Act 169 Big Bang

"Qiao Shi, Qiao Shi."

Old Bayard called out in the next room, and the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl lying on the wooden table responded, looking away from the candle that flickered on and off. Not far away, the sky outside the window had been rising for days. It was gloomy and the sky was covered with dark clouds, always intertwined with streaks of purple lightning. She raised her head and glanced at the bad weather, sighed, walked out and asked:

"Father, what's wrong?"

"Go get my cloak and pull out the carriage. We can't do any work in this weather. I'll send the farm tools to the city for Betos to repair." Old Bayard was putting on his shoes on his bench while replied.

Qiao Shi stood by the door of her room and looked at the bad weather outside the living room door. She frowned and felt worried. Under her rolled-up sleeves, her white arms were folded in front of her apron. "Do you want to go out in this weather?" she said reluctantly. Old Bead heard the concern in his daughter's tone, glanced at the weather outside and said with a smile: "It's just gentle breeze and drizzle, it's just gentle breeze and drizzle. In a while, the weather will get worse, and it will be difficult to go out at that time."

Qiao Shi sighed, wiped her hands on her apron, walked across the living room, took the cloak from the shelf, and put it on old Bayard, "Go and comfort Ansi and Arlo. They are still small, and the lightning must have frightened them." ." Old Bead narrowed his eyes and let his daughter's hands go around his neck to tie his cloak, enjoying the silent tenderness as he spoke. "The road is very slippery and the carriage must be difficult to drive." Qiao Shi whispered.

"It's okay, my good boy, those bad things won't come out in this weather." Old Bead laughed.

Qiao Shi knew that her father's statement was to reassure her. Since the young lord began to improve public security in early summer, there were very few traces of goblins and bandits in the countryside. She pursed her lips. Not a word was spoken. "Okay, let's go." Old Bead gently looked at his daughter's face, which looked more and more like his late wife, and ordered.

Qiao Shi nodded, turned around and went out, crossing the yard in the rain. The stables were at the back of the farm, and she pushed open the wood door. The light in the small shed was very dim, and the two young mares looked restless in the weather. Qiao Shi stepped on the hay on the ground and walked to the mare named Ansi. She patted her neck gently with her hands and comforted her softly to calm down the mare. But today was a little different from the past. This horse The gray-furred mare kept stamping her feet, and her big moist eyes looked particularly bright in the darkness, with a strong and uneasy light inside.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Shi frowned. Ansi felt keenly that her fear did not come from the bright thunder and lightning in the sky, but from the ground.

She squatted down slightly and stared at the haystacks piled on the ground with bright eyes. In her sight, the straw trembled slightly - and in just a moment, the girl understood: the ground was moving! An extremely bad premonition came to Qiao Shi's mind.

She immediately stood up and rushed to the wooden fence that closed the horse. She gritted her teeth and dragged the iron bolt with both hands to pull it off the lock and threw it to the ground, then opened the wooden fence. Let the two horses out one after another, and then drive them out of the stable. Only a moment's delay. The ground was obviously shaking, and the puddles outside were already rippled. Qiao Shi had just run outside the shed when she heard a strange buzzing sound coming from the north.

She stopped and turned around subconsciously. To the north, she could see the endless Anlaser Forest. At the top of the forest, a huge ball of light seemed to rise. The ball of light penetrated the clouds. Because it was so bright and dazzling, it seemed as if the world around it was slightly dark. Then a deafening blast that seemed to tear the air swept across like a shock wave. Picking up a few strands of hair - the buzzing sound in the ears turned into a loud rumble, and gradually connected again, forming a high-pitched and harsh scream, like a wave of ocean waves, but gradually, the sound in the ears It turned into a buzzing sound like a murmur, and then formed a higher wave, drowning everything. The tree crown was still turning, branches and leaves were flying all over the sky, lightning and thunder, wind and rain intertwined, but there seemed to be a silence all around. world.

In this silent world, Qiao Shi saw with horror that the ball of light was getting bigger, swallowing up the sky and clouds bit by bit. Its spherical appearance also began to collapse as it expanded, and the blazing white shell shattered in an instant. Dazzling flames burst out from it, and the flames continued to spread in all directions like clouds. It started very slowly, as if they were far away in the horizon, but suddenly, she saw the fire clouds coming over Anlaser, and in an instant The entire forest was swallowed up in a moment.

The towering fire wall continued to move forward. The pointed cedars, upright black pines, and rolling hills had already turned into a sea of ​​fire. The hot breath rushed towards her face. Her long hair almost fluttered wildly in the airflow. As she danced, in the blink of an eye, the stable was shattered in front of her. Qiao Shi screamed before turning around and trying to run away.

But it's a pity it's a little late.

With a loud bang, the flames swept through the entire farm like a hurricane, turning everything into ashes.

"ah--!"

Qiao Shi opened her eyes with a pale face, her whole body already soaked in cold sweat. She stood up from the wooden table and realized that she had had that nightmare again. More than a month had passed since the terrible explosion. Although she later learned that the explosion occurred in the Dead Frost Forest to the north and the scope of the impact In the end, she only reached the area north of the Gorgeous Mountains and east of the Needle Hills. However, in her dreams, she dreamed more than once of the flames engulfing the forests and farms of Anlaser, and the entire Lantonilan was a sea of ​​​​fire.

She raised her head and looked out the window at the road leading to Kekus. The forest beside the road was lush and quiet. The sky above the forest canopy was as blue as the sea, with silky cotton wadding forming white trails. Ever since the explosion, the weather had become... Every day gets better. Riders passed by on the road from time to time, in twos and threes. Some of them were carrying the banner of nobles and were probably nearby knights, while some were simply adventurers traveling together.

These people have been appearing one after another since half a month ago. Although this month is a day for adventurers to gather every year, it is rare to see such a scene in a small place like Burniche, not to mention that they all Still heading north.

"Qiao Shi!" someone shouted at this time.

Qiao Shi saw that the person who greeted her was a hunter who lived next door. He seemed to have gone to the city some time ago. "Uncle Becher, you are back from the city. Have you seen my father?" she asked quickly. . "Old Bayard, I met him once at the blacksmith's place, what's the matter?" the hunter replied.

"It's nothing, I'm just worried. Uncle Becher, do you know what's going on?" She glanced at the passing knights. Then he asked softly.

"You mean those knight masters?" The hunter stood by the fence and looked at the noble knights in bright clothes and angry horses on the road. He shook his head: "They are looking for someone."

"Find someone?"

"Yeah, looking for someone."

…

Wallendenburg.

It had been no more than five weeks since the explosion. Eco, Yura, Macaro and Count Odin could all see that although Her Royal Highness the Princess remained calm on the outside, secretly she had become anxious day by day. stand up. Fortunately, the negotiation with the Duke himself was relatively smooth. On the surface, Duke Viero was the sworn enemy of Count Denel. The two fought countless times on and off the stage. Now that he has the opportunity to eliminate his enemies in one fell swoop, he will naturally not let this opportunity go easily.

But in fact, even a young boy like Eco could see that Archduke Viero was interested in the old love of the late king. The daughter of the Duke turned out to be the mother of His Royal Highness the Princess. When they saw Griffith calling the Duke Grandpa when he was in charge of business, even the most senior members of the royal family such as Macaro and Overwell were stunned. Standing there, it was almost beyond everyone's expectations, as if it reminded people that this Duke was young and elegant. Married an elf as his wife, but no one has ever seen the duchess. I didn’t know that there was a silver elf duchess in the Kingdom of Eruin.

However, while Macaro and others were frightened, they also slowly realized that the little girl who once obeyed them did not seem to be as well-behaved as they imagined. In fact, from the beginning, the princess had such a tendency. Backhand.

The marriage of Obergu VII was arranged by the royal family. Although the king marrying a half-elf would inevitably attract rumors, the old king showed his stubbornness as always in this matter. What's more, the queen of the kingdom is at least a human being, and the royal parties are not willing to bring bad luck to Obergu VII on this trivial matter.

But unexpectedly, looking at it today, Macaro and others realized what the stubborn old king was pursuing. It turns out that it is not some illusory love.

As for the Highland Knights, they didn’t know what they were up to. They were so enthusiastic that it was almost incomprehensible. They were originally going to say that the next war had nothing to do with them at all, but instead of sending formal troops including the Black Tower Wizard, The envoys also swore that as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess goes to war with Jean Denel, they will join the Princess's side. This gesture is no longer like an alliance, it is simply like surrendering allegiance.

As a result, Wang Dang was a little confused. You must know that the Highland Knights have always been aloof in Eruin's political ecology. Even in the era when the king's power was the most powerful, these knights and wizards only maintained a mutually respectful relationship with the royal family. When did you show such a condescending attitude?

You must know that at this time, theoretically speaking, they are the stronger side. After Her Royal Highness the Princess calmed down the situation in Ampelsel, she only relied on her own small territory and the help of the infamous Earl Tonigel. I just managed to get this far. In fact, had Duke Viero not been willing to side with them, judging from the situation, His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the king in the north, would have had a better chance.

But the situation is advancing silently in such puzzling developments. Because of the precedent of the Highland Knights, even the envoy of Archduke Golan-Elsen came to express his loyalty is not so surprising. , because everyone understood that the Grand Duke had no ambitions in the first place. He was more of a hermit than a nobleman, and he didn't care about outside things at all. In fact, before the arrival of the envoys from Archduke Golan-Elsen, there were still people who maliciously speculated that the archduke could not be so well-informed. Most of these envoys were arranged by his staff and retainers.

Later it turned out that this guess was indeed correct. Of course, everyone tacitly understood these details and just maintained a tacit understanding with each other.

But all kinds of details at least let people understand a little bit.

Eruin's royal power will rise——

The smooth diplomacy could not hide the fact that Princess Griffin was becoming more and more uneasy day by day.

Buga, Overwell has returned to Lantonilan from the original route. After all, the explosion occurred at the junction of Lantonilan and Viero. Everyone wants to figure out what happened in the big explosion a month ago. What exactly happened. The news coming back from the front was mostly disturbing. According to the scouts' reports, it seemed that the entire Death Frost Forest had completely disappeared. In the area east of the Gunn Mountains and south of the Violet Castle, a brand-new area of ​​dead magic appeared. The remaining energy proved that a shocking explosion had occurred there before.

There is a lot of evidence pointing to a huge crater at the center of the explosion, but so far, no survivors have been found in the explosion.

In higher circles. Especially the princess and the people around her understand better what this means.

The little prince has not come back yet.

Count Tonigel is still missing.

But what makes Macaro and Count Odin even more uneasy is that they know that the first heir of the Cruz people also disappeared in the explosion, as well as a huge aristocratic observation group of theirs, and their Blue Sky The commander of the legion. In fact, Macaro and Count Odin have received news from their respective channels - the Cruz envoys have set off earlier, left the empire, and are on their way to Eruin.

This is definitely not a good sign.

But not until earlier in the day.

Wallentenburg was visited by an unexpected guest.

There is no doubt that this is a guest that Princess Griffin has been waiting for a long time.

Outside the window sill, the wisteria hanging from the city wall swayed in the shade. In the distance, Quiet Wind Forest and the Gunn Mountains are immersed in the blue background. The warm afternoon sunlight slowly climbed up the window pane, filtered through the veins of the leaves, and spilled into the room, giving it a golden warmth. In the house, behind the expensive black wood desk, Princess Griffin was sitting quietly on the red velvet cushion of the long-backed chair.

She deliberately tried to calm herself down, but she couldn't help but ask the time several times. "Almost there, she has already passed the corridor. Your Highness," the maid replied with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

Princess Griffin nodded and took a breath. At this time, there was finally a knock on the door, and the whole room seemed to be silent for a moment before she gently replied: "Please come in."

The door opened, and behind it was Freya, still wearing Eruin's military uniform. However, the calm aura on her body was much better than before, and except for her face which was still a little red, she almost looked like another Nimesis. When she saw Princess Griffin, she was startled. She originally thought that it would be Macaro or Count Odin who would greet her. But he immediately performed a knightly salute.

"your Highness."

"No need to be polite," the half-elf girl looked calm on the surface, but she took several breaths before she managed to speak calmly: "Earl... Is the earl okay?"

"Your Highness, Brando...he's fine." Freya replied in a low voice, somewhat uneasily.

However, Princess Griffin didn't seem to notice this. She moved uneasily. Although her subtle expression was almost undetectable, she still asked eagerly: "What about my brother?"

"His Royal Highness Haruze is fine. He and the Earl are both fine."

The half-elf girl let out a shallow breath. Although she tried her best to restrain herself from showing weakness, her face was sullen, but her mind was a little confused. She sat there for a while, feeling both happy and a little disappointed, especially for the senses of Count Tonigel. After a while, she returned to her coldness: "Why doesn't the count come here by himself?"

"Miss Nymesis and everyone are injured. The lord wants to send them back to Vlada or Fir Territory first."

Griffin lowered her eyelids, as if thinking. After a moment, she looked at Freya again, her silver eyes already clear: "Freya, this is an excuse, right?"

Freya blushed. This was indeed an excuse. The real reason was that Akane was missing. Brando was trying his best to find clues about the mountain girl. But it was not just that, there were some deeper reasons, but there were outsiders here. She remembered what Brando told her, glanced at the maid next to Her Royal Highness, and nodded.

Griffin tilted his head slightly and said to his maid: "Go and tell the gentlemen of the Highland Knights that the Earl cannot come, but he is still alive and ask them what they think."

The maid nodded slightly and left immediately.

Then Her Royal Highness the Princess turned around and said, "What on earth is going on? And that explosion, I want to know what happened?"

Freya took a breath.

"That's it, Your Highness Princess..."

…

Port of Derdetal -

At dusk, a large carriage that seemed to be loaded with goods drove slowly and slowly toward the port along with the crowd. However, the crowd in front of the carriage was getting bigger and bigger, and something seemed to be happening on the road leading to the port. . Not long after, the crowd gathered so much that even the carriage could not move forward. The carriage had to stop. The coachman turned around and asked something before jumping out of the carriage a man shrouded in a cloak; this man seemed to have arrived recently. He was injured and had difficulty moving. He limped to the front of the carriage, looked at the situation outside, and then chatted with the coachman for a few words before returning to the carriage.

At this time, a voice came from the hood of the car: "What's wrong, Boymer?" The voice was dry and hoarse like an old man.

"It's good news, Babaan, we are saved." The former looked happy, came to the hood of the car, and whispered: "It's our envoys, they just docked."

There was silence in the car hood.

Viscount Barbarn sat beside a pile of hay, his face pale, as if he had some terminal illness. Hearing his companion's words, he finally couldn't help but let out a deep breath, then climbed up with difficulty, and used his hands to lift something covered with black cloth in a corner of the carriage. It was a whole piece of crystal. Among the crystals, The red-haired girl inside was holding the spear tightly, her angry look was still lifelike, she was so beautiful - but this time, what Babaan looked at was not Akane, but the silver halberd in the girl's hand.

He looked at it with fascination, as if possessed.

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