Carry the Ring of Elden with you

Roland had this aspect in mind when he asked Neferi Lu to lead the Homeless Knights, Exiled Soldiers, and Storm Eagles alone. The more noise Nefeli Lu made over there, the more likely he would be. The more time there is to transfer these residents of Pulin City.He had never doubted Neferi Lu's passion for the massacre of the city.

In the game, this female warrior saw the tragic scene of the massacre of Platinum Village by Sir Momochi's men, and directly confessed that the village when she was a child also experienced the same experience. The weak were ravaged, plundered, and killed. It was like a scene of purgatory on earth. She expressed her feelings towards This behavior makes me sick and angry.

"But I am no longer the young child I was then. Although it is too late, I will take revenge. Let those who committed violence know that I, Neferi Lu, am a warrior." Feili Lu closed her eyes for the tragic death of the Platinum Son in front of her, raised her head and spoke tremblingly but firmly towards the Faded One played by the player.

Although she fell into confusion later when she learned that the culprit of the Platinum Village tragedy was her adoptive father [Sir Bai Zhi] who raised her.It wasn't until the player handed her the ashes of the ancient Storm Eagle King that she cheered up, bid farewell to her adoptive father, and became the new king of Stonewell City.

But judging from Neferi Lu's answers in Platinum Village, it is not difficult to see that she is a warrior who sympathizes with the weak and advocates peace, so Roland is very convinced that she will punish the soldiers of Gunther Kingdom by the Storm King.This is also the reason why Roland handed over the command of the homeless knights and exiled soldiers to her after summoning her.

Of course Neferi Lu also understood the meaning of her friend's actions.Because the two of them reached a consensus on sympathizing with the weak.

Chapter 100:What if this is my city?

After the old lady Linna, the widow of the Lu Si En family, came out of the carriage with her daughter, grandson and daughter-in-law, she looked at Neferi, who was surrounded by storm eagles and lion guards, without saying a word, and with the trembling family members beside her. Lu, together with her homeless knights and exiled soldiers, packed and arranged the corpses of the guards who died in the battle to protect her from leaving the city.

The fallen guards lay quietly on the ground, and Neferi Lu closed their eyes one by one, praying that their souls could be as free as the wind.

"Kill them and then pray for their souls. Don't you think it's too hypocritical? In that case, why do you want to kill them?" Old woman Linna can probably guess that the other party left her and others alive. , just asked.

As the largest noble in Pulin City, she naturally knew about the Golden Dynasty, a recently rising country.Although the old woman didn't know why His Majesty Judah hated this country, and she also heard that Lu Yi, the current president of the Lulan Chamber of Commerce, also had some unexplainable hatred for Roland.

However, these have nothing to do with nobles like Linna, and they even want to get in touch with the higher-ups in the Golden Dynasty.

After all, as time went by, they discovered that the goods exported from the Golden Dynasty were more high-quality and cheaper than similar goods from other countries.Especially when Roland didn't know what secret he used to make friends with the dwarves, so that the dwarves, who had always been unwilling to cooperate with outsiders and liked to look like stinking stones, actually sent a team of dwarf forging masters to the Golden Dynasty. The city of Morne settled in and built things for them.

This also makes Morn City the only place in the human country where you can buy high-quality tools forged by dwarves.

But later, Linna heard that Morn City was accepting those rude orcs, which made many nobles think that Roland was still a country bumpkin after all and could not achieve great things.But these actions did not affect their determination to talk to Roland.

It's just a pity that Roland has been walking around Moren City and Leiden City, and often appears in front of the civilians.However, they turned a blind eye to the requests of the nobles of the Charles Empire, which made the nobles of the Charles Empire a little angry.

Of course, when they heard that Roland was not even willing to meet his nominal allies, the nobles of the Holy Empire of France, and only had contact with members of the royal family, these nobles inexplicably mocked the nobles of the Holy Empire of France. , thinking that they are incompetent and cannot even handle a small subordinate country lord.

Now the nobles in Charles's empire are waiting to see Roland's joke with a gloating mentality, and see how ugly he will be when he is rejected by all the nobles when he finds out that he must integrate into the circle of nobles like them after developing to a certain level.

Obviously these nobles didn't know that Roland not only had no intention of integrating into their circle, but also wanted to destroy their circle.

Lu Si En's widow, the old lady Linna, naturally didn't know this either.She just thought that Roland was following the most basic principles between nobles, and after capturing them, he demanded a large amount of compensation from the Charles Empire to redeem himself.

Of course, this compensation will be paid by the noble family of the old woman Linna in the capital of the empire.

It was only when Linna heard Gunther's soldiers mentioning the word "Roland" when she dared not come out of the carriage that she realized that the lord of the Golden Dynasty, whom the nobles of the Charles Empire had been asking for, was going to fight in person this time. When we arrived at Pulin City, this was a good opportunity to get in touch with him.

Thinking of this, Linna looked at her daughter who had calmed down but still looked a little pale and had a confused look in her eyes.My daughter is naturally pretty. She has been carefully educated since she was a child, and she exists just for moments like this.

If his daughter's performance can make her attracted to Roland and marry him, it is not impossible to rely on the powerful armies of these Golden Dynasties to give her family more say in Charles's empire.

These nobles are like this, saying they look down on them while secretly coveting what others have.

Neferi Lu heard what the old woman Linna said, closed her eyes for the last soldier, looked up at Linna and replied: "The moment they become soldiers, they are no longer innocent, they will either die in battle or live. You should be glad that they died in battle instead of being devoured by some despicable creature.”

Then the female warrior shrugged: "And if you are worried about their lives, you should surrender to me yourself. This way they won't be killed to protect you people, right?"

Nephili Lu's words left Lina speechless for a moment.

The old woman didn't expect this man dressed as a barbarian to be so articulate. She could only ignore this topic and talk about another topic: "When will you take me to see Roland, the lord of your Golden Dynasty? I think you will capture us for sure. Not just for the boring reason that we spent half a day here watching you pick up the corpses of dead people.”

"A boring thing?" Neferi Lu slowly refused this sentence. She glanced at the corpses of the guards on the ground with pitiful eyes, and then shook her head slightly: "These soldiers really followed the wrong master."

Linna didn't listen to what Neferi Lu said. In her opinion, it was natural for these soldiers to sacrifice themselves for themselves.

The old woman said: "I need Roland to swear in the name of the lord to provide a safe house and warm food for me, my daughter, grandson and daughter-in-law. And promise that we will not be harmed before the ransom from Charles' empire arrives. Any harm. I myself have something to talk to Lord Roland, please help convey it to us, lady."

"That's a lot to ask for." Nephili Lu curled her lips, waved over a homeless knight, pointed at Lina and others, and emphasized that they would escort these captives to Roland with the same treatment as prisoners.

The Homeless Knight understood this and pointed at the little boy hiding behind his mother and asked: "Is he the same?"

Neferi Lu nodded without hesitation: "Of course, children of his age in my tribe can already hold on to their battle axes and hunt a lone direwolf alone on the northern ice fields. A youngling. When an eagle is learning how to fly, its parents will ruthlessly push it off a cliff, and this boy is much bigger than the young eagle."

It can only be said that if it were Edgar or Kenneth Hyde, they would probably let the little boy go. Unfortunately, this young boy met Neferi Lu, who was trained as a warrior since he was a child. The big Storm King would not spoil this pampered child.

"Yes." The Homeless Knight nodded, and then led the exiled soldiers of his team to take out the shackles and hemp ropes and walked towards Linna and others.

Linna heard the conversation between Neferi Lu and the Homeless Knight. She looked at the knights in shining armor and the exiled soldiers wearing crimson cloaks who were approaching her. Her face changed and she shouted in protest: "This is not what I should do." You are insulting me!"

If Roland heard Lina's protest here, he might have added: "It's just an insult to you, so what?"

Linna's protest had no effect. The Homeless Knight struck them on the neck with a few precise strikes and knocked them unconscious. After checking whether they were carrying any dangerous items, he tied the shackles tightly with hemp ropes. On their bodies dressed in luxurious clothes, a group of graceful and luxurious prisoners were born.

Neferi Lu took off her storm ax from her waist and shouted to the other homeless knights and exiled soldiers behind her: "My soldiers! Now, let us go together to eliminate the evil that is happening in this city. Act! Bring punishment to those soldiers who turned into thugs! Clear away all the filth floating in the wind of this city and bring back the wind of freedom!"

The Storm Eagle soared and the Lion Guard roared.The remaining homeless knights and exiled soldiers followed Neferi Lu's movements and began to shout passionately: "Storm King! Storm King!"

Time passed a little later, and Roland was currently in the Golden Dynasty's camp personally recording the number of Pulin City residents who had been sent to Leiden City.

Kenneth Hyde is far away in Leiden City. Edgar is in charge of commanding the soldiers of the King's Army who have just arrived. Jonson Bloodhoof has no problem asking him to speak human common language, but it is a bit difficult for this tauren to ask him to write. The chief had become the chief, and Melina, who usually helped him with the attack, was not around at this time, so Roland counted around and found that there was no civil servant around him who could help.

Edgar's daughter Irena is one of them, but the current situation in Pling City is uncertain. If something unexpected happens and Irena, who has no ability to protect herself, is injured, Roland will really feel bad.

Wait, it seems wrong to say that Irena has no ability to protect herself.Roland remembered that if he attacked Irena in the game, she would have a prayer effect similar to the [Principle of Causality], and if she continued to attack, she would explode directly.

But now Irena is enjoying a hard-won peaceful life in Morn City, and Roland really can't bear to let this girl who originally had a tragic fate in the border land come to the battlefield where life flies like snowflakes. Father Edgar would not agree either.

We have to select some civil servants from among the nobles and dignitaries summoned.Roland was thinking this in his mind, and saw a homeless knight leading a group of exiled soldiers escorting several unconscious women and children from a distant street.

He went forward with some curiosity. After all, the camp was surrounded by Grek's army. If the Storm King's army suddenly returned, there must be something important.

The homeless knight immediately saluted Roland respectfully: "Lord Roland! These people were captured by Lord Neferi Lu. According to their identities, they should be the family members of Lu Si En, the lord of Pulin City. The oldest That lady is Lu Si En’s wife.”

Roland's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then he looked at the Lu Si'en family members who were dragged here in a coma in the cold winter and sighed: "Did you just drag them all the way here? I read that right, there are children inside. Child, right?"

The Homeless Knight replied: "It was Lord Neferi Lu who ordered us to bring them to Lord Roland according to the treatment of escorting prisoners."

Are these stupid nobles saying something to make Neferi Lu unhappy?Roland nodded to the Homeless Knight: "Send the people into the house first, light a fire, and wake them up. I have something to say to them."

"Yes!"

At this time, Melina's figure suddenly appeared next to Roland.After Yaqir filled the general's mansion with his dragon's breath, Melina rushed from the central area of ​​the city to the direction of the Golden Dynasty in the west city.

For Melina, her assassination mission has been completed, and there is no need to stay in the General's Mansion anymore.

Of course, she did not forget that Master Rodia was out of power due to the release of the [Meteor Shower] pyroxene magic. After telling the exiled soldiers charging from the Xicheng District where Rodia was, she rushed all the way to Roland's camp. .

Melina just glanced at Lina and others on the ground curiously. She didn't ask anything, but simply said to Roland: "I'm back."

"Are you injured? How are the others?" Roland asked with concern, while subconsciously pressing the Red Dew Drop Holy Grail bottle against it.

Melina obediently took the Holy Grail bottle, which was exactly the same as the one she had given to Roland, and replied softly: "I'm fine. But the injuries to the two homeless knights, White and Harold, were more serious. If they hadn't attracted... With the attention of a legendary mage, I can't kill him with one blow. Rodia just lost his strength and is not seriously injured."

Roland breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay."

Then he looked at Melina with some surprise. He looked at the girl who said that she was not injured but still took her Red Dew Drop Holy Grail bottle with a hint of joy in her eyebrows. She didn't reveal anything.

The homeless knight on the side had already very discerningly called for the exiled soldiers to take Lina and other captured family members.

He glanced at the king's army who were constantly bringing back the residents of Pulin City from other places, and said to Melina with some apology: "But there are a lot of things to be busy with now. Can you help me count the people here for the time being? How many residents of Pling City were transferred from Leiden City? I need to interrogate several very important prisoners now."

Melina nodded lightly: "Leave this job to me. But on the way here, I saw many Allied soldiers protesting against us transporting these residents, especially the soldiers from Gunther Country. Maybe very That fat nobleman is going to come and cause trouble again soon."

Roland nodded: "I understand. The prisoner I want to interrogate next happens to be related to this matter. If everything goes well, I can stop Gunther's mouth."

If he, like the soldiers of Gunther Country, were the invaders who invaded Pulin City, then his method of taking away the residents of Pulin City would undoubtedly cause serious dissatisfaction to the Allied Forces of other countries, even if they were relatively good before. The Kingdom of Austin is no exception.But what if Pulin City is nominally owned by its own Golden Dynasty?These residents of Pulin City are nominally part of the Golden Dynasty, so it is not up to the allies of other countries to dictate how Roland handles these residents.

At present, the person in Pulin City who has enough persuasiveness and credibility for the Allied Forces of other countries to admit that Pulin City is part of the Golden Dynasty is Lu Si En's widow, the old woman Linna.

Chapter 1: The atrocities that occurred in Pulin City

When the old woman Lina was shaken awake by Knight Commander Greg, she immediately felt the warm atmosphere in the house and the shackles and hemp ropes tightly bound around her body.

But she didn't yell in panic, but calmly looked at her position.

The winter in Pulin City was very cold, so Roland asked his soldiers to help light a fire in the house.Hot breath and faint red light wandered around the room.There were toasted bread and dried meat on the conference table inside the room, and Roland was sitting next to the earthenware heating urn.

Rodel Knight Ikosela, dressed in golden armor, stared closely at Lina who was tied to the chair, like a mouse on the hunt for a cat.

Lina's brows furrowed, her eyes lost in thought.She did not recognize the strange man and the knight in shining armor in front of her, but this did not prevent her from guessing the identity of the other party.The old woman Lina was full of resistance and struggle against this moment, as if she refused to admit the existence of this scene.

Roland smiled, his eyes were clear and calm, as if he could see through everything, but he also didn't seem to care about anything.

Knight Rodel stood aside silently, his eyes fixed on Lina without any emotion shown.

The fire made a small sound, and the breeze blew through the gaps in the wooden walls.The whole scene is filled with a subtle sense of tension, as if it is hanging in the air every second.Everyone fell into a forced silence, as if afraid of breaking it.

Lina looked at Roland, trying to hide her inner fear.However, her eyes showed a lot of uneasiness and resistance.Roland smiled slightly and patted the table gently. The aroma of baking bread wafted through the room, breaking the deadlock.

"I heard from my men that you are the wife of General Lu Si'en." Roland said, picked up the bread and handed it to Linna: "I heard that you asked my friend Neferi Lu to provide you with a warm shelter and heat. Tengteng food, I did it as you asked."

Lina's eyes turned to the bread. The old woman pondered for a while and finally refused: "But I have never heard of tying guests to a chair when treating guests, especially an old man like me."

Then the old woman raised her head and said to Roland: "Where are my daughter, grandson and daughter-in-law? Are they okay?"

Roland raised his eyebrows, then put the bread he picked up into his mouth, chewing it leisurely.

Ikosela nodded silently, as if he had anticipated Roland's move.

"Please stop wasting my time and tell me directly what I should do to satisfy you. Please let my daughters go, they are innocent." Lina looked at Roland's leisurely look and sighed slightly in her heart. road.

After Roland finished eating the bread, he looked at the old woman who raised her right index finger and shook it slightly: "Don't worry, they are in the next room and are taken care of by my soldiers. I don't want to hurt your family, I just need you. Use the seal of General Lu Si'en in your hand to sign an agreement and acknowledge that I am the current lord of Pulin City. In this way, I will let you and your family go."

The old woman had a look of astonishment on her face but she quickly covered it up. The amount of information hidden in Roland's request made it difficult for her to digest for a while.

If Linna remembered correctly, the Golden Dynasty to which Roland belonged was attacking Pulin City in the name of a vassal state of the Holy Empire of France.Then after the city of Pulin was captured, it theoretically belonged to the Holy Empire of France.

Then it is very intriguing that Roland asked her to admit that she is the Lord of Pulin City. This is almost equivalent to directly telling the old woman that the Golden Dynasty is not willing to be a tributary ally of the Holy Empire of France.

Although she didn't understand what happened to make Roland make such a decision, it did not prevent Linna from agreeing to Roland's request.

She will definitely not refuse. Now all the countries in the Salid continent know that although the Golden Dynasty is small in area, its military strength is very strong. It is simply a piece of cake for those countries that want to expand themselves.

If the Charles Empire hadn't failed repeatedly at the hands of the Golden Dynasty, causing other countries that were not as powerful as the Charles Empire to take action, many countries would have used various excuses to attack the Golden Dynasty.

The Arcane Council was actually one of the countries that couldn't hold it any longer, but not only did they damage an alchemy colossus before they could do it, but even the legendary ice mage Daphne died on the spot.The most important Alfa Council does not dare to publicly condemn the Golden Dynasty, nor does it dare to reveal the truth about Master Daphne's death.

After all, the Austrian and French Parliament has always promoted and advertised itself as a neutral country in the Sarid continent.Although everyone knows about the dirty things they do secretly, on the surface, the Austrian Law Council still wants to save face.

Moreover, Linna also knew that the reason why Roland came to her was because of the nominal legitimacy of Pulin City, and she actually didn't care whether the city lord was herself.What Roland wants is what is in the official written documents, so that he will not fall into the passive position of "Pulin City was snatched by the Golden Dynasty" or "The Golden Dynasty betrayed its allies in order to compete for Pulin City" during diplomatic propaganda. Condition.

"How do I need to cooperate with you?" the old woman asked.

Roland turned over a covered paper on the table and gently pushed it in front of Linna. The popular language of Salid continent written with fresh ink on the paper of some years contained magic power. It was Roland who got it from the dwarves. contract.

Linna looked at the contents of the contract and nodded: "A contract with legal effect? ​​Only the elves or dwarves have such things in stock, right? It seems that the rumors that you have good relations with the dwarves are not those mercenaries. Bullshit when you’re bragging.”

Roland spread his hands: "You have confirmed the above content. You admit that I am the current lord of Pulin City. I will let you and your family go."

"I also need the protection of soldiers from your Golden Dynasty, or at least escort me to a safe place." Linna said: "I believe in your Golden Dynasty, but I don't trust the soldiers from other countries in Pulin City."

Roland shrugged: "It's simple. I will let the flying dragons protect you in the air until you encounter the Charles Empire reinforcements that are coming - if these reinforcements continue to plan to attack Pulin City after seeing the towering golden trees, If we march here."

"Reinforcements?" Lina asked subconsciously.

Roland looked at her and said, "This was told to me by a businessman from Lulan Chamber of Commerce in Puling City. I thought you, as the wife of General Lu Si'en, also knew about this."

"No, my husband will never tell me these military-related things. But is it actually a businessman from the Lulan Chamber of Commerce who told you?" Linna shook her head first, and then immediately realized that her husband's death was related to that man. Businessmen can't get away from it.

Is it a traitor leading the way, or is it an internal response prepared by the Holy Empire of France?The old woman narrowed her eyes to prevent Roland from seeing her cold expression.

She shook her chair symbolically and said, "Perhaps you should open the shackles on my old man's neck, otherwise I won't be able to sign with my pen."

Roland glanced at Ikosela. Knight Rodel came to the old woman and opened the shackles on her hands.

Linna quickly signed the contract, and Roland nodded with satisfaction after taking it.Then he clapped his hands, and the soldiers of the Royal Army outside the door came in. Roland pointed at Lina and ordered: "Let this old woman reunite with her family, and prepare a carriage for them."

"Yes." The soldiers of the Royal Army made way for them and made an invitation gesture to the old woman.

Just when the old woman was about to walk out the door, she suddenly turned back to Roland and asked: "Excuse me, Lord Roland, what do you think of my daughter's appearance?"

Roland was just about to pick up another piece of fragrant bread when he was obviously stunned when he heard Lina's question, and then immediately realized what she meant by asking this question.He frowned and replied: "As a parent, it's better not to treat your daughter as a commodity, and what I hate most is that you nobles, it is impossible to have any relationship with people like you. If so, then It must also be the identity of hunter and prey.”

Then he looked at the soldiers of the Royal Army and waved.The latter immediately pulled the old woman out of the door.

The daughter of a noble?Either they are innocent and delicate dolls, or they are wild and wild women.Roland thought with downcast eyes. He had not forgotten that Lu Yi was once the daughter of a nobleman.

At this time, in Puling City, the soldiers of the Gunther Kingdom were burning, killing and looting wantonly, their faces full of ruthlessness and desire.The city is filled with lifeless ruins and barren land, with rivers of blood and corpses strewn everywhere.They mercilessly cut off the life of every innocent person and destroyed the dignity and tranquility of this ancient city with their own hands.The silent streets were filled with corpses and broken families, collapsed buildings and charred rubble.

In the cold wind, the soldiers' eyes were hollow but violent and wild, as if they had been immersed in countless battles, and this city was just a symbol of victory one after another.

They trampled every inch of territory in the city, with an air of madness and despair. They grabbed women and children and enjoyed their screams as a sign of masculinity and glory.They grabbed pieces of treasure and treasure as symbols of their injustice and violence.Their weapons flashed with bloody images, and they were extremely cruel and vicious, never allowing their enemies to survive.

In most of the city, only fire and death exist.

The cruelty of Gunther's soldiers made the city gasp in pain and caused the residents to bleed all over the ground, arousing grief and hatred throughout the city.They became the representative of Gunther's invasion, and Pring City became a demonstration hunting ground for their ferocity and evil.This is the collapse of human nature and a profound reflection of human sin.

"They're coming! They're coming again!" A mother holding her daughter ran with her child with all her strength, followed by eager Gunther soldiers.She ran desperately, trying hard to escape from her home, but her footsteps could not keep up with her breathing.She lost her way in the alleys of the city. She held her daughter's arm tightly with one hand and pulled out a short knife with the other hand, trying to tenaciously hold on to the last glimmer of hope for her life.