Rose Empire

These corpses were all wearing similar black robes, with water flowing from their seven orifices, shriveled skin, and twisted limbs. Any experienced sorcerer could tell that this was a miserable death caused by overdrawing supernatural power.

Marco Lehman pointed at one of the black-robed corpses and said, "This man's name is Bruce Kotik. He was once the most famous mentor in the warlock faction and also served as a royal warlock scholar. These black-robed people are all warlocks who were expelled from the Orlan Empire. I have invited several warlock scholars to identify them."

"Yes," said a sorcerer scholar following Marco Lehman, "Ordinary substances, even the most common soil, can be transformed into extraordinary materials through specific methods. This is what the sorcerers have always insisted on, and it is also the reason why they..."

This was the reason why they were identified as blasphemous heretics - the sorcerer scholar said it vaguely, but everyone present knew it. The sorcerers' theories violated the teachings of the Canon, and it was Archbishop Maitland Contao who personally criticized them as "absurdities" and identified all the sorcerers as "heretics".

"These guys have actually fallen so low as to mingle with the barbaric tribesmen. They are indeed evil heretics!" Archbishop Kong Tao's face was filled with anger, as if looking at the corpses of these warlocks for even a second longer would pollute his eyes.

The slaves hammered for most of the day, and one corpse after another was dug out from the body of the pottery giant.

These corpses included knights of the Orlan Empire and tribal warriors, but they were all shrunken like mummies that had been dried for countless years. Obviously, after the clay giant devoured them, it also drained all the extraordinary power in their bodies.

However, the gathering of dignitaries including Emperor Henry was obviously not for these dead soldiers whose names they could not even remember, even though they might be knights of the Oran Empire.

Finally, after a commotion, the target that these dignitaries had been waiting for was brought out, that was the Duke of Bonan, Fernandez Pastor.

"Father!" Queen Anne rushed forward excitedly.

Then there was the Duchess of Bonan, Edith Pastor.

His noble status could not save Duke Fernandez, nor even the miracle he carried with him.

The ring on Fernandez's right hand was a very powerful miracle, called "Spring Buds", which could instantly give the wearer strong vitality and heal almost all injuries. It could be said to be a magic weapon for generals to gallop on the battlefield. However, at this time, the miracle ring had completely lost its luster, as if it had turned into ordinary metal.

Fernandez's body was similar to the other dead, shriveled up like a mummy, and his death was even more miserable.

It seems that not only did Spring Bud fail to save Fernandez's life, but it made the Duke's death even more painful.

Looking at the crying Duke Bonan and his daughter and the increasing number of corpses before them, the nobles and sorcerers and scholars present felt extremely complicated.

Before the South Gate was opened, the city guards and the tribesmen fought fiercely, but there were not many casualties. Relying on the tall and solid city walls and superior weapons and equipment, the battle could be said to have only consumed the weapons and physical strength of the city guards.

After Alphonse opened the south gate, the tribesmen rushed in, the Black Fire Army broke through, and the city guards and palace guards were under increasing pressure. However, with the protection of heavy armor, large shields and the "iron wall", they only paid the price of hundreds of deaths and more than a thousand injuries. This small price was exchanged for the elimination of at least 13,000 to 14,000 tribesmen.

Basha deliberately used various means, such as stealth, sneak attack, and assault, to catch Platinum City off guard. However, the Orlan Knights still suffered a rather exaggerated casualty ratio when facing the tribesmen.

Therefore, the Oran nobles were never too nervous when facing the invasion of the tribesmen.

Until the appearance of this pottery giant...

The two thousand knights who followed Duke Bonan were almost wiped out.

Even with these two thousand knights, the casualties of the Orlan Empire were still only a fraction of those of the tribesmen. But this was already an unimaginable defeat for the empire.

What's more, Duke Bonan himself died in battle here.

There is no doubt that these sorcerers have proved that their theory is not a "fallacy". They have endowed ordinary clay with unimaginable extraordinary powers, proving that ordinary matter and extraordinary materials can indeed be transformed into each other, and that there is no need for the involvement of God.

Both the walls of Platinum City and the life of Duke Bonan have added extraordinary footnotes to this proof, which is destined to spread throughout the world and be recorded in history.

Who will play the clown in the historical story? The church that disdains the warlocks' theories? The royal warlock scholars who remain silent when their colleagues are expelled? Or the royal family that cooperates with the church to expel the warlocks?

woohoo hoo...

A giant beast resembling an eagle or lion descended from the sky, wearing a special armor with red and yellow as the main colors. It was a griffin belonging to the Royal Griffin Knights.

The griffin landed, raising a cloud of dust. Several elite knights either slid down the griffin's back by rope or jumped directly. The leader had a red-gold feather on his helmet, which was the symbol of the leader of the Royal Griffin Knights. There was only one person in the entire Orlan Empire who was qualified to wear such a helmet, and that was the Minister of Military Affairs, David Boyan.

After receiving the order from Queen Mother Mary, David Boyan immediately dispatched ten griffins from the border defense line and personally led them to rescue Platinum City.

David Bojan was not a man who did not know the seriousness of the matter. He knew that the tribesmen who could silently cross the Principality of Bonan and raid Platinum City were definitely extraordinary. However, the dead bodies on the ground, the broken city walls, and the huge earth pit outside the west city were far beyond David Bojan's expectations.

"See Your Majesty."

David Boyan knelt on one knee before Emperor Henry with a very heavy heart. He also saw the dead Duke of Bonan.

"Count David, how many troops did you bring back?" Henry asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Ten griffins and two hundred griffin knights." said David Boyan.

Henry pointed in the direction of the Campe Mountains in the west and said with gritted teeth: "I want you to chase them and kill all the tribesmen who dare to offend the majesty of Platinum City! Can you do it?"

During the coronation ceremony, he was splashed with blood. Two days after the coronation, Platinum City was first breached by a group of tribesmen, and then a group of heretics killed a duke...

Time and again, the bottom line of Emperor Oran's dignity was broken.

Henry felt as if his face was being stepped into the mud.

If it were any other general, facing the angry emperor, he would have patted his chest and promised that he could complete the task. But David Boyan thought for a while before answering: "It is not a problem to defeat the remaining enemy troops, but we need to recruit some knights from the Principality of Bonan to cooperate with our army to block the enemy's escape route, so as to ensure complete annihilation."

"Okay, let's do as you wish." Henry said without hesitation, "Remember to bring me the head of that Basha!"

"Your will!"

David Boyan took the order and left. Although he had only traveled for two days, he did not rest at all and immediately plunged into the pursuit again.

Along with the warlock Bruce Kotick, another name was deeply engraved in the minds of the Oran nobles, that is, the king of the tribes, Basha.

In the early morning, the sun shines into the simple hut.

"what……"

Charlotte yawned and rubbed her eyes.

Suddenly, a biting cold wind blew, and the hair on the girl's arms and shoulders stood up.

Charlotte shivered from the cold and huddled back under the quilt.

"Awake?"

Lena, who was sharing the bed, turned sideways and looked at Charlotte and smiled.

"so cold."

Charlotte hugged Lena. In the cold winter, only the girl's smooth, fragrant and soft body could make her feel a little warmth.

"You still feel cold?"

Lena rolled her eyes.

Last night, Charlotte whispered to Lena, and Lena wanted to refuse because it was too cold. It was freezing outside, and the country hut was leaking everywhere. Covering it with cotton cloth was useless, but she couldn't stand Charlotte's soft and hard nagging.

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"It just so happens that I'm in heat too..." Charlotte said as she rubbed Lena's cheek gently.

Charlotte's "estrus" was not completely false, but it was an "estrus" created by Charlotte using "confusion". How to stop herself from thinking about her extraordinary abilities, her ambitions, and the God Lord Yig... Charlotte thought that she could just use another thing to occupy her mind, something that could be compared with her ambitions and interest her, of course, was beautiful girls.

Although it was her first time trying it on herself, the result was very successful. "Confusing the Mind" was also effective on Charlotte herself.

Charlotte had also greeted Alphonse last night. Now that the effect of "confuse mind" has ended, Charlotte recalled that when she faced Alphonse last night, she really had no extra thoughts. She was only thinking about dealing with the old man as soon as possible and then going back to talk to Lena.

Although it was a bit rude, Alphonse would definitely not be suspicious.

However, a not-too-serious drawback is that Charlotte's original intention of "confusion" was just to make herself think more about the beautiful girl, but maybe it was due to her personality, and if she thought too much about the delicious girl, Charlotte would naturally develop the desire to taste her.

"Don't, don't move..." Lena's breathing became heavy due to Charlotte's rubbing against her. She quickly held Charlotte's head down, "If you move again, I can't bear it anymore."

"If you can't help it, play another round. I heard that morning is good for exercise." Charlotte said indifferently.

"Exercise in bed?" Lena laughed. "I like morning exercises like that, too. But the team is about to leave. Just now, Leni came in and wanted to wake you up, but I stopped her and told you to sleep a little longer. Now that you're awake, let's not waste time."

"Okay..." Charlotte finally let go of Lena.

Lena sat up and asked the maid to come in and help her put on her clothes. The only maid who was allowed by Lena to touch her body was Renee.

Charlotte lay on her side on the bed, watching Lena dressing up, and suddenly remembered something, so she asked, "Lena, is there a female scholar who is proficient in the candy faction in your manor?"

"Yeah." Lena nodded, then asked curiously, "Why are you asking this? Does Charlotte also want to learn the candy faction?"

"It's not me. I want my people to practice the candy faction." Charlotte said.

The candy faction sounds like a playful faction for the ladies and young ladies to amuse themselves. As long as they eat candy, they can become stronger. After becoming stronger, they are just good-looking and useless. But in fact, its cultivation path is not simple. The candy eaten by the practitioners of the candy faction is not simple sucrose or maltose, but needs to be customized with dozens or hundreds of medicinal materials according to specific methods. The candy formula needs to be adjusted according to different seasons, different times, and different physical conditions of practitioners.

In short, this is not just a faction that looks good but is useless, but also a faction that wastes money and time and looks good but is useless.

Because of this characteristic, a special profession emerged among the noble women, that is, female scholars. They are called scholars, but in fact they are more like personal maids, except that they are all proficient in the candy faction. Their daily work is not only to take care of the daily life of the noble women, but also to guide them to practice the candy faction and prepare candies for them.

After listening to Charlotte, Lena showed an ambiguous smile of "I understand" on her face, and then said: "I understand, I will pick the best one for you later."

Charlotte blinked, not sure what Lena understood.

PS: This chapter has been greatly modified and many contents have been deleted. The original version can be read in the book club. @q@q@群衣溜8②衣7妻壹榴

Volume 104: Chapter 1 Extra : Early Summer Picnic

The long-promised extra chapter is finally written.

This chapter is a side story of Charlotte x Lena. Because it contains a lot of related plots, it can only be posted in the book club. Group number: 784678210.

This is the first time I write such a side story, and I don’t know if it suits everyone’s taste. If you think it’s good after reading it, please give some votes and rewards.

Of course, since this chapter is just boring chatting between girls from beginning to end, friends who are not interested in such communication can skip this chapter without affecting your understanding of the main storyline.

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Volume 105: Chapter 93 Chapter Return and the Second Viscount Title

Alphonse was also going to Oriole Castle, so the Melefield family would have to travel with Alphonse Murat for a while. For safety reasons, before setting off, Charlotte reapplied the "confuse mind" effect on herself.

This time, Charlotte used "Confusion" to try to control herself more precisely, making herself think about the beautiful girl, but not too much. However, the result of the attempt was not ideal.

Sitting in the creaking carriage, smelling Lena's body fragrance, Charlotte was easily "interested". Although the body fragrance of the veela has an aphrodisiac effect, under normal circumstances, Charlotte thought that she would not be tempted so easily.

Charlotte wanted to play a naughty game, and the little girl naturally wouldn't refuse.

Although this was on a carriage, it was actually very convenient for the two girls to do whatever they wanted.

Little-known fact: the skirts of the noble girls of Oran are actually white.

It is generally believed in the world's health knowledge that covering private (harmonious) parts for a long time can easily cause female diseases, so the noble girls of Oran who always like to wear gorgeous long skirts do not wear things like panties most of the time, whether they are made of cotton or silk.

This gave Charlotte a lot of convenience. When playing games with Lena, she didn't have to think about the extra steps of dressing and undressing. She just had to lift up her skirt. When parking to rest, she only had to put the skirt down. People who didn't know about it could hardly see any traces.

After about another half day's journey, the convoy finally arrived at Libao.

Libao is the name of a castle, and also the name of the coastal city next to the castle.

According to etiquette, when passing through here, the nobles such as King Alphonse, Count Philips, and Count Rad should visit the castle of the owner of this place, the Marquis of Oriole Castle, even though the Marquis of Oriole Castle is still in Platinum City. But none of the three mentioned this matter.

Obviously, the three nobles were all preoccupied with their affairs and had no energy to care about those hypocritical formalities.

Count Philip took his sons to the dock to find a boat.

Earl Rad planned to stay in Oriole Castle for two days, and then return to Platinum City after Platinum City was basically settled. Charlotte suspected that with Henry's temper, a guy like Rad who took advantage of the chaos in the empire to escape and fish would lose his position as Minister of Finance sooner or later.

But it seemed that Rad himself didn't care about his job, and Charlotte was too lazy to worry about a stranger she had just met.

Before leaving, Charlotte asked Count Rad, "Sir, can you sell your children to me?"

Charlotte was talking about the dozen or so young men who followed Count Rad and hid in the granary of the manor.

These young men were descendants of tenant farmers and serfs in the territory of Earl Rad. They had good extraordinary qualifications, so they were selected and sent to Platinum City for training. They usually lived in Earl Rad's manor. In the sudden attack by the tribesmen, many farmers and servants in Earl Rad's manor were killed, but these young men survived because of the protection of the knights.

"Oh? Why did Miss Charlotte buy those children?" Count Rad asked puzzledly.

"There are too few knights in my territory. I just need some reinforcements." Charlotte said with a smile.

Count Rad looked surprised, as if he just remembered that Charlotte was given a country viscount by the emperor. However, Count Rad was not stingy with the dozen or so civilian teenagers who had not awakened. He waved his hand and said, "If Miss Charlotte wants, take them away, so I don't have to send them back to my fiefdom."

The meaning of this statement was obviously that she was not going to take Charlotte's money, but Charlotte still asked Renee to leave some money for Count Rad. After escaping from the manor in a hurry, Count Rad was almost penniless. With his status, he could eat and live first and pay later. The store owner would not say anything, but it was not very decent after all. The money Charlotte left was enough for Count Rad and his knights to spend for several days in the Oriole Castle, which helped Count Rad solve a small urgent need.

Both parties got what they needed and were very satisfied.

In the afternoon, Count Philips found a ship and the Melefield family prepared to board the ship and leave Oriole Castle. Alphonse and his knights left the port before them.

Since the chance encounter last night, Count Philips and Count Rad have intentionally or unintentionally asked Alphonse about the situation in Platinum City, but Alphonse kept silent. This made Charlotte wonder if he had done something in Platinum City, so he was in a hurry to run back to his kingdom.

Looking at Alphonse's boat going away, Charlotte suddenly shouted, "Knight Garcia."

Jarrod Garcia immediately trotted over when he heard the sound.

"Please go to Platinum City and find out what happened there after we left." Charlotte paused and said, "Please do me one more thing..."

After noting down Charlotte's mission, Jarrod Garcia bowed his head and said, "As you command, Your Excellency the Viscount."

The Melefield family, with more than a thousand people, left the port on five merchant ships. As an inland sea, the Ryukyu Sea had much less wind and waves than the ocean, and the fleet sailed on the sea for three days, and it was always stable.

Three days later, the fleet docked at Mai Port.

Maigang is an important port of the Oran Empire on the southern coast of the Ryūne Sea. It belongs to the Byron region of the Oran Empire. Walking south from Maigang for two or three days, you can reach the border of the Kingdom of Cato, and walking southeast for five or six days, you can reach the territory of the Principality of Green Plains.