Chapter 718: Southward Ambition

While the north of Aldo has been covered with ice and snow, its southern border is still lush and green.

Wuyang Fort is especially so, warm and pleasant, with no signs of winter at all. The Pearl River, with abundant water, flows westward from the inland and flows into the sea through the south side of Wuyang Fort. The alluvial plain formed by it is very fertile, ranking the best in the south.

Such unique conditions make it the natural ruling center of the southern border of Aldo, and the biggest reliance of the Giles family to dominate the southern border.

In the luxurious castle in the east of the city, the grand birthday party has been held for two days, and it is still going on at this night.

Giles, the lord of the southern border, the grand duke named Greedy Wolf, ushered in his 46th birthday in this spring-like winter.

Countless vassals were summoned to Wuyang Fort to wander freely in the ocean of fine wine and delicacies.

The Grand Duke Giles, who was sitting high in the main seat, had a little sleepy eyes at this time. His cheeks were flushed from drinking a lot of alcohol, but he was still standing straight. His long-standing habit made the Grand Duke maintain his dignity at all times.

"Huh!" He exhaled heavily, stood up steadily, walked through the crowd of people who were feasting and chatting, and slowly walked out of the hall.

Walking out of the towering door frame, a wide terrace of a hundred feet square appeared in front of him.

The Grand Duke straightened his chest and walked on the terrace with his head held high. The luxurious silk robe fluttered in the wind, and the ornaments on it made a series of crisp collisions.

The castle stood at the highest point of the city, and from the terrace, he could see the surrounding land for several kilometers.

The densely packed buildings stretched into the distance with his sight.

"My kingdom! This is my kingdom!"

He looked down at the city below, and for a moment he was full of pride, and even his neatly trimmed beard trembled slightly.

The Duke's sharp eyes passed over the city wall, over the chessboard-shaped fields outside the city, and over the lush jungle, all the way to the distant north.

The distance covered by the night seemed to have great temptation, making Giles stop and watch for a long time.

"Your Highness, why are you here?"

Hearing the voice behind him, Giles turned around and saw his two most trusted subordinates coming over.

"Samar, Wendell, you are here too? I came out to get some fresh air. Alas, after all, I am old, and I am a little confused after drinking such a little wine."

"Such a little wine?" Samar said with a smile, "The empty wine barrels next to your table are enough to build a wall."

"Humph, if I were a few years younger... Wendell, what do you have in your hand?"

Sir Wendell stepped forward and handed over the envelope in his hand.

"That's why we came to you. Just now, someone from the church gave me this and asked me to pass it on to you."

"Oh?"

Giles took it in his hand in confusion, gently tore open the envelope, took out the letter inside and read it quickly.

"Hehe... Hehe..."

He laughed deeply.

"I didn't expect that the powerful Church would ask me for help."

Wendel and Samar looked at each other and asked in confusion: "The Church?"

"Yes, the Church!" Giles put away the letter, "They asked me to send troops to cooperate with them to attack the north of the Horn Bay."

"This..." The two vassals were very surprised.

The southern border of Aldo borders the north of the Horn Bay, and it is indeed very convenient to attack the Horn Bay from here. And as we all know, the Church army suffered a great defeat in the north of the Horn Bay.

Samar looked cautious, "What do you mean?"

"It can be considered..." Giles smiled slightly, "They promised a lot of things."

After speaking, he handed the letter to the two people, and the content on it made Wendell and Samar's eyes light up.

"But what about Jingyao?" Wendel expressed his concerns. After all, they were still the lords of Aldo in name.

"Hmph! Why bother considering that bunch of rubbish!" Giles said disdainfully, "The previous war made me think that the royal family still had some strength. But I didn't expect them to hand over the north of the kingdom to the orcs in a blink of an eye. What a joke."

"Do you know what I was thinking just now? I was thinking, could it be that the war with us exhausted the royal family's last strength, which made them so weak in the face of the orcs? If I had known, I should have insisted on fighting until the royal family collapsed. We would have gone all the way north, and maybe today's banquet would be held in Jingyao's palace."

His face was full of sarcasm, "Our new king is also a fool. He sent Catherine away in order to protect his power from being threatened. Haha, that's exactly what I want. I swear to the Lord of Light that I will take control of Fengpei Plains before I am fifty years old and be crowned king. By then, you will all be founding heroes!"

Giles was drunk after all, and he made a bold statement to his subjects.

"Oh, by the way, is there any news about Jingyao recently?" He looked at Wendel.

Wendell went over it in his mind, "There is one thing, Graman was driven back to the Northwest Bay!"

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!

"Greman? Our little marquis?"

Giles' face flashed a hint of intriguing strangeness.

Although he is a grand duke, his status is the same as that of a prince, only slightly lower than that of a king.

Although he is actually independent and does not care about any orders from Jingyao.

Although his ambition is to wear the crown...

But when he thinks of the title of marquis, which has disappeared for a long time and even has a certain legendary color, his heart will still be moved.

"Honjo, such an important title is so easily awarded others, or a little guy who has no hair!"

Rodney 18, who was sitting on the Throne of Jingyao, was even more disdainful.

"Why?" He asked.

"It is said that the various reforms he proposed have been resisted by many people."

"Reform? Hum!" He was uninteresting, "The bunch of waste, the more changed the more chaos, of course, the more chaos, the better it is."

Jals asked again: "Before our little Marquis left, did you let people contact him again?"

Even if they are south and north, Jels knows more or less. This guy named Paul Graman is very good at the economy, and his territory is full of a large number of products from Northwest Bay. Lian, the boy must have paid a lot of money.

Wendel nodded, "We have been in contact with him several times, but the attitude of the other party is always not salty."

The Grand Duke snorted heavily, "That being the case, don't have a hot face in the future! I just hope he can be interesting and don't take the initiative to be my enemy!"

At this time, Samal interjected: "Regarding the Bay Bay, there seems to be the shadow of a wizard over the Saint League. If we allow the Holy See, it will affect the relationship with the other side."

For a week, "We and the Secret Fa will be a relationship with each other. Besides, the last stage of our war with the royal war, their support was so sharp that they would not win or lose. This" Friendship "I have been thinking about how to repay! "

He turned his eyes to the south.

"If you can get on the Holy See's big ship, what's the use of the secret meeting? I decide ..."