After shooing away the people who came to report the news, the room was silent for a few seconds.
Wald XVIII did not appear to be embarrassed at all, nor did he look surprised, just thoughtful.
Duke Brown saw this.
Naturally, I have no intention of causing trouble.
Fort Suvart is an affiliated fortress of the city-state in the north of the royal capital. It is also the fortress closest to the royal capital in the northern city-state. If the enemy comes from the north, they will almost have to pass through this place.
So it may not be prosperous, but its geographical location is very important.
"Although you have left the royal capital, if they find you in the Franks, it is just as convenient to launch an attack from Fort Suwart. Your Majesty, do you need to evacuate here first?" Duke Brown said.
"No need, they won't know I'm here for the time being, and the legion attacking Fort Suvart should only be a separate force." Wald XVIII said while looking at the map.
"..."
His tone remained determined.
Duke Brown didn't know why His Majesty the King could be so confident.
But the king can do whatever he wants.
However, ministers cannot seriously allow the other party to do whatever they want.
Duke Brown thought for a while and said: "Why don't I let the Franks' city defense troops go to Suvart? The Ninth Military District is already stationed outside Franks. It doesn't matter even if the city defense troops are mobilized."
The San Varro Empire had hundreds of city-states and fortresses spread across the continent, and there were thirty-six military districts. Among them, the northern continental military district had the largest distribution, followed by the western continent, with each military district having a troop strength ranging from 100,000 to one million.
The Eastern Continent has the smallest number of troops.
Because generally speaking, if the enemy's strength is enough to break through the layers of blockades and enter the royal capital.
Then basically there is no need to resist anymore.
But this time the situation is slightly different.
The capital was vacated by His Majesty the King on his own initiative.
At this point, since they don't plan to defend the city, they can only defend the people.
As long as the royal family of Saint-Varro remains.
As long as the king is still there.
So even if someone else takes the throne, with the Brown family's background and strength, they can still control the empire.
But this premise is.
The imperial power will not be replaced by the Holy See.
Duke Brown asked inquiringly: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
King Wald XVIII glanced at him: "Okay."
In fact, Duke Brown's loyalty to the royal family of San Valo may not even be as good as Duke Russo's in some aspects.
But it doesn't matter.
Their current purpose is the same.
King Wald XVIII stared at the map on the table, his eyes scanning back and forth among the several city-states around the flag. Suddenly, his eyes paused and fell on the logo of "Rhine City-States".
He calmed down slightly, waiting to think about the connection.
But the next moment.
King Wald XVIII suddenly paused.
Those blue eyes seemed to be flickering, and Walder XVIII suddenly raised his head and looked into the void ahead of him with feeling.
Immediately afterwards.
He suddenly took out a thick book from nowhere, opened the pages, and looked at the runes displayed on it. The flow of light overflowed from his fingertips and they were constructed together.
The runes resemble some kind of wild cursive calligraphy, appearing in horizontal strips and completed with one stroke.
Duke Brown, who was standing nearby, was slightly surprised. He stared closely at the runes suspended in the air, but he couldn't tell what kind of magic it was.
I don't even know if it's magic.
After Wald XVIII completed constructing this striped rune, he suddenly fell silent. The candlelight dancing between the walls reflected his somewhat gloomy expression.
Duke Brown couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
The voice fell.
He saw this young man suddenly laugh.
That smile was a little weird, with a hint of danger in it, like a sharp sword suddenly unsheathed, with murderous intent revealed.
Duke Brown shivered inexplicably.
This is His Majesty the King whom he has seen since childhood.
It feels so strange at this moment.
"interesting."
Walder XVIII turned over his hands and put away the books.
He turned around and said: "Now we can let the troops outside the city enter the city. It's best to call some more people to guard you."
After saying this, King Walder XVIII did not wait for Duke Brown to react, he opened the door and walked out quickly, and his figure disappeared in the corridor at the door in an instant.
When Duke Brown came to his senses and hurriedly chased him out, he saw only two guards at the door looking at each other.
"…Where is General Royce?"
Duke Brown paused and asked quickly.
The two guards seemed to be in a daze: "General Royce...he disappeared when he came out just now, but he seems to have left from that way, right?"
The guard on the right points to the corridor.
After the other party suddenly opened the door and came out, he turned in his direction, but before they could see who it was.
The person has disappeared.
It was like a gust of wind blew past.
When Duke Brown heard this, his expression changed and he said: "I understand, by the way, you give the order..."
No matter what happened.
Judging from the reaction of King Wald XVIII, it seems to indicate that the Franks city-state will never be stable again tonight.
…
…
The Franks city-state is a romantic capital.
The building materials here are not the cold stone gray like in the north, nor are they as chaotic as the city-state of Turnus.
There are many high-rise buildings in the city, mostly castles with spires. The Bayeux brown buildings are covered with vines and clusters of flowers are placed on the windowsills.
The lanterns on the street are carefully carved, and the dim yellow light illuminates the road paved with pebbles. There are also big trees with strong roots and leafy leaves on both sides.
The winter breeze blows.
I could also faintly smell the fragrance of flowers in the air.
The eastern city gate of the Franks city-state.
Watchtower on the city wall.
Here are the city defense troops who were guarding here and there, and a young man wearing a dark gold uniform sat on a wall pier, looking sideways at the spire of a certain castle in the distance.
"Aren't you going to run?"
Xu Shuo chuckled and said to himself: "You're quite brave."
Catalina sat in the watchtower, stuck her head in and asked, "Is the person you are looking for really here?"
"Already come over."
"Huh?"
These words made Catalina immediately alert.
However, she looked around and saw nothing unusual approaching.
It's just that a city defense army wearing armor and tenacity ran past on the street not far away, and more and more city defense troops seemed to be active, and the streets that were originally dark were all brightly lit.
So I haven't seen where the enemy is yet.
But this scene did indicate that the enemy had discovered their movements.
"You stay here and don't move around."
Xu Shuo stood up from the wall pier, stared at a certain place with his silver-white eyes, curled up his lips and said with a smile: "I'll get you some blood."
Catalina's mouth twitched: "..."
She said this as if she was just waiting to drink blood.
They said she doesn’t care for hair and drinks blood!
They ice and snow elves don’t care about hair and drink blood!
She was still secretly angry in her heart, but the young man's figure suddenly jumped out, and his long silver hair disappeared silently into the darkness below.
And then the next moment.
"boom!"
An explosion occurred not far away without warning.
Immediately afterwards, the city defense troops originally scattered throughout the streets ran over there, and at the same time, many people came towards the tower.
Catalina saw this and jumped off the tower to leave.
But halfway through.
She suddenly thought of youth.
So after a slight hesitation, Catalina turned around and ran to another location at the city gate, planning to hide in the city temporarily.
…
…
The location where the explosion just occurred.
When Xu Shuo landed in the city, a string of light-colored runes floated from his side without any warning. He reacted in time and quickly jumped away, and the runes exploded where he had just been.
Xu Shuo landed on a window sill somewhere, then looked up at the roof.
On the steeple building.
Standing there was a man with ash-blond hair.
"I am honored to see the true face of His Holiness the Pope tonight." The corners of Wald XVIII's lips raised into a smile.
"You are almost as ugly as before."
Xu Shuo also smiled.
When he was pretending to be Royce Russo, this man even made a hideous scar on his face to ruin his appearance.
However, later at the banquet, Xu Shuo pointed out their similarities without hesitation.
Perhaps this is also the reason why Walder XVIII stopped pretending.
Under night.
The two stood opposite each other. Wald XVIII looked down at the person on the window sill. He was not offended by these words, but just laughed with interest.
"I'm a little surprised that the Pope can chase you here, but since you've come here, don't leave anymore."
The voice fell.
Suddenly a book appeared in his hand.
The book was about six inches thick, written in brown leather, and had no logo on the cover.
King Wald XVIII took out the book, but because it was not thick enough to hold it in one hand, he could only place it on his arm to support it.
And when I saw that book.
Xu Shuo's eyes moved slightly, with an inexplicable feeling.
But because the feeling came inexplicably, he still doesn't know what this feeling is. He just feels that he really wants to grab this book.
next moment.
A string of runes flew from the book.
Xu Shuo quickly flew towards Walder XVIII, avoiding the direction of the runes. However, when he jumped into the air, the string of runes instantly turned into chains and headed towards him.
A dark green bamboo cane appeared in his hand. After swiping away the chain, Xu Shuo had already approached Wald XVIII.
"Huh?"
Wald XVIII seemed slightly startled.
Then he quickly retreated, and the book in his hand turned over and disappeared, turning into a dagger in his hand.
Dingjue!
The cane collided with the sharp dagger. Xu Shuo stepped forward and pursued extremely fast, but Wald XVIII always resisted and retreated.
The two figures intertwined on the spire of a building.
The city defense army has discovered what happened here.
But because the two figures were crossing each other so fast, they were unable to aim and attack, so they could only chase them on the street and wait for them.
At this moment, Xu Shuo suddenly threw out several slender silver needles from his left hand.
Wald XVIII suddenly leaned forward and avoided the extremely fine silver needles in the dark night. At the same moment, Xu Shuo who was chasing him suddenly stepped on something.
It's a string of runes.
Walder XVIII smiled as he avoided the silver needle.
However, his smile froze in the next moment.
"Boom!"
A dazzling light flashed suddenly, and the moment Xu Shuo jumped up with force, the spire building exploded together with the runes he stepped on!
The two of them had no point of strength and fell downwards.
The dark green bamboo cane also began to shine with light. After the radiant power was concentrated to the extreme, it suddenly rushed towards Walder XVIII!
The beam of light arrived instantly. Wald XVIII quickly tilted his body in the air, and the beam of light rushed over his left shoulder and fell on the building behind him.
Then there was another boom.
The building exploded.
ambush?
I'll let you ambush!
Xu Shuo doesn't mind blowing up the city.
King Wald XVIII looked a little surprised. When he avoided the beam, he stepped on the fallen debris with his toes, jumped into the air again, and retreated to the top of another building.
But when he looked down.
But Xu Shuo's figure was nowhere to be seen.
It was dark on all sides. The exploding building knocked over the street lamps on the street. The magic patterns failed and the light in the lamps went out.
He didn't feel panic, he just summoned the book again with a calm expression, and his fingers quickly traced the runes that appeared on the pages.
After the runes were completed, he immediately looked towards the street.
But there was only darkness in that place.
There was no sign of anyone.
The next moment, King Wald XVIII suddenly looked back, but there was only darkness in the corner of the window sill, and there was no figure of that person.
He was stunned.
Then a smile appeared on his lips: "Interesting."
"interesting?"
A voice that did not belong to him suddenly sounded in his ears. Wald XVIII's eyes were filled with cruelty, he took out a dagger and stabbed backwards.
Dingjue!
The cane blocked the dagger, and Xu Shuo's other hand had already grabbed Wald XVIII, but the latter thwarted his attempt. At the same time, the dagger passed through the body of the cane and stabbed him in the chest.
Xu Shuo raised his foot and kicked him without hesitation. Wald XVIII quickly dodged sideways and withdrew the dagger.
However, when he looked up again, he saw that Xu Shuo, who was attacking him just now, had disappeared again.
King Walder XVIII narrowed his eyes.
Stealth ability?
And he seems to have the ability to sneak without fear of space.
Suddenly, Wald XVIII turned around and struck with a knife again, but this time it was not the cane that struck him, the dagger knocked away two silver needles.
There was also a silver needle heading towards his face!
King Walder XVIII quickly raised his hands to cover his face.
call out--
The silver needle pierced into his palm, and the tip stopped in front of his eye mask, but Wald XVIII didn't care what kind of damage it was, and the dagger in his hand shook, flickering with dark light and struck out.
Xu Shuo's figure emerged from the darkness, and he looked at the knife wound on his left hand with some surprise.
He just threw the silver needle and ran away quickly.
Unexpectedly, I was still injured.
Not far away, King Wald XVIII also pulled out the silver needle in his palm, but before he had time to see what it was, the silver needle shattered and dissipated.
The wound on his palm that was pierced healed quickly, and there was only a little blood.
"Isn't it a dirty little trick?"
Walder XVIII said calmly.
Xu Shuo looked at him, held the wound on his palm and said with a smile: "Since it's not popular, I'll give you some dirty play first."
The "fin needle of the deep sea" is really useless. Unless it pricks an acupuncture point, it is just an ordinary inexhaustible silver needle.
The cane is actually not of much use.
In addition to being a medium to use "brilliance".
The cane is usually used to block attacks, but it actually does no damage at all. It requires the user's own strength to maintain it. Even the sharpness needs to be strengthened by Xu Shuo himself.
But Xu Shuo still used these.
It's just to test this person's background.
he thinks.
Now this guy is not serious at all.
Whether it was the surprise just now or the rush when facing the sneak attack.
