Military camp in the northern suburbs of Dawn City.

"Click, click, click, click."

Amid the sound of horse hooves, a group of noble southern nobles were riding on tall horses, inspecting the camp of the Legion of Dawn.

Among the members are Duke Reid of the Dawn, who is dressed in hardened krypton gold armor, the commander and senior generals of the Dawn Legion who are from the royal family of Adrian, and a group of southern county lords who are also dressed in military uniforms.

These knights are representatives of the earls of the fifteen southern counties. They are usually brothers of the earls and are the core figures of the family.

As for the Earl.

He is currently organizing his troops in his own territory, and will only lead them to join the Legion of Dawn when he actually heads north.

The last one is Admiral Tewold who just returned from the northern Sturgeon Island.

As the Duke of Dawn, Reid was surrounded by nobles like the moon surrounded by stars.

Wearing exquisite dark purple armor and with his tall and strong figure, he looked as dazzling as a god from heaven.

"Uncle, what do you think of our Dawn Legion soldiers compared to the White Pelican Island Army?"

Woodard was in good physical condition and in good spirits, but he was a little depressed and looked like he had a lot on his mind.

But this look did not attract anyone's attention, because any soldier who had just experienced a devastating defeat would not look so happy.

"Duke, I have never fought against the White Sturgeon Island Army, but judging from their artillery control skills, their level should be quite high."

"Cannon? Uncle, you should change this rustic name. In Aaron, this new weapon has an official name, 'Flame Thunder'."

Tewold frowned: "But this is not Aaron, it's Weilan."

"Also, I have never seen Aaron's Fiery Thunder in actual combat, but the artillery on the White Sturgeon Island has allowed me to truly experience its power."

Duke Dawn reined in his horse and turned to look at Tewold carefully.

"Sir Tewwood, have you been frightened by the Baron of Sturgeon Island?"

Tewold was even more dissatisfied, thinking to himself: "What a spineless duke, he kneeled down to Aaron and said that I was scared."

Of course, the situation was stronger than the person, so he dared not say this out loud. He could only bow his head and submit.

"Duke, I don't think we need to argue over a name."

"If you want to ask about the level of the army on the White Sturgeon Island, my evaluation is that every soldier is full of fighting spirit and has clear goals."

After all, the other party is a family elder, so Reid can only suppress his anger.

"A clear goal? What goal?"

Tewold shrugged, "To serve Princess Dawn, of course."

Ryder still couldn't suppress his anger, and shouted: "Sir Tewold, there is no Princess Dawn anymore!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of Sir Holland Adrian, commander of the First Legion of Dawn, came from the side.

"Duke, the Royal Family Council has not abolished the title of Princess Dawn, so there is still Princess Dawn."

Commander Holland is also a highly respected member of the Adrian clan, and he is the only member who has clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with Reid.

He really disliked Reid and was naturally very afraid of Reid.

But Reid could never replace him, because he was the only strong man in the clan who possessed five-ring fighting spirit. He could be said to be the pride of the Adrian family.

If it weren't for his old age and impure bloodline, he could have been the successor to the Duke.

Because of this, when faced with serious royal family issues, others did not dare to speak out, but Holland dared to stand up and point out the Duke's mistakes.

And he showed no mercy to the Duke.

Ryder gritted his teeth, but he didn't dare to confront Holland directly. He could only mutter, "Sir Holland, Princess Dawn has clearly rebelled."

Sir Holland had very good ears and he snorted coldly.

"The princess is not plotting a rebellion. She is just following the normal process of selecting a noble. We are not going to suppress a rebellion. We are just following the normal process of persuasion."

After saying this, he turned his horse and walked out of the crowd: "My First Legion still has some supplies that haven't arrived yet, I have to rush them."

Without waiting for the Duke's reply, he turned his horse and rode away.

Reid looked at him with a sullen face, and waited until he walked away before he snorted coldly and thought to himself, "You are such a stinky and hard cesspool stone. When you are too old to walk, I will show you how I will deal with you!"

Although Holander had a high reputation in the royal family, he was devoted to only one woman, but that woman died early and left no offspring for him.

So when he gets old and loses his strength, no one will support him.

After cursing in his heart, Reid continued: "Keep moving forward."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tewold said, "Duke, my fighting spirit has not yet recovered. I am afraid that it will affect the morale of the army, so I will leave first."

Reid thought this was a good idea, raised his hand, and said as if shooing away a fly: "Then go."

He didn't want to do this, but Holland had just humiliated him too harshly, so he had to find some balance from Tewold.

Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing to face so many knights from southern counties.

Faced with such a contemptuous attitude, Tewdt secretly gritted his teeth, but as a defeated general, he had no confidence to fight back, so he just pretended not to see it and turned around and rode away.

After walking away, he turned around and went to the military camp to find Holander who had just left.

Holland did not look for the quartermaster, but practiced shooting alone in the training ground.

He poked the gun at the air as if there was a hideous enemy in front of him.

He sensed Tewold's approach, but did not stop: "Tewold, what are you doing here?"

"I want to talk to you alone."

Holland glanced at Tewold quickly: "I don't see any fighting spirit in you at all. It seems that you have already sided with Selena."

Tewold rolled down from his horse and handed the reins to the attendant beside him: "Selena's navy defeated me, so I don't think it's a shame."

Holland immediately corrected: "To be precise, it is the navy of the White Sturgeon Island."

He stopped practicing and casually stuck his spear into the ground: "Follow me into the tent."

He first entered the military tent nearby. There were many runes painted on the surface of the tent, which had a good anti-eavesdropping effect.

After entering the tent and lowering the curtain to confirm that no one was inside, Tewold said bluntly: "Selena had been having an affair with the Baron for a long time, and gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl, a few days ago."

Holland was startled, but then burst into laughter.

"Ahahaha, this girl Selena is much more interesting than Ryder. Once she sees something she will rush forward without looking back."

Tewold smiled bitterly: "The Baron wants to be the Duke of Dawn."

The smile on Holland's face disappeared instantly, but before he could speak, Tewold took out a contract scroll.

"But the Baron swore a sacred oath to ensure that the next Duke would be his and Serena's child."

Holander's expression eased a little: "That won't work either!"

Tewold took out a 10-milliliter bottle of medicine from his pocket: "The secret medicine of the Levender royal family can restore the youth and health of the human body, and this is the sincerity of the baron."

He threw the potion over: "I tried it, and it completely cured my illness."

Holland hesitated for a moment, then drank the potion.

He was alone, so he had nothing to fear.

"My bottom line on this matter is to remain neutral."

Tewold shook his head: "But this way, I will have one less vote in the clan meeting, and you drank my medicine."

Holland paused: "You bastard plotted against me."

He had already drunk it, and couldn't spit it out. He was not willing to owe favors to others, so this was very embarrassing.

Tewold advised: "The Baron is very capable. He can help us, Weilan, completely get rid of Aaron's control."

Holander snorted coldly: "And then, you become Levender's puppet again?"

"That's obviously impossible. Levender is still too far away, even with the Black Stone battleship. After all, Aaron will have one soon."

"And with two routes, we in Veran have choices, which is the basis of true freedom."

Holland remained silent because he knew that Tewold was right.

"Dan Weilan's ancestral teachings"

This was a headache for Tewold, and he also knew that Holland was an extremely stubborn person. Once he made up his mind, no amount of persuasion would work.

Just when I was thinking about how to persuade him, there was an unusual noise outside the military camp.

"What's going on?"

Holander frowned when he heard this, lifted the curtain and yelled at his guards: "What happened?"

The guards immediately ran to the place where the noise was coming from to inquire.

He went there at a trot, but immediately ran back with a look of fear on his face.

"My Lord! My Lord! It's bad! Something terrible has happened!"

The guard rushed to the front and said breathlessly: "Prince Kao has come to Dawn City. Huh~ Huh~"

"Don't breathe, just finish it in one breath!"

"I brought a deposit certificate of 800,000 from Oger Chenxi Bank, and they said it was a fake. I want Chenxi Bank to give me an explanation. Huff huff~"

As soon as these words came out, Holland and Tewold were shocked as if struck by lightning.

After a few seconds of silence, Holland strode towards his horse and rode away.

He had to go home immediately and cash the bank deposit certificate for 5,000 Ogg.

This money is his savings for his retirement. If it disappears, he will have trouble making ends meet when he can no longer walk.

Perhaps he could rely on the royal family for help, but after something like this happened, who knows if there would still be royal family members around? Tewold was also awakened and ran away as well.

His son opened a small bank for the royal family, relying on Dawn Bank to carry out lending business. If Dawn Bank collapsed, everyone would be finished! When he rode out of the barracks on his warhorse, he found that the entire barracks was in chaos.

The senior officers and their personal guards ran towards the city at all costs.

On the other side, Duke Reid of Dawn was discussing the battle plan to the north with the knights.

He was basically the one talking, and the other party was just listening timidly.

The reason is simple, the power of the Dawn Legion far exceeds that of the southern counties.

Reid was very satisfied with the feeling of being in control. His posture became more upright and his voice became louder, as if he was the master of his own destiny and victory was within his grasp.

Then he saw a black guard riding a horse galloping towards him.

When he ran a hundred meters away, he didn't even care about the horse, and flew towards him using the flying technique, shouting as he flew.

"My Lord Duke, something bad has happened!"

The Duke recognized the man as Master Ander and quickly raised his hand to signal the guards beside him to let down their guard.

Master Ander landed on the ground, staggered, and fell on the muddy ground, his body covered with mud, but he didn't care about that, he got up and staggered over.

"Duke, it's bad, there are fake bills in Dawn Bank!"

The Duke felt dizzy and almost collapsed: "You farted!"

He felt that Ander must be crazy. Even if he was, he couldn't say it in front of so many people!

The anger quickly overflowed from his chest, and was about to be vented on Master Ander.

Mage Ander said sadly, "Everyone in the city knows about this. The Great Prince of Kao, Lion, came to question us personally, and brought a fake bill for 800,000 Oggs."

"The magic master in charge of the magic seal went to check and found that it was indeed a fake bill!"

"The whole Dawn City has gone crazy, everyone is rushing to the bank to exchange their coins!"

When the Duke heard these words, he suddenly felt that the world was unreal and the krypton gold armor on his body felt heavy.

He was so hunched that he could not move, his back was bent, his shoulders were slumped, and his legs were shaking.

"Plop~"

He actually slipped off the horse and knelt on the ground, right in front of Master Ande.

No one paid any attention to him.

At some point, all the knights from the southern counties ran away, rushing to the bank to cash in their money! The commanders and officers of the legions also ran away.

They also brought their own soldiers to the bank to protect their property.

"Hu~~Hu~~"

As the mountain breeze blew, the guards finally remembered the Duke lying on the ground and helped him up, one on each side.

But the Duke could not stand, his legs were weak.

After trying a few times, even the guards gave up.

"Plop~"

The Duke continued to kneel on the ground.

After a long while, he said, "Master Ande, Weilan is finished!"

If other people say there are fake orders, he can still find a way to cover it up.

But it was obvious that Prince Kao came here to mess with him, and he immediately spread the news to the whole city, and there was no way the matter could be resolved.

Mage Ander smiled bitterly: "Duke, run quickly, run to Aaron and seek the protection of the Lion King. If you run too late, you will not be able to leave!"

If there is no external threat, even if the bank explodes, it can be suppressed with difficulty.

But the Northern Allied Forces are about to march south, and Princess Dawn is eyeing the Duke's position. If something like this happens again, unless Reid is a god from heaven, there will be no chance of a comeback.

But everyone knows that Ryder is a mediocre person!

So, if you walk a little later, Reid's head might be off his neck!

The words of Mage Ander gave Duke Reid a glimmer of hope: "Yes, I have to run! As long as I'm alive, there is still hope!"

He stood up and said to the guard: "Let's go to the Aaron Embassy!"

(End of this chapter)