Wizard From Afar - Chapter 1167

When the party returned to the barracks, the solemn and dignified atmosphere was as real as a grave; Even the Byrne knights who came to meet him could not see any smile on their faces.

Because today is the day of the funeral.

Three days of rest, three days of cleaning, three days of searching… It took ten days to finally find all the bones that can be found and confirmed, the dead.

It’s better for the Knights. Even the poorest Knights have their own heraldry and exquisite armor. As long as they are not burned and the people they know are still alive, they can be confirmed; And the vast majority of illiterate soldiers… The only thing that can determine their identity is the roster.

Including those who died of serious injuries, a total of 8000 soldiers were confirmed to have died in battle – a figure that is far less than dozens of times that of the actual deaths. The supervisors vowed that there would be no less than 8000 deserters who died in their hands alone.

When the elite frontal legion of the Empire returned to count, there were only more than 60000 left in the 100000 Legion.

The total number of rear line reserve troops killed by Azores raids is at least three times more than this number.

But in the end, there were only 8000 people with names and surnames.

There are nobles and soldiers; There are wizards and priests; There are young people and old people; There are heroic dead and timid deserters

Now, they all lie together without gap and equality.

Ten times as many as their dead, together with the enemies on the battlefield, turned into ashes under the breath of three dragons in the sea of explosion.

After hearing that Brandon ordered the dragon to burn the battlefield, many veterans from the countryside of saklan lamented that this land will have a good harvest in the coming year.

The only thing to be thankful for is that there was no plague in the end – burning the battlefield, dredging the waterways, draining the flooded areas, moving the regiment’s residence… All kinds of methods that people can think of have ensured health and the living conditions of the wounded and minimized the possibility of disease outbreak.

There are also many kinds of contradictions in the middle; The saxophone Legion was fine. Almost all the other armies from all over the Empire had their own way of life and were not very receptive to the mandatory “Health Campaign”. Brandon had a headache because of the continuous small-scale commotion.

However, relying on the victory over the Azores and the pressure of the dukes, the commotion did not turn into a riot. Brandon even took this opportunity to delegate many military regulations of the saxophone Legion to the armies of various principalities.

The united action, which was originally just too troublesome, eventually evolved into a military reform.

On the twelfth day after the Azores invasion, after all night’s negotiation, negotiation, communication and quarrel, Brandon, the Archduke and the Earls of the principalities finally came up with a military system that passed through all the armies of the Empire.

From now on, after 14 generations, all the armies of the Empire will finally be reorganized and organized according to the same military system, and will follow the same set of military orders and no longer distinguish each other.

Of course, it will take a long time, even years, to complete it; But the seeds of change have been planted, and all that remains is to wait for it to germinate quietly.

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Turning over and dismounting, Loren and his party walked towards the open space where the Dragon stayed in the center of the barracks; After seeing the figure of the comer, the soldiers around turned around one after another and respectfully made way of the road.

They stared at the dark haired wizard and expressed their respect for those who ended the war in a silent way.

The plan of lurking eboden city is a secret that only a few people know, but on that day, all the soldiers on the battlefield saw the rising dragon and the nine pointed star rising on eboden city.

They don’t know what happened, but anyone can guess that it must have something to do with the Duke of Byrne… Or the Wizards of Byrne; Without them destroying eboden, the war would not have ended.

In the open space surrounded by Legion veterans and knights, hundreds of wood stacks of different sizes have already been piled up, and 8000 soldiers who died in battle lie on it quietly and indiscriminately.

Sakran, Byrne, Elman… Nobles and knights from all over the world gathered around, stood under their respective flags, and guarded the woodpile in the center of the open space like a six pointed star.

Brandon, who returned early, was grabbed by Yuli weiltz, and the two men with serious expressions whispered to discuss something;

Nolan ERD kept talking to the machete lady beside him, but looking at the impatient expression on Sally Jonah’s face, I knew he was just asking for trouble;

Leah, the one armed fairy, leaned against the woodpile and looked down at something.

Charlotte and Loren look at each other tacitly, and turn around with Lina to leave in the direction of Byrne’s war flag.

Aware of the footsteps of a dark haired wizard, the Female Elf subconsciously looked up, her eyes were red and her expression was a little lonely.

“Did you find it?”

Although you can guess at the moment you see her expression, Loren couldn’t help asking.

Sure enough… The lost fairy shook her head and threw her hand to Loren – it was a Holy Cross Pendant, silver plated, very exquisite.

“Only it… Only this.” the fairy said quietly, “I dug it in the place where they fought the most fiercely. Lottel’s knights swore that this was the legacy of the knight Aaron.”

“Then there are no others…”

“No, except for this, the surrounding debris has been burned into ash and coke, which can’t be distinguished.” the red eyed fairy stared at the pendant in Loren’s hand:

“And… I’ve never seen Aaron with this.”

Loren could hear a trace of sour in her voice, a trace of complex and indescribable sour.

She blamed herself very much. She could do nothing but watch her friends die one by one.

“I have… Heard such an understanding of ‘death’.”

Loren, who suddenly opened her mouth, opened her eyes slightly in amazement.

“The first death is when you are killed – the fresh life withers and turns into a cold and rotten body.” word by word, Loren plays with the Holy Cross Pendant in his hand and looks at the Female Elf:

“The second time, at your funeral – the weeping of relatives and friends, the sadness, the prayer of the priest, your soul rising into the kingdom of the Holy Cross… Well, of course, those who do not believe in the Holy Cross will go elsewhere in the way they think.”

The expression of the black haired wizard’s cramped explanation made the Female Elf couldn’t help but slightly tilt up her mouth.

“The last death is when you are forgotten by the last one who remembers you.” Loren stared at the eyes of the fairy and approached step by step:

“When you forget Aaron’s appearance, forget about him, forget everything he has done, then… When the last trace of him to you in your memory is diluted and disappeared…”

“He’s really dead.”

The Female Elf stared at the black haired wizard who came in front of her and looked at those eyes that suddenly became serious.

The next second, the eyes became soft again.

“What’s more… Even if I haven’t seen it, it can’t prove that it’s not what Aaron Knight looks like.” Loren shrugged, grabbed the fairy’s hand and stuffed the pendant in:

“Just like before I arrived at Shenlin castle, I didn’t know you were still living there. I hadn’t seen the morning star forest, nor the big tree wall, nor a group of brave warriors fighting with ogres with spears…”

“But it’s just that I don’t know. Don’t you exist just because I don’t know?”

“Of course not… Like this pendant, everyone knows that knight Aaron is a devout believer of the Holy Cross, so there is nothing strange about hiding a small pendant on his body.”

The dark haired wizard coaxed: “most importantly, don’t we have to remember him forever?”

The stunned Leia slowly raised her head, looked at the pendant in her hand, and then sighed.

“Loren Turin, you…” the fairy provoked her eyes and looked at Loren:

“It’s so boring.”

Huh?

The black haired wizard was stunned and his smile froze on his face.

It was a big surprise to him.

“Next time you want to comfort others, don’t go in such a big circle.” the humming Female Elf glanced at him dismissively: “not everyone likes to listen to your nonsense, and your move is only useful to ayin.”

The voice fell, and the Female Elf turned smartly, leaving only the black haired wizard with a back… And the pendant tightly clenched in the palm of her hand.

“Baroness lottel is right. Loren sometimes likes to go round in circles.”

Brandon, who suddenly opened his mouth, went to the center of the crowd and turned his red eyes to Loren: “but you’re right… Those soldiers, knights and warriors who died for the Empire. When we forget them, it’s the time when they really die.”

“So you… We can never forget them, forever!”

The words fell, and the Archduke nodded and bowed.

“In order to achieve this goal, I think it is time to change the old rules – no longer only build monuments and carve statues for the knights who died in the war, but everyone… All those who sacrificed for the Empire should enjoy this honor.”

“Even if we don’t know their name, age and family, we should engrave the flag of his army on the stone tablet to let the latecomers know… They came and stayed here forever.”

“We want them to understand that there are such a group of people… Who chose to sacrifice themselves in order to let them appear in this world alive; and we… All living us, will always owe them endless kindness!”

Brandon’s voice echoed in the middle of the open space, not big, but enough for people to hear.

The whispering crowd breathed, held their breath nervously, and their eyes focused on Brandon… Their emperor.

For the first time, the voice of “disgraced Prince” had power.

“I want them to know that the troll hunters of Arles bravely stood in the front, and let them know how Archduke Arles fought with the most ferocious Azores in the flames without fear of stone arrows;”

At that moment, Loren “inadvertently” noticed that the expression of Nolan Erde, Archduke of Arles, became very interesting.

“I want them to know that lottel’s archers fought side by side with the elves in the ancient wood forest – these warriors who only stopped tens of thousands of ogres and Azores by themselves. They don’t have to say, but their actions and sacrifices proved their promise and proved that they were the real guardians of the West of the Empire;”

The fairy lowered her head and stared at the pendant in her hand.

“I want them to know how brave and fearless the elmans are. They are small, but they are the only swordsmen in the Empire who can face the Azores.”

In silence, Yuli weltz clenched the hilt of his sword at his waist.

“We want to make the famous boa Hussars on the green sea throughout the Empire, and let the Empire know that there are such a group of brave horseback people and their brave female Archduke.”

Holding the “cavalry” long knife in her arms, salika Jonah snorted and raised her chin proudly.

“We want the Empire to know that there is such a group of saxorians… They have lived in the countryside with soil and farmland for half their life, but they have accomplished the feats that the nobles in the city and palace have failed to complete; we want them to know that Bain is not just the hometown of Knights, and their farmers are as brave and good at fighting as their Knights!”

“Finally, we should let them know, let the whole empire know, it is a group of wizards… It is the wizards who have been suppressed, excluded, despised and oppressed in the past hundreds of years who have saved the sakran empire that has not brought them any benefits!”

Looking back suddenly, Brandon looked at the black haired wizard with his red eyes:

“I want them to know that the era dominated by heroes will end here; from today on, everyone… Everyone who fought for the Empire, sacrificed and dedicated to the Empire… Is a hero!”

“Whether he is a civilian, a nobleman, a knight, a soldier, a servant of the Holy Cross, or a wizard, the sakran Empire, will treat them equally.”

“Your deeds will be remembered in the heart of the Empire, and your existence will be recorded in the history of the book; reward on merit, regardless of high or low.”

“This is the first decree issued by Brandon II, your emperor; it is also the promise made by Brandon de sallion to you that the Empire will no longer be just the Empire of the nobility, but you, US, the Empire of all!”

“The old era has been wiped out by the invasion of the Azores; the new era is before all of us, today, at present, under the rule of the fourteenth generation.”

As the voice fell, the Archduke raised the flaming torch in their hands and lit the nearest woodpile next to them.

“Long live the emperor -!!”

“Long live the Dragon Rider –!!”

The mourning funeral turned into a sea of cheers at the moment of fire; The crying soldiers roared their loyalty to their new emperor and officially announced the arrival of the 14th generation.

In the thunderous cheers rolling up and down, the expressionless fairy threw the pendant into the fire and quietly watched it melt and burn.

The reluctant look is like sending off a friend.