rune hunter

Chapter 338
In the dark morning mist, Sword Castle ushered in a new day.As the literal meaning describes, there is no rising sun today, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and black clouds are rolling on the distant horizon, as if a storm is brewing.

The second letter from the Prophet Muhammad was placed on the table of the people of Istaren. The tone was as low-key and humble as before, and the conditions of the negotiation were only slightly changed.In the previous letter, the Prophet expressed his willingness to share the city with the Istarenians, but in this letter he listed more detailed negotiation conditions.The Brotherhood is willing to submit to the Eastalenian people and let the Eastalenian people gain the dominance, but correspondingly, the Eastalenian people must also take over the defense of Sword Castle.

Compared with the first letter, this time the prophet was obviously full of sincerity, and even hinted in the letter that there were many issues to discuss.This can be regarded as a big surprise for the Istaren exiles who just finished their long journey.

"There will be no pie in the sky, and that prophet is not an ordinary character who is willing to be subordinate to others. The more humble his attitude is, the more it indicates that there is a problem. If we accept the negotiation, I am afraid we will fall into his trap." Laura Na still has strong doubts about Muhammad, or it can be said that she has a deep understanding of wise men who are as good at calculation as herself. This kind of person never considers the lower limit when planning the layout.

If she were to lead the Istaron army, Laurana would not hesitate to quarter the second courier, and then go all out to uproot the remaining forces of the Brotherhood.The best enemy is a dead enemy, and a dead enemy poses no threat.The advantage of doing this is that it is simple and neat without leaving any future troubles, but the disadvantage is that in the case of the fraternity jumping over the wall in a hurry, one's own people will inevitably suffer certain losses.

From the standpoint of the enemy and the enemy, Laurana's choice is completely correct, but as the leaders of the Istaron exiles, Tiana and El have more issues to consider.

After a long trek through the brown earth hills, the number of exiles has been severely reduced, and the current overall situation is not optimistic.The proportion of women and children in this team is too large, and there are congenital deficiencies in terms of physical fitness. The reason why they can survive until now depends on the tenacious willpower of the northerners.

It’s fine if you don’t reach your destination, and you can always keep going if you grit your teeth and insist.But now by chance, Sword Fort has been occupied. Although the city is small in scale, it is protected by city walls after all, so it can barely be regarded as a suitable shelter.However, the exiles are just ordinary civilians after all. As long as they relax, it may not be so easy to start again.

Inertia is the original sin of human beings, who would be willing to leave their homeland if it is not at the critical moment of life and death.The road ahead is still long, but now there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Even if they know that the danger behind them is looming, most people still have a fluke mentality and would rather use their lives to block that one in ten thousand does not exist. possible, hoping to escape the gaze of death.

"I feel the rotten breath of the undead approaching. This city is not safe, but now we must rest, otherwise those children will not be able to go further." Tiana stared at the prophet's letter and said to herself said.

"As long as the Brotherhood of Masonry is here, we're not going to be safe," Laurana said, frowning.

"Looking at the map, the distance from Sword Castle to Camille Wasteland is less than [-] kilometers, and it is a plain area with a traffic network. According to our previous travel speed, we can reach it in half a month. "Er knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "At that time, it will be just in time for the autumn harvest. Regardless of Churkin's attitude towards us, at least we can find a way to get food. And the surplus food here has been eaten by those refugees I don't think it's worth staying anymore."

"You're right, but we really can't move anymore." Tiana picked up another report from the table, rubbed her temples, and said distressedly: "This is Mr. Bonaparte and Ms. Media in the morning. According to the report submitted, the number of our patients has increased significantly after entering the city, although most of them are collapsed due to excessive fatigue, which is not a big problem, but these people must get enough rest. "

"If we stay, how much time will we have?" El asked bluntly.But anyone who escaped from Istaron is quite familiar with the black shadow on the horizon, which is the dark sky accompanying the march of the undead army.In the morning, El climbed to the mountain pass to estimate, and felt that those shadows were still far away from Sword Castle, at least a week, but he was more willing to listen to Tiana's opinion on this aspect.In terms of dealing with the undead, the girl's experience is far richer than his half-baked guy.

"According to intelligence, the provinces on both sides of the east and west may have been occupied by the plague, and Earl Kemal's resistance is unlikely to persist for too long, so we can't have any good illusions." Tiana pulled the map and held it with her hand The nail drew a circle around the sword castle, and said seriously: "There are hills and mountains around here. Even the undead army that doesn't need to rest can't maintain a normal speed. It will take at least a week for them to climb over the mountains and ridges." Time, and we must keep at least three days away from them, which is the safest safe distance. In other words, the time left for us to rest will not exceed four days."

"The premise is that we must negotiate with the Brotherhood, otherwise keeping them here will cause us a lot of trouble." Laurana said unhappily: "And then we have to reach a settlement with the local strength of Sword Castle, otherwise we can't feel at ease at all rest."

"The sword castle is easy to deal with. After all, their new patriarch is still here with us. I'll take care of them." El nodded and said, "As for the brotherhood, we can delay it, as long as it is over For these four days, let's just leave and let them die."

"Well, this is also a way, Miss Tiana, I can take charge of this work." Laurana sighed and said: "Compared with the gang of mobs who are not in the right place, I am more worried about our internal problems. "

"I will deal with the internal issues... Everyone should hurry up now." Tiana whispered while covering her forehead.

It was already past nine o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still gloomy. The fog blocked the sun, and it looked as if the sky was mourning for the future of the city.Tiana began calling impromptu meetings of representatives from all sides, but El didn't think that kind of meeting would do much to help the current situation.He has his own work to attend to, and despite the brief respite he has been given, he still dares not let his army relax.

Pallanti led the black knight to continue to open the way, and Ahmed led the mountain hunters back to the forest behind them to monitor the whereabouts of the undead in the distance.There are troubles both front and rear, and one cannot be too cautious.El himself sat in the army to rebuild the city defense, and handed over the work of cleaning up the remnants of the Brotherhood to General Hank and his night watchman soldiers.

Compared with those troubles on the political level, what really troubles El is the night watchman force currently under his command. General Hanke's promise to him is limited to the brown earth hills. As for him now The idea is still unknown.In order to prevent this abandoned army that originally belonged to the enemy's camp from making a big fuss one day, it is a good idea to find them a job that can divert their attention. It is a good idea to put them on the brotherhood.

Al finds himself looking more and more like a brazen politician.

In a small, secluded and uninhabited house deep in the urban area that was forcibly occupied by the Estalonians, El met Simaco and Diana.

Miss Juggernaut's injuries were not particularly serious, thanks to the puppeteer's mercy.What really put her into a coma was the poison in her body.This kind of poison is not fatal to a strong person of her level, but it is very difficult to deal with, and it is easier to aggravate the symptoms when the body is exhausted.Although the problem was not complicated, ordinary temple priests still had nothing to do about it, and could only hope that Diana's own body would recover.Sleep is a healthy body defense mechanism, but with this level of self-recovery alone, it's hard to tell when she'll wake up.

Sima Ke sat beside the girl and waited for the whole night without sleep, his eyes were bloodshot.The injuries on his body are also very serious, and he was only temporarily controlled by drugs yesterday.Although he saved his life now, he is obviously a useless person, and staying here is purely a psychological problem.

"I suggest you wash your face now, eat something and have a good sleep." El came in with a basket of bread and red wine, and said seriously to Simaco.After occupying Sword Fort, the food reserves in the team were immediately replenished, so that they could all eat fresh bread.This is tantamount to sucking the flesh and blood of the people of Sword Castle, but El has no guilt at all. The rebellion has nothing to do with him. Later, the city was destroyed, and these civilians were not killed by him. He has no psychological pressure to enjoy these unowned food.

Facts have proved that El still thinks a little too much. As an aristocrat, Simaco has not considered the origin of these breads at all. Gobbled it up, and it seemed that he was really hungry.

"How's it going in the city?" After eating three pieces of bread, Simako, who recovered a little bit of anger, raised his head and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Sword Castle has fallen, and the Beifeng family is probably dead. The Masonry Brotherhood killed many people, regardless of nobles and civilians. And we also killed them for a whole night. Now everyone is tired and is preparing to negotiate." Eryi said simply and appalled.

Simako nodded numbly. As a silver-ranked powerhouse, he could hear the outside news even if he was sitting here, but he just wanted to get a positive answer from El.After escaping from the puppeteer, he didn't dare to stay in the noble district at all.As a great swordsman who concentrates on martial arts, he doesn't have such a smart head to bargain with those old immortals.

At that time, the only people he could trust were the unfamiliar and familiar Istaren people, so he took his eldest lady and defected here without saying a word.

"I heard that the puppeteer was killed?" Simaco was silent for a moment, raised his head and looked directly into El's eyes and asked.

"Well, it was done by your ancestors, and I picked up a bargain by the way." El moved his fingers and nodded.

"I have no way to repay the kindness of you and Miss Tiana, only this life can make up for it." Sima Ke turned his head and looked at the unconscious girl, took a deep breath, stood up and said to El seriously: "I I am willing to use the secret treasure of Sword Castle in exchange for you to eradicate the Brotherhood and avenge Sword Castle!"

(End of this chapter)