Chaos and blood filled the Monroe-Silin area throughout the first half of April.
With the Duke of Monroe's family completely wiped out, the huge piece of cake in the Monroe Territory was immediately targeted by many nobles of the kingdom, including the Crant royal family. Countless nobles swore that they were related to the Monroe family by blood, and therefore they were the legitimate heirs of this huge family fortune.
The scholars of aristocratic heraldry and aristocratic ancestry and the minor nobles and domestic servants, who were obviously speaking for their immediate superiors, had their own opinions and the quarrel was endless.
After a heavy rain, the refugee camp outside Xilin City was in a mess. Herman, who returned in a hurry, paid a heavy price and finally stopped those die-hard Monroe loyalists who committed suicide attacks. What they didn't expect was that there were also... With the existence of demon hounds, the Royal Guards were nearly half disabled, and the Royal Family's own army was also seriously damaged in the attack.
The dissatisfied refugees began to make a fuss, causing many conflicts inside and outside the city. After a bloody battle, the exhausted royal guards still had to dispatch troops to chase down the attackers who took advantage of the chaos. The appearance of demons made people in the territory panic. , however, both the Crant royal family and other nobles wanted to quickly enter the next dispute.
A few days after the battle, the royal family announced that the Monroe family's rebellion had been wiped out and that all assets of the Monroe family would be confiscated. This was the fuse that ignited everything.
One of the reasons is that all the nobles, large and small, who have the ability or think they have the ability to swallow the cake of the Monroe Territory are scrambling to get a piece of the pie; on another level, it is assumed that it is not just Xilin. , if the current Krant royal family adds the fertile territory of Monroe to the original basis, they will inevitably become too strong.
The Grand Duke Monroe's family, which originally contained the Clant royal family, no longer exists. When the nobles who supported the Crant royal family to form the Royal Guards heard that the royal family was going to annex the Monroe Territory, they suddenly became alert and wondered whether they might be next.
They seemed to be heinous conspirators, but their demise did not bring any peace and tranquility to this barren country that was already heavily militarized.
A few centuries ago, the famous scholar of the Laman Empire, Fausto Fafulisiano, once sharply criticized the emperor Sekesiyutu who seized the throne through an uprising at the turn of the century as "driving away the already satiated Bloody mosquitoes, and more greedy and bigger blood-sucking insects come over." Although this sentence was said hundreds of years ago, it is quite suitable for Krant today.
——The Duke of Monroe's family fell, but its successor. In other words, those nobles who tried to become its successors were not much better.
Split and civil strife, the Crant royal family and nobles of all sizes were like a large group of scavengers, making trouble for the huge corpse left by the Monroe family. No one cared what happened to the refugees, and no one managed the captured elite soldiers of Monroe's banner. Everything fell into chaos.
Ignoring all kinds of actual problems, I just finished a battle and immediately wanted to devote myself to the next battle.
The noble lords and noble royal families enjoy all kinds of power and wealth. And invested all his strength in gaining more power and wealth.
Greed is a thorn in the human heart.
And it does not only exist in the hearts of the nobles of the Krant Kingdom.
With continuous battles in the Five Kingdoms region, Krant, who was caught in internal strife, would naturally be targeted by other kingdoms nearby.
The end of one thing is the beginning of another. However, these things are no longer related to our sage and the Luoan girl. They chose to leave this place a few days after the truth came to light.
Due to the confusion, Herman had to pay them out of his own pocket. The earl, who was caught by a hound on his face because his helmet fell off during the battle and was wrapped in a thick strip of cloth, looked quite haggard. . He looked at the sage, but didn't say anything, just sighed.
It is true that Henry has the ability to give guidance to Crant's royal family - just like he once did in Avenella, but the people sitting in the Xilin Palace are not Edward. They are more focused on the things that are within reach. and interests, focusing on fighting with each other.
He is not a good person who spreads a halo everywhere. If he were, the Crant royal family and the nobles everywhere would not give him a thumbs up. What kind of people are there in what kind of place. The arrogant Grand Duke Monroe's family is definitely not the sudden product of genetic mutation.
It is said that Herman chose to retire after that and no longer served as the grand commander of the Royal Guards; others who chose similar to him were Medello, the former knight steward of the Duke of Monroe who laughed at himself : "Without the owner's loyal dog, there will be no meaning of existence.", chose to let go and return home.
Henry and Mira don't know where he will choose to go, but they believe they will make the right choice.
The departure of the two of them was not noticed by many people, except for a gray-haired guy with a thick strip of cloth wrapped around his waist and walking on crutches.
"Thank you for burying him for me." The pale Vega said to them. He was lucky. The bite of the hound did not damage any important organs or major blood vessels. After dealing with the magic circle, with the help of the mage and Medello, who knew the location of the pharmacy in the Duke's Palace, they hurriedly stopped the Sheriff. He survived by losing his blood, but he also lost something at the same time, just like everyone else who experienced this incident firsthand.
Monroe's security post no longer exists. The few people who were there all went to unknown places along with Medello and a group of knights who decided to leave.
With their backs to each other, Henry and Mira said goodbye to them and walked in the other direction.
In the foreseeable future, Krant will inevitably experience more bloody storms - but under the violent storm like the thunderstorm that fell on April 4th, a small legend kicked off. This may come from the words of the soldiers who witnessed all this, or it may be from those elite soldiers, or it may come from some nobles who know this. Some of the versions have a lot of exaggerated details that may make the person involved feel dumbfounded, but no matter what, it roughly says this:
There was a tall northerner with a big sword on his back. People called him the Sage. He brought with him a Luoan, a young girl, who was his disciple.
These two have the power to kill demons and wizards with ease. They played a very crucial role in the whole incident of Monroe's magician.
At this moment, we don’t know the origin of this statement, but the spread of words is far faster than people imagine. Before you know it, head southeast. Because of the upcoming storm season, the two people chose to go deep inland to avoid the wind and rain and stay away from the bloody vortex behind Krant. Gradually, they began to gain a certain reputation on the west coast.
The Padrosi, who claim to be the orthodox descendants of the Laman Empire, often say: "Fate has its own arrangements." And just like what it means, it is intentional or unintentional. Some things begin to move forward and develop.
The timeline has never just been limited to things related to our two protagonists. It is beyond their reach, in the darkness of our perspective, when what was originally just an after-dinner chat about a small country happened. When the news reached some people’s ears a few months later——
The huge machine called "Destiny" suddenly turned a corner of its gears.
"Interesting." The woman with silver hair, a dazzling ruby badge and a spear beside her said with a slight arc at the corner of her mouth.
"Go and inform the superiors." The middle-aged man with a shaved head and wearing the red bishop's robe of Yetina Church said to his men with a serious face.
The water swayed gently, and even the bravest sailors among mankind became pale. They never mustered up the courage to enter a wild land; after crossing the "land of no return" and entering a place that was used by the arrogant Steen pirates in fear. The language of the north calls the cold river in the far north left over from ancient times "Heimland" as the name of hell.
Some have long been forgotten by today's people, and there are only a few of their people. The race walking on the continent of Rigal opened its eyes that glowed with blue light.
"The wind coming from the other side tells me that they are back." The exquisite facial features will make even the most beautiful woman among human beings feel ashamed, and just speaking ordinary words can make the most complacent musician slump. She had long blond hair and pointed ears. In the center of her jade-white palm, a reptile-like creature was flashing its beautiful translucent wings - she turned her head and looked at the person behind her.
"The time has not come yet, don't be impatient." on his face. The man, whose neck and bare arms were covered with various tattoos, said this without even opening his eyes.
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Two flowers bloom. One branch for each table.
During the battle at Duke Monroe's Mansion, both of their armors were damaged. Mira's could still be barely worn, but Henry's plate armor was completely damaged. Entering a state of chaos, craftsmen from the Monroe City-State and even the entire Monroe Territory and nearby territories naturally dispersed in a swarm. In addition, the production of plate armor requires highly skilled blacksmiths. As a last resort, our sage returned to the extremely light-dressing state when he first met Mira - and this time because of the heat, he didn't even wear a cloak.
Fortunately and unfortunately, as the day progressed, the weather became hotter and hotter. The sage who was not wearing armor naturally gained more comfort during his usual march than Mira. This made Mira She felt a little depressed, but after experiencing the scene where she was attacked by a hound and only suffered some bruises, she also deeply understood the importance of armor.
The hard plate armor absorbs the impact energy through the deformation of the steel sheets. If she had been wearing the original leather chain armor, she would most likely have fractures.
It is worth mentioning that our Luoan girl has made a lot of progress in dealing with negative emotions this time compared with before.
This may have something to do with what she has learned over time and her changing mood, but this girl seems to have been like this from the beginning - she has seen a lot of dark things, witnessed and even experienced a lot of sad things. , but it did not become devastated.
We often focus on the excellent education of sages, but as has been mentioned repeatedly, a thing can never be successful just because of someone's unilateral efforts. The attitude and personality of a party are equally important - and if you look away from the sage who is full of mysterious auras and look at the little girl who seems to be just following him, you may be surprised to realize See, how amazing she is.
She is ignorant. This is not a derogatory term. We should probably use a more appropriate expression - she is a blank sheet of paper - but this is not entirely correct, because ignorant people, after experiencing There are many people in this world who are completely blank slates in terms of knowledge, but they all have a fundamental gap with Mira.
If you go to the swordsmanship academy and ask the instructors who teach swordsmanship to the children of nobles what is the most worrying situation for them, then most of the answers they will give you are: "When you carefully want to teach your disciples When you get into a stance, he or she will start telling you how to counter the stance as if to show off."
This situation is obviously a headache for any instructor. They can understand that these beginners who only know a little bit want to prove their psychology, but it is also this improper attitude that leads to Many people can only stay at this level throughout their lives.
——This not only exists in swordsmanship, but also in any other knowledge industry. People like this often appear. They are not open-minded enough to learn and start to refute their instructors when they think they understand some knowledge.
It is true that some people are better than others, and it can even be said that this is usually the case, but people who act too hastily often do not belong to this category.
By apprentice standards, Mira was excellent. She is dedicated and hardworking, and even if she makes progress in a certain area, she will not rest on her laurels and become complacent, but will continue to work hard towards the next goal.
In this way, she met Henry, who was perhaps the best mentor in the entire Rigal world.
What the future will hold, we don’t know yet.
In May, the weather in the south was getting hotter and hotter. The two of them rode horses for a long distance. After passing through rain forests one after another, they came to a town that was not too small, but not too big either. .
The blood of the demon hound is quite corrosive, and the steel one-handed and a half sword used by Mira was actually damaged due to the impact during the battle. However, it was not considered that good in the first place, so the two went deep into Inland, in addition to gaining experience, there is also the purpose of finding a larger town and finding skilled blacksmiths to build better weapons and armor.
Horse hooves make a dull sound on the dirt road. This side of the country, which is still a tropical country, has not changed much in terms of architectural style or customs, so we will not go into details here.
The bell rang softly, and a group of slaves passed by on the street corner. The girl glanced at them, and then turned her head. She did not speak, but the stubborn and strong look in her bright eyes became stronger and stronger. (To be continued.)
