Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 10:

Shortly afterwards, Duke Thunder received a report from the Viscount Samath. The report detailed the situation of Keene, especially the green dragon that patrolled the sky from time to time.

"I thought Thun Samath was a warrior who could share the worries of the Lord. Now it seems that he is just a layman." After reading the report, Duke Thunder threw it on the table unhappily, facing him. The staff of the company said, "It is my fault to have high hopes for him."

"Oh! Most nobles are like this!" The chief of staff sighed and said, "Even if you say it before you leave, you will cause conflict at all costs, so that your Majesty will have an excuse to directly intervene in Keene, but When he becomes a lord, he has all the benefits under his hand, his own family and reputation...Of course there are dead men who can really do everything, but it was hoped that a lord would be such a dead man."

Grand Duke Thunder nodded, picking up his depressed mood: "Even a tough guy who is as brave as a boar on the battlefield of the Everglades, after becoming a lord, will become sleek and vulgar-or even if he wants to To stick to the past practices, his subordinates and subjects will also force him to change. Such a thing is reasonable, but it is not a pity."

"Yeah, anyway, he is over there and at least put some pressure on Keane. Maybe in the future there will be another opportunity to make trouble-the nail has been buried, and it will work sooner or later."

Grand Duke Thunder laughed: "Yes, people who do big things shouldn't be impatient."

But when he changed his conversation, he lowered his face again: "But...some things, what should be done is still to be done."

The next day, Duke Thunder summoned the second son who recommended Thun Samath into the palace, showed him this letter, and then severely criticized him.

"Do you know where you are wrong? How can this kind of thing succeed in letting a nobleman with a fiefdom be a self-sacrificing dead man!" Grand Duke Thunder unceremoniously criticized his son, who was always known for his wisdom and keenness. , But didn’t mention the appearance that I was very supportive when I heard this suggestion, "You! You are still too young after all! I like it too much for granted! Politics is very complicated, people are also very complicated, and governance is even more complicated. Yes! You should go back and study for a while, and I will ask the court consultant to check your study frequently."

After speaking, without waiting for his son's defense, he ended the conversation.

The news spread quickly. Everyone knows that the second son of the Grand Duke, who once had the upper hand in the heirs dispute, has been severely criticized for improper work. The balance that was originally inclined to him has returned to the balance of power at this moment, even slightly inclined to the eldest son of the eldest son who is gentle and steady.

The eldest son of the Grand Duke was naturally one of the first people to get the news. He laughed at home and sent an envoy to Keene.

The messenger arrived at Keenling almost along with the rumors. He brought an autograph letter from the eldest son of the Grand Duke. The letter praised Keenling’s construction achievements, but he made a brief comment on some practices that were too pursuit of public welfare. criticism. And the most important content in this letter is the promise made by the eldest son.

[If I succeed, during my tenure as the Grand Duke, Keene’s current status of basic autonomy will be guaranteed. Unless the country encounters a crisis, it will not ask for military or material support from Keane. 】

This promise has a heavy weight, because at the end of this letter and where this promise is, the seal of the Church of the God of Law and Justice is stamped. Looking at the light flowing on the seal, it is clearly a magical effect. In other words, the eldest son of the Grand Duke is not just talking in vain, but under the supervision of the deity, this promise can not be broken.

To restrain a nobleman, it is not realistic to rely on fame or status, but even the king of a country does not dare to violate the promise of being under the supervision of the gods. Otherwise, no one in heaven and on earth can save him.

Especially the promise made under the supervision of the **** of law and justice is the most solemn. Once violated, the divine punishment will stand, and there will be no delay for a second, and no **** will save it.

If it is another deity, perhaps he can ask the deity he believes in to intervene and pay compensation or something, so as to dissolve the deity's anger and settle the matter. But the gods of law and justice don't take this set, and no one wants to get this face.

As for the deity to be a mortal king against the mighty **** of law and justice? Hehe, that would be too worthy of myself.

Even if he is a king, he can only live for decades. His reign is as long as 30 to 40 years. In short, it may only be more than a dozen years or even a few years. For the eternal and immortal gods, it is just a matter of flicks. Who would fight with a powerful divine power for this little thing?

...Some deities called "lunatics" may be possible, but provoking those deities is much more serious than angering the gods of law and justice.

Of course, Anna Keane and the others knew about these truths, so after seeing this autographed letter, they immediately relieved their minds and assured the messenger that Keane would do their best to support the eldest son of the Grand Duke, and strive to make him succeed to the throne. One-term thunder prince.

After a meeting, everyone was satisfied and happy.

A few days later, Viscount Thun Samath also received a letter from the capital. The letter was quite critical of him, but he generally affirmed his thoughts, only to remember why he was in the first place. Coming here, don't indulge in government affairs and forget about the real major events.

After seeing this letter to some of his important officials, Viscount Samath said helplessly: "It's not easy to handle!"

"It should be difficult to handle it. If it is easy to handle, do you get this fief?" His think tank, a scholar from the capital nobleman, said with a smile, "But anyway, We have already got the benefits. As for what we should do, it is not in our mouths to have the final say!"

"Yeah! Boss, you finally got the hang of it, my brothers are also very happy!" His fierce commander, a barbarian from the edge of the swamp, grinned, "Before you had insisted on leading with Keane. As the enemy, everyone is very worried!"

Viscount Samat smiled and said: "I couldn’t change my mind before, but now I figured it out. I am no longer a soldier but a lord. Although I still have to be loyal to your Majesty, I have to My vassals and people are thinking about it. It’s too risky to directly conflict with Keene’s! Even if I am not afraid of death, I can’t take your lives to risk it!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The barbarian nodded repeatedly, "We are not afraid of death, but finally, how many births and deaths, we finally hope that today's good day, just die like this, I always feel unwilling!"

"But... Your Highness is not easy to explain..." The intelligence officer who wanted to test Sui Xiong but was beaten said with a sad face, "My lord, you patted your chest and promised to do something Made beautiful...I guess he is very unhappy now."

"There is no way to be unhappy, we can't just let us die just to make him happy!" the barbarian said gruffly.

The intelligence officer gave a wry smile, nodded and said, "That's right. The world of nobles is like this. It is our ability to deceive people. Even the noble ladies approve of this approach. But... But..."

He "but" a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything, only sighed deeply.

Thun Samath's reason for breaking his promise is very strong, and he has received the support of most important ministers. In contrast, even those subjects who are more loyal to the Grand Duke are not too good to criticize him too much.

After all... the green dragon that flew a circle above the Samat Manor with a legendary powerhouse from time to time, really puts them under too much pressure.

In the face of such an enemy, even the toughest person can hardly have enough confidence to stick to his previous ideas.

You know, there is another legendary strong "Southern Scholar" Romon Gelten on Keene’s side. At the beginning, Mr. Gerten came to find Thun Samat's trouble, and it relied on everyone's concerted efforts and the power of the altar to repel him. Now that the dragon knight is added, it is indeed beyond the limit that Keenling can resist.

To make matters worse, Mr. Gerten once said that if this was not enough, he would consider asking his two cousins ​​for help.

His two cousins ​​are naturally the elect of the **** of knowledge and culture, the "Border Sage" Orion Geltten, and the high-level of the Masked Void Church, the "grand healer" Stil Gerten. Erten.

The former is a world-renowned university and an extremely powerful legendary powerhouse. Not long ago, she led the establishment of the Church of the God of Knowledge for 30 years, and the one who has been established for almost 300 years and inherited the inheritance of the Church of the King of God The Church of the God of Nobility has a big battle. Although the two sides did not decide the victory or defeat in the end, in terms of each other's battle losses, the Church of the Noble God suffered a big loss, losing five legendary powerhouses, including the chief priest, and there was also a legendary powerhouse who took refuge in it. The Church of God of Knowledge.

In other words, Orion Gelten led the Church of the God of Knowledge and defeated the powerful Church of the God of Nobility.

For such a strong man, even the prince of a country would be very jealous and would not dare to underestimate it.

Although Steer Gelteng is known for her bad life style-as can be seen from her other title, "Unscrupulous Medical Doctor"-but she is also very strong. When she followed Majesty the Void to destroy the "Isis" organization, she had shown the aura of a legendary powerhouse. And over the years, she has been treating illnesses and saving lives in Void City, and has trained a large number of doctors and nurses, and her reputation among the people is extremely high. Being an enemy of her is not necessarily more dangerous than being an enemy of Olianne Gelteng, but the damage to fame and people's hearts is far above the former.

Faced with these two potential enemies, no matter how loyal to Duke Thunder, he couldn't say "don't persuade, be positive".

After all, everyone is not a fool!

After a short discussion, the Viscount Samat had a unified opinion-if His Majesty really wants to clean up the Keene collar, then the Samat collar is naturally willing to be the vanguard. But as long as His Majesty has not officially ordered, everyone will wait.

If Samat led bravely rushed up and started fighting, and then His Majesty said, "You play with you, I will see", that would be really cheating!

Imagine carefully, this kind of thing is really very possible!

The key reason why the Samat leader insisted on being an enemy of Keen leader was the persistence of the lord Thun Samat. Now Lord Lord himself finally figured it out, and everyone was naturally happy and relaxed.

Like the barbarian said, after so many years of birth and death, and finally living a good life, who wants to die easily?

A few more days later, the messenger from Keene, the first knight of Keene, Sean James, visited Samat and brought two letters.

One letter is a friendly letter from Lord Anna Keene to Lord Thun Samath, and the other letter is the letter from Lord Thunder to Keene, the eldest son.

That's it for the first letter. The content is nothing more than a cliché. Everyone didn't take it seriously. But the second letter really surprised everyone in Samat, especially the clear promise and the seal of the Church of the God of Law and Justice, which made them feel heavy.

The Sean James Cavaliers did not ask Samant to make any promises, but left after a friendly conversation-of course, with the second letter. But after he left, everyone in Samat led a heated discussion~IndoMTL.com~Fuck! These nobles are really nothing! "The barbarian spit out, and said viciously, "The second one urged us to die, and the boss went to make peace with each other... It's not as good as a long tongue with long scales!" "

Long scaly tongue, speaking of lizardmen. The people on the edge of the swamp have been enemies with the lizard people all year round, and they have deep hatred with each other. In their view, cursing others is not as good as a lizardman, which is the biggest insult.

"The world of nobles is really grim and creepy!" The intelligence officer of civilian origin sighed deeply and did not insist on his previous attitude. "Fortunately, our lord sees the opportunity quickly, and there is no real way to go. It’s dark, otherwise... yeah..."

Looking at his scared look on his face, you know what he is thinking.

The chief staff sighed and said: "This kind of thing is actually quite normal. After all, the two sons are rivals. They are tit-for-tat and have opposite attitudes. It is not surprising. But I recently received news that the oldest son is here. In the competition for inheritance rights, there is already a momentum of turning defeat into victory. Let's place a heavy bet on the second son. The possibility of losing the blood is too great and it's not worth it!"

"Let me say, we only need to build our territory well and live our lives well. Why do we have to care so much about what the big figures in the capital think?" The half-dragon city defense captain said, "As long as we build the territory well No matter what, you won’t suffer."

Thun Samath—or Will Shaker—nodded and smiled, and that was all set.

A few days later, an emissary from Samathon visited Keenling secretly and brought a letter of friendship from Viscount Samathon.

"Political things are really troublesome!" Sui Xiong could not help but sigh as he witnessed all this happening, "It's painful to be clear about a little thing and have to play so many tricks!"