Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 440
This banquet was similar to Rhodes' previous imagination. The main purpose of holding this banquet was to mobilize the enthusiasm of the nobles to fight. The king of Nord gave a relatively long speech at the banquet, emphasizing the war once again. The necessity of this has drawn a big pie for everyone.

After the speech, the banquet officially began. This was a very traditional Nord banquet. All the nobles present sat at a long table drinking fine wine and eating the food on the long table.

This is completely different from the last banquet that Rhodes attended in Qingliu City. The last banquet was mainly drinking and dancing.

Although the food on the table is already very delicious for the nobles of Nord, Rhodes still feels that he has no appetite.

But Rhodes was in a good mood, because the wine drunk at this banquet was all spirits produced in his territory.

The fact that his wine can appear on this occasion shows that his wine is very popular and recognized by the nobles of the Nord Kingdom.

Rhodes noticed that the Marquis of Foss sitting next to him not only had no appetite, but his face was also not very good-looking.

"What do you think of this war?" the Marquis of Foss asked, as if he had noticed that Rhodes was observing him.

"We shouldn't tear up the peace agreement so quickly. The king feels that the emperor of the Roman Empire wants to prove himself through a war. We just need to gather some troops in the fortress.

Even if they really take the initiative to attack, it is impossible to break through the fortress, and they will definitely fail miserably. If they fail again like last time, civil strife will definitely occur in the entire country, and we can easily capture the entire empire by then. Rhodes replied after thinking for a while.

He has been to the Roman Empire several times, and he knows very well how hard the people there are squeezed. Living there is no different from living in hell.

Not only did the empire lose land in last year's war, but it also lost the support of the Kingdom of Fish.

If they choose to initiate the war, according to the agreement signed between the Fish Kingdom and the Nord Kingdom, the Fish Kingdom will not provide any supplies to the Roman Empire when the Nord Kingdom and the Roman Empire are at war.

Then the Roman Empire could only choose to further exploit its people and seize the last piece of wheat from the farmers' homes. Regardless of the outcome of the war, civil strife would definitely break out.

If they were defeated, the entire country might be destroyed by internal and external troubles.

But now that the Nord Kingdom is ready to take the initiative to provoke a war, in this case, the Roman Empire will definitely become united because of this. The farmers will not only willingly hand over the food at home, but may also go to the battlefield in person.

The purpose is to protect your family and your hometown.

The emperor wanted to take back the lost land and had nothing to do with them, but the people of the Nord Kingdom broke their promises and had something to do with them even hitting their home.

"Indeed, I also think the king's decision is really irrational. We should recuperate now. The land captured last year has not been fully digested, so we want to occupy some more land..." Marquis of Foss shook his head: " But he is the king, we have brought the army here, now we should not think about whether this war is necessary, but should consider how to win this war."

"You're right." Rhodes pretended to be educated.

After seeing the Marquis of Foss nodding his head in satisfaction, Rhodes hoped that the banquet would end soon, and he didn't want to be a hypocrite anymore.

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After the banquet, Rhodes was not able to go back to rest.

When he was about to leave the castle, a knight stopped him and told Rhodes to meet him.

Rhodes followed the knight and stopped in front of a room on the second floor of the castle.

The knight knocked on the door in front of him: "Earl Rhodes is here."

"Let him in, you wait at the door." A middle-aged man's voice came from inside.

The knight opened the door for Rhodes, and Rhodes walked in directly, and then the knight closed the door of the room.

After Rhodes entered, he found a seat and sat down. Although he and the King of Nord were the only ones in the room, he was not nervous at all.

He has killed the emperor of the empire, the king of the dragon clan, and many demigods who are almost immortal. How can an ordinary human king make him feel nervous?

"I didn't expect you to be so rude." King Nord couldn't help laughing after seeing Rhodes coming in and sitting down.

"Anyway, you will definitely let me sit down later, so I'm not going to bother you to speak, and I'll find a place to sit down first." Rhodes replied with a smile.

"Hahaha, I have no way to refute your reason." King Nord laughed.

Rhodes continued to smile and did not speak, although he really wanted to say, "Are you amazing?"

"Don't be as hypocritical as those people in front of me. In fact, I have always hated the etiquette and hypocrisy among nobles. I prefer to speak up when I have something to say." King Nord continued.

"Then I'll just say it directly. May I ask why you came to me?" Rhodes asked.

"Just to chat with you." King Nord replied.

"How was your stay with Baron the past few years?" he asked again.

Could the original owner really be the king's illegitimate son?

Rhodes couldn't help thinking.

"It's okay, the adventurous life is actually very exciting, and you can see a lot of things, but sometimes it's too dangerous." Rhodes replied.

King Nord nodded: "I came to you this time to tell you about your life experience. You didn't know who your parents were before, did you? After I saw you last time, I thought about it for a long time, and I didn't feel anything. Necessary to continue to conceal."

"In fact, Balon is my younger brother, and you are my brother's son. After your father died on the battlefield, the position of king should have belonged to you, but you were too young at that time, and people who were proficient in prophecy said that you lived Only 16 years old, so I was elected King of Nord," he continued.

Rhodes was very surprised when he heard it. It was a little different from what he thought. He always thought that he would be the king's illegitimate child.

As a result, he did not expect that he was the son of the king's brother and the legal heir of the Nord Kingdom.

"But you don't have to think too much, you will definitely be the king of Nord after I die, I only have one daughter, she doesn't want to be queen, and the nobles of Nord will not admit a woman to rule them.

Generally speaking, this is actually the same as your father becoming king and then passing the throne to you. If there is no accident, he will definitely live longer than me. "He smiled after seeing Rhodes' unexpected expression.

"You shouldn't tell me these things at this time. If something happens to you on the battlefield, others will suspect that I did it." After hearing this, Rhode felt a little nervous.

His first reaction after hearing this was to think of the relationship between the emperor and the prince. Could it be that his uncle told him that he wanted to appease him, but in fact he felt that he would know the truth sooner or later, so he became murderous. Ready to let yourself be careless and find someone to fix yourself?
"Why do you want such a thing? Listen to me continue." King Nord waved his hand, a little unhappy that Rhodes interrupted him.

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