"Your Majesty, this is the confession of the officials of the Ministry of War. Judging from the confession, the second prince should have used hypnotic charm magic to control them, and thus mobilized the northwest and southeast coalition forces to attack the orcs and elves in your name. ." An official said respectfully as he walked into the imperial study room holding a thick stack of confessions in his hands.
Andre flipped through the briefing sheet at the top, slapped his hand on the table, and said angrily: "A bunch of losers!"
The official's body trembled slightly and his head hung lower.
"The people from the Ministry of War will be locked up first. No one is allowed to be released, and no relevant information can be leaked." Andre quickly regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "Tell all the magicians from the Mage Tower who had contact with Qiao Xiu that day. Take control and get Richard to see me.”
"Yes." The official agreed, turned around and left quickly.
"Very good. After so many years, I finally have a different trick for me. I want to see what you want." The door of the imperial study room slowly closed, but Andre's face showed a smile. A hint of an unintelligible sneer.
He was the one who brought about the situation where the two sons seized the throne. The road to the throne has always been full of thorns and blood. This can greatly improve a person's strategy and courage, thereby cultivating a cold-blooded and powerful king.
This was how he came to power back then, so he gave Qiao Xiu a chance and also gave Sean a threat.
Over the years, Sean has devoted himself to running the military, continuously made achievements on the northwest front, and gained a lot of support and prestige in the military.
Qiao Xiu became the apprentice of President Mage Tower, and rose to prominence in the officialdom, winning the support of many civil servants.
However, the seemingly even performance of the two was not enough in Andre's eyes. Compared with his performance as the sixth prince, he defeated the royal brothers in front of him one by one and finally stepped onto the throne. The gap is too big.
However, when Qiao Xiu started planning to assassinate Alex and cut off Sean's arm, he was a little surprised.
Back then, Alex had great achievements and was very close to Sean, which really made him a little wary, so he didn't take action to stop Qiao Xiu's actions, and even secretly removed some obstacles for him.
What he didn't expect was that Sean would become Qiao Xiu's accomplice in this operation, which led to the rainy night ambush.
This allowed him to eliminate any doubts about Sean, and also greatly reduced Sean's courage and strategy in his mind.
If Sean had taken action to save Alex at all costs on that rainy night, he might be the one sitting here now.
In the end, Qiao Xiu did not kill Alex, but crippled him and let him go. This created a situation where their father and son now have a powerful mortal enemy. He was also extremely stupid.
However, although Alex is strong, he is not unbeatable.
As long as he stayed in the palace, even Alex would not dare to break in and kill people. His death threat was not unsolvable for Qiao Xiu.
But at this moment, Qiao Xiu actually launched a war against the orcs and elves at the same time while they were heading to the City of Chaos to attend the peace conference, and issued an order to massacre them. What was the reason for this?
Andre had been thinking about it all day and night, but still couldn't figure it out.
If the orcs were caught off guard, they would seize the opportunity. If troops from other military regions were mobilized in advance and a more complete combat plan was formulated, this raid might really be able to swallow up the entire Twilight Forest.
But what's the point of hitting the Forest of Winds?
As one of the few friendly neighbors of the Los Empire, the elves have maintained a good relationship for thousands of years.
But the battle that almost broke into the City of Life completely destroyed this relationship and pushed the elves to the Peace Alliance.
Whether it was war or negotiation, Qiao Xiu threw away his best card in advance.
"You misunderstood me!" Andre sighed heavily.
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"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!" Oster cursed and threw a table as he listened to his subordinates' report on the casualties of the orcs.
Most of the tribes on the border are war factions attached to the Og tribe. They have fought against the Los Empire for many years and have maintained their bloody spirit and combat effectiveness.
But this time the Los Empire's invasion slaughtered dozens of tribes, greatly reducing the size and number of the War Faction, and even the Og tribe was almost defeated.
"We have no strong men left to resist their cavalry..." a wounded orc chief whispered.
"Shut up!" Auster glanced at him coldly.
The orcs in the camp all had dark faces, looking at Auster but hesitating to speak.
Oster was afraid of Alex, so when he went to the Peace Conference, he took all the tenth-level strong men with him, and even some ninth-level strongmen as guards.
This led to the invasion of the northwest coalition forces of the Los Empire. The orcs did not have enough strong men to confront the other strong men, and there was even no one to organize them. The tribes, large and small, fought independently and were defeated one by one.
"How about we join the Peace Alliance? The Los Empire is too powerful. We are now greatly weakened and unable to fight against them." A tribal chief broke the silence.
"I also agree. The orcs are divided into two factions. Now the peace faction is stronger than us. With us alone, I'm afraid we can't even defeat the dwarves and goblins. How can we fight against the Los Empire?" Soon there was a question. A chief came out and echoed.
"I don't agree! The Los Empire has killed so many of our people and massacred so many of our tribes. If we join the Peace Alliance, wouldn't we avenge them? You can swallow such a shame and humiliation, but I can't! "
"That's right, we will also organize a group of strong men to raid the Los Empire and slaughter dozens of their towns to avenge our tribe!"
Immediately there was another voice of opposition.
The main battle leader and both sides soon fell into a heated argument, and some even pulled out their weapons, causing blood to spill on the spot.
Oster knew that he was in the wrong, and looked at the chiefs who were gradually losing control, with a dark face and silence.
…
In the Fake tribe, there are dozens of carriages loaded with various materials parked in the central square.
"Send this batch of supplies to the Utuo tribe overnight. They suffered heavy losses in this war. I will ask three magicians who are good at healing to bring medicinal materials with you." Connie stood in front of a carriage, and The orc who led the team said.
"Okay chief, I will ensure that the supplies are delivered safely." The orc responded respectfully.
"And this batch of supplies here is for the Qila tribe. Their tribe was attacked and now needs to be rebuilt." Connie pointed to the two carriages on the side.
"Chief, the Qila tribe belongs to the war faction, right? Why should we support them?" The orc looked at Annie with some confusion.
"When war comes, the enemy will only attack all the orc tribes that can attack, and will not distinguish between the war faction and the peace faction." Connie looked at the orcs, shook her head slightly and said: "No matter which faction we belong to, first of all we They are all orcs and belong to the same race."
The orc thought thoughtfully and nodded in agreement.
