Chapter 550, the Pinnacle of Life

Despite being warned by the fairy in the lake, Ryan still ordered the coalition forces to temporarily camp and rest. This army was already very tired after a long period of fighting. The rational and correct choice is to give more soldiers to the undead.

They need to spend some time resting and replenishing, and then set off to the north, or choose to go to Courona from the south of Lyonnaise, or choose to pass through the former capital of the Principality of Artois, the Castle of Artois, from the Forest of Arden.

The army cleaned up the battlefield where there was nothing worth cleaning at all, and Morgiana led a group of lake god prophets to chant spells to cleanse the corruption of chaos.

Landuin's sacrifice opened up a new era for Mousilon, and even the most ignorant serf could feel that the land was changing.

The swamps are receding, large swamps are becoming lakes, and small swamps are becoming ponds.

The corruption that the undead and Chaos had brought to the land was fading away, the last gift of Landuin's burning soul.

In the afternoon, Ryan, Callard, Morgiana and several other dukes sat together to discuss what to do next.

Large and large pieces of wild boar meat were processed by the knight attendants and roasted on the fire. The knight attendants skillfully used pepper and honey to flavor the barbecue. Ryan sat in the center, and Morgiana sat on his left. On the side, Bohemond sat on his right, and everyone ate and chatted with wine.

"The casualties this time are not bad, generally less than 30%." Bohemond said first: "Although the war is very difficult, the casualties are acceptable."

Everyone nodded. The casualties of this war were barely within the tolerance of the dukes. That is, although the process was very difficult, the most important tug-of-war and defeat battle were not fought. There was a head-to-head confrontation.

Afterwards, the most difficult battles were defeated by the Nurgle Demon Army.

So Ryan and the others didn't know what to say about the inexplicable victory of this war.

"Now our army is exhausted and supplies are difficult. If we go to rescue Korona, we are very likely to be ambushed by undead." Hagen, Duke of Gisoleoch, was seriously injured in this war, and his helmet was all damaged. It was half broken, but fortunately, the Bucks took it back with a gun: "But Courona is the capital of the king, and we have to save it. Even if it is spring, we have to mobilize the army."

"That's right, we have to rescue the capital." Francois has no objection to this: "We can't let that black knight occupy our capital,

The country has been established for thousands of years, and Korona has never been lost. "

"Then here comes the question. How does the black knight Matthew Bard think he is qualified to be king?" Boderick, Duke of Boldrow, said strangely: "I remember that he was just a knight-errant from Connecticut. He doesn't even have a duke title, and he's not from the twelve original Holy Grail Knight families or their vassal families."

"No, he is." Ryan said in a deep voice: "Mashubard has actually met the four conditions for being a king. He was awarded the title of paladin because of a series of feats and noble virtues when he was young."

"But his title of Duke Musillon is self-proclaimed. We all know that you are the real Duke Musillon who has been approved by His Excellency Landuin." Callard said a little unconvinced. The ground barked: "On this one alone, Matthew Bud cannot be king"

"He can, because even if he is not the Duke of Musillon, he still meets enough conditions." Ryan sneered, "Because he is the son of the Duke of Lawn and his illegitimate son. Bastards have weak claims as a matter of course."

Ryan's understatement shocked everyone present.

"What Matthew Budd is Lawn's son"

"No wonder, no wonder this knight-errant, once a man of great virtue, has fallen so utterly"

"It's a bastard"

"That's right, Lawn did have an illegitimate son who was abandoned to the wilderness. If that's the case, everything makes sense."

Everyone whispered, and many people were surprised and speechless. After hearing this, Duke Bohemond shook his head: "The family is unfortunate, the family is unfortunate. I know this. When Louis ordered that child to be abandoned in the wilderness, I He also suggested that he should not do that, but send the child to the empire, as long as he doesn’t freeze or starve, but Louis insisted.”

"Hehehe, the father abandoned his son. After the son was adopted and grew up, he turned to seek revenge from his father. He not only wanted to kill his father, but also inherited everything from his father. You humans are really kind and filial." Alaros, the wood elf lord who was listening, mocked He said that he was going to continue to satirize the stupidity and backwardness of human beings. Ryan glared at him to indicate that this is none of your business.

"If this is the case, then Matthew Bard is indeed qualified to claim the throne." François opened his eyes, and the wise and strategic old man immediately realized the problem: "Because he, as Lawen Of course, his illegitimate son is a member of the family of the Duke of Connet, and he can claim the duke title and the title of regent of the kingdom that Lawn currently holds in a legitimate way Into the plan of the undead"

"It's useless for us to think so much now." Ryan saw that he had achieved his goal, and he shook his head: "We can't completely blame Lawn for this matter, he is also under pressure, and whoever was not used by the undead when he was young This abandoned child, now, we can only expose Matthew Bud's conspiracy and save this country."

"Courona stationed a large number of troops and a whole team of Holy Grail Knights. The city has high walls and is equipped with a large number of defensive weapons. Although Lawn has mobilized a lot of defenders, Matthew Bard is not so willing to capture Corona. Easy." The Lake Goddess Morgiana held the Holy Grail of the potion in her hand, her face was a little pale, obviously because she had consumed too much magic power in the previous battle: "So don't worry, everyone, please rest well, and wait until the new conscripted army arrives , we will go to Korona immediately to stop Matthew Bud's conspiracy"

"Yes" everyone stood together.

"Will Eslai assist us?" Ryan asked while Alaros was still there.

"Eisley will assist you until the undead are completely expelled." The hero of Alaros nodded, but he said arrogantly: "But Esley also has a condition."

"Say." Ryan sat still, and the wood elf obviously wouldn't help him without a reason. The conditions must be there, and it depends on how to talk.

"A new observation station, close to the Arden Forest, covering an area of ​​five hectares, we can choose a place where there is no one." Alaros offered the conditions of the Wood Elf: "We can help you monitor the movements of the Beastmen in the Arden Forest , can also collect"

"Collect amber, right?" Ryan said angrily: "I can promise you to build an observatory, but since you want to live in my territory, you must abide by my laws and regulations. You can't abduct children, and you can't destroy them at will. Hunters hunting in the forest can't hurt the humans passing by, can they do it?"

"Arden Forest is not Athel Loren, this is not our home at all." Alaros immediately retorted: "We just need to build a jungle cellar to store supplies, and build a root export of the World Tree to ensure that When Shadowmogul appears, we can quickly dispatch an army."

After finishing speaking, Alaros said with some pride: "You need the help of Eslai, friend Ryan, the wood elves can help you expedite the dispersal of the corruption in this land, as long as we guide the power of the Oak of Ages to purify this place, we don't need a few In a month's time, Mousilon, who has lost the source of corruption, will restore the grandeur of a thousand years ago, and Eslai never lies."

"Well, if you can abide by my rules, there is no problem setting aside a piece of land for you to build an observatory." This sentence really moved Ryan. The ability of the Oak of Time to purify corrosion is unparalleled, and most importantly, The method used by the wood elves to purify this land is not to destroy it. They only need to use amber to stimulate the power of the oak tree of the era and then sow seeds here. The power of life will make Mousilon the richest and most powerful principality in Britannia again, Landu Because of the times, there used to be thousands of miles of fertile fields here.

If humans were to do this, the whole land would be burned with fire and blessed salt, the land would be purified, and the land would be completely destroyed, so it could only be rebuilt.

"We promise to abide by your rules, then the deal." Alaros held out his hand.

"make a deal."

I am the dividing line between trading with Green Chaos

In late April, Matthew Bard led an army of knights and marched towards Courona.

He proudly pulled the reins of his war horse, wearing black cursed armor all over his body, and Matthew Bard, who was holding the snake sword, was not wearing a helmet. He hummed the ancient hymn of the blood dragon family, and he was in a great mood.

Because at this point there is nothing to stop him from ascending the throne.

Lawn was seriously injured and dying, and his whereabouts are unknown. The army of the northern knights has been torn apart.

Carlos, the great demon of Tzeentch, has agreed to deal with Ryan, and the army of chivalry in the south was also frustrated in the war. The Spire Palace has been recaptured and turned into ruins. Ryan also lost in the battle against Tzeentch's army. Now he has withdrawn to the Sharon forest and waited. For the reinforcements, Carlos, the great devil of Tzeentch, promised to completely defeat Ryan after getting the lion lance, so there is no need to worry about the possible attack of the southerners.

So Matthew Bard made a decisive decision and decided to lead the undead army to Korona, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to become king.

He played his own banner and revealed his identity. He publicly declared that he was the orthodox heir of Lawn and the legal successor of the title of Duke Mousilon. king.

And just as imagined, Matthew Budd didn't have too much trouble with the source of troops at all, because a large number of depressed and bad-scoring rogue knights, robbers in the forest, rioting serfs, and despicable killers flocked to his banner, Matthew Bard quickly pulled up an entire army composed of a large number of living and undead.

More importantly, Matthew Bard won the support of many Musillon nobles and those former Musillon nobles in the south of Lyonnaise. He successfully convinced those former Musillon nobles who had been treated unequally for a long time. The source of all this is the kingdom's injustice to them. For their own benefit, they must take action. They believe that Matthew Bard is indeed the legitimate Duke Musillon, and can bring help to their current plight. , So these knight nobles announced to respond to send troops.

So these nobles sent troops one after another and made way for them.

As the team continued to grow, Matthew Bard provoked his own battle for royal power.

The sunshine in the early spring is so bright and moving, the scenery of singing birds and flowers is not uncommon in the wilderness, the snow begins to melt, and it is another spring of the year, Matthew Bud leads all the troops under his command to advance in the wilderness.

The knight castles lined up along the way either sent knights to join their team or could not defend behind closed doors. With the northern knight army suffering heavy losses, no knight nobles dared to go out of the city to fight this army.

Matthew Bard did not attack these castles but passed by directly, because he wanted to become king after all rather than destroy the country.

In this way, he successfully crossed Lyonnaise and entered the Principality of Le Angoulan. This principality with the coat of arms of the Principality of the "Blue Sea Monster" was already trembling in front of Matthew Bard. Only some brave The champion knight or kingdom knight sent a request for a championship showdown to Matthew Bard, and Musilon's poisonous snakes responded one by one.

Matthew Bard, who has fully integrated the skills, strength, and experience of all the Black Holy Grail knights, is invincible. All the Britannian knights who challenged him were killed by him on the spot. After passing the families and castles of those challengers, he generously said that if you oppose me, then challenge me, and I will not refuse any challenge.

As Matthew Budd said, he did not commit any acts of burning, killing and looting along the way. He just sent out invitations to the championship showdown over and over again and defeated his opponents. His behavior was quickly recognized by his own people.

It seems that Matthew Bard is really the one who has been unfairly treated. He just wants to get back his things. Under his leadership, Brittany can really usher in a new era.

As a result, the morale of the army soared, and speculators firmly believed that Matthew Bard would become the new King of Brittania.

It took two weeks for Matthew Bard and his army to gradually approach Korona. In the army formation, the knights sang Matthew Bard's new military song.

"The Sandness River wavers, the Gray Mountains roil with clouds"

"I am independent in a dark and chaotic world, righteous anger burns and my blood surges"

"The rich and powerful only know about the proud family, and there are really few people who worry about the country"

"The knights march under the blue sky, the armies unite for justice"

"There are millions of soldiers in your chest, and when you die, you will scatter your iris feathers"

"The heavens were furious and the earth trembled, and the roar was very loud"

"Those who sleep forever cannot sleep, a new king rises in the present"

Matthew Bud was riding on his undead warhorse, the afternoon sun was so dazzling, he looked around, his legion covered the entire field, colorful family heraldry flags and battle flags stood everywhere, all The soldiers all obeyed their orders, and the armor piece by piece exuded a dazzling light under the reflection of the sun

Korona is not far away, and the defenders of dozens of castles and towns have been frightened by Matthew Bud and dare not go out of the city to fight. Every knight who dared to challenge himself has been defeated. Tens of thousands of troops are in hand. Only one step away, the anxiety and irritability that had been suppressed by Ryan finally disappeared without a trace in Matthew Bud's chest.

For some unknown reason, Matthew Bud only felt warmth all over his body, and he could feel an empty sense of satisfaction all over his body.

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