Chapter 836 The Turbulent Royal Capital

This year's winter seems to be particularly long.

At least, that's the case for those living in the royal capital of Yerov.

Recently, the temperature in the area around the royal capital of Yerov has experienced a sudden drop, causing the sky to turn gray and even snow to fall.

This seemed to be foretelling something, and the atmosphere in the entire royal capital of Yerov was no longer as luxurious and prosperous as it used to be, but instead became a little deserted.

Pedestrians on the road hurried along, not talking at all, with their heads lowered, exuding a tense atmosphere.

The carriages ran one after another on the main road, splashing several feet of snow.

Heavily armed knights patrolled the streets in groups, with serious expressions and sharp eyes, causing passers-by to flee in fear.

Just like this, the nearest royal capital, Yerov, has entered an unprecedented first-level alert state, as if the enemy is about to invade. There are countless knights looming even on the city walls, making it difficult for people to watch at this moment. The royal capital of Yerov has become even more heavily guarded than the military city of Besare led by Mapros.

Under such circumstances, the Franzel family's villa is also facing this cold winter, with a thick layer of snow piling up on the roof and courtyard.

A closer look revealed that the villa, which had once become dilapidated due to the attack by the Black-Eyed Knight and the Magic Doll, has now been repaired.

In one of the rooms of the villa, Li Ge woke up from his sleep.

"Well……"

"Um……"

Beside Li Ge, on the left and right sides, a soft moan sounded and reached his ears.

Li Ge turned his head subconsciously and saw two faces that were as beautiful as goddesses.

Who else could it be but Liz and EuroEllie?

The two women were still sleeping and were not awakened just because Li Ge woke up.

There was no way, just look at the delicate shoulders of these two people exposed outside the quilt. Li Ge must have tortured them again last night.

Li Ge stretched out his hand and gently caressed the faces of the two girls, then stepped away and got out of bed quietly.

"?"

Yoro Ellie immediately opened her eyes and looked at Li Ge.

Obviously, no matter how gentle Li Ge's movements were, he could hide it from Liz, but he couldn't hide it from Yuloi Ali.

"Shh." Li Ge suddenly raised his finger and made a quiet gesture, and then whispered: "It's okay. You can continue to sleep. You don't have to get up with me."

Hearing this, Yuro Ellie nodded without any objection, closed her eyes again, and fell into a deep sleep.

Only then did Li Ge put on his clothes and quietly walked out of the room.

"Owner."

When Li Ge walked out of the room and closed the door softly, Lilith's figure appeared beside him like a flash.

"Are you guarding outside again?" Li Ge said without surprise: "Didn't I tell you that you don't have to guard me anytime and anywhere here?"

"I'm sorry, Master, but please forgive me for not obeying my order." Lilith lowered her head and said respectfully: "The royal capital of Yerov is currently in a state of turmoil. Recently, many noble families have been robbed by others, so they have stepped down or even... Death, under such circumstances, there is no guarantee that some insects will be arrogant enough to think that they can challenge the majesty of the master and come to disturb the master."

"So, master, please allow me to guard you around the clock, otherwise it will be really unsettling."

Lilith's words can be regarded as having a bit of a sincere tone.

"I already have Liz and Yulo Ellie by my side. Wouldn't it be great if you were by Yuri's side to protect them?"

Li Ge smiled bitterly.

"But Her Majesty Liz and Lady Yuloi are not with the master now." Lilith said rather stubbornly: "When those two are away, please allow me to accompany you."

"Okay." Li Ge couldn't resist Lilith and could only nod: "Then when Liz and Yuluo Ellie are here, you have to help me protect Yuli. Do you understand?"

"yes."

Lilith immediately agreed with a wide smile.

Li Ge then left with Lilith and went to the office on the top floor of the villa.

He knew that at this time, Yuli must have been up and doing work.

Sure enough, when Li Ge came to the top floor office, not only Yuli and Marilyn were here, but Ain and Ian were also there.

"Morning, everyone."

Li Ge greeted everyone.

"Mr. Rieger."

"Hello."

Ain and Ian quickly saluted Li Ge with a very respectful attitude.

"Are you up?" Yuli also looked at Li Ge and said with a half-smile, "Are you willing to leave the bed?"

This sentence may seem like a joke, but there is some dissatisfaction and resentment hidden inside that is difficult for others to detect.

Li Ge suddenly laughed a few times.

Ever since Liz blushed and told Yuri that she was going to live in the same room with Yuloi and Li Ge, Yuri, who was vaguely aware of something, would show off a little bit like this from time to time. Feelings of dissatisfaction and resentment come.

Not to mention Yuli, even Marilyn secretly stared at Li Ge several times. After being discovered by Li Ge, she didn't feel guilty at all. Instead, she stared at him for a long time, leaving Li Ge with nothing but Avoid her.

"Are you still busy?" Li Ge quickly changed the subject and asked, "Have you not settled the family affairs yet?"

"How can it be that easy?" Yuli glanced at Li Ge, wondering if she saw that he had deliberately changed the subject, and said: "The repair of the villa is a trivial matter. It can be done by hiring a court magician who is proficient in structural magic to help. It was solved in a short time, but other things were not solved so quickly.”

"For example, the reorganization of the magic defense system of the villa and the recruitment of members of the Knights cannot be completed in a short period of time."

"This is not only the case for my family, other noble families must have encountered these problems as well."

Although the turmoil caused by Sorok Jinas was finally quelled by the forces headed by Li Ge, the casualties and losses caused during this process could not be made up for soon.

Take Franzel's house as an example. During that turmoil, not only were the buildings here destroyed, but even the magic defense system was dismantled. In addition, many knights were killed in the fighting. Now Franzel The family's combat strength is unprecedentedly weak, and it is in urgent need of new combat strength to supplement it.

"Are many people dead?"

Li Ge sat down in front of Yuli and asked.

The person who answered this question was not Yuri, but Ain and Ian who were responsible for leading the Franzel Knights.

"During the last turmoil, 431 members of our knights lost their lives, and 127 others were seriously injured or disabled. There is no way to continue to exert combat power as a knight, and we can only choose to retire."

Ian sighed and reported to Li Ge.

"Now, there are only 242 people left in our knights, and our combat strength is less than 40% of what it was in its heyday."

Ain also reported in a low voice.

"That's indeed a heavy loss."

Li Ge nodded to express his understanding.

Within the scope allowed by the kingdom, the full number of knights formed by a marquis family like Yuli should be 700 people.

As a strategic magician and chief court magician, Yuri also has privileges in this regard. She can recruit another hundred people to form a knighthood of eight hundred people.

Today, 431 of these 800 people have lost their lives, 127 have been seriously injured and disabled, and there are only 242 left. The combat power has indeed become much weaker.

How to reorganize the knights as soon as possible and restore the strength of the family in today's turbulent national situation is something that every noble of the kingdom who has suffered heavy losses needs to consider.

"We are pretty good." Yuri said with a happy smile: "At least, everyone in the capital knows that you are here, and no one dares to take any chances with the Franzel family."

"Oh?" Li Ge suddenly smiled and said, "So, other people are having a very bad life now?"

"Isn't it just bad?" Yuli said helplessly: "After this turmoil, almost every noble in the royal capital suffered major or minor injuries, and some even wiped out the entire clan, leaving not a single person alive. None stayed.”

"The turmoil is over now, but new turmoil has come again."

"Some people are eyeing the territory and rights of those nobles who cannot make a comeback. Some people are squeezing the lower nobles in order to make up for the family's losses. Some small nobles are driven by ambition and challenge the big nobles whose strength has been greatly reduced, with the intention of replacing them. status."

"It just so happens that at this time, the king has unfortunately passed away. The survivors of the royal faction and the duke faction are now fighting more and more fiercely for the right to inherit the next throne, and they can't care about anything else."

"It can be said that the current royal capital is a big battlefield for power and profit. All kinds of overt and covert struggles are going on, and even those who want to avoid are being forced to get involved."

"It's all thanks to you that we can still discuss how to replenish the Knights' staff so peacefully now."

After all, anyone who knows something about the turmoil that day will know that the last person in the royal capital today is Li Ge.

Lige's strength is so strong that even the old sword master Redson Ellieman claims to be far inferior to him, not to mention that he is accompanied by two mysterious female sword masters.

There are actually three sword masters hiding in Franzel's house. Who dares to cause trouble?

Therefore, Franzel's house is now probably the safest and most peaceful place in the entire royal capital.

"What's the situation at the palace now?"

Li Ge asked tentatively.

"We are still arguing and can't come to a result." Youli shrugged and said: "The royal family sent the eldest prince and the seventh prince to run for election. I hope that one of them can successfully sit on the throne and become the next king. .”

"Although the Duke's faction suffered heavy casualties and was greatly reduced in strength, Saint Nidol finally stood up and took the one-eyed sword Saint Dihart, who had recovered from a serious injury, to participate in the election strongly."

"The Borley family holds the power of the Kingdom's Knights, but they don't help each other."

"In the end, Lord Redson was forced to come forward again to support the royal family."

In other words, the new king has not been elected yet and is still running for election.

No one knows who will win in the end.