Chapter 18: Variables

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Raldak's gaze began to drift at the last moment to look up to Urs's contempt, and then he limped down on his left foot, which had been smashed by Urs's sword, and the whole person lay on his side on the ground and struggled and convulsed a few times, and finally curled up and gradually dilated his pupils, and his face showed a very painful and frightened expression that could not die immediately.

"Brother Urs, isn't this a little ......" Bellinglith stood by and watched the young man's treatment of the trickster, although she knew in her heart that this guy was undoubtedly innocent, but seeing that her captain's eldest brother had behaved from the beginning of the battle to the time he ordered the Immortal Knight to execute the other party, it seemed to be a little more faintly different than he had been a few months ago.

About that faint difference...... Perhaps instinctively, she inexplicably felt that the young man's personality seemed to be slightly more brutal than before, though only slightly.

Urs glanced at her, her ears heard her concern for herself in the little girl's tone, and then he lifted his greatsword and slammed it down on Raldark's head, his eyes coldly and mercilessly watching a few splatters of plasma and blood fly in front of his eyes, and then answered Bellingis as a matter of course:

"Far Easterners have a saying, repay grievances with virtue, how can they repay virtue? Don't you think that if we are merciful or tolerant of this scum's crime, which has left a permanent scar on many innocent families, then we will be neglecting and disrespecting the victims? ”

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

Bellinglith nodded, feeling that the young man's words made sense, so she stopped making unnecessary comments about Raldak's death, and deep down she actually understood that the young man had just done what any jealous and hateful person would do.

Urs didn't blame the little girl, and after telling her his concept, he handed her the demon stone talisman used by Raldark, knowing that although this magic item was damaged, as long as it was used properly, it would still be used as a consumable material for the caster to study as long as it was used properly.

He believed that the future Miss Archmage would always need all kinds of strange magical materials to accomplish more inventions.

After that, the young man crouched down and searched for the corpse of the sorcerer man, found a few more bottles of potions and some spell-casting materials from under his black robe and seized them as trophies, and got up and continued on his way according to the clue that the guy had just mentioned that "the dungeon in the deepest part of the cave and the children of Meral Village".

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At the same time, on the other hand-

"Vernon, where have we been?"

"Shieldhorn Cliff, Lord Lord."

As the personal butler of the leaders of the Stoun family, old Vernon sat at the front of the carriage with the reins in his hand, turned his white-haired head to look at the carriage behind him, and saw that his lord was reaching out to open the curtain on the side of the carriage to look outside, and around the carriage was followed by a dozen or so cavalrymen to ensure that ordinary robbers could not harm the nobles of the empire.

Despite the strength of an Inquisitor, Kevin didn't really need a convoy of cavalry to protect himself.

And since the banquet in the imperial capital on the night of the eleventh day of the harvest moon was over, His Majesty the Emperor Leopold IV's decree suddenly ordered through the tongue of the regent Flormeier that he should not return to the Northland at once, but should stay in the imperial capital for a few more days, and take the opportunity to complete some of the other tasks that His Majesty wishes to accomplish, especially to report and discuss with Archbishop Laurent of St. Millet's Cathedral, the main hall of the Sogo Church, On behalf of the attitude of the northern church forces in the country, he made a friendly exchange visit to the head of the Imperial Royal Mage Academy.

The work was meaningful, and it was not difficult for him to be both a noble lord and a clergyman, but his power game-trained nose was still able to sniff out a hint of incongruity, as if someone secretly did not want him to return to the Northland county too soon.

Old Vernon was not as politically sensitive as the young paladin count, and his old eyes noticed that the lord's face seemed to be slightly gloomy, so he smiled and said, "The Shield Cliff is the last foot of the south-west slope of the Alcacans. After walking the mountain path under our feet, and passing the inventory of the Silver Shield Fort, we will probably be able to officially return to the territory of the Northland in the early morning of tomorrow. ”

"I know, after all, we took this road to the imperial capital when we came." Kevin's face was gentle, and he smiled the same smile back on his face, and his sea-blue eyes continued to poke his eyes out of the car window to look, and the night scene around him was undoubtedly the same as he remembered, the dirt road surface was about four meters wide under the regular maintenance of the Earl of Silver Shield Castle, and one side of the mountain road was a slightly sloping rock and soil cliff, and the other side was separated by a wooden low fence, to a certain extent, to prevent travelers from accidentally falling off the cliff and falling into a valley forest below the cliff.

Because of the night's hurriedness, the young paladin count did not order his family's old butler to drive the carriage too fast, but just let him and the accompanying Hu squad move forward at the same speed in an orderly manner, and he just leaned his elbows half-against the window, listened to the bumps of the wheels running over the dirt road for a while, remembered something, and asked casually, "Oh yes, Vernon, did you send the two carrier pigeons yesterday?" ”

"It's all gone." Old Vernon skillfully tugged at the reins and adjusted the cart-pulling horse to make a small turn along the trail, "As you wish, one will fly back to Helmet City to inform Chief Governor Scambed and Miss Alice that we are returning, and the other will fly to Ulan to bring your greetings to Dame Anastasia." ”

When the words fell, the white-haired old butler paused for a few seconds, thought about it in his mind, and asked for safety: "Why, lordship, what's the ...... about this matter?"

"No, there's nothing wrong with that."

Kevin closed his eyes and shook his head, knowing in his heart that he had already arranged many affairs for the Northland County before leaving, and handed over the regent in Helmet City to the court governor named Scambed under his command for the time being, so he didn't worry much about the governance of his territory during his absence.

He frowned slightly, the situation he was most concerned about at the moment was the large snowfield north of the Winter Fortress. Experience has taught him that the undead are very suitable for activities in the harsh winter season, and Byron Tas is very different from the various undead forces scattered in the past, and it is no longer just the "wild monster tribe" that many nobles have in their minds.

Realizing that the fall of the Imperial Expeditionary Force during the Snowmelt Moon might not be an accident, he learned of the Expeditionary Force's defeat a few months earlier and soon took it seriously to this new formidable enemy in the depths of the snowfield.

Because of the importance of the enemy and the anticipation that the enemy would likely start a war in winter, he chose to make a request to the Duke Regent Floromere Ducalet at the recent Imperial Capital Dinner to mobilize 10,000 conscripts from all over the country in advance to be stationed in the Northlands, but was ultimately rejected by the Lord Regent on the grounds that "the southern border of the empire also needs manpower", "the unconvincing conscription demand will increase the dissatisfaction of the local nobles with His Majesty", and "this gambling defense plan will put too much economic pressure on the imperial finances".

Because his precautionary request for help was denied, he chose to forward this part of his hope to the Duchess of Ulan, who he knew well, and tried to get in touch with the lady named Anastasia Gofrod as soon as possible by sending a message, in which he offered her a reward that she could not refuse.

About the remuneration......

“…… The whole team listens to the order, speed up! ”

"Your Excellency?!" Old Vernon, sitting in the coachman's seat, suddenly heard his vigilant roar, and his hands that were driving the carriage with the help of the reins immediately reflexively obeyed the order, and then looked around in astonishment, thinking that his lord had suddenly sensed something dangerous that he was not aware of.

Kevin quickly moved his right hand to the hilt of the sword and held it, just now he really sensed something wrong with the excellent perception of a high-ranking priest, his blue eyes casually looked up on the side of the car window, and through the night, he saw several dark figures on the top of the cliff on the side of the mountain road.

And then—

"Poof——!!

Without warning, the rocky cliffs on one side of the mountain road made a loud blasting sound, and the violent tremor shook the balance under the feet of those present, and the splashing of earth and sand covered the section of the mountain road like a sudden rainstorm!

The attack came suddenly, and a few of the cavalry members who were clustered in front of and behind the carriage were smashed off their horses by falling stones, and the remaining men reacted in time, and hurriedly tried to control the frightened horses to dodge in embarrassment, but in the next second, they heard another terrifying sound like a death knell, as if announcing that the giant scythe of death was about to swing here!

They almost all realized in an instant that something terrible had found them, and they all turned their eyes in the direction of the cliff, and were horrified to find a landslide swooping down in smoke and dust towards it......

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