Chapter 97 (1/2)
Rody and the others were delayed at West Hill City for several days Five days later, at noon, they arrived in the Imperial Capital
From a distance, they saw the majesty of the Imperial Capital The Eainst the walls Golden armored warriors stood above the walls The battle axes in their hands gleaht The city had a 100-ical crystal at the top of the tower reflected sunlight
”We are ho on his horse He turned his head and looked at the soldiers behind him The soldiers all looked exhausted but excited
The ate of the I Countless people had learned about the triue crowd had rushed outside the city to greet hiain ran out of stock in the Imperial Capital The public security soldiers could only smile wryly as they looked at the enthusiastic residents of the I the chaos on the day the duke left for his expedition, the public security soldiers made better preparations this time Even the commander specially wore his hel his face
Rody had already heard news froo out of the city to welcome him Fro back the crowd on the periphery of both sides of the road The Imperial Guards stood further down the road on both sides The road was already blanketed in flowers Froe parked outside the city gates Even the horses that were selected hite horses of the best quality
Rody's two co and Gordon dismounted from their horses when they were about 100 paces away They walked the rest of the way The soldiers behind them also dismounted from their horses
The Emperor of the Empire, Abbas XI wore a ceree
The group sloalked in unison towards the carriage until Rody waved for the knelt down and said, ”Your subordinates did not fail Your Majesty and have repelled the ene and Gordon spoke as loudly as they could However, Rody was not particularly fond of the emperor He lowered his head and only mouthed the words
Abbas XI looked satisfied and waved his hands He slowly got down the carriage and walked towards the three of theht the three up and embraced them in an ostentatious fashi+on in the etiquette of the Ereet their triumphant return
Subsequently, the guards of the I crowd also shouted
”Long live the Duke of Tulip Family!”
”Long live the 'Lightning God's Whip'!”
”Long live the Empire!”
”Long live His Majesty the Emperor!”
Fresh flowers rained down on them as colored ribbons flew As the people celebrated happily, the army marched slowly into the city
Abbas XI deliberately pulled Rody's hand enthusiastically as he walked to the front He left his carriage and ordered soet him a horse He then rode side by side with Rody and enjoyed the cheers of the people Abbas XI shtly pale face looked more flushed than usual
Rody showed a prudent and respectful expression but was disgusted in his heart
First of all, the war in the Northwest region had actually ended in the defeat of the Empire
A vast amount of land was occupied by the enemy, and several military fortresses also fell into their hands In the end, it was thanks to his reinforce everything
On top of that, according to custoh he was an iion to repel Reuenthal and should have been given the post of an arion However, the emperor did not do that The moment the battle was over, the emperor had ordered the duke to return Obviously, the e to leave the 100,000 soldiers of the Northwest region under his command
The emperor had initially sent Rody there and hoped for Reuenthal to cut hireatest threat, the Tulip Family The emperor however, did not expect Rody's surprise attack to have caused so do Reuenthal to withdraw and concentrate on the power struggle in the Great Moon Kingdoion was protected, the thorn still existed Probably, the emperor was more disappointed that the duke was still alive than happy that the fortress was saved
The Wolf Fang soldiers immediately went on to their base at the Central Cavalry'sand Gordon followed His Majesty back to the palace to accept their reward
All the high level governathered in the audience hall Rody, who followed Abbas XI into the audience hall was the center of attention The h some were jealous
They waited for Abbas XI to slowly sit on his throne and look at the people present He then said, ”The Duke of the Tulip Faion and triumphantly returned He has defeated Reuenthal, and this will be regarded as a great contribution to the Elory of the Empire and the Duke of the Tulip Family!”
There was a thunderous applause as all the nobles and ministers cheered The people of the military cheered happily as they looked at their ratified
After the applause, a skinny oldvery cal to say!”
”Marquis Garoline, you are the Military Minister of the Imperial Are of hed
Marquis Garoline raised his head and solemnly said, ”Your Majesty, the Duke of the Tulip Fareat merit He must be rewarded!”
The moment Rody heard this, he trembled He clearly knew that Military Minister Garoline was not a good person The Lionheart Family had alanted to suppress the Tulip Family Previously at the banquet, Rody had crossed paths with Garoline's nephew, the Northern Region's Army Chief, Milo Now, Garoline had suddenly requested for His Majesty to reward Rody Rody knew that nothing good would come out of it
Abbas XI nodded and immediately said, ”Of course However, how do you, as the est ard him?”
Before Garoline could speak, a eneral beside hi to the tradition of the Empire, the Duke of the Tulip Family would serve as the army chief of the Central Cavalry! The Duke of the Tulip FareatGod's Whip'!”
The , his proposal was ienerals
Rody sighed in his heart He knew that these generals were trying to help him in consideration of the late duke However, their ive hiion, nevermind the 200,000 soldiers ere also known as the E God's Whip' Besides, being in control of the 'Lightning God's Whip' was equivalent to controlling the entire Imperial Army in the Imperial Capital The total 250,000 soldiers based in the I God's Whip' for defending the Capital and the 50,000 I the palace How could the e to place hiest army?”
Sure enough, Abbas XI only nodded but did not say anything Rody noticed that the elanced at Marquis Garoline The Marquis then coughed gently and said, ”The generals' words are certainly reasonable! But…” Rody sneered in his heart as he thought:
I was just waiting for your 'but'!
”… But the current Duke of the Tulip Fa God's Whip is the E the Imperial Capital! The duke is still less than 20 years old I ah to handle such an i said these words, the Marquis bowed to the emperor
”Nonsense!” A hot-te, but there have been cases in the history of the E duke became the commander-in-chief of the areneration have served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Cavalry in their 20s!”
The htily nor humbly said, ”It is true that there are dukes who became commander-in-chief at 20 However, the current duke has not even reached 20 years old and has only fought once on the battlefield!”
”Heneral could not help but say, ”Only one battle but he could already repel Reuenthal Is that not enough? If you don't believe in his ability, send your nephew out to fight and see!”
Garoline then replied without getting angry, ”The person who leads the expedition to fight against the foreign country is decided by His Majesty”
”You said that the duke is young Your nephew is also young, but isn't he now a Coion?”
Garoline said, ”Milobut he is almost 30 years old Besides, he did not iion Instead, he first gained experience as a troop commander”