"Oh, it's Mr. Anman."
Some time later, in the palace garden, there was another small palace standing next to the pond. The figure of Mr. Amman with his hands behind his back slowly appeared between the light and shadow of two royal guards leading the entrance, and the figure who was already sitting here. Several other imperial nobles looked at each other: "Why are you so slow? Are you succumbing to some little girl again?"
"What are you talking about? Do my old bones still have such strong energy?" Anman laughed and pushed the noble's eyes away from him: "It's you, Rogner - I heard that you married another one. The new wife is also a famous beauty in the Kleberg District, is there such a thing?"
"As expected of the current president of the Adventurers Association, your nose is much better than before! We originally thought that since you have been hanging out with those adventurers for a long time, the information will be as closed as those untouchables who know nothing. "
"Of course my information is still as closed as before, because my information was originally given by adventurers. In order to manage the Antel family's poor territory, I have to deal with those adventurers every day..."
"Okay, be quiet."
A heavy reminder accompanied by slow clapping sounded in the center of this small hall, suppressing all the momentum that the two people who were talking had just prepared to build up. Prime Minister Caldera, who was sitting at the top of the row of seats. Then he suppressed his displeasure and bowed his head deeply towards His Majesty the Emperor sitting in the center of the hall: "Your Majesty, you can begin."
"The main purpose of calling everyone here this time is to talk about what happened in Theblis Castle." Raising his hand slightly, the emperor of the empire, Drenir Frey Kaderraft, looked at him with satisfaction. He glanced at the surroundings of the palace hall, which was gradually becoming quiet: "If you have any good opinions and suggestions, please feel free to speak up."
"General Bernard has led his troops to the expedition, and the troops in various regions have also taken corresponding coordinated actions." Marshal Reid, who was sitting at the head of another row of seats, then said in a deep voice: "No matter what the restorationists want to do, , we can all suppress it immediately.”
"Suppression? Such a thing happened in The Thebilis Castle, which has long exposed the incompetence of your military." Another imperial noble sitting opposite immediately made an unceremonious sarcastic voice: "Even the hinterland of the empire is the most incompetent." If you can throw away a strong fortress, what else can't you throw away?"
"Presumptuous! You-"
"Stop, stop, we are not here to sort out who is at fault."
A dull voice like rolling thunder then appeared in the sky above the palace, suddenly suppressing the voice that Marshal Red was about to burst out just now, and His Majesty the Emperor, who was looking down at the ministers present with the sound of rolling thunder, also put away the surge in his body. The calm demeanor that had appeared in front of Duan Qing had been replaced by the emperor's majesty: "That is something we should talk about after the matter is over, rather than urgently solving it now. When it comes to the question—Trilik, what do you think?”
"The main responsibilities of the Date family are central distribution and contact, and they are rarely responsible for specific tasks." The head of the Date family who was named smiled faintly, and then said slightly with an apologetic look. He shook his head: "When encountering such a thing, it's better not to give any opinions at will."
"If the restorers used infiltration and pre-infiltration to enter the castle, there would definitely be some abnormalities in the supplies and transportation troops sent to the surroundings of the castle." Another imperial noble sitting next to Cui Lik said. He questioned aloud: "Even if you want to escape the mistakes you have made, don't you have anything to say about this?"
"Perhaps we have noticed something, but the person who discovered it should be my second son, Volavos, who is about to take office as Minister of Transportation." Trilik closed his eyes with a heavy face: "And he is now guilty. Currently, I am still in the jail of the Ministry of Law. I am only attending the meeting on my behalf this time, and there is no way to know the specific situation."
"You are shirking your responsibility!" The imperial noble who had questioned before patted his chair and stood up from where he was: "I think your Ida family has no intention of doing anything to deal with the restorationists! Your whole family is arranged by them to be among us. Internal response!"
"...I don't bother to answer your unnecessary accusations. Mr. Wallas, even if my son is really guilty, this crime should not be extended to the entire Ida family."
"But if there is a problem with your logistics, our follow-up battle plan must take your Date family's omissions into account. If possible, we can even use this to do the opposite..."
"Using transport troops? Are you kidding me? Their combat level is no different than the empire's orthodox troops, and they also have to consider the risk of being plotted by the restorers!"
"……call."
Looking at the palace that was gradually turning into a mess again, Drenier, who was sitting in the center, stroked his forehead and let out a long sigh. The idea of continuing to ask questions was later withdrawn along with the fall of his gaze. With a stern face, he fell to the prime minister beside him: "I finally understand, finally understand the reason why you insist on holding this meeting."
"The situation in the empire has reached an unacceptable level, but these ministers don't seem nervous enough at the moment." The prime minister, holding his hands together, bowed respectfully: "And... due to their own constraints, relationship, they still have various doubts about how to solve the crisis in Thebilis Castle."
"Then what suggestions does the Prime Minister have?"
"If no one is willing to contribute, then let everyone contribute together."
Raising his head slightly, Prime Minister Caldera's eyes slowly emerged from between his pale hair: "It is impossible for the Restorationists to send their main force to blatantly attack the empire. This battle is also based on greedy risks. With the leader as the leader, as long as each of our families and forces contributes, wouldn’t it be easy to deal with these miscellaneous fish that cannot be put on the table?”
"The Prime Minister's words seem to make sense."
Drenier nodded his head and leaned his majestic back on his seat: "Then..."
"Who is willing to help solve the crisis in Theblis Castle?"
Amidst the thunderous reverberation, he raised his voice again, and then suppressed the voices in the hall that were about to get louder and louder. At the same time, he looked around at the imperial nobles who were shrinking their necks: "I What we need now is not mutual accusations and criticism, what I need now is your magnanimity to do what you can for the empire."
"Money, material resources, even the family's combat power, and yourselves - since you look down on each other's ability and glory so much, then show some real skills to prove it." His solemn eyes kept saying Scanning back and forth between the quiet figures: "Red, you speak first."
"General Bernard and the entire Goshawk Army have already expressed our sincerity, Your Majesty." The old marshal replied without being humble or condescending: "The army of the empire will share weal and woe with the empire, General Steele's danger and lost glory... We will surely take him back with our own hands."
"We will ensure the safety of logistics transportation and combat supplies." Looking at His Majesty the Emperor's eyes that turned around, Cui Lik, the head of the Ida family, responded in a low voice: "This is the only thing the Ida family can do at present, and more Too many actions will only lose the trust of other colleagues. Before Volavos's charges are clarified, please forgive us that we can't do more."
"Hey, what's this? Our Wallas family is willing to provide five hundred elite generals as reinforcements! There are also twenty magic scrolls of level five or above!"
"Can you say twenty magic scrolls? Our Keso family is willing to provide twenty of the best magicians. We will definitely burn those restorers who claim to be descendants of the Magic Empire to ashes!"
"Twenty magicians? Are you kidding? Even the Minalenko family, which mainly supports magicians, can't send out so many magicians for support now!"
"Friedman."
Interrupting another argument that was about to begin with deep words, the emperor sitting above cast his scrutinizing gaze on a silent middle-aged nobleman in the seat behind him on the right: "What's your opinion? "
"The Kravasin family will spare no effort to provide the money needed for this battle." Friedman, who was named, arched his hands in a low voice: "As the Minister of Trade, we will also try our best to protect the surrounding areas. The stability of transactions and the safety of the lives of those imperial merchants.”
"Being able to do your duty is the most powerful contribution to the empire." Before His Majesty the Emperor could speak, Marshal Reid, who was sitting at the top, nodded with approval: "What about you, Field? As the finance minister, you should devote more property to our war, right?"
"In addition to being rich, our family is rich. I will not deny this." Unlike other nobles present, the obese man mentioned by Marshal Reid kept his face dark from beginning to end: "But our family last night We have just experienced a disaster, and we are still looking for the murderer who burned down our family property."
"The crisis in The Thebilis Castle is not as important as a burned down tavern owned by your family - is this what you want to say?"
"Hmph, there's no need to mock me with it, Mr. Friedman, even if we only spend a fraction of the money needed to repair the Golden Rose, it should be much more than what you spent."
"Oh? Then I'll wait and see. I hope you and your family, which has always been called the Iron Rooster, can really come up with this so-called 'small change'."
"Don't worry, I will take it out, provided that we find out the mastermind of this arson, and that the mastermind is not you."
"Susas, I'll leave the statistics of each noble's investment and combatants to you."
Amidst the scenes of mutual accusations and cynicism among several nobles, the emperor pinched his forehead and whispered to a black-clothed nobleman standing quietly in the corner on his left: "Go and collect these people." The motley army that came here needs to be reorganized, and by the way, I can teach them about the situation in the castle they are about to face."
"The inner fort of The Thebilis Castle is still safe and should be able to last for a month." The man named Susas lowered his head when he heard the sound: "But in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of these nobles, If you are motivated, I will hand over the most critical information to them.”
"The rest of the things can probably only be discussed after this battle." Looking at the messy noble vegetable market in front of him, the emperor of the empire waved his hands casually: "And even those present here The nobles all nodded and agreed to the prime minister's proposal. I am afraid that the combat power used to deal with those adventurers is still not enough. In this case..."
"Anman, I'll leave this matter to you."
He looked at the president of the Adventurers Association, who was sitting outside because he was the last to arrive here, and the two metal balls he had been playing with in his hands, and two gleams flashed in his eyes again: "After all-"
"Things between adventurers can only be resolved by the adventurers."
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"Little Ronde Hills, Little Ronde Hills... Wow, it's so far away. It will probably take two days just to travel. Will we be regarded as wanted criminals who are absconding in fear of crime?"
"So I said from the beginning that it would be more suitable for us to choose those tasks within the city to make money. We don't have to travel far and don't need to be suspected."
"How about this mission? The noble maid recruitment mission, the content of the commission is to temporarily serve as a maid in the noble mansion's home to do laundry, cleaning and cooking. It only takes three days to earn a large bounty..."
"If you want to go, I won't go! And pay attention to who the client is written below. It is Lord Chakna, the noble who has always wanted to kill us!"
At the same moment, in the Adventurer Association Hall of Redcar, the imperial capital, figures belonging to Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing were hovering around the bulletin board, passing the rare time by selecting tasks. Leisure time: "This won't work, and that won't work either. The empire is so big, aren't there two tasks we can do?"
"Don't be anxious. According to my previous understanding of the empire, the frequency of mission updates in this place is very fast."
Facing the gray-robed magician who kept shaking his head and sighing with his arms folded, Xueling Huanbing, who was waiting next to him, laughed nonchalantly: "In the Adventurers Association, which has a huge traffic, the bulletin board is usually looted all year round. The peaceful situation in front of us is probably caused by some accidents happening."
"Isn't that the accident you are talking about?" So Duan Qing squinted his eyes and gestured outside: "That's the one... huh?"
His words stopped for a moment, and accompanied by a figure belonging to the staff of the Adventurers Association, Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing gradually separated their movements. Ignoring these two people, he then took one of his own A large notice was posted on the bulletin board filled with various small notes, and then he turned around and left with a haughty expression: "The empire is about to launch a rescue operation against Thebilis Castle, and is now recruiting adventurers who are willing to accompany them. By."
"The rewards are huge, please sign up enthusiastically."
