Proof of the Sun King

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PS2: There are many things to do during the New Year. I also need to rest and rationalize my thoughts. I will tentatively ask for a day off tomorrow, and see if the situation is updated the day after tomorrow!

Federmond de Poldro, the direct son of Boderick, Duke of Poldro, is forty-eight years old this year. After fifteen years of the Holy Grail expedition, the Sea God Knight finally returned full of glory.

He was recognized by the Lake Fairy after killing a Chaos troll who had been a disaster for many years in Tarabek Land.

Duke Bodrick came upon hearing the news. The elderly duke, surrounded by the Seagod Knights, walked quickly to Federmond. He looked at his son.

Fifteen years have flown by in a hurry. The high-spirited and strong knight when he set off now has a lot of weather on his face, but from the perspective of appearance and age, Federmond looked younger when he set off. He looks at it now. He looked like a two-year-old, heroic young knight. His simple face had a faint smile, his eyes were burning with the wrath of the lake god, his body exuded a divine aura, and his blade drank bitterly. The blood of countless dark creatures, and now, he has returned from the Holy Grail Crusade!

"I'm back, father." Federmond looked at Boderick's aged appearance, opened his mouth, and finally decided to get down on one knee: "With the blessing of Madam, I have completed the Holy Grail Crusade. ."

"Okay, that's great!" Duke Baudric was ecstatic, and the always steady Duke Poldereau patted his eldest son on the shoulder excitedly: "Go, talk in the castle! Where are your friends? ?"

"They're not my friends, we're just dropping by." Federmond shook his head. He was about to turn around and introduce a few people from the empire, but found that the other party had disappeared in the town of Poldro.

"It's okay, it's okay! Federmond, my son, it's been fifteen years, and you're finally back!" Duke Boderick hurriedly motioned for his son to follow him.

In the eyes of the Duke now, Federmond is fine no matter what.

Twenty minutes later, in the Bordeaux Castle, the capital of Boldero, in the Hall of Poseidon.

The giant mermaid statue is flanked by waterfalls of water flowing down, the furniture made of gold and silver and equal oak is beautifully made, the sun is shining outside, the power of the sea **** Mannan revolves around the castle of Poldro, blessing Prince of Mannann, the **** of the sea, Duke of Boderick, the champion of the gods.

Federmond received a heroic courtesy. More than a hundred sea **** knights and all the servants and family members of the duke came out to greet him and expressed a grand welcome to Federmond's return.

"Fifteen years, Federmond, fifteen years have passed, I have sent people to inquire about you many times, but I have never gotten any information, my son, how have you been here for the past fifteen years? ' Duke Boderick, wearing a ducal dress, asked his son.

Federmond's plate armor was tattered, and only the icon of the Lake Fairy was as clean as new. The new Holy Grail Knight silently listened to his father's question, with a sigh in his tone: "I went to the border. The prince has taken it."

"Prince of the Border? No wonder, in that chaotic place, it's hard to get news out." Duke Bodrick asked thoughtfully, "Why did you go to the Prince of Border?"

"I started the Holy Grail Crusade along Brittany, Estalia, and Tyrell, and left my footprints in Miragliano and the Duchy of Lucini." Federmond from The attendant took a mirror in his hand and looked at the stains on his face and the mess on his body. Not only was this Duke's direct son not ashamed, but he was quite proud.

This is his glorious military medal, a symbol of his devotion to the lady, he is no longer a mortal, the divine power is surging in his chest, he is already a Holy Grail Knight.

The attendant turned on the hot water and handed over the towel, and Federmond rubbed his face indiscriminately, then said: "After a few years, I accepted the invitation of Redford "Duke" Antonelli and the green skin After fighting and protecting the civilians there, I stayed there for more than three years, destroying thousands of greenskins, until I thought the people there could fight the greenskin aggression on their own."

"Antonelli, Duke of Redford? How come I've never heard of this person?" Duke Baudric was quite puzzled, and he turned his attention to Sir Holf, the deputy commander of the Seagod Knights, and his group. courtier body.

These people all answered by looking up at the ceiling and shaking their heads at the duke. Ismail, the duke's former butler and the most familiar with the outside world, said to Boderick: "My duke, and Brittany The two border princes who have diplomatic relations are the Duchy of Akendorf and the Kingdom of Milmiden. The Akendorf has 2,000 troops, and Milmeden has 2,500 troops. Some of the smaller border princes we used to have. I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with it."

"The Principality of Ruiford? There are only five hundred people in that place." Federmond laughed mockingly.

"Five hundred soldiers?" Bodrick asked casually. "That's really small enough. This so-called 'duke' is not even a baron under my command."

The Prince Territory of the Border is a chaotic area. This land was conquered by the Empire and the Bretons successively, but it was quickly abandoned. The Emperor of the Empire was also the Grand Duke of Ivy Land, William I, and the famous emperor behind "The Conqueror". "Sigismund has conquered the border princes and established provinces, but due to the long-term attack of the Greenskins and the difficulty of transportation, the Empire chose to give up here twice, but left some unwillingness. Population and soldiers left.

After that, Brittany was established, and the proud knights also conquered this land. After that, some knights who completed the mission of expelling greenskins chose to return to Britania, while the remaining few knights refused to return to the beginning. Take root and build a castle in the Border Prince Territory and become a noble here, so the current Frontier Prince Territory is already a chaotic area inhabited by Imperials, Bretons, and Mrs. Keisler. This land is notorious. An outlawed land of all kinds of robbers, mercenaries, murderers, pirates, and other lawless fugitives, this land has new "border princes" rising almost every day, and old "border princes" defeated and dead.

"What five hundred soldiers? Five hundred people. When I left the Duchy of Redford, there were five hundred and twenty-six people in the entire fortress." Federmond smiled, and the Holy Grail Knight said to his father with a wry smile: " Mr. Antonelli has been planning to establish 'international diplomatic relations' with Brittany and the Empire!"

"Okay." Duke Boderick shook his head again and again. There may be dozens of "Border Prince Principalities" in the border princes. Most of these border princes have unbelievably exaggerated titles and a decent court. The border princes are keen Yu engaged in "international diplomacy" and arrogantly put forward their own demands on other border princes, but when faced with real countries, such as the Empire and Brittany, these border princes basically behaved like a head A pug with a wagging tail, because for these border princes, the Empire or a baron in Brittany is far superior to them.

It is the greatest honor to be the dog of the Empire or Brittany!

"After that, I went north again, and participated in the war against the greenskins in the Blackfire Pass, accepted a table of food treats from the halflings in Mutter and helped them deal with a bloodthirsty ghost, and participated in the encirclement and suppression of an undead in the Styr Territory. Wizard, finally, in Tarabek, I killed a Chaos troll... By the way, father, I heard that Poldro is doing well lately? I saw a lot of high elves' fleets."

"Now we Boldero have established trade relations with the High Elf Lothern Kingdom and the Safran Kingdom, and we have made huge profits from last year to this year." Duke Bodric hesitated, but decided To tell the truth: "This is the credit of Count Ryan Macado, the deal he made with Lord Tigris, I don't know if you have heard his name."

"Of course I've heard of it. I've heard of Ryan's name in the southern kingdoms, empires, and even in the border princes." Federmond nodded arrogantly: "To be a lady's god-chosen champion, you must have such strength. ."

"Richard is about to abdicate now, and the only people who are eligible to compete for the throne in the entire kingdom are Laughen-Leo Cornwall, Duke of Connet, Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne, and Berhemond, Duke of Bastogne. François, Duke of Winford, and so on, but I think Ryan still has a chance, and that chance depends on whether he can get the title of duke, my son, Federmond, do you want to compete for the throne? If you want , I will pass the position of the duke to you tomorrow." Bodrick frowned, and he was a little relieved: "When you are in charge of the duke's affairs, I can safely hand Poldero to you and begin to belong to me. The Holy Grail Crusade."

"Mannan is here, none of the Dukes of Poldero has ever become the king of Brittany. It is our honor to be able to guard Poldero as a lady's believer. After all, in the eyes of the dukes, we are not Orthodox." Federmond shook his head repeatedly: "I can't become a king, father, the nobles of the kingdom will not accept it."

"Then it involves where we are, Federmond... It's not urgent. Let's wait for the situation to become clear. As for the position of the duke..." Bodrick really wanted to get rid of these worldly things. It's over: "In this way, I will give you the responsibility of the entire Seagod Knights and the defense of the entire Boldero, and I will be responsible for the trade and many chores in the territory. When you are fully accustomed to the affairs of being a duke, I will The whole Poldro is handed over to you."

Federmond had no objections, and things settled like this.

"Ismael!" Duke Bodric was so proud that everything had been decided, and he ordered loudly: "Quick, spread my invitation to the whole kingdom! I want everyone to know that my son, Fei Demond has completed the Holy Grail Crusade and returned with endless glory! I want all the counts of Britannia and their nobles to come to Boldero for a feast!"

"Yes! My duke, please give this banquet a name!"

"This banquet is called the Glory of Poldro!"

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Bordello Castle, a group of imperial people are walking on the street.

"It's hard to imagine that most of the civilians in such a prosperous city are serfs. Nur is really far from here. Why would Emmanuel be willing to stay in such a place." The grim-faced giant looked at the street scene. , It took me a while to utter such a sentence.

"Nur is a great city, but it does not represent the entire empire." Master engineer Wagner looked at the bustling crowd: "Britannia and the empire are still fundamentally different. In the empire, the nobles only guard and protect themselves. The cities and manors of interest, the villages with dense forests and fields must protect themselves. In Brittany, despite the low status of the serfs, if any village is attacked, the knights of the fief will ride horses and lift up Ride the lance and fight for their ladies."

"..." The giant man said in a muffled voice, and then nodded: "The combat power of knights in this country is really good enough. I really want to see the strength of the Holy Grail Knight."

"The top priority is that we must find Emmanuel! Theodore!" The witch wearing a scarf, a purple robe, and a giant sickle spoke: "Nothing else matters."

The witch's words were filled with some kind of deep and extremely terrifying magic. As soon as she opened her mouth, the bright light in the vicinity was distorted, and those around felt the chill to the bones and retreated, even as Rick Ban. Wei Wagner felt a powerful force grabbing his throat.

Elspeth von Draken, the Supreme Mage of the Amethyst Academy of the Imperial Academy of Wizards and Wizards~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Death Department Sanctuary Great Wizard, the guardian of Nuer, nicknamed "Cemetery Rose" and "Nur" She has always been Emmanuel's most staunch supporter. Since Emmanuelle disappeared, the death-based sanctuary great wizard has spent a lot of energy searching for her whereabouts and making sure that she is always there. still alive.

Emperor Karl Franz sent someone to inform Elspeth after the Festival of Winter Veil, telling her that Emmanuel von Lebowitz-Bernardino was the champion of the Lake Fairy, Count of Glamorgan, As a maid in the court of "The Devout" Ryan Malcador, Ms. Elspeth felt deeply that the incident was of great importance, so she led fifty soldiers of the Nuer Iron Armor, with the Rick guard Wagner, who was in charge of guiding the way. , and also called this giant man like an iron tower.

Judge Nuer, champion of Nuer, strong in the sanctuary, Theodore Bruckner with a mysterious origin is an unbelievably powerful warrior. His existence is the executor of **** justice and the defender of Nuer order. After getting the news, the champion of Noor also dropped his business and followed Ms. Elspeth to Brittany to find Emmanuel.

They all think that only Emmanuel is qualified to be the master of Nuer! The orthodox successor of the Elector of Brescia, the strong claimant of the Grand Duke of Wisson, not Gianni Bernardino!

"First of all, we must find a way to enter Lane's court and determine Emmanuel's figure, and then we must find a way to take Emmanori away and welcome her back to Nuer! Make her the Duchess of Nuer, Elector of Brescia and Grand Duke Wesson!" said Wagner, the Rick Guard, who and his family were staunch supporters of Emmanuel.

"Count Ryan-Makado's strength is obvious to all. It is very difficult to forcibly take Emmanuel away. We may have to find a way."