In the quiet study, Anthony heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then heard the low exclamations of his wife and daughter.
He put down the paperwork in his hand, frowned, and opened the door.
"What's wrong?" Anthony asked.
In the living room, Ralph was standing in front of Elizabeth and Scarlett, with complicated expressions on his face. Elizabeth and Scarlett were covering their mouths, as if they had heard some unbelievable news.
Seeing Anthony come out, Ralph saluted respectfully. Elizabeth walked over quickly and whispered a few words quickly into Anthony's ear.
"Wait a minute..." After hearing this, Anthony seemed a little unable to recover. He tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Are you, Adolf, who dispatched a hundred knights in magical costumes during the ceremony?"
Elizabeth nodded.
"One hundred?" Anthony looked at Ralph and asked again.
"Yes, Your Highness." Ralph, who was inquiring about the information, said respectfully.
Anthony's eyes were a little straightened. He walked to the sofa, sat down, and asked thoughtfully, "...and, the magic costume these days, was it made by Leo?"
"Yes, Your Highness. This is confirmed by Archduke Adolf himself. According to reports, this is the condition Leo pays to recruit troops in Munich," Ralph said, "and..."
He looked at the time and said: "After two prayer hours, the Golden Skull Auction House will auction a simplified version of the Heavenly Transformation Magic Equipment. The author is Leo."
The room became silent.
Anthony and Elizabeth's eyes met, and it was not until much later that they digested the shock in their eyes.
Suddenly, both of them looked at Scarlett at the same time.
Scarlett stood quietly in the sunlight coming in through the window. She bit her lip, her eyes flashed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
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As night falls, the majestic Palame Fortress stands on the steep cliff, looking particularly beautiful against the red glow of the sky.
The entire fortress is in the shape of an irregular double rhombus. It faces south and faces north. The city wall is built with huge stones weighing thousands of kilograms each and is a hundred meters high. The scope of the city wall covers almost every inch of Mount Parame.
Land. This makes the entire fortress blend into the steep cliff, making it extremely precipitous.
A hundred years ago, Grand Duke Solan led an army to march north. It took him a full month to break through the fortress guarded by less than 500 soldiers. Over the past hundred years, the fortress, as the choke point guarding the northeast of the imperial capital, has been repaired and expanded many times.
Today's scale is five times its original size.
Sophia strolled on the city wall.
The newly formed Fire Phoenix Legion of the Solan Empire is now stationed in Palame Fortress.
This is the base camp of the Fire Phoenix Legion, and it is also her birthplace. Countless soldiers and knights gathered here from all sides of the empire, and countless money, food and weapons were delivered like flowing water. To this day, the Legion has only begun to take shape.
As the legion commander, Sophia has spent several months in Palame Fortress. She is extremely familiar with every brick and stone here.
At this moment, walking on the city wall, stroking the rough wall tiles with her hands, Sophia frowned slightly, meditating as she walked. So that several officers passing by and soldiers patrolling in front and back saluted her, and she was in a daze.
Sleep.
"Legion Commander, what's going on?"
"I don't know. Didn't you hear that there was something big going on?"
The officers and soldiers were all talking in low voices.
The Fire Phoenix Legion was originally established due to the invasion of Fei Lie Empire.
However, today, the situation in the empire has changed greatly. The mission of the Fire Phoenix Legion has also changed from resisting the Fei Lie Empire to fighting against the demons. In a few days, the Legion will serve as the vanguard and advance
Break camp and head north.
Sophia's tasks were, firstly, to send a reconnaissance team into the Pompeii Empire, to contact the demon army going south, and to find out the number, size and speed of the enemies. Secondly, she was responsible for setting up camps, transporting food and grass, and gathering the coalition forces.
Make preparations.
If it were anyone else, with so many things to worry about, it would be inevitable to be in a hurry.
However, in the past few months, the legion has grown from scratch to large, and it can be said that Sophia has been in charge of it all. Everyone from top to bottom is in awe of this young legion commander.
Despite her young age and indifferent personality, which makes her difficult to approach, she is a first-class genius in the military field. Whether it is daily internal orders and prohibitions, training cooperation or temporary command and logistical support during marches and battles,
Everything is in perfect order in her hands.
You know, the members of the Fire Phoenix Legion come from all over the empire. There are many generals whose strength is far superior to Sophia, who is the Knight of Glory, but after a few months, everyone is submissive to this legion commander.
Even people from Donald's line in the military have remained silent until now.
It's not that they don't want to fight, but that under Sophia's iron-fisted control, they have no chance at all.
Especially during the period of legion building, Sophia also found time to fight in the Battle of the Fjords. A hearty victory completely established her unshakable position.
Ever since she received the order to go north, Sophia has been making preparations. These days, orders from all aspects have been issued one by one, and the execution has been orderly. At least judging from the current situation, no one thinks that the regiment commander is worth anything.
A place of worry.
You don't often see legion commanders who are distracted like today.
"I guess it's Lulian's thing." Turning around to see Sophia was far away, a third-level tiger lieutenant whispered, "Didn't you listen? This time, more than thirty nobles have united.
He is trying to force Archduke Adolf to have a wife."
"That thing? I heard it too."
All the officers said one after another.
"Although I'm not a Lurian, I can't stand this matter. You, Lulian, just fought a battle with the abyss demon and tried your best to drive the demon back. As a result..."
"Yes, those guys' eating looks are really ugly. Isn't this bullying?"
"Hey, it's not like you don't know the virtues of these nobles. Nowadays, major families are desperately recruiting people and expanding their armies. Lulian has gathered so many mercenaries who want to join the army. With such a big piece of cake, how can they
Can you bear not to reach out?"
"That's right. Even though these mercenaries are usually unruly and unruly, in terms of strength, they are as strong as clouds. If they really join the army, their power will probably be much stronger than our legion. Whoever they replace it with will also
I can’t bear to watch it.”
Everyone was talking and gradually disappeared. Silence returned to the fortress walls.
Walking to the south gate of the fortress, Sophia stopped, leaned against the pheasant dish, and looked to the south. The setting sun had hidden into the clouds in the west, leaving only the last glimmer of light. The mountains and jungles in the south were also getting darker in the night.
, becomes blurry.
As everyone guessed, Sophia was indeed upset about Lulian.
In the past two years, Lulian has been in a lot of troubles. First, it was invaded by Fei Lie, and everyone was devastated. After finally defeating Fei Lie's southern army, unexpectedly, the abyss demon came again. Adolf had to work hard to recover his strength.
Destroyed once.
As they were about to head north, Sophia couldn't help but worry about her father.
Being in the imperial capital, she could feel the turmoil of the empire far more than when she was in Lulian. The royal family, Donald, the Holy See, the swinging neutrals, external forces... all kinds of forces, in this land
Collection and collision.
For many years, Lulian has been in a quiet corner, far away from these storms.
However, in the past two years, Lulian has been at the center of the storm many times due to unforeseen circumstances, and once profoundly changed the direction of the empire's political situation. This made the family have many more enemies, both covertly and covertly.
It was hard for Sophia to imagine how the family could gain a foothold in the coalition with its current weakness. Without strength, there would be no right to speak. The weak will always be the first to be abandoned.
Especially this time, that kid still...
Thinking of Roy, Sophia couldn't help frowning.
Although Sophia was completely on Roy's side in front of Mo Ya, she was still worried deep down about Roy and those families competing for mercenaries.
Roy, this guy, has just been promoted to the nobility.
Did he think that this was still a fight with a bunch of kids in Borabel? It was unwise to make enemies at this time. What's more, he provoked so many powerful opponents at once. If it were anyone else, this would be impossible.
You are nakedly seeking death!
What's even more worrying is that his father actually joins him in the mischief.
What cards do these two careless guys hold and what are their plans? I don’t know what the situation is now. Those nobles are not easy to deal with.
Just as she was thinking about it, Sophia suddenly saw a group of knights escorting a carriage flying towards the fortress.
The billowing dust and smoke dragged the old man along the desolate plain.
As soon as she saw the earth dragon pulling the carriage and the giant-like physique of the coachman, Sophia immediately knew that Mo Ya was coming. She quickly put her head in and shouted to the guard at the city gate to open the door, then quickly walked around to the stairs and walked towards the city gate.
Walk down to the city.
Crunch... With the sound of wheels rolling over the wooden bridge, the carriage drove into the fortress.
When Mo Ya got off the carriage, Sophia was already waiting.
"What happened?" Seeing Mo Ya's expression, Sophia's heart tightened. The two had known each other for many years, and no one knew Mo Ya's calmness and wisdom better than her. On weekdays, even if something big happened, she would
I have never seen Mo Ya in any panic.
But this time, Mo Ya, who got off the carriage, looked obviously strange.
Her brows were furrowed tightly, as if she was thinking about something that was difficult to understand all the way. She was holding a sealed letter in her hand. When she got out of the car, the letter was still unfolded, and the paper was wrinkled.
From the looks of it, I don’t know how many times she watched it over and over again.
Even when Mo Ya was talking to her, she looked a little in a trance.
And looking at the dust on the carriage and the dusty appearance of the knights guarding the Ministry of Supervision, you can see how urgently they are rushing. The distance from the imperial capital to here is not short. Even if the horse is riding fast, it will take more than ten prayer hours.
Normally, Sophia would spend two days on the road when going to the imperial capital. If there was anything that needed to be contacted between the two of them, it would usually be through Xin Falcon. This time, Mo Ya came without any prior notice.
This made Sophia suddenly have an ominous premonition.
Under Sophia's confused gaze, Mo Ya walked up to her.
"What's going on?" Sophia was a little confused by Mo Ya's eyes. She found that her good friend's eyes were very strange.
"Read it yourself." Mo Ya patted the secret letter in Sophia's hand and walked in first, "Go to your room."
Sophia opened the letter and couldn't wait to read it while following Mo Ya's footsteps.
As she walked, Sophia's pace slowed down, and in the end, she simply stopped.
Mo Ya turned sideways and looked at her.
What she saw on her close friend's face, which was like ice that had never melted for thousands of years, was a slightly open mouth and extremely shocked eyes.
I can’t even hide my shocked expression!
"You really don't know?" Mo Ya was a little surprised.
"Of course," Sophia came back to her senses after being asked by Mo Ya and walked up quickly, "One hundred Celestial Knights...our family...is this true?"
"Nonsense," Mo Ya rolled her eyes, "This is a secret report from my Supervision Department!"
She said, turned around and continued walking: "Besides, this news is not a secret anymore. I don't know how many people in Munich have seen it with their own eyes. It's just that I got it earlier than others... Hey,
Your father has played a big card."
"But," Sophia followed her, "I know better than anyone what's going on in my family. Not even a hundred sets of magical costumes, I can't even come up with ten sets. Otherwise... everything in the letter is all
Leo, no...Roy made it?"
"You have to ask your father and Roy's damn son," Mo Ya gritted her teeth and glared at Sophia, "You, how many secrets are you hiding?!"
Sophia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even I don't know these things, so what's the use of glaring at me?"
"But that kid is from Lulian!" Mo Ya looked angry, with jealous eyes, "You, how come your family is so lucky?"
Hearing this, Sophia pursed her lips and a smile appeared on her face.
As a member of the Lullian family, no news would make Sophia happier than this news. She never dreamed that this time, her father would solve the problem in such a way.
One hundred heavenly knights.
In the face of such power, she could fully imagine the reaction of those nobles.
It was just that she was in extreme shock before, which made her unable to recover for a while. But now, after accepting that all this is the truth, even if she is as cold-tempered as she is, she can't help but feel a little happy, even proud.
Although the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, the officers and soldiers passing by were still stunned by this scene.
This was the first time they saw the girl-next-door behavior of their regiment commander who was colder than an iceberg. He just pursed his lips and smiled, just like the spring breeze thawing.
"Are you very proud?" Mo Ya glared at Sophia, getting angrier and angrier.
Sophia said nothing, just pursed her lips and walked with her.
As she walked, Mo Ya sighed, stopped, and turned to look at Sophia: "Do you know why I made such a trip myself?"
Sophia shook her head.
"My dear eldest sister," Mo Ya gritted her teeth and said, "wait until tomorrow... no, not tomorrow, in a few prayer hours at most, your Lulian family will be famous all over the world. A hundred celestial knights, you
How many people will rush to show their kindness to you?"
Sophia was stunned and said in surprise: "So..."
"So," Mo Ya looked depressed, "I was sent by my family to hold your thigh."