Scene 327 Holy White's Battle XI
Scene 327: Holy White's Battle
Viscount Finn from Nariel, accompanied by several knights wearing dark blue war robes, climbed to a high ground near the Acropolis of Bunoan. The Northern Acropolis of Amperesel, where the wolves are everywhere.
At the end of the narrow line of sight in the telescope, a corner of Bunoan Acropolis has completely collapsed, some of the broken rocks have been completely melted into crystals, billowing thick smoke rises from the city into the mid-air. According to his many years of experience, the opponent should have used fire elemental spells to break down the city wall and then invaded the city. More than a hundred Hong Kong guards in the Acropolis fled into the countryside with little resistance.
Viscount Finn didn't say a word. Is this the city defense that the Harbor Guard officer boasted to him that Ampersel couldn't be broken? The city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and its protective ability is less than half that of some northern fortresses. Some crenels are obviously covered with moss. If it weren't for the broken flags with anchors that were thrown below the city, he would have thought it was an old castle that had been abandoned for many years . Not to mention the vulnerable combat effectiveness of its soldiers.
Soon, the news from the scout cavalry in front made him confirm his opinion. The princess's army should have passed through this area between 8 and 9 p.m., and the feedback from the Flying Dragon Knight also supports this evidence, but the scout cavalry still found some injured Hong Kong guards——according to these personal experiences at the scene According to the soldiers, a squad under the princess sneaked into the vicinity of the castle, and two women—to be exact, a powerful sorcerer used fireballs to smash down the city wall, and then the light cavalry swarmed in. They "resisted desperately" and lost fall.
But Viscount Finn got more reliable information like this: In fact, it was indeed a small team of the opponent who shot, but it was not a powerful female wizard, but two female elves, one tall and one short, judging by their age, they were still children , the other party seemed to want to test the city defenses with fireball at first, but they didn't expect that Bu Nuo'an's city wall was in disrepair for a long time, and water accumulated in the storm, and it suddenly exploded when it encountered high temperature, and more than ten Hong Kong guards died at that time. This is also the only battle loss of the Hong Kong Guards in this battle.
Then the light cavalry from Wangli Knight Academy swarmed in through the gap, and the Hong Kong Guards surrendered immediately, only a few people fled into the wilderness.
"The kingdom is all trash." Viscount Finn replied angrily.
But he didn't have the nerve to raise his voice too much, because the performance of the Black Blade Legion was not much better. In fact, this was the reason why he was furious. Baron Warren, who had sworn in the afternoon that he would restrain the princess's army, took a whole highland infantry to deliver a big meal to the enemy. Not only did he lose his life, but the most important thing was the whole A brigade, but less than 300 people came back, which made him not know how to explain to Earl Vitokine.
And those mountain people who usually show off their power and form gangs were beaten as if they had seen a ghost, and they couldn't even speak clearly, which made Viscount Finn hate him. More importantly, Baron Warren's misjudgment indirectly affected his judgment, and the gang of mountain people's nonsense made him miss a good opportunity-of course, Mr. Viscount didn't have the nerve to say that he was also frightened at the time, thinking that Her Royal Highness wanted to go back. Going over and eating his column - that's not out of the question. As a result, he was panicked and transferred back to the Dragon Knight, and the consequences were obvious.
It was now evident from the heights that the princess's army turned cunningly and attacked Bunoan's Acropolis, sweeping away its stores of provisions. What made him even more embarrassed was that the other party also set a torch on the nearby noble manors of all sizes.
Those aristocratic lords are now angrily and embarrassingly looking for trouble with his immediate boss, Count Vitokin.
The local nobles in Eruin's territory are deeply rooted, even a big man like Vitokin would not dare to offend easily, but the trouble he caused this lord, presumably this lord will not be so generous and ignore the previous suspicions.
Fortunately, he didn't get nothing. He put down the copper binoculars, and held a page of sheepskin report in his other hand. This report was the title testimony of the Chief of Defense of the Acropolis that was first sent by the Flying Dragon Knight. The other party confirmed that the Princess did have a Lubis mercenary.
This is consistent with the information passed from the rear.
Viscount Finn put away the information, carefully observed the messy Bunoan area, and then wiped his sleeves and walked down the high ground. Accompanied by several knights, he got on his horse and galloped towards a pine forest not far away.
Count Vitokine was waiting for him.
Vitokin is standing in a forest clearing at the moment, and in front of him are Yoshi, Grand Duke Sifach, Old Knight Commander Laird, Marquis Balta and other high-level officials of the Northern Legion. It is estimated that the collapse of the Northern Coalition Army near Ampersel is just around the corner.
It's a pity that a full ten Templars in red and gold flame-textured robes and holding flaming greatswords around the woodland will not make this possible.
Vitokin looked at the paper report, bent his pale knuckles and flicked it lightly, with neither joy nor sadness on his face. In fact, it's not that he deliberately maintains this kind of city, but the loss of a large group of highland infantry is really no big deal to him, anyway, they are not his direct descendants. Unruly, always keep.
It's good to let those barbarians suffer a little bit, but the death of Baron Warren, his loyal retainer, made him feel a little heartache.
He handed the sheepskin to the others, then raised his head, and looked at the middle-aged man in a red robe with a silver Gothic plate armor standing among them—a position with a more respectable status. This person has a unique appearance, with a pointed and long face, but the two curly beards embellish the unique majesty on this face, and the sky blue eyes under the thick golden eyebrows are like a pair of sharp swords. .
"Master Williams, it seems that the judgment of the White Lions is not wrong. The princess does have a hole card that we didn't expect. In fact, it is far beyond our expectations." Earl Vitokin's respect did not There was no pretense at all, and even the expression on his face when facing the High Priest of Meros was nothing more than awe at best, but facing this middle-aged man was definitely like a mouse seeing a cat.
This person is the leading knight of the Templars on this trip, the reserve instructor of the Templars in the Temple of Fire, the deputy head of the Templars, the Duke of Dorenk (1) of the Cruz Empire, and the great knight Williams.
If Brando is here, he will recognize this person at a glance. This person's status in the Cruz Empire is almost the same as that of the goddess of war Veronica, and it can be said that he is far above the high priest of Amperesel. However, his own strength is also higher than that of Veronica. It is said that in the later stage of the peak law, he is one step away from the extreme state.
However, this person is an out-and-out chauvinist of a big country, and a pure-blooded Cruz nobleman. It is estimated that he has never paid attention to Aruin in his eyes. Although he also knows that the Kingdom of Eruin is different from those small principalities for Cruz and has a special meaning, but he came here this time only to remove some insects, and by the way, welcome back the flame blade Audrey s.
Williams nodded haughtily, but did not answer.
"But we have almost made it clear that the army in the hands of the princess is neither her own private soldiers nor the power of the royal party. The royal party has indeed parted ways with her, and the power in her hands is likely to come from a group called Brando's young man."
"Brando?" Williams raised his eyebrows: "I have never heard of such a nobleman in your kingdom. Could it be someone from the Temple of the Queen of Wind?"
"It has something to do with it," Earl Vitokine smiled coldly, "This person is about twenty years old, and he first appeared in Butch..."
Hearing the word Butch, the deputy head of the Knights Templar raised his head and frowned.
"...Then gathered a group of criminals in Tonigel to stir up trouble. In fact, we had mistakenly judged that this person was just the secret son of Her Royal Highness, but later we found out that we were very wrong."
Earl Vitokine glanced at Marquis Youxi, and Youxi quickly replied: "The first time I saw Ambesel and saw this person was in the temple. He has the strength of the golden rank."
"Wait, you said that this person is only twenty years old, with the strength of the golden rank?"
"Exactly. When I first met him, he happened to be consecrated as a templar knight by Priest Wood. My men fought against him once, and the Priest can testify to me." The Marquis continued.
"Okay, I believe you. But since this person is willing to convert to the temple, he is also a good talent." Williams replied lightly.
"It's fine if that's the case, but I didn't expect that it was just a conspiracy for him to break into the temple. Later, there was evidence that this person supported Her Royal Highness behind the scenes to provoke a rebellion, and organized heretics to attack and kill the participants in Amperesel." nobleman."
"That is to say, this person is actually a spy of the All Things Return to One or the Tree Shepherd?"
"I'm afraid it's more than that, my lord." Marquis Youxi saluted respectfully: "The second time I saw him, he was with the Earl of Swallow Castle. But at that time I suspected that he was the Earl of Swallow Castle."
"Oh, the Sword Guardian family?"
"Exactly, but it turns out that I guessed in the wrong direction. Later, according to the investigation of our informant on the princess' side, it was found that this person's background was very suspicious. He not only colluded with cultists, but also secretly allied with Naga. From just now The latest news we got shows that the Lubis mercenaries are also his subordinates..."
"Earlier, it was probably the same person who deployed the heavenly armament in the city." Marquis Youxi smiled coldly, and replied with every word of his heart.
Everyone knows that the Rubis mercenaries come from White Harbor and the city-state Rubis, and both White Harbor and Rubis belong to the Ten Cities Alliance, which is also the sphere of influence of the Holy Kingdom Faenzan. And Brando has both Rubis mercenaries and heavenly armed forces, which means it is a bit thought-provoking.
Williams' face darkened immediately: "Hmph, the hand of the church is too long." He glanced at Earl Vitokine and the others again, and said with a sense of lesson: "But it's just a matter of thinking about it." It's just to restrain the hands and feet of the temple, it's just an enclave for them, don't forget who is closer to the empire."
None of the people in the Kingdom answered, only Laird's face darkened. In terms of qualifications, he was not inferior to this so-called deputy head of the Knights Templar. The two fought side by side during the November War, and their positions were similar, but Williams was lucky and was born in a big empire like Cruz. If the old knight had such strong financial support behind him, his achievements might not be great. limited to elements.
What's more, the White Lion Legion he represented was born to be the sworn enemy of the Cruz people. The old man simply snorted, too lazy to look at this guy.
Marquis Youxi didn't expect that this remark would cause a commotion on his side first, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "It's actually more than that, my lord, there is more important news that has been missed here."
"It's enough," Williams glanced at the man with some disgust: "I know what you want to say, but colluding with the temple, this crime is enough for him to kill himself, I know you want to ask the temple Make a move, but if you want me to make a move, I have one condition, that is, I must escort your highness princess back to the empire—”
He didn't mention the heretics. The deputy head of the Knights Templar was not a fool, and he had already seen that there was something tricky about it. However, nobles have more or less gloomy relationships, as long as they don't completely stand on the opposite side of order, then they are all tolerable.
Anyway, he also knew that these guys were just using each other.
Marquis Youxi was slightly taken aback, but he didn't expect the other party to bring up this opinion. To be honest, Princess Griffin was a member of the royal family after all, and at most they dared to poison her to assassinate her. But if they were to be escorted back to the empire, there would be no place to put the face of the aristocrat Eruin.
But the deputy head of the Knights Templar obviously didn't mean it, and just replied indifferently: "Since the Holy Church is involved, the Holy Temple must need a sinner of sufficient weight to make an explanation."
"But that person is enough." Grand Duke Sifah, who had been silent all this time, suddenly replied.
"Huh?" Williams snorted dissatisfied.
"The previous speeches of the group of highland knights have exposed the identity of the other party. If I guessed correctly, the person who followed the young man should be Charles from the Paloche family. So, the one who has been hiding in the dark and calling the wind and the rain The identity of the young man is clear at a glance, whoever still has this influence in the kingdom has his descendants."
"Cadilloso? Darus."
As soon as the name was spoken, Williams' face immediately changed. He turned his head and stared at Grand Duke Sifah coldly—as if the other party was not the duke of a country, but his subordinate.
Grand Duke Sifah had the illusion of being stared at by Brando coldly at that moment, and his whole person fell into an ice cave.
"You'd better not be joking. Even if you don't know the seriousness of this matter, you should understand the bottom line of the temple."
"No, my lord, what we said is true..." Marquis Youxi also felt the sudden cold killing intent, so he couldn't help but stammered.
"No, this is just your speculation." The old knight Laird suddenly frowned and interrupted them: "As Duke Dorenke said, you should be aware of the seriousness of this matter. Before you have a 100% confirmation, Never lie!"
"Old Captain Laird, you know best! That guy Begnin said before that the one holding the Lionheart Sword is the descendant of the Earth Knight, and that girl is Freya? Everton, the descendant of the Earth Knight Who took the person away, everyone knows best, but since she appeared, why can't he appear?"
"All clues point to the truth!" Marquis Youxi shouted hoarsely: "Mr. Laird, I understand your feelings. You should understand what kind of choice is beneficial to the kingdom!"
The old knight was slightly taken aback, then he could only sigh and shook his head.
Williams' face was changing. He stared at these people, and finally nodded: "Very well, it's better to be true. I can't decide this matter, but I will notify the temple immediately."
After all, he closed his eyes slightly. After a while, he opened it again, those sky blue eyes were full of murderous intent. "Darus is dead, but he did leave behind descendants, but that's right, but it's better to kill a hundred by mistake than let one go."
The deputy head of the Knights Templar gave a few people a cold look: "You better be responsible for your words and deeds, you should be responsible for all the souls who died here unjustly today, as long as they have followed him, then You will surely die."
"The temple will never repeat the mistakes of the past, so as to repeat the mistakes of today. I will do it myself, but you'd better keep your mouth shut."
Marquis Youxi's hands and feet were cold for a while, and they couldn't speak a word. Only Knight Laird seemed to have aged dozens of years all of a sudden, turning into a very old man. He shook his head and sighed deeply.
Williams turned his head and asked his Templars, "I need manpower. Tell Priest Wood whether he has found any trace of Mephisto."
"My lord," the Templar immediately replied, "There should be news, but he won't be back for a while. These are the words of Priest Wood."
"Old slick." Williams couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
But when he raised his head, his eyes were already firm and cold: "Where is the princess?"
"They are heading in the direction of the Highlands of Marl, my lord."
"Want to enter the Alec Mountains?"
"It's not that easy—"
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Background note:
(1) Dorunk, the Grand Dukedom located in the north of the Cruz Empire. At the same time, the Duke of Dorenke is also one of the powerful dukes who have the right to inherit the throne in the Cruz Empire.
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ps: Finally, I coded it out before going to bed, and it was still a 5k word chapter, so I finally did not break my promise. I'm so tired, I went to bed early, and asked for tickets by the way.