The Sun King's Evidence

After the temporary departure of Louis, Duke of Connet and Duke of Lyonnais, King Richard sat alone on the throne, thinking about all this.

There is no doubt that his great-nephew Angie Desmond was unworthy of his trust and teachings. It was his mistake that ruined the entire chivalry army. His great-nephew must bear a heavy responsibility for this war.

Now, the king had to face the aggressive dukes. The lost army required a huge sum of money from the kingdom's treasury to compensate for the loss. In a short period of time, the king did not know how to find such a huge sum of money.

It seems that he is going to discuss the loan with the Grand Duke of Marienburg, "Lender" Van der Guber-Schulz. When he thinks of the money that the royal family owes Marienburg, the old king has a look on his face. Painful, he calculated last year that Britannia already owed Marienburg hundreds of thousands of gold coins for short-term royal debt alone, and this was not counted as long-term debt.

Well, money matters aside, Richard still has to face the question of who will bear the responsibility.

First of all, he must set a tone, that is, as a king, he must not bear this responsibility, otherwise his throne will be in danger of being shaken.

Anyway, Ang Xi is dead.

Adelaide also died, and only Baron Lane survived.

Thinking of this, Richard's heart was filled with anger. If there could be a slight change in this, for example, if Ryan died, one of Angsi or Adelaide survived and led the six thousand remnants of the army to obtain the victory. It would be great to win.

Then the nature of this war can change. He will vigorously publicize this tragic victory, portray the commander of this army as a national hero, vigorously advocate that the destruction of Wanmo Rock can make the country worry-free for decades, and create a sense of "Victory is victory" and "a major victory of legendary level" to silence everyone.

But the one who survived and finally won was the chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake - Ryan Macado.

Although this kid is very strong, he has never been one of his own, never.

On the contrary, he has extremely rich factional colors. He used to be the White Wolf Knight, his adoptive father was the White Wolf Knight, and his godfather was the Duke of Griffin in the Empire. He is both the chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake and the Duke of Winford. A vassal of Francois "Long Legs", he was not his own person from any point of view.

At the same time, he led an army that also included those from Bastogne.

But can Richard punish Ryan directly? Can he hold Ryan responsible for not rescuing the chivalry army and rescuing the Marquis of Anchy?

In fact, it's not possible. Richard's mature political wisdom tells him that he can't pursue it, at least not now, because Ryan has brought victory.

At this juncture, he was the hero of the country, and Richard must not punish him publicly, otherwise his prestige would be damaged.

But from his standpoint, he couldn't give too high a reward to this guy who didn't belong to his own faction. Otherwise, it would be a disguised form of encouraging the knights to set up another mountain and disobey orders, which would further weaken the royal power.

This is tantamount to siding with the enemy. Within the kingdom, Francois, Duke of Winford, and Berhemond, Duke of Bastogne, have always had deep conflicts with him. This time, the chivalry war has left these The armies of the two principalities did not suffer major losses and experienced the baptism of blood and fire.

Under the circumstances, the king no longer wanted to let them benefit.

But this comes back to the same sentence, it was Ryan who demolished the Ten Thousand Demon Rocks, and he brought victory back.

This is almost a dead end, going around and around is still a dead end.

The king knew he needed to think of something else.

As for not holding a triumphal ceremony, it's not a big problem. With such heavy losses, not holding a triumphal ceremony can be justified from any point of view. Ryan can't force it. The eight dukes who will be wiped out by then will object. .

After thinking for a while, the king gradually understood.

Victory is definitely still victory. This time the chivalry war was not a disastrous defeat. On the contrary, it was a glorious victory!

So since you don’t want to attribute the credit to the living, then just attribute it to the dead!

As for Ryan's group, let's show off their arrogance first, and then give them enough rewards to shut them up.

Now, we have to wait for the arrival of the dukes. The king and the dukes will have a meeting to discuss how to end this war.

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In late September, when Ryan led the right army out of the forest, the autumn was getting stronger in the Kingdom of Britannia Knights, and the serfs were numbly harvesting food.

Walking on the field, the knights felt quite happy. Through their efforts, they protected the people in the field.

They are the winners now.

There is nothing more glorious than defending our country.

There was once a saying that if the knights of Brittany did not rarely initiate wars because they were defending their country, and if it were not that the knights of the Holy Grail needed to protect the Lady's Holy Land, perhaps the knights of Brittany would Able to conquer the world.

This is of course an unreliable speculation, but it also shows how fearful the humans in the old world were towards the knights of the Kingdom of Knights.

The army advanced along the road and then arrived at the Castle of Artois. This castle is only one day away from Curona. Ryan received the order from the King of Knights. The army will rest at the Castle of Artois. Only Ryan and others Several leaders can go directly to Curona and wait until further notice. Of course, they will rest collectively at the Castle of Artois tonight.

This order has made Ryan smell something different. Normally, an army cannot enter the city after fighting a chaotic creature. It usually needs to rest for a period of time to see the effects.

But Ryan still smelled something different.

When the army approached the Castle of Artois, the sight before him made Ryan's eyes widen.

An army was waiting for them.

No, not an army.

It's two armies.

Under the towering Castle of Artois, two elite kingdom knight troops are waiting for their arrival.

On the left, the red fire dragon family heraldry flag swayed in the wind, and the golden tassels under the flag were swaying with the autumn wind.

Under the banner, the fiery red knights of the Kingdom of Bastogne, wearing full armor, were standing ready. Their shields were uniformly engraved with the coat of arms of the red dragon on a yellow background. Dozens of knights from the Kingdom stood in a very neat queue.

Gold helmet and silver armor, brilliant feathers.

The knight standing at the front has the same power as a giant dragon. He has a resolute and vicissitudes of face. Around his body, the space is sinking slightly, and there is light red energy surrounding it. Watch him in motion.

There is no doubt that he is the famous Red Dragon family patriarch, the Duke of Bastogne, the "Beast Butcher" Bohemond de Bastogne: "Salute to the victorious knights returning!"

"salute!"

On the right, the pure white horse in the family heraldic flag is floating in the clouds, and the Pegasus knight holding the flag is flying through the golden autumn sunset.

Duke "Long Legs" Francois of Winford stood with a smile before the knights of the Kingdom of Winford with silver helmets and white armor. His elegant face was full of smiles. When he saw Ryan and the others arriving, the Duke himself waved: " Good afternoon, soldiers, good fight."

"Father!" The Aintree brothers and sisters called out one after another. They didn't expect that the Duke would be waiting for them here!

"Father! I..." Gabriel also rushed in front of the Red Dragon Duke. The Red Dragon Duke smiled roughly and then patted his chest: "It's not bad. I didn't embarrass the family."

Only Ryan was left on the spot, and the Holy Grail Knight himself smiled awkwardly.

He is used to it. Since he came to this world, he has always been alone.

The attentive Sulia immediately realized Ryan's embarrassing situation. She immediately turned back to Ryan and said softly: "Come together, Mr. Ryan, father has something to say to us."

"Okay." Ryan shrugged, feeling warm in his heart when he saw the female knight being so considerate.

The Red Dragon Duke came up and shook hands with him: "Thank you, young man. I have already heard what Gabriel said. I won't say any more nonsense. As a Holy Grail Knight, I will remember you."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Ryan could feel the extremely terrifying aura coming from Duke Birhemond.

Duke Red Dragon is even stronger than Duke Francois of Winford. Among the strong humans that Ryan knows, only the Witch of the Lake God and Duke Griffin can rival him.

This model of chivalry, the great Grand Knight of the Sanctuary has been committed to being loyal to the Fairy of the Lake. His dream is to become a Holy Grail Knight to protect the Holy Land of the Fairy of the Lake, but the Fairy of the Lake ordered him to accept the land sovereignty of his ancestors. Gover people, not charge as a Grail Knight.

Even so, the duke became a famous beastman slayer. In addition, the duke himself was not interested in managing the territory. He always gave this task to his agent, and then led his family knights to Destroying evil, his lance bore through Doom Bulls and Greenskin Warlords, and his sword slew Vampire Counts and Chaos Champions.

The Duke firmly followed the teachings of the Fairy of the Lake. When the opponent was a human, he used a lance and never touched the opponent as long as he was knocked off his horse. This earned him the respect of countless people, even him. His enemies also admired his noble character. The Duke was always committed to fighting evil in his territory, and would only return to the castle to rest when the territory was safe.

"Thank you, Ryan, you did a good job." Francois came to Ryan, he reached out and patted Ryan on the shoulder: "Other words are not suitable to say here, let us enter the Artois Castle, let Please arrange accommodation and dinner for the army first, the soldiers are all tired."

"Okay." A special clerk will immediately respond.

Arranging accommodation and food for an army of more than 4,000 people is a hard job, but it is not the knights' turn to do this. Ryan followed the two dukes and their descendants directly to the center of the Artois Castle, where, The attendants have arranged a sumptuous dinner to reward the knights who have returned from the expedition.

The group of people walked towards the courtyard inside the castle. Ryan noticed that this was a very, very large three-story castle. It was made of thick stones and had windows every ten steps or so. The soldiers could look out from the inside. Shooting, the city walls are equipped with artillery and large crossbows.

"What a tight defense. Who is stationed in this castle now?" Ryan asked with interest.

Britannia was not entirely without artillery.

Unlike the empire across the Gray Mountains, if the alliance between the empire and the dwarves is called an eternal blood alliance, then the relationship between Britannia and the dwarves can only be said to be average.

The Empire is rarely willing to share secrets about gunpowder with the Knight Kingdom, so most of the Knight Kingdom can only spend a lot of money to buy some outdated or obsolete artillery from the Empire or the dwarves. These artillery are good at defending the city, but not effective in field battles. .

"The Castle of Artois is now managed by Baron Ziege. He rarely stays here. This is not his territory, but is directly under the jurisdiction of the king himself." Francois took over Ryan's question: "This used to be The Duke of Artois, only after the incident at the Tower of Dole, the Duke of Artois also participated in the civil war."

"The Duke of Artois died in the battle? But it's impossible not to find an heir, right?" Ryan noticed that even though more than two hundred years have passed, Artois can still be seen vaguely in many places in the castle. Family coat of arms.

Red Dragon Duke Bohemond sighed softly: "I really can't find it."

"Why?" It was the female knight Sulia's turn to ask, and she was also very interested in this matter.

"At the end of the civil war, Knight King Taylor discovered by chance that the Duke of Artois and his own family had become vampires, and they were gradually becoming midnight nobles. In desperation, His Majesty Taylor and the Lake God Witch Together, their Royal Highnesses launched the War of Chivalry and destroyed the Duke of Artois, Zilfroy, and his family.”

"At this time, the entire Duke of Artois has been harassed by beastmen for decades. Many territories were submerged in forests and many of the population were reduced to dust. After the war, no one with the title of Duke of Artois could be found. The suitable heir, Count Vogel, who was most qualified to inherit the title of Duke of Artois, had died in the civil war, so the Duke of Artois was divided between the Principality of Lyonnais, the Principality of Le-Angoulan and the Principality of Connet. Partition, obviously, because the Duke of Lyonnais was the king of knights at that time, the Principality of Lyonnais was allocated much more territory than the other two dukes."

"That's it." Ryan nodded.

Before I knew it, it started to rain outside the castle.

The autumn wind blows, the night rains, the dark clouds are covered outside the castle, and the fine autumn rain falls from the sky, adding the final touch to the autumn harvest. Sitting in the banquet hall of the castle, everyone can smell the fragrance of the earth and the fresh air.

Amidst the sound of rain outside the window, everyone sat down and enjoyed the sumptuous dinner. Ryan consciously sat down at the end of the long table. Sulia saw this and sat next to him.

Francois first looked at Ryan, then at his daughter sitting next to Ryan, and smiled meaningfully: "Lian, do you know how much trouble you caused in this chivalry war? Now besides Para Duke Ong and Duke Belian, and all the dukes in the entire kingdom are rushing to the capital of Curona to discuss rewards and punishments for you and your army."

"I know." Ryan said with a bitter smile. He understood that he did not go back to support the completely wiped out Marquis of Angsi but chose to go straight to the Demonic Rock. This was a controversial decision because the knight was a professional soldier and his duty was to obey orders.

Although from a results and long-term perspective, Ryan did nothing wrong.

"Well, as long as you are self-aware, eat first. After eating, let us analyze this matter carefully and see what we can gain and what price we have to pay."

"I understand, my lord."

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