It was in Valhalla's Tree Hall that he met the famous Duke, but he had never met him before.
The Archduke of Grinoires, the current head of the Tasim Family, was dressed in heavy black armor and had a bearskin cloak draped over his shoulders. Although his weapons had been forcibly removed, and his hair was a little messy, his spirit was not dispirited.
He raised his head calmly and looked at Brando who walked into the hall. "You are that guy's grandson? I didn't expect that I would be defeated by his descendant. "
"You lost to greed and your own weak will, Duke." Brendel stared at the man. The man's cold gaze hid a weakness that no one knew about. At least compared to Duke Arreck's arrogance, this duke was not even worth mentioning. "From the moment you betrayed Aouine, your fate was sealed." Brendel replied flatly.
"Whatever you say," Grand Duke Grinoires replied.
"Tell me," Brando said, "What is the matter with the Royal Faction? I believe they are fickle, but if they have the ability to endure, they would not have lost so badly in the last war."
The duke sneered. "Young man, if you're here to make me bow to you and that little girl, then I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I'm not on the same side as you. You might be able to fool that old fool, but I happen to know that very well."
"In other words, you intend to bury the entire Tarsim family because of your stubbornness?"
The Duke's expression changed slightly, but he was silent for a moment and replied, "Young man, I want to remind you that the people of Saasalde are not to be trifled with."
"On the contrary, Duke, if the conflict between you and me is only the internal conflict of Erouine, then the price that the people of Saasalde have to pay has just begun."
Duke Grinoires looked at Brando with some surprise. He could not tell if this young man was too arrogant or just too confident.
"Tell me, Makarov or Oberwei, who is the real mastermind?" Brando continued to ask without any expression.
Duke Grinoires's lips twitched, but he did not say anything.
Brando looked at him for a moment, and then turned to Andruff, the Archdruid of the Loop of Trade Winds. "Elder Andruff, please inform the Loop of the World and the Archdruids. Ask them if they still remember the agreement from the previous era, and if they still remember Lady Martha's standards. Tell them that if the Silver Folk allow their scum to interfere with the mortal world, then I will have to personally start a mortal war, and destroy the last pride of the Silver Folk in a sea of fire …"
"My Lord, you …"
"Go, they'll understand what I'm saying."
Grand Duke Grinoelson frowned at the scene. He could not believe that a mere Count Tónigel dared to talk to the Druid's Ring of the World in such an arrogant tone, not to mention that the other party had even shamelessly claimed to destroy the Silver Folk.
It was as ridiculous as the small states along the Silver Bay claiming to destroy the Cruz Empire.
But what surprised him was that the Archdruid from the Loop of Trade Winds bowed respectfully to Brando with a complicated expression, and then left.
Duke Grinoires certainly understood the relationship between the Tónigel and the Druids of the Loop of Trade Winds, but he did not understand why Brando showed him this scene. Did he want to scare him with these big words?
This was simply too laughable.
But his frown only lasted for a few seconds. Not long after Andruff left the Tree Hall, a white light suddenly flashed in the center of the hall, and a silver fairy appeared there.
It was obviously spatial magic, and it was the legendary ultra-long-distance teleportation.
Grand Duke Grinoires was not an ignorant ordinary person. He knew at a glance that the other party must be an ally of the Bugas, the Light Fairies, and the only Fairy clan in the world that was good at Law Magic.
Needless to say, the other party must have come to this place through the ultra-long-distance directional teleportation circle of the Bugas.
And just as Duke Grinoires was shocked by this scene, the fairy lady spoke. She said to Brando somewhat sternly, "Brando, you can't do that. Although the private actions of the Saasaldans have seriously violated the principles of the Silver Alliance, you can't let the entire Silver Folk bear this mistake!"
"Lady Tania." Brando only needed to hear the voice to know who had come, although he did not expect the Bugas to come so quickly. Although the Bugas and the Loop of the World had different ideas, as a remnant of the order of the previous era, when he asked Andruff to inform the Loop of the World, the Bugas should have received the news immediately.
After all, for them, this should be the most urgent situation next to the coming of dusk.
But Brando was not interested in the Bugas' reaction. He was even a little annoyed. The petty actions of the Saasaldans could not be hidden from the Bugas. What they did in Erouine was almost transparent to the other Bugas from the beginning.
The so-called shocking of the entire Silver City-State seriously violated the principles of the Silver Alliance. If it was someone else, they might have considered it, but Brando did not care at all.
He was very clear about the Bugas' code of conduct. The Bugas obviously put the arrival of the Dusk army as their primary consideration. As for the violation and even betrayal of the Saasaldans, although it also annoyed them, it was also a secondary matter to be dealt with.
It was because of this thinking that the Bugas ignored Erouine in the first place because they could come back and clean up the mess at any time anyway. And as for what kind of upheaval would happen in the mortal world because of this, and how many people would pay the price of their lives, that was naturally not within the scope of the Bugas' concern.
The arrogance of the Cloud Dwellers was vividly displayed at this moment.
Brando could even guess that the Saasaldans were taking advantage of this mentality of the Bugas. As citizens of the Silver City-State, they knew the Cloud Dwellers better than anyone else. By the time the Bugas came back to deal with them, they would have already helped their masters get what they wanted in Erouine.
Brando knew the rules of the game of the Bugas.
But now, he had returned to Erouine, so the rules of the game had to be reformulated. Since the Bugas felt that the fire of Erouine had not yet burned them, then he would add fuel to the fire.
Since you don't care, then I'll make you care about it.
Brando looked at Tania somewhat indifferently. To be honest, not only the Bugas, but he was also very dissatisfied with this Faerie lady — after all, she had a good relationship with Her Highness the Princess, but she also ignored everything that happened here and watched Gryphine fall into danger.
Seeing Brando's expression, Tania was slightly stunned, and she sighed. "I'm sorry, Brando, I know you blame me."
"No, I don't have to blame anyone," Brando said mercilessly. "I only make a simple choice. I will declare war on the Saasaldans, or on all the Silver Folk, depending on your answer."
"No, you can't be so capricious," Tania said with some annoyance. "The most important thing now is to fight against the invasion of the Twilight Dragon. If you rashly start a wizard war, the Silver Folk and the mortal kingdoms will turn into a sea of fire, and we will fail completely.
"But before that, the Silver Folk will lose the authority from Tiamat because of the all-out war with the mortal world. You will lose your status as the world's guardian and the right to be arrogant."
"You, you know all about it …?" Tania's eyes widened in surprise.
Brando did not answer. Ever since he received the highest authority from Martha in the Stagnation Realm, he had understood everything.
This was an era of mortals defined by Martha, and it was impossible for power to be unrestrained. In the game, the wizards' war eventually destroyed themselves, and the slate war caused the Bugas to fall to the mortal world. This was the root of all this.
The Faerie's face became serious. She hesitated again and again before she admonished, "Brando, you have to consider the price of doing this. I understand your hatred for the Saasaldians, but are you going to let it blind you?"
"You still don't understand, Lady Tania. This is not hatred." Brando shook his head gently. "What I see clearly is that the arrogance of the Saasaldians comes from the Bugas, and it is precisely because of the Silver Folk's self-indulgence that all this has happened. This is not only the responsibility of the Saasaldians, but the responsibility of all the Bugas."
He paused for a moment, then answered word by word, "However, you still deal with this responsibility with arrogance, so I think that such a Silver Alliance is no longer enough to fulfill the heavy responsibility that Lady Martha has given you."
"Lady Tania, you can't save our world."
Tania took a deep breath, and a surge of anger suddenly surged into her chest. Since when had mortals dared to be so rude to the people of the clouds?
Don't they understand who has been guarding this world?
But she glared fiercely at the young man, but did not dare to speak arrogantly, because she knew that the other party had the ability to perish together with them.
Should she endure the humiliation, or should she turn into ashes with the mortals?
She was in a dilemma for a moment.
But Brando seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and said lightly, "Lady Tania, I didn't take any chances from the beginning. If you still think that the mortals have stolen your authority and refuse to accept your charity, then please choose the second path —"
"Because I believe that although the people of the earth are humble, Lady Martha has already given them her blessings, and they will eventually complete their self-redemption. Use their power to split open the era that belongs to them, and those who stand in the way of all this will eventually turn into ashes … "
"Whether it is a god or a demon that destroys the world —"
The Faerie lady did not say a word. She almost couldn't help but curse several times, but after a long silence, she silently closed her eyes, as if listening to something several times.
She couldn't help but shake her head at first, then finally nodded, then shook her head again, frowning.
"Alright," she said in her mind, "let's see the final madness of these arrogant people."
A bitter laugh came from the void.
After a long time, Tania looked at Brando angrily and said, "Since Lady Martha has given you that crown, very well —"
"Well, we give you power — this is to tell you that the Buga people are not as arrogant as you think!"
"You are just mortals, you don't understand where power comes from. I want to see, see how you will save this world, and I hope you won't regret it!"
Brando did not explain anything to Tania's sarcasm.
He just thought silently for a moment.
He understood that at this moment, he had truly taken over the responsibility that Lady Martha had given him.
He thought that when he took over all this, he would not be able to continue, because what ability did he have to decide the future of this world?
But when this moment came, he felt a sense of relief.
Because there was no need to hesitate.
There was no need to talk about regret.
He just needed to let go of everything, and use all his strength to move forward.
Brando looked up, and when he lifted his head, it was as if there really was the weight of a crown — that was what Martha had promised him, his mission.
As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
Brando turned his head, and his gaze was fixed on Duke Grinoires.
The gaze that the duke did not care about before was now like a sharp sword piercing his heart. It was more than a thousand pounds, and it made him shudder.
Duke Grinoires was just glanced at, and he subconsciously lowered his head, not daring to look at it — it was as if he was facing that gaze in the high arched and deep hall when the kingdom was in the ascendant.
It came from Erouine, the Lord of Resurgence.
The majesty that came from the taciturn was like the snow in the winter, chilling him to the bone.
But at this moment, it was still better.
Like a trembling subject being stared at by his monarch, Duke Grinoires felt that his will had been stripped away from his body. He could not resist at all, and could only answer dryly, "It was Makarov, Your … Your Majesty."
"… Lord Oberwei was turned into his appearance by that monster, and he was imprisoned in the Summer Castle near Braggs …"
"I … What I said is true. They also wanted to replace your adjutant with that monster, Lady Jutta …"
In the hall, only Duke Grinoires's voice was left, and he was repeating in a hollow voice.
The Faerie stared at Brando expressionlessly, watching all of this.
… …
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