203. A precursor to troubled times
"Killing them will not affect His Majesty's trip to the Imperial Capital?" Frank Lampard asked after the three kings and the leader of the Scarmen were killed.
"To kill one is to kill, and to kill two is to kill. Brooke thudched the blood-dripping sword back into its scabbard, shook his head slightly, looked at the devastated burning grassland in the distance, frowned and said, "If you hadn't killed the other three knights before, it wouldn't matter if you let these people go, but it's a pity...... The Knights will not reason with us, no matter who is right or wrong, those high Imperial Judgment Knights will only recognize one thing - we killed their people, so if we let him go now, when he returns, the Knights' Palace's revenge will only come sooner. Moreover, the killing of these people was precisely for the sake of His Majesty's trip to the imperial capital. ”
Frank Lampard sighed, knowing that Brooke had a point, and didn't say anything more.
Watching the night breeze blow away from the grass on the plains, all of a sudden, everyone had a feeling of anger and depression that the wind and rain were about to come. Chambord City has no ambition to annex it, and only wants to be in a safe corner, but in this chaotic and murderous continent of Azeroth, the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop.
"Fortunately, not many people know about this matter. ”
Brooke looked at the Chambord city management scattered around, there were less than a hundred people who participated in the first battle for a few days, and more than eighty of them were divided to harass and disperse the black cavalry before, and there were only more than twenty people who really knew the identities of the four dead-star masters Imperial Knight Palace, all of whom were innocent, loyal and reliable Chambord people, he turned around and ordered sharply, no one is allowed to divulge what he just knew, otherwise he will be killed.
Soon, the corpses of the masters Dick and Allen, who were killed by Lampard and the Second General of Hum, along with the bodies of the three kings and the leaders of Gurlo and Scarface Riders, were all wiped clean by a fire, and even their armor and weapons were transported into the furnace of Shambord Mountain Blacksmith Samuel and turned into slag again, and even the traces left on the battlefield during the previous battle were carefully cleaned up.
"However, what is happening here must be known to His Majesty as soon as possible. Frank, you rest for the night, and return to your majesty tomorrow!"
The next day, Lampard and the two generals left Chambord City in a whirlwind with fifty chengguans.
Under the enemy tower at the city gate, in the early morning sun, there are still two figures who once sent Sun Fei away. Chambord's two military and political giants, Brooke and Best, stood on the city walls, watching quietly as Lampard and the others disappeared into the distant horizon.
"I really can't imagine that the Zenit Empire has been stable for more than twenty years, and the era of chaos will come again so soon. The old white-faced Best sighed, feeling something.
"It is rumored that Emperor Yashin's health is deteriorating, and he is even sick and unable to ride a horse, his princes are keen to compete for power, and the rotten imperial nobles only know that they are poor and extravagant, and they are crazy about accumulating wealth, and the two hundred and fifty vassal states are ready to move...... To make matters worse, according to news from the Holy See Mazzola five days ago, the Empire's old enemy, the Spartacist Empire, began to display heavy troops on the border three months ago, showing signs of invasion...... The dark and chaotic era is indeed showing the first signs!" Brooke's palm gently rubbed against the city wall, and a cold touch came: "If it weren't for the chaos that had appeared, the king of the Three Kingdoms would not have dared to lead his army to attack my Chambord City again and again, and now even the Imperial Knight Hall has begun to undercurrent......"
"Once the war comes, I don't know how many national cities will be destroyed, how many royal bloodlines will be extinct, although Chambord City is located in the northern region, I am afraid it will not be spared, and there will not be a lot of time left for us. "Best's experience was quite special, and it seemed that a scene of human tragedy with a lot of corpses in the sky had appeared in his mind.
"We just need to do a good job of what Your Majesty left behind, presumably he has already noticed it and is already prepared. "Brooke was born in the military, and there is a kind of pride in his bones, and he is not particularly pessimistic about the war.
Best smiled and suddenly changed the subject: "Oh, by the way, the mysterious black-clothed master who appeared out of thin air yesterday and killed the knight of the Knight Hall Gu Luo, has he found out his identity?"
"I have a little bit of a clue, but I'm not sure yet. ”
"Speaking of which, Gordon, you have to thank this mysterious master, I heard Frank say that if it weren't for the mysterious man's sudden attack, you would have been in danger at that time......"
"Even if he doesn't make a move, I won't die......" Facing the old partner who cooperated with him, Brooke did not hide too much, leaning against the city wall and laughing: "When Your Majesty left, he left some things for me, but before I could use them at that time, that person killed the four-star warrior in a flash." ”
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After the eldest princess and her party left, the Chambord expeditionary force did not rush to start on the second day, and simply stayed outside the hot springs pass, the capital of Ernst.
Hot Springs, one of the top ten cities of the Zenit Empire, is not only the capital of the Ernst Province, but also one of the famous economic and cultural hubs in the northern region of the empire, and is also a strong military fortress. Moreover, the existence of Hot Springs Pass is like a gateway hovering over the passage between Chambord City and the outside world, which is of great strategic significance, so Sun Fei has the intention to stay here and observe for a while, and by the way, he can wait for Lampard and others to come to converge.
Early in the morning of the second day, the wind was mild and the sky was crisp.
Sun Fei arranged the camp, refused to be accompanied by the guards, and only left the expeditionary camp with Angela and the blonde little Lori Hima, preparing to visit the hot spring city. A big city like this is far more prosperous and magnificent than Chambord City, and for Sun Fei, who only knows about the continent of Azeroth in books and rumors, he is an otaku in his previous life and two little girls who have never experienced the prosperity of a big city since they were young, both have a fatal attraction.
"You three, stop! Outsiders entering the city need to pay customs duties. ”
As soon as they reached the gate of the city, the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city swept greedily over Angela and Hima as if they had found a peerless treasure, and their spears were horizontal, blocking the way. It is estimated that if it weren't for the fact that Sun Fei and the three of them were dressed and temperamental, faintly revealing a luxurious atmosphere, I knew that these people had extraordinary backgrounds and were not easy to provoke, I was afraid that there would be more stories happening.
"How much is the tariff?" Sun Fei smiled faintly, not angry.
He saw that the armor of more than ten people was not neat, the formation was even more crooked, and the steps were vain, and he knew that it was a group of old soldiers, who had never seen blood on the battlefield, and such soldiers, even if they were a hundred combined, were not the opponents of a Chambord city manager, so it was already vaguely known that the garrison of Hot Spring Pass, one of the ten famous cities in the empire, was not as strong and firm as the legend, and the peace over the years had made many people lose their due vigilance.
"One Imperial Silver Coin per person. ”
"One silver coin, hey, how can there be so many?" asked Hima rhetorically, an empire-style silver coin was enough to support a poor family for more than a month in Chambord City.
Sun Fei shook his head, knowing that this was the soldiers' words, but he didn't want to meet these guys at this time, so he popped out three silver coins with his fingers, landed on the ground, and then walked straight into the city with two girls, and a group of soldiers behind him grabbed a mess.
After walking through the city gate hole, it is an urn city, and after the urn city, it is the main city.
The three of them walked into the main city, and they only felt that their eyes lit up.
Wide and neat streets appeared, because it was early in the morning, so the pedestrians on the street were not the most, but compared to Chambord City, it was already several times more prosperous, many hawkers had set up stalls on the street, caravans in a hurry, and dusty travelers and mercenaries, all began a new day of busyness, most of the buildings on the street were stone, some were high and some were low, row upon row, all kinds of signboards were flying in the wind, there were many shops, they began to open one after another, and the smell of food wafted in the streets......
Angela and Hima were immediately attracted by the bustling and noisy scene in front of them, like two orioles flying out of their cages, chirping, and finding everything to come over to take a look, everything here was incomparably fresh and beautiful to them.
Sun Fei smiled and followed behind him, protecting the two girls while slowly walking and observing.
Sun Fei has always been very curious, in such a high-martial world as the Azeroth Continent, the legendary Japanese-level Venerable has the ability to move mountains and mountains, and can only split the sky and the sea, the so-called city walls are not as strong as a hair in their eyes, and it seems that they can be blown off with just one breath, no matter how strong and magnificent your city wall is, not to mention the day-level Venerable and the moon-level powerhouse, even the star warriors of a certain strength can jump over without any obstacles, in this case, why are the major empires still tirelessly keen on building city walls and fortressesIt seems to be a waste of financial and material resources.
But just now, Sun Fei discovered something interesting.
On each wall tile of the city wall of Hot Spring Pass, there are faintly engraved some magic patterns, these patterns are not profound, with Sun Fei's current half-hung magician attainments learned from the nun aunt Akara and the obscene uncle Kane, it can also be distinguished, this is some simple magic transmission and earth and stone reinforcement array, he secretly pressed the city wall with his palm, and found that as long as it was vigorously lifted, there would be magic flashes in the magic circle, and the destructive power below the three-star level could not damage the city wall.
And after entering the hot spring pass city, Sun Fei instantly felt that there were extremely active magic element fluctuations in the city, which seemed to be more than double that outside the city, it was incredible, a few steps away, the gap was so obvious.
However, he soon found the source of the surprise.
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