Chapter 72 Visiting the Sword of God

Sherif had just arrived in the Northland, and he set off again without a day's rest.

It was not that Derek was exploiting him, but he had to prepare in advance.

When winter is over, the Holy Cross Kingdom will definitely make a comeback.

By then, the situation may be even worse.

The regional politics within the Locke Kingdom has obviously reached a critical point.

This can actually be seen from the attitudes of the nobles in various places.

In the final analysis, it is still the contradiction caused by the distribution of power.

He believes that if the opportunity is right, the southern nobles and the Royal Capital faction will definitely take the opportunity to consume their own strength.

For special reasons, the Holy Mile Province has not established a governor, nor a nominal joint commander, and this year may be very difficult.

In this case, Derek dare not pin his hopes on others.

He does not have the idea of ​​swearing allegiance to the king, but his territory is just on the front line.

Going west from the Holy Cross Kingdom, Birch Castle is definitely one of the best routes.

Some people may say that the Holy Cross Kingdom has suffered enough in Birch Castle and will definitely choose other routes.

But there are thousands of ways to cheat people, and no one knows what tricks teammates can do.

And maybe someone wants to prove something in the name of Birch Castle. Do you think it's... Earl Connor, the Sword of God?

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Sharif braved the light snow and started his journey eastward with a team of servants.

The Kingdom of the Holy Cross and the Kingdom of Locke have the same origin, although they fight from time to time.

But the private exchanges between the nobles of the two countries have never been cut off.

War is war, business is business, and interpersonal relations are interpersonal relations.

This is the rule of this era, and it seems a bit funny and absurd.

There were even captured nobles who attended the celebration banquet with the victors... formally, not as prisoners.

Because war is a game between relatives, winning or losing is just a penalty of drinking a glass of wine.

The swordplay and decadent romance of the nobles have been constantly staged.

Sharif and his party naturally would not attract attention.

In fact, except for the most intense period of the war, the business of the nobles of the two countries has never stopped.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to go out in this season.

Half a month later, Sherif arrived at his destination.

The person he was going to visit didn't have a territory or family strength in the western border of the Holy Cross Kingdom, but because of the war, he was still staying here.

The failure of the war dealt him a certain blow.

Political opponents would not miss this opportunity and would attack him wantonly.

Count Connor, the Sword of God, has been in a very sad situation recently, but it would be wishful thinking if you could make him fall completely by saying such a thing.

Even after a few more disastrous defeats, the king would consider letting him retire.

However, Connor was not in a good mood either, because he had to explain to the nobles whose interests were damaged that the king's latest order had come down.

Count Connor was stripped of his title of legion commander and demoted to remain.

In the next counterattack war, he could not fight as the first commander.

"Father, this may be a good thing. The Rock people are too difficult to deal with. I don't think the counterattack will necessarily succeed." His eldest son was so relieved.

"Hmph! What do you know? If I were the commander, I would definitely contact the barbarians to send troops together. They didn't get a big advantage this time. If they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, it would be too passive.

When the time comes, the two sides will attack, and the probability of the recovery of the Holy Maitreya Province is very high."

Count Connor had already deduced the plan. If the barbarians got a big advantage this time and plundered a large number of people, they might choose to develop quietly for a few years.

But in addition to the loss, the plundered population was also intercepted, which was equivalent to working in vain.

Although the task of containing the two countries was completed, there was no source of power for development, so they naturally had to think about moving.

If the Holy Cross Kingdom promised benefits, it might not be impossible to convince the other party.

And after a winter of preparation, the king and the church had already made sufficient preparations and would not let the Rock people have an easy time.

Count Connor analyzed them one by one for his eldest son. These were all his experiences.

In fact, this counterattack was regarded by many people as a good opportunity to make merit.

"Will the new army commander forget the barbarians? Then you still have a chance."

"Don't think about it. As long as the new army commander is not stupid, he will definitely not ignore this. If the candidate has been determined, the envoys are probably already in the barbarian territory."

Earl Connor did not think that he was the only one who thought of this. Now the envoys of the Locke Kingdom are probably in the barbarian territory.

As for how the barbarians choose, it depends on the vision of their king and the ability of the envoys.

But he thinks that with the vision shown by the barbarians, they will definitely not make a wrong choice.

That's why Earl Connor felt depressed and missed a good opportunity to wash away the shame.

Just as the father and son were chatting around the stove, an attendant suddenly walked in.

"Earl, there are guests visiting."

Earl Connor was stunned and lifted the blanket covering his knees.

The one who could pass the news to him through the door was obviously not an ordinary person.

This look is not the posture of meeting guests.

"The other party calls himself Sherif Ferreira, from the Kingdom of Locke."

This name is unfamiliar, but Earl Connor has paid attention to the surname Ferreira after the recent war.

"It's a relative of the Northern Knight Derek," Earl Connor accurately guessed the identity of the visitor: "Interesting, it seems that our Northern Knight is not only an excellent general, but also a politician, but I don't know how good he is."

Earl Connor became interested. Derek could send someone to visit him at this time, obviously with a purpose. I just don't know if his political level is up to standard.

He does not rule out doing some deals to maintain private contact between the two families.

To put it bluntly, if he is captured by the other side on the battlefield one day, he can at least get some preferential treatment by reporting his name.

"Let him in, I want to see what this Northern Knight wants to do."

Connor sat back again, even collapsed in the chair, and the blanket was covered by him again.

If it were a domestic noble, he would certainly maintain his dignity, especially at this time, and absolutely could not give people any room for reverie.

But in front of guests from the Kingdom of Locke, being more natural and private would be more conducive to communication between the two sides.

And there is no dignity to speak of. He just got beaten up, and if you want to show off, people will despise you.

After a while, the dusty Sherif walked in.

"He is a young man," Earl Connor commented. If it were him, he would definitely tidy up his appearance before coming.

However, being young is not necessarily a disadvantage. Stubbornness is also an excellent quality.

"It seems that today will either go well or badly."