Chapter 566.
Chapter 566 – Determination
Hydra, the capital city of the Duchy of Eton, had been in a sea of joy for several days in a row, the marketplace was filled with singing and dancing crowds, and the taverns were open at half price and didn’t close for the night. Aside from the guards thrown on high alert on the city walls, everyone’s faces were filled with genuine smiles.
This was the case because the ruler of the duchy, Grand Duke Eteot Kabre, had led the army outside the city to defeat the Protectorate sent by the Church of Horned Bay.
This army led by Collins General Fedotov, consisting of cavalry, infantry, archers and auxiliaries, with all types of troops, well-equipped, “borrowed” from the defenseless northern neutral states, and when they set foot on the territory of Eaton, this army was in a sharp and vigorous mood, and the consecutive victories had filled all of them with confidence in victory, from the commander down to the soldiers. The successive victories made them full of confidence that they would win.
As long as they defeated Eaton, from the north they pushed into the soft abdomen of the main force of the Protestant Alliance, the Corner Bay Alliance, and attacked with the Protectorate Army that was confronting the main force of the Corner Bay Alliance to the east, just like a huge iron clamp clamping on an egg, a little bit of force, and the egg was broken with a thud, and all the coastal countries would surely fall into the control of the Corner Bay Church again, and those blasphemous soldiers would be able to take control of them. The coastal countries will surely fall back into the control of the Church of the Gulf of Horn, and those blasphemous evildoers will surely be punished.
But such an imposing army folded under the city of Hydra, and they hit the iron plate, crashed and burned, and were cleaned up by the army of the Archduke of Cabrera. The Church’s expeditionary army was defeated and returned home in defeat, perhaps to describe it as a defeat is considered light, because at that time, they were directly crushed, and fell into a state of disorganization and indiscipline, it is not really easy to say how many people can run back.
According to the memories of those who witnessed the battle, the situation on the battlefield was quite unfavorable to the Eaton’s army, until a mysterious and powerful reinforcement army went into the battlefield to reverse the situation…….
Inside the royal palace of Hydra City, the ruler of Eton, Etteot Kabre, was lying quietly on a chaise longue, his eyes closed, his right arm stretched out on a small table to the side, and a man dressed as a doctor was changing the medication for him.
“Hiss-“
The Archduke didn’t hold back a groan.
In the battle of defending Hydra, he was wounded, he was hit hard by a sledgehammer on his right arm, almost causing him to lose control of his arm on the spot, the huge sword that he was previously holding fell to the ground, the immense pain even caused the Archduke to have a fainting sensation, fortunately he was protected by the guards beside him, and what was even more fortunate was that at this time the situation of the battlefield had already been reversed, and the soldiers of the Eden army were counter-attacking towards the enemy with a great deal of vigor and strength, and if it was the case that earlier, the Eden army was in the middle of the battlefield, he could have been killed by the enemy. If it was the moment when the Etonian army was struggling to support, this injury of the Archduke would probably make his army collapse in an instant.
“Your Majesty, please bear it, it will soon be over …… Wow, well, you can move your arms, but don’t move too fast or too much.”
Archduke Cabrera lifted his bandaged arm off the table and slowly contracted and stretched it several times. “I feel like I’m recovering fast, or at least I feel better every day.”
“Your senses are correct, Your Majesty.” The doctor said with a relieved look on his face, “I estimate that in another ten days or so of work, your arm will be back as good as new.”
“Thank you for your care, Ramirez.” The Archduke thanked him.
“Ohhh, I can’t afford your thanks, Your Majesty. Not to mention that it is my duty as your court physician, it is the greatest honor of my life to take care of the hero who saved Eton, and if anything were to happen to you, I would be eaten alive by the people of Hydra as soon as I stepped out of the gates of the kingdom.”
Dr. Ramirez looked at Archduke Cabre with a face full of reverence.
Archduke Cabre smiled modestly, “Haha, I also just did what I had to do, the hero who saved Eton is someone else.”
The doctor waved his hand, “You must not be presumptuous.” He assumed the Archduke was talking about the loyal and brave soldiers.
“How are you doing, dear?” At that moment a delicate female voice came in from outside.
Grand Duchess Helen walked in with a brisk pace and a flourish.
“Oh Helen, Ramirez treated me wonderfully, he said that I will be cured in another ten days or so of work, you see ……”
As he spoke, the Archduke leapt up from his chaise longue and waved his arms as if to show off to his wife, panicking Dr. Ramirez who hastened to tug him back.
“Your Majesty, you can’t move around drastically yet.”
Helen accelerated her steps to her husband’s front, a pair of eyes glaring round, her mouth angrily snapping, “Are you forgetting the pain after you’ve gotten over the scar?”
The Grand Duchess had a gentle character and rarely got angry on weekdays, as a great beauty, she had a different flavor when she was angry, and Grand Duke Cabrera actually looked dumbfounded all of a sudden.
Dr. Ramirez felt that he should leave, and quietly left after saying goodbye.
The left arm of the Grand Duke that could still move gently wrapped around his wife, “Is there any new news from Ms. Mariana’s side?” Helen tilted her head and looked at her husband, saying disgruntledly, “What? Do I have to have news from the front line before I can come visit my husband?”
“Ah, my dear, you know I don’t mean that.” Archduke Cabrera laughed bitterly, women na, always picking on you when they don’t realize it.
“I’m just very concerned about the war situation, after all, we’ve managed to change the momentum of the counterattack with great difficulty.”
“Hmph!” Helen gently wrinkled her little nose, an expression of letting you off the hook, “Teacher Mariana did send me back the latest news, a more detailed battle report written by your general is estimated to arrive the day after tomorrow.”
“Ah, hurry up and give me the one from Mariana-sensei, I can’t wait.”
Helen said with a straight face, “What can be confirmed is that the church army on our way is really incapable of fighting back again!”
“Oh?”
“The remnants of the church army retreated in a rather lousy manner, those neutral city-states that they ‘borrowed’ saw this moment and began to see resistance activities, with traps waiting in front and us chasing behind them, they kept on losing troops along the way, and it’s hard to even call them an army anymore.”
“Haha, what a great relief! Uhhhhhhhh!”
“Didn’t the doctor tell you to pay attention?”
In his excitement, Archduke Cabrera couldn’t help but start waving his arms again, before a wave of pain hit him, and caused his wife to snap at him once more.
“There is also good news, the city-state Parada wishes to have our sanctuary in case the Church armies make a comeback.”
Huh? Cabrera was surprised, the news of this was indeed a surprise, offering to ask Eton for shelter, what that meant could not have been clearer to the Grand Duke who was the ruler of a country.
“However, Ms. Mariana suggests that we stop our army as far as Parada, any farther than that would be beyond Eaton’s current capabilities. Especially if our main force hasn’t returned yet.”
Looking at her husband, who was drifting a bit, Helen warned.
The Archduke said, “Oh, of course, I’m not one to be carried away by victory, having a buffer zone is good enough.”
“That ……” Helen suddenly became a little hesitant and swallowed.
“What’s the matter, my dear? What’s there to be apprehensive about in front of me?” The Archduke put his left hand on his wife’s shoulder.
“Teacher …… teacher she asked me to ask you if your previous promise is still valid?”
“Of course!” Grand Duke Etteault Cabret said aloud, “I mean of course it’s valid!”
There wasn’t a hint of hesitation in his voice.
“The Cabres have always been true to their word, not to mention they saved Eton and the people here.”
Helen looked excitedly at her husband, whose eyes were crystal clear.
“Whatever will happen in the future, let us face it together.”
(End of chapter)