Proof of the Sun King

Old World, late March 2513, the capital of the province of Ostermark, Bekafen.

For the empire, the province of Ostermark is a relatively insignificant province, but it is indeed one of the most important and oldest provinces in the empire. There is a lot of evidence that the ancient human wizarding empire once was here. There was a glorious but brief reign.

Just for the residents of Ostermark province, even if the ancient human wizarding empire was brilliant, it was a long, long time ago. The concept of Ostermark was really formed about a thousand years ago in the empire. After the Age of Disaster, the tribe named Ostergos established some villages and strongholds in the northeast corner of the empire. This land is located in the northeast corner of the empire, south of Kislev, north of Sylvania, To the west of the northern section of the Roof of the World is a province consisting of two large black forests and a large wasteland in the middle.

At the time of the rise of Charlemagne, the Ostermark region was already a formed tribe, and it was also an ancient and savage warlike tribe. At that time, the king of Ostergos, named Adelhard, was committed to the whole region. All the loose tribes were integrated to fight against the ever-invading greenskins, beasts and trolls, so the people of this region were naturally savage and had a strong sense of unity and unity, firmly believing that the united human beings Far more powerful than division.

At that time, the province of Ostermark was facing a terrible greenskin invasion. King Adelhad managed to concentrate all his strength to hold a few strongholds, but the people here could not survive the greenskin invasion. Delhard sent the messenger Gagarin to Rijkdorf to ask Charlemagne for support. At that time, many people in the Carolingian tribe thought that Ostermark was too far away from Rijkdorf, but Charlemagne arranged for Charlemagne. The congress, personally led an army of thousands to support Ostermark, and smashed the head of the green-skinned warlord headed by a hammer.

After the greenskins were driven to the other side of the roof of the world, the human coalition cheered the victory, the province of Ostermark announced that it had joined the empire, and King Adelhad gave up the crown and replaced himself with the elector. In the battle of Blackfire Pass, a group of axe men from Ostermark province joined the battle and played a key role in the decisive battle for the Greenskins.

At this moment, in a villa in Bekafen City, Ostermark Province, more than a dozen female members of the Garland Council, the only remaining members of the parliament, are sitting in the villa to discuss what to do next. manage.

Bekafen City, also known as Baker Harbor and Baker Haven, is the political and economic center of Ostermark and the seat of the Ostermark Union Parliament. Interestingly, it was originally the economic center of Ostermark. The Brenwasser River flows through here, exporting a large amount of wood and pottery, and livestock to all parts of the empire, making huge profits.

The important branch of the Jialan Council is set up here, because the main material supply of Sky Vault Castle is basically raised from Bekafen City, and a female congressman will be stationed here to be responsible for the allocation of materials, but the previous Jialan assembly This made the place completely vacant. After Aurora and the others were teleported here, they could only stay here temporarily. Most of them were injured or ran out of magic power and needed time to rest. Moreover, the witches were divided into three factions as to what to do next.

One faction is headed by Teresa. The sorceress thinks that the only way out for them is to go to Britannia to join Ryan and ask the King of Knights to take him in. Judging from the relationship between Ryan and the Garland Council, Ryan will definitely take him in. they.

The opinion of this faction was shared by about half of the witches.

The other faction is headed by the legendary sky witch Adriana. This witch does not want to go to the knight kingdom, because there is already another faction headed by Veronica in the knight kingdom, and there is the lake **** witch Mo with King Ryan. The prophets of the lake gods headed by Jaina, so she thought that if she went to Britannia at this time, wouldn’t she become a third-class or even a fourth-class person? They should try to find an Elector of the Empire to take refuge in or go to Kislev to seek refuge with the Snow Queen. She urged everyone to go to Osterland to find Elector Wamir for financial support. .

The third faction is headed by Aurora, the only remaining sanctuary witch among the survivors of the war. She is undecided about what to do and remains neutral for the time being. Aurora is still somewhat reluctant to seek refuge with Ryan. The final choice is now to see if there are other options. The Garland Council has been an "independent" spellcaster organization since its inception, so don't bow down unless it is absolutely necessary.

Now, in the open-air courtyard of the villa in the city of Bekafen, the Garland witches who survived the catastrophe are discussing what to do next. Everyone's will is very depressed, and their spirits are also very lethargic. In the open-air courtyard, the Sanctuary The Ice Witch Aurora, the Legendary Ice Witch Teresa, the Legendary Sky Witch Adriana, and the Legendary Beast Witch Annie Lorak.

The weather in Ostermark is as dark and desolate as the land here. Although it is not particularly cold and uncultivated like Kislev, the dark atmosphere always hangs over here, and the sun looks very bright under the forests and mountains. Weak, melting snow plunged the entire city into a muddy environment of grey and brown, even the provincial capital, where the population was not large, and the sound of wind blowing through the courtyard resounded, and the four Senator Garland sat together, staring at each other silently.

They still haven't been able to accept the fact that Sky Vault has been destroyed and the Garland Council has ceased to exist.

Everyone seemed very weak, because they all had more or less overdrawn the power of blood or vitality in the battle of Skydome. Teresa was even more tired, and the sorceress didn't recover much energy after resting for a whole day. His tone was very sleepy: "It's not the way for us to stay here. It doesn't help us. What we need now is a good and safe resting environment and the hope of rebuilding the parliament. Only Ryan can give us this."

"I agree with what you said in the first half, Ms. Teresa." Adriana said, "but we don't need to go to the Knights Kingdom. You are the female courtier of His Majesty Ryan, but we are not. He already has many magic advisors by his side. To be able to provide him with magical answers, I don't see any need for him to be kind to us, and, even if he accepts us, we are bound to become his vassals, which is not what we want, or at least not what I want ."

"However, we have suffered such huge changes and losses. If we can't be united at this time, how can we rebuild the Garland Council?" Teresa said wearily: "Speaker Margarita used Life has given us a chance to escape, and if you're going to stand on your own, Adriana, do it and let's see what happens?"

"I don't plan to stand on my own, but I don't want to be a vassal either!" Adriana knew that Teresa was snapping her hat, and she said impatiently: "Ms. Teresa, you are from a wizarding family and have been around since childhood. Enjoying all kinds of favorable treatment, all the roads are paved by you, and you are lucky, but we are not like you, I doubt whether your knight king will sincerely accept us."

"We don't know if we're sincere or not." Aurora said, the Sanctuary witch still maintained her mature and glamorous demeanor, but her spirit was a little haggard, she shook her head: "But for now, Adriana, We can't go to Slov, as long as you have a little understanding of the situation in that country, you know that this option is unlikely."

"So, Ostland?" Adriana also knew that the country of Kislev had fallen into turmoil.

"Elector Varmir will be very happy that he has an extra female courtier. Maybe you can rank in the top ten?" Teresa said impatiently: "He has ten illegitimate children! It is still admitted! Do you think Will he admit you?"

Adriana stopped talking.

Aurora finally decided to speak, and the witch of the sanctuary shook her head: "There are not many choices left to us, everyone, we all know that the southern part of the empire is the world of the Royal Academy of Wizards, and even if it is the north, our influence The power is also limited to Nordland, Hawke, Tarabek and Ostland."

After thinking about it for a while, Aurora was a little unwilling in her heart. Does she really want to surrender to Ryan? The witch of the sanctuary always felt unwilling to give up, she simply said: "In this way, let's go to see the Speaker of the Ostermark Union and the Elector of Bekafen, His Excellency Wolfram Hertwig, and ask him if he is You are willing to take us in. If you are willing, then we can negotiate and compare the conditions. If not, it is not too late for us to leave for Brittany. But everyone, please remember that at this time, the most important thing is Unity, we must keep advancing and retreating together.”

After Aurora said this, everyone had no opinion. Teresa was a little worried why Aurora didn't choose to stand with her at this time, but she saw her mother's warning eyes and didn't say anything in the end.

Everyone was very tired. After lunch, Aurora and Teresa both took a nap for a while, but they still felt very sleepy. They just had a task at hand, so they had to set off for the Elector Palace in Bekafen City.

The sky is dark, the buildings are dark, and the mood is also dark. Theresa and Aurora, two mature and beautiful witches, are particularly conspicuous when they walk on the road in more gorgeous clothes than the locals. The locals can't help it. I looked at the mother and daughter, but there was no particular hostility, because the Ostmark people's bloodline is very complex, and the harem of the first elector, Adelhad, almost included women from all provinces of the empire. Here For this reason, the people of the people do not reject intermarriage with people from other places, so they are not as hostile to foreigners as in many places.

Walking on the road, Aurora and Teresa had nothing to say. They had not yet recovered from this huge accident. Before reaching the iron-gray electoral palace, Aurora noticed Oster. The elite legion of the Mark Union, the Dead Skull Army, was stationed here. This army was established in the vampire war. It performed extremely well in the battle with the three vampire counts. Prince Martin completely defeated and killed the last vampire Count Manfred von Carstein, this elite used black and red flags and coats of arms, wearing a skull mask, invincible, extremely tough and especially good at dealing with the undead The giant is famous all over the world.

"Daughter, go up and report your name and title." Aurora looked at the dead skull army and stared at them blankly, and said to Teresa: "We all know who Hertwig is. , it's useless to say my name."

"Well." Teresa took the initiative to go up, reported her name and her title, and asked to see His Excellency Elector Wolfram-Hertwig.

The Dead Skull Army is an army that hates magic. It was a bit hostile to see the witch here, but after hearing that Teresa had another identity other than Lady Garland, she didn't dare to ignore it and went in to report it immediately.

Two minutes later, the soldiers of the Dead Skull Army trotted out: "Your Excellency the Elector welcomes your arrival, please come in."

Teresa didn't feel anything yet, and Aurora sneered in her heart, thinking that Ryan's name is still useful, the name of this wild son-in-law is simply a passport to the old world.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

The Elector's Palace in Bekafin is not as opulent as imagined, it is very hard and simple, and it is as monotonous as this province, gray, brown, red, except for the Elector's personal coat of arms and his personal coat of arms. Everything was so monotonous except for a little purple on the guards, and Teresa noticed that the men in the court all had bushy moustaches, and the attendants led them to the very modest reception room with only simple wooden furniture. , motioning them to wait for a while: "Please wait, two, Your Excellency the Elector is wrapping up the alliance meeting, and he will come here to see you as soon as he is over."

"Okay, thank you." Aurora nodded.

Ostermark province is different from most imperial provinces. The electors here are not hereditary - the hereditary elector family has been completely destroyed by the impact of the Mordheim double-tailed comet over the years. Including all the noble families and commoners in Mordheim, only the Sisters of Charlemagne got the oracle of the gods and hid in the monastery deep underground before they escaped. The remaining provincial cities, strongholds and villages of Sturmark united to form the Provincial Alliance Council, and the Speaker usually concurrently held the title of Marquis of the Emperor.

"The current Elector of Hertwig is the Speaker. This Speaker is famous for vigorously defending the interests of the commoners and the middle class~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He often spends his energy on dealing with the corruption and greed of the nobles in the territory. In the past, he attacked the nobles, the church, and the knights, and asked them to abide by their duties, strictly prohibit corruption and exploitation of the lower classes, and protect the interests of the common people and the middle class. He repeatedly emphasized that the justice of the nobles is not the justice of the common people." Aurora said With Teresa told the story of the elector.

"If it were in another province, Hertwig would have been pulled down from the throne of the elector by the nobles, but the Ostermark political system is special. Here, the commoners and the middle class have a large number of seats in the alliance parliament. , so Hertwig did not shake his position, but made his position more stable, the common people loved the elector, and Ostermark prospered under his rule."

Before he finished speaking, there was a deep laughter from outside the room. The Elector Hetwig walked into the reception room with two attendants and spoke to Teresa, his expression was very surprised: "Oh, Moore Come on, Lady Teresa? Why are you in a country place like ours? It's been almost ten years since we last met in Brunswick? Anyway, you're very welcome, what's the point?"

"Hello, Your Excellency Hertwig, we are in trouble." Teresa quickly got up and said, "We need your help."

The Elector sneered, thinking that these witches would only cause trouble.

He could deny the face of the Garland Council, because his court magic advisor came from the Imperial Academy of Wizards.

However, Hetwig had to give the face of the King of Knights, "The Devout" Ryan Malcado, and he knew very well what Teresa's identity was.

The elector nodded enthusiastically when he thought of this, motioning Aurora and Teresa to sit down: "No problem, what difficulties did you encounter? What do you need me to do for you?"

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