Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 336

After arranging the debut of "Master Ner'zhul", the rest of the press conference is very simple.

Captain Kaedwin's superb acting skills almost fully interpreted the script carefully constructed by the writer of Shuangfengling East Bingku. The gathered southern nobles and local celebrities just listened dumbfounded to how "Master Ner'zhul" Conscripted into the army by the Glorious Federation to become an official orc mage, how did he get in touch with his necromancer colleague Master Ander Spencer lurking in the empire...

Who is Ander Spencer, who doesn't know the southern aristocrats of the empire?
Isn't that the former chief mage of Rock Creek City and the most trusted subordinate of the Duke of Houston?

Although Ander Spencer was nowhere to be found on the eve of the civil unrest in Rock Creek City, the southern aristocrats who have been on the human network still remember that there were rumors that Ander Spencer was misbehaving, but there was no real hammer. ——But now that a necromancer named "Master Ner'zhul" personally identified it, everyone realized that the former chief mage of Rock Creek City was also a heinous and depraved magic practitioner!
The story told by "Master Ner'zhul" can be called a spy war drama:
After contacting Spencer, although they were of different races, the two necromancers hit it off. "In order to revive necromancer magic and revive Simon Adrian's line of study", they decided to abandon their national politics and fight for the severe suppression. The human empire of necromancy declares war!
Afterwards, Master Ner'zhul was bridged by Master Spencer, crossed the border alone, and came to Rock Creek City to secretly meet with Master Spencer's boss—the Grand Duke of Houston, who is famous in the south!

This "Gathering of Rock Creek City" that will be featured in the annals of the empire (published by the Supreme Compilation Bureau of Shuangfengling) in the future, needless to mention how many open and dark arrows and bargaining were involved, but the final result is: Nie'ol Master Zu successfully persuaded the Grand Duke of Houston to betray the human empire and seek refuge with the orc bastards of the Glorious Federation!

And Master Ner'zhul's condition for the Grand Duke of Houston is also very simple: once the Glorious Federation wins the war, then the Grand Duke of Houston can replace the imperial family, ascend the throne and become king with the support of the Glorious Federation, and become the ruler of the entire continent under the control of the orcs. The puppet rulers of the West!
The price tag fabricated by the Dongbingku writers for the Glorious Federation is too heavy, and the persona they created for the Duke of Houston by referring to the traitors in the history of the earth is too credible, and the style of the Duke of Houston is a bit mysterious...

As a result, everyone present believed in this out-of-the-box "Rock Creek City Meeting": no one would think that the Duke of Houston could really hold back his emotions when the right to rule half of the continent was in front of him.

Seeing that the innocent Grand Duke of Houston has been successfully portrayed as Petain from another world, "Master Ner'zhul" seemed to be afraid that the traitor would not die fast enough, so he poured out a bunch of shocking news one after another:
Why is his cassock given to him by the Duke of Houston after the "Meeting in Rock Creek" to show his gratitude...

Why is the Duke of Houston trying to steal the Flower of Abundance in order to gain political leverage over the Stardust Elf protectorate...

Why did the Duke of Houston murder the great, glorious and correct Duke of Shuangfengling, the most trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, over and over again, but was resolved one by one by the resourceful lord and Haoerlang of the wilderness...

In addition to these violent stories, "Master Ner'zhul" also revealed two plots that most frightened the southern nobles present:

The first one was the "Kemal Manor" battle at that time. The reason why the participating teams from all the territories of the empire were attacked was that, apart from the inappropriate Earl Netvan of the Deadwood Forest, the Grand Duke of Houston was actually the real behind-the-scenes mastermind!

The entire orc ambush team was able to sneak into the empire under the arrangement of the Grand Duke of Houston, and then relying on the information passed by Rock Creek City, the imperial warriors set up an ambush outside the Kemal Manor!
When this happened, "Master Ner'zhul" was even present, a complete witness!
At that time, the death knight who attacked Mephisto, the mage of the imperial court, was created by Master Ner'zhul who personally killed a knight of the withered forest provided by Earl Netwan—and after the death knight was solved in Frost Maple Ridge, although Knight Earl Wan pleaded guilty and executed, but Master Ner'zhul took advantage of the chaos and fled back to the Glorious Federation!
However, this heinous fallen magician was still undecided, so he participated in the second conspiracy non-stop:

Not long ago, Master Ner'zhul was ordered by the Federation to follow the "Hammer of Purgatory" division across the Dusty Mountains and sneak into the Land of Soul Breaker, trying to sneak into the southern border and use the army of undead to back the empire that couldn't escape in the east. one strike;
And in this sneak attack, there happened to be the old thief Houston, the Grand Duke of Rock Creek City. According to Master Ner'zhul's confession, the "Hammer of Purgatory" has already contacted the Duke Houston. Cooperate with the troops of Rock Creek City from the inside and the outside, and form two bread sandwiches with cheese against the princes' army on the north bank of the Lionheart River!

At the end of the performance, the southern aristocrats and celebrities present felt cold sweat:
This time the major princes organized a coalition, but Rock Creek City was closed. They had doubts in their hearts, but now it seems that the old bastard who co-authored Houston has long been a traitor!
They couldn't even imagine that once Shuangfengling failed to hold the Soul Breaking Land and the "Hammer of Purgatory" really attacked the south bank of the Lionheart River, how would they escape and ascend to heaven under the treason of Rock Creek City:

The Lionheart River is a natural danger that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, yes, but Rock Creek City is just north of the coalition's defense position, which happens to strangle the supply line of the entire south!

Once Yanxi City turned against the water and sent troops to cut off the food roads of the coalition forces of the princes, the entire defense line would be destroyed without attack!
——What's more, they didn't organize any decent line of defense at all...

After Master Ner'zhul finished his horrific confession, the one who stood up and summarized for everyone was Governor Anthony Dimitri with a serious expression.

"Everyone, the information obtained by Lord Igor...you have all heard it." Dimitri took a deep breath and said solemnly, "The Grand Duchy of Houston treacherously surrendered to the enemy and colluded with the orcs. The evidence is solid...Everyone has no objection, right? "

The southern aristocrats were still immersed in the explosive news of "Treason by the Grand Duke of Houston", unable to speak at all, they could only nod their heads in agreement with tangled expressions.

"Then..." Dimitri said bitterly, "I, Anthony Dimitri, as the Governor of the Southern Territory appointed by His Majesty Basil III, the Honorable Lord Eliot Igor as the 'President of Southern Military Affairs'... Now I'm afraid we need to fight for the empire, for mankind, and for His Majesty Basil... Everyone, the enemy is in Rock Creek City."

The room was silent.

After an unknown amount of time, someone suddenly stood up silently.

Everyone turned their heads and found that it was Lord Moby Dick, the Marquis of the Giant Whale City.

"Anthony...Master Igor..." The Marquis of the Giant Whale City took a deep breath, and then said resolutely, "This time against the orcs, the lord's coalition forces have a lot of dereliction of duty, but to eradicate such things as traitors, the scum from the south, Let the southerners solve the problem. It just so happens that our coalition forces have not disbanded yet, so if I ask you, we might as well lead our troops directly to Rock Creek City, and personally eradicate treacherous people for His Majesty the Emperor, and set the court order for the southern border of the empire!"

As soon as this remark came out, the southern nobles stood up one after another, waving their fists in agreement:

There is no way, they have just been repaired by Xia Houyan, and seeing that the Igor family has a faint potential to make a comeback, they are thinking about finding some chance to restore their reputation-everyone knows what virtues are after the civil strife in Rock Creek City, now With an army of princes in hand, how can such a good business of beating up dogs in the water and accumulating honor books so conveniently be let go?

As a result, a group of southern nobles reached an agreement at an astonishing speed, and decided to lead the coalition forces to advance northward to Rock Creek City tomorrow, vowing to tie up the Houston traitor and dedicate it to our most beloved Lord Igor... Uh, and Your Majesty the Emperor!
As for the local celebrities Xia Houyan left to watch, the crowd was even more outraged:
If the orcs really cooperate with the city of Rock Creek and survive the danger of the lion's heart, the gang of southern nobles who are greedy for life and fear of death may still be able to escape, but the families of these local wealthy businessmen will definitely be destroyed!
The Duke of Houston betrayed his country and defected to the enemy, which violated the vital interests of these people!

As a result, as soon as the press conference was over, the local celebrities all gathered around Xiahouyan and Earl Dimitri, asking for donations for the coalition's crusade against the national traitors. They didn't want to be paid, but only wanted to spit on the old Houston thief—— Although this group of people are also suspected of playing tricks on the spot and having a relationship with Shuang Fengling, the anger in their eyes is still somewhat out of genuine feelings.

Xia Houyan and Dimitri, who were the instigators of this good show, took a lot of effort to finally arrange for the noble lords to go back to prepare their troops, and then drive the local celebrities home--Jia Houyan believes that within half an hour This month, this group of people will spread the great achievements of the Duke of Houston's treason and collaborating with the enemy.

A press conference ended with a bang, and it was nearly midnight. Xia Houyan and Earl Dimitri finally took a breath and sat in the newly renovated "Kingfisher Feather" hall for a drink—except In addition, only pioneer soldiers and political commissars were busy in the hall, rushing to clean up the mess left after the press conference.

As for the "Master Ner'zhul" who won the Oscar of the undead world with his actual performance today, he also received a "Shuangfengling May [-]st Medal" personally awarded by the lord, and was escorted back to Dongbingku by soldiers of the pioneer army to serve his sentence up.

——From then on, even if the officials of Xiahou officially corrected the lies they made in the Kemal Manor, and Shuangfengling finally had an excuse to use the undead justifiably: he said that he was the "Master Ner'zhul" who converted to the revolution. "I'm making up for my mistakes and using the army of undead to help Shuangfengling fight!

It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it helps the empire, it is a good cat - when the war is over, Shuangfengling will naturally burn the heinous "forbidden magician" to death for public display, and everyone will be happy!

Compared to pouring dirty water on Rock Creek City, Xia Houyan felt that this stand-in who could use necromancy instead of him was the biggest gain this time—otherwise, he was always worried that he would not be burned to death by the Inquisition, and this day would not be the same. Have a good time!
A substitute is a good thing!

However, Count Dimitri was sitting at the table, sipping his wine glass while witnessing "Master Ner'zhul" being escorted out of the door, he was suddenly stunned.

"What's wrong?" Xia Houyan asked, noticing that the governor's expression was different.

"That's not right..." Dimitri said in amazement, "...this 'Master Ner'zhul' was made up by us to fool people, and it was also to cover your necromancy... That was in Kemal Manor. , What happened to the death knight who attacked Master Mephisto? Wait...you were also..."

The eyes of the Governor of the Southern Territory suddenly became sharp.

"Master Igor..." Earl Dimitri gritted his teeth, "...tell me, you have nothing to do with that death knight."

"It does matter." Xia Houyan said lightly, "I did it... But I can assure you that I am not the traitor in the story—Master Mephisto was not killed by my death knight, nor did I Colluding with the Orc Federation. But Earl Netwan is really a traitor."

"You promise?" Count Dimitri stared at the lord.

"I swear to the Holy Spirit." Xia Houyan smiled.

"Well, I believe you." Count Dimitri shrank back to his chair as if discouraged, and took a sip from his wine glass.

"So you believe it?" Xia Houyan was a little surprised, "According to your thinking just now, no matter what, I'm still suspicious, right? — After all, I was in the Kemal Manor at the time, and I made the Death Knight, The orcs ambushed and attacked the warriors of the empire, and I happened to be the biggest beneficiary of Kemal's battle..."

"Of course you are suspicious, but I choose to believe you." Count Dimitri said weakly, "I am on the same front as you, and I was gambling—so, I still bet on your loyalty to the empire. but……"

Count Dimitri held his wine glass, gritted his teeth suddenly, and said sharply:

"...If one day, I really find out that you have betrayed the empire, mankind, and His Majesty the Emperor, then I—then I will definitely kill you with my own hands, Honorable Duke Elliot Igor! "

"Let's hope that there won't be that day." Xia Houyan smiled, raised his glass and touched Earl Dimitri.

The two southern dignitaries were still drinking wine, when the door opened suddenly, and Eldridge walked in casually.

"Ai Shuai! Just in time!" Xia Houyan waved at the old subordinate, "Accompany me and the governor to have a drink or two..."

"Okay, ah, we can have some fragrant chicken, ah, drink..." Eldridge chuckled, "But boss, ah, I have a, ah, good brother, you may think, ah, see one sight……"

"Good brother?" Xia Houyan asked in confusion, "Who is it?"

"It was me before, ah, didn't I help you get a piece from Rock Creek City, ah, mage robe!" Eldridge said lazily, "It's this good brother, ah, let me do it! He is the white robe of Rose City. The agent sent to Rock Creek City before, ah, senior agent, codenamed, ah, 'Pangolin'! How about it, would you like to meet?"

(End of this chapter)