Your war hammer is too fake

In addition to doctors and pharmacists, the main people responsible for taking care of the wounded and sick in the camp were the priests of the goddess of mercy, Thalia. The governor still respected these rare good people in the Warhammer world. Seeing that they gave up their limited tents to the wounded and sick and could only sleep on the ground in the open air, he ordered to give some military supplies to these respectable ladies.

This moved the priestesses so much that some even tried to preach to An Jiyue on the spot... At that moment, the girl completely understood how Bing Ruolan felt when Constantine was chasing her to preach.

Eight days after the battle, a baggage convoy arrived from Essen, each loaded with wine and food. This was specially prepared by Prince Hertwig. In order to collect the drinks needed for the celebration banquet, not only were all the wines on the market in Essen swept away, but even the homemade wine stored in the headquarters of the Knights of the Eternal Light was taken out.

That night, the coalition held a grand celebration banquet. At the banquet, the White Wolf Knights unsurprisingly approached the Rick Guards again and launched a drinking contest with ill intentions... Unfortunately, the wolf cubs miscalculated this time, and the "Rickland's pretty boys" were unexpectedly good at drinking, and the contest ended in a miserable defeat for the followers of Yurik.

As the commander of the Aurora Expeditionary Force, An Jiyue naturally attended the banquet. During the banquet, more than one group of people came to toast her, but they were all blocked by the swordsmen. The unique skill of forcing people to drink was performed again. The eighty swordsmen drank from the evening until the early morning of the next day, successfully sending thousands of unbelieving imperial people to the bottom of the table, and they themselves did not even blush.

"It's a very nice banquet, isn't it?" An Jiyue said to Aiwen who was walking towards her, holding a teacup. "But I still prefer the dwarven banquet. You may not believe it, but I think the cooking skills of dwarven chefs are much better than those of imperial chefs. At least the seasoning style of dwarven chefs is more in line with the taste of the Aurora people."

"I think so too," the knight who had lived in Cliff Cave for a few days nodded in agreement, "The chefs in the empire love to add lethal amounts of spices to dishes. The point is that it's okay if you put spices in food, but why put them in wine too?!"

"Bai Pi's taste buds are like this," An Jiyue gently clinked her porcelain teacup with the oak wine glass in Aiwen's hand, "After you take office in Goose City, I will send a few Aurora chefs to you. Which cuisine do you prefer?"

"I'm not too picky about this. Anyway, any chef who specializes in any cuisine is more reliable than a white-skinned chef who cooks a lot of spices," Knight Ji took a sip of the clear beer in her cup. "If you really want to ask me... well, can you find a chef who can make fried meat noodles?"

"I really don't have this... No, someone from the Guiyi Army might have done this," the Jiedushi patted his forehead, "I'll ask them to look for it later, maybe..."

An Jiyue's words came to an abrupt end. The Taoist girl froze there, her expression almost like she was gritting her teeth.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" Aiwen asked. "It seems like there's no movement in the group."

"The Imperial Army was defeated, and Field Marshal Kurt Helberg was captured," An Jiyue took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the rage that was about to boil in her mind, "The Paraon Army broke through the Axe Mark Pass."

Egwene: "(Bretonnian expletive). What do we do now? Wait, how did the Imperials lose?"

"Grail Knights," the governor replied. "A whole company," she added.

"One or two Grail Knights might have gone out on their own," Evelyn said, "but a whole team... Lib went out?"

"It's still uncertain. After all, the Lake Fairy and Laun can mobilize these people," An Jiyue clenched her fists, then loosened them. "The most troublesome thing now is, what identity and reason should we use to interfere in this matter? Carl should have finished fighting the Norsemen, and the speed at which Lord Rick's main force returns must be much faster than the Paraon people. Aldolf will be fine. The problem is that he encountered this kind of thing just after his coronation. If he doesn't fight back against the Paraon people, his throne will be unstable."

As she spoke, the girl raised her head, and the face of the knight, who was no less beautiful than hers, came into view. Some vague thoughts emerged from the bottom of her heart, and gradually became clear as she thought about it.

"Egwene, I have a plan now," she said to her friend in front of her very seriously, "How about you become the goddess of the lake?"

The author says:

Author's words: PS: In the blink of an eye, it has been a year since he left us... It feels like it happened yesterday.

Chapter 199 The Truth (Part 1)

The day after the celebration banquet, the Zhendan people began to return to Xuanshui along the original route.

Although suffering from a hangover headache, Prince Hertwig still appeared in front of his army on time and announced as the Elector that the provincial capital would be moved back to Mordheim. Amidst warm cheers, all the surviving free militiamen were transferred to become the first citizens of Mordheim. Their first task was to cut wood outside the city to replenish the city's fuel reserves. After all, it was already early October in 2502.

The season for Yurik is not far away.

The messenger was sent out at the end of the battle. Prince Hertwig wrote a letter to the Elector's Court in Beckhaven, asking his courtiers to organize at least 1 immigrants to settle in Mordheim before winter came. Since a large amount of treasure was counted in the ruins of the city, even if the remuneration of the Cathay people and the bounty of the free militia were paid in one lump sum (Note ), the prince could still come up with sufficient funds to rebuild Mordheim and find a way to restore the military strength.

Although he eventually won the Battle of the Black Road that brought him disgrace seventeen years ago, the Ostermark army suffered heavy losses in the battle and has not recovered to this day, so that the Ostermark Territory needs to rely on the military assistance provided by the Talabek Territory and the Oster Territory to maintain the defense of the province.

The Imperial knights who participated in the war returned to their fortresses one after another, and several regiments of the provincial infantry would also return to Beckhaven. In order to gather troops, Prince Hertwig almost emptied the garrison in Beckhaven. These people traveled together with the Chinese people, and finally waved goodbye in Essen, and set off on their journey home with small gifts exchanged between them.

The Chinese expeditionary force will follow the route they came from, through the Desolate Waste, then enter the World's Edge Mountains, and head east along the Peak Pass to Butcher's Fort. After arriving here, the Chinese people are already familiar with the route ahead. They will travel all the way through the dwarven underground tunnels, and finally drill out of the ground near the Eternal Peak, and head west along the Silver Road to Akendorf. A short distance west of Akendorf, you can see the Skull River.

In the land grant agreement reached between An Jiyue and Thorgrim, the Chinese people have full sovereignty over the three rivers in the Three Rivers Land. As a special privilege between allies, the dwarf merchant ships can continue to use these rivers as before and enjoy the same treatment as the Chinese merchant ships. Considering that the west bank of the Skull River is either Dustan's territory or his intended territory, it is not the inland navy (Note 2) who is responsible for guarding the Skull River, but the water marquis of the Land and Water Patrol Department.

In fact, An Jiyue doubted whether he would develop an inland fleet. Although the construction of Grasshopper-class flying gunboat No. 10 was bumpy and various problems kept popping up, they were basically just minor troubles and were quickly dealt with by the Mohists whose hairlines were rising day by day. According to the plan, boat No. 11 was originally scheduled to roll off the production line in late October, and then complete outfitting and debugging within a week, and make its first flight before November 5.

It now seems that the schedule can be brought forward a little. In the latest report, the Xuanshui Arsenal stated that the No. 10 submarine will be able to roll off the production line before October 15, and the first flight will be possible no later than the 26th.

However, none of the above had anything to do with An Jiyue for the time being. On the night when the Aurora Expeditionary Force set out on their return journey, An Jiyue and Aiwen quietly left the team. In order to ensure that the operation was sufficiently secretive, Aiwen did not even bring Jiujiang with her.

……

In the southern part of Midden, in the camp of Reik's army.

With the help of the battle mages of the Sky Academy, especially the Haofeng Magic Vehicle (Note 3) they provided, the imperial army successfully predicted the route of the Norscans. The coalition forces of Reikland and Nordland then set up an ambush at the landing site scheduled by the Norscan pirates in advance. During the battle, the emperor himself personally led the Reikland Guards to charge and won a great victory in one fell swoop.

The joy of victory did not last long, and Karl Franz received bad news: Lawn Leocornwall, who had previously claimed that he would try his best to mediate the conflict, changed his attitude for some reason and expressed his support for the Paraon people. After receiving the reinforcement of a whole team of Holy Grail Knights, the morale of the Paraon people was greatly boosted and they took the initiative to launch an attack.

Since Karl took many troops with him when he went north to reinforce Nordland, Kurt Helberg, who led his army to confront the Bretonnians on the border, could only fight against the Paraon army with inferior forces. The Imperials put up a tenacious resistance, but the reinforcements the Paraon people received were not just a team of Holy Grail Knights, but also several powerful prophetesses and their apprentices.

The Imperials were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of magic: in the previous Battle of Altdorf, the Paradis Order had targeted and killed many combat mages, and now the Magic Academy was busy recruiting more students to make up for the losses. Lacking magical support, Kurt could only watch as lightning and blizzards overwhelmed his artillery positions.

After dealing with this biggest threat, the Bretonnian knights launched a stunning charge, led by the Holy Grail Knights. They broke through the provincial infantry formation with great momentum, and the encouraged Bretonnian peasants took the opportunity to rush forward, crushing the imperials who were still resisting with a nearly five-fold advantage in numbers. Seeing that things were hopeless, Kurt ordered all the troops that could still retreat to retreat, and he himself led a squadron of Rick Guards to launch a one-way charge towards the Bretonnians.

The only good news for Karl Franz at this moment was that his hardworking old friend was still alive. As a country with a very pure medieval style, Bretonnians generally did not kill noble captives unless they died on the battlefield. The emperor thought it would not be long before he would receive a letter from the Parraon people demanding a ransom.

Now, the Paraon army has broken through the Axe Mark Pass and is advancing towards the heart of Rickland. With the speed at which Rickland's army is returning, the emperor will definitely be able to return to Altdorf before the Paraon people.

The question is what happens next? The Parawonians obviously don't have the ability to capture the capital of the empire. The problem is that even if these bastards just walk around outside the city in a show of force, it will be enough to make him, Rick County, and the entire empire lose face.

Karl could well imagine that his opponents were busy planning how to use this incident to attack him. If it weren't for some "small setbacks" that caused Boris Todbringer to not appear in public since the end of the Electoral Conference, the Wolf Lord would have stood up to laugh at him and demanded a new election for the emperor.

According to what the emperor heard, since returning to Middenheim, Boris has locked himself up in the palace, and has not seen anyone except a few of his most trusted people. It is said that the Wolf Lord has done basically nothing else recently, and has been praying to Ulric all day, hoping that the White Wolf God can perform a miracle and lift the curse cast on him by an evil elven witch.

Well, it would be even better if the flabby cat ears could be replaced with majestic wolf ears.

Thinking of that unlucky guy, Carl pulled the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't laugh after all. The situation in Bretonnia was very abnormal, and there was something weird about it. For some reason, the emperor always felt that Laun's initial initiative to mediate the conflict was sincere, not some kind of diplomatic strategy. What on earth made the king of Bretonnia suddenly change his attitude?

The emperor was puzzled as he looked through the intelligence compiled by his intelligence chief Lipmud and thought about countermeasures. Just as he was about to take a sip of refreshing beer to refresh himself, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The sounds were gone. The crackle of the bonfires, the footsteps of the night watchmen, the coughs of the Reiksguard standing guard in front of the Emperor's private tent.

The emperor stood up, holding the hilt of his sword. He lowered his head and found that the candle flame was frozen there. He pulled out the rune tooth and approached the curtain of the tent carefully. Taking a deep breath, the emperor pushed the curtain open.

The Rick Guards at the door did not disappear out of thin air. They stood there like a lifelike statue. When Carl turned around, he found that the curtain was still in the same position as when it was knocked open.

The whole world came to a standstill.

"We meet again, Karl Franz," a vaguely familiar voice came from behind, "This meeting was not planned, but I can't sit idly by and watch the situation continue to deteriorate."

"Good night, Madame Aven de Richelieu," the Emperor said, holding his sword. "I never knew you were a witch."

"This is not magic," said Evelyn, who was wearing a plain white robe and floating with her bare feet about a palm's height above the ground. "We need to talk, just you and me."

Karl Franz was silent for a moment. "I am listening, ma'am," he said.

……

Note 1: Free militia companies are volunteers who volunteer to fight and do not need to be paid. However, after the battle, as long as the battle is won, they will receive a generous reward from the Elector according to convention.

Note 2: Except for the Longjiang Navy, which belongs to the Zhongbing system, the inland fleets of An's Zhendan basically belong to the Zhenbing system. There are a total of twelve Jiedushi in the Zhenbing system, ten of which are the army, and the remaining two are the Honghe Jiedushi and Yujiang Jiedushi. In addition, the Shuilu Xunjiansi also has a number of inland warships, but these things are more like water police.

Note 3: The original English name of this thing is Celestial-Hurricanum. I have seen three translations: "Huntian Shennian", "Tianti Hurricanum Instrument" and "Hurricane Demonic Vehicle", and I feel that none of them are particularly good. Originally, Huntian Shennian is particularly suitable, but Anshi Zhendan has a thing called Huntian Furnace (a powerful energy source that is used to drive the Golden Man and the Mechanical Dragon) that has not yet appeared, so it is a coincidence; Celestial Hurricanum Instrument has five characters, which is easy to drive people like me who have four-character obsessive-compulsive disorder to death; Hurricane Demonic Vehicle also misses the prefix celestial. Finally, I had an idea and called it Haofeng Demonic Vehicle. From now on, this thing will be called this name in this book.

Chapter 200 The Truth (Part 2)

In a world where time has completely stopped, Evelyn told Carl a story.

Two hundred years ago, the Everchosen Esava Kul rose in the north and led his army to invade the Old World. At that time, the power of Chaos was unprecedentedly high, and the minions of the Dark Gods launched a large-scale invasion across the world. The flames of war spread to every inch of known land, and Bretonnia, as a member of the Old World, was of course no exception.

At that time, the Lady of the Lake received an invitation from another god. Lilith, the goddess of the moon, dreams and fate among the elven gods, the daughter of the hunting god Kurnos and the mother goddess Isha, and the wife of the creator god Asuryan, found the Lady of the Lake and showed her a prophecy, a future in which the whole world was completely destroyed by the power of destruction.

Esava and his army were destined to be defeated by the twin chosen of Sigmar and Ulric, but even greater foes would come in the future.

"Lilith told me that the End Times (Note 1) cannot be stopped. It will definitely come, unstoppable and irresistible." Egwene's eyes were filled with ambiguous emotions. "Aenarion's miracle will not happen again. This world is doomed to be destroyed. For this reason, Lilith proposed a concept, which she called a safe haven."

"She wanted to create a whole new world, a sanctuary. If everything we are familiar with is destined to sink into darkness forever, at least there must be hope."

"I don't understand," the emperor asked, "Why did He choose you instead of His kind?"

"The other Elven Gods do not agree with Lilith's plan, even her father and mother," Evelyn replied. "Lilith told me that the Elven Gods have actually experienced more than one reincarnation, and the ending of each reincarnation is chaos destroying the world... So these cowards gave up struggling. They chose to do nothing, just waiting for the end of the world to come, and then starting a new reincarnation. Lilith has a different view on this. She said that it is not time to despair yet."

"She found me and tried to sell me her safe haven plan. She told me that her new world was not only a refuge for elves, but also for humans, provided that I joined her plan."

Evelyn landed on the ground, her white bare feet stepping on the mud without getting stained at all: "I am a fool, Karl Franz. Lilith successfully persuaded me to give up my divinity. Then, she betrayed me."

"…betrayal?" The emperor repeated the word, savoring its meaning carefully.

"Lilith attacked me. Her face was full of apology, but she did not hesitate at all. She told me that the new world needed defenders, and my knights were the best choice." Evelyn crossed her arms and turned her head to look to the side. "Her power alone was not enough to complete this plan, so she came to me. My divinity, my power, and my knights, all of these are necessary for Lilith to complete her plan."

"She murdered me while she said 'I'm sorry'."

"If I were not an ancestor of the Richelieu family, I would have died long ago. This family is very special, and their blood is naturally highly compatible with my power. When I regained consciousness again, I found that I had turned into a newborn baby girl, a new member of the Richelieu family." The Knight Princess cast her eyes on Carl's face, "This is not an accident. Before handing over my divinity, I want to leave a strong enough guardian for Bretonnia to protect the country when I am at my weakest."

"I separated a small fragment of my soul and placed it into a baby I chose. I had no idea it would save my life. I only wanted to create a Chosen Champion, a perfect knight more powerful than any Grail Knight, stronger than Gilles."

"And so, I became a mortal. My life as a mortal is always short. The human body cannot bear the burden of a god, even if it is just a foolish god who has been cheated of his divinity and has little power left. When I had to face death again, Deedlit, the messenger of Rhodes Island, visited the Richelieu family."

Rhode Island, Karl Franz heard the name again. He remained silent and continued to listen.

"Deedlit managed to create an opportunity to be alone, and then revealed my true identity. During that meeting, she proposed a cooperation agreement. She will help me reincarnate in the bloodline of the Richelieu family. My soul will gradually recover and become more complete in the process. At the same time, Deedlit promised me on behalf of Rhodes Island that Rhodes Island will help me take back everything I lost at the right time. In exchange, I need to join Rhodes Island and contribute to the great plan that can truly save the world."

"What exactly is Rhodes Island?" the emperor asked bluntly, "Why can it even absorb gods to join it?"

"Rhodes Island is an alliance, made up of many different races. More information cannot be disclosed for the time being," after all, a certain dog group leader has not yet made up the "setting", Evelyn thought, "We are neither planning to escape nor giving up resistance. Our primary enemy will always be the Dark Gods, but if necessary, we will also eliminate any obstacles."

"After reincarnation after reincarnation, I gradually regained some of my strength. For two hundred years, I watched Lilith disguise herself as me and use lies and tricks to control Bretonnia. I realized that there was no point in staying in Bretonnia. No one would believe that I was the real Lady of the Lake. At Deedlit's suggestion, I decided to leave Bretonnia and start from the outside to build an army loyal to me."

"I sympathize with your situation, ma'am," Carl shook his head, "but the Imperials are not your pawns."

"What are you resisting? Don't you realize that the Parawon's actions are just a test?" Evelyn knew that the foreshadowing phase was over and it was time to get to the point: "Laun Leocornwall, the fool who was bewitched by Lilith, originally wanted to mediate this conflict, but what happened? Did the war stop?"

Egwene's words reminded Karl Franz of all the recent events related to Bretonnia. The unexpected meeting invitation, the invasion of the Paraon people, and Laun's 180-degree turn in attitude... The emperor realized that he and his country had been involved in this dispute, and the only one who could solve this trouble was standing in front of him.

"What will you do? When you become the Elector of Westerland, will you start a war to make Bretonnia submit to you again?" The emperor asked in a tone that was almost interrogative: "Do you want a war between gods?"

"You do not need to choose sides now, Karl Franz. From the beginning, you cannot avoid this conflict," said Egwene. "I will show you my power, and then you will know who is your best choice. My army will launch an attack soon, and when you receive news that Paraon has been captured by the Imperial army... do not be too surprised."

"Parawon? The Imperial Army? This..."

"You have plenty of time to think about it," the Knight slowly rose, her figure disappearing into the night, "Even if you reject my friendship, I will not take the initiative to become an enemy of your country. Think about it carefully, young leader..."

Karl wanted to ask more questions, but was interrupted by a doubtful voice.

"Your Majesty?" A Rick Guard came forward with a sword slung over his shoulder. "Do you need help?"

Carl did not answer, but looked around. All the lost sounds returned, the sounds of people walking, the friction of armor, the crackling of firewood burning, the chirping of insects, and the time that had once stagnated resumed its flow.

"No. Well, I mean," he said, "get me something to eat. I'm hungry."

Didn’t you just have dinner two hours ago... Rick Guard wisely swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

By the way, how did the emperor suddenly appear outside the tent? Rick Guard turned around to look for the cook and thought in confusion.

……

Note 1: During the ET, GW added a new setting on site, that the End of Time is an ancient prophecy that has been circulating in the Warhammer world for many years, and everyone knows that it happened.

Chapter 201: The Fall of Paravion

Paraon, capital of the Principality of Paraon, Kingdom of Bretonnia.

As a country with a very pure early medieval style, Bretonnia does not have many cities, at least not as many as the neighboring empire. Most of Bretonnia's towns are small towns built on the basis of the lord's castle, and similar towns also exist in Nibon, called "castle towns". Whether it is the former or the castle town, its residents are mainly artisans, craftsmen, doctors, vendors, and the tertiary industry formed around these people.

These small towns generally lack defense. Normally, they definitely don't have walls, and some towns don't even have a decent wall. When encountering foreign invasions, residents can only seek refuge in the lord's castle. Of course, the situation in Bretonnia's towns is already good, because the Nibon people's castle town doesn't even have a fence.

As one of the few proper cities in the Knight Kingdom, Paraon was built on a mountain - to be exact, the city itself was carved out of a rocky mountain, overlooking the vast forests and valleys of the principality. The Grismel River flows quietly at the foot of the city, irrigating the rich fertile soil in the valley, and also serving as a natural dividing line, separating the land of the Bretonnians from the Athel Loren Forest in the east.

As a city built on the mountain, the layout of the city of Paraon resembles the "haze city" Nangao, and at first glance, it reminds people of terraced fields. Over the long years, the city gradually expanded due to the growth of the population. Since the Bretonnians did not like to build houses on land suitable for farming, the Paraon people chose to ask for space from the mountains. They hollowed out the rocky mountains to accommodate new communities, dug basements everywhere, and connected them with a complex network of tunnels.

Compared to other Bretonnian cities, Paragon has the only dwarf community in the Knight Kingdom. The local dwarves are mainly engaged in blacksmithing and stonemasonry, which also allows the knights of Paragon to have better equipment than their counterparts in other duchies.

In general, few Dwarves choose to settle in Bretonnia, as they distrust the arrogant and overbearing Bretonnian nobles: it must be pointed out that this does not mean that the two sides have bad relations. The relationship between Dwarves and Bretonnians is not tense, in fact, those duchies bordering the Grey Mountains generally get along well with the Dwarves in the mountains. However, if there is a conflict between Bretonnians and the Empire, the Dwarves will always naturally tend to side with the Empire. More specifically, they tend to side with the Followers of Sigmar.

When the news of the invasion of Reikland by the Paraon army came, the first reaction of Desolation Castle, the largest dwarf stronghold in the Grey Mountains, was to block all mountain passes, because the enemies coming from the south could bypass the Axe Mark Pass through these mountain passes and directly attack the heartland of Reikland. King Brock Ironchisel of Desolation Castle had issued an order that if anyone forced their way through the mountain pass, they would be resolutely fought back, no matter who the opponent was.

For the dwarves living in Paraon, the conflict between the Principality of Paraon and Reikland made them extremely entangled. On the one hand, they get along well with the people of Paraon, and on the other hand, Reikland is the core sphere of influence of the Sigmar sect, and most of the residents in the province believe in Sigmar. The dwarves always have a good impression of Sigmar's followers, but in this situation, the dwarves of Paraon feel that it is not right no matter which side they stand on, and it is even more wrong not to stand on a side!

Fortunately, this dilemma did not trouble the dwarves for too long, and the matter was resolved in an unexpected way.

"As I promised you, Sons of the Mountain and Stone," An Jiyue, wearing a full set of armor, said to a group of dwarf elders with complicated expressions in front of him, "the Parawon people must pay the price for their offense, and the dwarves do not need to and should not be involved in this trouble."

After quietly leaving the Aurora Expeditionary Force, An Jiyue, Jin Zhifan and Aiwen first flew to Marienburg, where the Knight Princess deployed her faction's main anchor. Afterwards, the three of them used magic to disguise their appearance and found a hotel. They rested for a night in the largest port in the old world and experienced the security level of Marienburg, which was comparable to Gotham. The next day, the three of them continued to drive on the cloud and found Rick's army on the way back.

In order to calm Carl and improve her persuasiveness, An Jiyue used the [Lan Ke Fa Jie] to cut the entire camp out of the timeline, thus achieving the effect of time standing still. Afterwards, Aiwen, who had changed her clothes and had special training the night before, came out and told the emperor the "truth" carefully fabricated by the Jiedushi.

Of course, as a pure-blooded kitchen knife barbarian, Aiwen herself did not have the ability to float in the air. At that time, An Jiyue was actually maintaining the [Lan Ke Realm] while using telekinesis to lift the Knight Princess and float around...

After fooling Kagaba with the "truth" mixed with truth, the three of them did not take time to rest and hurriedly flew to the Desolate Castle. Here, the three of them were warmly received by Brock Iron Chisel. As usual, An Jiyue told a group of white-bearded dwarves about her journey to the Southland, which she had told countless times, and her meeting with Gazul.

After dealing with the long-bearded venerables who were still not satisfied, An Jiyue talked to them again in Brock's private room and selectively revealed some information. When the dwarf king learned the "truth" of the goddess of the lake, he was stunned at first, and then almost cursed - the reason why he was "almost" was because no matter how rude the dwarf was, he would become restrained and restrained in the presence of Kovain (Kazarid for "lady"), and although An Jiyue was not a dwarf, she also enjoyed this treatment.

"This conflict is likely to have been deliberately provoked by the Elf God Lilith," An Jiyue said. "As long as the Paraon army appears outside Altdorf, Karl Franz's prestige will be severely damaged, and this is unacceptable. The end of the world is not far away, and only Karl can unite the entire empire at the most desperate moment."

"Tell me, ma'am," Brock said angrily, "what do you need from me?"

"Egwene's army is already in place and can launch an attack at any time." Actually, not really, An Jiyue thought to herself, "I heard there is a dwarf community in Paraon? Egwene and I don't want to accidentally hurt our dwarf friends, so I need you to write a letter to help me persuade the local dwarves to temporarily close the community to avoid being involved in this battle that has nothing to do with them."