"I don't understand why this is the case, but this is the result after the news came out. Most, I mean at least most of the old families did not get seats in the Council of Elders."
On the other end of the magic communication device, Ciel also looked puzzled. When he first got the news, Ciel found it difficult to accept it. After sharing the news with Wang Yu and Edward, he was still thinking about it. .
"So those families with the most votes have all obtained seats in the Council of Elders?" Wang Yu's question was transmitted to Charles through the magic communication device.
After sorting out the information just delivered by the servant at home in his memory, Ciel answered.
"It's also the majority. I silently recorded the votes of those families. Most of the families with enough votes have seats in the Council of Elders. Only a small number of families have enough votes but don't have seats."
After receiving Xiaer's answer, Wang Yu fell into deep thought, but it didn't make any sense.
He didn't know much about the royal city. He only knew that the status of noble families with seats in the Senate would be greatly improved among the nobles.
Members of the Council of Elders can also put forward their own plans on some decisions of the royal family. If more than half of the members of the Council of Elders hold the same opinion, the royal family is likely to have to follow the ideas of these nobles.
The seats in the previous Council of Elders were basically occupied by the kingdom's established nobles. These families with ancient history and rich heritage will be much better at decision-making than the new nobles, and they will also be more experienced in cooperating with the royal family. .
But this time, the re-election of the Council of Elders did not follow this rule at all. Even the Ryder family, a family whose status was very stable in Wang Yu's opinion, did not get a seat in the Council of Elders. He could not understand the current situation in the royal city more and more. .
"What is the reaction of those nobles now?" Wang Yu asked a more important question.
"My father didn't react at all, but there was indeed a big shock among other families. Those families who unexpectedly had seats in the Elder Council were naturally overjoyed and planned to unite their allies to use the power of the Elder Council to develop a wave of power. "
"As for those old families, some of them have not obtained the meeting of the Elder Council. There is no movement for the time being, but according to the intelligence, they are sending people to find people from the royal family to negotiate. It seems that for these old families, This change in the Council of Elders is still extremely abrupt.”
"Really, I really don't understand what the royal family is doing recently. The situation inside the royal city is currently very chaotic. There are some conflicts between the Night Blade and the royal family. There are also conflicts between the old and new nobles. There are also some old families and the royal family who have not been given seats. They probably aren’t very harmonious at the moment.”
"Wang Yu, you have to be careful lately and try not to get involved in any incidents. It will be very troublesome."
Ciel analyzed the current situation. As the heir of a long-established noble family who had been in the royal city for a long time, Ciel knew much more about the situation in the royal city than Wang Yu.
In the picture he saw, the current situation in the royal city was a pile of knotted threads, extremely chaotic, and the people involved were likely to be involved in it and find it difficult to escape.
Changing from his usual escapism, Xia Er told Wang Yu extremely seriously to act with caution recently.
"Understood..." Wang Yu responded, put the magic communication device back in his pocket, glanced out the window of the house, and heard some noisy and noisy sounds outside. It was not very confusing, but Wang Yu had a very strong feeling. A premonition that chaos will soon arise.
My experience at the re-election meeting of the Council of Elders this time was that I was involved in trouble. Fortunately, the leader of the Royal Forbidden Army happened to be responsible for dealing with me.
Uler's decision was correct and quick. Wang Yu just went to the great astrologer Serin. After confirming that Wang Yu was telling the truth that he had nothing to do with this matter, he was released. Otherwise, he might have to Facing more interrogations.
"Let's make preparations to leave early. We have no reason to stay in the royal city." Wang Yu sat back at the table and said to Aviya next to him.
"Well, I'll send a letter to my mother. Once this battle with Seventan is over, we'll leave the royal city as soon as possible." The girl took Wang Yu's arm.
, there was also worry in her eyes.
Wang Yu supported his chin with one hand, frowning and thinking, any action must be for a reason, and the royal family's actions must not be meaningless. What is the use of turning the environment in the royal city into chaos for them? What good.
Or to think about it another way, the chaotic situation is the price, so what is the thing that the royal family is willing to pay the price for.
And is there any way to quickly calm down these chaos, besides suppressing all dissent with thunderous means...
"Excuse me, the Arestle War Mage Group made a surprise attack on the Severantan army position one day ago, using joint spells to destroy a huge number of local main forces. The next few days will most likely be the moment of decisive battle!"
The sound of newspaper hawking coming from outside the window entered Wang Yu's ears. Wang Yu also understood the reason for the previous noise. Yes, bigger news and more important things were enough to give the royal city a buffer time. . …
One day ago, a team of dozens of horses galloped on the plains bordering Aleister and Severtan.
A few days ago, the battle in which Severtan stormed the land of Arestle with thunderous force ended with Severtan's embarrassed retreat. Fire Attaché Blackburn's Firestorm mercilessly incinerated a large number of enemy troops on the battlefield. superior.
But that was only a temporary victory. Severtan, who had stronger soldiers, quickly found a way to counterattack. In the form of an elite squad, he made a point-to-point breakthrough against Arestle's front.
Arestle's mage advantage can achieve the best results in large-scale battles, when there is no need to consider aiming or the distinction between ourselves and the enemy.
When faced with the intrusion of a small group of elites, it would be difficult for the mages to exert their full effect. Mass-destruction spells are likely to destroy friendly forces several times the number of enemy forces.
The spell with a too small coverage area is too easy to dodge for this group of strong, flexible and agile knights who rush in.
As a result, there were not so many bells and whistles, and there was no smoke or explosion. The most brutal hand-to-hand combat unfolded on this plain.
If the difference in strength is not too large, even the elite will be killed if they are surrounded by a crowd of people because they cannot dodge flexibly.
However, these powerful and ferocious Severantan soldiers would inevitably pull away several times their number of Aleister soldiers to die together, and cruel death would fall on everyone equally.
Arestle's only advantage was that it was closer to their main military camp, and there were still a lot of wounded. It was more likely that they would survive this battle because they received timely treatment.
However, the ferocity of the Severtans once again taught Aleister's army a lesson.
This group of Severant elites who rushed into the military formation not only used their more powerful strength to kill Aleister soldiers several times their size, but the things buried in their bodies were also revealed at the moment of their death. break out.
The undead magic set in advance was activated after the death of these Seventan soldiers, and the powerful bodies that lost their lives got back up again.
Without pain and no longer afraid of bloodshed and injuries, the undead soldiers once again started killing in Arestle's military formation.
Compared to Arestle's slight discrimination against necromancy, which is considered by ordinary people to be an act of desecration of the dead.
Severtan, a kingdom located in a bitter cold land with fearless blood, is even more capable of exerting the powerful power of this spell.
In their view, death is death, and there is no such thing as desecration of the dead. After death, they can still charge and kill the enemy with their comrades. For the Seventans, this is a blessing and an honor.
After the mages who arrived together used countermeasures to eliminate the undead warriors transformed by the Seventan warriors, the third method from the Seventan people caused painful damage to the Arestle army.
The body of the undead creature is driven by magic power, and it has the advantage of being able to move regardless of most injuries as long as the structure is still intact. At the same time, it also faces the weakness of completely losing the ability to move after the undead magic power in the body is dissipated.
Arestle's mage arrived and quickly removed these
The Seventan soldiers who turned into powerful undead warriors due to the spells buried in their bodies in advance were solved.
The magic power in the body was expelled, and these undead soldiers could only fall to the ground and be unable to move, waiting for the broken soul fire to extinguish and die completely.
However, what was hidden in the soul erupted again after a short delay.
Consistent with the viscous black invisible liquid released from the body by the night crawlers who used daggers to attack the Sighing Canyon camp before, the black viscous substance erupted from the soul fire and penetrated into the bodies of surrounding soldiers and even mages regardless of defenses. Fear poured into their souls.
A large number of soldiers died under these three attacks. Arestle suffered heavy losses in the new round of battles. Even the precious mages were partially damaged by the sudden burst of black matter aimed at the soul.
Only a few soldiers who believed in the Lady of the Night were attacked by the black substance. They successfully survived because of the diversion of spiritual attacks by the prayer communication network.
This also made more people pay attention to the belief of Lady of the Night.
The decree from the royal city prohibiting the spread of the Lady of the Night's belief did not prevent these soldiers, whose lives might disappear in the next moment, from believing in the god Lady of the Night.
The belief in the Lady of the Night is widespread among the soldiers.
Arestle, who had suffered huge losses, was also preparing to actively attack Severtan for the first time since the war began. This was a very feasible but seemingly crazy plan.
The horses were carrying the Alestler people on their backs, and there were a large number of undead creatures wandering around the plain battlefield filled with blood and fire.
It was evening, and these undead creatures with broken bodies made the battlefield that was briefly paused after the brutal confrontation look eerie and strange.
What is weird is that some of these undead creatures have noticed the strong vitality of the running horses and the humans above.
The natural hatred of the dead for the living drives these dead soldiers to transform into undead warriors, and they surround this group of living people from all directions.
But when these products of undead magic came within a certain range of the team rushing on the battlefield.
They fell to the ground instantly, all traces of magic disappeared from their bodies, and they ushered in the second death of the undead.
On top of the horses, the leader leading the way glanced at the undead creatures around him and said with emotion in his tone.
"Seventan's magic level and number of mages are far inferior to us, but this method of use is indeed correct."
"Necromantic spells do not require the caster to be too strong. What affects the strength of the undead creatures transformed is the strength of the dead body. The battlefield is the most suitable place for a necromancer."
A man dressed as a soldier, who was following the leader on horseback, expressed his opinion after hearing the leader's words.
"But this is an act of desecration of the dead, and I don't think it is right."
The leader looked back at the young-looking Arestle man, sighed vaguely, and turned his head.
"Sometimes, rightness or wrongness is not defined in this way. In the face of the outcome of the war, you must let go of unnecessary things."
"Also, are you afraid? Regardless of success or failure, we probably won't survive."
The leader casually corrected the young man's point of view, and then asked a question of his own.
"Don't be afraid! For our kingdom, this is a war with no retreat. If I don't face death today, maybe I will have to watch my home burn in flames and my relatives and friends be ruthlessly killed. This is what I really fear. .”
The young man sounded excited and gave his answer.
"Really, that's pretty good. What Aleister needs is a child like you..."
With a calm tone, the leader slowed down his horse slightly and approached the young man.
"Thank you for the compliment, captain! Is this? Um..."
The young man looked puzzled and slowed down with a calm expression.
He quickly approached the captain, not knowing what he wanted to do.
Before he could react, a knife hit him on the back of his neck, and his consciousness quickly fell into darkness.
"You shouldn't sacrifice yourself here yet. The future of the kingdom still needs good guys like you..."
The captain muttered to himself, placing the young man's limp body on the back of the horse he had previously ridden.
After giving a signal to the smart pure-blood war horse, the horse immediately turned around obediently and carried the unconscious young man back to the direction of Arestle.
"Well...it should be impossible for these undead creatures to catch up with him, so we old guys who are almost ready for burial should also be prepared to die."
The leader's face, which was full of wrinkles and white hair, still had an immersed and determined expression that had not changed.
And in the void above his head, there was something suspended, a strange object, the Silent Forest.
