Lin and his group had already waited for the boat in Jasfan City. The three masters and apprentices plus a lich and four silver-bearded dwarves boarded the luxurious river boat and started traveling on the golden waterway. The only extra follower was Uzov Gantia.
The companions of the Turtle Dove Alliance still love the unrestrained adventurous life. Being the magician's little follower like now is not their pursuit. Besides, if they stayed, they wouldn't be able to help much other than doing odd jobs. To be able to fight, even if a group of people were tied up, it wouldn't be enough for either of the two magicians to take action. This is what I saw with my own eyes.
Another group of nobles were called back by their respective families, of course because of the horrific incident. However, these people who knew the 'truth' concealed it very tacitly.
They are closest to the truth and understand that even if the great nobles come forward, it will not help. Before the military nation has the consciousness to release its maximum combat power, how many lives must be taken to learn the lesson. What's more, they were really not sure whether the group with the highest fighting power could be stronger than this pair of men and women...
Regarding the initial handling of the ship-cutting sword, they caused too much trouble for the two magicians. Now that something like this happened again, Madeleine Benz advocated not to expand the trouble and chose to conceal the truth, and everyone else agreed. All this is for the good of the military and the country. Just like when they first fought for the ship-cutting sword, it was also for the military country.
Viscount Wuerten, who had some grasp of the truth and was the first to report the abnormality of the Bachmann family, also chose to conceal the truth. This was not only the result of discussions between Kurt Fuerten and his biological father, but on the other hand, he did not want to provoke the two magicians. The Bachmann family will be destroyed at any time. His strength may be a little higher than Bachmann's, but will there be any difference in the eyes of the two? He didn't want to gamble.
However, for the Vader Military State, the mysterious incidents of the disappearance of Viscount Bachmann's castle and the entire city did not gradually subside due to unknown reasons. Instead, they became more and more intense over time, and their impact became wider and wider. There are all kinds of speculations. Even in the aristocratic circle, it is not an exaggeration to say that it caused an uproar.
No one believed it at first. Although the forum is a convenient channel for transmitting information, people in the military still only believe in the 'evidence' confirmed by traditional methods.
In fact, such behavior is not difficult to understand. As the most powerful country in the world of Lost Land, it is certainly impossible for them to take action if they hear about it. That would be too hasty. Moreover, unnecessary actions are taken based on wrong information, and the waste is even more considerable. The information was even faster than in the past, so at most it only allowed them to make plans in advance. To make a decision, more conclusive personal or physical evidence is needed.
When the people Duke Becker sent out to investigate and brought back the entire castle disappeared without leaving any traces of fighting, and there was even news that a magic tower had been directly demolished, and there were also photographed pictures as evidence, The top brass of the military state immediately went crazy.
Although the strength of a viscount is nothing to them, no matter who the opponent is, he is provoking the entire aristocratic class of the military country.
No bodies were found, although it could be argued that people were simply missing. But from the first notification to the arrival of the investigators at the Bachmann family castle, VII(7) days had passed. On the seventh day, not a single missing person showed up, and the worst-case scenario was that they had all been killed.
There were no witnesses, no witnesses. The object of everyone's attention at this time was naturally Viscount Kurt Wuerten who discovered and reported the matter immediately. But Kutel, who didn't want to cause trouble for himself, followed the result of the discussion with his father and killed him without saying a word.
But as long as more than one person knows it, it can't be considered a secret. The knight of the Fu Teng family was not a tight-lipped person. He might have been drunk, or he might have been bragging in bed, but the news still got out.
On the other hand, the method discussed by Kutel and his father was not to say anything, but to find other channels to let the news out. The most important thing is to remove yourself and not let any party implicate this incident to him.
In order to achieve this goal, they released some additional false news in the name of speculation to confuse most people. But as long as a thoughtful person thinks about it a little, he can eliminate a lot of obviously impossible false news and find the 'truth' of the matter.
In other words, the disappearance of the entire Bachmann family was ultimately linked to the news that a certain magician possessed the secret weapon of the Karlsruhe Empire - the ship-cutting knife. But even if there is a motive, there is no direct evidence, only a bunch of possibilities and rumors.
If we were dealing with ordinary magicians, we might be able to cut them into pieces just based on these rumors. Anyway, if you kill each one, it is impossible to make a mistake, because it is impossible for a great military country to make mistakes.
But the other person is not an ordinary person. A lot of information that is not widely circulated to the outside world is spread out on the desks of these military leaders. The recent battle in Storm Bay; the earlier civil war in the Elven Kingdom of Pyat Jaime - news leaked from the centaur survivors -; the strange fog in Mountain Edge City; the original owner of Dusk Castle was completely destroyed The annihilated vampires; of course, there are also various things like the Tower of the Great Sage.
The military is still confident in dealing with such an enemy, but it will inevitably pay a considerable price. If it is finally confirmed that the other party is not the murderer, the matter will be settled by saying sorry.
If you form a feud but can't kill the other person...the military intelligence department still has reservations about whether that person is the legendary demon king, but the other person must be a lich or a great magician. If a magician of this level sneaks into the dark and keeps an eye on him, even the emperor will not be able to sleep peacefully.
Therefore, no matter how fiercely the rumors spread, until they reach the point where they have noses and eyes, as long as there is no irrefutable proof, most nobles still choose to remain silent. From a practical point of view, it is not that I have suffered any actual losses. But for people who have really suffered losses, they cannot be so calm.
As the superior lord of the Bachmann family and one of the five Dukes of the Vida Military Kingdom, Duke Becker, who is already LXXX (80) years old, angrily yelled at the old emperor who was only a few years younger than him in the meeting hall.
"So,──" the old emperor said angrily, "─you want me to use the First Legion to deal with the two magicians?"
The Vader Military State only has meritorious legions and standing legions directly under the Imperial Military Headquarters, and the First Legion is undoubtedly the most powerful force in the military state. In terms of functions, the First Legion has no shortcomings. It can attack and defend, can fight in the field, and can break up the rear. Even the magicians association within the military country will be convinced because the First Legion's flag is painted with XIII (13) towers. Shape imprint.
The nobles who followed the old Duke didn't say it explicitly, but their actions meant the same thing. No one wants to stand out against a demon king who lived a thousand years ago, and who may even be a strong man who can dismantle towers with his bare hands.
It's just that in their minds, there is no way to prepare the record if the First Legion cannot defeat the two magicians. For them, the First Army will achieve final victory, but how much will be lost? That's all. Besides, it is better to lose His Majesty’s strength than to lose one’s own strength. This is good for all nobles, isn't it?
But this level of calculation may not exist in Duke Becker's mind. The reason why he was furious was because the one who died was Mr. Becker's youngest son who only appeared when he was young. In terms of age, he is of the same generation as his grandson. Having a son at an old age is easy to be favored, and the illegitimate son is difficult to control, which creates a lawless little overlord in the imperial capital.
In the end, Yindu inherited the Bachmann family name, which was not so much a compromise among the aristocratic circle as an exchange of conditions for the illegitimate son to leave the imperial capital.
Now, the youngest son whom he loved the most was missing. The group of people who had contributed to the situation in the past, in order to avoid Duke Becker's anger, silently stood behind the old Duke and supported his opinions. After all, those two magicians were too weird, and no one wanted to face them directly.
The military emperor gave a wry smile to his old rival who had become both friend and foe along the way. Then he put on a less serious expression and said: "You think that the vassals of vassals are also my vassals." Although the old emperor's posture was soft, it did not mean that his attitude was equally soft. . With a light word, a knife was inserted into the chests of all the nobles present.
According to the past routine of military countries launching foreign wars, there were border conflicts first, and then small local lords came forward. No matter whether they suffered losses or not, the little lords would always cry to their superior lords. Only when it goes up level by level, and finally reaches the emperor's side, can it turn into a national war.
But now that Duke Becker's youngest son has disappeared, the old Duke directly broke the news and asked the emperor to send troops to solve this matter, which was against the rules of the military country. Not to mention that the knife the old emperor stabbed was fast and sharp, directly piercing the heart.
In the past, because the territory they managed was too large and the circulation of intelligence and the transmission of government orders were limited, they could only use the enfeoffment system to maintain the integrity of a country. There are also restrictions on what small nobles the big nobles can entrust to. After all, there is only so much land. If you enfeoff too many people, it will be equivalent to weakening your own strength.
If a noble made a mistake and was deprived of his title and his territory was taken back, it would be taken back by his superior lord, not the military emperor. Such restrictions are exactly what the old emperor said: the ministers of vassals are not the ministers of the emperor.
If the old emperor really took action regarding the Bachmann family matter beyond Duke Becker, the superior leader, it would be equivalent to breaking that restriction. This is impossible for all aristocrats to accept.
You must know that although people in the military state are restrained in using forums, they are not so trusting. But for the ruling class nobles and even the royal family, the forum also provided an opportunity and a turning point.
There are rumors that the emperor's close officials have proposed a centralized government system similar to that used by small countries, with the emperor directly managing the nobles in various places. Even like a direct territory, only administrators are sent, no nobles are needed.
So as soon as this point was mentioned, Duke Becker knew that forcing the emperor to send troops was completely out of the question. Not to mention that other nobles would not support him; if he showed some political weakness, his old rival wearing the imperial crown would definitely make a big fuss. It is very clear whether an illegitimate child is more important than the power in his hands.
But there are no other ways to naturally elevate this incident to the level of a military state. Duke Becker said loudly: "I hope to ask the witch to find the real murderer who wiped out the Bachmann family."
