the Green Spring River in three days."

"Green Spring River." Cecilia thought about it for a while, and then remembered the specific location of this place, "This should still be in the core hinterland of the Finlisting family? And if we let them know that we have arrived here , then the subsequent pursuit and encirclement will probably be more intensive."

"It's not certain, but inevitable." Sean sighed helplessly, "This time the Finnstein family is definitely playing for real, we all underestimated our enemies too much, I hope William and Hella The guy can be more reliable, otherwise we might not even be able to break through the Green Spring River."

"I still trust William." Cecilia chuckled.

"Oh?" Sean raised his brows, "Why is it only William? What about Hella?"

"It's not to the point where you can trust her with your life." Cecilia looked at Sean, and then said seriously, "I really can't understand why you trust her so much... Although her The strategy is indeed very powerful, but I still feel a little strange, why do you think she will really give you advice?"

"Because I trust her." Sean looked at Cecilia strangely, "Have you ever heard a saying? It's called 'Employees don't suspect, suspects don't', since I decided to let her and William take responsibility The military coordinator of our entire territory, then I will not doubt her, and she does have this ability, a strength that is not inferior to William's at all."

"So, why do you trust her so much and think she won't betray?" Cecilia said.

Sean thought about it, and found that there was really no way to explain this problem clearly to Cecilia. He knew Hela was trustworthy,

He also knew that Thain was a dangerous person, and these were not only due to their personalities and experiences, but also from the effect of the Eye of Truth. In other words, what Sean believed was actually what he "saw" with his own eyes, not what he had learned from forums and games in the past.

"Because I can see their good intentions and malice." After thinking for a while, Sean still said, "There are too many malicious things in this world. If we choose to trust others more, then maybe we will too." Received a lot of kindness.”

"I still don't understand." Cecilia shook her head.

Sean patted Cecilia's head and said with a smile: "I can't learn the royal family's mind control technique. The only thing I can do is to treat them as friends, so I am willing to trust my friends. Just Just like you are willing to trust William and dare to put your life in his hands..."

"That's different. After all, we have fought together for so long."

"For me, it's all the same." Sean smiled, "No one is malicious from the beginning, and the so-called maliciousness is just a difference in position. But there are many times, if you If you don't fight fiercely with the other party, then they will never know where your bottom line is... However, once conflicts and contradictions arise, and even evolve to the point where force is needed to solve the problem, then malice will also arise. "

Cecilia nodded half-understood. There was a big gap between what Sean said and what she had learned in the Principality of Rumbel, which gave Cecilia the illusion of a broken world view. . But her intuition told her that although what Sean said was not applicable to this world, he was not wrong, and probably only in this way could he be convinced and sincerely assisted by so many people.

"Let's rest here for a while." Sean said, "Let's act again at noon. Now the only thing I worry about is one thing."

"The attitude of the royal family?" Cecilia may not be very mature in the art of controlling the emperor's mind, but she will become very keen and shrewd in matters related to the political situation, and she will hit the key target at once. And this happens to be what Sean is not good at.

"If it's the attitude of the royal family, then we'd better not make random guesses for the time being." Seeing Sean's appearance, Cecilia knew that she had guessed what he was thinking, "Even if a king knows his country well , It still takes a little time to react....Although Gray Wolf Blade is the Ryan army in name, the real power has always been firmly controlled by the Finnstein family. After all, Ryan was only a principality before."

The biggest difference between the principality and the kingdom is that the military command department of the principality actually exists in name only. Basically, the army belonging to the principality is controlled by those marquis and earls, and at most it only belongs to the principality in name. But the kingdom is different. The military command department of the kingdom has real power. All officially appointed generals will be recognized by the royal family and even the lords all over the kingdom. took control.

"Perhaps the Finnstein family should also know that this army that used to be famous in the past has finally reached the time when it is completely out of their control, so they will desperately invest in the battlefield against us." Cecilia thought After a while, he said, "Anyway, for them, even if the gray wolf blade is completely exhausted in this battle, it is still a matter of the Kingdom of Ryan, and it has nothing to do with them anymore."

"The selfishness of nobles." Sean spat.

"Basically, no nobleman is selfless." Cecilia shrugged, "This time Ryan has been promoted from the Principality to the Kingdom, and one of the most urgent tasks that the royal family needs to deal with is to recover all the troops that originally belonged to Ryan in name Taking control of power and completing a new reorganization is something that any elevated kingdom must go through. In the process, any nobles who resist will be regarded as traitors. I am too willing to hand over control of this army, so I have to use it against us."

"But this way, the attitude of the royal family..."

"Didn't I say that? No matter how well a king knows his own country, he still needs reaction time." Cecilia chuckled, "I think the Royal Family of Ryan must not know about Gray Wolf Blade now. The trend, after all, the encounter last night was too sudden. It is estimated that the Ryan royal family will not receive the news until noon at the earliest, and the next actions taken by the Ryan royal family will be the time to express their attitude."

"What do you mean?" It was no secret in the Void Territory that Sean was insensitive to politics.

"That is to say, if the royal family is on our side, then in these two days, they will definitely order Finlisting to stop calling the Gray Wolf Blade, and if they pay enough attention to us, then they will obey the royal family's orders." The lord of our country should also take action." Cecilia said, "But on the contrary, if the royal family does not stand by our side, then..."

Cecilia didn't say anything later, and Sean already knew the answer: "In other words, let's see if the royal family has taken any actions in the past two days?"

"En." Cecilia nodded, "So it's not appropriate for us to speculate on the attitude of the royal family... Of course, no matter what the final result is, as long as we live, the royal family will definitely corresponding compensation."

"The premise is that we are alive?" Sean laughed at himself. "Anyway, we can only trust Hela and William to come up with a good plan."

"William's words will definitely make a big fuss directly on the leader of Finnistine's clan with strong means. Maybe now Fred and the others are too lazy to hide anymore, but directly pose as an intruder Right." Cecilia thought for a while, and then suddenly laughed, "But...to be honest, although I still don't trust this woman, Hela, I have a general idea of ​​what kind of things she will do. It can still be guessed."

"Oh?" This time, it was Sean's turn to look at Cecilia curiously.

"She must have started to gain momentum now, just waiting for the Lane royal family to express their attitude." Cecilia sighed, "If the Lane royal family chooses to acquiesce or even indulge in the pursuit of us by the Finnistine and Dovigo families, then She will definitely set up a siege position in front of Tonis Fortress, forcing the Royal Family of Lane to make a new choice. And if the Royal Family of Lane chooses to stand on our side, then she will definitely want an excuse to make the Royal Family of Lane allow our army to pass Fort Tonis."

"Haha, this is indeed Hela's style." Sean laughed loudly, "If it's just like this, maybe the Ryan royal family will hate us even more? ... They are all a group of people who don't obey discipline and don't follow the rules of the nobility man."

"On the contrary." Cecilia shook her head and corrected Sean's mistake, "The Ryan royal family previously acquiesced in the assassination of the Dovigo family against us. This is still within the rules of the game. No one can say anything, even It is understandable even for nobles such as the Finnestine family to participate.... But this time, it is not us, nor the royal family of Ryan, who broke the rules of the game, but the Finnestine family, so even if we ask It is not a violation of the requirements for the army to pass through Fortress Tonis, as long as a perfect excuse is found."

"Is this excuse so easy to find?" Sean frowned.

"So the problem is back to the original point." Cecilia said softly, "We still have to see the attitude of the Lane royal family... If they are on our side, then this excuse is fine as long as it is not so lame. But If the royal family is not on our side, it doesn’t matter if there is no excuse, anyway, as long as we put up an attack on Fortress Tonis, we are traitors.”

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