Heart of the Castle

Chapter 704

The Abrahams left Dirk City on a bright sunny morning and embarked on the journey home.After a week of rest and recuperation, they have changed a lot from the embarrassed look when they came, at least they look like an army.Foot soldiers wearing Abraham's traditional robes lined up in a long four-row column, swimming out of the city gate like a giant python, and the red crescent flag fluttered in the forefront of the team. A desert knight riding a tall camel beast galloped back and forth on both sides to ensure that the troops were in order.

The body of Prince Arasang was put in a simple bronze coffin with a pulley under the coffin, which was dragged forward by two camels.His huge and luxurious activity tent was left behind because it was inconvenient to carry. From a distance, it looked like a huge colorful mushroom growing on the flat plain outside Deke City.

Abraham's Great Imam, His Majesty Usamasailian Alyosha, has always been known for his violent personality. Not all Abrahams are willing to go back and face the wrath of this tyrant, especially for those desert knights who belong to the Hundred Undead Squad .Several knights and nearly a hundred soldiers demanded to stay in Northern County, including the lion-slaying Taldanakositi.

For Taldan's request, Abraham's first knight, Tuha Sauddin, was deeply disturbed. Before he set off, he talked with the brother who swore to live and die together several times, but it was difficult to change Taldan's attitude. idea.

In Taldan's view, Usama Imam suffered the tragic loss of his son. With his always violent personality, he will inevitably spread his grievances on these remnant soldiers who returned to Abraham. His detached status is not punished, and Vanderross, who has the most responsibility, has died, so the only person who can make His Majesty the Great Imam pour out his anger is probably the lion slayer Taldan himself.

Two figures in Abraham's robes stood beside the gate of Dirk City for a long time, one of them was holding a particularly tall and strong camel beast, while the other was empty-handed, and the former whispered something from time to time , while the latter closed his mouth tightly, showing a reluctance to talk.

Seeing the large group of people drifting away, while Taldan remained expressionless, Tuha Sauddin finally let out a long sigh, with a frustrated and disappointed expression, but he still did not give up persuading the lion slayers to return to the last place of Abraham. effort.

"Brother Taldan," the desert sky knight's voice was very tired and hoarse, and the anxiety and uneasiness left deep bruises under his eyes, "I hope you will always remember that your home is in the vast sands of Abraham. The sea, not the verdant plains of the Kingdom of Arthur. Even if the young Lord Regent is generous, I am afraid that he will not give you a status equivalent to his own strength, because..."

"Brother Tuha Sauddin, please forgive me, this is probably the last time I will call you by your name." When he interrupted, a trace of pain flashed across Taldan's dark face, but he quickly returned to calm, "I I didn’t stay in the Kingdom of Arthur for honor and status, but to avoid a miserable and shameless execution. I’m afraid you know better than me what kind of person His Majesty the Great Imam of Usama is. ——Arbitrarily self-willed, mean, ungrateful, moody, there may be worse monarchs in this world than him, but there are definitely not many. I remember that before the army set off, His Majesty Osama fell in love with a witch from Yahan , that bitch who claims to be able to read the future in the flames..."

"Shut up!" With a loud bang, Tuha Sauddin punched hard on the city wall beside him, a flake of flakes of stone flew past his cheek, and the blood immediately crawled like a little red snake. Pang below. "You and I should judge the actions of His Majesty the Great Imam Usama? Don't forget, we once swore an oath! Only obedience, no questioning!"

"Yes, because we swore." Taldan replied with a sneer, "His Majesty Osama ordered us to cut off the heads of innocent people, and we must obey, because we swore; that stupid prince ordered us to fight against the strong castle To make a hopeless charge, we must obey, because we have sworn..." He reached out to the collar of his robe angrily, and pulled off the badge representing the identity of the leader of the Hundred Undead Squad. "Now I have decided to break my oath!"

The medallion, forged of gold, copper, and silver, creaked harshly as Tardan's fingers snapped back.Tuha Sauddin's right hand suddenly reached under the robe, holding the handle of the scimitar, but he felt a wave of weakness deep in his heart, unable to draw the knife out of its sheath.When Taldan let go of his fingers, the shattered precious metals fell to the ground, making a crisp crashing sound, as if foreshadowing that the glory of the Hundred Immortals would also be shattered.

In the end, Tuha Sauddin could only shake his head and sigh in response, then jumped on the camel beast and galloped towards the troops who could only see smoke and dust.Taldan Kositi watched his back gradually go away from the city gate, until there was only an unrecognizable black dot left in his field of vision.

"Lord Tuha Sauddin, I hope your choice is not wrong." The lion slayer turned around while muttering to himself, but just as he was about to walk towards the stone city gate full of scars, the light shining from the east The incoming golden sunlight suddenly dimmed, as if it was blocked by a sudden dark cloud.

"In such a clear weather, where are the dark clouds coming from?" Taldan looked up at the clear sky above, feeling a little strange in his heart.But it's just strange, because he doesn't have a magic looking glass that can see several kilometers away, so of course he didn't see the true appearance of the thing that blocked the sun.

"Mr. Dish, what blocks the sun seems...is a big ship?" On a high tower of the sheriff's mansion, Li Wei took away the monocular looking glass with many magical runes carved on it from his eyes, and handed it to the attendants beside him. Knight Grun Worm, who couldn't wait to take the looking glass, immediately squinted one eye and looked out of the window through the looking glass.

"Master Li Wei, that is not an ordinary ship, but a large alchemy flying ship. Judging from its appearance, it is basically the same as the Dawn Star built by the Guangyao Temple back then, except that some exterior decorations have changed." Still Mr. Dish, who was dressed as a butler, flicked his tortoiseshell monocle, and added with disdain. "After so many years, these magic sticks have not even made any progress."

"It's good not to regress, old Dish." Sir Rodriguez shrugged his shoulders and said, "Compared to your time, the current level of alchemy is very low. Alchemists who can create advanced alchemy items He is called a master alchemist, and even such a 'master' has not appeared for more than ten years."

"Is it the flying ship of the Temple of Glory?" Li Wei pondered for a while, "Mr. Dish, according to your judgment, is it possible that this flying ship passed by here unintentionally?"

"Passing by unintentionally? Of course it's impossible." Mr. Dish shook his head and denied without thinking, "Although the technical content is not high, the large airship is undoubtedly an extremely luxurious alchemy item. The magic power consumed is even more astonishing. At the beginning, the entire Glory Temple had only three large flying ships of this type, one of which was used as the vehicle of His Majesty the Pope, one belonged to the group of fanatics of the Knights of the Sword of Condemnation, and the last one It is only when the Guangyao Temple sends out the highest-level envoys."

"In other words, their target is in our North Border County." Levi's eyes flickered, and then he patted Grun Worm's shoulder standing in front of the window, "Pay attention to the movement of that flying ship, Is it flying in the direction of Dirk City?"

"Judging from the direction, that airship probably didn't plan to stay here, but flew towards the Dusk Forest." Grunwalm didn't look back, while looking out through the speculum, while using Said in an excited tone.After the voice fell to the ground, he realized who was speaking just now, and immediately turned around with a pale face, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Regent, I didn't recognize it was you just now..."

Li Wei interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Grunworm, you did nothing wrong, you don't need to apologize for it." After reassuring the young servant knight, the Griffin Lord turned to Mr. Dish and Sir Rodriguez, looking Calm, but there is a hint of worry between the brows, "How should we deal with this incident from the Temple of Radiance? Should we rush back to Green Castle immediately? Or just pretend that this incident didn't happen and wait for Queen Fleischer's order?"

"There are only two possibilities for the envoys of the Temple of Glory to do this. Either they don't know what happened in Dirk City, or they want to abandon us and directly negotiate with other people in King Arthur's court." Sir Rodriguez said in a deep voice. The analysis said, "Because there are not many believers in the Lord of Glory, Flandara, in Northern Border County, although the former is less likely to happen, it is not impossible. And if it is the latter..."

"...Then the attitude of the Glory Temple towards us is worth thinking about." A soft voice sounded from the stairs of the tower, and then the head of Bamilian walked in quietly, bowing to Li Wei and the others, "Your Excellency the Regent, I have just received a message from Mr. Babrupa via an urgent magic communication, please take a look."

As the palace manager said, he took out a roll of parchment from the pocket of the dress, and handed it to Li Wei with both hands. Li Wei took it and unfolded it, and the haze on his face suddenly became more intense.

"Two days ago, Cardinal St. Nemok of the Temple of Radiance visited the Second Eastern County on the large alchemy flying ship Rimang, and had a several-hour meeting with Thomas Dejansen, the head of the Death Knights. The specific content Unable to detect." Levi said, passing the parchment to Mr. Dish, and then into the hands of Sir Rodriguez.

"It seems that Director Bamilian has unfortunately got what he said. There is indeed a problem with the attitude of the Temple of Glory." Sir Rodriguez shook the parchment, with a hint of playful coldness in his tone. The temple has an instinctive disgust, so when he said the conclusion, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. "However, it really didn't occur to people that compared to the Lord Grim Eye who betrayed several masters, isn't our Young Master Li Wei more heroic?"

"These magic sticks are no different from what they did back then. Heroes can only prostrate themselves under the golden light of the Lord of Light. If there is any existence that will disrupt the order of light, then the sword of condemnation will fall from the sky mercilessly. Bringing ruthless destruction and death, and the Temple of Radiance called this behavior 'cleansing the dirt from the world'." Mr. Dish's tone was mixed with sarcasm and sadness, and there seemed to be some shadows in his eyes.

Director Bamilian seemed quite nervous, "Master Frederick, do you mean that the Temple of Radiance has chosen Thomas Jansen as their ally and regards us as hostile targets?"

"No, it won't be so fast." Mr. Dish shook his head and said, "Although I am dissatisfied with many practices of the Shining Temple, their behavior is indeed very cautious, and they are also sensitive to the point of nervousness. Madjonson also has his own fatal shortcoming. The king he supports does not have the legal right to inherit the Kingdom of Arthur, especially after Queen Fleischer has been triggered and recognized by the sacred realm of Firmeyer, unless the Queen Unfortunately, His Majesty was killed, otherwise that illegitimate child would never be able to sit on the Golden Throne again."

With a "bang", Li Wei slammed his fist hard on the table beside him. Several deep and long cracks appeared on the solid pine table immediately, and the candlestick and ink bottle placed on it fell to the ground together.

"Hurt Fleischer? They don't even think about their plot!" The Griffin Lord announced angrily, and then ordered to the Scourge Knight, "Sir Rodriguez, please go and arrange the accompanying team immediately, and in half an hour , we will ride the griffin back to Greencastle!"

"Although the full-flying speed of ordinary griffins is slightly faster than that of the flying ship, it is extremely limited. Even if we set off immediately, it is estimated that it will not be much earlier." Mr. Dish reminded, "Master Levi, we have A better way to return, since the last time I spent Faith Gem to hire Dariga Express, I have started to study how to use the divine power transmission network of the Earth Temple as a beacon for long-distance transmission of magic, although there are still some technical problems in the transmission to other places. difficulties, but at least there is no problem returning to Greencastle."

Levi thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "Then I will trouble you, Mr. Dish, of course it is more convenient to transmit magic than riding a griffin. But...just in case, I, Restrue Binson, Chief Bamilian, and Master Frederick returned to Green Castle through teleportation magic, Sir Rodriguez, please gather all the champion knights, and then come after them on a griffin."

While the Griffon Lord and others were discussing countermeasures, the large alchemy airship Rimang was moving forward steadily in the sky three kilometers away from Dirk City, and the seven sets of propeller blades that constituted the cruise power mechanism were flying Spinning rapidly, while making a buzzing sound, it made the flying ship move forward at a speed of about 80 kilometers per hour.

This is already more than twice the speed of the best war horses. The wind speed at high altitude is much stronger than that on the ground. The strong wind on the deck of the flying ship makes it impossible for ordinary people to stand still.However, for Cardinal St. Nemok of the Temple of Glory, who has the ability to cast the ninth ring of divine magic, and the head of the Knights of the Sword of Condemnation Oita, the sword-wielding Grand Duke Triunicion, it is nothing to do with the gentle breeze blowing on their faces. Two, even the voices of talking to each other are clear and ear-catching.

"...Lord Bishop, I don't think it is necessary to deliberately avoid this border city of the Kingdom of Arthur. Even if they want to intercept, there is no way to pose a threat to the Rimang at an altitude of thousands of meters. On the contrary, they can Let these foolish people who believe in pagan and false gods see the majesty of the Lord of Radiance."

The head of Triune Oita is a middle-aged man with thick blond hair. He has a good appearance and strong facial features. His upper lip is cleanly shaved according to the requirements of the Guangyao scriptures. Hard mustache.He has a unique temperament, which is not only the piety and peace of a priest, but also the iron blood and toughness of a warrior who has experienced many battles. He does not look cold at all, but his tone is full of a certain kind of indifference The taste of life makes people feel chills after seeing it.

"Brother Triuni, this is not a church, so you don't have to use this kind of honorific to perfuse me." Cardinal St. Nemok replied bluntly. He was wearing a red clergyman's robe dotted with countless gold threads. Holding tightly in his hand the scepter that symbolizes the power of plenipotentiary negotiations bestowed by the Pope, the golden sunray disk reflects the sunlight around the head of the scepter, and countless tiny colorful lights sway with his every movement. "We should try our best to avoid those powerful nobles in the northern counties of the Kingdom of Arthur, and, if possible, contact the sole legal heir of the Arthur royal family—His Majesty Queen Fleisher I, before Li Weiston. This is the teaching Master Zong's personal orders, you, me, and everyone on this flying ship have no right to question, only the right to carry out the orders seriously."

The head of the Triune Oita branch seemed to be quite shocked, "The Pope is really too cautious." He puffed up his chest to meet the sudden strong wind, his tone was cold, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little lacking in warmth. "No matter what, the team belonging to Levi Stern can't fight against the Temple of Glory, and the people in the northern region don't know that the Temple of Glory has sent an airship, as long as the golden sunburst badge appears above the masts of the airship , They will definitely be shocked by it and regard this incident as a miracle.”

(End of this chapter)