After Kaiya finished speaking, she immediately strode out of the tavern.
Di Luke thought for a while, and immediately ordered Charles: "Empty the guests and close the tavern. Everyone is on first-level alert!"
Charles hurriedly complied, and Diluc strode upstairs.
A moment later, a figure in a black hooded robe jumped down from the balcony of the tavern, and ran towards the headquarters of the Knights along the path.
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On the cargo dock outside the north gate of Mond City, Yura and her men were loading supplies onto the cargo ship.
The temporary reconnaissance team she organized had only a ten-member team besides her, so it didn't need much supplies, and the preparations were basically completed in just half an hour.
Her plan is to take a boat from the Mond City Wharf to the shore of Mingguanxia Lake, and patrol the entire Mingguanxia area after landing. It is estimated that it will take no more than five days at most.
Just as Yula was about to load the last batch of supplies onto the cargo ship, a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Yura, you are here."
Yura turned around abruptly, and looked at the person coming with a complicated expression.
After a long time, she took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted, "Father."
Heinz Lawrence was wearing a slightly old but clean formal suit, with a warm smile on his face, he raised his hand and patted Yula's shoulder lightly, "Okay, okay. I'm relieved to see that everything is fine with you .”
Yula didn't pick up his words, and said with lowered eyes, "Father, what are you doing in Mond City?"
"What you're talking about... I'm also from Mond. Isn't it normal to come to the badminton festival?" Heinz said with a smile.
Yula gave a standard knight salute again, "Then I wish you a good time, Father. I still have work to do, so I will take my leave first."
There was a look of sadness and pleading in Heinz's eyes, "You child... We haven't seen each other for almost two years, have we? You just left your poor old father alone? Why don't you go shopping with me, just for a day, Can't you?"
Yura hesitated for a moment, but listened to the persuasion of the soldiers under her command.
"Captain, stay and accompany your father to visit Mond City!"
"Yes, the badminton festival is only held once a year!"
"It's just a routine reconnaissance, we can do it too! Don't underestimate us!"
These guys...
Yula looked at the crowd with some emotion, and after a moment of hesitation, she took out a big bag from her luggage and threw it to the nearest subordinate, "Here! This is the wave pie I just made yesterday! It's cheap for you!"
The subordinates all laughed.
"Oh! It's worth the trip to eat the Hailang Pie made by the captain himself!"
"This is the legendary Mond's No. [-] pie!"
Yula blushed slightly, and snorted softly, "Work hard! If you eat the snacks I made but don't complete the task cleanly and beautifully, I will give you a big vendetta!"
Seeing the crowd making a fuss, Heinz's eyes flashed coldly, and he gestured behind him covertly.
Immediately one of his followers left the ranks.
Soon, the man turned to a hidden place outside the city, and released a carrier pigeon towards the northwest of Fruit Wine Lake...
Chapter 52 Before the Storm Comes
Just as the army of the Zephyr Knights left Mond City and marched towards Dadaupa Valley, Lisa took Di Luke and knocked on the door of the alchemy workshop.
Niwa and Abedo had to temporarily stop their work and hold an emergency meeting with everyone.
"The situation is like this. If Ilok cooperates with the fools, then we have no reason to prevent them from conducting a city-wide raid." For the first time, obvious worry appeared on Lisa's face.
"We can't let them catch Ke Lai, especially not at the headquarters of the Knights." Abedo concluded.
"For the honor of the Knights again?" Di Luke couldn't help but mocked.
"It's for Mond's safety." Abedo pretended not to hear his ridicule.
Lisa hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, "Anyway, let's ask Master Diluc to escort them out of the city first, to Dawn Winery?"
"No, I suggest going near Star Picking Cliff." Sai Nuo interrupted suddenly.
"Why?" Diluc asked.
Sano pointed to Ke Lai who was huddled in the corner and said, "The power of the demon god in her body has been spilling out uncontrollably all the time, and it's spilling out more and more. If you go to a place with many people, it may cause serious pollution. "
"Then go to Star Picking Cliff." Lisa made a decision directly, then turned to look at Abedo, "How is your work?"
"One more day will be enough." Abedo said.
"Then let's meet up at Star Reaching Cliff after we're done. I'll escort them." Di Luke stood up.
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On the edge of the Whispering Forest across the river from Mond City, Yura was walking with Heinz.
The two walked along the shoreline of Fruit Wine Lake, without saying a word for a long time.
"Do you remember where it is?" Heinz suddenly asked, pointing into the distance.
"There?"
Yula looked in the direction he pointed, and saw the flat and orderly farmland, the fruitful orchard, and the village with the smoke from the cooking.
"You mean Starfall Plain?"
Heinz nodded, "What's going on there now? How many villages and towns are there? What's the population? What's the output like?"
"There are 17 towns, 429 villages, and a population of about 73. The grain production accounts for 40% of Mond's production, and the vegetable and fruit production accounts for 50%." Although Yula was a little puzzled, she still answered fluently.
Heinz looked at Yula with relief, and praised: "Yes, you are still so outstanding. You have lived up to the teachings of the Lawrence family, and you have not regarded yourself as a warrior who only knows how to fight and kill."
Yula was a little happy to receive her father's sudden praise, but she just hummed softly and said, "That's just because I usually patrol this area."
"You..." Heinz shook his head with a smile, and handed her a jug casually, "The cider your mother prepared for you is chilled."
Yula took the jug, and said suspiciously: "Don't you always say that apple cider is the drink of the untouchables, and they only drink dandelion wine?"
Heinz glared at her angrily, "Who told you not to drink dandelion wine?"
Yula rolled her eyes, raised the jug and drank half of it in one breath, hiccupped lightly, and then said: "Mother's cider is just as good, even better than that produced by Chenxi Winery... I just don't like the bitterness of dandelion wine, can't I?"
"It is bitter before sweet, and it is a symbol of the spiritual will of the ancestors of the Lawrence family to break through the ice and build Mond..."
"Okay, okay, don't talk about this anymore..."
After a moment of silence, Heinz suddenly asked quietly, "What do you think of Mond today?"
"It's pretty good. The people's lives are rich and their spirits are free. Anyway, it's better than... anyway." Yula turned her head away from him.
Heinz sneered and mocked: "Really? The original Mond was strong enough to rank in the forefront of the Seven Kingdoms, but the current Mond may not even be as good as Dao Wife, right? The diplomats of the Winter Kingdom are among us. The land is rampant and domineering, and the knights only know how to retreat and retreat!"
"The people are free, but they only know how to drink and have fun all day long, or they follow those nonsense bards to make up the history of the past..."
"Sitting in the best environment in the entire continent, but only knowing to eat and wait to die, if Lord Fengshen sees his so-called liberation of the people, and finally get such a result in exchange, I really don't know how he will feel!"
Yula was silent for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "This is none of your business, the Lawrence family is no longer the ruler of Mond!"
Heinz stood with his hands behind his back, his face full of disappointment, "Yeah, it's long gone. It's been 1000 years, and the glory of the family has long faded, and there are not even a few outstanding children."
"Did you know, Yula? The Starfall Plain was originally the territory directly under the Lawrence family."
"According to the family records, before the Lawrence family was exiled 1000 years ago, there were 17 towns and 416 villages in the Starfall Plain, with a population of 69."
"That is to say, in the 1000 years since the Knights took over Mond, the Starfall Plain has only increased by 13 villages, with a population of less than 4."
"Do you think they are good rulers?"
Yula bit her lip and asked angrily, "What are you trying to say?"
Heinz looked back at her and said solemnly: "Since the Knights are not qualified rulers, we should let the virtuous and those who really know how to rule govern Mond. As descendants of the Lawrence family, we should restore the glory of the family , to bring real prosperity to Mond!"
Yula's eyes widened, "You're crazy! The family's rule was a thousand years ago! Haven't you heard of Lawrence's reputation today? Who will obey the rule of the old aristocracy?"
There was a mocking smile on the corner of Heinz's mouth, "Of course someone will obey. The Lawrence family has been perverting for hundreds of years, isn't it also firmly in the position of ruler? As long as there is enough force, who would dare to resist?"
"Master Fengshen..."
"The Wind God hasn't appeared in 1000 years! Besides, there are no other gods behind us!"
Yura looked at Heinz in disbelief, "You have joined the fools?"
"So what? Compared to the Fengshen who didn't care about the lives of the people for 1000 years, the Ice Queen is obviously a better object of allegiance!" Heinz snorted coldly.
Yula stared blankly at him, and after a while, raised her hand and took off the ornately decorated sword from her back, "Tell me your plan, and I can fight for a lighter sentence for you."
Heinz shook his head helplessly and said, "Do you think that the untouchables of the Knights, whose bones have been blown to pieces by the wind of peace, can fight against us with the backing of fools? How can the descendants of the Lawrence family be so unwise!"
Yula was about to refute, but suddenly felt that the muscles of her whole body were so weak that she couldn't even hold the big sword in her hand!
"You! That jug of wine?"
"Don't I know you yet? You are Lawrence only in your stubbornness."
Heinz glanced at Yula indifferently, and said to the two Fire Debt Handlers who appeared from the woods: "Please put the little girl under custody temporarily... please give her the treatment that a nobleman should have."
One of the debt handlers nodded and said: "We will imprison her in the camp on Yingxiang Beach, and send someone there to find her when you are done."
After saying that, they stepped forward and grabbed Yura who was completely weak.
Yula still refused to give up, and shouted while struggling: "Father! You will kill the entire Lawrence family by doing this!"
Hearing Yula's shout, Heinz suddenly roared: "1000 years! After 1000 years, the Lawrence family still bears the name of sinners! No one is willing to accept us! What does the Lawrence family have to do with death? the difference?!"
He moved closer to Yura and met her gaze.
The deep hatred and madness in his eyes made Yura shudder.
"Reign, or perish. There is no third way for Lawrence!"
Chapter 53 When the Ice Falls
Mingguan Gorge.
The reconnaissance team originally under the command of Yura arrived at the shore at dusk.
Seeing that it was getting late, everyone carefully chose to camp by the lake.
The sun was setting in the west, the moon was rising in the east, and a bonfire was raised on the grass on the shore of the lake.
Everyone took out the dry food and heated it up, then drank it hungrily with cold water.
"Hey, Miles, eat slowly, don't choke!"
"Hey, Miles, I didn't lie to you, did I? The rations of our guerrilla team are definitely the best in the whole knight order!"
"Yeah, what's more, Captain Yula personally made the Wave Pie this time! It's much better than the Moon Pie we usually eat!"
Miles, who was a bit fatter than others, tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth, and said with a silly smile: "I also insisted on serving in the guerrilla squad after hearing this rumor...it's really delicious..."
The soldiers beside him were about to make fun of him, but suddenly found that there was an extra crossbow bolt on Miles' neck!
Miles, who was enjoying the delicious food just now, showed an expression of disbelief, and covered his neck with his hands, but he still couldn't stop the blood from gushing out!
In the next second, he fell powerlessly to the ground!
"Enemy attack!"
A shrill cry sounded, but what greeted them was a rain of arrows!
After three rounds of shooting, there were only three fighters who could still stand, and they were greeted by dozens of fully armed enemies rushing out of the woods!
After a few minutes, the battlefield returned to tranquility.
Frederick Lawrence, wearing a gorgeous silk cloak, walked slowly into the battlefield with his followers.
Looking at the dead body, he turned to the adjutant and asked, "Are you sure there is only such a reconnaissance team?"
The adjutant replied respectfully: "Yes, that's what was said in the urgent letter sent by the Patriarch."
"Very good. Order the soldiers to drag the boat out, set off tomorrow morning, and make sure to arrive at the port of Mond City before dusk!"
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Dadaupa Valley is located in the southeast of Mond, nearly [-] kilometers away from the city of Mond.
The lightly armed and mule-like knights maneuvered very quickly, and arrived outside the Dadaupa Valley at noon on the second day after departure.
According to the information brought back by the vanguard scouts, a large number of abyss mages appeared among the three Qiuqiu clan tribes entrenched here, the "Good Meat Clan", "Sleep Sleep Clan" and "Black Sun Clan", and many scattered The Qiuqiu people tribe, the number of people expanded several times than usual.
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