Solei means sun in the Elvish language, and their family emblem and coat of arms also look like the sun shining in all directions.

Phlegaya means sharp arrows, and the family emblem and coat of arms are two crossed arrows.

The money is not in vain, the scroll records the information of these two families in detail, and of course, the most important, what role they played in the Five Great Pass Incident.

[The name of the Solei family is actually the same as my weapon, both meaning sun. Why does this family emblem look so familiar... Oh, I think about it, isn't this the flag of the Overseas Colony Tower of the Sun, but it's missing

The tall tower in the middle, I didn’t expect that the ancestors of that colony were the Sorey family]

In the original history, the elves finally ushered in a revival after a arduous war. Among them, Nagareth, a populous nation before the war, relied on the remaining power of Aenarion and its large and powerful army to actively colonize the western and eastern continents.

Occupying the territory of the Empire, Bretonnia and most of Nagaros, the dragon princes of Caledor followed closely in the colonial footsteps. The other kingdoms that did not recover immediately after the war had no choice but to

You can eat some leftover scraps.

The farthest colony among them is the Tower of the Sun near the Inda continent, which is the colony of the Sorey family. If you take the sea route from Ulthuan to the Tower of the Sun without relying on magic, it will take nearly half a year. This shows that this

How far away are the colonies? This also reflects from the side that the other kingdoms were left far behind by Nagareth and Caledor during the post-war revival. Otherwise, they would not have traveled so far to rob them.

Territory (actually it also has the function of curbing sea passages and restricting Antarctic Chaos from moving north, but that is just incidental).

It is precisely because of the large amount of land and wealth that Nagareth's status as the largest country after the war was supported, and in the subsequent civil war, it relied on the power of one country to fight against the 'traitor' Aenarion's son.

Sur, thus broke away to establish his own clan and changed its name to "Druch".

But these are not important. What is important is that these two families were personally awarded the responsibility of managing Phoenix Pass and Eagle Pass by the Queen before this.

Since the inner ring has not experienced a serious war in thousands of years (even armed confrontations have occurred), it is completely conceivable that the family in charge of the pass would pay much attention to defense. Objectively speaking, this is not surprising.

After all, before this great chaos invasion, even if they specifically applied for funds from the kingdom to build large-scale fortresses and defense facilities, there was a high probability that they would not be able to get through. In the end, if something happened, they would still have to take the blame, and quite a few relevant people were removed from their official positions.

And titles, but this is politics.

From their point of view, they were doing well. Before the war, they could collect a certain amount of customs duties and poll taxes from the merchants who passed through the pass. If they deducted a little bit, they could make a lot of money. Although after the war, the queen ordered the temporary cancellation of taxes.

, but you can live your life how you want. In the end, within a few months, under the joint report of a newly-minted military officer from the country and a country bumpkin from the outer ring, he fell from heaven to purgatory in an instant. Reasonably and logically, these families have a greater sense of clan than anything else.

Feudal nobles with a national consciousness will definitely bear a grudge against Carter and Aenario.

Enario is staying with the queen at this time, and he is a red man and cannot take action, so their revenge can only be on Carter.

As a large family that owns a large area of ​​land in Avalon and a seat in the Eternal Rock's 'Parliament of Nobles', the Sorey and Felegaya families want to take revenge on the foreign First Corps and Carter. It is too simple to not provide food.

Just the first step.

"Well, what about the promised paradise of Ulthuan... No matter how we go there, we can't avoid struggle."

After learning the full story of the incident from the scroll, Carter found that it was probably impossible to repair his relationship with the two families.

The saying, "Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents" is no joke, not to mention that he cut off someone's wealth and official career at once. Although the original purpose was just to plug a huge defense loophole for the Inner Ring Kingdom, people didn't realize it.

It doesn't matter how high it is.

At the end of the scroll, there are also local forces in the Eternal Rock City that are opposed to the Sorey and Ferregaia families and who may be able to provide help.

[…The above-mentioned noble lords will at most secretly ask Tiaozi to restore the food response of the First Corps, but they cannot completely fall out with the Sorey and Ferregaia families for this. It is rare for nobles in the inner ring to do so.

In a direct conflict, if they kill their own people because of the outer ring elves, they will have a reputation of hurting their own people and helping outsiders because of breaking the unspoken rules, even if everyone is Assur. Once they bear this reputation

Being charged with this kind of crime would mean that Asul's longevity would be equivalent to losing his foothold in the local area.

Therefore, even if they promise to help you, you cannot completely trust them. These hostile families cannot be relied upon at critical moments.】

Maybe it was for Astolfo's sake, but at the end, Mirel also thoughtfully reminded him of the unreliability of feudal forces.

"How's it going? Is there any good news? Do you know why the noble council is delaying the supply of food?"

Ah Fu and Amy, who had been eating, drinking and chatting happily for a long time, finally thought of the silent Carter.

"It's not that good..." Carter, who had thousands of thoughts running through his mind, lowered his head and replied casually. After thinking for a while, he raised his head: "Anyway, let's go back first. We have to think carefully about the solution."

"All right"

…

After paying the bill, the three people started to return the same way in the bustling city.

Carter, who was thoughtful, kept his head down the whole time and allowed Amy to pull him forward.

[One Ulthuan, one race has ten countries, hundreds or even thousands of large landowners, and is divided into countless small groups with their own families as the hub of interests... What a complicated and inefficient ruling environment.

Even the hundred-mile country in the heyday of the Zhou Dynasty was nothing more than this, right? If it weren't for a common belief, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be a nominal co-owner, the 'Eternal Queen', right?

The Great Chaos Invasion was both a disaster and an opportunity. If this invasion had not forcibly united the hearts of the Asur clan and accelerated the integration of elves from various countries, I am afraid that when the family was separated, it would not only be divided into three elven clans. But it ended like this

The performance of the three elves in Yanzhi was really poor. After all, it was this inefficient and complex political system that held them back.

If... if Aenarion does not die, it is not impossible to use his prestige and careful planning to establish a truly unified country and completely revolutionize the political system of Ulthuan... If you want to completely eradicate these big landowners,

Then it is necessary to create a new class that is more advanced and possesses stronger productivity... But simply copying the experience of the previous life is absolutely not advisable in this place where the corruption of the four gods is pervasive. No matter how bad the existing system is, it has been tested.

Can effectively resist the corrosion of the four gods...]

Carter, who had a headache the more he thought about it, unknowingly, led by Amy and Afu, walked out of the bustling urban area of ​​Eternal Rock and came to the stables where they kept their horses outside the city.

Without saying anything else, the three of them got on their horses and drove towards the military camp.

In the envious eyes of the stable owner, Carter rode the tall and powerful Bucephalus, holding Amy who insisted on riding together, and gradually left with a tremble.

Soon the flow of people around began to decrease, but many elves in civilian clothes saluted Carter on the road. They were the members of the vanguard and the Sky Eagle Brigade who arrived first. After completing their duties, it happened to be their turn today.

Rest. So on the way back, I met many familiar faces, including a few acquaintances from Estari.

"Don't think so much. Go back and discuss it with everyone. There will definitely be a solution. If we fight all the way from the outer ring to the inner ring, we can't starve to death instead of fighting to death, right?"

Amy, who was sitting in front and close to Carter, probably felt that Carter was still absent-minded, so she held the back of his hand holding the reins, leaned back gently and comforted him.

The way the white-haired elf looked back was so beautiful that it was beyond words. Carter, who temporarily stopped thinking, hugged the soft body tightly in enjoyment.

"Well, that's right..."

Carter, who was about to respond, suddenly shook off her hand. While Amy was still subconsciously stunned, he reached out and intercepted a flying arrow.

The bored Ah Fu who followed him immediately opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Enemy attack!" He then drew out his sword and cut down the arrows flying towards him in the air. There were too many arrows flying at the same time.

Yes, the movements he made when wielding the rune sword became a little weird, and the sound of 'ding, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, clang' cuts could be heard incessantly.

"Amy get down!"

Carter immediately asked Amy to lie down on the horse to reduce the area as much as possible, and then pulled out the rune sword named 'Sou' from the eternal queen's treasure house from the harness, and flicked down seven or eight arrows.

Inciting the self-defense amulet he wore, a round transparent shield that could block both physical and magical attacks appeared around him, protecting Emilia and BMW Bucephalus.

The three of them happened to be on the road at the edge of a forest. Carter, who had been thinking and subconsciously thought that the inner circle was safe, relaxed his vigilance. As a result, he did not notice the dozen assassins who were almost directly on his face.

"Afu, let's go! Don't be obsessed with fighting!"

The sudden situation caused Carter's adrenaline to surge. At the same time, his Sharingan, which was covered by the Ring of Deceiver, activated instantly, and he immediately saw the true identity of the assassin hiding in the tree. A dozen of them without any identification were wearing cloaks and black masks.

, the figure standing under the tree was constantly opening the strong bow in his hand and shooting heavy arrows that broke armor at close range and had astonishing lethality.

[Elf? Assassination? Solei, Feregaya family? Want to assassinate their own clan just because of the pass? Are they crazy, or have they been corrupted by the four gods...]

Carter, who had countless thoughts flashing through him in an instant, immediately pulled out three shurikens with detonating charms attached to them from the harness and threw them in the direction of the forest.

Before they hit the forest, Carter detonated the detonating talisman in the air. The flames and smoke caused by the three huge explosions became the best cover.

"Walk!"

Astolfo immediately rode away quickly, and Carter also lowered his body and quickly fled the scene. The strong Bucephalus effortlessly carried the two people forward at full speed, even faster than Astolfo alone.

Tolfo's horse of Erion is still faster.

The stunned Carter casually threw several more shurikens into the forest where the assassins were, maintaining the thick smoke to cover their retreat.

[If Amy and Ah Fu weren’t here today, none of you would have thought of leaving! 】

Carter, who was shocked by the ruthless tactics of the two families, gritted his teeth and thought fiercely, while using his body to completely protect Amy.

After more than ten seconds, the three of them sprinted at full speed with their good horses and escaped the effective range of the strong bow and heavy arrows. A dozen masked elves quickly left the scene when they saw that the action failed.
Chapter completed!