Carry the Ring of Elden with you

"Of course I will be nice to Lu Qi, but to a little brat like you, of course I will kill you. Stop and don't run!"

"No, brother, help!"

"Ahem...it means that Verena is the only one who can cook delicious food at the moment. And we haven't eaten anything good these days." Robles coughed lightly and said something that Amber couldn't understand. .

Amber really didn't understand: "What are you talking about, brother!"

"I mean, I want to have delicious food today, so I don't want to offend Verena." Robles squeezed Amber with his iron-like hands.

Then he said to Verena: "My brother-in-law has caused trouble for you. Just teach him, but don't show mercy."

"..." Amber's pupils were shocked as he looked at his brother who betrayed him unceremoniously, and was speechless for a moment.

Chapter 28:Second Prince Noel

The Holy Empire of France, capital city of Saint-Latour.

The magnificent light golden magic circle enveloped the scattered buildings on the plain, and a wide river ran through the entire city.

Because of this river, Saint-Latour's river trade is very developed.It is also because of this river that the people of Saint-Latour will not worry about water sources.

This river is affectionately called the mother river "Ain" by the locals, which means "kind mother" in French Imperial language.

Like most other cities, Saint-Latour relies on the river to divide the city into the civilian area on the left and the aristocratic area on the right.The only good thing is that because it is in the capital, the houses where civilians live are made of the same materials as the nobles.

The signs of distinguishing between commoners and nobles can be seen in the decoration of the house and some small details. If a house is decorated with a lot of flowers and plants and has a courtyard, and there are servants cleaning the streets at the door all the time, then there is no doubt that It is the residence of the nobles.

On the contrary, if there are often piles of people gathering at the door, there are many pedestrians and carriages passing by, and there are many families living in the house.There is no doubt that it is a civilian house.

To put it in layman's terms, nobles live in villas, while common people live in apartments.

The place on the right side of the city is also called the "Master's Room" by the locals, and the left side is self-deprecatingly called the "Groomman's Room".

At this time, in the "Master's Room", an iron door decorated with a sword and fleur-de-lis metal badge representing the national emblem was hurriedly pushed open by a Holy Armor soldier.

The owner of this mansion is the second prince of the French Empire.

Under the supervision of the guard, the holy armored soldier wearing magic white armor took off his own weapons and handed the magic sword to the opponent before being allowed to enter.

The second prince, Noel, is an unremarkable-looking man, about 30 years old, with long blond hair and deep eyes.Then the holy armored soldier who came in did not dare to look down upon the unassuming second prince. He walked into the living room respectfully, knelt down on one knee and lowered his head to report to the second prince who was yawning in silk pajamas: "Your Highness, the second prince, I I have something important to report."

"Ha...just say it." The second prince was closing his eyes to rest, but he didn't even open his eyes after hearing these words.

The Holy Armor soldier was stunned for a moment and continued: "Yes, His Highness the Second Prince. Except for Captain Yulan and Commander Juseus from Duogu City who have not yet sent back any news, the cities you requested to occupy have all been occupied by the Empire's pioneering corps. I want the vanguard and the Holy Armors who sneaked in first to complete the occupation. Now seven cities have been re-incorporated into the territory of our great Holy Charles Empire."

The second prince did not look happy when he heard the news. Instead, he frowned and his original lazy state disappeared.

He straightened up and asked in a serious tone: "What did you say happened to Duogu City?"

"Well, I mean there is no news from Captain Youlan and Commander Juseus yet. But with their strength, there will definitely be no surprises when facing a small town with a population of only tens of thousands." The Holy Armor soldier was stunned. Then he answered immediately.

Noel was still frowning. He closed his eyes and pondered for a while, tapping the armrests of the chair regularly with his fingers.

The kneeling holy armored soldier was also a master with a full Observation skill. He noticed that Noel's mood was not right, and immediately chose to shut up. He remained silent and even used the breath-holding technique he had learned.

"That's not right. Did you encounter any resistance when you captured other cities?" Noel opened his eyes and asked.

The holy armor soldier immediately replied: "Yes, but most of the guards of the Charles Empire surrendered without any resistance. However, two cities encountered the enemy's shadow, and my colleagues also sacrificed a lot. "

"Shadow Thorn? Why do Shadow Thorns appear in those insignificant border cities?" Noel asked, "Which two cities are they?"

"It's Xiaoxi City and Juyan City."

"Bring the map." Noel stood up and ordered the attendant standing aside.

"Yes." The attendant nodded and quickly brought a roll of maps and spread them out on the big table in the living room.

The map is not a simple map drawn on paper, but uses magic projection technology to project the entire Sarid continent where humans can reach.

This naturally includes various landforms and urban divisions within Charles's empire.After all, it is easy to know this very easy-to-obtain information by pretending to be a businessman. Of course, surveyors cannot know where they have not been.For example, the white-walled city of Wiener, the capital of the Charles Empire, shows various public facilities on the map, but a large part of it is darkened.For example, the internal structure of the palace and barracks is completely unknown.

This map is also the strictest secret of the Holy Empire of France. The surveyors who complete the task will be fed and fed in the palace for the rest of their lives. There are also dedicated people to monitor and serve them, but they are not allowed to go out.

So basically no country knows that most of the cities in their country are well known by the royal family of the Holy Empire of France.

Those who are qualified to use the map will naturally not betray the royal family. This also includes all formations of the Holy Armor and some other special units.

The map unfolded, and Noel came to the table and held his hands on the edge of the table, watching as the eight cities he named to occupy were lit up with blue ether energy.It can be clearly seen from the map that the locations of these eight small cities are basically at the key points entering the official territory of the Charles Empire.

If these eight small cities were transformed into a war fortress, the ground roads leading to the outside of Charles' empire could be completely nailed to the map.

But now there was a small flaw in this intention. Noel waved his hand, and the ether energy belonging to Dogu City was changed to green.Not far from the green circle, there is a large area of ​​darkness, which is even marked as a "life restricted area".It was the endless forest that caused the whole nation to suffer in the first hundred years since the founding of the French Empire.

Noel breathed quietly, and his eyes changed. He looked at the black area that represented the restricted area of ​​life, and he always felt an ominous premonition.

"Juseus is a second-class officer in the Imperial Pioneer Corps. He has served for many years and is a veteran with rich experience in combat." Noel slowly told Juseus's information, "Married to a wife and three children. He has a son and a daughter. The daughter works as a maid in the palace. All the sons, except the third and youngest, join the army."

He looked up at the holy armor soldier: "So he is not the kind of soldier who disappears for several days without even reporting a message to his superiors. When was the last communication you received from Commander Juseus?"

"Seven days ago, the messenger he sent said that many Shadow Thorns were found in Duogu City, and a captain-level man was in action. He was cooperating with Captain Youlan in the eradication operation." The Holy Armor Soldier replied: "I will also report to that one. The messenger repeatedly confirmed that there were only more than 100 vulnerable guards in Duogu City except Shadow Thorn. When they entered the city, they had already fled in all directions. It was confirmed that there was no ambush in the city, so the 100 well-trained guards Well-equipped empire pioneering soldiers combined with 10 holy soldiers, even if they encounter the dragon knights of the Charles Empire, they will not be unable to send out any news. So we infer that Captain Youlan may have discovered something unexpected, but it will not affect His Highness Due to the layout situation, there was a conflict with Commander Juseus and the delay was delayed.”

"Stupid! If Juseus would have clashed with the Holy Armor soldiers on the front line, he would not have served in the Pioneer Corps for so many years." Noel scolded, "Didn't you send someone to investigate the situation in Dogu City?"

"Sent. On the first day when contact was lost, the frontline combat headquarters sent a team to Dogu City at the agreed time to investigate the situation. However, the journey from the headquarters to Dogu City took a total of 8 days. Juseus and the others I didn't bring any materials to build a teleportation circle, so I don't know the situation over there yet." The Holy Armor soldier knelt down decisively after hearing Juseus' scolding.

Noel waved his hand, because he didn't believe there was anything in the Charles Empire that could completely wipe out a hundred soldiers of the pioneering corps and ten holy armor soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles.

The judgment of the frontline operations headquarters was not wrong. If he had come, he would have sent someone over to check the situation if he could not receive it within the specified time.The capture of other cities requires more attention from the headquarters to plan subsequent actions and mobilize soldiers.

Now the Charles Empire should not have received news of the border invasion. In a few days, when their capital receives the order, it will be the time when the Holy Empire of France officially declares war on them.

At that time, the arrogant Charles Empire will find that its army cannot get out at all, and even find that the Songyue Dynasty and the Holy Pope State have also declared war on him at the same time.The Dwarven Stoneheart Fortress and the Arcane Council will also remain neutral and turn a blind eye.

There is no way, the danger of shadow thorns is like a knife in the throat. Since the rise of the Charles Empire, the monarchs of various countries have been trying to curb the rampant shadow thorns.Therefore, many countries accepted their proposal, including many clan states of the Charles Empire.

But what surprised Noel was that Long Island, which should have changed its mind the most, did not accept the proposal of the Holy Empire of France. Instead, it just accepted all the gold coins and treasures sent and drove the envoy back.

Noel stared at Dogu City with cold eyes, and then looked at the darkness represented by the endless forest next to him.

He said: "Send 10 Centuries of the Imperial Pioneer Corps, a Pegasus Knights Regiment and a Siege Regiment to Duogu City. Even if Duogu City is reduced to ruins, I must capture it. Only Duogu City can be captured. Occupy it so that the army of Charles Empire will not pose a threat to the next operations, do you understand?"

"Yes, my subordinates understand. Go back and notify the frontline operations headquarters immediately."

Chapter 29: Winged Hybrid

"Sad." In the city lord's hall, Roland lay on the table and lamented.

Because all the surrounding border cities leading to the Charles Empire were occupied by the Holy Empire of France and were strictly prohibited from entering.Therefore, the only city that has not yet been occupied, Duogu City, has welcomed a huge caravan and some speculators who got some rumors and tried to escape from Charles's empire with their money and families in recent days.

Of course, the more important point is that the towering golden tree projection can be seen several miles away from Duo Ancient City, attracting curious people.

Roland didn't need to think about it to know how many spies from all directions were hidden in these caravans.

Not to mention that after occupying Duogu City and letting it bathe in the blessing of gold, the golden tree in the spiritual link complained to Roland every day about how many malicious thoughts it felt.

There were indeed unclean rats who wanted to sneak into the city lord's mansion at the beginning, but under the light of the golden tree, these people's sneaking in was as ridiculous as walking in with a big show.

Farrugia and the others who were guarding the city lord's palace killed these spies or assassins without mercy.It's not that Roland didn't want to leave them alive for interrogation, but these people were either trained to die, or they died suddenly on the spot if the restrictions on them were triggered before they opened their mouths.

However, he was able to get a lot of useful information from the merchants in the past. However, after hearing that Duogu City would definitely be the next target of the Holy Empire of France, Roland became a little sad.

He thought about leaving the city alone and going back to the Endless Forest to steal development.Anyway, his foundation is not here, and the life and death of the people in the city have nothing to do with him.

Then the system triggered the task just right at this time.

[The mission has been triggered: The Rise of Gold]

[Mission [-]: Build fortifications (Today’s Duogu City does not have decent city walls at all, and the city is almost protected by wooden fences and can be destroyed even without siege equipment.), mission reward: Golem Guard (Moen City limited). 】

[Task 3: Defend Duogu City for seven days. (Although the homeless knights under your command are worth ten thousand, and the king's army is brave and good at fighting. But the enemies are not fools. This time they have brought props that can target the strong, so please be careful.), mission reward: Morn City 4/[-]. 】

[Task 5000 (optional): Kill the enemy commander.Mission reward: [-] points of ether energy. 】

[Mission 10000 (optional): Annihilate the incoming army.Mission reward: [-] points of ether energy. 】

[These tasks are not impossible.I wish the host good luck in martial arts. 】

The rewards for this mission are delicious. They are really delicious.

And the system does not issue impossible tasks, so he decided to accept this seemingly very difficult task.

One group of exiled soldiers led by two homeless knights, White and Fazhuang, were responsible for patrolling around Duogu City, and the other group cooperated with King Grek's army to maintain law and order in Duogu City.Roland's own manpower alone was simply not enough to complete the repairs of the fortifications before the Holy Empire of France attacked.

Although I don't have enough manpower, there is still a lot of labor force in Duogu City.There just happened to be a lot of gold coins that had been looted from the city lord's palace, so Roland asked Farrugia to go to Duogu City to recruit strong men to complete this task.

At the same time, he also plans to summon the new unit he just unlocked: the winged hybrid.

[Due to unknown reasons, all the hybrids in the border area have a low status, are looked down upon by most of the golden people, and are oppressed and enslaved.But in earlier times, winged hybrids were indistinguishable from humans.The symbol of hybridity in them is not a curse, but a blessing. 】

[Now, the golden tree, endowed with kindness and kindness, summons them again.As long as you stop enslaving and discriminating against them and give them respect, the hybrids from the Forge Age will also sacrifice their lives and loyalty for you. 】

In fact, the status of hybrids has always been a mystery. The only thing that can be determined is that in the era of the Golden Law, hybrids did not have an easy life, and were even worse than some demi-humans.

Kenneth Hyde, the Lord of Hyde City in the game, only wants to cooperate with demihumans and makes no mention of hybrids.The blacksmith Xiugu who strengthens weapons for players in the Round Table Hall is an old hybrid whose wings were cut off and his feathers were plucked out. He has the same relationship with Malika, the current Goddess of Elden, as those who are qualified to be king. The warriors made an agreement to build god-killing weapons.

Malika has been resisting the Supreme Will in her own way. Maybe the Shugu she found is also a brave man of the times who has resisted the Supreme Will.

The last people who resisted the Supreme Will were driven underground and never saw the light of day. It was the residents of the 'Eternal City' Nokron. If we say that the hybrids were once the people who resisted the Supreme Will and were eliminated as the golden people in the game. It makes sense to be despised.

Of course, all this is just speculation by Roland during his own play.

What's more important now is that summoning the winged hybrid only requires 25 points of ether energy, which is very cost-effective for Roland who currently needs a large number of manpower.

After taking a look at the 50 points of energy required to summon Grek's soldiers, Roland blinked, feeling a subtle sense of déjà vu.

If you think of the winged hybrids as springtails and the Grek soldiers as 50-dollar good brothers, the sense of déjà vu will be even stronger.

So is the Homeless Knight equivalent to the mercenary-class Yamato ship in the StarCraft 2 campaign?Roland complained to himself.

In short, first spend 250 energy points to summon 10 hybrids to participate in the defense construction of Duogu City.

I hope those hired residents of the ancient city won't delay the construction because of the scary hybrid appearance, or even think that I just summoned demons to help.Roland thought in his mind.

But even if I think I summoned a demon, I can't control that much. If you really want to protest, just let Farrugia and the others threaten them with force.Anyway, being nice to them will make you feel easy to bully.Roland thought of this and shrugged, and began to summon directly in the city lord's hall.

Because Marek and all his men were really useless, Roland threw them all out of the city lord's palace to do whatever they wanted. Anyway, the city is now recruiting workers, and there are so many businessmen coming and going. As long as you are diligent, You can't starve yourself to death.

The current city lord's palace only has Ikosela who is serving as a guard in the hall, and Robles and Amber who are guarding outside the door.

Roland asked the soldiers under his command if they knew how to govern the city. Those soldiers who only focused on fighting all shook their heads. Even Ikosela, who had owned a noble class in the royal city, said that he did not understand at all.In the royal city of Rodel, she only needs to think about improving her strength and progressing towards a strong person like the big tree guard.

Is it any wonder that there are so many slates in Malika's dormitory, and she has to handle the government affairs of the entire border area by herself?Relying on his divine body, he works for Supreme Will 996 every day.All the wages earned have been taken away by the Supreme Will. Whoever is not impatient, no wonder they have to resist the Supreme Will.

Roland suddenly felt that he understood Malika's feelings.

As for why Malika was the only one handling government affairs, Roland felt that even Godfrey didn't look like a boss who could sit at the table and read books and sign books.

It's like Zhang Fei suddenly telling you that he is familiar with Spring and Autumn Period.

Of course, this is limited to Zhang Fei, the eldest boss in the novel.According to historical facts, Zhang Yide was a handsome man with a rich family, and he was particularly good at painting pictures of beauties.

While thinking about it, the summoning of the winged hybrid has been completed.Compared to the previous summons of the Homeless Knight, which encountered the power of storms and dragon chants, the winged hybrid only lit up the red copper color symbolizing the power of the life furnace, and was absorbed by the blessing of gold.

Then a sour smell suddenly emitted from the city lord's hall, the kind of smell that had not been bathed for many years.The source of the stench was naturally the hybrids who had just appeared in the city lord's hall.

"Hybrid?? Lord Roland, be careful!" The moment Icosela saw the hybrids appearing, she subconsciously pulled out her sword and defended him in front of Roland.

Robles and Amber outside the house naturally heard the commotion inside. When they entered the house, they immediately made preparations for battle. Amber even ran to notify Captain Farrugia.

"Don't get excited!!! We are all our own people!!!" Roland shouted immediately, stopping Ikosela and the others from their actions.

Ikosela also noticed that this group of hybrids just stood there without moving. Facing Ikosela's sword, they didn't even bother to raise their weapons.

However, just to be on the safe side, Amber went to notify Captain Farrugia, while Robles carefully passed by the hybrid team and came to Roland to pull out his sword and shield.

"Haha, are you so afraid of us? Noble golden people?" A muddy voice sounded from among the winged hybrids. A hybrid walked out from other hybrids, holding a rusty machete in his hand, and was beaten randomly. Under the knotted feathers covering his face, a pair of animal eyes showed a sarcastic look.

Ikosela frowned and shouted: "Although I don't know why you dirty lowly people were summoned by Master Roland, but don't think that I won't dare to attack you."

"Then you'd better take action quickly." The winged hybrid mocked, "But after killing us, won't the person who summoned us blame you?"

Roland quickly stood up and stopped the conversation. He turned to Ikosela and said, "Ikosela, please believe me. These hybrids will not harm me. I am different from the golden law you believed in before. Even if it is What you think of as a lowly hybrid is, in my opinion, a wise race that can bask in the light and blessing of the golden tree."

"Yes...I'm sorry, Lord Roland, I was reckless," Ikosela apologized, her face stagnant.

Roland shook his head: "It doesn't matter. I know you and Robles may not be able to accept it for a while. Habits and impressions cannot be changed overnight."

"Ha, it seems that you are really different from the laws issued by that puppet-like golden goddess." The winged hybrid said.

"This is no longer a border area. Naturally, I am different from Queen Malika." Roland said seriously, then he frowned and said with a strange expression: "But before I officially communicate with you, do you want to go clean it up? ?”

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