Hunter’s Blade - Chapter 152

[Demon Hunter’s Blade Chapter 152]

“This is our reserve.” Alicia patted the iron gate, “This is your chance to make a comeback.”

“A comeback?”

“You’re going to go on those big adventures, maybe one day you’ll be beaten to pieces and run back, with nothing left, then I’ll open this vault and use the money in it to support you so that you can have food, Have a place to live… never be cornered, always have money to back up, look, I won’t let you wander and suffer!” Alicia said.

Ciel took Alicia’s hand: “…I never thought of such a thing.”

“So.” Alicia crossed her arms with confidence, “You can’t live without me.”

The life of nobles and noble ladies is very leisurely, with Alicia there, there is almost nothing to worry about, but this leisure is only limited to the daytime.

After nightfall, Ciel was still nervous and had nightmares.

He dreamed that he went to the west coast to find the white wedge, but was recognized by the king of darkness at a glance, it showed its true body, it was a bizarre and terrifying giant beast, with a body as long and narrow as a worm, with a very exaggerated long tail, The huge hind limbs supported the bloated body, the small hands swayed in the air, and the huge mouth was boundless, swallowing him into the pitch-black realm, and there was no possibility of escape.

It came, it was on its way, it saw me, it didn’t want me to get the white wedge.

He also fought hard, wielding a blade to fight the darkness, but how to fight the darkness itself?

And if you stay there for too long, your mind will be corrupted, and you will become a part of the darkness, silent, light and shadowless.

All these repeated all night long, and when I woke up, I felt a sense of loss.

Fear, fear is inevitable… After all, the only surefire way to win is to become a god.

According to the priest near Limbenberg, if I collect enough divinity, I can become a god, and the nearest clue to divinity is on Redwood Mountain…

Seeing Ciel’s worried expression, Alicia sighed repeatedly: “You have to summon up your courage.”

“I only express my true thoughts in front of you – strong uncertainty, strong confusion. In front of others, I am the master hunter, never fail, and lead everyone from one victory to the next victory,” Ciel explained.

“Do you really think you will lose?” Alicia was angry, “You have defeated so many demons.”

“This time is different, this time is a real high-ranking demon, a demon god, more terrifying than a high-level demon.” Ciel stopped describing, “…You can’t listen and understand, otherwise you are likely to be corrupted. ”

“I know.” Alicia said lazily, “I don’t care, I just want you to be well.”

Charles emptied his negative thoughts and tried to relax and enjoy himself.

Until a messenger came to Bizan Manor on horseback.

Potis loudly announced: “Lord Grani! It’s the news from the Earl!”

“Call him in.” Charles stood on the balcony with only a pair of pajama pants.

The messenger looked dusty and nervous: “War! Lord Grani! It’s war!”

“I understand.” A shadow flashed across Ciel’s heart, I didn’t understand, a war broke out?

What’s going on, “Details.”

“His Majesty the King announced that he would do justice for the horribly dead Count Rene.” The messenger’s tone was bitter.

“His method of justice is to go to war?”

“His Majesty wanted to send Lord Garnier to the West Coast to inquire, but Lord Garnier naturally refused. The king immediately declared Lord Garnier a father-killer, a traitor, broke with the Alberta family, and decided to send troops to crusade us. I need you at all times!” said the messenger with his head held high.

“I can’t stop the king from asking for guilt,” said Ciel, “but I will find a way. I will go to Ash Tree Hall immediately.”

“Yes.” The messenger greeted Ciel and left.

Ciel turned back to the room and looked at Alicia who was half asleep on the bed. In the end, he was not willing to wake her up, and hurriedly dressed and prepared to go out.

“Where are you going?” Alicia raised her head, “What’s the matter?”

“The war between us and His Majesty the King has finally broken out.” Ciel felt suffocated for a while, “I… I have to leave, I can no longer stay in this manor, I want to find a way for us to win the war. ”

“Ah? Is it difficult?”

“It’s not a difficult question. The king’s army on the west coast faces off against the Ashtree Hall army. This is a large-scale secular war, mixed with a considerable scale of supernatural powers. The king can dispatch more troops than us, and I must play a role in it. With the effect of a thousand.”

Alicia jumped up quickly: “Wait for me, don’t leave me here.”

“I won’t leave you here.” Ciel was neatly dressed. “Just don’t mess around, stay in the sanctuary. If I go to the battlefield, you have to be honest and don’t get caught by the bad guys.”

“No one can catch me.” Alicia put on her clothes, “I won’t cause you trouble, I won’t be caught as a lever, and being caught by the devil as a bargaining chip will definitely make it difficult for you to do it. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere while you’re away, and you’ll never have to worry about me.”

Why be so sensible.

Charles felt a pang of sadness.

Obviously it’s my fault.

“I’m a demon hunter.” Ciel stroked her face, “Wait for me, wait for me to wipe out all the demons, drive all the demons out of this world, and let those demon gods in hell never have access to this world, to At that time… at that time we will be able to live happily and peacefully.”

“The time for fairy tales has passed, hurry back to reality, you paranoid, you must know that hell is inevitable, you should change your thinking, how to live in the world after hell.” Gladiu said coldly Say, “Get to the bottom of the situation, for someone like you, happiness is always just an extravagant hope.”

Excessive hope…?

Can’t you be happy being a demon hunter?

Is hunting demons a never-ending drudgery?

Is hell sure to come?

This kind of thing…I don’t believe it, I never believe it!

Nothing but hell, I’m going to beat it!

Chapter 192 Make up your mind

In the summer of 478 of the Second Age, the battle of King Loman’s Rebellion in the Ashtree Hall should be recorded in the history books.

Charles pondered.

Garnier de Alberta was insane, murdered his own father, refused to stand trial, and refused to obey the king’s orders.

His Majesty Eduardo is wise and miraculous, and the thunder strikes and destroys it.

According to the punishment of treason, Garnier was beheaded into five parts and passed on for viewing.

Ash Tree Hall also has a group of illegal demon hunters, and they also perish.

He walked through the castle with two spies, a brother and sister who had been active since the days of Rene, surnamed Olins, brother Loic, and sister Avrey, who had lost their parents since childhood, and were around Ashtree Hall. Run and deliver a message for Rene.

“Why are you so worried, Chief Intelligence Officer,” Avril said lightly, waving her arms as she walked, she kept her long braids in pairs, wore a leather tunic, and dressed smartly.

“It’s not that the information you conveyed is too exaggerated.” Ciel looked at the report in his hand.

“It is nothing more than the fact that the king has gathered more than 15,000 soldiers.” Loic laughed, “We are absolutely inferior.”

Seeing their relaxed attitude, Ciel was in a bad mood: “We have too few people.”

Garnier has six barons, and each baron can send 300 to 400 people.

In addition to the vassal troops, the Ash Tree Hall can gather more than 2,000 people locally. This is more or less a city. If you ignore the people’s strength and spend too much, you may be able to force 4,000 people to go to the battlefield.

That is to say, the army that can be assembled on the side of Ash Tree Hall is about 4,000 to 6,000.

Earl Chris was forced by us to suspend his revenge. It would be good to be neutral with us, and we cannot count on him.

That is to say, our troops are less than one-third of the West Coast army, and once we open up on the battlefield, we will undoubtedly be destroyed.

Charles led them into the council chamber to meet Count Garnier.

Garnier looked calm: “How?”

“I also just came back from the manor, so I don’t know the situation very well. I rely on the spies.” Ciel introduced the brothers and sisters Loic and Avrey to Garnier. “They are important intelligence personnel.”

“But you’re the steward,” Garnier said.

“I’m a doer, but I haven’t done anything yet, so I don’t want to pretend that it doesn’t belong to me.” Charles handed the report to Garnier.

Garnier turned over the parchment: “More than fifteen thousand people.”

“There are about 6,000 levies in the king’s territory, and this part mainly provides archers. In the standing army, there are about 3,000 armored soldiers. That’s 9,000. Then there is the alliance of the nobles, and the Cybos of the Rift Hall sent out 2,000 people, 1,500 from Charlie, the handsome man in the Twin Towers Hall, and 1,000 from Fabien from the Green Ferry. Then the Knights of the Hammer of Loman decided to go to war, and they might provide 500 armed knights.” Roy “That’s the kind of army we’re up against,” Kek explained.

Light infantry, heavy infantry, knights, archers, and countless dark sorceries.

“We can call up to five thousand people,” Garnier muttered.

“Many warriors have the ability to be one to three, provided that they have to live in front of the arrow rain until they are close to each other, and can withstand the impact of the Knights.” Loic laughed inappropriately.

“We lost.” Avrey sounded like she didn’t care about anything.

Now I know why the brothers and sisters are not being used for so long…they have to learn to say what Garnier likes to hear.

“There is always a turn for the better,” Shire said. “What we have to do now is to reassure the people. As long as most people believe that this battle can be won, we already have a 50% chance of winning.”

“I know.” Garnier nodded, “I will gather the barons and the soldiers in the territory to tell them the meaning of this war-to protect the Alberta family and the honor of Ashtree Hall.”

That’s not enough, your honor is not as good as a chicken in a pot.

Charles thought to himself.

“Guard the peace and prosperity of the people of Ashtree Hall,” he added.

“Unless we keep the enemy out of the border, it is impossible for the people to be unaffected.” Loic said realistically, “The only chance is to defend the city, abandon the commercial areas, streets and workshops outside the city walls, and stick to the ash trees. the city walls, and, if necessary, drive the citizens out.”

“Drive out the citizens?” Garnier repeated.

“Yes, my lord, there are 50,000 people in the city, and the food is only enough for 50,000 people for 3 months. If only 5,000 defenders are left, the time we can last will become two years, my lord, besiege the city for two years. In 2008, the king was impatient, and the southern nobles would go north to attack the west coast whenever they had the chance, and they had already publicly rebelled.” Loic said.

“But the king has demons to help him, breaking the wall and attacking is not a problem.” Ciel pointed out the problem.

“The odds of a field battle…” Garnier weighed the pros and cons.

It’s up to Rocher.

Charles’ heart tensed.

Rocher… can you lead five thousand Ashtree Hall levies against three times the king’s army?

Their troops are well-equipped, their armor rate is much higher than ours, and the ratio of knights is so high that it is not a problem for a hundred knights to overwhelm a thousand levies.

“You will lose in the field.” Loic said simply, “Sir, if you are considering defending the city, start preparing now.”

Now Ciel suddenly realized why people hate indecisive rulers, he looked at Garnier, while Garnier looked away, as if he was thinking over and over again and didn’t make a decision for a long time.

Don’t think about it, order early.

Do I have a loud command in the sanctuary to get everything done quickly?

Ciel reflected. After returning home, if you have anything to do with me, you must make a decision quickly. Waiting is really torture.

But now, Ciel has to endure,

Garnier’s eyes wandered repeatedly.

“Field battle…” Garnier stared at the Shire, “We will fight the king’s army on the frontier, and there are only two ways for them to enter Ashtree Hall, either over the rugged Redwood Mountains or through Rain Bay Hall. Rain Bay What is the attitude of the hall?”

“There has been no news from Duke Riwei so far. I don’t know how he will decide.” Avrey said, “Ah, it’s better that he will help us.”

It’s better to help us, he has to help us, otherwise we can’t win, Ciel thinks, I can be considered a one-hundred enemy, but kill 15,000 people?

You can’t kill that much by hacking to death.

“Let me come, I like it, I can cut through the army.” Gladiu was excited.

“If you end, the king of darkness will also notice the clue. Do you want the king of darkness to discover you?”

“When the time comes, you will give up your restraint on me and let me break you out. I will use the soul gem to reshape the body and fight the darkness!” Gladiu said the more and more boundless.

“I won’t give up, you live with me, or die together.”

Garnier stroked the armrest of the seat.

Duke Revel’s decisions will indeed greatly affect our future, Charles muses.

If he supports the king, then we’re all done, Duke Rivel can muster far more troops than we can, and if he wants to, he can also order Lord Lubany of Fountain Hall and Lord Chris of Limbenburg to attack us… …it will definitely be a waste of time by then.

If he is strictly neutral, the situation is not good, and the king’s army struts through the Rain Bay Hall without any worries.

The best outcome is that the Duke of Revel decides to help us, so that we can join the two armies and fight against the dark tyranny of the king, but… think about it and know that it is impossible.

Losses Rivi had a bad relationship with Garnier. When he was hunting that day, Garnier was very rude. Losses went back and told his father the details. Duke Riwei would definitely treat Garnier as a medicine. Save the ruler, give up military aid to Ashtree Hall.

“Rainbow Hall… Yuwan Hall can also mobilize dozens of property knights, recruit an army that does not lose to the West Coast, and gather the wealth of the Chetra family’s perennial liquor sales.” Garnier said slowly, “I can use it. With the property left by my father, a large number of mercenaries were recruited, and if the mercenaries were assembled from various places, there would be six or seven thousand people.”

“The premise is that the mercenaries are willing to participate in the ‘rebellion’ and agree to fight against the king.” Loic shook his head.

“If they help us and we lose, these mercenary groups will be banned by the king.” Avrey’s tone was suspicious, “How could they do this kind of business.”

“Foreigners… aliens… the army of the mountain dwarves… or the mercenaries of the mountain empire… the mercenaries of the barbarians…” Garnier looked a little sick and went to the hospital.

“The Mountain Empire is called the Mountain Empire because it is separated by mountains from Lorman and other countries. It will take at least two months for them to get here, and thanks to our convenient Lorman Avenue, the king’s army may be within a few weeks. Arrive.” Charles reminded.

“You said you would maintain my rule.” Garnier looked at Ciel in a begging way.

“This is just the first hurdle you’ve encountered.” I used to be a little indecisive, and I was at a loss in the face of great danger. Now that I think about it, there is always a chance to give it a try. The most important thing is not to give up on yourself. “Have faith, Lord Garnier,” said Charles.

Garnier dismissed them, he decided to think about it for himself.

“How do you usually gather information?” Ciel went out with the brothers and sisters Loic and Avrey.

“Walk around, bribe the tavern owner, stop passers-by to inquire, establish a relationship with the pigeon breeder, steal letters, etc.,” said Evrey.

“The surest thing is to hire adventurers who will help us run errands for small rewards, no matter how far or how much trouble they do, and they don’t complain, they seem to be obsessed with ‘getting things done’ , as if you don’t feel happy if you don’t finish the task.” Loic explained.

[End of This Chapter]