Blood Dragon

Chapter 180 The fifth truth

When Ashurfat came to the outpost, the little girl and Lalia had been waiting for a long time.

Since the siege of Fonoros City has been settled, and Byron does not have any allied forces nearby, the security force outside the barracks has been weakened to the limit.Only a few more key locations left outposts to prevent irrelevant people from approaching the barracks.When the little girl and her party came over, they happened to be stopped by the sentry post.

Because she wanted a private meeting, at this moment the little girl did not reveal her identity as the queen and went directly to the barracks to meet Ashuruffat.

"Why hasn't Ashurfat come yet?" The little girl complained softly to Lalia.Both were now wearing traveling cloaks, with hoods covering their faces—as all travelers in the hot sun do.

"He's here." Lalia replied suddenly.She seemed to be struggling, and her voice became a little weird. "I must take my leave first."

After speaking, she turned around and ran back, not even having time to ride the horse.However, her speed was unbelievably fast, the rabbit rose and falconed extremely neatly, and ran to the limit of her field of vision all at once.Not to mention the soldiers at those outposts, even the little girl's eyeballs were about to pop out.

The little girl had no idea why this happened.Although Lalia is usually quite normal, but every time Ashurfat approaches, she will try her best to avoid it.But then again, for her, this is not a completely bad thing.At least she doesn't have to worry about unnecessary things.

As expected, Ashurfat came.Although he was wearing a helmet and deliberately lowered his visor, a woman has a keen intuition.The little girl saw Aishuruffat at a glance.

She waited patiently for a little longer, watching Ashuruffat and the soldiers on duty at the outposts talking a few words.The soldiers left immediately.Now, there are only two of them left here.

Ashuruffat took off his helmet, and the little girl also lifted her hood. The two looked at each other, but neither of them spoke first.

In fact, it hasn't been too long since they broke up last time. According to the time, it is only about two months.But looking at Ashuruffat's face, the little girl suddenly had an indescribable impulse.She seemed to pounce on him, just like she had done in the past, hugged Ashurfate, and told him about her thoughts after parting, as well as all kinds of worries, troubles and doubts.But for some reason, there was another force that stopped this impulse, so she could only stand where she was, looking at the other person's face quietly.

After a long time, perhaps as long as a century, the silence was finally broken.The little girl found that the name "Aishuruffat" sounded in her throat.

"Your Majesty the Queen." Ashuruffat simply saluted.This was not a disrespectful gesture, because he was wearing armor at this time, and certain movements were inconvenient.

But this is not what the little girl wants to hear.For some reason, at this moment, when there were only two of them, she didn't want to hear Ashuruffat say that.Speaking of it, it seems that a year ago, she was still working hard again and again, hoping that Ashuruffat could call her that.

Nothing can change a person more than circumstances.

"Why did you come here?" Ashuruffat looked very natural.This made the little girl uncontrollably have a doubt, is it all because she is being sentimental and thinking too much.

"The barbarians have used White Castle as their base and invaded aggressively. You shouldn't be here at this time." Ashuruffat continued. "Falcon City needs you."

"I..." Maybe it was Ashuruffat's nonchalant attitude and indifferent tone that made her feel angry, and the little girl finally spoke. "I'm here because I heard something."

"one thing?"

"How did you know about the barbarian invasion?" the little girl asked suddenly.

"Because I also have some news channels." Ashuruffat replied. "At present, they are still attacking several castles on the front line... These castles should be able to resist for a few months. But when these castles are breached, the situation may become very dangerous."

"Dangerous? Why is it dangerous?" Although the little girl knew about the barbarian invasion, to be honest, she didn't feel the danger Ashuruffat said.This is because for this invasion, Gruene had already made sufficient preparations, including spiritual and material preparations.Although White Castle was occupied by barbarians, Gruene had also established many strong fortresses, had sufficient garrisons, and implemented the strategic thinking of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.As we all know, fortifying the wall and clearing the field may not be a clever method, but it is indeed an effective tactic against any invader.

So, as planned, the barbarians were temporarily put under the fortress.Although this is undoubtedly a menacing large-scale invasion, it is not yet possible to talk about any serious losses.

The real danger lies in the findings of the church's investigation.It's about a certain evil wizard mastering a filthy sorcery that can infect the entire castle and even the entire city with the disease in a short period of time.However, although there is a lot of evidence for such things, it is strange to say that on the main battlefield, where this kind of sorcery should most likely appear, there is no such situation.

Perhaps this shows that this kind of magic also has many restrictions?Or the evil wizard has not yet fully perfected and mastered it.But in any case, the worst kind of situation did not happen.The church breathed a sigh of relief for a while.

"If there is no reinforcements, then no castle will resist endlessly." Ashuruffat said. "And there are plenty of wizards among the barbarians . . . castles aren't everything." He seemed to sigh. "General Beryl did draw up a battle plan for the barbarian invasion, but to be honest, relying on the castle to block and consume the enemy, and then counterattack when the enemy's veterans are tired, and cooperate with the inside and the outside... It is easy to say, but difficult to grasp. If the timing is bad, it might turn into a steal. It would be fine if it turned into a head-on confrontation, but if it turns into an ambush or a surprise attack..."

He didn't continue, because the little girl's face had obvious anger.

This anger came strangely.Maybe even the little girl herself can't explain why.Perhaps it was because of the vague accusation in Ashurfat's words?Maybe he is still talking about these irrelevant topics at this time?Or was it his demeanor that he didn't seem to feel when we met again?

"Ashrufat!" The little girl raised her chin proudly. "I came here because I was told that you were trying to destroy the city of Fornoros."

"I have indeed done so." Ashuruffat shrugged and replied. "Under your order."

"you……"

"I tried my best and finally gathered a dwarven engineering team. I must say that they are much better than humans in engineering... They started digging from a far away place and dug a tunnel all the way to the city wall. Then plant gunpowder in that position... The battle was declared over last night. Byron shot himself in despair, and I saw his body... The thing is almost done. Your Majesty, if you wish, you should be able to do so now Go and see Byron's body."

He paused, and a smile appeared on his face. "And I know that Essien has defeated the Duke of Aditya. His tactics are very ingenious, and he easily broke through the fortress that Aditya thought was strong. I have to congratulate you. There are such outstanding talents by your side exist."

"That's not what I meant. Someone told me that you plan to...kill...everyone in Fornoros City."

"This news," Ashuruffat pondered for a moment. "It should have been informed to you by our prime minister, Sir Ailin. Don't blame him, this is his responsibility. Even though he knows it's being used as a weapon, he still has to do it."

"serve as hatchet man?"

"He is a very conscientious prime minister. When the generals on the front line are fighting, he has already made a series of personnel arrangements. Before that, Essien captured the territory of the rebels all the way, and the governor who took over immediately followed. The city of Fonoros is certainly no exception. Such a good, such a big city, I am afraid that just to compete for the position of the governor, the people below will also break their heads. In this case, the final alternate governor How could he be willing to let his hard-cooked duck fly away? He must do something..."

"Are you really going to do this kind of thing?" the little girl interrupted Ashuruffat.Luo Diya's education is effective, and now the little girl has fully mastered the knack of conversation, and is no longer easily misled by others.

Ashuruffat smiled slightly, and looked at the little girl.I don't know why, although his expression is smiling, but his eyes at this moment look... It makes people feel a stiff spine.

"To be honest, I really mean it."

"why?"

"Remember what we talked about?" Ashuruffat didn't answer directly. "I remember that time... I was still your personal bodyguard. You were full of praise for Garunas' achievements in front of me... It was about his invasion of Tiberius' land, burning, killing and looting." He paused After a moment, the smile completely disappeared from his face. "Things now are no different from that time. Kingship must be founded on the blood of innocent people. They were elected, so they were more unlucky, that's all. Or to put it another way, because they were stupid, so they Damn! It might be easier to understand that way."

"But they are... Gruni people. My people..." The little girl found herself overwhelmed.In fact, she had felt this feeling in Ashurfat.Ashurfat occasionally exhibits this frightening quality.The mother-in-law called this "the spirit of the king".But in the eyes of the little girl, no matter how you think about it, it has nothing to do with the "king".It's hard to describe what this feeling of cold hands and feet can't help, but if I have to say it, it's fear, something that shouldn't belong to human beings.

"Really?" Ashuruffat sneered. "You really think so? Then you might as well go and have a look."