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Chapter 701 Wish
Able to walk around the Silver Castle.

They are definitely the Duke of Silver's cronies.

They even understood the duke's rebellion against the Empire and were unconditionally loyal to their lord.

The Far North is different from other places.

It is here that the lordship system is still maintained.

As the saying goes, the master to whom my master serves will not be my master.

Vassals owe their allegiance first to their overlord, then to the empire behind the overlord.

The empire turned a blind eye to the hundreds of years of barren and famine in the extreme north, which allowed the Duke of Silver to maintain the lordship here for generations, and guaranteed the loyalty of the Silver Shield Legion.

So now.

There was a tinge of anger in the Duke of Silver's heart.

It doesn't matter to him that the Earl of the Northland rebelled, after all, the identities of the two sides are not much different, which is also expected.

But there are also words of mutiny inside the Silver Castle.

This is an unforgivable sin!
……

However, after hearing the Duke of Silver's explanation, the messenger did not continue to be aggressive, and seemed to accept this statement.

He stepped forward and stood beside the bed.

"It seems that the strength of the ice and snow elves is indeed extraordinary, and they can even make the legendary invincible Duke of Silver lie in bed for several days. But I heard that in that battle, you also let an elf escape into the mainland, this responsibility, The duke has thought about how to bear it?"

Looking at the weak person lying on the bed, the messenger had disdain in his eyes.

However, after saying this.

There was another chill in the hearts of the two who were secretly observing him.

Xu Shuo, who was standing by the window, remained calm, but his thoughtful eyes fell on the messenger.

Let go of an elf?
The battle report from the northern land to the king's capital is clearly that the elves who walked out of the extreme northern mountain range have been beheaded.

Although it didn't say how many ice and snow elves walked out of the Extreme North Mountain Range, it didn't say that any elves escaped.

But this kind of false report can't be hidden for too long.

Although the Duke of Silver was pretending to be seriously injured, his face remained expressionless when he heard the words, and he just looked at the messenger who was close at hand.

He asked without answering, "Where did the messenger come from?"

"Naturally, it is the city-state of the Franks."

The messenger said with a sullen face, "It's because you failed to guard the extreme northern mountain range that I was sent to this kind of mountain corner. It's freezing cold, and there are bandits on the road. Sure enough, there are a bunch of barbarians here!"

When he scolded him, no one around showed any displeasure, and the housekeeper felt embarrassed for a while.

The city-state of the Franks is the city-state of the Eastern Continent closest to the Northland.

It is reasonable to think of it this way.

It would be difficult for the courier to arrive at the Silver City-State within six days after the Warcraft Army incident, but if they dispatched personnel from the nearest city-state, they would be able to catch up.

Well, the purpose of this messenger's trip is already clear.

He didn't come to be a spy.

Nor was it to bring orders from the capital.

He's just—

It's just that I came here to die.

Therefore, the king does not need to send a special messenger, and this messenger does not need to be very smart and prudent, because he only needs to be able to bring trouble to the Silver City-State.

Either the Silver City-state is stumbling in trouble.

Either the silver city-state couldn't take it anymore, and directly beheaded the messenger to show his thoughts.

Of course, all of this is based on the betrayal of the Silver Duke.

After all, the king has nothing to lose.

The Duke of Silver lowered his eyes: "It is indeed my fault for the poor management of the Northland, but I am still unable to do what I want now. I don't know what instructions there are from the capital."

The messenger folded his fur cloak, curled his lips and said, "I heard that the Duke has not recovered from his serious injury. His Majesty the King sent me here this time to take charge of the Silver Shield Legion for you and continue to guard the Extreme North Mountain Range."

——Sure enough, it was still for the Silver Shield Legion.

The Duke of Silver pretended to be distressed: "Then how long will the messenger need to be in custody?"

The messenger sneered: "It depends on what His Majesty wants."

In fact, although the messenger is also interested in this Silver Shield Legion, he is not interested in this extreme northern land at all.

if you can.

He hopes to take this powerful army directly to the city-state of the Franks after the matter is over!
However, His Majesty the King has no further instructions on this, but only asked him to take charge of the Silver Shield Legion first, and the rest will be discussed after the Duke of Silver recovers from his injuries.

It's just that he didn't convey the meaning behind it.

Because as a viscount, but now he can step on the head of a duke and feel elated, the messenger only feels a sense of joy in his heart!
Look at the room full of people who only dare to be angry but dare not speak!

The Duke of Silver sighed and said: "In this case, I will entrust the envoy with the palm print of the silver shield first."

While speaking, the Silver Duke winked at the steward at the side.

The butler understood, and with a sad face, he came to the closet in the corner of the bedroom, and took out a silver-white jade carving of a falcon from inside.

It was so easy to get the silver shield palm print.

No matter how arrogant the messenger is, he still feels a little puzzled at this moment.

He rubbed the cold palm print on his hand, saw the golden laurel leaf logo of the San Vallo Empire engraved on the base, and confirmed that it was a real palm print.

The Duke of Silver coughed a few more times and said, "The three thousand troops in the Martial Arts Field also ask the envoys to lead the team to the Extreme North Mountain Range immediately. Those monsters are watching and attacking them all the time."

The messenger looked displeased: "You don't need to order me. Since the Duke is seriously injured, let's take a good rest during this time."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to be in a hurry, turned around and left the bedroom with his followers.

...

The steward sent his relatives outside the castle.

Logically speaking, the courier should stay in Silver Castle during this period, but the other party rejected the request and just stayed at the city-state station.

After returning to the station.

The messenger swung the others away, looked again at the palm print of the silver shield, and then took out a gold laurel leaf badge from his pocket.

He pressed the blood of his fingertips on the back of the badge, a magic rune flashed, and the badge lit up.

"My lord, I have already obtained the palm print of the silver shield."

The messenger spoke to the badge, and explained the journey from entering the Northland to Silver Castle in detail, including the status of the Duke of Silver and the other party's reaction.

Although he couldn't find out what news.

But he can fully convey what he heard and saw.

……

……

After the messenger left.

The doors and windows of the entire Silver Castle were silently closed.

The Duke of Silver looked at the butler standing aside with a cold air all over his body: "Did I find any suspicious things around the castle when I ordered the soldiers last night?"

"Your Excellency, I haven't found out." The butler said with a frown.

"It's in the city."

"nor."

"If you can't find that traitor before tonight, then I will treat you as a traitor."

"..."

The housekeeper's face was full of helplessness.

After the Duke of Silver finished speaking with a cold face, he got up, picked up the armor and fur coat on the hook, put them on, and walked towards the window sill.

On the tower outside the spacious window, a black shadow flapped its wings and landed. Those silver-gray animal pupils looked into the bedroom through the half-covered window curtain.

Then they met Xu Shuo who was standing by the window.

The snow sculpture tilted its head.

The Silver Duke came over at this moment, stretched out his hand and opened the heavy casement.

The cold air rushed into the bedroom in an instant, and the fire in the fireplace flickered and flickered a few times, but it stood firmly in the cold wind.

"噍~"

The snow sculpture called out softly.

Xu Shuo looked at Duke Silver.

The latter said: "He should be the only one sent by the king's capital, but when the messenger came to the castle, a ten-member team went to the Extreme North Mountains and met the Silver Shield Army stationed at the foot of the Eiger. "

Xu Shuo was thoughtful: "Have you come back yet?"

The Duke of Silver shook his head: "Not yet, they seem to have known that the messenger will get the silver shield palm print, so they waited there for the messenger to go."

After saying this, the Silver Duke paused.

He looked at the young man thinking, and asked again: "So when will you act?"

Xu Shuo smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after all the people in this group meet under the extreme northern mountain range. We'll catch them all in one go, so as not to make any mistakes or omissions."

When the Duke of Silver heard what he said, he didn't continue to ask him what the solution was.

Anyway, if it doesn't work, just kill them randomly.

……

in the afternoon.

The traitor who was the whistleblower was found out.

The Silver Castle is located in a corner of the city-state, with its back against the snowy ridge, and the martial arts arena is set up along the edge of the city, so that military training at night will not make noise into the city.

There is no cover of high-rise buildings around the city, and it can be seen at a glance.

Therefore, if the informer was not a spy from outside the castle, he could only come from inside the castle.

What's more, the informer seems to have accurately said that it was the Duke of Silver who was in the Martial Arts Arena last night.

Unless the other party knew that the Silver Duke was not seriously injured.

The butler checked the interior and found a maid.

"Lord Duke..."

The maid knelt down on the ground with a pale face, her forehead resting on the floor covered with thick blankets, trembling all over, she didn't even dare to raise her head.

The Duke of Silver looked at her expressionlessly: "I remember that you are the granddaughter of old Ethan. Before the old Ethan passed away, he sent you in."

The maid's back stiffened, probably because she didn't expect to be remembered by the Duke.

"I want to know, is Silver Castle doing you bad, or is it because the other party has given you some benefits, so that you are willing to take risks to cover up and betray me." The Duke of Silver asked in a calm tone.

"I don't have... Your Excellency the Duke..."

The maid suddenly raised her head, but when she touched those silver-gray icy eyes, she suddenly couldn't utter a single word of sophistry, only feeling a sudden chill all over her body.

At this moment, she looked to the side, only to realize that there was another person in the study.

Other than that there are no extra people.

The housekeeper who sent her here just now is not here either.

The cold wind of the North blows in from the tower.

The maid trembled, she knew that there might be no room for change in this situation, and she had already been convicted of a crime.

This is not an interrogation, but a simple declaration.

After realizing this fact, the maid's emotions suddenly burst out.

With red eyes, she gritted her teeth and shouted: "I don't want to stay in this place anymore! I don't want to stay in this place with endless snowfall and endless war forever!"

The Silver Duke paused upon hearing this.

The emotion of the other party seems to be real, not some pretense and exoneration.

He looked into the maid's eyes and asked, "So you want to get out of here?"

The maid also looked at him: "Yes, I want to leave!"

"I understand."

The Duke of Silver said with a blank expression: "But why would you rather trust outsiders than the Northland that gave birth to you for generations, or that your lord will take you away after this incident?"

The maid bit her lip, tears streaming down her face.

"You won't...you'll just let yourself go..."

The Silver Duke was slightly taken aback.

He looked at the maid and met those pale gray eyes.

The other party also has the quiet elven blood, and is a native of the Northland here.

But most human beings actually don't like to live forever in a place where there are no four seasons of flowers and where the ice and snow are always cold and barren.

Most of the aborigines in the Silver City-State today.

In fact, they all moved here to resist the elves and monsters. The descendants of the Silver Shield Army are also the people of the Silver Duke for generations.

The Duke of Silver, who has been stationed for thousands of years, wants to leave here, let alone other people who are also trapped here.

...

The maid was brought down again.

The Silver Duke did not give the other party an answer to that question, but at the moment he was lost in thought.

Xu Shuoyi said beside him, "So what you're thinking about now is how to take the hundreds of thousands of people from the Silver City-State to leave the Northland together?"

Hearing this, the Duke of Silver was noncommittal: "You don't have to leave the Northland, you just need to stay away from the extreme north."

The worst environment must be the extreme north.

Half of the year it snows and the other half hails.

For example, Castle Castle also belongs to the Northland, but the climate there is far less severe than here, and you can often see green grass and trees.

And Silver Castle is in the extreme north.

This is a city-state established to resist monsters. It is only a dozen kilometers away from the Extreme North Mountain Range. Looking at the past from a high place, you can see the rising and falling mountains and the constant snowstorm all year round.

With snow all day long.

Be with monsters all day long.

It is also accompanied by the endless war.

The Duke of Silver suddenly sighed: "I probably know the meaning of completing that matter."

[Sub-task: Prevent the Silver City-State from being attacked by monsters. 】

Side quests appear along with the character card, so this is also linked to the character's wish, but the character is more than simply wanting to solve the crisis of Warcraft.

This is a lord's wish to exist for the sake of the people of the entire territory.

Even in order to get that character card, he had to move the entire Silver City-State out of the Far North.

"So?" Xu Shuo tilted his head.

"What else, just migrate after this incident. It just so happens that the elves are gone, so the existence of the silver city-state in the extreme north is not so important." The Duke of Silver said lightly.

"That's it? I thought you were going to get hotheaded right now, and mobilize all the people on the spot for the Silver City State." Xu Shuo laughed.

"Not really."

The Silver Duke twitched the corner of his mouth.

Now let's finish the faction mission first.

……

……

Near evening.

There was also action on the messenger side.

He intends to go to the Extreme North Mountain Range to comfort the Silver Shield Legion, express his current identity by the way, and then deploy the plan to guard the mountain range.

heard the news.

The Duke of Silver sent a Silver Knight to lead the messenger to the Silver Shield Army station in the Extreme North Mountain Range.

then……

Along the way, the knight took the opportunity to express how loyal their Lord Duke is to the empire, how much he loves the Far North, and how much he hates those monsters.

Then when the messenger is extremely impatient.

He also secretly said: The northern land is barren, and I don't know if the capital can allocate more military pay.

The messenger sneered upon hearing this.

After talking for a long time, it turned out that it was for money and food.

"How can His Majesty let us talk about it? I will report the situation in the Northland truthfully, but don't mention it again."

The messenger glanced at the knight contemptuously.

Xu Shuo, who had half of his face covered by Dou Hou, smiled and stopped talking.

...

The fast horse ran across the familiar ice field, and drove towards the mountains ahead in the endless white ice and snow land.

There is no heavy snow today, only cold wind.

Miles high in the pale sky.

Occasionally, a flock of geese from the North passed by, and there was no sense of disobedience when a snow sculpture mingled among them.

On the back of the snow sculpture, the Duke of Silver narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his body to hide in the black feathers, and shuttled through the misty clouds covered with frost.

The extreme northern mountain range looms ahead.

……

(End of this chapter)