The Amber Sword - 923. Chapter 923

The four inner court knights are still persuading Earl Jinn.

Regarding Qiaogendigang’s intrusion, Earl Jien obviously did not believe it, just as Rogers and others who persuaded him would not believe that Qiaogendigang’s underground army would suddenly appear on the surface, the Big Beehive. The world below is too far away for them after all. The cavemen and the minotaur in the maze are all terrifying creatures in the bedside story. Although he couldn’t explain the reason why his ally disappeared, he could only believe that it was Brando’s private conspiracy, but he couldn’t see through the other party’s conspiracy.

But whether he wants it or not, Brando’s so-called “persuade” is not so much a suggestion as a threat, and in the end he has to reluctantly hand over the command.

At sunset, the setting sun sinks into the mountains to the west, the whole hilly area seems to be plunged into a strange silence. The lights of Vargos can no longer be seen in the Yongyin Valley to the north. The sky is dark and the hills are quiet. After coming down, the loneliness is silent and creepy.

The four inner court knights walked silently on the edge of the red pine forest. After walking for a while, the female knight Nasha finally couldn’t help but said: “Perhaps Earl Jien is right. The situation is not so bad. Maybe it appears on the outside. It’s just a rogue from Qiao Gendigang. Such things happen often, don’t they?”

Rogers frowned tightly and did not answer.

“Then how do you explain the weird beams of light and the meteors that crossed the sky last night? And Kui’s messaging magic was disrupted. This is a premeditated attack,” Trevor shook his head: “Jean The old Count is just unwilling to bow his head to the Eruin. You and I understand that the noble lords in these places have always been stubborn and good-looking.”

Nasha was silent for a moment, as if she wanted to find a rebuttable reason, but couldn’t convince herself. Finally, she asked with some worry: “If Qiao Gendigang really invades us, how bad will it be for the empire?”

“It depends on how large-scale Qiaogendigang’s invasion is.” Rogers replied in a deep voice.

“How large do you think this invasion will be, do they really threaten the empire’s southern defense line?” Nasha asked incredulously.

No one seems to be able to answer this question. They feel that Brando is more or less alarmist in their hearts, but neither Rogers nor Trevor are familiar with the forgotten country underground. In fact, most people even recognize the entire underground community. People are rare. Rogers and Trevor suddenly thought of something, and they turned their eyes to the black-haired boy in the robe.

Kui replied calmly: “Qiao Gendigang is slightly different from us. They don’t have a unified country. Only big and small lords exist in the dark underground. The only exception is the dark elves.”

“Kui, what kind of strength can the biggest lord have?” Nasha asked.

“It is roughly equivalent to a kingdom of medium strength on the surface.”

“Are there many lords like this?”

Kui shook his head: “In addition to the three most well-known black dragons exiled by the dragon clan, there are the famous Minotaur King Geralt and Medusa after Pertana. They are called the Kings of the Underworld. ”

“If you want to threaten the empire’s southern defense line, is such a lord strong enough?” Nasha asked again.

“It may be enough if you give your all, but the war in the underground world rarely does all it is, because it is necessary to guard against enemies in the dark. The two lords joining together is a more reliable guess, but such lords are also second to none in Qiaogenjiang. , They rarely come to the surface world that is equally unknown to them. If it weren’t for these underground kings, it would take ten or even twenty ordinary lords to join forces to initiate a war of this scale.”

“Kui, how likely do you think that is?” Trevor asked back.

“Maybe, the underground world is a world that believes in the laws of darkness. Intrigue is the norm in the dark. They rarely trust each other, let alone form an alliance.” Kui replied.

Nasha looked at her companion with some admiration: “Then it is possible for them to form an alliance under special circumstances?”

“Perhaps,” Kui replied, “but I’m not sure. The earl of the Tonigel may know more about these underground people.”

“Why do you say that, maybe he is just alarmist?” The female knight obviously didn’t like to hear him say that.

The black-haired boy replied: “He and the female knight next to him are quick and confident in judging the movement of Qiao Gen’s army. I can’t do that.”

Trevor felt that his companion’s statement was a bit exaggerated. He shook his head. Although Kui had a genius mind, he was slightly worse in the world. He knew the trick here. Those Eruins were completely It can be pretended. He heard Nasha’s previous question, and his heart was a little shaken. Can Qiao Gendigang really pull out an army of dozens of lords to trouble the empire? The empire is indestructible in the hearts of its people. It may run into bad luck for a while, but it can never happen to happen to the worst. Trevor can’t even imagine that Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress Group will be affected. Threat, that is not a two fortress, but a line of defense with a depth of nearly a hundred miles and complete facilities.

He faintly agreed with the female knight’s statement. Perhaps the enemy in front of him is just an army of stray bandits from the underground world who came to the surface world to fight the autumn wind. They may be composed of an army of one or two lords, taking the benefit of the Torquinian Lion. , Come to make trouble in the empire, distract the imperial army, and take the opportunity to rob.

He was thinking about it, but Rogers on the side suddenly asked: “Kui, how strong will the power of the entire Qiao roots unite together?”

The black-haired boy suddenly raised his head and looked at this companion who had been frowning all the time, with an inexplicable look on his face for the first time.

“That’s impossible,” he replied.

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Although Trevor and Nasha both hope that Qiao Gendigang’s invasion of the empire is nothing more than a private act of one or two lords, but south of Russef, at the end of Rokozy Heights, everything that is happening is clearly contrary to expectations. The mountain pass was once a majestic fortress, but now there are only rubble and rubble. The entire fortress seems to be hit from the front by a terrible force. The original intact city wall breaks through a huge gap, and the gap is bathed in moonlight. , The entire section seemed to have been burned by flames, and even the bricks showed the color of black and bright after carbonization, and the shimmering stones were the sand after crystallization. There are scenes like this everywhere in the fortress. In addition to lifeless dead objects, there are charred and twisted corpses, animals-cows, horses, donkeys, and even huge land lines that are almost burned into skeletons. The dragon, leaning on the empty side of the house that was also burned into a frame structure by the street, has no traces of struggle. It makes people think that when death comes, the extreme high temperature will completely change this behemoth from body to soul in an instant. Turn to ashes.

But not only animals, but human corpses can be seen everywhere. Some of them wear armor-but now they have become molten metal solution that solidifies again. Some are just civilians, but whether they are old people or children, men or women , Turned into a piece of unrecognizable coke, such corpses were scattered all over the street. Their location indicated what they were hiding from before they were alive, but time stayed at the last moment.

The entire fortress seems to have been plowed through the middle. The streets and buildings in these areas have become shattered, but other blocks are still well preserved, except that the streets and the slopes on both sides are filled with sharp wooden piles. Unidentified human corpses were inserted on these wooden stakes. The corpses looked hollowly at the dark sky. The sky was densely covered with dark clouds, and the eyes had already lost their vitality.

The broken fortress became a silent city, without the Cruz people, and their enemies, as if death passed by, quietly taking away all life.

Such a scene is not the only case on the entire Rokozy Heights, east of the Broken Sword Mountain Range, but is staged in many places at the same time. This is the Fortress of Parsilian, the imperial Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain fortress group is composed of thousands of fortresses, levels and fortresses, but there are only three fortresses of Jade Claw, Fort Elnor, and Fortress of Parsilian. This fortress is the true core of this line of defense. Other walled fortresses were built around them for the purpose of protecting them. The Fortress of Parsilian is the last checkpoint of this line of defense in the direction of the empire. In a thousand years of history It has never been captured or even attacked, but today, an army that the Cruz people have never dealt with has rewritten this history.

When Fries woke up from under the ruins, he still could not forget the most memorable scene in his life he had seen before. He remembered that the fortress was attacked by a group of harpies who did not know where it came from. The highest fortress was The commander determined that this was a monster attack, and perhaps a new lair was created somewhere near the fortress. Such things often happen in the border areas. The desolate Rokozy Heights was originally a place for monsters to roam, the imperial soldiers Join the battle without surprise. Fries was an imperial crossbowman, and naturally he also had to participate in the battle, but he was relatively safe in the shooting chamber with other people-although the noise on the wall was a bit unbearable, the militiamen pushed heavy equipment through the slide. The creaking sound behind the crenellation was also sour. At that time, as in training, he used the winch of a heavy crossbow to wind up the string, put the crossbow bolt, and then walked to the perforation to look out.

Then in that moment–

He seemed to hear a sorrowful scream from the city wall, the sound seemed to fall from the horizon, and it was like the cry of a ghost at midnight, a scream made him feel the chills standing upright, and then he saw it through the perforation. A huge, cold, emotionless eye like a jet black cast iron ball, that eye, with just one glance, made him fall into the abyss, and the bone-to-body chill seemed to rise from under his feet, freezing him there. Although he opened his mouth to scream, he couldn’t make a sound.

He vaguely heard the horrified shouts of his colleagues on the wall, and the shouts were humming together, as if describing a monster that frightened them.

But Fries had not had time to hear what it was, and then the ground was shaking. He saw the walls of the shooting chamber collapse towards him, and after his feet were empty, the world was plunged into darkness.

After Fries was sober again, he realized that it was the collapsed bricks that saved his life.

He didn’t know how long it took him to lie in the dark before regaining a trace of strength, and then he gritted his teeth to open a passage through the rubble, ignoring the aches and pains all over his body. As if miraculously, he found that he had not suffered too much injury. Except for a faint pain when breathing, which made one or two broken ribs suspected to be broken, his hands and feet were very flexible, only scratches. He used both hands and feet from the rubble. Climbing out, the next moment, the bleak scene of the fortress was reflected in his eyes, Fries gritted his teeth for an instant, and all of this seemed to have appeared in his dreams. Although he had expected it, he still couldn’t help it. Shaking all over.

He raised his head and looked at the direction of the mountain pass. It was the direction where the monster army disappeared. From there was the mountain road leading to the Claw Claw Fortress. Behind it was Rokozi, the heart of the Broken Sword Mountain Fortress group. His heart was cold. I have realized that this is not a monster attack at all, but a premeditated raid.

That eye…

Fries shivered and recalled the scene he had seen. He seemed to want to convince himself that it was just an illusion, but the real fear hidden in his mind reminded him what it was.

That’s a dragon–

A black dragon.

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Cruz has a saying: Every day in the empire is calm, and every day in the empire is treacherous. This sentence may not be appropriate to describe the entire Cruz empire, but it could not be more appropriate to describe the emperor Rusita.

Since three days ago, the White Rose Garden has been shrouded in a depressing atmosphere, and the palace of San Contepe is lifeless, as if everyone who walked in would be stained with bad luck. In the past, this usually means that the Queen’s mood has changed again. Generally speaking, there are many factors that cause her to be angry-for example, a certain nobleman provokes her unhappiness, or disappoints her, for example. The Temple of Flames offends the majesty of the Supreme. The Temple of Flames and Her Majesty often offend each other. This is a well-known fact, but in addition to the above two main reasons, there are some side branches. The last thing, for example, mountain people, Azeruta or other barbarians killed the tax officer of the empire, or several grand princes who were married to the royal family sent people to a banquet of the Queen. What? The relationship between the Silver Queen and the relatives of these empires is extremely poor, which is recognized by the entire empire.

In fact, there have been some new titles recently. For example, a certain Count from Eruin is said to have become a thorn in the eyes of the Queen; in addition, there are rumors about the female mountain count. It is said that every time After your Majesty summoned her, his mood would become very bad.

But this time, neither the nobles caused trouble, and the Temple of Flame was also in peace. Although the seven princes accidentally fell into the cliff on the way back to the imperial capital on the way back to the imperial capital last month, the mountain people were seriously injured. They also showed great obedience. They even sent an envoy to explain the matter. This envoy was about to arrive in the imperial capital. This attitude was obviously to surrender to the empire’s supremacy. It seems that her majesty did not. Must be furious about this.

On the other hand, neither Huayeling nor Ludwig seemed to have heard any news. The rumors of the Tonigelian earl also fell into the sea in the past few days, according to the news from the maid next to His Majesty. , His Majesty has not summoned any female earl in recent times.

The only thing that counts as news is that a few days ago, Banker, Violet Valley and other regions have reported a rare artifact reaction, but these artifact resonances are only generated independently in a few areas, but not in the wider area. People have observed that the warlocks of the Star and Moon Towers have yet to come to a conclusion whether this is a fantasy or a fact of reality.

But in fact, in the entire circle of the empire’s high-ranking nobles, only a few well-informed people understand that since that day, the empire has lost news of the area south of Andzlova. The news here refers to the secret report of the inner court knights who belonged to the royal family. The report was originally reported once a day, starting three days ago, from Vargos to the Bear Lake area, to Russef, and even Rokozy as a whole. The area to the south of the fortress group seemed to have disappeared from the map, and the audio was lost.

If it were on weekdays, the delay of these two days would not be a big deal, but just before that, almost the entire empire’s eyes were still focused on this area, and the nobles of the empire were still waiting for Brando and Anze. The result of the last battle of the nobles in Ruta, but suddenly there was no news in this area. Whether it is a private agent or a spy sent by the royal family, it is as if the world has evaporated and is gone forever.

Everyone thought for the first time that this was the ghost of the Tonigelian earl.

But the news that came afterwards caused the entire empire to fall into a dead silence.

Early morning on the third day.

Constance summoned the two knight leaders under her into the White Rose Garden–

At this moment, in front of the queen, the commander of the Royal Knights, Mr. Travis, and the commander of the Imperial Dragoon, Mr. Kevin, are wiping the sweat on their foreheads with a handkerchief. Both of them are from Palou. The special family, and the other also comes from the family of the local nobles trusted by the Queen. Their identities are the heads of the two forbidden forces at Constance, but they only need to live in Rushta for a period of time. Everyone will know that these two gentlemen have in fact been secretly in charge of the foreign affairs of the inner court knights.

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