Arcane Lord

Staring at the incomparably hard half-orc, Chief Knight Ansair immediately wrinkled frowned, because in his impression, only dwarves would be smelly and hard like bricks in a pit. As for semi-ORCs, they have always been a model of recklessness, stupidity, and self-wise thinking. For them, betrayal is as easy as eating and drinking.

But if one day, the half-orc becomes as tenacious as the dwarf, then it must be a terrifying disaster. Only those powerful and extremely evil guys can make the half-orc devote all of his own. .

Great Knight Chief Yarlin cruelly kicked off the captive’s ankle, knee, and thigh bone, and then smashed every finger again. He was surprised to find that the other party still had no intention to speak. He took a breath and cursed in a low voice: “Damn! I think we are in big trouble…”

“Yes, we are in big trouble, big, big trouble.” Another Great Knight named Urban, repeated the complexion is gloomy.

According to the laws of Linton City, only Chief Knight and Great Knight are qualified to lead the battle independently, so none of them are stupid, although they are a little bit poor in strategy, they have no tactical skills. Not bad, with no difficulty can judge how severe the situation is.

Ansair rubbed his eyebrows and said solemnly: “Your Excellency Andre, please be sure to tell us everything you know. It’s time to abandon the contradiction between the Mage Guild and the Knight regiment and work together. Fight against foreign enemies together, or our beautiful city will suffer terrifying disasters.”

“I know, so I found you all overnight, instead of waiting for the council’s permission tomorrow to summon you. .

I need your support, and I need to gather all the armed forces in this city, even those advertisers who don’t like to behave well.

I can tell you clearly. You, this will be an unprecedented challenge. Once we fail, all of us will fall into the abyss and become food for the devil.

Don’t think that this is alarmist, because our enemies are already far away. Linton City is less than three days away. Although I have made a little preparation in advance, I cannot guarantee how long the castle originally belonged to Earl Carl will last.

Now, please make your choice. Is it to support me to become the commander of the army, or to continue to maintain a wait-and-see attitude until the terrifying monster army is near the city.”

In order to centralize power as soon as possible, Andre deliberately exaggerated and described the enemy as little in the sky. Yes, Unparalleled Underground, but in his heart, trifling a group of cannon fodder mainly composed of goblins and kobolds only needs to release a few large-scale death cloud spells, and they can immediately kill thousands of them, repeating the effort for a few days. , This seemingly fierce army will become a pile of lifeless corpses.

What he really cares about is the summon ceremony that may be hidden in every corner of the city, but to find these places, he must first have sufficient rights and manpower.

The Chief Knight Ansair hesitates again!

Great Knight leaders are also hesitating!

They are not idiots. They know exactly what it means once they hand over their rights. It means that Linton City’s tradition of restricting rights and implementing aristocratic republics since its establishment will instantly fall apart.

As Andre mentioned in Parliament not long ago, when the military and political power is completely concentrated in the hands of one person, he will naturally become a dictator regardless of whether this person is willing or not.

It is like the most famous dictator in ancient Rome, Gaius Julius Caesar. He was originally just a slutty who wandered into the upper class, but with the power in his hands, little by little In addition, he not only tampered with the law without authorization, suppressed Elder’s Council, and destroyed the roots of the Roman Republic, but also laid a solid foundation for the dictatorship in the future.

No one wants to live under the control of a dictator, no matter whether it is aristocrat or a commoner, because it means that their property, dignity, status and life lack the protection they deserve.

However, the current situation left the few Knights present with little choice. They also knew that if they did not concentrate their efforts, it would be impossible to withstand tens of thousands of them with thousands of city defense troops and Knight regiments alone. Monster, the huge gap in quantity cannot be made up with quality.

Even more how to resist the invasion of monsters has always been the protagonist of the wizards. If it weren’t for the powerful spell and the energy support accumulated in the tower normally, a city wall alone would never hold up today.

After a long silence, Ansair finally took a deep breath and lifts the head and said: “Your Excellency, please give me a guarantee, as long as you swear that you will hand over your rights after this crisis. We are willing to obey your orders.”

I have to say that his method of covering one’s ears whilst stealing a bell is just trying to find an excuse for himself to delegate power, or to show a mentality. comfort.

The entire continent understands that oaths in the ordinary sense are not binding unless the prefix is ​​prefixed with the name of a certain god, devil, demon, or a powerful alien creature. In short, there must be a strong The supervisor of, is responsible for punishing those who fail to fulfill the oath.

“I swear in the name of Prince Fire Element—Isoldesell, when the enemy is defeated and the crisis is completely resolved, I will lay down all rights and leave the city.” Andre didn’t have any. Hesitating, directly satisfied the other party’s wishes.

As time goes by, he feels more and more that there is a force calling him in the far north, so he has long been impatient to go back.

But the problem is that before he leaves, he has to resolve his grievances with Laureta and leave a stable living environment for those he cares about.

Ansair was very surprised and seemed a little bit unable to believe his ears: “Your Excellency, are you really going to leave?”

Andre gently nodded: “Yes, but You have to wait for the surrounding situation to settle down completely, so you don’t have to worry that I will become a dictator, and I don’t need any position or name. It is enough to retain the post of the president of the Mage Association.”

“Your selflessness makes me ashamed!” Ansair hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully.

“Hehe, no, it’s okay, you are just doing your responsibilities, nothing more.” Andre smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn’t care at all.

But in the bottom of my heart, he has labeled the Chief Knight that he cannot be bought, and he will be kicked out of the power circle immediately after he is in power.

The reason is very simple. This guy has too much influence in the military. Every Knight here is paying attention to his attitude, consciously or unconsciously. For anyone in power, this is a Dangerous signal…