Chapter 78, Garland's Factional Struggle

On the edge of the Roof of the World, Skydome.

This is the edge of the world, where the snow and the cold wind blow continuously from the top of the mountain. The huge towering castle and several wizard towers shining with arcane brilliance are connected to each other, forming the headquarters of the Garland Council. Here It is already the edge of the world, and its location is already about 2,000 meters above the horizon. The way up the mountain is full of various beasts and dead ends. Only those with perseverance can reach it. The mountains are full of magic circles set up by witches. And mystic locks to keep out unwelcome guests.

Sky Dome is located at the junction of the Nord Kingdom, the Empire, and the Dwarf Kingdom. It is in a semi-independent and superior geographical location. A large number of witches and sorceresses stay here and go deep into the arcane way.

One of the wizard towers in the huge castle, on the first floor, side hall.

The teleportation light illuminated the entire cold and damp room, and the sorceress descended into her mother's wizard tower.

Immediately, two female wizard apprentices walked in: "Miss, are you back?"

"Well, I'm back, where's mother?" Teresa's attitude was surprisingly good. The two young apprentices looked at me and I looked at you, and they were a little flattered. Say "hmm".

"Madam is waiting for you on the top floor, but she told you that you don't have to go to see her right away. Madam said that let's wash away the fatigue of the journey for the young lady first." The two young apprentices whispered.

"Okay." Teresa walked towards the upstairs of the wizard tower surrounded by the young apprentices.

The wizard's tower has multiple functions such as research, residence, cultivation, and combat for a spellcaster. Therefore, the first floor of the wizard's tower is full of various organs and magic circles, as well as a large number of battle golems, all along the long spiral staircase. After reaching the fifth floor, the sorceress returned to the living area.

In the bathroom, the apprentice had already boiled hot water for the sorceress. Teresa took a bath comfortably, then changed into her favorite purple robe and loose wide-leg pants, stepped on slippers, and knocked on her mother's room. Door: "Mother?"

"Teresa? Come in!" A mature female voice came from the room, and Teresa pushed open the door after hearing it.

The bedroom belonging to the elders of the Garland Council can no longer be described as magnificent. The carpet on the floor is made of the best white bear fur. All the furniture in the room are made of the highest quality walnut wood. The goose yellow magic lamp The elder of the Garland Council, the Sanctuary Witch Aurora Trovik, was sitting on a giant white wolf fur sofa chair, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and the corners of her eyes were darkened. He looked at his daughter with a smile.

Teresa remembered that the white wolf fur that made this sofa chair was a gift from Ryan. Thinking of Ryan, the sorceress felt a throbbing pain in her heart. She knew that it was really not the right time for her to come back. The sorceress looked at her mother, Some grievances: "Mother?"

In appearance, Aurora and Teresa really look alike, she is like a large, mature Teresa, her temperament is like a ripe fruit, exuding a seductive With a breath, the female elder of Councilor Garland was wearing a white nightgown, only showing her calf in flesh-colored stockings: "Daughter, are you back?"

"Why is the council calling me back at this time? Mother? Don't you know that the mission of Ryan and I is at a critical time?" Teresa sat opposite Aurora and said softly: "I asked Emily and the others , things don't seem to be that urgent!"

"The matter is not too urgent, but that's what our speaker meant. She thinks that you and Ryan are not working well together, so you should come back." Aurora pulled the corner of her mouth: "It's not that I don't want to do it for you Speak, my daughter, your performance is indeed not good enough."

"But..." Teresa was still waiting to explain, and Aurora raised her hand to signal to listen to her first: "Teresa, let me ask you, what did you do during this journey?"

"The Church of the White Wolf described in detail that Ryan single-handedly killed the doomsday bull on the top of Scarville Mountain... or the four-armed bull demon Taus,

He suffered serious injuries and narrowly escaped death. At that time, my daughter, where are you? "

"The Convent of the Holy Maiden, the Empire Officials, and the White Wolf Church also described in detail that in the defense of Mijoden Haven, Ryan killed the chaotic champion 'Crushing Bear' through a great champion duel under extremely unfavorable circumstances. Bireg, one person retreated thousands of barbarian troops, at that time, my daughter, where were you?"

"Time and time again, the council has been hearing that Lane has achieved feat after feat by himself. This rising star is now a human hero known all over the continent, but my daughter, where are you? You are really Lane's Partner? How come I haven't heard your name once?"

What Aurora said made Teresa blush and ashamed, and she couldn't say anything to defend herself anyway.

"And, according to my opinion, your temper and personality should have caused him a lot of trouble along the way, right? Let me think about it again, he must be putting up with you for my sake, right?" Ou Ruola said lightly, but her eyes were still full of smiles: "How much did I guess right?"

Teresa lowered her head, her little hands were tangled together uncomfortably: "All, my mother, I have caused him a lot of trouble along the way, and I can feel that he forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction with me many times , his attitude towards me was not as good as before, but I always regarded myself as his benefactor and partner of a powerful spellcaster, and gave him a face all day long... until later, he couldn't help but berate me directly, I just realized I was wrong."

"But his impression of you can't come back." Aurora's words made Teresa's heart fall to the bottom, but the female elder of the Garland Council still said straightforwardly: "You like him, don't you?"

"Mother!!!" Teresa subconsciously said angrily.

Aurora sighed softly: "Daughter, you look like a young girl... It's normal, everyone likes a good man, especially Ryan, who is too good to make my daughter fall in love with him." There is nothing strange about him, but my daughter, this does not mean that you have no opponents, you must know that Veronica is Ryan's partner."

"What?!" Teresa raised her head abruptly, and then the sorceress immediately recalled Ryan's series of performances: "No wonder, no wonder he never let go of the partner matter anyway, no wonder he..."

"And Veronica is from Margarita!" Aurora said this, and her tone was inevitably mocking: "If it wasn't for Ryan's protection, Veronica would be where she is today?"

"So... this recall is what the Speaker means?" Teresa pushed her glasses: "Yes, Ryan is definitely the speaker and the others must fight for! And Veronica is Ryan's partner... ..."

"And that little guy Veronica is very likely to have that kind of relationship with Ryan. She usually keeps herself clean and doesn't look straight at men. She has only been with Ryan, and she is not perfect... But that’s not important.” Aurora shook her head, and her waist-deep black hair, which was as deep as her own daughter’s, shimmered and shook slightly: “The important thing is, my daughter, you must know how to reflect, are you occupying everything? Why didn't you do anything well under the circumstances, why did you make this opportunity that I fought for you with all my strength? You squandered all the good feelings Ryan had accumulated for our mother and daughter before."

The room fell into silence, only the crackling sound of the special magical fire in the fireplace, and the sound of the cold wind outside the window and white snow hitting the window.

"My mistake, mother, please give me another chance!" Teresa gritted her teeth and admitted the mistake: "I will definitely do better than Veronica!"

"No!" Teresa's request was flatly rejected by Aurora: "You know your problem, but if you are allowed to contact Ryan again, the final result will not change. You have left him You made a bad impression, so you go to contact him now? Can you change the habits you have developed since childhood? No, you will only continue to make the relationship stiff, and you will be out in the end. After a while, the time is The best recipe, time will dilute the bad impression you left on Ryan."

Teresa was in a hurry: "But that woman Veronica is staying by Ryan's side now..."

"Heh~ Don't worry about this, Veronica won't stay by Ryan's side for long, she must complete the task as soon as possible to prove that she is better than you." Aurora pushed her gold-rimmed glasses with her hand, Jialan The female elder's eyes were full of majesty and domineering: "I can still let her go, but Margarita just transferred her to Ryan's side. I definitely can't transfer her away immediately, but as long as the mission is over, I have a way to send a mission to recall her. Veronica must return to the council to report back. The only thing I worry about is that if I do this, Ryan may be more dissatisfied with Jialan... But for you, I can't take care of it now. "

"Mother... I'm sorry." Teresa walked gently to Aurora's side.

"Teresa, let's go to Jialan Great Secret Realm to study." Aurora held her daughter's hand: "Get rid of your bad habits, get rid of your arrogant temper and personality, and then go to contact Ryan, come on Happiness always needs your own hard work, not blame others and shirk responsibility, remember, whether you can get Ryan's favor is not determined by Veronica, but how good you are, remember, the Trovik family An excellent heir is needed, and our mother and daughter also need an excellent foreign aid. The investment in Ryan has proven to be worthwhile, and we have no reason not to continue."

"I understand, mother!" Teresa squeezed her mother's hand, and there seemed to be a raging fire in her eyes.

——The dividing line where a new storm has emerged——

North of Nord, on the coast of the Chaos Sea.

The imperial army defeated thousands of barbarian troops with a small loss of less than 500 people. Only a handful of barbarians fled by boat, and the rest were wiped out by the imperial army.

"We have won this battle! My Majesty!" Imperial General Adelaide Karolberg excitedly walked to the emperor's side. The war was far easier and more relaxing than imagined. Under the full force of the guards, the barbarian army was driven into the sea to feed the fish, and several tribes will be removed from the history of the barbarians, because the emperor ordered that no prisoners should be taken.

The barbarian chief Olfsen who led the team was headshot by Karl Franz with a hammer. The power of the hammer is so powerful that it can enhance the physical fitness and combat ability of the emperor himself by ten times.

"It's all thanks to Gelt. If it wasn't for his magic, we wouldn't have won so easily." Karl Franz said calmly. The emperor had not only considered the superficial significance of this victory, he had already thought of more many.

After this battle, a great victory can not only further increase the prestige of the emperor, but also make the electors more convinced of the emperor. Karl Franz can foresee that if he asks the electors to send troops next Difficulties will be greatly reduced, and the emperor's right to speak in the imperial court will be greatly increased.

Karl Franz has already made a blacklist in his mind: all the nobles who refused to respond to the call in Reikland have been on the blacklist in the emperor's mind, and these nobles will have their territories confiscated and If held accountable, the emperor will take back the precious land of these disobedient ministers, keep some of it for his own use to enrich the treasury, and part of it will be re-entrusted to those capable and loyal vassals.

After such a brilliant victory, the nobles will never question the emperor's noble actions, because the loyal nobles will only be rewarded and not punished. Under such circumstances and conditions, who cares about those who don't The life and death of loyalists? Other nobles only think about their fertile land.

After re-arranging all the candidates for several important occupations in his mind, Karl Franz knew that he still had a long way to go in the future. To reunite a powerful country that was fragmented and independent, the emperor would still Faced with many difficulties, the emperor firmly believed that everything would be like today's victory, and the bright era of mankind would eventually come.

Just like more than a thousand years ago, Charlemagne led mankind to unify the entire continent.

Wearing a golden cloak and a golden face, the great alchemist approached with a golden staff: "A brilliant victory, my lord."

"Yes, a glorious victory, but it is far from enough. We cannot be complacent because of victory." The emperor nodded, and then shouted: "Clean the battlefield quickly! My soldiers! Go home with victory and glory La!"

"Victory! Glory! We advance this victory to wish you a happy Winter Veil! My lord!" Rick's guards yelled loudly, and Karl Franz also laughed, not taking it seriously: "Happy Winter Veil ! My soldiers!"

After the emperor and the great alchemist walked a little farther, Karl Franz took the opportunity to whisper to Gelt: "I hope you can become the chief wizard of the royal family, my great alchemist.

Gelt's body trembled slightly. The great alchemist knew that the opportunity he had dreamed of had really appeared in front of him, and the great alchemist responded very quickly: "I am willing to serve you, my majesty."

"very good!"

The two walked a long way in silence before Gelt expressed his thoughts to the emperor: "Please allow me to leave temporarily on the way back to the army, my lord, I need to purchase a batch of alchemy materials."

"Where will my great alchemist go to buy these materials?" The emperor fully understood this point, and since the war was over, there was really no need for Gelt to stay in the army.

"I'm going to Fort Marien."

I found that a lot of people criticized me for writing badly about the female sorceress. In fact, I just wanted to describe a typical Western fantasy female spellcaster image, but it would be disgusting from the reader's point of view. I am already reflecting on it. Yes, reflect on ING.