Lord of War

The news that Grand Duke Sean Connery returned to the Principality of the Void has spread throughout the Principality.

In an instant, the Void Principality, which was still in panic, completely calmed down.

It's like a long-distance sea ship encountered a storm at sea, and finally sailed out of the storm circle after struggling to survive, and ushered in a sunny and sunny day.

Sean, as the soul of the Void Principality, he has an advantage that the three giants of the Void, Neil, William, and Hela, will never be able to match. Just like Annuo is to Iron Wings, all the northern barbarians who came to the Principality of the Void, no matter which tribe they belonged to before, all sincerely shouted that "Chief".

For half a year, the Duchy of the Void erupted five times because of William's assassination, the heavy loss of Iron Wings, the absence of the Thunder Lion and Cecilia's Guards, and the departure of Sean and Cecilia. Riots and civil strife. Of course, every time the results were suppressed with cruel and bloody means, as long as anyone who participated in the riots was killed regardless of age—in fact, this was also the direct trigger of the subsequent four riots.

Only after five consecutive brutal suppressions, everyone in the entire Void Principality knew that the iron-blooded will from the upper echelon was serious.

In a way, this also isolates all possible follow-up effects.

Of course, in terms of casualties, it is also tragic. A total of more than 2,000 regular army soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order died, but the civilian casualties were even more tragic. According to incomplete statistics, the total number of civilians who died in repression and riots exceeded five figures. It is because of a certain degree of damage, even because of the iron and blood methods used to suppress the riots. It will also lead to no refugees migrating over for a long time in the future.

For these actions, Sean is on his way back to Void City. He had already heard the report from the person sent by Neil.

Regarding this, his expression did not change in the slightest.

Because he knows. If Neil didn't take such thunderous measures, then the entire Void Principality would be in turmoil. Before he came back, the Void Principality would fall apart due to civil strife within a year of its establishment. And obviously, it is the enemy's goal to want the Void Principality to fall apart. After understanding all the details, Xiao En's face gradually became very ugly.

It was different from William who had to continue to rely on the carriage to return to the Principality of the Void after returning from the wild land to the Principality of the Void.

Today's Void Principality, despite the blockage of trade and news due to the blockade of the border. But it also accelerated the construction of the teleportation magic circle. When Reina went to find Sean, these teleportation magic circles had been gradually built,

So after Sean, Rena, Nolo, and Black Stone entered the territory of the Void Principality, they returned to the Void City directly through the teleportation magic circle without any delay.

At this time, Void City, which has already received the information, already has a large number of guards stationed beside the teleportation magic circle.

Hundreds of black-winged soldiers guarded the entire magic circle, and there were a large number of black-winged soldiers stationed along the way from the magic circle to the lord's mansion. Even the city defense army of the Void City was almost one post every three steps and one post every five steps. Lines of defense are arranged. It can be seen that after the assassination of William, the Principality of Sean obviously put a lot of effort into protecting the high-level officials.

This point can be seen from the fact that those pitch-black wings directly opened the scale armor arch guard.

This formation. Usually the guard regiments of the great men on the battlefield.

After all, not any legion would rush to the forefront with the troops of the guard regiment like Alfred and Rena. Generals like William, Hella, and Stalin are usually the last to order and mobilize directly on the battlefield. Therefore, it is natural that the guard regiment is required to be responsible for guarding and protecting the surroundings, so as to prevent the enemy from cutting through the Chinese army and going straight to the base camp without troops to guard.

certainly. It will make the entire Void City look like an enemy, except to create momentum for Xiao En's return. Another reason is that the residents of Void City were not banned from taking to the streets this time. It has been no secret that Sean is not in the Void Principality for the past six months, so it is very important and meaningful for the people of the entire Void City to witness Sean's return at this time.

When the teleportation array glowed with a dazzling white glow, the people surrounding the teleportation magic array at this moment had a strange and indescribable atmosphere.

Everyone stared at this white light intently.

When the bright white brilliance gradually dissipated, revealing a figure in it, the surrounding people all held their breath involuntarily. They just felt a burst of tension and excitement. When the white light dissipated completely, and then a young man with black hair stood firmly in the magic circle and stepped out with a stern and calm face, the surrounding crowd finally erupted into roaring cheers like mountains and seas .

And the soldiers with black wings who were in charge of guarding and protecting the magic circle, although they did not burst out with such powerful cheers like these people, but everyone bowed slightly at the same time, and at the same time stood up the heavy shields and spears in their hands. Landing——Because everyone's movements are very neat and unified, the dull "boom" sound made by these heavy heavy shields and spears sounded like there was only one sound, but so many people made the same movement The voice, after all, is extremely majestic, even like the beating of war drums, it only makes people feel a burst of blood boiling.

A chilling air emanated from the entire pitch-black wing in an instant.

Although the momentum is not as loud as the cheers from the residents of Void City, the momentum is even stronger than these residents!

"Welcome the Grand Duke back!"

Sean glanced around at the legion trained by William, and nodded slightly.

After Sean, Nolo and Rena riding the black stone also revealed their figures one after another.

In fact, these two people followed Sean into the teleportation magic circle. Calculated from the time difference, at most they were only a tenth of a second behind Sean, so the end time of the teleportation was the same as Sean's time. Appearance is actually about the same. It's just because of many factors such as momentum, status, identity, etc., that this 0.1-second buffer seems extremely abrupt. It's just that as soon as these two people appeared, the aura of the strong man in the sanctuary radiated out on the spot. Especially the black stone's dragon power slowly spread out, which added a bit of power to Xiao En's return.

With Sean's steps. The scale armor guard formed by the soldiers with pitch-black wings soon followed suit.

Along the way, as Xiao En got closer and closer to the Lord's Mansion, the size of the Black Wings' guards gradually increased, but because the Lord's Mansion could not accommodate the entire Black Wings corps, these soldiers could only use the guards near the Lord's Mansion. All areas are included in the monitoring range. There are soldiers with black wings standing guard at all intersections, and groups of soldiers with black wings are patrolling all the streets.

At this moment, all the soldiers of the pitch-black wings have entered a wartime alert state.

Because everyone knows that today's Void City. Destined to be extraordinary.

After Heishi returned to the lord's mansion, he lay down directly at the main entrance.

There is such a two-mutated dragon who is already at the eighth level and is guarding it. If someone who is not above the upper sanctuary comes in person, it is impossible to step into this lord's mansion.

Sean, on the other hand, took Rena and Nolo straight to the meeting room.

At this time, all the senior executives of the Principality of the Void, who had received the news of Sean's return, had gathered in this conference room.

These people were obviously holding back a burst of anger, so everyone's expression looked extremely solemn, far from the usual casualness and laughter. atmosphere in the meeting room. It seemed incomparably stagnant, as if even the airflow could not flow in this meeting room. The cold and silent atmosphere was like the tranquility and dullness before the storm. It also seems to be the tremor of the earth on the eve of the volcanic eruption.

The emotion called anger is constantly permeating, contagious, and breeding in this conference room.

Just to wait for a vent, so that all the anger can be completely erupted.

finally. There was a sound of footsteps outside.

Everyone in the meeting room looked at the door of the meeting room.

The footsteps came at a steady pace. But the sound of landing was very loud, like the continuous beating of war drums. Slowly passed from far to near. As the sound approached, everyone's expressions gradually became a little excited, and many of them flushed slightly, obviously becoming excited. And when the footsteps finally stopped outside the door of the conference room, everyone waited with bated breath.

Waiting for the moment when the door of this conference room was pushed open.

"Crack!"

Finally, the door of the conference room was pushed open.

Everyone stood up unanimously and looked directly at the young Chinese with jet-black hair standing outside the door.

No matter how long this young man has been away from the Void Principality, and no matter what kind of turmoil the Void Principality has faced in the past six months, when this young man finally appeared in front of them, everyone in the conference room seemed to have found their backbone. Everyone's hearts became extremely peaceful.

It can't be blamed that these talented people will show such a demeanor to such a young man, because he has left too many legends in just a few years. Similarly, it is also because this young man really has too many titles.

The barbarians of the North called him the savior.

The void dwellers call him the Miracle Lord.

The Llane nobles call him the Lord of the Void.

His enemies gritted their teeth in resentment at the mention of his name.

His allies uttered convincing admiration at the mention of his name.

Sean Connery.

This name is now not only resounding in the Ryan Kingdom, but also has a certain reputation in the entire Southern Continent.

Sean, who was standing outside the door, glanced at everyone in the meeting room one by one.

The first thing that catches the eye is the three people on the left side of the conference room.

Nock, Stalin, Altdorf.

These three people became famous in the war with the Nugus family, and each of them has its own characteristics.

Nock's military style is the most cautious, and he is well versed in the way of protection. He is especially good at running and rushing to help. His legion still maintains the record of the least loss in the entire Void Principality; Stalin's military style is old-fashioned and calm, and he is best at defensive battles. Especially for position defense, there is almost no possibility of breakthrough in the defense line with him, so the legion under his command has a very high loss rate, and can also be ranked among the top three in the entire Void Principality; Altdorf's military style is It's aggressive. He doesn't have a fighting style that he is obviously good at, but he often only needs to catch the enemy's weakness. It's bound to be a fight, as his lightning tactics are best used to attack enemy weak spots.

With countless battles, large and small, fought down. Naturally, these three people have also grown into the first-line generals of the Duchy of the Void today.

His eyes moved clockwise.

Standing on Altdorf's left is Dwight.

This young man was originally the head of the guard regiment of the 1st Cavalry Regiment under Reina's command, but when Reina discovered his commanding and leadership skills, she suggested to William that he should be in charge of the regiment. And after a series of assessments by William, the Dwight captain has naturally become the head of a legion now, but the status of this legion is obviously slightly higher than that of Nock, Stalin, and Altdorf, because This is a knightly order - the Scarlet Knights.

As one of the two Knights reported by the Kingdom of Ryan, the reason why the Scarlet Knights are stronger than the Holy Roman Knights in Florence. In addition to having high-quality equipment support, it is also related to the individual combat power of the members of the Scarlet Knights. In a competition that has no public record, the Scarlet Knights have achieved complete victory in a series of knights' competitions such as individual battles, team offensive and defensive drills, and group assault operations.

Today's Dwight, although he can't reach the ranks of the first-line generals of the Void Principality, but as the head of the Scarlet Knights, he is absolutely qualified to participate in any high-level meeting of the Void Principality.

And standing on the left of Dwight are Alfred and Clover.

The reputation of these two people is not much weaker than that of famous generals like Sean, William, and Hela.

Whether it was Alfred's journey of thousands of miles to Panda in order to join Sean. It was the battle with the Nugus family and the army of the Dabion Kingdom later on. Alfred and his Thunder Lions were all well-deserved lions. And as one of the elite legions of the Principality of the Void. The reputation of the Thunder Lions has obviously fallen into the intelligence investigation and collection of those who are interested in it. There is only one way to defeat this group of lions. That is to kill Alfred, the leading lion.

And Clover, the head of Cecilia's Guards. The legion he commanded had the highest battle loss rate in the entire Void Principality. now. In many intelligence materials collected from the outside world, the evaluation of Clover and his Cecilia Guards is "extremely good at attacking tough battles, no matter how difficult the battlefield is, he can swallow it thoroughly." "In this way, Clover is actually the existence that Shaun's enemies are more troublesome and unwilling to encounter than Alfred and the Thunder Lion.

Sean's gaze slowly swept across Alfred and Clover—these two, like Sean, immediately passed the teleportation magic circle after entering the territory of the Void Principality. He arrived at the Void City first, while the legion under his command was still moving towards the Void City. From the expressions on the faces of the two, Sean could tell that the two hadn't slept for at least a week.

But at this time, Sean's situation was not much better.

In the past month, Sean has only slept less than twenty hours.

As Alfred who was the first to follow Sean, seeing the exhaustion hidden deep in Sean's eyes, he couldn't help being slightly moved.

Sean's gaze didn't stay on Alfred and Clover for too long, and then he swept to the right side of the meeting room.

Hela and Neil are also here.

In the past six months, Xue Fanio went directly to the Wild Legion to help Hela solve Mai En secretly. And Hela, who has already emptied Maien's power, has successfully taken charge of the entire Wilderness Legion after solving all the rebels—and in the past six months, Hela has indeed established herself in the Wilderness Legion. With his prestige and a series of thunderous means, although it is unrealistic to immediately let the Wild Legion work for Xiao En and the Duchy of the Void, this will not be a problem in the near future.

At this time, such a big incident happened in the Principality of the Void, so Hela naturally wanted to rush back.

She just looked at Sean quietly, with a very calm expression on her face, but Sean, who was already familiar enough with Hela, knew very well that Hela was also really angry at this moment. In fact, Hela still has a trace of remorse that no one knows about, if she hadn't accepted William's kindness back then. If Bannock was allowed to leave with him, maybe those things would not happen later.

so. Hella's anger is not difficult to understand.

Neil standing sideways. The same face looked very calm, but the anger in his eyes was not necessarily weaker than Hila.

He has put the most effort into the construction and development of the Void Principality, and he is even more like the lord and grand duke of the Void Principality than Xiao En. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine what was going on in his heart when he personally ordered the killing of all those who participated in the riot, regardless of gender, age or age. Naturally, he is also very clear that there will be no refugees migrating to the Void Principality for a long time in the future. What a blow to the development of the Principality of the Void, not to mention the trade and economic losses caused by the border blockade this time.

Sean's eyes swept aside, and it was Cefanio.

Xuefanio, who is already the pinnacle of the lower sanctuary, looks indifferent as always, but under this cold breath, there is a heart full of killing intent. She looked at Sean quietly, but from her eyes, Sean read her determination. The volcanic fury that was about to erupt was probably the strongest among all the people present.

Standing next to Cefanio was Abaza.

This man known as the "Steel Winged Brain" did not look much better than Alfred and Clover.

Seeing Xiao En looking at him, the northern barbarian's eyes suddenly became moist. Then tears welled up involuntarily. He didn't cry, but this kind of silent tears made people feel heartbroken and guilty. He just looked at Sean. Then tears kept flowing from his eyes and into the hearts of everyone present. Everyone's face became even uglier.

The air in the conference room. Also became more depressed.

Sean sighed softly, and finally spoke his first words since he came to this conference room: "Don't worry, all the blood will not be shed in vain."

Everyone's eyes finally became solidified.

And Sean, at this time, finally set his sights on the chair in the middle of the conference room, where a person who hadn't stood up was sitting there.

It's not that he doesn't want to stand up, but that he is really powerless. Even just coming to this meeting room and sitting here is already a very difficult task. The pale, bloodless face showed that this person was obviously seriously injured, so he sat here like this, and no one in the conference room felt that something was wrong.

But after hearing Xiao En's first words, the person sitting on the chair also showed deep guilt in his eyes.

He raised his head with some difficulty, then looked at Sean, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't know what to say. At this moment, his blond hair looked haggard and dull, even messy, and he didn't look any better than Neil, especially since he still had a very faint smell of blood on his body, obviously his injuries hadn't been completely damaged yet. get well.

"It's none of your business, William." Sean said calmly, then looked around everyone again, motioning for everyone to sit down, "Where's An Nuo's body?"

On the way back, Sean had already heard Reina's account of the battle.

Facing the attack of the five shadow assassins, it is almost impossible for William to survive.

The situation at that time was very critical. Several guards completely ignored their own safety to protect them desperately. It only took one or two breaths, but to them, it seemed as long as a century. However, just one or two breaths was enough for the guards to slightly block the attacks of the five golden-level assassins, and one of them blocked the three assassins with his physical body, and his body was dismembered on the spot.

And An Nuo was the closest to William at that time.

So he pushed William away without hesitation, and used his body to block the assassins. As a result, he was stabbed in the heart by an assassin's dagger on the spot. However, relying on the strong vitality of the northern barbarians, Anuo did not die on the spot. Instead, he killed the assassin, and then stopped the other two assassins, buying the most precious time for Rotikabas to come to the rescue.

However, it was impossible for An Nuo, who was stabbed in the heart by a dagger and crushed by fighting spirit, to survive.

Although the five assassins were all killed afterwards, it was to William, to the entire Iron Wing, and to all the barbarians in the Northland. But still a nightmare.

At this moment, I heard Sean's words. Xuefanio said, "Because you haven't come back, you haven't been buried yet. But I have frozen it with magic to make a crystal coffin, and it is now stored in the Holy Church of Winter."

Xiao En nodded slightly, expressing his understanding: "Since I've come back, let's bury it tomorrow. ... I'll carry the coffin."

Hearing Xiao En's words, everyone present was a little moved.

Only Alfred looked very calm, because he knew that Sean would definitely say such a thing. An Nuo is the old man who followed Xiao En after him, even earlier than Reina. As the first person to join the core circle of the Principality of the Void, An Nuo has always been unassuming, and he treats everyone very easily. Although his strength is not strong and his strategy is not outstanding, as the commander of the steel wings, he has never made a mistake. This is extremely rare for the barbarians of the North who have always been considered stupid.

Therefore, in the Principality of the Void, An Nuo's popularity has always been very good.

As for the candidate to carry An Nuo's coffin this time, there has been endless debate.

Not inappropriate. But there are too many people who want to carry the coffin for An Nuo.

For example, Alfred, Rena, and Clover who have been fighting side by side with Anno all this time, and Stalin, Altdorf, and Nok who are under the care of Anno, and Abaza, who is of the same family as Anno, have great feelings for Anno. The faith of the positive attitude of Saint Cephaneo and so on.

people present. Everyone in the Principality of the Void is a real big shot.

Generally speaking, carrying the coffin is an expression of respect for the deceased high-ranking person, and the same high-ranking person appreciates a low-ranking person no matter how much he appreciates it. It is absolutely impossible to carry the coffin for him in person. Whether it's Cefanio, Alfred, Reina, etc., it can also be said that it is because of the brotherhood of comrades-in-arms. But even Xiao En threatened to carry the coffin himself, which is naturally shocking.

And listen to Sean's tone. Obviously, he himself must occupy a spot, and this cannot be changed.

Abaza was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Thank... thank you... thank you Lord Lord."

"I won't let An Nuo die in an unclear manner." Sean said lightly, but there was an unparalleled domineering in his tone.

All along, Sean seldom showed how powerful and domineering he was.

He handles many things according to some rules, even if he himself feels aggrieved when dealing with some things, but for the sake of his followers, Sean can't handle them just according to his own personality preferences like he did in the game back then. question. If he doesn't follow the rules, then his enemies will certainly not follow the rules, and this is naturally not a good thing for him, so Sean has always been patient and played with others within the rules.

But this time, it obviously offended Xiao En's inner rebellion.

So this time, Sean didn't plan to talk about the rules with those guys.

The only thing he knew was that An Nuo's revenge must be avenged.

"Have you found out who did it?" Sean asked Hela and Neil in a deep voice.

These days, even though the pastors of the Church of Life have been healing William's injuries, these people are not the saints of the Church of Life like Heatley after all. Therefore, even after half a year of recuperation, William's injuries have not fully healed, which shows that at that time How close William was to death. Therefore, Neil has been responsible for the intelligence work of the entire Void Principality recently. It was not until Hela returned after solving the incident of the Wild Legion some time ago that Hela was responsible for analysis, command, and collection.

"The current clues all point to Marquis De Rohan." Hela handed a report to Sean.

"Marquis De Rohan?" Sean frowned, he had never heard of the Marquis, "What is it?"

"The powerful Marquis of the former Darbion Kingdom was in charge of the Northwest battlefield at the time, but the loss of combat power was relatively light. Later, he surrendered to Ryan. In the subsequent military exploits, the title and territory have not been weakened." Hela explained. Said, "But with the Marquis' strength, I don't think he is capable of doing such a thing..."

"There must be someone behind him." Xiao En nodded, and then remembered the people from the Gray Crow tribe he met in the wilderness before, "I guess those guys from the Pangea Chamber of Commerce Alliance must also have a hand, but in the end it is one of them." Or the meaning of certain companies, or the meaning of those chambers of commerce alliances, I am not yet sure. Let the Void Realm follow this clue and investigate. I don’t need any actual evidence, as long as I can communicate with Pangea If the members of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance are connected, they will be directly expelled from the Principality of the Void, and all industries and resources will be confiscated."

Hearing Xiao En's words, everyone's faces showed shock again.

Because more than a year ago, the relationship between the Principality of the Void and the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance had just improved and warmed up. At this moment, Xiao En is going to attack the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance again. How can it not be shocking?

But if it is said that Sean's indiscriminate attack on the power and resources of the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance in the territory of the Principality of the Void only shocked them, then the next words of Sean shocked everyone . But after the shock, everyone in the conference room felt a burst of enthusiasm, everyone's face was flushed, and the anger that had been pent up all the time seemed to have finally found a vent, and spewed out one after another.

"Prepare the blood flag." Sean continued in a deep voice, "and send a circular to all the lords of the territories we will pass along the way, asking them to open the right of military passage. Tell them, I am not asking for their consent, just let them finally Let me be honest, if they don't know how to behave, then I don't mind trampling on their territory."

The Blood Banner, the standard of war that is usually raised only in revenge for blood relatives.

Because once the blood flag comes out, it means that there is no end to death, and only one of the two sides in the war can survive in the end.

"Also, I also sent a letter to the Ryan royal family. The wording can be a little more tactful, but what I want to express must be accurately conveyed." Sean said lightly, "I reject all peace talks, any attempts to Anyone who interferes with this matter will be the enemy of my Void Principality...Since our enemies want a war, then I will give them a war, and I will let them know that the Dro that is on the surface Marquis John is not enough to appease my anger, I will uproot all those involved in this matter!" (To be continued...)

ps: After thinking about it for a long time, I still can't think of a title that can satisfy me. So in the end, the word "Blood Flag" was chosen as the title of this chapter. ... The content that has been laid out for a long time can finally be written in one breath. This feeling is really very comfortable for me. It's just that writing this chapter is quite difficult for me, because I deeply feel that my writing skills are still not enough to control this kind of big chapter that burst out in one breath after a long preparation. ... I hope that this chapter, while satisfying me, can also satisfy the judges, then I will have no regrets.

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