On the balcony of Wolvun Fortress's main castle.
Isildur handed Elven Saber into the hands of Wendy: "Your Majesty, how do you plan to arrange it? I'm a little worried..."
Wendy took Elven Saber and bowed to Isildur: "I will hand over your troops to Risadiran. He is your nephew. He will lead your troops. There will be no problem."
"I'm not talking about the army. Of course I feel relieved when the army is under the command of His Majesty Li Ang. I just don't feel confident about my safety..."
Isildur looked towards the city tavern. "You asked me to agree to Lord Aldarian's duel, but I am really no match for him one on one..."
It was a tavern called 'The Brave' on the main road in the city, and Lord Aldarian was in the tavern - the 'banquet' in the castle broke up on bad terms, so naturally Lord Aldarian would not stay at Isildur's residence, so he was persuaded by Risadiran to go to the tavern.
"Don't worry, Risadiran will definitely make Lord Aldarian agree to go to the Alaclay arena for a public competition. Teacher Vendathir is recognized as 'Queen of the Arena'. If it is a fair duel in the arena, you and Lord Aldarian combined will not be her opponent, so neither you nor Lord Aldarian will be the winner. In the end, teacher Vendathir will definitely have the final say... Besides, you don't really intend to pursue teacher Vendathir..."
Wendy looked at Isildur with a smile, "But if you really have this intention, I will also help you..."
"No, no, no... I want to live for a few more years, just in case I accidentally make her angry and get kicked into a tree by her..."
Isildur shuddered involuntarily, probably remembering some violent scenes. "However, Li Ang His Majesty's military order has just been passed. All troops must go to Pavlon to join His Majesty. My troops will obey the holders of Elven Saber, but how do you control the Lord Aldarian troops?"
"Teacher Vendathir will take Lord Aldarian away. Although I, Noldo Queen, am inexperienced and don't have enough charisma, it should be no problem to give temporary command to his subordinates while he is away... Thank you for your help, Your Highness Isildur."
Wendy gestured to Elven Saber in his hand. It was Aino Family's family heirloom, and it was also a token used to command Aino Family's soldiers.
"Don't call me Your Highness, I am your lord now, Your Majesty."
Isildur shook his head. "Lord Aldarian's troops are as stubborn as him. I think you may need his Bow of Twilight."
Bow of Twilight has the same symbolic meaning as Elven Saber. This is not only an enchanted bow with excellent performance, but also can be used to mobilize Lord Aldarian's troops.
Wendy nodded. "I understand, I will get Bow of Twilight..."
In the tavern.
Risadiran and Lord Aldarian are drinking to drown their sorrows.
Originally, Risadiran came here only on the order of Li Ang to summon him. It was just a coincidence that he met with this incident, and it was not part of Wendy's prior consideration.
But this friendly cameo appeared at this time and played a big role.
The performance at the banquet was very successful. Lord Aldarian directly provoked a duel at the banquet, and Isildur immediately agreed.
If it weren't for Risadiran happening to be present, Lord Aldarian would probably have started the fight on the spot in the Wolvun Fortress lord hall...
Although Vendathir is here, there shouldn't be any big problems, but this kind of private fight may be difficult to end in the end - Lord Aldarian is emotionally unstable, and if there are casualties, this matter may turn into hostility between the two Noldor groups.
Wendy's original idea was to use Vendathir to create a conflict between Lord Aldarian and Isildur. It would be best to trigger a duel. This would bring certain hidden dangers, but at least for now it would bankrupt Lord Aldarian's plan to attack Erudition City.
Lord Aldarian has his own selfish motives, but this selfishness comes from his wanting to gain more benefits for the entire Noldor clan.
He will not blatantly resist the orders of Li Ang and Wendy, nor will he be detrimental to the Noldor people. He just wants to let the war between humans continue.
As long as he can interrupt his current plan and confront a big lord like Isildur, it will be difficult for him to make any other tricks during the course of this war.
--If Lord Aldarian provoked a duel with Isildur and then left privately with his troops, it would be tantamount to 'infighting caused by a dispute of emotions', which would be a disregard for the safety of the entire ethnic group.
Lord Aldarian's subordinates are all adult Noldor. They have brains and can think about whether such people are worth following.
Therefore, as long as Lord Aldarian has not gone completely crazy, he will give up his plan to cause trouble at this time and instead follow the orders of Li Ang and Wendy honestly.
This is Wendy's use of human nature, but it is true that he lacks experience and is not very skilled in using it - Wendy actually has not considered how to solve the hidden dangers caused by it.
Because Wendy feels that as long as the current trouble can be solved, everything will be solved after meeting Li Ang...
This underage girl's ideas have always been adventurous.
But Wendy is lucky, she does not need to face too many sequelae - Risadiran happened to come to Wolwen at this time to deliver the order.
I heard that Isildur held a banquet, and of course Risadiran wanted to join in the feast, so he caught up with the drama and played the most important lubricant in it.
Now Risadiran is the lord of Amera Fortress, equal to Lord Aldarian and Isildur in terms of status, and can just be used as a peacemaker.
Risadiran promptly dissuaded Lord Aldarian at the dinner table, so that the dinner in the Lord Wolwen hall barely maintained a peaceful atmosphere - at least there was no fight on the spot.
Lord Aldarian is quite friendly to Risadiran, because Risadiran happens to have the same fate as him...
Risadiran once accidentally killed Isildur's nephew in a private duel, and the reason for that duel was because the two young men fell in love with the same Noldo maidens.
And it was a complete tragedy - although Risadiran won the duel, he did not win the heart of Noldo maidens. Instead, he was exiled for violating the private fight law and causing the death of his tribe.
That girl didn't have a good impression of criminals like Risadiran, and she married someone else during the time when Risadiran was exiled...
At the same time, Lord Aldarian took away his followers and established a new tribe, which can also be considered a kind of self-exile.
So at this time, he was "drinking away his sorrows" with Risadiran. After all, it is rare in life to meet a "confidant" who shares the same fate.
Of course, this 'confidant' received temporary permission from Director Wendy...
"Private duels are not advisable, Senior Lord Aldarian. Teacher Vendathir is a law-abiding person. It is impossible for her to fall in love with you because of a private duel... You will understand after looking at my experience. You will probably get nothing and offend Isildur for nothing, and even cause the two tribes to confront each other. This is not cost-effective..."
Right now, Risadiran is using his own experience to 'enlighten' Lord Aldarian.
"Hmph... then what do you think I should do? Do you want me to pretend that nothing... the hiccup... didn't happen?"
Lord Aldarian is already half-drunk and can't speak well.
"Of course not! I support the duel you initiated! But you should go to the arena of Alaclay to formally compete with His Highness Isildur - that is the way of dueling that can be recognized by the tribesmen, and it will not cause personal hatred between the two sides, and the two tribes will not have any disputes... By the way, teacher Vendathir said that she will only like people who can beat her in fair competition..."
Risadiran thoughtfully filled the cup for Lord Aldarian.
"I've heard this too... but isn't that an excuse for her to reject her suitors?"
Lord Aldarian took the cup and drank it.
"Whether it's an excuse or not, this is always an opportunity, right? Senior Lord Aldarian, you haven't been to the arena for three hundred years, right? Of course, you are the leader of the clan and have a heavy responsibility. It is really inappropriate to compete with the juniors in the arena with your identity... But in this duel, you can just join His Highness Isildur, let juniors like us see the style of the strongest Twilight Knight in three hundred years, and also make Teacher Vendathir speechless..."
Risadiran filled Lord Aldarian's glass with wine again.
"But..."
Lord Aldarian seemed to be hesitant, wanting to say something but not saying it.
But Risadiran quickly took over the conversation. "And you can't have too much of a quarrel with His Highness Isildur now. The arena competition is just a step that can satisfy everyone. Otherwise, as long as you make any move that is inconsistent with His Highness Isildur, it will be considered as an attempt to split Duchy of Noldo... Think about it..."
Lord Aldarian sighed, picked up the wine glass and drank it again...
Two hours later, Risadiran, who often hung out in human taverns, relied on his rich experience in drinking wine to successfully put Lord Aldarian, who usually did not drink alcohol, on the wine table...
The next day, Bow of Twilight of Lord Aldarian appeared in the hands of Wendy, and Elven Saber of Isildur hung on the waist of Risadiran.
Lord Aldarian, who was extremely drunk, was taken away by Vendathir and Isildur in the early morning, and they went back to Alaclay together.
The two lords only took away their respective guards, leaving all the large troops behind Wolwen.
Risadiran has been authorized by Isildur to temporarily take charge of the Aino Family's troops.
And Lord Aldarian's troops temporarily obeyed Queen Wendy's arrangements and went to Pavlon when their lord was away.
Of course, if you can obey temporarily, you can always obey. Wendy has realized this a long time ago - Li Ang has used 'temporary command' from the beginning to let Noldo Ranger develop the habit of fighting under his banner, and Wendy can naturally learn to do the same.
The transfer of military power between two Noldor tribes and two generations happened just like this after a seemingly absurd trick.
A few days later, Li Ang waited for Duchy of Noldo's large force at Pavlon.
Wendy and Risadiran brought a total of 1,800 Noldor warriors, and together with Li Ang's guards, they formed a 2,000-strong Noldor army.
Together with Silver Hand and Free Legion, a total of more than 4,000 Eastern Front troops began to officially move south.
The reason why we say this is the Eastern Front troops is because there is another troop on the Western Front.
This force is led by Leofric and Dalion - the two successors of Griffin Knight, and the two most trustworthy human lords of Li Ang.
Leofric had set out from Calundru Castle a few days ago. He went all the way west and entered the territory of Sava Fortress from the south of Seven Forks Fortress - of course, nominally to 'conquer' Sava Fortress and 'stop' Creon's troops from attacking Lion Territory.
But of course Creon did not attack Lion Territory, and the large forces on the Western Front did not really go to attack Sava Fortress. Leofric was just to create a war atmosphere with the Bacchus Empire.
To make this war look like it has become intense, and to make it look like Bacchus Empire is really retreating, then all the Snake Worship Cult disciples in Bax will definitely appear - if Snake Worship Cult provokes a war between the two countries, then people will definitely be sent to 'join' the two countries in various capacities, so that the confrontation between the two countries will not stop.
Sure enough, just after Leofric's troops 'captured' Sava Fortress from Creon, a 'rebel army' came to the door, saying that they could lead him directly to attack Siyuan City...
Of course Leofric accepted this so-called 'rebel army', and then handed it over to Dalion and immediately led the army to attack - didn't he want to quickly attack Siyuan City? Dalion directly took the 'rebel army' to fight Siyuan City...
Then, General Clerion appeared halfway. After a "surprise attack" conspired by both parties, General Clerion won a complete victory, and Dalion "barely escaped" with Griffin Knights...
Later, another 'rebel army' came to General Clerion - then Creon began to 'counterattack' Sava Fortress, Leofric defended the city securely, and this time Dalion launched a surprise attack...
--Anyway, surprise attacks are always aimed at the 'rebels' who are not well trained, and the regular armies of the two countries can always 'barely escape'...
The Western Front went smoothly. With the tacit understanding of both sides, within seven or eight days, three thousand Snake Worship Cult disciples - the "rebellion army" - were killed.
General Clerion took the third legion of the Bacchus Empire and settled in Siyuan City to prevent the enemy from infiltrating inside.
Then, no more enemies appeared on the Western Front.
Pendor Calendar On August 28, 358, Li Ang brought the Eastern Front army to Buyulin Village.
Here, he got the news from Alina that Emperor Marius had driven all the Snake Worship Cult disciples out of Imperial Port.
However, Emperor Marius cannot conduct a north-south pincer attack with Li Ang.
Because, His Majesty Marus died in Imperial Port.
Marius... died!
The emperor died of illness because he died in the governor's palace of Imperial Port.
But he also died in battle, because just half an hour before his death, the emperor was still personally leading the charge and driving all the snake worshipers in the city out of Dilingang.
Perhaps, he mustered up his last breath to fulfill his promise to the friendly forces - he would drive the enemy out of Imperial Port and let Li Ang carry out annihilation in the wild.
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