Chapter 2 The Cunning Heresy and the Moon
What I fear is that you, the great Emperor will misjudgment our will and then launch a war against our humble country. If that is the case, it will be very unfavorable to both of us.
Of course, this is not to say that your great army cannot conquer us humble vampires. Instead, after defeating us, you have spent countless energy and money. The warriors threw blood and consumed so much, what would they get in the end?
Desolate Sylvania?
The chaotic border prince's leadership?
A new territory that is hungry?
Are there hundreds of thousands of new widows in the empire, and there are still those who are deficient in the treasury that can run away from mice?
There are also the green-skinned tribes that have extended countless borders at once and are eyeing countless green-skinned tribes that have destined to invade the empire's territory?
Of course you can defeat us, I believe this. But how do you deal with these situations next? You smashed a shield to shelter the empire from the wind and rain. So, how do you resist these situations next? Can the Sigma Empire, which has consumed so much energy, still block the terrifying invasion from the Greenskin Tribe?
I think you have already made plans in your mind for all this. It is a grand blueprint that is beyond the reach of the world. But I think all the things I said are my humble and a little selfish. At the same time, it also makes helpless explanations, and it can also give you a certain reference to the great plan. If this can be true, then for you, or me, the meaning of this letter will be achieved.
Finally, I would like to greet you again. The emperor of the great Sigma Empire, the supreme devotional, Magnus, Earl of Castein of Silvania, Valed von Castein.
May 15, 2329, the imperial calendar.
In this way, the letter was finished. Franz and McLean also read it.
"Tell me what you think." Emperor Magnus asked. He could see that his two friends had changed from shock and incredible at the beginning to a solemn attitude. In other words, they were seriously considering the content of the letter.
"The analysis is very reasonable. The wording is humble and reasonable." McLean replied.
"From a military perspective, his preemptive offensive defense and the emphasis on Sylvania being a shielded by the Empire. Both points make sense." Franz gave the answer mainly from his professional perspective.
After hearing their answers, Magnus nodded. Then he asked a second question: "So should we believe the heretic vampire's story and how much should we believe? And, how should we deal with this?"
Hearing Magnus's question, the two subordinates thought for a while. Then Franz spoke first: "I think I can believe about 50%. In military terms, Sylvania is surrounded by green skins on both sides, and now it has taken over the land under the border prince's territory, and the area of the border with green skins has become larger. So from a military perspective, he claims to be harmless, and I think he can believe it for the time being. However, as for politics, I don't know much."
Then, McLean also laughed: "Franz and I think about it almost 50%. Of course, it's in politics. I have sent people to examine the political environment of the border prince. It is closed and rigid. The technological level is almost stagnant. Whether it is transportation, people's way of thinking, or lifestyle, they are still at the level of primitive and ignorant thousands of years ago. If you want to manage this territory well, it is not something that can be accomplished in ten or twenty years."
Hearing the two of his most trusted deputies say this, Magnus finally smiled: "50% military, 50% political. According to you, it seems that the heretic vampire is really a fool. The words he said are actually credible... But why do I think something is wrong here?"
After hearing the emperor say this, McLean and Franz quickly apologized. Magnus immediately stopped them: "I say this, not that I can't believe you, nor that I want you to apologize. I just... just think that heresy is too strange. Before this, have you heard of a vampire count who would write to the Emperor of the Empire? I have never heard of it. And you also said that in terms of military and political aspects, his views are very correct, that is, this person doesn't say anything else, at least his knowledge is very clever.
In addition, he made extremely excellent performances in the war led by the Prince of the Border... Can we think that this vampire is a very potential and very powerful opponent?"
at the same time.
When the Emperor of the Sigma Empire and his ministers were worried about a letter from Valede, the initiator Vared von Castein had returned to his hometown of Sylvania. After a welcome banquet, an exciting speech, and a display of some of the spoils he had plundered from his enemies, Vared officially became the war hero of Sylvania.
In this era, this chaotic era, a chaotic era where wars may break out every day, every minute and every second, a hero - a hero from the battlefield, who came out of the battlefield with smoke and corpses everywhere, is a glory and glory that people cannot refuse. Vared received the most solemn courtesy at the welcome banquet. Not only were there nearly a hundred compatriots from the Castein family, but the counts of the other three families also sent envoys to congratulate and gave gifts.
After this, in this atmosphere, when Madame Windsor proposed to return the rights to Valed in advance and become the rule of Count Castein in advance, almost no one opposed it and passed it all. So, as long as he accepted the final test, Vared could justify the throne of Count Castein, become a vassal prince in this troubled times, and officially set foot on the political stage of this world.
This test, as mentioned before, was specifically designed to train the endurance of vampire teenagers, test their patience and torture them. After this welcome banquet, Vared was shackled by the respectful tribe members, and then threw himself into the cell specially opened by the Dekenhof Castle.
He will live here for three months and not suck a drop of blood during these three months. This proves his patience.
In the first month, Vared could get a small amount of drugs specially prepared by alchemy that could inhibit blood-sucking. Of course, the side effects of this drug were to slow down Vared's perception and reaction. At first, Vared received this drug. But then, when he discovered that he had side effects such as weak limbs and mental distraction, he refused to continue using it. He just relied on his perseverance to hold on.
In the second month, when Madam Windsor and his fiancée Anne, Alice and Liliya came to visit him, she found that this person was exactly two different from the ones they knew. He had messy hair, his eyes were protruding, his fists were clenched tightly, his forehead was brisk, and his lips were scarred, as if he had bitten it. After seeing them, Vared just smiled reluctantly. Then he closed his eyes, and did not speak or move. Even his eating stopped.
This situation made Madame Windsor and her three fiancées worried. So soon, Anne applied to Madame Windsor that she would also have to undergo such a trial.
"But my dear, your age is not enough," said Madam Windsor at that time. So Anne replied, "I know, Madam. But I am Vared's fiancée. I don't want to just stand by and watch when my fiancé suffers. I can't save him. So, please let me suffer the same suffering as him."
"If you say that, I can't do anything." Mrs. Windsor sighed and agreed to Anne's request. Alice next to her was not willing to be outdone and immediately asked to advance the trial. But this time, Mrs. Windsor refused her.
"I'm sorry, my dear, but your physique cannot withstand the damage caused by this trial. Generally speaking, only when you are sixteen years old, the development of young vampires has come to a temporary end. Only with enough resistance can you withstand it. And Vared and Anne... both have been trained by professional warriors. So their bodies are much better than ordinary peers. As for you, Alice, I'm afraid you can't hold on."
Liliya next to her is already thirty or forty years old. She naturally has experienced this kind of trial. She also nodded from the side, proving that Madame Windsor’s statement is correct.
"But-" Alice wanted to say, "Will she increase her favorability with Valed?" or similar words. But it was not appropriate to think about it. She had to lower her head and remain silent.
"I know you feel heartbroken by him. Am I not?" Mrs. Windsor sighed and gently stroked Alice's hair, saying to her three prospective daughters-in-law: "But this is a level that all of our tribesmen have to go through. In fact, for Vared, this is already relaxed enough. Considering that he still has many things to do in the Prince of the Border, he only sets up three months. Generally, vampires have to go through half a year, or even a year."
So, in the second month of Vared's trial, Anne, the quasi-blooded Dragon Knight, also started her trial. Unlike Vared, her trial is likely to last for a lifetime. If she really wants to become a formal Blood Dragon Knight...!~!
Chapter completed!