The mage arrives

Freyton's noble assembly is divided into two levels.One is the national aristocratic conference, which is usually held on issues related to the future of the entire country, such as the right to inherit the throne.Participants must have at least [-] square kilometers of land, [-] citizens, and nobles with the title of Earl or above.

Another kind of local-level aristocratic conference, the participants are all formal nobles with the title of baron or above within the province as the area.

In the Far Frost Province, there are about 300 nobles who are qualified to participate in the noble assembly.

For this noble meeting, different people have different thoughts.After the demon attack was over, under the banner of "political correctness", the imperial authority, the three major churches, and the local nobles devoted all their energy to celebrating victory, comforting the dead, and investigating demons and cults .

When these things are done and the hustle and bustle subsides, the storm of struggle will naturally blow from within.

The demon army could appear in the empire without warning, and caused serious consequences - a total of 24 nobles and 110 noble family members were killed in the demon attack.Civilian casualties numbered in the thousands.After commending the heroes who fought bloody battles, it is natural to punish those who deserved it.

Someone has to be responsible for this demonic invasion.

Because if there is no one responsible, or to put it more harshly - a scapegoat, then the responsibility for this demonic incident will be attributed to the entire empire, and the Anduin royal family who created the empire.

This is absolutely not allowed.

How could the holy and powerful Feleton Platinum Empire be wrong?How could the Anduin royal family, blessed by the Platinum Dragon God, be wrong?It was only because of the mistakes of those greedy and stupid people that the people of the empire were shed blood.

This is also politically correct.

Some people are destined to be unlucky in this noble meeting.Even if a baron falls, the vacuum of wealth, land, and power left behind can attract a large number of nobles to fight wildly like hyenas smelling carrion.If it is a group of nobles, it is unlucky.The competition for such interests will become more intense.

The empire lacks land, but it does not lack the aristocratic class that lives on the land.

For the power struggle triggered by the demon invasion in the Far Frost Province, every nobleman living in this land cannot stay out of it.

There are many little nobles in remote areas who set off on their way to Clear Water City three or four days ago.Even if they couldn't get a share of this elegant yet vicious war, it would be a good choice to arrive at Clearwater City earlier and establish relationships with other nobles.

Such a grand occasion where almost all the nobles in the province are concentrated in one city.Not often.

In the morning, when the sun just revealed a silhouette on the horizon, all kinds of luxury carriages poured out from all over the city and outside.Like salmon returning to their spawning grounds in winter, they all swim to the city hall—the temple where benefits will be redistributed.

Bahamut Hall, located west of City Hall.It is the main venue where the noble assembly is held.

The atmosphere of the noble meeting held here last time was not very good.For the reasons that prompted that meeting.It was the tundra orcs who invaded southward on a large scale.The Empire lost the entire land north of the Anduin Wall in a tragic defeat.

56 nobles, 29 senior commanders, were deprived of everything after that noble meeting.Including fief, wealth, reputation, and life.

After this noble conference, it is unknown what changes will happen to the power structure of the Far Frost Province, the largest administrative region in the empire.

When Gordon walked into the hall of Bahamut.There are already many nobles present.This is a magnificent circular building with an area of ​​more than 30 square meters. On the [-]-meter-high curved dome, there is a painting painted with multicolored glass: "Bahamut" by the famous artist Biglide of Ferreton. With his holy golden dragon".

On the high platform in the center of the hall.There are four gold-plated thrones, and on the back of the chairs, from left to right, four patterns of alternating sun and moon, platinum dragon head, long sword and rose, and a balance are drawn respectively.This is the symbol of the three major sects of Freyton and the royal family.Representatives of the royal family and the three major churches will be seated here.And around, the seats arranged in steps belong to the local nobles.

According to the title, Gordon can only sit in the back.He thought that his little baron would not attract attention, but he didn't expect that when he walked into the Bahamut hall, the mighty guard at the door, holding a halberd and wearing seamless plate armor, shouted "High! Baron Den Freeman arrived", almost everyone's eyes were on him.

"It's strange. I've been keeping a low profile during this time. I didn't even participate in the triumphal ceremony. The only time I went out in front of the public was to participate in a golem duel. How come it seems that the nobles in the entire Farfrost province know me?"

Fortunately, Gordon was mentally prepared. He knew that he was the focal point in the vortex of conflict. This time, it was impossible to sit on the sidelines comfortably.That kind of patent only belongs to nobles like Dorne who are not from the Far Frost Province.Now, this bad friend is sitting lazily in the public gallery, yawning without the slightest aristocratic demeanor.

The Freyton Empire has a set of strict hierarchical enfeoffment aristocratic system.The difference in titles is reflected in many aspects.For example, at the noble assembly, the barons with the lowest titles are the first to arrive and have to wait the longest.And a protagonist like Prince Satyas Anduin is naturally the last to appear.

Gordon, who didn't want to be criticized in terms of etiquette, came to the venue early.After a while, half of Bahamut's hall was filled with gorgeously dressed nobles.Among the voices mixed with various modifiers and hypocritical greetings, the guard at the door said, "Baron Joshua Feder is here."

Gordon didn't have an impression of the name, so he didn't pay much attention to it.But after a while, the entire hall fell into silence as if a large-scale silence spell had been applied.What's more, those gazes that had been turned away from him once again focused on Gordon.

Gordon, who closed his eyes and waited for the meeting to start, felt this change.He opened his eyes and found a tall and strong fat man standing in front of him.He has a large, horrific scar on his left cheek.It was as if the doctor had cut out the virulent abscess that had grown on his face and patched it with a shriveled piece of orange peel.Such a scar, coupled with those weird big and small eyes, this guy's appearance can be classified as "can't bear to look directly at him".

But Gordon could see that this guy was obviously targeting him, so he looked at him without flinching, and asked, "Sir, I don't know you, what's the matter?"

"Hehe..." The tall fat man let out an almost crazy laugh, "Gordon Freeman, a young mage who has won the trust of the Grand Duke of Scepter, the biggest behind-the-scenes hero in the devil incident... a 'big man' like you, naturally Don't know me. I'm Baron Joshua Feder, a little man who also participated in the autumn hunt. Moreover, a little man who was cruelly abandoned by you! See my face? This is left by the devil's toxin Mark! To save our lives, you left us poisoned to die! You will pay for your meanness and selfishness."

Devil toxin?

As a mage, Gordon, who had a superb memory, immediately knew what was going on.

When the autumn hunting team entered the ancient road, avoiding the pursuit of demons all the way, in the morning after camping, a large-scale poisoning incident did occur among the autumn hunting team.The devil poisoned the source of the stream, causing the humans in the lower reaches of the stream to be tricked after fetching water.

In order not to slow down the speed of action and let the autumn hunting team be overtaken by demons, at Gordon's suggestion, the noble decision-makers placed all the poisoners in a remote cave.

Highly registered all noble poisoners are cured by priests.Those who were left behind, or to put it more bluntly, abandoned, were civilians.How come there are nobles like Joshua Feder?Could it be that something went wrong when counting the poisoned people?

But these details are irrelevant.Seeing Joshua Feder's appearance that seemed to pounce on him at any time and tear off a piece of flesh from his body, Gordon knew that there was absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between the two.Moreover, it is very likely that the other party has defected to Earl Thompson's faction, and is preparing to accuse himself of "crimes" at the noble meeting.

Gordon calmly looked at the agitated Joshua Feder, and said: "That's right, I suggested that Ms. Bishop keep all of you poisoned people and resettle them elsewhere. In such a crisis situation, I made a decision. I have made a decision, and I am responsible for my decision. After this noble meeting, the world will have its own opinion."

"Hmph! You're just waiting to be ruined and hanged in Dragon God Square!" Joshua Feder gave Gordon a vicious look, leaving an expression of wanting to eat his flesh, and then turned and left. Go back to your seat.

After this episode, more nobles entered the Bahamut hall one after another.

Gordon quickly noticed Earl Thompson.This old guy looks very good today, with a rosy complexion and a high-spirited look, and his two beards have been carefully groomed.He walked to Joshua Feder's seat, the two exchanged a few words, and then Qi Qi turned his gaze to Gordon.

His eyes were full of emotions such as provocation, pride, and victory.

"It seems that this Joshua is the vanguard of Earl Thompson's camp." Gordon already understood in his heart.

Afterwards, Ms. Bishop, Count Julian, the lord of Clear Water City, and Grand Duke Rob Antello, the highest-ranked prince in the Far Frost Province, also arrived one after another.They were all staunch allies of Gordon.

Since the strategy formulated before had already been well established, Gordon and the Grand Duke of the Scepter only exchanged glances before waiting for the start of the meeting.

After that, when the representatives of the three major churches entered the Bahamut Hall and sat on the throne in the center of the hall, the solemn tune of "Dragon Blessing the Emperor" sounded.

This piece of music is used by the royal family of Freyton, and it must be played on formal occasions attended by the royal family.

The core figure who presided over this noble meeting——Prince Satyas Anduin finally arrived.

"It's about to start..." Gordon took a deep breath. (To be continued..)