"If you look carefully, there are really many people attending the year-end dinner."

Su Cheng used a public fork to fork a few pieces of meat onto his plate while chatting to Alyssa beside him.

"It's okay. Compared with before, the number of people this year is relatively small." After Alyssa swallowed the meat in her mouth, she continued, "Every year, there are an average of about 600 to 700 people at the year-end dinner.

guests, and this year there are only more than 500, so this year is considered a relatively small one."

"Huh? Why are there so many less this year? Is it because this year's civil servants and knights are generally weak, so there are much fewer heroes who have received invitations this year than before?"

"That's not true. The number of meritorious officials who receive invitations every year is actually very stable. The reason why there are so few guests this year seems to be because many nobles did not come to attend. After all, not all nobles are interested in this year-end dinner.

, especially for some nobles who live in more remote areas, it will take more than a month for them to come to Pendragon. In other words, it will take more than two months for them to make a round trip.

time, so for these nobles, attending the year-end dinner is a time-consuming and labor-intensive matter."

"Oh, that's it."

Su Cheng used his own fork to fork a piece of meat that had just been placed on his plate, and was about to put it into his mouth.

"By the way." Su Cheng stopped, and then said, "Alyssa, where is your father, Mr. Issel? Why haven't you seen him yet?"

"My father, I separated from him after he came to the venue with me. I don't know where he has gone now. He must be very busy now. He is a unified knight after all. At the same time,

He is also the leader of the Gabriel Knights. Many people will come to him to drink and chat..."

Speaking of this, Alyssa paused, then showed an expression as if she had remembered something, and then continued:

"Yeah, I almost forgot. A big shot that I haven't seen for a long time is coming to the year-end dinner tonight."

"Big shot? What big shot?" Su Cheng asked doubtfully.

"Well, yes, big shot." Alyssa nodded, "Su Cheng, you need to get to know him. After all, you are also a knight. As a knight of the Britannia Empire, it is necessary for the empire to

Get to know all the respectable senior knights, I will take you to find him later, so that I can say hello to him, after all, I haven’t seen him for a long time."

"The senior knight...is he one of the four knights?"

As Su Cheng spoke, he went through the list of the four knights of the Britannia Empire in his mind.

There are only a few four knights of the Britannia Empire, which is not difficult to remember, so Su Cheng has already memorized the names of the four knights of the Britannia Empire in his mind.

"Hmph, this big shot is not just a simple knight of the Four Kings." Alyssa showed a mysterious smile, and then continued, "This big shot is Albert Ivan, the leader of the Rachel Knights.

"

"...This big shot is indeed 'big' enough."

Albert Evans. This name naturally resonates with Su Cheng.

Albert Evans, the leader of the Rachel Knights among the three major knights of the Britannia Empire, holds 200,000 heavy troops of the Rachel Knights.

If Isel, a unified knight and member of the Gabriel Knights, is the current first knight of the Britannia Empire, then Albert is the second knight of the Britannia Empire.

In terms of status among knights, Albert's status is second only to Iser.

The three major knights of the Britannia Empire, the Knights of Michael, the Knights of Gabriel, and the Knights of Rachel, are actually responsible for different lines of defense.

The Knights of Michael are stationed in the north of the empire and are responsible for the northern defense line to defend the Holy Hiran Empire in the north.

The Knights of Gabriel are stationed in the east of the empire and are responsible for the eastern defense line and the defense of the Frankish Empire in the east. The eastern part of the Britannia Empire is also bordered by many small countries, so the Knights of Gabriel are not only responsible for defending the Frankish Empire

In addition, it is also responsible for the defense of these other small countries.

The Rachel Knights are stationed in the south of the empire and are responsible for the southern defense line to defend the Rollin Empire in the south.

The west side of the empire is close to the sea, so the west side is very safe. With this convenient location, the Britannia Empire only needs to be responsible for enemies in the north, east, and south.

In fact, the empire does not put all the troops of the Knights on the frontier.

Currently, the Knights of Gabriel have nearly 300,000 troops, but there are only about 150,000 troops stationed on the eastern defense line, and the other half of the troops are stationed in the imperial capital Pendragon.

The same is true for the Rachel Knights. Although the Rachel Knights have 200,000 troops, currently, there are only 100,000 troops stationed on the southern defense line, and the other 100,000 are also stationed in the imperial capital Pendragon.

These knights soldiers stationed around the imperial capital are responsible for defending the imperial capital and are used as "mobile troops". In simple terms, they are used as "fire brigade".

When the pressure on any line of defense suddenly increases, or when a small country suddenly starts to make trouble, a part of the Knights soldiers stationed in the imperial capital, that is, the "mobile troops" will be sent to relieve the pressure on that line of defense, or to teach those small countries that are causing trouble.

.

Not long ago, the 100,000 soldiers of the Gabriel Knights who participated in the rescue battle of the Kingdom of Lund were the "mobile troops" stationed in Pendragon.

This rescue battle for the Kingdom of Lund was also a very typical case of the empire sending "mobile troops" to teach a small country that was causing trouble.

The current situation of the Michael Knights is somewhat special.

The Michael Knights currently do not have any troops stationed in the imperial capital.

Because if the Knights of Michael still send troops to garrison in the imperial capital, then there will be no one on the northern defense line.

A year ago, the Holy Hiram Empire sent 200,000 troops south to attack the Britannia Empire. The Michael Knights, who were responsible for defending the Holy Hiram Empire, bravely fought back.

After receiving the news of the Holy Hiran Empire's southward invasion, the Imperial Capital quickly dispatched all the Michael Knights troops originally stationed in the Imperial Capital to support the northern defense line.

This battle was called the "Northern Defense Operation in 288" by the Britannia Empire.

This "Defensive Operation Against the North in 288" lasted for four months and was extremely brutal.

Although the Michael Knights finally successfully resisted the invasion of the Holy Hiram Empire and forced the Holy Hiram Empire and the Britannian Empire to sign a truce treaty, the Michael Knights, which originally had nearly 200,000 troops, also

There were only tens of thousands of people left, and both the leader and deputy leader of the Michael Knights were killed in this war.

It can be said that the Knights of Michael have been crippled.

It was also after this battle that the Michael Knights lost the title of "The Strongest Knights in the Empire", and this title was taken away by the Gabriel Knights, until now.

There are only tens of thousands of Michael Knights left. If another part is stationed in the imperial capital, there will be no troops stationed on the northern defense line.

Therefore, since the "Northern Defense Operation in 288", the empire has allowed the remaining troops of the Michael Knights to be stationed on the northern defense line, and there is no need to send troops to station in the imperial capital.

Therefore, since the "Northern Defense Operation in 288", the only troops stationed in Pendragon were the Knights of Gabriel and the Knights of Rachel.

It turned out that the leader of the Michael Knights who died in the "Northern Defense Operation in 288" was also a very powerful knight.

People have been discussing who is the second knight of the Britannia Empire, Albert, the leader of the Knights of Rachel, and the leader of the Knights of Michael.

Unfortunately, this discussion ended after the "Northern Defense Operation in 288".

Because after this battle, the leader of the Michael Knights died in battle.

After his death, the title of the Second Knight of the Empire was naturally taken over by Albert Evans, the leader of the Knights of Rachel.

Albert's name is not only extremely resounding in the Britannia Empire, but also even more resounding in the Rollin Empire in the south.

The Rachel Knights are stationed in the south and are responsible for defending the Rollin Empire. The Rollin Empire has always been the imaginary enemy of the Rachel Knights.

Therefore, since Albert became the leader of the Rachel Knights, he has basically been fighting against the Rollin Empire.

Over the years, the center of gravity of the Britannia Empire has been placed in the south and east.

Therefore, in these years, the Britannia Empire launched five large-scale attacks against the Rollin Empire.

Of course, these five large-scale attacks were all led by the Rachel Knights, who were specifically responsible for dealing with the Rollin Empire.

During these five large-scale attacks on the Rollin Empire, Albert could be said to be very active. For these five offensives against the Rollin Empire, Albert served as the overall commander.

In these 5 attacks against the Rollin Empire, Albert achieved 2 major victories, 1 minor victory, 1 draw, and 1 minor loss.

Therefore, Albert's name gradually became feared by the soldiers of the Rollin Empire.

Many soldiers of the Luo Lin Empire could not help but tremble after hearing the name Albert.

Su Cheng had wanted to get to know such a big shot for a long time.

However, in July this year, Albert's old injury recurred, so he has been recuperating at home. He has been unable to come to important meetings such as the "Big Meeting".

Therefore, since Su Cheng became a knight in September until now, he has not been able to meet this big shot.

"Alyssa." Su Cheng asked Alyssa, "Has Mr. Albert's old injury been healed?"

"Well, I finally recovered a few days ago and recovered just in time for the year-end dinner, so Mr. Albert also attended the year-end dinner tonight."

"That's it." Su Cheng nodded, and then said with a smile, "I really need to get to know such a big shot. Then Alyssa, please take me to find Mr. Albert later. After all, I only

I know his name, but I don’t know what he looks like.”

Su Cheng had long wanted to get to know this second knight of the empire who made the soldiers of the Luolin Empire fearful.

"It's okay, that's okay, but..."

Speaking of this, Alyssa's expression suddenly became weird.

"Su Cheng, I advise you to make some mental preparations first."

"Huh? Mental preparation?" Su Cheng looked confused, "What kind of mental preparation?"

"...You don't know Mr. Albert, so you don't know what Albert is like." Alyssa's expression became more and more strange, "Mr. Albert is... um... a very individual person.

So before meeting him, you'd better be mentally prepared. After all, Mr. Albert is somewhat different from the heroic image of him in rumors..."

After listening to Alyssa's words, Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but swallowed, and thought to himself:

How much personality does a person have to have others warn others to be mentally prepared when they get to know him...

In Su Cheng's heart, he couldn't help but look forward to the leader of the Rachel Knights even more, and wanted to see what kind of person the second knight of the empire was...

"Well! I'm mentally prepared! Alyssa." Su Cheng nodded solemnly, "Now take me to find Mr. Albert!"

"Just be mentally prepared..."

Alyssa sighed lightly, and then continued:

"There's no rush to find Mr. Albert. Anyway, the venue is so big and the crowd is so big. It's still early before the party ends. We can take our time to find him."

"Before going to find him, I want to go for a while..."

After saying that, Alyssa blushed slightly and crossed her legs.

"I seem to have drank too much wine and juice..." Alyssa said softly.

"Ah, that's it. Then Alyssa, go quickly."

Su Cheng said as he took Alyssa's knife, fork and plate from her hands.

"I'll wait for you where you are."

"Well, okay. I'll be back soon."

After handing all her tableware to Su Cheng, Alyssa picked up her skirt and walked quickly outside the venue.

However, after Alyssa walked a few steps away quickly, she suddenly stopped.

"Hey! Su Cheng!" Alyssa turned her head and shouted to Su Cheng, "Don't do weird things to my tableware, especially my fork, while I'm at my convenience!"

"I won't do it!" Su Cheng shouted back angrily, "I won't do such a perverted thing!"

"Hmm..."

Alyssa looked at Su Cheng suspiciously for a few times, then withdrew her gaze, then picked up her skirt again and walked quickly outside the venue.

After watching Alyssa leave, Su Cheng withdrew his gaze and then looked down.

He looked at the tableware used by Alyssa in his hand.

This is...the fork Alyssa used...
Chapter completed!