Chapter 344, Proposal to Take Blackstone Fortress

PS: Some people have complained about water recently, but I want to say that this is necessary to sort out the plot and various relationships. If these situations are not written, many plots in the future will appear inexplicable, so please be patient and add another chapter here~

The lake god witch's expression changed several times in a row, she didn't want to leave or go in, and she was a little at a loss.

"His Royal Highness Mogiana? It's just right, we ordered hot pot, let's eat together." Of course Ryan knew what the Lake God Witch wanted to do here, so in order not to appear embarrassed, he said repeatedly: "You haven't eaten tonight. "

"Yes, Your Highness Morgiana." Suria also followed Ryan's words and said with a generous smile: "Since you are here, let's have hot pot together, it doesn't matter."

Morgiana hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

The Witch of the Lake God originally wanted to come to find Ryan at night, but she saw that there were no servants in Ryan's room, so she planned to knock on the door and come in.

She didn't expect that because it was her own castle, Francois didn't arrange for his servants to guard it outside.

Morgiana was wearing a Baixi classic silk long dress today. She accepted the invitation, sat down on the other side of Ryan, and said calmly, "Dining together as a family?"

"Yes, please, Your Highness Morgiana." Ryan poured red wine for the Lake God Witch. Morgiana obviously didn't pay attention to eating. body.

This made Suria feel very unaccustomed. The female knight has lived with Ryan several times, and she is not ignorant of the relationship between Morgiana and Ryan. She smiled at Morgiana gently and pleasantly. He smiled and said nothing.

She has the full support of the fairies of the lake, and even Morgiana can't threaten her status, and Lane's wife is destined to be her.

Morgiana could feel the kindness and determination expressed by Suria, and just as Suria thought, the witch of the lake god could not resist the decision of the fairy of the lake, so Morgiana, who has great authority in this country, could only Neng nodded towards Suria, stopped looking at her, and ate together.

The appearance of the Witch of the Lake God has reduced the heat of this hot pot feast a lot. With her present, many things cannot be said. Ryan can see this, and Francois can also see it. Duke Winford simply put the The topic shifted to the Lake God Witch: "His Royal Highness Morgiana, what is the purpose of coming to Ryan at this time?"

"I came to him to discuss something about Mu Xilong." Morgiana said without blushing and heartbeat: "As we all know, the knight army led by the Duke of Lawn Leo Cornwall is still unable to capture Mu Xilong. Long..."

Morgiana told the François family what she knew, what she had said about the Black Grail Knight.

"Mousillon is indeed a problem." Francois nodded quietly after hearing this: "But my lord, the kingdom is exhausted now, and there is no way to think about regaining Mousillon."

"But Musilon's threat is always there. If we don't attack Musillon, we will have no way of knowing what Akhan did to Matthew Bard, and we will have no way of knowing that the vampire count Manfred and What is the Lich King Arkhan's next plan." Morgiana expressed her opinion: "This is waiting to die."

Both Ryan and Francois agree on this point, but it is unrealistic to attack Mousilon at this time.

"The goal of Akhan and Manfred is actually very clear. The purpose of all their actions is to resurrect Nagash, the lord of the undead." At this time, Gerald gave his own opinion. The lord put a piece of boiled beef into his bowl: "So we just need to think about what is needed for Nagash's resurrection?"

"First of all, we can be sure that the resurrection of Nagash requires several exorcism shells that can carry a huge amount of mana, just like Her Highness Morgiana, and there are quite a few of them. According to known information, apart from the Goddess of Mercy In addition to the archbishop, other denominations also have God-elected priests missing.

Ryan thought: "Then we can be sure that the target of vampires must be these chosen ones who walk in the mortal world." "

"Yeah." Morgiana also recognized this.

"Then... is the nine volumes of Nagash. About the nine volumes of Nagash, all we can know is that the volume located in the Principality of Berleon has been taken by Mahubad. As for the other nine volumes Scrolls, we only know that about fifty years ago, Akhan once summoned an army of undead to attack Brunswick, the capital of the empire. After attracting the defense, he took the opportunity to sneak into the underground temple of the Church of Justice and stole nine scrolls One of the volumes of the book, and this volume was seized after Charlemagne used the warhammer 'Gael-Maraz' to decapitate Nagash in the 'Battle of the Reik River'." Ryan continued: " Besides the nine books and sacrifices, what else is needed to resurrect Nagash?"

After analyzing this point, Francois's eyes sparkled: "Do you think the staff of Nagash is one of the important magic weapons?"

"The Staff of Nagash? It's very possible! I remember that the staff is now placed in the La-Messonar Monastery in the Gray Mountains?" Mogiana's blue eyes shone, "You were in that battle Defeated Heinrich Kemmler, the Necromancer of the Sanctuary, and prevented Kemmler from stealing the Rod of Nagash."

Fifteen years ago, François, Duke of Wenfort, became famous all over the world by relying on the Battle of Messenal Abbey. La-Messenal Monastery, this monastery was first attacked by a Skaven Gray Prophet and stole a treasure. After that, Kemler's army of undead and François' army of knights arrived successively, and the three parties During the battle, the Ratmen collapsed first, and then the army of undead was defeated by the army of knights led by Francois. Francois cut off half of Kemmler's head with a sword, and regained the stolen treasure. François was knocked unconscious, and since then he has suffered a schizophrenia, his strength has been greatly reduced, and he can only be forced to retreat.

This treasure is the "Stand of Nagash".

"Yes, that staff is too powerful. I have ordered the Prophet of the Lake God to re-seal it in the Messenal Monastery and send heavy guards." Francois nodded: "The staff of Nagash cannot be damaged, only It can be sealed, and we can't seal it in densely populated areas, so sealing it in the monastery is the best choice."

"So the staff of Nagash must also be an important component of resurrecting Nagash." The female knight Suria said softly, and she said to Francois: "Father, that Kemler must also be Nagash An important executor of his plan to resurrect himself."

"Indeed, Kemler's bastard is hiding in the Gray Mountains, and nine out of ten are in the Blackstone Fortress. He is secretly corrupting the eastern border of Britannia." Francois' eyes are full With cold anger, he once vowed to kill Kemler: "However, we have nothing to do with Blackstone Fortress. It is located deep in the Gray Mountains, with steep terrain and strong city defenses. We only have some trebuchets here, and the elite army is full of Cavalry, how could it be possible to break through that kind of precipitous mountain fortress."

Everyone frowned, yes, knights cannot show strong combat effectiveness in the mountains, and the only siege weapons in Brittany are trebuchets that are difficult to transport and troublesome to assemble, so for more than ten years, François There was nothing he could do about Blackstone Fortress. All he can do is drive away the undead, but cannot completely eliminate them.

In the dining room, there was only the sound of the hot pot "gurgling" for a while, and several people present were thinking.

"Maybe we can also talk to the empire about this matter. They probably don't want to see a vampire fortress in the Gray Mountains, right?" Julius tried to say.

"No, there is a problem here. If the Blackstone Fortress is recovered, humans will not be able to settle in it. Then this fortress is very likely to become a ghost town. It is only a matter of time before the vampires reoccupy the Blackstone Fortress." Francois shook his head again and again: "This is terrible. No, and the imperial army is not good at fighting in the mountains."

"If the empire doesn't work... so, how about the dwarves?" Ryan's eyes lit up, he took Suria's little hand under the table, and said to Morgiana and Francois: "How about we ask the dwarf friends for help? We and The dwarves jointly recovered the Blackstone Fortress, since we can't settle in the Blackstone Fortress, how about giving the dwarves a favor?"

"Give it to the dwarves? Well, that's a good idea. It's better to be occupied by dwarves than by vampires. As long as we draw up boundaries, form alliances, conduct trade, and provide food supplies, it will be difficult for dwarves and humans to conflict. , but will the dwarves agree?" Francois thought about the pros and cons.

"Yes, there is a dwarf and his clan who need this castle very much." Ryan smiled: "It is very necessary. He is already a homeless king, and he will never refuse."

The rest of the dinner time was spent in discussions.

"I think it's feasible. Everyone is here these days." After repeated deliberations, François and Ryan agreed on a complete plan, and Duke Winford was very happy: "The discussion with the dwarves will be left to you." , Ryan, you have always been good at communicating with races like dwarves and elves."

"No problem, it's the dwarves who came to ask us for this matter, not that we urgently need the help of the dwarves. Although the dwarves... have a stubborn temper and want to save face, as long as they word the words properly and have a sincere attitude, the dwarfs will definitely not refuse, and the dwarves They are not really idiots, we helped them, and they will always remember it in their hearts, and when we need help in the future, the dwarves will also lend a helping hand to us." Ryan said with a smile.

The female knight heard that Ryan solved the problem that his father had troubled for more than ten years so easily. Her graceful and luxurious face was full of smiles. She held Ryan's arm, and her eyes were full of little stars: "Lian, my husband, you There is a way."

"It's not that I have a way, Suria, but I just have this opportunity." Ryan reached out and brushed Suria's long golden curly hair that smelled of irises: "My wife."

The female knight's face was flushed, but her tone was very serious: "It's Ryan, you are amazing, not a good opportunity. Only you thought of these things, and my father didn't think of them."

"Hahahaha~" Francois smiled wryly and shook his head: "Suria, you are really... I didn't expect it, so don't say it! Save some face for me in front of Ryan!"

"Father... Ryan and we are not a family anymore?" The female knight blushed, she whispered.

"Hahahaha~" The dining room was filled with laughter.

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The next day, the empire and Ryan formally signed the employment contract for the Ugol cavalry and the export contract for a small amount of mixed-breed elf horses and wood elf medicines.

Just after the contract was signed, Boderick, the Duke of Boldeiro, immediately got up and called everyone who was about to leave: "Everyone, please wait a moment."

"I want to introduce someone to everyone."