"Parker, what's wrong?"
Li En pushed open a crack in the door, not inviting Parker inside, and directly asked his purpose.
Parker frowned, judging from his expression, something must have happened at the base, and it might not be a small matter.
"Those Burns Empire guys who don't know how to live or die actually went to sea this morning. They went to attack Azure Dragon Court."
Li En wasn't too surprised to hear Parker's words.
Although Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall had already instructed the Holy Empire fleet that this was a war of attrition, telling everyone not to act rashly, to first test the depth of Azure Dragon Court, and then deploy plans to conquer Azure Dragon Court step by step.
But after these few tests, the Azure Dragon Empire had been showing a weak defense force, allowing for a direct drive in,
Even the capture of prisoners was a casual facade.
The first time, Duke McCoy was still very vigilant, thinking it was a trap by the Azure Dragon Empire, but the second, third, and fourth times were the same.
The Human Allied Forces even built a floating island pseudo-base outside the base, and began to capture prisoners to the pseudo-base during the third exploration, hoping to lure the enemy to attack the pseudo-base, but no Wyvern army came over.
Duke McCoy finally couldn't bear it any longer. He wanted to personally go to Azure Dragon Court and take the Burns' main force to attack Azure Dragon Court.
Although the two countries are allied forces, the supreme command of the Burns Empire is still in the hands of Duke McCoy.
At most, he would listen to the suggestions of Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall.
Earl Hall, of course, firmly opposed this. He had two experiences of fighting against Azure Dragon Court and had clearly told Duke McCoy about the power of the Wyvern army.
Grand Duke Moria's attitude was to acquiesce. After four tests without real results, a real army had to be used as a vanguard.
Letting the Burns Empire's navy go would be less of a loss than letting his own country's army go.
It was because of the different attitudes of the two that Duke McCoy made up his mind to go on the expedition.
If both of them opposed, or both of them agreed, Duke McCoy would hesitate instead.
"I remember you said, brother, that every Wyvern warrior is worth five-star knights. How could they possibly win?"
"The results of the last four explorations have created a misunderstanding in their minds. Not only the Burns people, but even our navy has begun to waver."
In the last expedition, the Holy Empire navy did not actually fight against the real Azure Dragon Court Wyvern army, so they did not know the horror of the Wyvern army.
This time, the Imperial Navy had been looking forward to fighting them, but they had been left in the base, and everyone had some complaints.
In addition, the results of the four explorations were consistent, which made everyone relax their vigilance.
More importantly, the prisoners captured back to the pseudo-base revealed under torture that Azure Dragon Court had previously encountered a disaster, which led to the death of the guardian dragon, the destruction of the Wyvern army, and the death of the Azure Dragon King. The current ruler is the Azure Dragon King's youngest daughter, and the new Azure Dragon Army is also temporarily formed, and does not have the combat power of the old Wyvern Army at all.
This explained why the four explorations were so easy.
Because Azure Dragon Court had suffered a catastrophe and was now in a period of weakness.
How could the Burns Empire miss this opportunity?
Take advantage of his illness and kill him.
Wouldn't they be the first to land on the island and become the first to eat crabs?
Duke McCoy also knew about the Azure Dragon Whip. It was better to have this thing in his own country's hands than in the hands of a neighboring country.
The two major empires in the Southern Continent are still in their honeymoon period, but everyone has the idea of unifying the entire continent, and getting this gift means that they are halfway to success.
Li En walked out of the room and closed the door, "Go see what Grandpa is doing."
"Okay."
Parker nodded.
Li En and Parker passed through the base's dormitory area, watching the Imperial Navy still training.
They were all a little absent-minded at this time, and their eyes looked at the sea from time to time.
Li En even heard someone whispering, why should the Burns Empire be allowed to take the lead? Why can't we attack Azure Dragon Court ourselves? How long are we going to stay at the base?
"The Glacier Base is ours, the pseudo-base was our idea, and the intelligence was also reviewed by us together,
How could it be cheaper for the Burns people? After they go to the island, what's left for us? When the flag of the Burns Empire is planted on Azure Dragon Court, how can we go back to face His Majesty the Emperor?"
In the highest command room, Earl Yale Frank was questioning Grand Duke Moria.
Grand Duke Moria quietly looked at the complete map of Azure Dragon Court on the wall.
This was also the result of the four explorations. The exploration team was like entering an uninhabited area, and basically drew a clear map of Azure Dragon Court.
Grand Duke Moria looked at Earl Hall,
"Hall, is it the same as you remember?"
"Yes."
Earl Hall nodded, he thought there was no problem with this map.
"Are you guys even listening to me?"
Earl Yale Frank was very angry.
He wanted to take the Flame Knights to attack alone, and the fleet was ready to set off, but Hall stopped him with people.
Earl Sam Isaacson also expressed incomprehension about this,
"Hall, why have you changed like a different person since this expedition? You wouldn't be so timid before,
Could it be that you have been influenced by the Prime Minister? After all, the Prime Minister has been in Wyvern City for a long time, and probably doesn't remember what war really looks like."
Tina knocked on the door and reported,
"Lord Li En Moria requests an audience."
The emperor was not in the expedition team, and everyone gradually became accustomed to changing back to the original title, making Simon's vestigial name exist in name only.
"Let him in."
Grand Duke Moria said lightly.
Li En and Parker walked into the command room.
At the door, they had already heard the quarrels of several important figures.
Earl Sam Isaacson and Earl Yale Frank believed that the Imperial Army should go on the expedition with the Burns Empire, and even seize the opportunity.
Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall believed that the army should not attack, and this was still a trap set by Azure Dragon Court
"Li En, you came just in time. I heard that your talent for drawing maps is even better than the surveyors in the army. Come and see if there is anything that needs to be improved on this map."
Grand Duke Moria beckoned and called Li En over.
Parker and the important figures present also knew each other. After greeting them one by one, they followed their brother to the map.
Parker can show the confidence and composure of a noble second generation most of the time. This is a quality that has been cultivated since childhood, except when facing beautiful women.
Because of this, Parker was teased by his aunt and his aunt's girlfriends at home before Li En appeared.
Li En looked at the map of Azure Dragon Court on the wall and said, "I can't see any problems."
This sentence is almost equivalent to saying that there is no problem with the map.
"Look, the information we got is true. I don't know what you are afraid of, Prime Minister. Why don't you give me the supreme command and let me decide."
Earl Yale Frank slammed the table and stood up.
Grand Duke Moria glanced at him indifferently, and the arrogant old nobleman Earl Yale Frank suddenly fell silent and sat back on the soft sofa.
"Li En, Parker, do you also think the army should attack?"
Moria looked at his two grandsons.
Li En let Parker speak first. Parker's Adam's apple rolled, he swallowed, stood up straight, and said with a serious expression,
"Should not!"
"Why?"
Grand Duke Moria asked.
Parker said, "It is a soldier's duty to obey the orders of his superiors. Since the supreme commander said that he cannot attack,
That means he cannot attack."
"Very good, you don't know the truth that teenagers know."
Grand Duke Moria looked back at the two earls, "If you want to betray the country and defect to Burns, then you can take your Knights and get out of my fleet, but you will not get any honor, and what awaits you will only be military trial and imprisonment.
Earl Sam Isaacson immediately put on a smiling face and said flatteringly, "The Prime Minister said it seriously. The Isaacson family will never betray the country. Your decision is our decision."
"Spineless."
Earl Yale Frank looked at Earl Sam Isaacson with disdain and sneered.
He couldn't stand this level of intimidation, and he was another idiot who inherited the title by relying on the shadow of his ancestors.
Earl Sam Isaacson lowered his head silently and took a puff of his cigar,
He silently scolded all the old men in the entire command room in his heart.
Yale thought he was willing to be so useless? Sandwiched between three creed families, what confidence does the Isaacson family have to be tough?
These three families basically have top experts, and the weakest is a six-star knight. What does the Isaacson family have?
Only honor.
If their family could also produce a seven-star Order Knight, why would they not have the right to speak at this supreme meeting.
Earl Yale Frank said angrily to Grand Duke Moria,
"Prime Minister, don't go too far, I am the Earl of the Frank family."
"Oh, then why is the supreme command mine, not yours?"
Grand Duke Moria asked.
Earl Yale Frank was speechless for a while, his old face flushed.
He also knew that his nephew was very suspicious and would rather reuse outsiders than his own family.
In fact, this is mainly related to Mary.
The family clearly knew that Mary had a rebellious heart towards Oglas, but they did not deal with it and allowed Mary to jump around.
Oglas has been resentful for a long time, so it will cause today's situation.
In the two expeditions, the supreme leader was not from the Frank family.
"Uncle Yale, Uncle Sam also wants to strive for the greatest benefits for the empire. The starting point is good. Grandpa, don't be angry."
Li En smiled and acted as a peacemaker, "Uncle Yale's Flame Knights have also made great achievements in the empire, but after all, the army and the navy are different, so we still have to listen to Uncle Hall's opinions."
Earl Yale Frank nodded slightly, found a step down, and naturally followed it down.
At the same time, his favorability towards Li En increased a bit.
"Hall, I should indeed communicate with you more."
Earl Hall nodded.
"Li En, you haven't told me your opinion on the Burns Empire going to sea."
"If 5,000 people go on an expedition together, it would be an optimistic number to return 100 people."
Li En said.
Hearing Li En say this, Earl Yale Frank and Earl Sam Isaacson couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha, do you know what you are talking about? Have you seen Burns' latest weapons? That is the latest mechanical armor. An ordinary person equipped with mechanical armor can defeat a three-star knight, and a three-star knight can even use it to defeat a five-star knight. There are also the shells on the Mayflower and June Flower, which are wind-powered cannons with the power equivalent to magic cannons."
Earl Yale Frank said.
Yale believed that if there were more people in the command room now, Li En would be ridiculed even more.
Li En didn't mind the laughter of the two earls, picked up the black tea on Grand Duke Moria's table, and poured himself a cup.
"If this is really the case, do you think we need to support them?
Grand Duke Moria continued to ask.
"Duke McCoy has the ability to come back by himself, but it's hard to say about his subordinates. We can support them, but we can't go deep into Azure Dragon Court. We can only rescue them here."
Li En picked up the teacup, walked to the map, and drew a circle on the map.
"Shallow Bay, our army can only go here at most, and cannot go deeper. We can save as many people as possible."
Li En judged that this was a trap and didn't want the Holy Empire's army to send people to their deaths, but if he could rescue some people, it would be considered a contribution to the Allied Forces.
"Okay, then who do you think is better to entrust this rescue mission to?
Grand Duke Moria continued to ask.
"Grandpa, I am willing to go."
Parker immediately volunteered.
"Let me and my Flame Knights do it, Parker is too young."
Earl Yale Frank said.
Compared between Parker and Earl Yale Frank, the latter is definitely more experienced.
Earl Yale Frank didn't really want to go to the rescue, but he didn't believe Li En's words,
He wanted to attack Azure Dragon Court with the Burns Empire army, even if he went later, but at least he could occupy some places. At that time, he would take the lead, at least on the Holy Empire side.
Otherwise, how could Earl Yale Frank possibly go on the expedition himself.
Earl Sam Isaacson secretly cursed an old fox in his heart, and then said,
"Why do you need such an elite force as the Flame Knights to do this rescue mission? Isn't it enough to hand it over to the Pioneer Knights?"
"Your Pioneer Knights are just a group of miscellaneous knights. I'm afraid they can't even do the rescue mission well, right? This is not a simple rescue, but also represents the strength of our Imperial Fleet. No Knights is more suitable than the Flame Knights.
"Heh, Earl Yale, you are not afraid of biting your tongue when you say this. The Pioneer Knights gather elite knights dispatched by various lords, how can they not represent the empire?"
"You two, the rescue mission is not—"
Before Parker could finish speaking, he was angered by the two earls together,
"Shut up."
Parker lowered his head helplessly. His seniority was too low, and he was indeed not qualified to interrupt.
Grand Duke Moria naturally saw the thoughts of the two people. They wanted to take the Knights to hit a wall.
As Grand Duke Moria placed his teacup on the table, the argument in the command room ceased.
"Hall, what do you think?"
"Let the Rose Knights go to the rescue; they are the most familiar with the ocean."
Earl Hall said calmly.
"No way!"
The other two earls spoke in unison. Although neither of them wanted to yield to the other, they were united against a common enemy this time, just as they had prevented Parker from going to the rescue.
Li En couldn't help but find it amusing. These two old fogeys were single-mindedly hoping to scavenge for advantages at Azure Dragon Court.
However, if they did as he said, they shouldn't encounter any danger.
"In that case, let the Flame Knights go."
"I still think—"
Earl Hall wanted to say something, but Grand Duke Moria interrupted him. "Yar, go prepare."
Earl Yar Frank looked excited, feeling that he had won this time.
The Flame Knights would become the heroes of the Holy Empire's conquest of Azure Dragon Court, perhaps without the need for other knights or the navy to intervene. He could claim all the credit for himself.
Earl Sam Isaacson was defeated, feeling somewhat regretful, but his Pioneer Knights were indeed no match for the Flame Knights. He could only sigh and leave the supreme command room.
"Prime Minister, then I'll go prepare."
Earl Yar Frank twisted his neck, feeling that it was time for his old bones to regain their vigor.
Parker watched the two earls leave before summoning the courage to ask Grand Duke Moria,
"Grandpa, you clearly knew they wouldn't listen to Brother and would anchor in Shallow Sea Bay, possibly attacking directly and competing with the Burns Empire for the assault. They wouldn't do any rescuing at all. Why did you still send them instead of me?"
"Parker, you're still too young."
"But this is a rescue mission, not an important charge."
"No, often rescue missions are more important than charging into battle."
Grand Duke Moria said, patting Parker on the shoulder.
Disappointment flashed in Parker's eyes.
"Li En, what's going on with your Dawn Knights? Why the sudden expansion, poaching people from other knights and the church? Now other commanders are complaining to me."
Grand Duke Moria turned and looked at Li En, who was drinking tea.
Unlike Parker, Li En appeared very calm and showed little interest in participating in the rescue mission.
It's no wonder Li En wasn't interested. He had already discerned from Grand Duke Moria and Earl Hall's attitudes that this matter was a setup.
They wanted to use this opportunity to weaken the Frank family's power in the military.
"You asked me to investigate the witch treason case. I have results. This matter is related to the Pope. The witches acted on the Pope's orders, intending to assassinate me. The people I expanded the knights with were all nails the Pope had planted in the army. I turned them all into blood servants, resolving the crisis. As for the witches, I plan to take them back to the royal capital to have them identify the Pope's crimes."
Li En said bluntly.
"The witches were controlled by Randall?"
Hall frowned.
He knew Randall didn't like Li En, but he didn't expect Randall to send witches to assassinate Li En.
"Yes, Uncle Hall. I didn't want to tell you about this, but you would find out sooner or later. The Pope is already my enemy."
Li En said calmly.
"Since that's the case, let your servants explain to the commanders themselves. Don't let the commanders complain to me anymore,"
Grand Duke Moria said.
"Yes, Grandpa."
"Do you need to take the witches back to the royal capital now to resolve this matter?"
Grand Duke Moria continued to ask.
Li En shook his head. "The operation difficulty of getting the witches to identify Randall is too high. I still need some time, and the expedition hasn't ended."
"Hmm. It seems you've already made arrangements in the royal capital."
Seeing his grandson's growth, Grand Duke Moria was quite pleased.
"Hall, bring Dorothy and have a meal together."
Grand Duke Moria was in a good mood.
Earl Hall snorted.
"What's our relationship? Why would we sit at the same table?"
Although they had reached a certain degree of harmonious coexistence, their conflicting political views over the years still made it impossible for them to sit together and eat in peace.
Unless Li En and Dorothy got married.
Earl Hall left the command room to find his daughter.
He only wanted to eat with his precious daughter and adorable grandson, Alexander.
He didn't want to see the three golden-haired members of the Moria family.
However, he only found Alexander in Dorothy's room, which was very depressing.
"Where did Dorothy go?"
"Mommy? Mommy didn't come back last night. She must be with Daddy."
Alexander blurted out, inadvertently betraying his mother.
Earl Hall's face turned white and then red, then red and then black.
Was his good cabbage stolen by a pig ahead of time?
Just as Grand Duke Moria was enjoying breakfast with his two grandsons,
Earl Yar Frank led the members of the Flame Knights out to sea on warships.
The coast was filled with envious navy personnel.
They also wanted to go to sea to fight, but Grand Duke Moria only allowed the Flame Knights to go on the expedition. What did that mean?
Did he not want them to compete with the royal family for the attack?
Their hearts were filled with unwillingness and jealousy.
Earl Yar Frank stood proudly at the bow, looking at the envious guys on the coast and laughing heartily, especially when he thought of the pale faces of Earl Hall and Earl Sam.
"Hahaha, so delightful, so delightful! Sam and Hall, those two old geezers, have already lost to me!"
"Uncle Yar, are we really going to rescue them?"
Franz Austin Frank, the deputy commander of the Flame Knights, asked.
He was a collateral member of the Frank family, and because he was quite outstanding, he would privately call Yar Frank "Uncle."
"Heh, rescue? Only a fool would go to rescue those Burns Empire people. We're going to grab military merit."
"Understood."
Franz's lips curled up, revealing a smile.
Galvin, the commander of the Flame Knights, was not as optimistic as the uncle and nephew. He reminded,
"Earl, although our Flame Knights are powerful, we have never participated in naval battles. Wouldn't it be a bit risky to act rashly? At least we need some consultants from the Rose Knights."
"Commander, you're just too cautious. If the Rose Knights participate, will the credit belong to our Frank family or the Hall family?"
Franz said.
The flag fluttering with the Frank family crest flapped in the wind, and the warship moved farther and farther away from the coast.
The members of the knights on the warship were eager to show their skills at Azure Dragon Court.
When they arrived at the bay in front of Azure Dragon Court according to the designated route, the setting sun on the horizon had already dyed the sea surface golden.
In the golden sunlight, Azure Dragon Court seemed to emit an alluring golden light, representing countless opportunities and wealth.
The knights were both shocked by such natural beauty and full of expectations to make contributions.
"Drop anchor."
The captain gave the order.
The sailors dropped anchor, mooring the warship in the shallow sea bay.
They were going to land from here.
Night shrouded the Icefield Base.
Damir was teaching Li En and Dorothy about magic arrays.
Although he was not a Special-Grade Believer, his theoretical knowledge was solid. Not to mention the arrays that Special-Grade Believers needed to master, he was even familiar with the knowledge that Golden Believers needed to master.
It could be said that he was a true theorist.
Parker appeared again, disrupting Damir's classroom discipline.
"Brother, the Flame Knights, the Flame Knights are back."
Parker ran in panting.
Damir frowned.
He didn't like this rash young noble very much.
"Can you please stop interrupting my class, Parker Moria?"
"Sorry, Archbishop Damir."
Parker looked apologetic, but he had a lot to say, and he was afraid he would burst if he didn't say it.
Damir sighed. Seeing that Li En was not in the mood to continue drawing array diagrams, he said to Li En, "Class is dismissed early today. You have to make it up at this time tomorrow."
"Okay, okay."
Li En followed suit.
Archbishop Damir adjusted his sleeves and left with the divine servant.
Parker walked into the temporary classroom, saw Dorothy, and was a little embarrassed to speak.
"It's okay, she's one of us."
The meaning of Li En's words was very deep.
Parker didn't think much and said directly,
"A total of 2,000 people went out, and in the end, only Earl Yar, Commander Galvin, Deputy Commander Franz, and 5 knight captains, 8 people came back. Everyone else died. It was too tragic, really too tragic. They even abandoned the Frank, only taking a small boat to escape back."
This was within Li En's expectations.
After all, although the current Wyvern Army was definitely not as numerous as before, its quality was much higher.
Without Six-Star Knights, surviving depended entirely on luck.
"What about the Burns people? Did they come back?"
Li En asked.
"They came back too. They came back together and are still arguing. Duke McCoy said that if it weren't for that idiot Yar, they could have returned at least 100 elites, but now less than 30 people have returned."
Parker swallowed, picked up Li En's water glass, gulped down the ice water, and continued,
"If you go now, you can still see the two of them in a war of words."
Such excitement was indeed worth watching.
Li En raised his eyebrows at Dorothy.
Dorothy nodded.
The two walked out of the classroom together.
"Ah, wait for me."
Parker chased after them.
Nina Owen, as Li En's maid, also followed.
On the shallow beach, two remnant armies were spraying at each other. If it weren't for the clergy interspersed among them to check the physical condition of the wounded, they could have fought another battle.
The navy personnel who stayed at the base camp no longer dared to question Grand Duke Moria's judgment.
Azure Dragon Court was indeed extremely dangerous.
Li En roughly heard that after Earl Yar discovered that Azure Dragon Court was a trap, he wanted to take the main force and escape, deceiving Duke McCoy that the Holy Empire's reinforcements were coming soon, telling them to hold on.
As a result, he turned around and ran away, causing Duke McCoy, who had originally planned to retreat, to lose another batch of subordinates.
The armies were noisy and debated.
It wasn't until Earl Hall appeared that these melon-eating navy personnel returned to their respective camps.
Earl Hall stopped Duke McCoy and Earl Yar from spraying at each other and brought them back to the supreme command center.
Li En, Dorothy, Parker, and Nina Owen also followed.
Their identities were special, allowing them to eat melons nearby.
However, when they arrived at the door of the command room, they were still stopped by Tina.
The door closed, and Li En could only extend his vision through his keen hearing.
Earl Yar had lost almost the entire Flame Knights, feeling extremely frustrated. He now regretted it deeply, only regretting that he hadn't listened to Grand Duke Moria and hadn't waited in Shallow Sea Bay all along.
He also regretted taking on this rescue mission, resulting in not saving anyone and losing his own people.
The Flame Knights had 20,000 people, but only 2,000 elites followed the expedition. This time, the blow to Earl Yar was too great.
This was also why Earl Hall had dispatched combined teams for the previous four exploration missions, drawing some people from a knights to participate in the mission, just to avoid a total annihilation.
However, Earl Yar completely failed to learn from experience, being greedy for merit and eager to take on the work himself, so he used all his own people.
As a result, he encountered a trap, and those who died were all his own people.
Duke McCoy was even more angry. The Holy Empire didn't come to rescue them, but instead came to hinder them. What kind of alliance was this?
If Duke McCoy hadn't left 1,000 people to garrison the base, then the Burns Empire would have been completely wiped out this time.
Forget about fighting this battle, just go back home.
Earl Sam looked at Earl Yar's miserable state and couldn't help but gloat, rejoicing that he hadn't taken on the rescue mission.
Only Grand Duke Moria, Earl Hall, Duke McCoy, Earl Yar, and Earl Sam remained in the supreme command room.
The composition of the Burns Empire was not as complicated as that of the Holy Empire. There were no Seven Creed Families, so there were not as many earls. Below Duke McCoy, almost all were viscounts and barons.
In addition, this time, the viscounts and barons who followed Duke McCoy on the attack were all killed, leaving only twenty or so knights members, which was why it seemed as if Duke McCoy was surrounded by the nobles of the Holy Empire.
Duke McCoy said angrily,
"You must give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise the alliance between Burns and the Holy Empire will not continue."
"McCoy, don't be so agitated. Before your expedition, we strongly dissuaded you. You insisted on your own way. How can you blame us now?"
Earl Hall said.
Earl Yar nodded and cursed even more angrily, "Damn Burns people, did we ask you to go to your deaths? If you hadn't insisted on attacking Azure Dragon Court, my Flame Knights would not have suffered such heavy losses."
"Shame on the Holy Empire, treacherous dogs, return the ships made by our Burns Empire artisans!"
Duke McCoy cursed.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Grand Duke Moria coughed lightly.
"Alright, enough."
Grand Duke Moria looked sternly at Earl Yar,
“Earl Arl Frank, I sent you to support Duke McCoy, why did you take it upon yourself to attack Azure Dragon's Court?”
“I—.”
Earl Arl was momentarily speechless and lowered his head.
“Earl Arl Frank, you disobeyed military orders and damaged the friendly alliance between our two countries. This is treason. You are hereby dismissed from your position and will await a military court-martial. Guards, take him away.”
Grand Duke Moria said with a cold expression.
“No, you can't do this to me, I am a member of the Frank family.”
Earl Arl said angrily, but he was still taken away by Grand Duke Moria's personal guards and imprisoned in the dungeon, right next to the witches.
Subsequently, Earl Arl's subordinates were also imprisoned, keeping Earl Arl company.
Galvin, the commander of the Blazing Knights, never imagined that he would become a prisoner.
Seeing Grand Duke Moria's actions, Duke McCoy's anger subsided slightly.
“Moria, even if you do this, we Burns will not forgive you. This war is meaningless to me. I will report the situation here to our great Emperor. If you still value our alliance, allow us to use a teleportation gate once. We want to return.”
Duke McCoy said, "If you want to completely break ties, then we will take ships and cross the ocean back to our homeland."
“McCoy, you can use the teleportation gate at any time, but are you sure you want to return like this?”
“We have 1,000 men left, but if we continue to fight Azure Dragon's Court, we will be annihilated. Why not return?”
Duke McCoy questioned.
Clearly, he had been shocked by the true strength of Azure Dragon's Court.
He believed that humans could not defeat them.
“Alright, the teleportation gate needs preparation. You can rest for one day. After one day, you can use it.”
Grand Duke Moria agreed.
“Okay.”
Duke McCoy turned around and left. As he opened the door, he saw Li En and Dolores.
He frowned, sighed, and strode forward.
It seemed that this battle had worn down the spirit of the Burns Empire.
This was good news for Li En.
Duke McCoy was also a talented person. Knowing that his allies were unreliable, he did not want to continue wasting time.
Earl Arl's act of treason was not in vain. Perhaps Duke McCoy would return and have his army harass the borders of the Holy Empire.
The best way was actually to prevent Duke McCoy from returning home, either by trapping him in the base or killing him.
Reducing an enemy would also maintain the alliance between the two countries.
However, Grand Duke Moria had his own considerations.
For the sake of Li En and the family's interests, he decided to let Duke McCoy return.
Duke McCoy originally thought that he might be assassinated by the Holy Empire, but he was not.
One day later, Duke McCoy and the remaining Burns Empire army returned on the Mayflower.
The human coalition existed in name only, with only the Holy Empire fleet still stationed at the Glacier Base.
Arl Frank's crimes quickly spread back to his country, but the Frank family suppressed the news and did not let the general public know.
The Frank family still considered Arl Frank a criminal, even though his daughter was Zenobia Frank, this fact could not be changed.
After Arl Frank returned to the capital, the command of the Blazing Knights would definitely be revoked, and his position as Earl would not be retained.
Now Zenobia was worried about whether her father Arl could survive.
A week ago, Zenobia could confidently protect her father Arl, because Augulas was obsessed with her beauty, but now the situation was completely different.
Recently, Augulas's relationship with Mona Isaacson had progressed rapidly. Although the two were still ambiguous friends, Augulas actually rejected Zenobia and her sister because of Mona Isaacson.
Augulas did not want Mona Isaacson to know that he had an improper relationship with his cousin, and began to abstain from such behavior.
Zenobia had to think of some extreme ways to see Augulas.
For example, openly throwing parties in the castle, which also involved many royal nobles.
Before Augulas took Zenobia back to his bedroom, she was surrounded by at least seven or eight nobles.
This made Augulas very angry.
“Zenobia, what are you doing? Have you forgotten your identity?”
Augulas closed the door and threw Zenobia directly onto the bed.
“What identity?”
Zenobia looked at Augulas with drunken eyes, "Is it the imperial princess who is about to marry, or the Emperor's mistress, or the daughter of Earl Arl?"
“If you are doing this because of Earl Arl's matter, there is no need. If he makes a mistake, he must be punished.”
Augulas pinched Zenobia's chin.
“Are you really going to be so heartless? He is your uncle.”
Zenobia said.
“The Frank family does not need useless people. He has been in this position for too long, and his brain has been corroded.”
The more Augulas looked at Zenobia's delicate cheeks, the more angry he felt.
“Augulas, don't forget, if it wasn't for my father.”
Augulas bit Zenobia's lips, preventing her from continuing to speak.
For the past week, Augulas had restrained himself from approaching Zenobia, but when the two reunited,
Even if Zenobia had done something very excessive, Augulas still wanted to conquer her again.
The two passionately entangled again, with intense arguments.
Afterwards, Zenobia said again, "I just want my father to live."
“Okay.”
Augulas promised.
“What's the price?”
Zenobia asked.
“Never appear in front of me again, get out to the Northern Continent.”
Augulas said.
“Okay.”
Zenobia agreed almost without hesitation. She picked up the clothes scattered on the ground, got up to leave, but was grabbed back by Augulas.
“Are you so eager to leave me?”
“I just don't want to disturb you and your new love, Miss Mona Isaacson. She probably can't accept our relationship, right?”
“She and I are just friends.”
“Don't deceive yourself. I can feel that you are treating her as a substitute for Dolores, but that has nothing to do with me. Thank you, Augulas, I hope you keep your promise.”
For Zenobia, letting go now was the best opportunity.
Otherwise, if Augulas really fell in love with her, Zenobia would not be able to leave.
She did not like being controlled by someone as possessive as Augulas. Even being Augulas's lover would most likely mean losing her freedom.
