Anna was speechless. She looked at Ella quietly until she disappeared from sight.
"Then again, since the 'Triumph' wants to kill you, the only people in Azov City who can protect you are me and Hezekiah. Oh, don't let Hezekiah find you, he will kill you without hesitation I will sacrifice my life to you. But as long as your status as a princess is aside, I quite like you - your magic is powerful and you dare to take risks. I like such a woman."
Rurik shook his head, suddenly took Anna under his arm and threw her back on the bed.
"As long as you don't reiterate your ridiculous princess status in front of me, you can rest in bed and recuperate; your magic is enough to gain my respect, so you won't become a slave; you can choose to follow me back to Novgoro De, if so, you will become my head wife in the future; you can also choose to commit suicide, and I will erect a tombstone for you. But don't think about running away - unless you really want to be treated as a slave by me."
With that said, Rurik threw a dagger next to the bed.
"I'm going to attend the King of Sweden's dinner party next, please feel free to do it yourself. By the way, I am now the Grand Duke of Novgorod, and I will definitely control the entire steppe in the future. Even if you still regard yourself as a princess, I think I I am also qualified to marry you. Please think carefully before committing suicide - this is a real dagger, not some liquor disguised as city poison."
The incomplete moon was swaying in the dark clouds and strong wind.
Anna huddled in a corner of the bed frustrated. Not far away came the sound of pirates drinking and reveling. But the joy belongs to the victors, and all the prisoners of war are left with are burning and painful wounds.
She could no longer think of anything meaningful - Rurik's words had traumatized her so much that she was twitching like a dead branch swaying in the autumn wind. The dagger left by Rurik was still on the bed, but she didn't have the courage to hold it. After failing to commit suicide by drinking poison, she suddenly became full of fear of death.
Outside the window, the stars are shining like bright gems.
There were footsteps approaching and walking into the room. Anna raised her head and stared at the pirate who came to him with desperate eyes: He smelled of alcohol all over his body, his head was hanging down, and he had to lean on the wall to walk staggeringly.
What is this drunken drunkard doing? Do you want to pee on her, or whip her for fun?
She didn't believe Rurik's promise to her. She felt like a piece of trash thrown away by Rurik. For garbage, whatever comes next seems to be a given.
"It turns out that I can't blame my sister. It turns out that I... don't have any royal dignity at all."
The pirate swayingly put his head in front of Anna's forehead, which made Anna's whole body tremble like an electric shock.
But he saw the pirate lifting his hair and smiling heartily: "Hey, princess, these pirates seem to be having a dinner party, so I just handed over a piece of beef. Do you want to eat it?"
"How could it be you???"
Anna was so angry that she bumped her head towards Dust, causing Dust to scream "Wow" in pain.
"I'm not guilty!" Dast defended himself in a panic. "The smell of alcohol was caused by me deliberately pouring wine on me! I didn't drink at all! Otherwise, how could I have successfully sneaked in here? ? By the way, I saw those pirates surrounding a little girl on the road..."
While Dust was rambling, Anna's eyes lost their luster again.
"Hey, Dust, did you see the meteor shower when you came here?"
"Meteor shower?" Dast was stunned, "I didn't see it... I never pay attention to these."
"I didn't see it either. When I was a kid, my sister told me that there was a meteor shower every year on this day. She was just a big liar after all."
"Now is not the time to talk about this. Come on, put on these clothes, I will take you right away..."
Dust stretched out his hand to pull Anna over, but suddenly noticed the bandages and blood stains on Anna's body. He looked up at Anna, his eyes full of anger: "Who did this?"
"Who are you?"
Rurik appeared at the door swaying with a bottle of wine in his hand. Dast hurriedly protected Anna behind his back. He couldn't see clearly in the darkness, and asked Rurik loudly: "Who are you?"
"He is Rurik, the Grand Duke of Novgorod, the elf-level magician who used thunder and lightning to attack Azov City." Anna gently put her hand on Dast's shoulder and smiled helplessly, "You are not His opponent. I am not a princess worthy of protection. If you can run away, run away with all your strength."
"I remembered, you are that Dast, right? A rat who relies on women to gain fame." Rurik strode to the front of Dast and cast a sharp look from top to bottom, "I am right Men have no interest, how do you want to die?"
However, Dast stared back without fear: "Are you deaf? I was just asking, who beat her like this? Is it you?"
"It's me, so what? Do you want to stand up for him?"
With a "pop" sound, Dast took off the leather glove on his left hand and threw it on Rurik's face.
Rurik grabbed the glove and took a look, and the expression on his face suddenly became very scary: "Do you want to duel with me?"
"That's right, a duel."
Rurik laughed and threw the gloves aside: "You are just a defeated mercenary. It's already good enough if I don't arrest you. What qualifications do you have to duel with me? You just saw something wrong with me. Damn, you just want to take advantage of me."
Dust took out the sword from his waist with a sudden movement. Rurik was already prepared. He ducked to the corner and grabbed the warhammer placed by the wall. But who knew that Dast did not attack Rurik. He gritted his teeth and stabbed the sword into his left shoulder, cutting it all the way down to his palm. Blood flowed out of his hands like water. Under the shocked eyes of Rurik and Anna, Dast wrapped the injured left arm with a piece of cloth.
"Since you are injured, then I will destroy my left arm." Dast glared at Rurik fiercely, "I will only fight you with my right hand. Do you dare to take it?"
Rurik came back to his senses and laughed "haha" a few times.
"Courage is commendable. If I don't accept this, I will be a coward. Holm duel? I'll ask someone to arrange it. Let's take this little girl as a bet!"
Dast made a "hiss" sound in his mouth and slowly squatted on the ground. Ana rushed over in a hurry, trying to check the injury on his left hand. However, Dust pushed her away. Seeing such a scene, Rurik shook his head and walked to the door, saying only one sentence: "The duel location will be prepared soon, but don't expect me to leave my hand in the duel - if you have any last words, just Let’s talk to her now.”
