The first thousand two hundred and twenty-four chapters stick to the golden fortress
Von-Zhukov Castle was razed to the ground during the Motkin invasion in 2515 Imperial Calendar, and everyone was massacred.
After Motkin committed suicide, the Osterlanders slowly but surely rebuilt the castle. They united with the elector Vamir von Zhukov and the elector's first successor Vasily.
Under the command of Von Zhukov, Von Zhukov Castle reappeared in the Oster Territory.
Thanks to the gold mines in Wolfenburg, the endless supply of gold there has prevented the Osterland's finances from ever facing a financial crisis. The stubbornness and pride of the people here have made the Oster people know that it is a waste of money and there is not much practical benefit.
But it still has to be rebuilt, even if the ashes in the tombs of the ancestors of the electors here have been scattered by Motkin, and even if the castle will never regain its former prosperity and population, the people of Oster still have to do it.
The Great Alchemist Belshazer-Gelt, the pinnacle of the Holy Realm, the Chief Grand Wizard of the Empire and the Supreme Grandmaster (Dean) of the Royal Wizarding Academy, is studying the emperor's expression. Of course, the Great Alchemist will not let him
The emperor noticed that he was pretending to be observing the splendid decorations inside Von-Zhukov Castle.
Emperor Karl-Franz strode around the room, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be thinking about a very difficult question to answer. However, Geert was not in a hurry. In this way, the great alchemist learned from the emperor.
took back control of the conversation.
"I know what you mean, Galt." After a long time, the emperor's voice sounded: "You mean, your guarantee is not very timely, because the Great Wall of Faith is your temporary response plan? Are you confident about your own spells?
Are you confident, but not sure how long you can last?”
"That's what I meant, Your Majesty, if at that time..." There was a hint of relief in Galt's voice, as if he was happy that the emperor understood his words, but the great alchemist did not notice that he was
The tone hurt Karl Franz's heart, and the emperor's expression became slightly unhappy. He immediately made a gesture to tell Geert to shut up!
Galt immediately stopped what he was saying. The great alchemist could feel that the emperor's mood had changed. Yes, this was a dark era. Even the greatest statesman of the empire and the great prince of Reikland had a monopoly.
Karl Franz, the leader of the Friedrich family who had been on the imperial throne for three generations, lost his cool.
"I know what you want to say about Archbishop Vekmar." The emperor said impatiently: "He did attack in a hurry, but my dear, I must remind you that Vekmar is dead. He has already apologized for his recklessness.
I paid the price, and there are some things I don’t want to talk about anymore, which makes me feel very unhappy, do you understand what I mean?”
Gelt was silent. Perhaps other wizards would not understand the emperor's actions, but the great alchemist was not among them.
Why can't the old story of Vikma and his recklessness be revisited?
The reason is very simple. Without Werkmar, there would be no current Emperor Karl-Franz. If the Archbishop had not dropped three votes at the critical moment to help the Emperor turn the tide, then the person standing here now would be Boris Todbringer.
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If one wants to liquidate the fault of Vikma, those who are willing to do so will definitely blame the emperor.
Is that so, as long as you die you can escape all responsibility and be immune from any punishment, while the living have to be blamed and questioned for every mistake?
The great alchemist felt very painful. He believed in the Great Wall and the Golden Fortress. He had devoted everything he had to the empire.
Seemingly realizing that this was unfair to Galt, the emperor made a slight concession. He did not ask Galt about the Great Wall of Faith anymore, but focused on the letters. Except for the commandment that Ryan said he could not help.
In addition, there are also letters from the dwarves. Both the High King and the Butcher King are in huge trouble. The Kurgan and Chaos Dwarves from the other side of the Roof of the World Mountains are attacking the dwarves' fortresses, and they are unable to provide help.
"This is the new logistics form, my dear, the bureaucrats in the rear are already complaining." The emperor said to Geert: "The food and drink expenses for hundreds of thousands of people have been mobilized from all the major provinces of the empire. We can still handle it at the beginning.
, but we cannot always continue like this. Maybe some cities and provinces, such as
Braunschweig, such as Nuer, such as my Reikland and Marius' Aviland can persist, but what about the Stirland? What about the Ostermarkland? Furthermore, transportation losses are getting higher and higher.
From 15% at the beginning to 23% later, transportation loss is now close to 36%."
"There is no reason for this." The great alchemist certainly knew what was fishy in this: "Your Majesty, your bureaucrats must know where these 'disappeared' materials and supplies have gone."
"But this is necessary lubrication for the entire system, my dear." The emperor smiled bitterly: "Are you planning to abandon the hundreds of thousands of Chaos troops opposite the golden fortress and attack the bureaucracy?"
Gelt was silent, so why didn't the great alchemist know about the internal crisis?
Not to mention anything else, after seeing Geert build the Golden Fortress and create great miracles, the great wizards of the Empire's Royal Wizarding Academy admired his magical attainments on the one hand, but on the other hand they were also envious and jealous, such as
It is said that Greg Mattak, the supreme dean of the Amber Academy, has doubted the source of Gelt's great miracles more than once, while the other great wizard of the Holy Domain, Sernus Gehrman, directly left the Golden Fortress without knowing it.
Where to go.
The many crises weighed him down so much that Geert himself could hardly breathe, and more importantly, as he told Emperor Karl-Franz, the Golden Fortress was not perfect - it was unstable, and from Erlengla to
Go to the Jiakova Fortress in the Roof Mountains of the World. Within the dozens of ritual circles, a large number of
Wizards and priests constantly perform rituals and spellcasting maintenance. This is a very hard and torturing job. Every day, some people collapse mentally. Even so, the rituals are not flawless because of the chaos and spellcasting caused by the wind of chaos.
Mistakes are inevitable and gaps will appear in the golden fortress from time to time.
How could Chaos miss such a good opportunity? Archaon's adjutant, thousands of scouts of Chron-Conqueror, are constantly observing any situation along the Golden Fortress. If there is a loophole, they will immediately launch a full-scale attack.
At this time, the imperial army must block the gap until the wizards and priests can recast the walls of the Golden Fortress.
In each such encounter, one or two hundred people would die in the Empire, and even more in Chaos.
The only gratifying thing is that in the face of such a difficult situation, the empire is united and everyone knows the seriousness of the crisis.
The eastern section of the Golden Fortress was handed over to Wolfram Hertwig, the Elector of Ostermark. This Elector commanded the war in a very orderly manner, full of pickiness and attention to detail, and at the same time not lacking in bravery.
As the Elector of Ostermark, it is his duty to guard the borders of Ostermark.
The middle section was handed over to the Elector of Hawkland, Edbrand Ludenhoff. Although his own army of Hawkland only had more than 10,000 soldiers, and more soldiers came from other provinces of the empire, Edbrand
Not long ago, he scored a famous victory and severely damaged Velich-The Curse and defeated the Curse's army. There is no dispute about his status as the head coach.
The western section is in charge of the Elector of Oost, Valmir von Zhukov, and the Grand Duke of Ehrengrad, Vladimir. They are old rivals with Chaos.
Emperor Karl-Franz led the main force of the empire and the Franz Guards Corps. The Royal Guards were stationed at Von-Zhukov Castle, ready to support the front line at any time.
It seems that the situation has stabilized, but this is a respite that comes only after the empire continues to suffer casualties and pay the price.
"Gelt, you are my appointed royal chief wizard, right?" Karl Franz asked.
"Of course I am." Galt was very hesitant in his heart. He had several opportunities to confess his specialness, but he missed them. He had a chance to say it just now, but he also missed it.
"Mr. Galt, I am asking you this question with pain in my heart. I hope you will answer honestly as an honorable citizen of the empire. Can we hold the golden fortress?"
"I'm sure we can hold it, my majesty." Galt said without hesitation: "The Golden Fortress has proven its strength."
"Then the question is, first of all, how long can we persist at this consumption?" The emperor then asked: "Secondly, even if we expect to be able to persist for a long time, how can we win?"
Galt was shocked. The royal chief wizard had not considered this issue, but since maintaining the golden fortress had consumed most of his magic power and energy, he subconsciously did not think about such long-term issues.
But... just don't think about it? Or... there is no answer at all?
Galt was silent for a long time, and the great alchemist considered his answer. If he answered the truth, that is, he knew that the empire could not persist forever and could not find a way to make a comeback, then it would be incompetence, and the emperor would not need it.
Such an incompetent royal chief wizard may lose his coveted position.
But showing off does not seem to be a reasonable choice. It also means deceiving. It is obviously impossible to deceive such a great statesman like Karl Franz.
Fortunately, just when Galt was hesitant and unable to answer this question, urgent military information arrived from outside.
Ao Defen's golden fortress was breached!
Our allies are under attack. Elector Wolfram Hertwig is leading his army and they need support.
The emperor was forced to stop his inquiry. Karl Franz subconsciously wanted to hold the empire's hammer, but Gal Maraz was not in his hand, so he could only say: "Gelt
Sir, I can only count on you at this time. Lead your army, Sol, and quickly go to the gap to repair the golden fortress!"
"Understood!" Galt felt relieved, and the great alchemist walked out quickly and disappeared outside the main hall of Von-Zhukov Castle.
When the royal chief wizard rode his beloved Pegasus Swift Silver to the front line, the situation had deteriorated to an unbelievable level. The empire's defenders were collapsing, and there were large gaps in the golden fortress. Within a few kilometers, the north
What the Chaos barbarians saw was a large stretch of smooth road. Hundreds of Imperial soldiers had fallen in a pool of blood, while tens of thousands of Chaos tribes were quickly crossing the gap and invading the Empire.
The Yankees, as numerous as the crucian carp crossing the river, crossed the gap at a crazy speed, and the sky was filled with black smoke. The terrible plague was spreading into the empire as the Yankees moved south, but the doctors and priests of the empire had nothing to do about it.
——The goddess of mercy, Thalia, seems to have disappeared. Without the help of the gods, Thalia’s
The nuns and doctors were unable to fight the spreading plague on their own. More and more imperial soldiers were getting sick, dying of torture, or being forced to have their limbs amputated. Galt briefly read several reports, and the contents frightened him - about ten
One to two tenths of the soldiers were infected with Nurgle's plague to varying degrees.
However, this is not what scares Galt the most. What scares him most is that as a flying unit and a great wizard at the pinnacle of the Holy Domain, Galt saw on the way here that he saw an army of tens of thousands.
The human Sylvanian army - both living and dead, is led by a demigod vampire who behaves elegantly and exudes nobility and calmness in his every move. There are hundreds of blood knights around him,
Hundreds of black knights and thousands of Tomb Guards.
Large groups of mortal auxiliary troops followed the army of the undead. They were shivering, but they still held muskets and hand crossbows, and it seemed that they all volunteered.
The demigod vampire noticed Galt, and he even used ancient etiquette to give Galt a perfect noble greeting in the air.
Galt suddenly felt cold all over. The great alchemist understood the fact that he had lied - Sylvania was not in the cage, and the terrible undead had escaped. If this truth was revealed to everyone in the empire, then
He, Gaelt, would lose everything, including his revered status, the admiration of the Imperial people, and his reputation.
God-Emperor, what should I do? Galt couldn't help but reach out and press the cover of "Emperor's Words 3.0" around his waist. On it was the blessing given by the God-Emperor himself. In this extremely dark era,
This book was the only thing that kept Galt from collapsing.
The battle at the gap in Odefen was extremely fierce. Elector Hertwig personally led an army to fight fiercely with the Chaos army. The leader of the Chaos army was Festak Kroang. This Nurgle champion was the first to lead his followers.
the war south to Kislev
One of the Lords, his massacres across the steppes only heightened his standing in Nurgle's eyes. As the Golden Barrier crumbled before him, Krong was convinced that his time had finally come and led his warband across without hesitation.
Fallen stone, rushing towards glory.
Crown's command consisted of more than a hundred warbands. To make matters worse, Gelt found many Chaos Demons among them. At least three groups of Nurgle Demons were following the Rotten Horde.
Things are always getting worse. When Gelt first came to the northern front, he would only see sporadic Chaos Demons in the barbarian team. However, as time went by, the number of Chaos Demons increased from one or two to
From two or three to five, six, seven or eight, Chaos Demons can now be seen operating in the form of squads and warbands, and their existence in the mortal world is getting longer and longer. If someone told Gelt that he would soon
The entire well-established Chaos Demon Legion appeared on the battlefield, and Galt would not feel the slightest surprise.
Ignoring the fierce fighting between the Imperial defenders and the Chaos tribe, Galt came to the ceremony site. He found that the wizards and priests responsible for maintaining the ceremony were all lying in a pool of blood. They were killed by mysterious forces. The great alchemist was determined to
Determined to repair the Golden Fortress at all costs, he began to cast spells.
The great alchemist poured all his magic power into the ritual, and at the same time paid some attention to the battle. When he saw Elector Hertwig personally leading the Knights of Eternal Light and the Aodefen Cavalry, they rushed in.
When the Rotten Horde army was in the formation, Geert yelled at Hertwig that he was a fool and that he should wait for time to repair the city wall instead of charging fearlessly, which would cost him his life!
Sure enough, the Elector Hertwig fell into trouble after his heroic charge. A group of Nurgle God's Chosen Warriors with heavy armor resisted the charge of the knights. The Elector fell into a fight and finally encountered
Krang, the champion of Nurgle, and the two sides engaged in a championship duel.
In the decisive battle, the brave Elector Hertwig died gloriously. Krona wanted to show off his victory, but the Nurgle champion soon understood why Ostermark's Rune Fang was called Troll Scavenger - this sword
The wound inflicted failed to heal, and the Champion of Nurgle fell.
"No! Don't die!" Galt could only look at everything in front of him in pain.
Just when the imperial front was about to collapse, Charlemagne's army led by Woten appeared. The arrival of this unparalleled warrior, Charlemagne's chosen champion, greatly boosted the morale of the imperial army and reorganized the army.
But victory did not come so easily. As the violent wind of chaos and the stinking garden scene connected with the mortal world, an entire Nurgle demon army was thrown into the mortal world by Fat Grandpa. He met his opponent in the unparalleled Woten.
——The great demon of Nurgle, Gurug-As, is the current sixth greatest demon under Nurgle.
Woten tried to quickly defeat the powerful enemy in front of him, but the Great Demon of Nurgle could not be defeated casually. Even if the power of Gale-Malaaz overwhelmed the rusty sword and plague iron chain in the hands of the Great Demon, the Great Demon of Nurgle could not be defeated at will.
The skin of his body was burned black due to the divine power emerging from the twin-tailed comet, but Guruge-As still cheered up and fought with Woten while shouting the name of his loving father.
Woten can fight against the Nurgle Demon, but the Imperial army behind him cannot. The brave Imperial soldiers fought hard against the Nurgle Demon. Their bodies were eroded by the plague, they vomited yellow bile, and their hands were corroded.
Their bones were exposed, and their eyes liquefied in the thick yellow-green mist and slipped from their sockets.
Unable to stand it any longer, the imperial army was being defeated, and Galt closed his eyes in pain.
Lose, lose completely, the golden fortress is over.
"No, the empire is not over." A cold and biting voice with absolute pride rose from the other side of the horizon. The dark sky enveloped the entire sky, the sound of ancient horns sounded, and the ancient flavor of Reikland
of drums.
Von Carstein's red-backed black bat flag was rising. The demigod, Lord of Death, Lord of Sylvania, Vlad von Carstein, looked at the soldiers of the empire fighting bravely.
I couldn't help but nod my head in approval.
"The living can no longer withstand it. Now, it's my turn, Sylvania, to go into battle."
"Blood Knight, drive the enemy out of our country!"