Boris could never forget the tragedy of that night. His family had already betrayed him and fell into the embrace of chaos forever, but he knew nothing about it. The moment the dagger pierced his chest, Boris

His mind was even more empty. Even now, the White Wolf Elector still cannot accept the cruel reality.

"... Mr. Elector, if you feel a little uncomfortable, I can prepare some poppy milk for you to sleep on..." Pastor Ulric saw the White Wolf Elector frowning and said cautiously: "It will make you feel better.

A good rest, do you need it?"

"No, no need, get out, you all get out, let me stay here alone!" Boris Todbringer put his forehead with one hand and said in a cold and hoarse voice.

"Yes...yes." Pastor Yurik glanced at the two young monks, and then the three of them walked backwards and quickly left the room.

The room became quiet, and only Boris was left breathing heavily and in pain.

The White Wolf Elector lay in bed for a long enough time. His strong sense of honor and responsibility made him feel very depressed. He had been fighting with the beastmen and beasts in the Dracovald Forest for most of his life. Of course, he knew that the bones attached to his body were inside his body.

Due to the seriousness of gangrene corrosion, he may never be able to ride a war griffin or kill Yurik's enemies with his own hands. Such a life will only make Boris's life worse than death.

"Damn, why, Annika Elise! Why?!" Boris clenched the quilt with his fists and asked through gritted teeth. His words echoed on the four walls of the room, but no one answered.

After a few minutes, the White Wolf Elector regained his composure and lay on the pillow again, staring at the murals and wolf head reliefs on the ceiling with one eye, feeling completely silent.

"Dong dong dong~~" After the soothing knock on the door, the White Wolf Elector roared rudely: "Get out of here! Pastor, I don't need poppy milk!"

The person outside the door paused for a moment, and then a male voice sounded: "Father, Mr. Lailan has come to visit you, can we come in?"

"...Come in." The voice of the Elector came from the room, his tone was much calmer.

The door opened, and Lailan and his party slowly entered the room. The pungent smell of ointment filled the small space. The only light source in the room was the large window on one side of the wall.

The Elector of Middenland, Boris Todbringer, was sitting on the hospital bed, with a trace of curvature on his face, and said calmly: "Laylen, you are here."

"Your Excellency the Elector." Lailan nodded slightly to express his respect. The appearance of the White Wolf Elector in front of him was very different from before. He was haggard and weak. The strong man who could tear apart the big horned beast with his hands was now so unbearable.

"Sit down, Lelan, my adopted son Tugenheim." Boris coughed several times and waved his hand: "Others, go out and tell the nobles outside who are ready to move that their elector is still here.

Stay alive!"

"Yes!" Boris's order was unquestionable. The Cheetah Knights paid their respects and left. Adrian and Lailon looked at each other and followed the footsteps of the Cheetah Knights and walked out of the room, not forgetting to close the door.

"I'm glad to see you're okay, Your Majesty the Elector. The people of Middenland have paid no attention to your injury these days." After a brief opening, Lailan greeted.

"I'm far from being fine right now. I know the quality of my body better than anyone else." Elector Boris shook his head gently, staring at Lailan with his dull wolf eyes.

, with a somewhat self-deprecating tone in his tone: "Thanks to the purifying power of my Lord's Holy Fire, I was able to escape from that near-death state and escape the danger of life. Judging from the current situation, I need to rest far more often than I imagined.

Much more…”

"Father, you..." Von Tugenheim choked up, and he heard the decline in the words of the White Wolf Elector.

"It's okay. The high-ranking priests of the Grand Temple talked to me about the poison. The court physician Luigi was right. The poison he made was specially designed to restrain my power." Boris opened his palms and faced them.

He looked around and said: "High-level priests say that even a determined combat priest can only barely survive and struggle on the verge of death for several days, and the recovery process after that will be very long."

"You will get better gradually, Your Excellency the Elector, the Wolf God Yurik protects you."

Lairon looked at the two cabinets next to the hospital bed that were filled with fruit baskets, flowers and other condolences. Apparently many people had visited Boris.

"Almost all the nobles of Middenland and the great nobles of the provinces in Middenheim came to visit me when I was in a coma. Even His Majesty the Emperor, who is usually the least welcome, sent envoys to express condolences.

They sent a lot of condolence gifts, and I had them piled up in the warehouse of the Great Temple." Boris grinned, his face was very haggard and unnaturally pale, and he could barely squeeze out a smile.

The smile was uglier than crying: "But I'm glad you can come, Laylan, you and the witch hunter have helped me a lot."

"It was Eureka who saved you, my elector. She prevented the changeling from further assassination, otherwise your injuries would have been more fatal." Lailan shook his head and briefly described the process to the White Wolf elector.

once.

"So that's it..." Boris sighed deeply, looked up at the door, and remembered something. The Elector murmured, "Yulika-Ivan Petrovich, I remembered."

, her father was Slaghov-Petrovich, the Boye nobleman from Kislev."

"You are right. Eureka said that her former family and the Todbringer family had good relations a hundred years ago." Lailan nodded.

"Well, I know a little bit about the Petrovich family in Prague City and their family secrets." The White Wolf Elector was noncommittal, and then he asked: "Laylen, Miss Yurika is also the same as you."

Are you up? I want to thank her in person."

"Well, Your Excellency the Elector, Eureka is a witch hunter, and this is the Great Temple of Eureka." Lailan reminded awkwardly: "The Eureka Church will not allow her to approach your ward.

Yes, regardless of whether she saved you or not, the Howling Wolf Order guarding here is very unkind."

"Yes, yes." Elector Boris looked slightly disappointed. He had a thought in his mind and could only sigh helplessly.

Lailan is indeed right. The Great Temple of Ulric cannot be entered or exited at will. It is not only the headquarters of the White Wolf Knights, but also the sacred place of the Eternal Holy Fire. The church will never allow pagans to board the floating earth Karag, even if they are

Far away in the city of Altdorf, the Cathedral of Justice, which is heavily guarded and is the headquarters of the Church of Justice, cannot be compared with the Great Temple of Ulric in Middenheim. This is the most secure place in the empire.

"My daughter, Silina, have you seen her?" The White Wolf Elector asked about the relative he cared about most: "Silena rarely sees blood, she is like a flower that is protected by warmth.

I don’t want my daughter to have bad memories.”

"Don't worry, father, Xilina is very strong." The adopted son of the elector said quickly, and he added: "Very strong."

"Alas..." Boris Todbringer's single eye was a little sparkling. He turned to look at Lailan and at the same time stretched out his right hand. The young baron held it with both hands knowingly and said calmly: "Elector

Sir, please tell me if you have any orders."

"Lelan, as a noble of the Midden Territory, I do not ask you to defend the Todbringer family to the death." The White Wolf Elector paused, coughed a few times, and said with a tired and sincere expression: "As a

A father, a father who does not want to put his daughter in danger, I hope you can protect my daughter Silina!"

"I..." Lailan was stunned. When he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Boris.

"Don't rush to answer me yet, Lailan, this is not an order from an elector, but a request from a father." The white wolf elector's single eye stared at Lailan's young face, and Boris lowered his voice.

, only two people can hear: "My court is in danger, the entire Midden Territory, and the entire empire are in danger. If the fallen dare to assassinate me once, they will try a second time, a third time, until they achieve their goal.

, their target will gradually shift from me to the entire Todbringer family, and by then, no amount of knights can prevent a sudden accident."

"The Cheetah Knights can't prevent it, and neither can the Ulric Church. Facts have proved that I have been too focused on fighting for the position of emperor in these years, blindly ignoring the signs of depravity in the people around me, and heretical believers infiltrating the entire province.

the trend of…."

"None of them are worthy of belief. The fact that Annika and Luigi can lurk in White Wolf Castle without being discovered means that heretics have also infiltrated my castle and my attendants."

"So, 'Redeemer' Lelan Wald, Baron Draco, I hope you can help me and help a father!" The White Wolf Elector looked serious and told Lelan his plan in a low voice.

Lun.

"My elector..." After hearing this, Lailan, who was deeply shocked, opened his eyes wide. The white wolf elector in front of him just nodded slightly, and the strength of his right hand increased a bit.

The young baron also nodded silently and agreed to Boris's request.

The Elector of Midden smiled, as if he had let go of something on his mind. He retracted his right hand, leaned against the bed, and chatted with Lailan about other things.

"Are you still planning to take back Duncan Castle after the autumn harvest?" Boris looked at the setting sun in the west outside the window and said somewhat lonely.

"Yes, news has come from the territory in the past few days. About 60% of the supplies needed for the expedition have been prepared. The fallen Duncan Castle is an extremely unstable black powder keg. I cannot leave this hidden danger unsolved. Moreover, the territory

The population has reached a bottleneck, and Baron Draco also needs more land." Lailan nodded, and then said: "So, I decided to step up preparations for the expedition and end the battle as soon as winter arrives."

"Be careful. The Beastman Warbands are not the Norscans who went south. Their number in the Dracovald Forest is still a mystery." The White Wolf Elector calmly warned Laeren: "They hate civilization.

, and is obsessed with chaos. In every battle going deep into the forest, be sure to arrange rangers within a few miles around. The beastmen are as keen on blood as the megalodons in the sea of ​​​​claws. Once a trace is detected, the entire battle will be destroyed.

The gang will come in droves."

"I will keep it in mind, Your Excellency the Elector." Lailan responded with deep understanding, and then continued: "I signed a mutual watch treaty with the Laurentian Forest, and I have sent someone to the Laurentian Forest.

The wood elves of the forest asked for help, and I think the elves would be more than happy to help clear out the beastmen."

"Lauren Loren's wood elves? They signed a mutual watch treaty with you?" Elector Boris's eyes were filled with surprise. He couldn't help but feel that Baron Draco in front of him could not see clearly. After struggling to sit up straight, he chose

The emperor said frankly: "I always thought that the friendship between you and the wood elves was just fighting together. I didn't expect that they not only built a trade outpost in your territory, but also signed an agreement."

"Not only these, but also my mountain dwarf friends. There is a dwarf community and three or four dwarf clans in my territory. They are very willing to go to war with me." Lailan revealed some of his existing military strength.

"Very good, very good." After hearing this, the White Wolf Elector couldn't help but admired: "In just a few years, a baron who can accumulate so much power, and the entire empire can be compared with you, I'm afraid it's hard to challenge

Not one will come out."

"The situation in Middenheim is very corrupt, and the chaos will continue in a short period of time. The only way I can help you is to send more provincial legions to help." After Boris Todbringer praised it,

The elector who has absolute power in the Midden Territory said bluntly: "I will try to ask the Emir Archbishop to send some White Wolf Knights to support you. If the church army can participate, it can also make the relationship between you and the church

The relationship has eased."

"Uh..." Lairon paused and said nothing.

If Elector Boris were to know that he had been chosen by Yurik, I am afraid he would be no less surprised than the Pope Emir.

"Laylen, I have worked hard for you during this time. Please leave early and return to your territory." Boris Todbringer's tone was slightly slower, with an indescribable sense of fatigue: "About the reward for you and Eureka

, I prefer substantial material rewards. You can also pick a few things from the treasury of the Elector Castle. In addition, there are gold coin rewards."

"As for the new fiefdom, I can't give it to you. However, as long as you can recover the vast land in the southern Dracovald Forest and defend it from being captured, then fight as hard as you can."

"Tugenheim, my adopted son, please send Lelan back to the mansion." The White Wolf Elector finally said.

Then, the adopted son of the elector accompanied the young baron to leave the Great Temple of Ulric. However, unlike the indifferent treatment given to Lailan when he arrived, the Emir Archpope directly arranged for two red flame guards to escort Lailan.

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Chapter completed!