In the North District of Brighton City, there are many half-timbered structures with quite luxurious palace-like interiors. The most famous one is the manor where Edwards Child, the current lord of Brighton City, has his office and residence near the Central Parliament in the North District.
, Walls Manor. Walls Manor symbolizes the top power of mankind in the Southern Continent. It covers an area of 1,800 acres, covering one-third of the land in the North District. There are a total of three buildings in the manor, fan-shaped surrounding the most
In the middle garden, the main building is the city's meeting hall. It is a local human-style building in the southern continent. Directly above the oval roof, the flag of the Human Alliance is flying.
As mentioned before, today's human group is jointly constructed by the people of the Southern Continent and the Eastern Continent. The Eastern Continent has four main cities of humanity, but from the perspective of technology and military strength, among the five main cities of humanity, the largest
The outstanding one is Brighton City, which is located alone in the southern continent.
The day after the Thunder Moon fell, in the meeting hall of Walls Manor, beside the large rectangular mahogany table, an active general, two major generals, three brigadiers and eight colonels were sitting at the long table to the left, toward
On the right is the aristocratic class of Brighton City. Two dukes, four marquises and seven earls are facing the military power of the Human Alliance. The leader is Lord Edwards Oubrey. They are listening seriously to a
The captain of the law enforcement team wearing a penguin uniform made a report:
"According to the report, the day before yesterday, Kuangren, the chief of the Asaro tribe, took the lead in going to their arch-enemy Maasai tribe, and made contact with Iron Shield, the chief of the Maasai tribe, and then approached the Winged Tribe of the Elf City Elf Forest, and the chief of the Yolu Tribe
Flying Spear also arrived at the Maasai tribe. One day later, yesterday, the chiefs of the Zulu tribe, Boma tribe, and Oba tribe, which have been experiencing civil strife for many years, arrived at the Maasai tribe. They held a 16-hour meeting. "After the report was completed,
The captain of the law enforcement team bowed to the senior executives on the table, held the report and retreated to the side of the door.
"Six major tribes, no, according to the message I received today, a total of ten major tribes gathered in Marseille. No wonder Lord Edwards asked us old guys to come from various fiefdoms." Admiral Holden kept tapping his hands back and forth.
Holding the back of his hand, he squinted his eyes and looked at Edwards, who was sitting in the seat with a gloomy expression, "Have you notified the elves?" Holden's majesty quietly exuded, and there was no other sound in the entire chamber except for the sound of tapping the back of his hand.
The captain of the law enforcement team who had just made a report pushed Dodge, who had been bowing his head next to him, with his shoulder. As the captain of the first team of the Clery Law Enforcement Agency, and the reporter of the gathering of the orc chiefs, Dodge was pulled into this incident as an exception.
High-level report meeting.
Dodge took two steps forward as if he had just woken up from a dream, leaned forward towards the admiral, and replied: "The elven law enforcers have been sent back to the Elf Forest to inform the Queen."
"We need to send someone to meet the Elf Queen as soon as possible. It's really troublesome for these elves to be unwilling to use the telegraph machine." Holden muttered a few words, and the only Duke of Brighton City opposite, Jamis Oseley, spoke,
"Have several generals sent people to the orc tribe to investigate why these tribes that have been in civil war held such a big gathering? As far as I know, the last time these brainless orcs gathered was because they stood on the side of those poor and poor orcs.
Humble god..."
The Duke's voice slowly became smaller. He remembered that although humans were on the opposite side of the gods in the battle of the fall of the gods, a considerable number of people still stood on the side of the gods, especially the farmers at that time. In their hearts, the gods
They support and help them, and a very small number of nobles are also from that faction, including the Oubrey family. Although in terms of status and title, Edwards's title is not even as high as that of Jamis, but the financial resources and power he actually controls are
Even Jamis could not compete with Edwards, the Lord of the City. After a while, the entire conference room fell silent.
There was no obvious joy or anger on Edwards's face, and he seemed not to have heard the Duke's words. He crossed his hands to support his chin, and kept looking towards the warlord system on the left. "Generals, I am now
I just want to know one thing, whether these orcs will invade the borders of Brighton City."
"I don't know, we don't even know what the purpose of their gathering is." Edwards was answered by a brigadier general. He was originally responsible for the interaction between the elves. This time the chief gathering mobilized him back from the Elf Forest.
Edwards adjusted his sitting posture and asked more focusedly: "You said that the orcs have started to gather together to plan something. We have so many humans who claim to be smart and intelligent, sitting in the same council hall, but we all have to look at the general.
Talking to the Count's face, does it mean that we are not even as good as those brainless orcs? "
"Don't think that just because you are the city lord, you can talk nonsense." A marquis who was equivalent to Edwards in terms of title retorted.
"Then why, even though it was a meeting of more than 20 people, not even one person came up with any opinions on how to deal with the orc gathering." Edwards, who seemed to be elegant, slapped the table and stood up angrily, "I'll take you from all over the place.
When we gather together, we will not let you sit in this conference room in a daze, but let you use your respective military power to frighten the damn beasts. Lord Holden and Lord Jamis, the two of them have the most control over the land in the Southern Continent.
One of the generals of the army is the head of eight banks under his command. Now we can only have information about the Orcs that they gathered together. We don’t even know if they want to attack Brighton City. As a Brighton City official, I
The current city lord is very worried about the future and is very afraid that these beasts will rush into our city and pluck the heads of the residents as their rice bowls! Now I hope that the Duke can allocate funds to the admiral to send troops to deter the beasts.
, to understand clearly what the orcs’ big brains are thinking. Is this okay?”
Jamis wanted to interrupt Edwards several times, but couldn't find a good time to speak. He could only send signals to Holden with his eyes frequently. Before the report meeting, he and Holden had already discussed whether to use this beast to
The clan gathered together to suppress the city lord who was gaining momentum recently. Holden smoothed his white goatee and did not notice Jamis who kept giving signals. He sometimes nodded and sometimes held his forehead as Edwards said the last sentence, "Is this okay?"
At the time, Holden followed Edwards and slammed the table: "I didn't expect the Lord of the City to be so considerate of the residents. I was wrong before. I apologize to you as a soldier. If there is financial support, I am willing to lead the army."
Go south and find out what the orcs are up to!"
Jamis immediately noticed something was wrong. According to what he and Holden said before, they had communicated with other people beforehand and tried to ignore the city lord. No matter what the city lord said, they would use silence to give him a taste of power. But now Holden
He took the initiative to talk to the city lord and also took the initiative to show weakness. Jamis, who was already a veteran in the upper circles, understood what Holden meant.
People from the warlord faction quickly echoed Holden's words, while several knights from the aristocratic faction looked at the Duke and secretly asked if they wanted to second the city lord. Edwards, who had looked angry before, sat down again.
, facing Jamis with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency, the Duke, and the Lord Admiral have taken the lead in expressing their stance. As a member of the city, shouldn't you also express your stance?"
Seeing the city lord's initiative, Jamis pretended to think and went down the steps given by Edwards: "Since the general has decided to send troops, I will not be left behind. I am willing to invest 50,000 as military supplies to detect the orcs.
The purpose is to defend Brighton City."
"50,000 for the purpose of exploration and 50,000 for the defense of Brighton City. You are worthy of being the highest-ranking Duke in the Southern Continent. I would like to express my gratitude for your generosity." Edwards turned the 50,000 banknotes into 100,000 banknotes without saying a word.
The report meeting ended. On the way the nobles left, the topic of discussion was not only about the gathering of the orcs, but more about the cunning of the city lord. Their original intention was to weaken the city lord's dominance and strengthen the influence of the warlords and nobles, but instead
The city lord turned an army against him with such a single hand. No wonder Brighton City has been regarded as the best in the main human cities recently. In the previous parliaments, Edwards has shown a gentle image, and the always shrewd Duke has also been beaten by the city lord.
He was deceived by his image and paid 100,000 banknotes to buy this lesson. What Jamis didn’t expect was that after he had communicated well with Holden first, Holden was actually persuaded by Edwards, and the two joined forces to suppress him.
Nobility.
For him, the only nobleman in the Southern Continent, it doesn't matter even if the orcs really plan to attack Brighton City. The troops in his own territory are enough to cover his return to the Eastern Continent. He just wants to have such a rare opportunity in decades.
Seeing the scene and gaining greater benefits is the aristocratic class among human beings.