Chapter 726 (1/2)

”Laszlo Varna... Did he really say that?”

In the early morning, count Eckert looked at the Duke who had just returned, and his heavy expression made the little wizard and Lucian show some concern.

”I always think he's not completely telling the truth... Or deliberately hiding something.” Lauren nodded slightly and crossed his hands. ”But at least he didn't lie.”

There is a big difference.

Maybe there are wizards involved, maybe some mutant monsters that he has never known... It is difficult for ordinary people like Archduke Varna to distinguish the differences. He can only judge by experience that the power used by each other is definitely not from the material world.

Of course, this result is not what Lauren is most worried about

”What's your decision, Duke?” Eckert looked seriously at Lauren. ”Have you given him any kind of commitment?”

”No, I told Archduke Varna that I need to think carefully and give him a final answer until tonight's banquet.” Loren shook his head and glanced at the count of his anger Castle: ”what do you think, Eckert?”

”Two things.”

Eckert's eyes suddenly shrunk and his tone was decisive: ”first of all, we must evacuate from the Principality of poii as soon as possible and mobilize the strength of the whole principality to prepare for war.”

”If, according to the worst outcome, the Centaur and the dwarf alliance, or even the dwarves, are used to weaken our vassal, we can only fight it with the strength of all Byrne - with our current strength, it can't play any role!”

”But... If Byrne withdraws, will Boye face the Centaur invasion alone?” the little wizard asked anxiously, ”can they really resist the Centaur attack now?”

”This is the second thing I want to say.” Eckert nodded slightly. ”If we withdraw immediately, Boye will never be able to support under the iron horse of the Centaur for too long.”

”Maybe Varna can rely on the wall of Qianzhang city to stop the Centaur from little Boyi, but half Boyi is doomed to fall - the friendship forged by Byrne and Boyi with iron and blood will be completely torn apart after a thousand years!”

At this point, Eckert couldn't help sighing: ”it is because of this that Duke Varna has the confidence to ask you to alliance with him - as he said, Byrne also needs Boye.”

”Without the strong support from Boye, Byrne's particularity and importance in the Empire will no longer exist; in addition to our strength and rich land, we will no longer be different from other principalities, and our reputation will be greatly reduced!”

When the voice fell, Eckert looked at her face silently, expressionless, like Loren in meditation, with complex eyes.

There is another important key point that he did not say... That is the importance of the victory of this war to Loren.

The new Duke is different from any previous Duke of Byrne - he is not a direct line of Turin, the count of red blood castle, nor a Byrne knight in the strict sense. It is difficult to say whether he is even a ”Byrne”.

Only with the victory of this war and the hearty victory can we stop the voice of doubt from inside and outside the principality and become the real Lord of Byrne!

Yes, Archduke Varna saw through this... Loren Turin, what choice does he have?

”In that case, why not just ask the Empire for help?”

Andrew McAfee scratched his head and looked blankly: ”at present, there are three full legions on the border of Boyi. With the Auxiliary Corps, it can be tripled - the Lords of the heavenly palace won't sit idly by for such a big thing?”

In a word, the whole room was quiet.

”If so...” Eckert took a deep breath and tried to explain calmly: ”since the Duke sent troops, all the sacrifices of Byrne and even Boye will be wasted, and even fall into a more dangerous situation!”

”The simplest thing is that all achievements and achievements will become the 'wise decision' of the heavenly palace. All failures are our 'unauthorized actions' - no one will care how much Bain and Boye sacrificed for the war. They will only remember that the Empire ended the war!”

”Not really? I......”

”You'd better shut up.”

The grey pupil boy glared at him: ”if you don't speak, everyone won't treat you as a mute!”

Surprisingly... McAfee didn't refute him, but his face was stiff. He shrunk his neck like a frightened rabbit and smiled awkwardly: