The Sun King's Evidence

It’s early November, and the time has gradually entered the early winter season from late autumn, and the climate in the capital, Curona, is gradually getting colder.

The victory in the defense of Chantillon gave birth to five new knights, who were awarded the title of Knight Errant in the Palace of Curona. Ryan focused on commending the Northern Front led by Kalad and personally awarded Kalad the Special Holy Grail. The Medal of the Legion of Honor, and all meritorious soldiers below Kalad also received sufficient rewards. The king ordered to publicize this victory and reminded everyone not to take it lightly.

Ulfric and his fleet of dragon ships are wandering outside the Sea of ​​Claws, looking for the next opportunity to invade!

The winner's reward, the compensation for the fallen, the town of Chantillon was destroyed, and it is expected to take a month or two to rebuild. Lawn will be responsible for this matter. Chantillon town is under his jurisdiction, and Ryan will also leave it to him. Do.

After a meeting, Ryan still received very little information, and a lot of the information was contradictory. Some information showed that Ulfric's invasion had been premeditated, and that the Norscans would go into full-scale war with Britannia. The news shows that this is just a test and routine robbery by the northern barbarians. There is even news that this is because Ulfric Wanderer and his legion were abandoned by Chaos, and they were not chosen in the war with the dark elves, so This group of people came to cause trouble for the Knight Kingdom.

Thousands of things, Ryan looked through the existing information and felt that it was a mess. It was difficult to distinguish which information was trustworthy and which information was false. The King of Knights could only temporarily judge that Chaos's invasion was not a simple one. Testing or plundering, Ryan vaguely remembered the source of information from Aurora before, that is, it was said that a Chaos Power was gathering an army in the north, but this news did not receive any confirmation or any strong evidence, and the previous news had It was shown that the target of this chaos power was the dark elves, and it was confirmed.

Furthermore, if the collection of prophecies about the possible Eternal Chosen Archaon is enough to fit three large wooden boxes, do you think the people in the old world have no idea?

The empire has sent several armies or demon hunters and battle priests to search for Archaon. However, he either disappeared or became an idiot advocating chaos and a loyal believer in chaos.

Britannia also sent some knights on expeditions to the Chaos Wasteland. Some died in battle, and some were corrupted by Chaos. They came back to Britannia to preach the doctrine of Slaanesh and were eventually purified by being burned. The most famous knight on the expedition was His name was Gillette, and he met the famous Great Demon of Slaanesh, Azazel. During a one-on-one duel, the expedition knight suddenly knelt in front of the Great Demon of Slaanesh and was beheaded, without any resistance.

According to the currently known information, the only person in the world who can enter the Chaos Realm in the Chaos Wasteland and come back intact is the Dark Elf Witch King Malekith. But in fact, Ryan learned from Lilith that Malekith also It's not that he "escaped" in the true sense. He was able to successfully return to Nagaros. In addition to the blood of the Phoenix King in him, the transaction between Witch Queen Morathi and Slaanesh, as well as the sacrifice of countless most precious sacrifices, including Slan, a demon toad who spent countless costs to obtain it, succeeded in doing so.

Ryan himself does not dare to break into the Chaos Wasteland. It is not that he is timid, but if he breaks into the Chaos Wasteland, he will be like a firefly in the darkness and a husky among the wolves. He can guarantee that he will be discovered by countless Chaos Demons wherever he goes. Even the original body cannot be so exhausted when they attack in groups.

What, you mean the Grand Master of the Gray Knights, Kaldor Diego? Slaying demons in the warp for years?

Two points should be emphasized here. First, subspace is not equal to the realm of chaos, and there is not only chaos in subspace.

Second, Diego’s strength is at the semi-god level, but he is not as invincible as he imagined. He was cursed by the reborn Chaos Demon Muka and was trapped in the subspace for life, unable to escape. Furthermore, Even though he killed so happily, in fact it was just the Four Gods of Chaos waiting for him to be corrupted and fall, so they did not spend any energy to deal with him. Moreover, the demons he killed and the chaotic areas destroyed would be endlessly reborn and restored.

Ryan is different in this regard. As the original body of the Gray Knight, except for the Chaos Demon, he is not yet able to completely kill it. If other Chaos Demons are killed by him, they are truly dead. The Chaos gadgets he destroys are truly destroyed. .

Third, one of the important reasons why Diego was able to defeat Mortarion was that the Emperor told him Mortarion's true name of the devil, and the Emperor's request for the original body of Lion was that I will not tell you the true name of the devil. , you have to interpret it yourself. This is a skill that you must master as the original body of the Gray Knight. Ryan is only over forty this year. It is not that easy to master this skill.

The real name of the Chaos Demon is not something that the emperor can just recite once and then ordinary people can remember it. The difficulty is probably for an ordinary person to master high-level calculus from scratch, and if he fails even a little bit, he will be corrupted by Chaos. , explode on the spot, turn into chaos eggs on the spot, etc. The consequences are shrouded. The first letter or pronunciation of the true name of most demons is enough to make a large group of people go crazy on the spot and directly attract countless terrifying existences.

After the meeting, Ryan immediately made two decisions. The first was to summon Aurora and Teresa to Kurona to assign a new task. The second was to summon the Empire and Kislev again to ask for news.

Fortunately, it only takes half a day to send a message to the empire, but it takes three full days to send a message to Kislev. All Ryan can do now is wait.

Being locked up in the palace was quite boring, and one thing that Ryan didn't like very much was that there were so many rules in the Kurona Palace, and the Knight King would be managed from head to toe, so after the meeting, Ryan and Kalad went out to Kurona alone. Walking around the outskirts of the city, on the one hand, I listened to his description of the details of the battle, and on the other hand, it also showed that I valued him.

Early winter is gray, because at this time, the sky in Britannia is always gray, without sunshine and life. Early winter is yellow, and there are no spring and summer scenes in the fields, only the remains after the harvest. That big piece of withered yellow.

Some of the serfs and freedmen who had leisure time chose to work in the city. Recently, Lawn issued an order to recruit people to repair the town of Chantillon. The wages were not bad and they were responsible for the food. Many people went, but there were also some people, especially The freedmen, who were not short of this meal and the few copper coins as wages, sat on the fields and at the gate of the manor, bragging and chatting.

Sparrows began to fly in groups, and the few remaining yellow leaves on the trees were swirling in the winter wind, looking as if they were about to fall from the trees. The joy of the harvest still lingered on everyone's faces. On the road, the guys didn't notice the passing carriages or the people hiding in the corner, but they were discussing the recent great harvest and the battle of Chantillon.

Because they had won a great victory, the civilians not only felt honored, but also had a very lively discussion. Most of them couldn't do without the "new knight title", "Lord Kalad" and "Lord Laun" and hid in the corner. The two Holy Grail Knights were not surprised by this. Ryan smiled at Kalad and said: "You are really famous this time, my Earl."

"Your Majesty is wise and decisive. I just played my role at the right opportunity." Callard noticed that Ryan was very interested in the chatter of the farmers and free folk craftsmen. Count Garament emphasized: "Your Majesty , do you think we should immediately dispatch the Poseidon fleet to deal with Ulfric and his World Walker Army?"

"Ulfric lost a game like this. It's not easy to regroup the army." Ryan did not answer Kalad's question directly. The Knight King shook his head: "Karad, do you have a feeling?"

"How do you feel, Your Majesty?" Kalad followed Ryan's footsteps. The two of them were wearing brown robes and cloaks, looking like two travelers.

"Normally speaking, Kalad, the barbarian invasions that Britannia has encountered in history usually have two endings." Ryan pointed to the manor in the distance: "The first one is the barbarians burning, killing and looting. When you've had enough, retreat."

"The second is when the barbarians fail. In this case, have you ever seen the Norscans take the initiative to retreat? How often do they not have to fight to the end?"

"Yes." Kalad nodded. He recalled Egil's invasion: "Your Majesty, do you remember Egil-Red Eye? He could have directly attacked Lyonnais, but he finally chose to ask for a championship duel because He wants the boy."

"That's right." Ryan nodded. The King of Knights looked at the wilderness of Kurona and said seriously: "For the Norscans, the most glorious thing is undoubtedly to burn, kill, loot and desecrate the south in the name of the evil god. I know this better than anyone else. Don’t forget, I grew up in Nord. If the Norscans do something unreasonable, there is only one conclusion. Their intentions are far higher. For the so-called most glorious thing, there is only one explanation for Ulfric's retreat, and that is that there is a being with a higher status than him, or even the evil god asking him to retreat in a dream."

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's why Lawn and I both judged that this is just the beginning." Kalad was not surprised that Lane came to this conclusion. He thought to himself that this is not like Lane. His conclusion is something that everyone can think of. , it’s really a bit… superficial.

Ryan looked at Kalad's expression and knew what he was thinking. The King of Knights was thinking of you before he thought of the first level. I already thought of the third level: "Then the question is, Kalad, why did Ulfric choose Retreat, but the second one did not retreat to Norsca, and the third one did not attack in another place, but led the dragon ship fleet to wander back and forth in our outer sea? He did not attack, plunder, and did not return. This is not the most annoying waste of the evil god. Time accomplishes nothing?"

"This..." Kalad couldn't answer at once. Yes, wouldn't it be a waste of time for Ulfric to do this?

"Kalad, what do you think?" Ryan said calmly and calmly with his hands behind his back.

"Your Majesty, I think there must be something fishy about this matter." Kalad immediately understood: "According to your understanding of the Norscans, Ulfric will not give up like this, but his actions are very abnormal, which shows that behind this There must be a bigger conspiracy."

"So, so I'm eager to know more information." Ryan nodded slowly. The King of Knights noticed that a group of traveling bands came to the manor, and he motioned Kalad to look over there: "But I always have a feeling. "

"How do you feel, Your Majesty?" Kalad knew that due to the development of the economy, bands or performance groups that traveled together began to appear in Britannia like the Empire, performing in manors and earning a small amount of living expenses.

"Do you feel that Ulfric's actions are diverting our attention and holding back our main force?" Ryan whispered: "So, I have a feeling that something big must have happened. That’s why we are eager to get more information from the Empire and Kislev. If we rashly mobilize the Poseidon Fleet, we will be led by Ulfric.”

"Yes!" Kalad nodded in agreement.

At this time, the band in the distance seemed to have negotiated a price with the commoners of the manor, and they began to prepare to play.

The band consists of a trumpet player, a singer, an accordion player and a marimba player.

After a cheerful prelude, the singer began to sing. He sang moving poetry and music with an emotional voice.

“From Alençon to the port of Chantillon~ to the port of Chantillon~”

"The whole of Britannia is under attack~under attack~"

"Count Calard will lead all the Bretons~lead all the Bretons~"

"Tell them we have nothing to fear~nothing to fear~"

The accordionist played a cheerful ditty.

"The barbarian tribes of Norsca are awakening~are awakening~"

"Don't touch our country ~ our country ~"

"Count Calard will lead all the Brittany people ~ lead all the Brittany people ~"

"Tell them we have nothing to fear~nothing to fear~"

Soon the people from the manor gathered together and began to sing together with voices full of pride, praising Kalad's glorious achievements and victory over the barbarians.

"There is a special poem to praise you so quickly, Kalad?" Ryan laughed when he heard it. The King of Knights was very interested in this: "When did it appear?"

"Well, there was a group of bards in Chantillon that day. They didn't run far when they were evacuated. They were brave enough to watch the duel between Ulfric and me not far away. After we won, They wrote lyrics and music on the spot and wrote a song called "Remove Chaos", and now people around Coulona and even Le-Angoulen and Lyonnaise are singing this song." Kalad blushed a little, and he was a little embarrassed: "I told Regent Lawn about this, but he said it was all a good thing."

"It's a good thing, you deserve it." Ryan thought to himself, why does this song make him thirstier the more he listens to it? He wanted to drink some water: "Sometimes you have to go to the grassroots to make unannounced visits. This will help you understand what the people are thinking and what the people's support is."

"Yes." Kalad also felt his mouth was a little dry.

At this moment, an Old Guard Musketeer Dragoon came from afar on a horse, breaking the tranquility: "Your Majesty! Urgent news from the Empire! Urgent military information signed by the Emperor himself!"

"Give it to me!" Ryan immediately took the letter and motioned to Kalad to come over and read it together.

The two Saint Realm Great Holy Grails came together and looked at the words on the parchment. Their expressions gradually became distorted and distorted. Veins popped up in Ryan's hands and he clenched the parchment.

After reading a message of hundreds of words, Kalad and Ryan, whose faces were bloodshot, looked at each other, thousands of words gathered together, and finally turned into one word.

"grass!"

"Inform all the Dukes immediately and come to Kurona for a meeting! Immediately!"

"yes!"

Ryan has just received the news. On the other side, there is the imperial capital, Brunswick, the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Parliament.

All electors and holders of elector power, as well as many generals and mage representatives from the empire, all arrived.

An expanded meeting of the Imperial Parliament was held urgently here.

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