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Hill took Amir's answer back to Asshai, and let the carriage drive straight into his mansion.

Father Angel obviously didn't expect him to come back so soon. Hill even changed his clothes before Angel rushed back from the palace, called him into the study, and asked for the answer from the Magic Association.

Hill told the story exactly, not even concealing Tina's situation.

Angel listened silently until Hill finished speaking, and then he sighed heavily, "That is to say, he clearly wants us now, but he is unwilling to do anything for us?"

"Father, what do you think he can do? He is not from the Yalong Kingdom, nor is he a great magician. His current identity is at most the fiancé of Magician Tina, and what is Magician Tina now? The niece of the great magician Floyd, she is just an intermediate magician." Hill spread his hands and smiled wryly.

"Then we might as well push Floyd up!" Angel raised his hand and rubbed his temples, complaining.

"Your Excellency Freud is unlikely to get enough votes, you actually know that." Hill bluntly exposed, "The same is true for Your Excellency Everton. Although he also has the title of great magician, he is more powerful than the Your Excellency Floyd is still far behind. As for Mr. Summerhail, he only has the Yalong nationality, lives in the Yalong Magic Association, and doesn’t interact with us at all on weekdays. From what I heard, he is not very popular, although he has taken in a lot of apprentices, he has no friendship with other great magicians, but because he has taken in too many apprentices, he has been criticized a lot."

"In your opinion, we have only one choice left?" Angel looked sideways at Hill.

"As far as selfishness is concerned, yes." Hill nodded frankly, "As far as the overall situation is concerned, even if Keech cannot be sent to that position, at least we must urge the Magic Association to select the results as soon as possible so that His Excellency Freud can return Yasha—as Magician Amir said, as long as the new president is not elected, even if the sky falls, the Magic Association will not care about it."

Angel rubbed his temples slowly, and it took a while before he spoke again, "What we can offer is only two votes."

"Since Magician Amir dared to give such a hint, he must have been prepared for a long time, and we are probably one of his many preparations." Hill said lightly, "Magician Barosh, Great Magician Zoe The magician has a very good impression of Keech, and the two of them have their own connections. Once they decide to support Keech, it will never be just their own two votes. In addition, considering Keech's promotion The timing of becoming a great magician happened just before the death of President Fernando, which made people think of his mentor Christina. Magician Tina is the only daughter of President Fernando. For her daughter, she left some arrangements and This is inevitable and indisputable.”

"According to what you said, the possibility of that little magician becoming the president is extremely high?" Angel put down his finger and raised his eyebrows and asked, "However, what good will it do us if he becomes the president? ? You've broken up, haven't you?"

"What good is it for us if other people become the president?" Hill shrugged disapprovingly, "Also, father, there is something, or someone, have you forgotten? My fiancée , she is Kiki's older sister, even if there is such a rift between them, she is still his older sister, his own sister."

"...I thought you didn't plan to marry her anymore." Angel said meaningfully.

"Do you think this is possible?" Hill smiled wryly again, "Okay, father, if you can really do something in the election of the Magic Association, please do it as soon as possible! I can't promise you anything , I can only assure you that you will not regret this, absolutely not!"

Angel sighed long, moved his arms off the desk, leaned back on the high-back chair, and lowered his eyes in thought.

Hill, however, took the opportunity to ask: "What's the situation with the Shining Legion and the Blue Dragon Legion? Is it true that they can't send any troops to support them?"

"There is no news yet. Yaji and Yabei are so far away from Yaxia. Even a carrier pigeon cannot convey the news clearly within a day or two." Angel shook his head, then said with a wry smile, "I used to be used to I don’t think it’s a big deal at such a slow speed, but now that I’ve used the contact method of the Magic Association for instant delivery, I can’t even bear it for a few days.”

"Where's Prince Sirius? Can't contact him?" Hill asked.Right now, letting Sirius return with the dragon is the best solution, which is far more reliable and effective than the assistance of the Magic Association.

"His Majesty De Rossi has conveyed the request to the dragon, but...there is no response from there." Angel's expression became more and more gloomy.

"It is impossible for giant dragons to sit back and watch the sub-dragons perish. They should pay more attention to the contract than us." Hill was a little puzzled by Angor's dejection, "Also, even if there were no giant dragons and no magic association, It is impossible to shake Yalong with only one Bloodthorn Legion. At most, they will hit the city of Asshai and confuse people's hearts. Moreover, if they really come to Asshai, things will be simple. With the battle of the Royal Knights They will definitely drag them into the abyss of destruction. Of course, sacrifice is inevitable."

Hearing Hill's words, Angel opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just shook his head with a wry smile.

A few days later, the Shining Legion and the Blue Dragon Legion sent back news one after another. The borders where the two legions were stationed were attacked by the enemy, which stumbled their forces like a coincidence.But if there are too many coincidences, it will make people feel strange, and when they think of the information that has been detected, a huge figure will unconsciously appear in the minds of everyone.

However, in this case, the Blue Dragon Legion still allocated half of the cavalry and rushed to the imperial capital Asshai at the fastest speed.This is not because the Grant family is more loyal to De Rossi, but because the Yaji City where the Blue Dragon Legion is stationed is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can be dealt with with fewer troops.Coupled with the fact that the opponent has been besieging and not attacking, Duke Grant is very sure that the opponent only wants to delay his own forces, so he dares to divide his forces and rush to help Asshai.

In contrast, the Shining Legion stationed in the north bordering the Lordain Alliance is not easy to act rashly.The border where they are located is too long, and it is mostly plains and hills. If there is a little slack, the enemy may seize the gap and sneak in.In addition, the Lordain Alliance really intends to invade, and it is not just a show like Oz's side. At this moment, the Shining Legion wants to ask the imperial capital for help, so that Emperor De Rossi can send them more troops.

While the cavalry of the Blue Dragon Legion were still galloping on the road, the rebels from the three southwestern provinces had already captured another province, only one county away from the imperial capital Ashara.

The entire imperial capital was panicked, and many nobles began to pack their bags, preparing to leave the imperial capital and seek refuge in a safe place such as the northwest.But at this time, Yashai had also been under full martial law. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the three southwestern provinces and control the news channels, the Royal Knights were all dispatched to cooperate with the garrison in an all-round way. Anyone can enter or leave the city gate.

But this time the fall brought back not only bad news, but also the true face of the rebel army, and their strength, leaders, and behind-the-scenes agents were also exposed to the world.

As if to verify the news brought back by the spies before, the main force of the rebel army is indeed the former Bloodthorn Legion, and the nominal leader is also the Marshal Duke Elan of the Bloodthorn Legion.But in addition to this part of the combat power, there is also a Hundred Knights team that obviously does not belong to the Yalong Empire. Although there are only a few hundred people, all of them are wearing silver armor and holding long spears. They are no different from the Silver Knights of the Holy See. It is powerful enough to break through a thousand-man army.

The reason why the Bloodthorn Legion was able to conquer a province and a county in a row like a destructive force has a lot to do with the existence of this Hundred Knights team.But the Hundred Knights didn't obey Elan's command. Their object of allegiance was a silver-haired priest in black, and this further revealed the close relationship between this rebellion and the Holy See.

Neither the Bloodthorn Legion nor the Hundred Knights played the banner of the Holy See, but Angel's spies sent back the news that the entire Bloodthorn Legion had become fanatics, and most of the people in the three southwestern provinces After converting to the Holy See, churches were built in every province and county that was captured, and "recovering faith" became their primary slogan to appease the people.

However, they are obviously also very clear that it is impossible to accomplish anything by relying on slogans alone. Therefore, while "recovering faith", they also brought forward the statement that "all living beings are equal and all things are equally divided" that the Holy See had preached in the early days , Kill the nobles and wealthy households in the occupied land, distribute all their money and land to ordinary people, and use a method almost bribery to tie the people in the occupied land to their chariots.

What annoyed the nobles of Assia the most was that once such an approach was publicized, it immediately received responses from some people with ulterior motives in other provinces and counties. riots.Although this kind of riot with no combat power at all was quickly suppressed, it still restrained the defenders in various places after all, making the royal family's idea of ​​mobilizing local troops from other provinces and counties unable to be implemented in a short period of time.

"It's just nonsense! This method of buying people's hearts can bring you a few days of stability. When there is nothing to divide, those people who are used to plundering to satisfy themselves will treat them like the nobles they used to be. Eat it alive!" In Balotelli's study, Angor complained angrily to his son.

"Perhaps this is their purpose? That's all for the Duke of Elan, that priest, those paladins, they are not Argonians, how can they care what consequences they will bring to Argon?" Hill said helplessly Ying said.

In the past few days, Angor has complained to Hill from time to time. Hill has become numb to hearing, but he can't stop listening.He knew that these complaints from his father could only be talked to him.Now, the nerves of the entire Yasha are in a state of high tension, and the coldness on De Rossi's body is getting worse day by day. No matter how good Angor has a relationship with him, he is a subject after all, and he must grasp the words and deeds A proper sense of proportion does not mean that everything can be said and everything can be done.In order to avoid becoming the target of De Rossi's wrath, Angel has rarely set foot in the court recently, and mostly handles official business at home, and then picks out important news and sends it to De Rossi.

Hill was listening patiently to his father's complaints, when a rattle on the desk suddenly turned on without wind. Angel immediately shut his mouth, gestured to Hill for silence, got up and left his seat, and walked into the A lounge behind the study.

Hill always felt that there should be a secret passage in that lounge, because his father would often disappear from there without a trace, or bring back some news or even things that did not exist before, but Angel did not allow him to enter there , Hill also didn't want to be contaminated by those dark things.

Hill thought that Angor was going to disappear from there again, but soon, Angor walked out of the lounge, returned to the desk, and sat down on his high-backed chair.

"Floyd has returned to Yasha." Angel said with a complicated expression.

"A new president has been elected?" Hill's heart tensed, but when he saw Angor's expression, the tension immediately turned to surprise, "Kiki..."

"Elected." Angel seemed to want to control his expression, but as soon as the words came out, he laughed at himself, "He was really elected, and it was not a short-term one."

"Do you know the details?" Hill asked impatiently.

"The 31 great magicians cast 27 votes in favor, and that's all we know so far." Angel sighed, "Floyd has already sent people to investigate the situation in the three southwestern provinces, but after getting conclusive evidence They can't give us more support until there's evidence that the Holy See is really involved."

"Have you notified His Majesty De Rossi of this matter?" Hill asked.

"I have already sent a notification, and I will go there immediately, but I think you must be more eager to know the news than Your Majesty." Angor looked at Hill, and suddenly smiled inexplicably, "Are you really It's . . . very discerning, my son."

"I will think you are mocking me, father." Hill understood what Angor meant, but he could only smile helplessly.

"Sight is a kind of talent, but you need to learn to choose and choose." Angel smiled and shook his head, "Okay, I should go too, I'm late, and that one will probably lose his temper again."

With that said, Angel stood up and walked into the lounge again, but turned around after walking a few steps, and told Hill: "Find time to visit that Amir magician again, whether you can or not The results of the visit should at least let them remember that we also contributed.”

"I understand, father." Hill also stood up from the chair, and replied with a bow.

Angel opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just turned around and walked into the lounge behind.