The Void Duchy, since the revenge of the Blood Banner more than a year ago, has had a very terrifying shadow for many nobles of the Ryan Kingdom. Especially those lords who live next to the Void Principality, they are even more frightened, and when they see that the Void Principality has signs of a big move, they don't hurry to send envoys to communicate, for fear that they will be swept away by the army of the Void Principality if they are not careful.

This is the sorrow of the weak.

In fact, the commoners aspired to become nobles and constantly strived. But in fact, after becoming a nobleman, they will find that the so-called aristocratic world is not as beautiful as they imagined, it is still a game of big fish eating small fish, but compared to naked civilian humiliation, there will be at least one more fig leaf in the aristocratic world. Of course, in the same way, the game of big fish eating small fish in the aristocracy is more cruel than bullying among the commoners.

But the Void Principality is different.

Sean's code of conduct never considered such a thing as a so-called "fig leaf", and he would not even bother with the so-called "rules of the game among nobles". For this grand duke, he does things all according to his mood - like blood flag revenge, this kind of thing can only be related to relatives or blood relations, but Sean is doing it for a barbarian in the Northland who is not related by blood and is also a slave, and many nobles are slandering Sean for simply trying to take advantage of the fire to rob.

But so what?

Sean didn't pay attention to that, he just wanted to avenge Anno, so he led everyone to revenge.

After this battle, the Void Principality is completely famous.

However, it has basically made many forces have a clear understanding of the strength possessed by the Void Principality - in addition to the Wings of Judgment that were secretly hidden and the Silver Sideburns Legion obtained from the Savage Lands, the Void Principality's existing troops, legion numbers, famous generals, famous powerhouses, and so on. All of them are completely out to the public.

There are advantages and disadvantages to this kind of thing.

The benefits are. Let many nobles clearly know the gap between them and the Void Duchy, before they reach this strength and heritage. Don't go out of your way to trouble the Void Principality, it's not an opponent they can contend with. And this is also the reason why many nobles still did not provoke the Void Principality head-on after knowing that Sean was not in the Void Principality through their different intelligence channels.

Just four words: not an opponent.

Of course, it's not that no one wants to take advantage of Sean's absence to provoke those followers in an attempt to cause a civil unrest or usurp power. To the dismay of all the nobles, very few of the secret lobbyists sent out to stir up trouble made it back alive - Sean's followers didn't bother to pay attention to what the lobbyists wanted to say, or who sent them.

Better-tempered. Just let them go.

And the worse tempers, such as Alfred and Abaza, directly beheaded people.

Of course, there are also smiling responses, and then turning around, they will uproot the spies that these people have spent a lot of effort and cost in the Void Principality. The typical representative of this category is William, Neil, and Hela, the Void Triumvirate.

However, under this kind of thing, there are not people who have other thoughts, but they are basically some low-level little people, and they can't make any waves. And the only one who can stir up the storm is Clove, but unfortunately the object of his eternal allegiance is Cecilia, who is the least likely to betray Sean, so it doesn't matter whether he plots against Clov or not. Because all of Sean's followers, even Clov himself, knew very well that as long as he dared to rebel or force Cecilia to the palace, then Cecilia would dare to kill.

In the face of this solid-standing faithful belief, even the most powerful lobbyists paint the most perfect blueprint for the future. It's simply useless.

As for the disadvantage of the battle of Blood Banner's revenge, the intelligence information of the Void Principality has finally been updated in detail by many major forces. This allows them to realize the gap and if they want to take action against the Void Principality in the future. Naturally, there will be more detailed and perfect battle plans and targeted actions, and it can be said that this time it was the Void Principality that took the initiative to expose its weaknesses.

But this weakness. But it has not been expanded because of this.

Because in terms of intelligence investigation and counter-investigation, the Void Principality has the Void Realm. It's already imperial.

Therefore, in addition to the information that has been exposed by the Void Principality, it is very difficult to obtain the information of the Void Principality from other aspects. Especially before going through Sein. After Hasting's betrayal and William's attack, the Void Principality has strengthened its intelligence work against the grassroots, so if you want to infiltrate the Void Principality to obtain intelligence, you don't want to gain anything without more than ten years.

So in a sense, the Void Principality has always been in an invincible position.

Because of this, once there is any disturbance in the Void Principality, which is powerful, has a profound background, and has a mysterious background, and the strong gather, the surrounding lords will be the first to know the news, and will put this matter on the highest level of priority. They don't want the territory that their ancestors have fought so hard to lose in their hands so inexplicably - although the Void Duchy can't invade the territory of the Ryan Kingdom even if it fights with the surrounding lords now, but no nobleman wants to experience a war for no reason.

However, the external negotiation work is not under Sean's responsibility.

That's what Diana does—Cecilia, who is now the real nominal head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had lost all her work to Diana long after Sean returned. Therefore, the task of receiving those envoys naturally had to be taken care of and arranged by Diana, but with the Marquis of Floris, who was a close confidant of the king, Diana naturally could not compare him with others, but had to be treated additionally.

It was also the first time that Diana was really alone in charge of hosting a big man of the rank of the Marquis of Flores.

However, as more and more high-ranking figures of the Void Principality arrived at the Black Swan Castle, an extremely heavy aura began to permeate the sky above the Void Principality.

It's just that Sean didn't attend the battle plan meeting to rescue Reis and aid Hashas. Because he didn't feel the need to show his face. So the business was left to Cecilia and William - Diana was supposed to be present at this meeting, but because of the disturbance caused by Sean's return. So Diana had to deal with the envoys.

This also means that Diana can finally remove the word "acting" from "acting foreign minister". It won't be long. The fourth giants of the Void Principality will soon become a figure that those who pay attention to the forces of the Void Principality must also pay close attention to, just like William, Neil, Hela, and others.

As for the battle plan, in fact, as early as the night when William arrived at the Black Swan Castle, he had already negotiated a rough framework with Cecilia.

All William had to do at the meeting was to fill in the framework with other details based on the additional information provided by Hashas. For these things, William definitely has more experience than anyone else in the entire Void Duchy, so Sean has no reason to show up to point fingers.

Perhaps it was because Hashas took this operation very seriously. So the discussion plan went very smoothly, and all the details were finalized almost in a day. Of course, William will definitely not disclose the rescue of Reis to Hashas, but because Nolo, who has Sean's guarantee, will definitely join William and Kokire's shot, William naturally did not have any problems with Hashas in terms of the deployment of the strong.

The Hassas side would send two Sanctuary powerhouses to join the battle, but as he said, he was not good at military strategy, so he had to temporarily hire a legion that was almost equivalent to the level of a third-level army. It was not supplemented by other additional troops.

William, on the other hand, dispatched both the Cecilia Guards led by Clov and Alfred's Thunder Lion, and secretly followed the Crimson Knights so that they could support at any time. And not just against the Lion of Thunder and the Cecilia Guard, but also against the Covert Operations Team that rescued Reis. On the side of the strong men of the army, there are also two strong men of the Holy Realm fighting. They are Harding and Nolo.

As for the covert operation team that rescued Laice, it was led by Cecilia. On the team side, there are Rena and Kokire. Originally, it was intended to draw personnel from the Wings of Judgment and the Crimson Knights, but after a series of discussions and deliberations. Cecilia eventually gave up on this method, and the team composed of all strong men would be more mobile and combative, especially the Wings of Judgment and the Crimson Knights, who were good at combining military formations, and if the number of people was not enough to a certain level, it was obviously not able to play a real role.

A qiē action, it was quickly finalized.

During the whole process, Sean didn't show up, because in addition to constantly adjusting his Sanctuary ability, he was also making some other preparations.

The Floating Library is a world located thousands of meters in the air, and although it is sheltered by a magic shield, due to the pressure of the air layer at high altitude and many other factors, the fertility of the Floating Library is actually relatively low. But on the other hand, the inhabitants of the Great Floating Library have a lot of endurance and adaptability far higher than any other creature in the Terrestrial Realm.

Sean's training is a set of acclimatization exercises specially designed by Andrew for his physique to ensure that Sean can perform normally after going to the Floating Library.

So these days, Sean basically spends most of his time with Andrew, and only Cecilia will come over to spend time with Sean during his leisure time.

"If there is no accident, we will leave tonight, won't you go to accompany that little girl?" Andrew asked Sean at the table, dealing with the food in front of him.

It was lunchtime, but Cecilia and William had other things to attend to, so they didn't come to eat. Cecilia wanted to come to dinner, but unfortunately William didn't let him go, and considering the importance of Laice to William, although Cecilia was a little reluctant, she still didn't leave the conference room after all, and the people who attended the meeting were Alfred, Dwight, Clovreina and others, so their lunch was naturally sent to the conference room.

"After a busy time, I have time to accompany him, and I am not in a hurry at this time." Sean smiled, but he looked at it quite openly, "...... Sorry for dragging you down. ”

"Don't worry about these little things." Andrew chuckled and shook his head, "Just take it as a gift from me." ”

"Okay." Sean smiled and didn't say anything more on the topic.

He and Andrew are both from the same world, so in this lonely world, there are some things that don't need to be said too clearly and clearly. Just like the gift Andrew said at this time, although he didn't say exactly what this gift meant, Sean knew that this was Andrew's upcoming gift - probably Andrew also wanted to have more contact with his fellow countrymen, because during this time, Sean found that what Andrew asked was about the Earth era a long time ago.

Extrapolating from this point, Sean guessed that when Andrew left Earth, it was probably one day in 2016, but unfortunately the specific date Sean could not deduce. And the time that Sean traveled through is 2082, which means that Andrew left the earth sixty-six years earlier than him.

Afterwards, the two chatted about some other things very casually.

But in general, it's basically around the earth, and only the two of them know about it - of course, for Sean, many of them are actually history or antiques. But fortunately, his interests are relatively wide, and he is also quite interested in ancient history and the modern history of the earth, so he can communicate with Andrew, otherwise I don't know how many times the conversation between the two will be cold.

In this slightly lively atmosphere, the bass suddenly knocked on the door and entered.

"Coming?" Andrew turned his head and glanced at Bess, only to see the latter nod slightly.

Sean's eyes showed a little doubt, and he didn't quite understand what Andrew meant by coming.

"Let's go." Andrew got up and smiled at Sean, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

"See?" The look of doubt on Sean's face was even more obvious, but he didn't refuse Andrew's kindness, but got up and followed Andrew out of the Black Swan Castle, of course, he still asked with some curiosity, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Gifts." Andrew laughed, "Basically, each of us has a gift. …… A gift from Enkos, you have received. And coming back with you is my gift to you. …… Bass's gift will probably be a little while, and now this gift is a gift from Hercules. ”

"Hercules!?" Sean was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

His god and demon eggs are still in Hercules' hands! (To be continued......)

PS: It's wrong, I'm sorry...... Re-revised and corrected.