"Ah, the sky is so blue, ah, the grass is so green, ah, the water is so clear..." Link rode alone on the horse, not caring at all that Earl Weir even expressed admiration for him.

The little princess was lagging far behind him at this time, with an expression that she didn’t recognize him, but she was still reciting loudly to herself: "Ah, it feels so good to not have to be stared at and say clichés every day.

Land free!”

"Knight Link, please be careful with your demeanor." Weir caught up with him and yelled loudly and very ungracefully: "Besides, it's been so many days since we left Wiz City. If you want to be proud, you should be proud by now.

Bar!"

The little princess also chuckled, feeling a little unrestrained.

A dozen of the soldiers they used to show off, under Link's order, followed weakly at a distance, not to mention that they basically couldn't hear what Link and the others were doing, even if they heard it

Link's conversation with them was also completely incomprehensible. He had no idea what these envoys from the Bavarian Empire were talking about.

Since the commotion in Weize City that day, under that scene, the Lord of Dark City had to make a decisive decision and decided to temporarily take Feim and Chippa into custody, and it can be said that they were simply caught

With so many eyes of Weizi City civil and military officials staring at him, Qipa wisely chose to cooperate. He even remained silent for so long and never opened his mouth to try to explain what happened that day.

What is the truth of the matter?

After all, things have developed to this point. Since Link has clearly exposed him, Zipa should almost know that Link is aware of their intentions, or at least he is on guard. In this case

, in fact, it is no longer important what the truth is about what happened in Wisdom City that day, and since Link did not choose to expose it, Zipa naturally cooperated and kept his mouth shut.

At this time, Earl Weir proposed to Lord Dark of Wize City that he would no longer allow the honor guards brought by the Fourth Military Council to continue to follow him, which seemed so reasonable and logical.

Originally, the guards who came from the Fourth Military Academy were led by Zipa all the way. Now the leader of the team is detained here. Even if these guards still obey orders, it is inevitable that there will be a lack of command.

Not to mention the spiritual problem, not to mention that the guards seemed to have a deep relationship with Zipa. Almost within half a day after Zipa was taken into custody, they rushed to the front of the city lord's palace and demanded Zipa's release, causing another incident.

This made the Lord of Dark City, who was trying to find some excuse to persuade the envoys from the Bavarian Empire not to change the guards, no longer trust the guards to protect the envoys from the Bavarian Empire on their way.

And the biggest headache for the Lord of Dark is that Lord Feim, the city guard of Wize City, is temporarily detained like Qipa. This makes it difficult for him to even call the guards of the city guard system.

, there are only a few people left in his personal army, and I am afraid that even the people who transport the necessary supplies cannot be found.

Fortunately, Link, the plenipotentiary guard of the mission, seemed to have a very understanding of justice at this time. Not only did he understand the difficulty of the master of Dark City's lack of manpower, he also offered to take care of those extra luxuries such as waitresses and tents.

They were all left in Weitz, and only a dozen guards were hired to fill the scene. In order to appease those guys who had been a little emotionally unstable for Zipa, they also sent those soldiers who came with them from the Bavarian Empire,

They all stayed in Wize City. After all, they and the guys from the Fourth Military and Political Council have been eating and living together these days. They have a pretty good relationship with each other, and their status is aloof. Compared to those who are now occupied by the Fourth Military and Political Council,

For the Lord of Dark City, whom the guards regard as an enemy, it is obviously more appropriate for them to do some persuasive work.

"If you want to pretend to be dissatisfied, please put away that smile on your face first." Link turned around and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Earl Weir, why didn't I see that before, your acting skills are really good?

!”

In fact, at the beginning of what happened in Wisdom City that day, Link was really unhappy when he saw Lord Feim abusing the poor people, and just thought of hacking him, and the thought of getting Chippa involved was still

It only came about after Zipa came forward and actually had some intention of hooking up with Feim. At that time, he really didn't expect that Qipa and Feim would actually hook up quickly because of this incident.

Being together not only allowed him to vaguely understand some of the deep inside stories between the Sakala Empire and Perigueux, but also gave him enough excuses and time to quickly ask the Earth Wolf to find Count Vere.

However, it was not until they got rid of Zipa that they experienced how relaxed they were without the "protection" of Zipa and the guards with ulterior motives.

Although they had known about Perigueux's plot all along, they were only superficially polite with Zipa, and they kept trying to get some information from Zipa along the way, even though those guards were just ordinary people.

, the combat power is not worth mentioning in front of a few of them. If something really happens, the lurking earth wolf should be able to deal with them alone, but for some reason, under the surround of those guards,

, they just feel uncomfortable unconsciously.

Perhaps it is because although the combat effectiveness of these guards is not strong, they are a truly well-trained army. Once they start fighting, under the leadership of an experienced commander like Zipa who can truly gain their trust,

, what kind of combat power such a team can exert is not something that Count Weir, a guy who only knows how to talk about war on paper in the Imperial Military Department, and Link, a knight who has only fought half a battle, can understand.

Therefore, it wasn't until now that Zipa and the guards were thrown away that Link and the others truly felt that these guys had brought such heavy psychological pressure to them.

"Haha, everyone needs to cooperate, right?" Count Weir did not hide his feeling of being happy. He turned back, looked at the group of sloppy guards, and said with a smile: "Including the Lord of Dark City, I

It seemed like he was frightened that day, as if he agreed to whatever you said!"

Originally, the guards of the Fourth Military and Political Council were supposed to escort them to the next castle, Mohe City, which was very close to the garrison station of the Eleventh Military and Political Council. The guards sent by the Eleventh Military and Political Council were already in Mohe City.

They were waiting there, but Wizburg was still several days away from Mohe City, and it was still in the wilderness, and they had to pass through a large valley on the way. The Lord of Dark City agreed to let them have a group tour.

Traveling lightly, you still have to bear a lot of responsibility.

After all, this delegation of the Bavarian Empire set out from Würzburg. If they could not reach Canter City safely, the Lord of Dark City would inevitably bear a great responsibility.

"It may be reasonable to say that Feim, an arrogant guy, would conflict with me, but Chippa would be stupid enough to confront Feim in the street when I, the escort officer of the visiting mission, was injured.

We have reached an agreement to cooperate and want to cover up this matter. I’m afraid even the mountain beasts won’t believe it.” Link shook his head and said, “That old fox is so cooperative, probably because he smelled something unusual!”

In fact, when Link made up that set of words, he didn't expect to make things so seamless. After all, this was an impromptu action, and there wasn't much planning in advance. In his words,

, in fact, there are still many flaws exposed. Although they only met once at that time, Link was already sure that the Lord of Dark City was not an idiot, and he would not be unable to see the problems in it.

But just because the Lord of Dark City was a smart man, Link knew that he didn't need to make up too many things. His words at the time were actually very vague about what happened. The key was to tell him clearly.

The situation in front of them not only involves their so-called envoys from the Bavaria Empire, but also involves the royal family within the Sakara Empire, the Perigueux family and the Pamber family.

The forces are connected vertically and horizontally, and the relationship is intricate.

It is naturally not a trivial matter if something happens to the Bavarian Empire's envoy, but it is a matter between countries after all. Even if the royal family of the Bavarian Empire is angry about this, it must go through the royal family of the Sakara Empire.

Only then can the relevant parties be held accountable.

Therefore, compared to something that is a bit far away, Link's real purpose is to let the Lord of Dark City understand that the situation in front of him involves the complex side of the several major forces in the Sakara Empire.

He didn't know which faction the Lord of Dark City belonged to, but he knew that a small local noble like Lord Dark, who led a small town, simply did not have the strength and qualifications to be involved in such a kind of situation.

Get involved in disputes.

Any one of these three major forces can easily make him, a small city lord, never have a good life again, not to mention the fact that the Pamber family abandoned the imperial royal family and instead formed an alliance with the Perigueux family.

The incident affected more than just these three major forces. Just listening to the conversation between Feim and Qipa that day, you can know that the stakes in the Tianfeng Plain are probably even including all those in the Sakala Empire who have the strength to distribute the benefits.

It is a big family, and the current boss of City Lord Dak, the head of the Eleventh Military and Political Council, is inevitably one of them.

No matter how much the Lord of Dark City knows about the inside story, dealing with this kind of matter must be beyond his ability and authority. For him, the smartest way to deal with it must be to do it in the least possible way.

He calmly calmed down the matter temporarily, and then either asked the superiors of his forces for instructions, or pretended not to know anything and acted businesslikely, but no matter which path Dark City took, he needed to

Time means that the Lord of Dark City can never delve into what Link and Earl Weir said, and can only choose to follow the trend.

So that day in Wize City, Lord Dark must have seen that this was a trap, but he could only play the role he was supposed to play in the trap unwillingly.

"Both of these people are not simple." Link smiled meaningfully at Count Weir: "For example, the great golden knight, Lord Weir, there is no need to pretend to be stupid between us!"

"You guy." Count Weir tilted his head and stared at Link for a while: "Why didn't I see this before? Why are you so treacherous?!"

"Well, what you said makes me so sad. How can you comment so much on a knight with a pure heart?" Link looked at Weir who looked like he was about to fall out, and then he stopped playing tricks and said to Count Weir: "Say

Well, I know you have a lot of questions in your mind!"

"I noticed that since you left Yorok Castle, you have been tossing around everywhere you go these days." Count Weir sorted out his thoughts before looking at Link: "What on earth do you want to do?

!”

"Nothing, I just want to take a look!" Link also put away his playful smile and answered seriously.

"Look?" Count Weir was obviously not satisfied with the answer and frowned: "What are you looking at?!"

"I heard from Zipa that according to the rules of the Sakala Empire, as long as it does not violate the laws of the empire, the lords of various places can formulate their own management methods according to their own preferences and the habits of the places they control, especially the Military and Political Council.

Officials at the level of minister-in-charge have greater freedom." Link explained seriously: "So it is said that in the Sakara Empire, the governance situation among the various military and political councils is also very different. In some military and political councils,

Within the jurisdiction of the Military Council, the lower classes, especially the poor, can still survive, but in most Military Councils, the poor are treated as slaves and used as laborers lower than animals. I think that in each Military Council,

The governance situation between them can actually, to a large extent, allow us to see what kind of person the head of the Military and Political Council is."

"You want to know what kind of person Perigueux is?" Count Vere's eyes showed a look that he had known this for a long time, and he asked with a smile: "Do you have an answer?!"

"There are some." Link smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You have seen what happened along the way. Judging from the situation in the area under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Military and Political Council, in the Sakara Empire, I am afraid that there will be no more

Without a more qualified minister than Perigord, I ran around in those castles by myself. Zipa and the city lords didn't know what I was going to do. Because of this, I can be sure to see

The things I mentioned are all true."

Earl Weir frowned: "Then what?!"

"Being able to treat poor people who are treated like animals in other places as the people under their rule," Link thought, and said, "This guy can't be considered a bad person after all, right?!"

"So what if he is a great good man?" Earl Weir shook his head and said: "Wait until the magician rushes over and attacks you with magic, then you rush up and shout that you want to follow him.

He makes a friend?! The great Knight Link, sometimes it’s not up to us to choose whether to be a friend or an enemy, right?!”

"Well, I was just thinking that there is a good person who is deliberately trying to kill us." Link looked at Will and asked inquiringly: "Is there something wrong with our actions?"

"Knight Link", Count Weir's face became serious, he stared at Link and said: "We are knights of the Bavarian Empire and members of the Bavarian Empire's envoy. Whether it is the identity of a knight or an envoy,

Our status as members gives us the responsibility to complete this mission well and protect the glory of the empire, whether it is..."

"Okay, okay, there's no one else here, I told you to stop pretending." Link interrupted Count Weir's righteous speech with no dignity. He said disdainfully: "Between countries, isn't it?

The word "profit" comes from guarding the glory of the empire, rather than guarding the interests of the empire. You have also known the current situation of the Sakara Empire these days, and there may not be only one way to protect the interests of the empire, right?!"

It has to be said that after experiencing the years in the Mage Tower, Link's state of mind has indeed changed a lot compared to before. Although he still maintains his dream of being a great knight, he

However, his vision has gone beyond the limitations of a specific empire. After understanding this naked game of power and profit within the empire and between countries, he already feels that what he should protect is to stay away from these

The glory of the whole earth, the dirty things, are the beautiful things that flow in the blood of some people and are worthy of respect deep in their hearts.
To be continued...