The King's Follower [Rebirth]

The first battle happened suddenly.The peace negotiating representatives sent by the church and Duke Fox, the representative sent by the king, held the first negotiation in a tavern in the city of Gelland between the royal capital and Wildola County.Although the king knew that Edward and William were behind the whole incident, not the priests and citizens who were instigated by them, he still had to do enough superficial work to express a certain amount of sincerity to restore his reputation in the hearts of the people. status.

However, although the king agreed to decree the innocent dead Philip Max as a saint, set the day of his sacrifice as St. Philip's Day, and built a church named after him in the royal capital for him, he firmly refused to recognize the assassination of Edward. He is the master.Because he knew that once he admitted all this, he would fall into the trap William dug for him. William would use this as an excuse to make more and more excessive demands step by step until he was kicked out.

In fact, the evidence that William could produce was nothing more than the confessions of those failed assassins, and such things as confessions were extremely easy to forge.As long as he refuses to admit it, some people will always have doubts about the authenticity of the incident. Although this has damaged his reputation and prestige, it will not completely push the people to his opposite. Pushed to William's side.

Both sides refused to budge, so the negotiations in Grande City reached an impasse.The longer the stalemate lasts, the greater the possibility of peace breaking down.Both sides quickly deployed their troops near the city of Grendel, and immediately acted when the negotiations broke down.

After seven days of stalemate, at three o'clock in the morning on the eighth day, a viscount who came to negotiate with Duke Fox slapped an orc monk. Because he couldn't control his strength, the monk passed out on the spot In the past, at this point, the negotiations broke down, and William's soldiers immediately left the tavern with all the negotiating teams.

The reason why the viscount slapped the monk is unknown. Although he insisted that the other party used extremely disgusting words to deliberately provoke him, but he made a move first, and everything was completely different. This slap broke In order to balance the situation, the king was placed in a disadvantageous position of public opinion.A few minutes later, William's army began to attack the city of Grendel, and the king's army was caught off guard. Although it was only ten minutes late in response, it was these ten minutes that caused them to lose a city within an hour. important city.

In the ensuing war, the army composed of retired soldiers and ordinary civilians who volunteered to join the army, which was originally not favored by the king, used the energy cannon that was also not valued by the king to give the king's elite team heavy weight again and again. hit.

Soon, the name of the energy cannon, a weapon that was originally secretly developed by several major powers, spread throughout the entire Salma continent. However, the weapons that the orcs of the fourth level can compete with the orcs of the sixth level are not interested.

The level of orcs is not a problem that can be solved by individual efforts. To a greater extent, it depends on one's blood and the financial strength of the family, which virtually consolidates the social class division.Now, the emergence of energy cannons has made those high-level orcs with noble backgrounds and wealthy families lose their advantages, and William made an exception. Many of the army's strength is only three or four levels, but because of the use of energy cannons, they are instantly recognized on the battlefield. The military rank of the orcs who had made great military achievements was raised to a level that only orcs above the fifth intermediate level were eligible to be awarded, which caused an earthquake-like effect and even shook the morale of the king's army.

No one is willing to submit to others. The reasons that originally restricted their promotion are all unchangeable and reversible reasons. No matter how unwilling everyone is, there is nothing they can do. But now, this layer of barriers has been broken, and their dissatisfaction with the status quo has been shaken. Loyal and demoralized, the king's army gradually began to lose his superiority.And when the king finally stopped being obsessed with the supercilious arrogance of the high-ranking orcs and decided to arm his army with energy cannons, William already had the upper hand.

However, although William had more advantages than the king, the war was not resolved as quickly as everyone thought. Three years had passed since the negotiations in Grendel City broke down. The king took his The troops were forced to retreat from the royal capital, but firmly occupied the northern part of the empire. This piece of land occupied about one-third of the entire empire. He served in the army and commanded them for four years as a lieutenant general. Therefore, the loyalty of the people here to the king is unmatched by other counties.

The two sides were deadlocked on both sides of the Mundra River and the Mardade Mountains, and William could not advance the front line even a kilometer.And now, he doesn't expect himself to be able to solve the king quickly. How to manage the two-thirds of the land he has obtained and restore the economy damaged by the war to support this long-term war. Occupied more of his mind.

At this time, Pope Foore II proposed to crown William, which would make William's rule more legitimate, and also shake the confidence and loyalty of the soldiers and the people who were loyal to the king.

So the coronation ceremony became the most important thing on the schedule, and everyone began to make intensive preparations.The coronation ceremony is not only William's oath to inherit the throne in St. Leman's Cathedral. After his coronation is over and he becomes the law of the country and the ruler recognized by Orgunra, he will also perform a series of titles on his heroes. grant activity.And who can get this honor, and how high the rank of the title is conferred, all need to be carefully considered, so as not to chill the hearts of the heroes due to unfairness and favoritism.

After the coronation ceremony, the several new legislation announced by the people of the whole country are the most important. These bills represent the beginning of a new era of rule. The level of the author and his government and the degree of popular support.These bills have been prepared as early as a year ago. However, the situation of the country during the war is changing. In many cases, the bills discussed in a month may become a pile of waste paper overnight. Discuss and revise over the last few months.

Edward and the interim Home Secretary are responsible for the awarding of knighthoods.His current status is still the crown prince's personal priest, but William's increasingly straightforward attitude of admiration over the years and his determination not to marry non-Edward have made many people think that he will definitely resign as a priest in the end, restore his secular status, and become a prince. William's mate.The people were happy to see this, because although William expressed his admiration, he never damaged Edward's reputation in front of outsiders. In the eyes of the people, the relationship between them was as pure as a glass of water, and the beauty and loyalty were like a fairy tale. The feelings of love are what everyone is willing to pursue.And Edward has been deliberately emphasizing over the years that the status of a divinely favored person who has never lost his effectiveness makes everyone willing to see the combination of the two.

Therefore, on the surface, although Edward was only sent by the crown prince to assist the work of the interim minister of the interior, the interim minister of the interior did not really dare to regard him as his subordinate. This is destined to become the new queen of the country, and he It's just a temporary Minister of Internal Affairs. Whether this temporary can be removed, and whether he can be re-elected or even go further depends on whether the future queen is satisfied with him.Therefore, his attitude towards Edward became more and more respectful and cautious, completely focusing on Edward and supplementing himself.

It's a pity that, in Edward's view, all of this was the mistake of the interim cabinet minister. What William wanted to establish was not an autocratic country where the king had the final say. An official must have his own position and attitude, not become a superior He was very dissatisfied with the official's obsequious attitude.

On this day, when Edward and the officials were discussing the details of the knighthood awarding ceremony, Stephen, who had just grown up for one year, walked in, and Edward immediately got up to greet him.Edward didn't really like William, a younger brother who cared about everything and was so sensitive that he was a bit neurotic, but Stephen was William's own younger brother, and William valued his younger brother very much. Dislike for him, so as not to destroy the brotherhood between the two of them.

"Good day, Edward." Stephen came to Edward and kissed the priest ring on his right hand, "School is on holiday today, I'll come and see you."

"Troubleshoot, Stephen." Edward smiled slightly, and waved his hand to let the others go out first, "Come on, sit down."

Stephen sat down on the chair in front of his desk, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries, then his eyes fell on the straw paper on the table about the site layout and personnel positions of the conferring ceremony, he stood up curiously, and leaned over to look This piece of paper, "I know you've been busy with the conferring ceremony recently. It seems that the list of conferrings has been decided now?"

"Yes." Edward didn't hide it. Anyway, this list will be officially announced tomorrow, so that everyone can make early preparations, such as sewing dresses, or training in knighthood etiquette.

"Can I take a look?" Stephen asked cautiously, "I'm just curious."

Edward rummaged through a stack of documents beside his desk, and found a parchment that had already been rolled up. This parchment would be sent to the Lord Keeper of the Seal later, to be made into an official official document, and to be made into an official document by William stamped his seal.He handed the roll of parchment to Stephen and said, "It will be officially announced tomorrow, but if there is someone you know, you can also tell him today to make him happy in advance."

Stephen smiled shyly and began to look at the list, but after a few seconds, his smile froze on his face.

"Viscount?" he read softly, with an ugly expression on his face, "I...why...how..." He stammered, "How is it possible? I'm just... just a viscount? Why, why? This is impossible... this..."

Finally, Stephen was able to control his tongue. He threw the parchment back on the table, his eyes widened, his face flushed, and he suppressed his anger and said, "What does this mean? I am His Royal Highness, the future King William My brother, my mother's brother! Why am I just a viscount?! This is simply ridiculous!"

Edward frowned, he didn't expect Stephen to be dissatisfied with such an arrangement.You must know that although Stephen is William's younger brother, he is an illegitimate child. His father is not a nobleman, and his mother's family has not left him any honor. He has made any contribution to William, and just by virtue of his status as the half-brother of the Crown Prince, he has obtained a title of Viscount, which is already a favorite of William. Can only be a Baron.