"Bell."

The lavishly decorated glass fell to the ground and shattered, and crimson wine flowed from the fragments, staining the precious carpet red. But its owner was evidently in no mood to care about the precious carpet beneath his feet, and the old council leader's eyes widened as he gazed at the visitor before him, his old, bruise-tendoned hands trembling uncontrollably, and his face as pale as white paper.

"What do you say? You repeat!! ”

"It's... Be...... Elder Parliament, we have just received news that the royal family has completely blocked the Strait of Light and banned any boats from entering and leaving, and they have also issued a fishing ban, requiring fishermen to return to the port immediately and not to go out to sea to fish without permission. ”

"How is this possible?!! How is this possible!! ”

Before the soldier could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the angry shouts of the old council chief, who came forward frantically, grabbed the herald by the collar, and shouted loudly, and then the old man gasped like a beast trapped in a cage, pushed away his guard, and then turned around and walked back and forth like a wounded tiger, and then he walked to the table, grabbed the wine bottle on the table, and slammed it against the wall beside him. The bottle collided with the wall with a crisp cracking sound, and the wine splattered out like blood. Seeing the actions of the old council leader, the guards didn't even dare to take a breath, so they could only stand silently beside him, looking at the angry old man in front of him in horror.

"What the hell is the Southern Fleet doing?! I haven't gotten any news for anything!! Where the hell did the royal fleet come in and block the Strait of Light!! ”

"Report, report to the adults, they, they are ......... from the air"

"?!! from the air"

Hearing this, the old council leader turned around suddenly. The two eyes were as big as copper bells, bloodshot, and bloodshot eyes filled with unprecedented surprise and incomprehension. Feeling the gaze of the old council leader, even the guards standing in front of him couldn't help but subconsciously take a few steps back, for fear that the old man would pounce on him at this moment and bite himself to death. Only then did he go on tremblingly.

"Yes, yes. My lord. I heard that the royal fleet took advantage of the tide on the periphery of the Strait of Light to dispatch floating magic warships to block the entire strait. That's why the Southern Fleet didn't find out, and now they are completely divided and surrounded by the royal fleet, and are currently waiting for your instructions........."

"Indicate a fart!"

Hearing this, this old man, who had always seemed to be gentle and elegant, actually broke out a foul mouth very rarely, he shouted angrily in a low voice, turned around and walked back and forth in the room. Then, as if remembering something, the old council chief suddenly raised his head, stared at his guard, and then asked, "Is there any news of Saville?" What happened to their fleet? ”

"This ..............."

"Say!! Tell me!! ”

Looking at the excited expression of the old council leader in front of him, the guard involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he looked around left and right, and then lowered his head.

"According to what we have gotten. Lord Saville's fleet was the first to be surrounded, and they tried to break through. But it ended in failure. All ships except the flagship were sunk. Lord Savile was killed in the line of duty. As for the flagship......... was seized by the royal fleet......... Details..............."

What the guards said later, the old council chief was not in the mood to listen at all, at this moment his eyes were full of flowers, his body shook, and he sat heavily on the chair next to him, and his eyes, which were originally full of anger, were extremely empty at the moment. Dazed, hesitantly staring at the ceiling in front of him. At this moment, the old council leader has no thoughts in his heart, the Strait of Light is blocked, and the Southern Fleet is isolated and has become a lonely army, and he has to admit it. The secrecy of the royal family has been done very well, although the reformers have made great efforts to investigate everything about the royal fleet before the declaration of independence, but nothing has been found. The Royal Fleet is a relatively independent branch of the military in the Duchy of Moon, and although it is divided into the navy, no one has ever actually seen this fleet. Even the commanders of the same Southern and Northern Fleets had never met the captains and members of the Royal Fleet. Although before, in order to prevent the royal family from mobilizing the royal fleet, they had also sent men to monitor the vicinity of various seaports, and if there was any unusual behavior, they would immediately report it to the Southern Council. But the reformers did not calculate that although this royal fleet was also a fleet, they were not a naval fleet...............

But what's the point of saying that now?

The Southern Fleet was surrounded by the other side, the Strait of Light was completely closed, and even the fishermen in the harbor area were ordered to ban fishing, and more importantly, ——— the wealth they had worked so hard to accumulate, the money originally used to buy food from the Chamber of Commerce of the Land of Light, had now completely entered the pockets of the royal family.

As soon as he thought of this, the old council president was almost vomiting blood and died, in order to succeed this time, he was already desperate, not only agreed to the sky-high asking price of those merchants in the country of light, but also took out all his property, not only that, but the old council leader also persuaded the nobles and merchants in the council to come up with a lot of money to survive this crisis. It can be said that this is almost all the money of the Southern Council, but now, the royal party is directly stabbing like a robber and directly intervening and snatching this money from them!!

So now, what are we left with?

There is no food, no money, no manpower, we have nothing left, so how can we support us for three months? How can you continue to fight against the royal party? The old man can imagine how others will react when they know about it, and he can understand and understand their feelings. No matter who it is, when something like this happens, there is only one choice. However, he was reluctant to accept that choice.

Thinking of this, the old council leader smiled bitterly, and then he sat up again, looked at the guard in front of him, and asked.

"This thing......... It's already spreading. ”

Hearing the old council leader's inquiry, a slight uneasiness appeared on the guard's face, and he hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should report the true situation of his master. But the momentum brought to him by the old council chief in front of him finally made the guards can't help but answer.

"Yes......... Yes, my lord, many people outside now know that the Royal Fleet has blocked the passage around the harbor, and now many people have gone to the council and started to protest, and not only that, Lord Magath, they are also ............ now."

"Okay, okay, you don't have to say it anymore, I know it."

Hearing this, the old council leader stretched out his hand helplessly, waved weakly, and interrupted the speech of his own guard. He stood up slowly, the old man seemed to have suddenly aged twenty years, he slowly moved to the window, looking at the scenery outside the window with a calm face, at this time the old council chief showed unprecedented calm, he looked at the front quietly, as if the person who was like a trapped beast before was not himself, after a long time, the old council leader let out a long sigh, and then he turned around and looked at the guards in front of him, showing a smile.

"You go down and inform the others, I still have something to attend to, so that they don't bother me whatever happens, understand?"

"Yes......... My lord. ”

Hearing the old council leader's order, the guard nodded slightly, but looking at the old council leader's expression now, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Your Excellency............ Do you really have no problem? Do you want me to ...............?"

"No need, you can go down."

Faced with the worries of his guards, the old man just smiled, and when he heard his master's order, the guards couldn't say anything, so they had to close the door and turn around and leave silently. The heavy sound of the door closing echoed in the silent study, and after a moment it disappeared, and the old council chief still stood there silently, and after a long time, he began to gradually take a step, slowly strolling in the study, and after the last moment, the old man sat down at the desk again, he picked up the quill, lowered his head, and began to write quickly on the white paper, until a moment later, the old man put the quill in his hand beside him, and then he reached into his arms, and took out a delicate, small glass bottle. The old man squinted his eyes and stared quietly at the glass vial in his hand, and then he muttered to himself.

"I have done my best, I have no regrets, I have done everything I can, I will not choose to surrender, and I will not endure the humiliation of being captured. We just didn't do it well enough, we just didn't do it well enough. We've put a lot of effort and energy into it——— and that's the only thing I can do. Don't be afraid of failure, don't give up, we still have a future, failure this time does not mean that we will not succeed in the future. One day, we will reach the other side of success............ Hopefully, that day will come sooner. I have to admit it, Your Highness, that I underestimated you, but our quest for free will will will not be so easily overwhelmed. ”

Saying this, the old man opened the cap of the vial in his hand, and this time, without hesitation on his face, he picked up the vial in his hand and drank it all. Then, the old man put down the vial in his hand and closed his eyes with a smile.

The afternoon sun poured in through the window, shining on the old council leader in the chair, and the old man's eyes were slightly closed, as if he was taking a nap.

He will never wake up again. (To be continued.) )