Blood Dragon

Chapter 250

"Auntie, has someone been looking for you?" Ashuruffat asked again after pondering for a while.

"Yes." The old woman smiled wryly. "Someone forced me to compromise, because they think you... are very suitable to be Her Majesty's husband. Those two girls are completely redundant!"

"Forcing?" Ashuruffat was a little surprised, it was hard to imagine that someone like Aunt Mary would easily choose to give in.

"There are many ways in this world to force a person to compromise." Aunt Mary may have seen Ash Ruft's surprise. "Well, the above is all the truth I know."

"I...why did I lose my memory?" Ashuruffat finally asked this question.

"I don't know. I found you lying on the side of the road, bruised and unconscious."

"I've... seen them both?"

"Well, just like I said, before you lost your memory, you were a black magician, a mercenary, and a shameless rascal." Aunt Mary might have exhausted all her strength, she closed her mouth and looked away. Return to that painting.In a sense, her expression at the moment is very similar to the hero in the painting, who is also physically and mentally exhausted due to the heavy pressure.

Ashurfat who was beside her stood up at some point.Instead of going upstairs, he opened the door and walked out.Maybe he also needs to calm down and think carefully about the shocking news he just learned.

Aunt Marie dipped her paintbrush into the paint box and painted Count Mikael's pale blue eyes.Some people have said that art requires all-round input of body, mind and emotion.Aunt Mary's pen at the moment clearly illustrates this point.After drawing the eyes, Earl Mikael's face quickly became vivid. It is not so much a painting as it is a memory deep in the soul.The corner of the earl's mouth was slightly raised, and the smile was mixed with an indescribable heavy burden.

Perhaps because of the instinctive pressure to escape reality in this way, Aunt Mary focused all her attention on painting. She was so absorbed that she had no idea when Ashuruffat returned to her side. .

"Is this...Count Mikael? Your...first husband?"

"Yes." Aunt Mary answered.

From a completely objective point of view, the Earl Mikael and Ashuruffat are quite similar in body shape, but that's just the body shape. Their faces and facial features are very different, and no one can make a mistake.Besides, Ashrufat had a big scar on the bridge of his nose, but Count Mikael's face was clean.

"He is the border lord, the guard of White Castle?"

Aunt Mary nodded without answering.The paintbrush in her hand is coloring Count Mikael's face.Count Mikael in the painting is pale, but his expression is as firm as a piece of iron.Under the candlelight, Ashuruffat saw a teardrop slipping from the corner of Aunt Mary's eye.

"He was right in front of me...he took his last breath..."

White Castle is a large fortress carefully built by Gruene to resist the invasion of Chaos Legion.According to the history books, it was designed, built and improved by Garunas, the sage of the wilderness himself.It was later rebuilt many times.Over the years, this castle has become a key place against the invasion of Chaos.The most critical factor in the disaster caused by the last Chaos invasion was also because the enemy captured White Castle with a sneak attack with the help of traitors.If this kind of thing did not happen, presumably that invasion was the same as all the wars in the past, and the Chaos Legion finally fell under the strong city.

"Auntie, I want to know... what happened?" Ashuruffat remembered that the book said that it recorded the situation of that battle.During the siege, the Chaos Legion was attacked by the reinforcements of Gruni from the rear, and was almost completely annihilated under the front and back attack.Several Chaos Lords were all beheaded on the battlefield.But while achieving this glorious victory, the guard of White Castle, the aunt's first husband, Count Mikael, also died gloriously in the melee.There are only so many records in the book.As for the process of the battle, why the castle did not fall and the defender died, and how Count Mikael died, these are not mentioned.Historians don't care about those details, but people who have experienced it are different.

"Do you know anything about White Castle?"

"Understood? I spent ten years there. I've been living there since I married him... I spent the best time of my life there." Aunt Mary stopped her paintbrush.Earl Mikael's face has been drawn halfway, but she has no strength to draw it anymore.She stared at the painting, and her mood had already returned to the past.

"It's a very beautiful city...Many people say it's a fortress, but I actually think it's a city. White Castle is a big, well-organized and prosperous city. It's much better than my hometown. Although it It's the border, but the surrounding environment is very beautiful... Standing on the highest tower, the scenery... Hehe, in fact, ordinary people are not allowed to go up there, but I can quietly drink afternoon tea on it..."

"...I will never forget that day... as if in one night, the tension spread throughout the city. There was talk of war everywhere. Everyone was saying that the largest Chaos legion that ever lived was coming to the city. White Castle marched. Mikael locked himself and a group of subordinates in the meeting hall and didn't come out for a whole day. My sisters and I were a little panicked... Then that night, Mikael came to us. He called all seven of us together and apologized to us."

"I never thought he would apologize to us seriously. Because in my heart, he is such a humorous and personable man, proud and a real nobleman. I have never seen him apologize to anyone before. I apologized. He is the supreme ruler of White Castle and our husband. But he actually apologized to us that day. He said that according to the duties of a husband, he must protect us, and the best way to protect us is to take us away White Castle, go to a safer place. But he has no way to fulfill this duty, because in addition to being our husband, he is also the guard of White Castle. This duty requires him to live and die with this city."

"Do you understand? Coexistence and death! That's right, that's the word. When we hear this word, we understand how dangerous the situation is. I was as innocent as a little girl at that time. Hey, how could I not be innocent? I I have been with him for ten years, and I have been living in a dream for ten years. I am his seventh wife, but we didn't have the intrigue or anything that anyone imagined before. My sisters are very good and take care of me. , like real sisters. I still remember that moment when I panicked and didn't know what to do. He told me seriously that all non-combatants were to evacuate, and if we were going, he would let us go. But If we choose to stay, he cannot guarantee our safety."

"But at that time, how could we leave? Even if I do it all over again, I will not regret that decision. We all chose to stay. Hehe... Although it is his wife, I can't get any preferential treatment at that time. I took off my usual beautiful long dress, joined the logistics team, and did all kinds of chores...Everyone was separated, and my job was to take care of the wounded and sick...There were all women there."

"That was my first direct exposure to war. I really can't imagine ... the places where I used to go outing, the places where I used to walk, shop, ride horses, all of a sudden changed. There was blood all over the ground, debris Stone, and steel fragments. Oh, the reason why there are no corpses is because we dealt with them in a timely manner, because there are legends that the wizards of Nurgle would use corpses to spread terrible diseases. So the corpses were buried and incinerated immediately."

"The war lasted for a long time. As the war started, my work became more and more busy, often without rest all day and night. The groans of the wounded... sometimes I can still hear those voices in my dreams... ..."

"The battle is getting more and more fierce every day. Although I didn't go to the front line, at least I can hear the continuous rumble of artillery. Sometimes I am told that our outer guard tower has fallen. Sometimes I am told that we went out of the city to raid A big victory. News one after another... I don’t know if it’s because of my identity, but everyone often comforts me, cheers me up, and comforts me by saying that war is nothing, we will win. We have always won. Chaos The Legion never took White Castle."

"In the beginning, I saw Mikael a lot, then less and less. In the end, I didn't even see him for more than ten days. It's not because I'm too busy - because anyway I was busy, so I would try to make time to see him, but he was too busy. Even I felt that the situation on the front line was not as good as everyone said. Finally got the news that day, someone sent us an urgent report, all The people and the wounded hurriedly withdrew into the inner city... because the enemy has breached the outer wall. The troops are doing their best to hold back the enemy, but I'm afraid they won't last long."

"I was the first to evacuate into the inner city with the wounded. But there are still many wounded outside who can't move alone. So I rushed out immediately after entering, trying to bring another wounded into the city. I am stupid, but At that time, I just wanted to help him as much as possible. Although it was only a small matter, as long as I could share a little burden for him, I would be willing to take a risk."

"A lot of fortifications have been built in the outer city... Those were originally built, and they can be activated as soon as soldiers enter. The first time I passed by was an empty artillery position, and there were garrisons when I came the second time. Two Two cannons guarded the avenue on the left and right. Many people gathered there, all those unarmed logistics personnel, thinking that the cannons would protect them. Unfortunately, when I passed the artillery position, I saw a terrible Scene. A dozen or so monsters—I later learned that those things are called Chaos Eggs—suddenly appeared at the end of the street. Charged this way. Their bodies were like a ball with many octopus-like Tentacles... I will never forget that scene... More than one monster's tentacles were pierced by our soldiers who were killed... They were all covered in blood, and they rushed over like this..."

"I was frightened and stupid...then there was chaos. We used cannons and muskets to knock down more than half of the monsters...but the rest broke through the defense line. Those monsters can't be stopped by manpower at all. Once they are wielded by their tentacles I realized that a man wearing armor could be sent flying fifty steps away... I was surrounded by the crowd and fled. I didn't even know what happened... By the time I calmed down, I had already fled to the inner city On the edge, the location of a platform... mixed with a large group of wounded, broken soldiers and women. A warrior of Chaos is approaching us, it is a Chaos Lord... a monster through and through! Only the outline of his body is still visible The human form is as hideous as crawling out of a nightmare! Later, someone told me that the Chaos Lord who is blessed by the evil god will often turn into that inhuman and ghost-like appearance!"

"The monster roared angrily. In the distance, the sound of horns and shouts was earth-shattering. I knew that the Chaos Legion did not use horns, so after I calmed down, I knew that our reinforcements must be here. This monster is now trapped in the city. Jin couldn't move forward, and he couldn't retreat if he wanted to retreat, so he went mad with anger!"

"He rushed towards us, waving the terrifying giant killing blade in his hand. In just one moment, the five or six people in front were all smashed into pieces by him. That's right, it was pieces. Blood splashed on my face, and I Just touched it. I don’t know why, but I wasn’t scared at all at that time.”

"Then my Mikael came out from the side. He was wearing armor, holding his family's ancestral magic sword in one hand, and a shield in the other. He ran and shouted loudly, challenging the monster."