rise of empire total war

Chapter 572 Departure
After greeting Prince Lixini, Elizabeth continued to follow the servant to meet Emperor Derrickian.

Walking on the road, Elizabeth was still thinking about the nightmare she had last night.Although the old emperor has been very friendly to her since the first meeting, she is still wary of him, especially after the nightmare, the guard in her heart is even deeper, making her suspicious of the old emperor's intentions.

Soon, she was taken to the side hall, and walked into the hall alone. The old emperor was sitting on the main seat to check the official documents. When he heard the movement at the door, he looked up and saw that Elizabeth was coming. Got up, said: "Elizabeth, did you sleep well last night, Rome should get used to it."

"..." Elizabeth hesitated for a while, and then asked, "If I say I'm not used to it, will His Majesty let me go back?"

The old emperor's face froze, and he relaxed quickly. He coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "It takes more than half a year to get to the Holy Roman Empire from here, it's too far away, so you'd better stay for a while, let's talk about it. "

His response was as expected by Elizabeth. She looked as usual and didn't speak. She just took the seat under the guidance of the maids in the palace. After all, Elizabeth was just a child when she opened the food. When she saw delicious food, she put aside the unhappy things just now and tried her best to deal with the food before getting up.

Seeing Elizabeth eating vigorously, Emperor Derrick laughed lightly, shook his head, and ate the food gracefully. While eating, he looked at Elizabeth's eating appearance, and saw that Elizabeth's mouth was full of food , puffed out her cheeks, but she was still wriggling, like a little squirrel, which made the old emperor like it no matter what he saw.

After Elizabeth swallowed the food in her mouth, the old emperor asked: "Elizabeth, in your hometown Vienna, you don't go out of the palace often, right?"

Although she didn't know the purpose of the other party's question, Elizabeth nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then go out with Oshilina and the others after you finish eating, and learn more about the city of Rome." Derrick said first, with a trace of unquestionable authority in his tone, which made Elizabeth speechless all of a sudden. Words of refusal come.

Elizabeth was stunned for a while, but did not say any words of rejection, but asked, "Who is Oshilina?"

"Oshilina is my granddaughter." The old emperor said gently, his eyes full of love, "She is a very good girl, Elizabeth, you will definitely become good friends."

"..." Elizabeth was silent for a while, and then added in her heart: I hope so.

She has no urgent plans to make friends, but for the sake of the old emperor, she can only reluctantly follow him.

After Elizabeth was taken away by Oshilina, who was three years older than her, the kindness on the old emperor's face gradually disappeared. He asked people to clean up the things here, and then led the guards to the ordinary cage in the palace.During the inquiry last night, he got a lot of news from Bibulus, but it was all negative news about the Holy Roman Empire. The old emperor did not fully believe Bibulus' confession. He could clearly see that there were some Many of them are the product of Bibulus' subjective assumptions.

Therefore, he wanted to personally interview William Walker, a prisoner of the Holy Roman Empire Navy who was brought back, and get a confession from another angle of this matter from him.

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At the same time, the Holy Roman Empire was far across the ocean.

A few months had made Richard's hair a lot grayer due to worry, and he looked as if he had aged several years. However, in these few months, he had also gained a lot, not only Dozens of Karak battleships were built in the fastest time, and the real murderer who poisoned Hariand was captured through the gendarmerie—the traitor Khalid of the Republic of Viginia. This damned traitor was in the Fourth Army On the eve of the decisive battle with the main force of the Republic of Vicinia, a brigade tried to poison the water the soldiers ate, but was arrested on the spot by the gendarmerie who had been eyeing him for a long time. After a period of torture, they finally got the truth about the poisoning case.

After getting the news, Richard nearly ordered Khalid to be executed in a fit of rage. Fortunately, the people around him persuaded him in time, so that Khalid was saved, but Khalid escaped. , the Republic of Vicnia behind him will not be easily let go.Following Richard's order, the two armies on the Valdasia Peninsula crossed the Osa Sea, and cooperated with the Fourth Army to storm the Republic of Vicnia. In just one week, the entire territory of the country fell. After the fall of the capital of Chenia, the imperial army faithfully carried out the emperor's order, slaughtered all the living beings in the city, razed the city walls and buildings, and sprinkled salt on the ruins and adjacent farmland to prevent this land from being destroyed during the war. Possibility of growing new plants.

The brutality of the Holy Roman Empire shocked several other countries, but before they discussed whether to demand peace, the imperial army that had just conquered the Republic of Vigna directly turned around and launched a fierce offensive against the remaining eight participating countries. Every time the army captured a city, it ordered the massacre. In just a few months, the number of lives lost to the imperial army directly exceeded 20, and it was still approaching the [-] mark.

Although Richard did not personally command the war, the people on the Osa Peninsula still gave him the nickname "The Butcher" because of his order to massacre the city.

When the Ossa War was about to be won, Richard returned to his homeland. He appointed Stephanie, who had recovered well, as the Regent of the Empire, and then personally led the Imperial Guards, escorted Khalid to board the recently launched Karak battleship, Prepare to go to the Roman Empire to negotiate with the Roman Emperor.

Stephanie and a group of imperial nobles naturally opposed it again and again, especially Stephanie. Although she was also worried about Elizabeth's safety, she was even more afraid of what might happen to Richard on the long voyage. It's been a year, and if something happens to Richard on the road, it will all be over.Especially now that Frederick is only 12 years old, young and lacking in ability, if Richard has an accident and allows Frederick to inherit the throne, he will not be able to suppress the various forces within the empire.

At that time, for orphans and widows, Stephanie can only guarantee that her Ravana Kingdom is still loyal to Frederick.

However, Richard had made up his mind to go, and no matter how they persuaded him, it was useless. In the end, he could only watch Richard's fleet sail away from Port Bell, heading for the strange and distant Dogero continent.

(End of this chapter)