The King of Knights

On the third day of the march, it was raining heavily, just as Lucifer had said to Gawain earlier. This heavy rain slowed down the march significantly, but due to the previous rapid march, the overall speed did not slow down, and taking advantage of this weather, the army had more time to rest.

The rain fell heavily for a day, and did not stop completely until the fourth day, when Lucifer led the army forward. Along the way, when they walked along the avenue to a river, there was an additional figure in the middle of the road.

He was the Robin Hood he had only met before. The beach on the side of the road had not yet dried, and Robin Hood did not hide his figure, but stood directly there.

“Stop there!”

Lucifer raised his hand to make a gesture, and the army behind stopped one after another. He led Gawain and Artoria out of the crowd and rode to Robin Hood.

“It’s you again! This time much more upright than the last time, no need to be stealthy? At this time, Lucifer looked around and found that he was indeed the only one.

“I don’t want to be mistaken by your knight again. Not to mention me, the reason why I am here now is to tell you not to move on. It’s better for you to spare the road. ”

Robin Hood’s words couldn’t help but make Lucifer think about what might have happened on the road ahead.

“What happened up there?” He asked.

“Yesterday’s heavy rains caused the river to suddenly skyrocket, and the only bridge to go across the river has been washed away. Although the current is much calmer, the surface of the water is much wider than expected. Without the bridge, you can’t cross the river if you go on. ”

The news brought by Robin Hood surprised all three, the bridge in front of them was their only way, and if the bridge had been destroyed, it would undoubtedly delay their march.

“The bridge collapsed, can’t cross the river? Leah, map! Gawain, you take a few knights to quickly go to the front to check the situation of the river. ”

On the surface, Lucifer didn’t fully believe Robin Hood’s words. While he asked Leah to bring the map, he sent Gawain to determine the situation.

“Please look!” Leah took out a cylinder from her horse, and it was the map that was rolled there.

Gawain returned to the queue and set off quickly with a few knights, he needed to determine the authenticity of the news as soon as possible. If this is true, it is necessary to determine the condition of the river.

After Gawain left, Lucifer had been looking at the map, observing the nearby bridge and even the terrain. in order to find alternative solutions. If the bridge in front is not destroyed, or can be repaired, these solutions are naturally not needed.

But if the worst happens, an alternative must be found immediately to cross the river.

“The other bridge that is currently closest to here will take more than half a day to travel, plus another day to return to the original road.” Lucifer muttered.

“Do you want a detour?” Leah immediately spoke of the possible options.

“No, you need to wait for Gawain to come back to determine the situation. If the damage is severe, we cannot be sure that the bridge is intact. If it’s the same as the previous one.”

Soon, Gawain returned with the knight. He dismounted and came to Lucifer, truthfully explaining the situation ahead.

“Wang, the river in front of you has risen a lot, the bridge… The bridge was also washed away. ”

“Tell the troops to rest in place. Let’s go over together, and I’m going to see the scene for myself. ”

Hearing this, Lucifer immediately ordered Gawain to stay, and he took dozens of knights to accelerate forward.

Soon they came to a river, and at the end of the road a destroyed bridge could be seen. The piers are still only partially submerged in the water, but the central part has long since disappeared.

In this case, it is basically impossible for the army to cross the river, and although the river has calmed down a lot, it still washes people away. Lucifer picked up a stone and threw it into the water, and found that the depth of the water was far beyond the height of ordinary people, plus the river surface of tens of meters, so that it was impossible to cross the river without a bridge.

The knight followed Lucifer’s steps to the river, watching his own shadow reflected on the surface of the water fall into silence. There was no problem for the previous three days, and even their king took advantage of the heavy rain, but no one thought that what should have been just a small river blocked their direction.

Lucifer kept calculating the time and feasibility in his mind, and finally fixed his eyes on the climate and a forest not far away.

“Robin Hood, are there any elves in this little forest?” Lucifer asked the ranger beside him.

This forest is only a small forest compared to the previous forest, but that does not mean that there are few trees in it. Lucifer calculated the distance to the river and found that they were enough to build bridges.

“This is a barren forest, the magic power in the veins of the earth has long been exhausted, and the elves will not live in such a place.” Robin Hood looked at the woods in the distance and said the answer.

The place where the elves live is usually accompanied by the earth vein, and the earth vein here has no magic and naturally cannot have elves.

“That’s good.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Of course you need materials to build bridges, don’t you? Originally, I was thinking that if there were elves here, I should discuss borrowing or buying some trees with them. After all, it is not very moral to disturb people’s peace casually. ”

“Huh? Do you still care about that? Robin Hood had a new understanding of Lucifer.

In his opinion, as a king, it is good to take this forest directly. This is what nobles and even kings did before. Although the country is famous for knighthood, very few people actually speak the principles of chivalry.

“Of course, historically elves have existed in this land much longer than humans. Moreover, since they live in this land, they are my people and part of this country. Lucifer spoke his opinion.

“You…, if you really have this idea, I am very supportive. I’ve heard elves complain about the impact humans have on their lives not once. It just so happens that this land currently has no owner, you can cut it at will. ”

“No host. The former owner died in battle? ”

“The former owner is dead, that’s right. But not died in battle, but died in a duel. He also has no descendants. Under current British law, the land would be returned to the royal family. ”

After Robin Hood’s words, Lucifer suddenly felt that his luck was not bad. Of course, even if there is a lord in this land, Lucifer will still cut it, but he will go through a procedure and give that person some compensation. But since it didn’t, it also saved some trouble.

“Oh! That means it’s my stuff now. ”

Lucifer’s current status is king, naturally, and this land is also his territory. Although official instruments may not be filed, at least in name.

Robin Hood only then thought that it seemed to be the same as Lucifer.

“That’s true. It’s just that I want to remind you that even if you open the bridge now, it will still delay a lot of time, and it is better to detour than to waste time and energy building the bridge. ”

“Normally, you’re right. But if it’s just a one-off bridge, I have a special approach. ”

“Special method?”

Lucifer did not say what the special method was, but walked towards one of the many knights, a purple knight.

“Lancelot, I heard Tristan say that you are very good at logging?” Lucifer asked a delicate question.

“Logging? If that’s what Wang is looking forward to. Lancelot was stunned at first, and then understood that it meant to cut down trees. Although he did not know what Wang wanted to do, he obeyed.

“You don’t need to be too neat, just cut down those trees in the fastest way. Then they are thrown into the river in rows to fill up. Can it be done? ”

“Yes! But if I want to do it as soon as possible, I need more people. ”

“No problem. Leah, go and inform Tristan and ask him to bring another three hundred people. Focus on people who will grow with strength. ”

“Obey!”

Leah went fast and came back quickly. After a while, three hundred knights appeared in front of Lucifer’s eyes, and he temporarily handed them over to Lancelot, and then they began a huge tree-cutting campaign over there.

Although they also had many doubts in their minds, since it was the king’s order, they could only carry it out. About an hour later, they took the already cut tree trunk and quickly dropped it upstream not far from the river, and the tree trunk floated down the river.

While they were still wondering why Lucifer didn’t use these things to build a bridge, but throw away the trunks, Lucifer had already come to the river. He drew the holy sword at his waist.

“Cold frost from the painting world, freeze everything.” A swirl of frost rolled up on the holy sword held high, and Lucifer aimed it hard at the surface of the river.

A strong ice storm shot out with a sword, and quickly reached the opposite bank of the river in front of him, and finally froze along with the trunks of the trees on the ground. In this storm, the crowd was almost unsteady on their feet.

After the storm, the ice bridge that seemed to be miraculous came out. The surface of the river and the tree trunk are frozen by ice, and the huge ice surface in front of you is hundreds of meters wide to form a natural ice bridge. Due to the trunk under the ice, it is stronger than the ordinary ice surface. The whole looks like a concrete bridge made of ice and trees.

“Okay!” At this moment, Lucifer seemed to have just done a trivial thing.

“This!” Robin Hood felt the urge to wipe his eyes to see if he was dazzled.

Using magic to freeze the surface of the river to allow the army to pass through is probably something that few people have thought about before. Compared with Robin Hood’s sluggishness, the knights who saw this scene looked at Lucifer again, and their eyes were full of fanaticism.

Yes, the man in front of them who freezes the river is their king, the king to whom they are loyal. Even Leah stayed for a long time without reacting, until Lucifer’s order appeared.

“Immediately notify everyone to speed up the crossing of the river!” Lucifer withdrew his sword and shouted to the knight behind him.

“Obey!”

At this moment, all the knights were running to the rear army at a rapid speed, and they couldn’t wait to tell their compatriots behind them about the miracle they had just seen.