Scene 9 Akane’s Journey

The mist parted the sea, and a towering promontory protruding from the sea gradually appeared in front of it. A ray of light penetrated the diffuse mist and shone on the side of the Bisca. The sailors on the deck recognized it as a navigation light and hurriedly raised the sail. The first mate gave a signal and asked the helmsman to turn the helm. At the same time, he waited for the pilot boat to get closer. Captain Dai Lin was holding a pipe in his mouth and wearing a wet suit. The windbreaker stood behind the third mast, squinted his eyes, looked back, and winked at a sailor next to him. The sailor hurriedly ran down the deck and went straight to the third cabin.

Ahead is Graywind Harbor.

After Viscount Bernie got the news, he immediately informed Barbarn and Boymer. In fact, the two of them had already judged this information from the sailors running up and down the aisle. At this moment, fist-sized rats were scurrying around in the cabin aisle. Go, but no one has time to pay attention to these annoying uninvited guests during the voyage. Several hatches are opened, and the wind and waves brought in from the deck pour in like a waterfall along the stairs, giving off a fishy smell of the sea. As soon as it hit the nose, there was a chaos below the cabin.

Viscount Bernie led Babain and Boymer against the sailors rushing out. The three of them were silent and had sullen faces, as if they were carved from the same mold. The three of them walked to the wooden door that was locked by an iron chain at the bottom of the cabin. Viscount Bernie turned around, exchanged glances with his two imperial colleagues, took out the key from his coat, and the key on the iron ring clattered. He grabbed the lock and opened it with a click. After the chain lost its restraint, it clattered into the water in the corridor like a dead snake. However, the three of them pushed the door open without even looking at it.

Behind the door is an unused warehouse. There are many empty barrels and wooden boxes stacked outside, but inside, there is a whole piece of golden crystal covered by a curtain. Viscount Bernie looked at the black curtain whose corners were already soaked in water. He opened his mouth and asked: "Are you ready?" Babaan and Boymer nodded together.

On its return journey, the fleet had to pass through the Longhorn Strait and enter the Silver Bay controlled by the Earth Temple. Although the naval strength of the Earth Temple was almost negligible in front of the empire, Viscount Bernie did not dare to take this risk and chose the safer land route - - Landing from Gray Wind Port, passing through the Black Blade Barrier and returning to the empire - this journey takes about a week, and it will take another month to go to Rushta after returning to the empire. But the risks are much less than at sea. At present, the northern part of Eruin is still controlled by the kingdom's traditional aristocratic forces, and the empire is still very influential in these areas. Thinking of this, Viscount Bernie couldn't help but lament the bad impact of the Battle of Ampelsel, otherwise the Cecil family How could the empire completely lose control of the southern border of Eruin due to its fault. What stands in front of him now is the last gate of the Eruin royal family in the north, Gray Wind Port, the home port where the First Royal Fleet is stationed. The port officer has been bribed, but how can he take such a large piece of land without attracting attention? Transporting the crystals off the ship was a troublesome problem.

It would be best to break the crystal and get out the man and the gun, but he tried it with his sword a few days ago. The magic sword bounced off and broke into three pieces before it hit the crystal surface. His silver-level long sword cost several thousand Cruz gold coins to buy from a small nobleman, and he also used some tricks. , Unexpectedly, before it was put to use, he died before he left the army. He didn't have time to feel heartbroken,

Although the crystal was harder than he expected, he still had hope, Boymer had told him. Babaan brought the Silver Dragon's Throat passed down from his family. That fantasy-level weapon might be able to break through the surface of the crystal. He approached Barbarn, who was a little hesitant at first, seemingly worried about hurting the woman inside. However, Viscount Bernie scoffed at this. If they could successfully complete this mission, they would wait until they returned to the empire. Status and women, what not? But he is obsessed with a mountain woman.

Fortunately, Babaan didn't seem too rigid. After some persuasion, he finally nodded in agreement. At this time, he turned back to look at the other party. Babaan did not hesitate as he took out the silver hand crossbow and started loading the arrow. Then he raised his hand and pointed at the crystal covered with the curtain. Viscount Bernie nodded appreciatively, thinking that this was a man who had accomplished things and was not sloppy. Compared with him, Boymer was much worse and too timid. . Thinking of this, he turned his attention to the latter. At this time, Boymer seemed to wake up from a dream. He hurriedly walked up and lifted the curtain. When Viscount Bernie saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What this guy did was equivalent to He has already placed himself in the weakest position among the three. If he takes credit in the future, it will definitely not be the first one. In fact, the chances of him and Babaan should be the same. This is that character determines fate.

Babaan raised his hand crossbow and pulled the trigger with a bang. A ray of silver light shot towards the smooth surface of the crystal. Before everyone had time to react, the silver stream of light suddenly reversed at a thousand times speed, piercing the crossbow held by Babaan. His right arm smashed the bones of his right hand into pieces, and then the silver light penetrated into Babaan's chest like a swimming fish, passed out from his back, and nailed to the wooden board behind the cabin with a 'climbing' sound, stained with Xue's tail feathers were still buzzing and swaying.

Babaan opened his mouth in shock, his light blue eyes showing a light of despair and unwillingness. He stared at the girl sleeping like a princess in the crystal, and then kept this expression and looked up like a piece of wood. He fell down and fell into the water with a splash, followed by layers of light red color from the water in the cabin. All this happened so suddenly that Boymer was almost stunned. Viscount Bernie's face was gloomy. He raised his head and took a look at the crystal - not even a single flaw could be found on the surface of the crystal. "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Help Sir Babaan out quickly!" He scolded through gritted teeth. "H-help where?" Boymer's face turned pale. He wanted to say - Babaan was obviously dead!

Viscount Bernie gave him a look of hatred and said solemnly: "Sir Babaan died for his country. Do you want his body to be soaked in the water like this?"

Only then did Boymer suddenly realize, and he quickly grabbed Babaan's shoulders in despair and dragged him out of the water, dragging him towards the cabin. "No, stop!" Viscount Bernie saw Boymer trying to take Baba's body back to the lower cabin and stopped him. He almost wanted to stab this idiot to death with a sword: "Don't take him back, take him Are you a stupid pig?" At this time, a sailor passed by Babaan's body and Boymer beside him, and he gave the two people a strange look. Then he came to Viscount Bernie and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the port has sent someone to ask us to anchor a chain away and prepare to be inspected."

"Tell them that this is the envoy fleet of the Cruz Empire and will not be inspected by other countries. In addition, let them prepare a doctor or priest and say that someone of ours died while fighting pirates and we need to arrange a decent funeral for him. Anti-corrosion measures, we cannot leave the warriors of the empire in a foreign land, go ahead, just answer them like this." Viscount Bernie replied calmly.

The sailor was slightly startled: "Fight against pirates?" But he glanced at Boymer and Babaan, suddenly realized, nodded quickly, and ran out.

"Wait a minute." Viscount Bernie stopped the sailor at the top of the stairs: "Go and prepare a box."

"Box, Your Excellency, how big a box do you want?" The sailor stood barefoot in the rushing water on the stairs and turned around to ask. "It's a big box, used to hold horses." "That kind of box is not available on the ship. Your Excellency, the Viscount, we can only ask the port to prepare it." "Then tell them that we have captured a gift for Her Majesty the Queen, and ask them to help Get ready." "Is that all right, Your Excellency Viscount?" "That's all right, go ahead." Viscount Bernie nodded. When the sailor ran up to the deck, he turned back and took one last look at the huge crystal, and a thought flashed through his mind:

"Is it possible that only a divine weapon can open this thing?"

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It has been two days since Frofa left without saying goodbye, during which time Princess Magdale woke up once. Brando was waiting in New Valhalla for the young men of the Knights of the Broken Sword and the eldest son of the Human Emperor Cruz to arrive, but it seemed that Veronica was going to There are many things to explain. She and Mangrove had not yet set out from Port Gris. Envelopes of information coming and going from north to south were piled on his desk in the Hall of the Valhalla Tree. Most of this information was on the surface. Brando read a few of them, and they were nothing more than written about northern nobles. of the movement, several of which mentioned that Comte Jeandenelle had completed his mobilization efforts. Someone witnessed an army setting off from the Magitan region to the south. The long-prepared war in the south was imminent.

The coalition forces of Lantonilan and Viero are moving south, and the direction of the march is still kept secret. Brando raised his head and looked at the Eruin map hanging on the wall, his eyes scanning the Marowell area, from time to time Judging from the above, this army should have entered this area. And Jean Denel and the Blood Staff still know nothing about their future and fate, and they don't understand what is waiting in front of them. Now this war is only waiting for an opportunity, and this opportunity is when Tonigel's army sets off. day, but Brando is also waiting for a time node to arrive. Before this time node, he will never act rashly.

Some other news mentioned the unusual movements of the undead in Butch's direction. These were within Brando's expectations, and the information sent was even less than what he knew. Tony Gale's intelligence system was built from the previous group of adventurers from Tony Gale and a group of people from the Copper Dragon Mercenary Group. After these people were screened several times for foreign wars with Tony Gale, the remaining elites were selected. Most of the British people are loyal and reliable to him, but their abilities are still a little weak. Among them, those in the direction of Ampelsel are the best, and those in the north are a little less. As for the news about Madara and Cruz, they are purely based on rumors.

But Eruin's civil war is no longer the most difficult enemy standing in his way. On the contrary, the shadow of the undead in the south is getting stronger day by day. That is Eruin's life and death enemy, and the Cruz Empire in the north is also Ready to make a move, Brando began to feel more and more that his intelligence network was getting weaker. First of all, they are still talents. They must be loyal and reliable, but also have outstanding abilities. Antitina, Charles, Freya and even Roman are not talents in this area, but Brando suddenly thought of someone - Su. Her performance in Amperesel was impressive. She was calm and collected, with an extremely clear mind and not easily influenced by emotions. Such a person is simply a natural intelligence talent. Although Brando has no talent in this area, it does not hinder her. He discovers talent.

"Perhaps we should find time to get her over from Shire." He thought in his mind as he put the items he had read at the bottom of the page. After reading more than ten pages, his brows furrowed again. .

There was still no news from Akane that day.

The mountain girl seemed to have really disappeared from this world. Since the last time I saw her in the Spiral Hall that day, there has been no news. Even in the Ming settlement area around the Death Frost Forest, no one has seen her. There are girls with similar characteristics. Brando suddenly felt a little upset. It had been half a month since he put down the information. In the early days, he could still comfort himself that there was nothing wrong with Qian, but now such excuses are getting weaker and weaker. Sometimes Brando even thinks , has Akane decided to leave herself? Or did she temporarily lose her memory due to the violent shock she received during the big explosion? These ideas are not only outrageous. And there's no way to explain the fact that no one has ever seen Akane since then.

Could it be that the myth of Milos was really lying to them? But this seems unnecessary for a god.

He stood up from his seat, then sat down again, tapping his fingers on the table again and again. For a moment, he almost wanted to leave and go back to the Death Frost Forest, but he also knew that this was just in vain. He had a vague hunch that Qian might no longer be in the Death Frost Forest. She might have left earlier, but Brando was still a little confused as to why no one had seen her.

He could only entrust Lantonilan to help him expand the search scope day by day. In fact, Grand Duke Canonon was already a little confused about why he was so worried about a maid, but Brando didn't care about it.

At this time, someone finally opened the door. Brando looked up and saw Kou Hua, who was wearing a white dress and walking in through the huge door in the hall. She had long snow-white hair and light silver eyes. They were two sisters. The younger sister, the kind-hearted Kou Hua. Behind her was her sister who looked impatient. Dark Kou Hua glanced at him with blood-red eyes, full of provocation. In fact, Brando had no doubt that if given the chance, she would pounce directly on him and bite him with her pointed canine teeth. The hatred was undisguised. His eyes passed over the sisters and finally fell on Nymesis—senior sister, no. Miss Knight was able to go to the ground a few days ago. Now doing some things for him in Valhalla can be regarded as rehabilitation training. Her injury healed quickly, which made Brando suspect that this lady seemed to be a little special. capable.

Nimesis also glanced at him, and the meaning in her indifferent eyes was: I've called the man for you.

Brando nodded to her. To express gratitude.

Then he looked at the Kou Hua sisters.

"My Lord Earl, we meet again today." The kind-hearted Kou Hua replied with a smile. This quiet girl is always so polite.

Her sister, on the other hand, ended the greeting with a soft hum.

Brando didn't mind. He asked the Kou Hua sisters to come today because he wanted to confirm their relationship with Valhalla and his territory. In the final battle of the Hibernator Temple, Dark Kou Hua finally gave up Milos's godhead and chose In order to preserve her soul mark, she did not choose to die together with the body and divine fire of the giant god. Her current state should be a product between a heroic spirit and the existence of some kind of law, but this state is not for her. What is unacceptable, because this is one of the ways in which the Dusk Seed manifests itself in this world.

But the problem is that no matter which way dark Kou Hua and kind Kou Hua exist in the world, they have actually changed the history that Brando knows. Isis's eldest daughter survived, so it's hard to say whether the endings of her other daughters will be the same as in history, and whether her own ending will be the same as in the game. Brando felt vaguely Feeling that he had touched another line in Warnd's world, the change in the historical destiny of the Cruz Empire was the beginning. Therefore, even though the trip to the Death Frost Forest had come to an end, he still could not decide how to deal with the sisters.

When he saw the twin sisters, he temporarily put aside his worries and asked, "Miss Kou Hua, are you getting used to living in my territory these days?"

"The Earl's territory is peaceful. The people live and work in peace and contentment, away from disputes. I like it very much. Moreover, the scenery of Valhalla is beautiful. I am very honored to live in this legendary fortress and I have nothing to dissatisfy." The kind-hearted Kou Hua smiled slightly and replied sincerely. Dark Kou Hua glanced at his sister. She was disappointed with the weakness of this sister, or rather the other side of herself. She pouted and said: "Huh, anyway, I said that you are very unhappy, so you won't let go." I'm leaving, hypocritical, a nuisance."

"That's right, Miss Kou Hua, do you still remember what I said to you once? If I don't kill you, I will take a very big risk. You should understand that you are part of the dusk, you The existence of the world itself is a kind of hostility to the bright world. But you are kind-hearted. I am not willing to kill innocent people because of a possibility. That is not in line with my philosophy, but out of a responsible attitude, I hope you will not Stay away from my protection, okay?" Brando asked.

The kind-hearted Kou Hua nodded: "I can completely understand, Lord Earl."

Brando looked at this girl whose mind was as pure as a clear lake, and couldn't help but feel a little startled. Is this really the eldest daughter of the legendary Isis? Such purity and kindness can already make all human beings Most of them are ashamed of themselves. Even he himself cannot help but check his suspicion. However, this matter is of great importance, and Brando will naturally not change his mind because of his temporary emotion. He calmed down and looked at the dark Kou Hua aside.

Dark Kou Hua is slightly taller than her sister. Brando thought that this might be a reflection of her strong personality in her soul. She looked at Brando with blood-colored eyes contemptuously: "This is what the Earl invited us to do. What's the reason? It's really unnecessary. My sister and I are both weak girls with no strength. Lord Count, you can just give us an order and put us under house arrest here. Don't say that, even if you want to be animalistic at the moment. We have no way to resist, so there is really no need to pretend to ask for our consent here."

Brando was almost mad at this guy. What does it mean to be a weak woman with no strength? The kind-hearted Kou Hua's strength is recovering day by day after leaving the Hibernator Temple, and is now close to the peak level of elemental civilization. , and she herself suffered heavy losses due to stealing Milos's godhead, and I am afraid that she will not be able to recover in a short time. This is purely her own fault, but now it seems that the eldest lady has put all the responsibilities on him. He couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and glanced at the latter, and replied calmly: "I'm afraid you made a mistake. What I just said was to your sister. As for you, Miss Kou Hua, as a war criminal and prisoner, Naturally, it is impossible to enjoy the same high-standard treatment as your sister."

Dark Kou Hua frowned slightly and asked worriedly: "What do you mean?"

"You took my things, so of course you had to do things for me to pay off the debt." Brando replied.

Kou Hua's eyes widened, and his beautiful blood-red eyes stared at him in surprise: "When did I take your things?"

Brando shook his head, looking at this guy and couldn't help but think of everything that happened.

...(To be continued...)

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