"Dear knights and citizens," before the bonfire dinner, Lant once again called everyone to speak. "After our nearly 10 days of trekking and hard work, we are finally out of danger. We can even say that our territory has A brand new development!”
"Thank you Lord Lant!" "Thank you Lord Lord!" The citizens smelled the fragrant mutton, and of course they knew who brought it.
"I know that we are still on the Galloping Horse Plains, and we are still facing the threat of barbarians.
But now the situation is very different. We have just proved that we can not only survive on the Galloping Horse Plains, but also defeat the barbarians! "Land is also in high spirits at this moment.
"good"
"People! We have the protection of the God of Knights and Magicians. I will lead you out of this grassland and back to the Galloping Horse Territory;
I will find my father and brothers, and bring back our galloping baron;
We will eventually become the masters of the Benma Plain and restore the glory of our ancestors’ Benma Kingdom! "
"For the glory of Galloping Horse Kingdom!" Several knights took the lead to heighten the atmosphere.
"For the galloping horses, for the galloping horses!" The citizens rejoiced again.
Looking at the cheering crowd in front of him, Lant even felt that his own strength had strengthened. That kind of power seemed to be strengthened in his soul and his own fighting spirit by all the citizens and knights.
The citizens kept repeating this, and even after entering the subsequent meal session, there were still demon-loving or demon-free citizens coming to pay their respects to Lant.
"Lant? Come here." During the meal, Albert specially called Lant to the main tent.
"Uncle, what's the matter?" Lant was a little confused.
"You just said you were going to save Huck and Ryan?" Albert asked.
"Of course, I guess that once they are captured, they should be in a certain tribe in the Galloping Horse Plains."
"They are probably in the salt mines. The barbarians need demon-wielders to mine the salt mines."
"I know this. This is my analysis. My father and the others may be in three places. The first is the camp where the barbarians went south, the second is the small tribe on the plains, and the third is the salt mine.
First of all, we can exclude the camps going south, so that the father and the others can easily escape. The barbarians will not let the father run away, so the best way is not to let him go south, but to go north.
The second is the salt mine. According to our previous inquiry, if the Gray Goose Tribe wants to transport human demons to the salt mine, they need to hire a barbarian priest to help escort them.
However, there are very few barbarian priests, and there are few priests in the entire south of Benma River. Gray Goose will definitely gather the existing priests to assist them in their southward sweep.
So their best choice now is to send my father and two brothers to some relatively large tribes on the plains to guard them, so that even if my father can escape, he will not be able to get back to the Dragon Kingdom in time. "
"..." Albert was silent for a long time. It was obvious that Lant had fully considered all the possibilities and then analyzed them one by one.
Even Albert himself could not provide any more suggestions or possibilities. At this moment, Albert even doubted whether there was a blood relationship between Lant and Huck. Huck was indeed a little clever, but he had never shown such an analysis. ability
"You are right. From this point of view, Huck and the others are most likely in a camp south of the Benma River."
"Yes, I think if we do our reconnaissance properly, we have a chance to defeat the tribe with about 10 cavalry left behind. We can sweep eastward along the Benma River. If there are casualties, we can return to the west. At worst, we can return from the original river channel. To the Galloping Horse Barony." Lant has already made a plan.
"Okay, I will discuss your decision with a few knights."
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On the night of September 30, 996, the subjects of Lant and Galloping Horse Barony were enjoying the celebration after their victory, while a hundred kilometers to the east, several knights were enjoying a short rest after escaping.
"Father, what should we do now?" The speaker was none other than Ryan Galloping Horse, Lant's eldest brother, the eldest son of Galloping Horse Baron and the future baron.
"What else can we do? Of course, we should go south and return to the Dragon Kingdom." Baron Huck Galloping Horse said. At this moment, they had just escaped from a large barbarian camp.
"Father, you were so powerful just now. I didn't expect you to be able to use fighting spirit here!" Lant's second brother, Obote, was younger and was still thinking about the battle just now.
"This is an ancient and expensive technique. It was discovered by the Galloping Horse Royal Family in hundreds of years of battles. Every time it is used, magic crystals are consumed. It can be said to be a krypton crystal tactic." Huck was a little helpless. The two magic crystals in his underwear were his trump cards. Even in the battle when he was captured, he did not use them. Now, in order to escape, he had used them all.
Although they now have two horses to ride, they really have no trump card.
"Father, what do you think is going on in the territory now? Are Lant and Albert okay? Has Walker gone back?" Ryan is the heir to the territory, so he is naturally very concerned about his future.
"We still have two days to go, don't think about these useless things. This time we were betrayed by that bastard Bob Rotter, which put the territory in danger.
As long as I can see the Earl, I believe he will not let Baron Galloping Horse be revoked! "Huck said firmly, but he felt unsure after all.
"Really?" Now even Obote is starting to care about the territory.
"Of course, you have to believe Albert. Once he returns to the territory, he will take everyone to the big forest.
We had made preparations before we set off. We would be able to enter the forest in less than a day. I did not take away Luo Er and Tie Zhui just to retain some strength." Tie Zui is another feudal knight in the territory, and his son is also a reserve knight. .
Suddenly, the three father and son fell into silence. At this moment, the three people's hearts are focused on the territory, but they know that they must rush to the Blue Magpie Castle and join the count's knights. Only by making meritorious deeds in the battle against the barbarians can they offset the possible crisis of dismissal.
With three bright moons above, the father and his son were riding black horses, galloping towards the mountain pass in the south.
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In the lord's room of Lotland Castle, the leader of Gray Goose sat on the lord's bed with a golden sword. There were several women under him. They were all concubines of Bob's former lord and his son, as well as blood relatives of Bob's illegitimate son. , these women were tortured by the leader of Gray Goose for an entire afternoon in front of their illegitimate children, and now they have no strength to move.
Now the leader of Gray Goose is looking at the bastard on the wall opposite the bed with great interest. The bastard at this moment has been beaten by the barbarian warriors all afternoon and has no strength to roar.
"How about it? Have you considered it clearly? How to open the magic circle in the secret room in the cellar? As long as you tell me, you and the others will not have to suffer this fate."
The leader of Gray Goose walked up to the bastard and looked at him jokingly, whispering in his ear like a demon.
At this moment, the bastard really wanted to use all his strength to die with this barbarian man who was half a meter taller than himself. However, at this moment, he could only see his sister lying on the ground who had taken care of him for more than ten years.
Twenty minutes later, the Gray Goose leader and the high priest finally opened the door to the castle basement storage room.
Every powerful noble family will build a magic storage room underground in the castle. The operating principle is very similar to the magic sealing box, but dozens of magic circles are needed.
Of course, the function of the room is to store magic items, and it can also prevent fire and theft.
Nobles usually choose a demon possessor of the same clan as the person in charge of the storage room, and Bob's illegitimate son is such a person.
A standard gold coin box of the Church of Fortune (a branch of the Temple Alliance) can store 1,000 gold coins, a gold coin box can store 10,000 gold coins, and a magic crystal storage box can store 100 magic crystals. Now in front of the leader, there are 3 gold coins. The box contains 4 gold coin boxes and 3 magic crystal boxes.
In addition, there are dozens of magic pattern boards and various magic props, enchanted weapons, magic scrolls, magic stone tablets, magic books, etc. Even the leader of Gray Goose, who has become wealthy in recent years, was also dazzled by this golden and shining scene.
"Is this... the wealth of a human viscount?" The high priest was shocked and speechless.
"No, this is the proceeds from the black-scaled horse sales of our tribe over the past few years, and this liar actually withheld so much!" The leader of the Gray Goose looked at the wealth and kept drooling. He decided to use words to make robbing the wealth a reality. It's more logical.
Of course, a viscount cannot afford 37,000 gold coins. In fact, most of the gold coins here are deposits from various families in the royal capital for ordering black-scale horses from Lot, and deposits from several nearby territories to buy salt and pig iron from Lot. A noble placed a deposit for enchanted iron armor.
In the coming winter, Viscount Bob will rely on this money to purchase a large amount of food, rune boards and alchemy items to send to the Galloping Horse Plains in the spring.
Of course, the current leader of Gray Goose obviously doesn't know the difference between cost and profit. Even if he knows, he will still keep the wealth for himself.
"Then what do we do with the money?"
"Let's put it here first. You don't know about our group of cavalry. Who can resist such a temptation?" The leader of Gray Goose knows his own people well.
"You still want that illegitimate son to take care of you?"
"Of course, who else can open this door?"
"And those women?"
"Give it back to him. We have already promised him to bring the girl he cares about most with us. Leave a few people here to keep an eye on him."
"But this person knows too many things." The high priest was not at ease.
"My high priest, we are not here to grab this vote and leave this time. We will get many people like him in the future. We must give them something to look forward to." The leader of Gray Goose did not understand how rich the Viscount was, but he Know human nature.
"you're right"
"Let the cavalry outside stop being idle and immediately go to the various knight territories along the border of Lot territory. Now they only have demon holders and no knights. We don't need to make a special trip."
"OK"
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On the night of September 30, 996, the Emperor of God, the order from the leader of the Gray Goose was passed to dozens of barbarian cavalry. These cavalry will go to the various knights in the Lot territory early the next morning. Like a storeroom with an open door, waiting for the arrival of the Gray Goose Tribe.
Under the dim moonlight, many non-demon people were preparing to make a move in many residences in the small town of Lot's territory. They knew that the barbarians were having a carnival in the castle, and now was the best time for them to leave and bring news to the master's house. Many people quietly swam eastward across the boundary river and ran towards Maned Wolf City, Elk Territory and even Dragon Tooth City.
At this moment, on the outskirts of the imperial capital, the headquarters of the Dianzen Division is located. The chief of the front department was looking at the intelligence collected from various places, and the students in front of him were respectfully waiting for his instructions.
"It seems that the current progress is exactly as we expected." The chief's tone was filled with pride.
"Yes, teacher. Now the Gray Goose tribe has taken over a barony and a viscounty. Our people have seen the gathering of barbarian tribes on the way back to the salt mine. Once these tribes complete their assembly, they will support them. Gray Goose Front.
At that time, we will instigate the ambitious faction in the tribe to coerce the entire barbarian tribe into colliding with the Maned Wolf Knights. "
"Both the barbarians and the maned wolves will suffer. Even if the arrival of the Blue Dragon Legend can prevent the fall of the maned wolf city, the Dragon Kingdom will anger His Majesty for his subordinates to watch the fire from the other side." The chief said the second half of his plan very cheerfully, but when he When he noticed the pages of information in front of him again, he fell silent.
"What's wrong, teacher?"
"You..." the chief pointed to a piece of material, "Don't you think there is information about someone missing here?"
"Oh, the students also looked at the materials. The patriarch, eldest son and second son of the Galloping Horse family were all captured. Only the fourth son of the knight apprentice managed to escape. And the bachelor of the territory?"
"Yes, Albert Galloping Horse." The chief seemed to have remembered something. "This person once went to the Imperial Capital to study, but he didn't have much potential as a magician. In the end, he stayed in the Imperial Capital for a few years and then returned."
"This Albert is just a junior knight without inheritance rights. He can't afford to make any waves."
"No, you can't look at the problem too mechanically. Your Majesty and the Tower of Purity have been paying attention to the Galloping Horse Plains. This has always been a pain for him.
I remember that when Albert came to study, he was specially received by a certain legend. "
"Can it be related to the legend?"
"Yes, so don't underestimate these seemingly unimportant people. Let the maned wolf city's hidden stakes find out immediately!"
"Yes, teacher, what should we do after we find the person?"
"Let the barbarians find him and then redeem him. Anyone related to the legend must be careful!"
"yes!"
"Also, is there any news about Lord Ben Call?"
"No, Your Excellency has been away for a long time, but we have been unable to contact him, and he has not left any message for our people."
"It seems he still doesn't believe me," the chief muttered.
