In the spring wilderness after the spring rains, the air is filled with a clean and clear fresh smell.

A mild-mannered mare walked on a muddy spring field, and the loose reins did not give it any direction, and it also walked forward leisurely while gnawing on the green seedlings that had just been arched out of the earth.

And the woman in knight's armor on its back was in a state of fugue and didn't care where the road ahead led.

Linar sat on her horse with her head down, her eyes blurred and unfocused, but her face was sometimes nervous and sometimes shy, and it was obvious that her inner turmoil was changing rapidly and violently.

"Ahem!"

A gentle cough sounded in front of me, and it exploded like spring thunder in the ears of Ariana, who was distracted.

Ariana's body tensed instantly, and she reached out and touched the powerful "Hallow" long sword at her waist, but after seeing the gray-robed man standing on the ridge in front of her, she relaxed again, and returned to her usual indifferent appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

Of course, Ariana is still a little different from before, in the past, she would directly bypass Ismail in front of her and leave as she should, but now she lowered her head, looked left and right, and ignored her father.

"Ugh!"

Ismail, as the Pope of the Dawn Church, the second most respected figure in the religious circles of the mainland, usually only needs to cough, which one does not quickly kneel down under the mouth of the ground to call for a crown, but now standing in front of Ariana, he is ignored.

But in the face of Ariana's "rudeness", Ismael has no temper at all, otherwise he would not have allowed this baby pimple to wander outside rebelliously alone for so many years.

"Ahem! I've seen that kid, the person is very good, but it's too attentive, in the words of a person I've seen, it's eating on the plate, thinking about the pot, eating more and taking more insatiable, not a good man with a single-minded temperament!"

"Who told you to see him?"

Ariana, who was sitting on the horse, "soared" and exploded, and the anger and sharp questioning on her face made Ismail's eyebrows tremble unconsciously, you must know that His Majesty the Pope did not change his face in the face of the collapse of the mountain.

"A lot of people are very interested in that kid, and I'm a little curious about him, so I'm just going to see him, have you treated him well, how can you do this to your father. ”

If Ismail's acquaintances saw him like this, they would definitely burst into tears of laughter, because Ismail's face was angry, but how it sounded like an aggrieved explanation.

You must know that in this world, daughters are not necessarily fathers' little padded jackets, most of them are fathers' cash cows, and fathers have some absolute authority and the right to kill their daughters, not to mention that Ismail is the Pope of the Dawn Church, just a drunk old man in the countryside, and he rarely has such grievances in front of his daughter.

"You are wrong, Your Majesty Ismail, Charles never took the initiative to provoke any girl, his fiancée, Lord Fani, had to go to his house in a carriage to meet him, and even if a wonderful woman like Linar Yatel wanted to get close to him and confuse him, he would do everything he could to refuse........"

Ariana raised her head slightly, looked at the floating clouds gliding in the sky with confused eyes, and said softly: "I have experienced a lot of things with him, and there were some misunderstandings at the beginning, but now that I think about it carefully, I really can't remember that he has any intentions for me, and he is not a person of the same world as Bulma and Weideka." ”

"There is no greed, no lust, no disgusting lust in his eyes, and I really have never seen a purer look in his eyes......."

“...........”

Ismael's heart was a little pantothenic, and his own girl had said so many words of praise to a man who was not his strong, loving, and powerful father.

Is this the fate of all fathers who have daughters in the world? Is it hard to bring up the child, and in the end it is destined that a bad boy will sneak into the fence and window of his house and take her away?

"Okay, Ariana, I'll change my words, Charles is not too careful, but too much to like women, and he doesn't know how much he will hurt in his life....... Silly girl, you'd better come back to Norman City with me, and you'll know in a few years that boy is a troublemaker, and nothing good will come of it......."

Ismail wanted to reprimand Ariana harshly, but the words turned into tactful persuasion, hoping that his clever daughter would understand that the "silly girl" was referring to her.

"What about you? What about my mother?"

“.........”

Ismail was stunned, he wanted to persuade his daughter well, but Ariana suddenly looked at him and said something, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

In the past, Ariana basically didn't talk to him, let alone argue with him, and spent most of the time alone, and at that time he had hoped that even if Ariana and he quarreled every once in a while, it would be better than the two of them being as indifferent as strangers.

But today, Ariana stabbed out with a sword, and Ismael knew what "heart-piercing pain" was.

"Weren't you a troublesome spirit back then?"

"Isn't my mom a silly girl?"

“.........”

Ariana's three strikes made Ismael completely silent, he didn't want to argue with his daughter about anything that involved her mother, and she hadn't called him "father" since the last argument.

Ariana stared at her father for a moment, then turned her head and flicked the reins, and the docile mare walked around the silent gray-robed man and kicked away.

"Don't worry, father, I didn't expect anything, I just wanted to look at him from afar......."

Ismail suddenly turned his head to look at his daughter's tall and strong back, and only sighed after a long time: "I hope you are smarter and stronger than me and your mother!"

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Fifty miles north of the Blue Mountain Pass, there is a Qingshui River rushing and flowing from east to west, and there is a big town on the north bank of the Qingshui River, named Qingshui Town by the river, there is a bridge in the town to connect the north bank of the south bank, it is an important throat artery between Luxon City and the Blue Mountain Pass.

A few days earlier, the main force of the Red Oak Legion had arrived in Clearwater, and the town's inhabitants were confident of the impending war with the Lorraine.

The Luxon are in desperate need of a hearty victory.

But as the two armies crossed the Qingshui River and returned to Qingshui Town last night, many old people smelled the familiar ominous smell.

In the past tens and hundreds of years, this smell has disgusted the Lucernes again and again, and each defeat will make them tenacious, but also numb, is this time going to be defeated again?

In the center of Clearwater Town, a tall flagpole was erected, and a flag with black stripes on a red background was brightly colored, fluttering slightly under the warm spring breeze, indicating that this was the headquarters of the Red Oak Legion.

And in the west of Qingshui Town, there is also a legion flag with red stripes on a black background hanging on the high flagpole, competing with the red legion flag in the center of the town, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like a foil.

It was the Legion Banner of the Black Oak Legion.

When the Black Oak Legion passed through Qingshui Town, it set up a logistics supply point outside the town, and many of the supplies that were not brought to the Blue Mountain Pass in time due to the rapid march were stored here, and those wounded soldiers who were injured by the "Crazy Holy Water" were also here, which became an important support and foundation for this army of less than 1,000 people.

Since this morning, the Black Oak Legion's conscription order has spread in all directions, and Leclow wants to recover the crippled legion as quickly as possible, so that something undesirable will not happen.

"Woo woo woo"

But when it was close to noon, a melodious trumpet suddenly sounded in the far north field.

A cavalry team of about 100 people came quickly from the direction of Lusen City to Qingshui Town, hundreds of cavalry were all elite with bright armor, and the yellow flags in front of the team were even more conspicuous.

The owner of the Duchy of Luxon, Grand Duke of Luxon, Haaland Griffis, arrived.

The elite cavalry did not enter the town, but listened to the melodious sound of the horn in the field north of Qingshui Town, and the melodious sound of the horn was a summons to the two legion commanders to come and meet their loyal monarch.

Leclos and the Red Oak Legion's Legion Commander Porter hurried to the north of Clearwater Town, and saw the hundreds of elite knights on guard from afar, while a black war horse stood alone in the wilderness.

Delicate silver helmet and silver armor, silver gloves, silver mask, the knight of the black war horse was wrapped in silver, out of the two thin slits on the mask, without any contact with the outside world.

Porter rode over first, jumped off his horse and knelt on one knee to perform the courtesy of a courtier to meet the monarch.

"Your Excellency the Duke, your courtier, Porter, wishes you eternal health!"

Leclow didn't rob Porter, he dismounted silently in advance, walked to Porter's side and knelt down to salute, and didn't say a word with a gloomy face.

The knight, who stood alone in the wilderness, turned to them on his side, and after a long time said in a deep voice: "This place should have grown wheat seedlings, but now it is barren because of the war, and it will be difficult for my people to .......survive this summer."

Poult lowered his head and said in trepidation: "I'm sorry Lord Duke, we could have received enough food and money from the people of Lorraine, but....... We've got you down. ”

Leclos didn't bow his head to explain anything, he and Porter have never been the same kind of people, and they won't steal his lines at this time.

Haaland Greenfaces, Grand Duke of Lucerne, was silent for a while, and then said faintly: "Just yesterday, an envoy from Engelu found me and promised to provide us with enough food, weapons, money, and soldiers........ They were available to us as long as we needed ......."

"But...... I would like to hear the opinions of the two corps commanders. ”

Haaland Greenis, Grand Duke of Luxon, who was wrapped in sterling silver, finally turned his head, and the two thin slits in his mask revealed a sharp gaze, which made the two legion commanders kneeling on the ground feel pressure.

"Lord Duke, the Engru people are nothing more than trying to use us to weaken the Flensians, and we can calmly accept their food, supplies, money, and army...... It still needs to be decided by the Duke. ”

Porter's idea is very simple, that is, to pretend to be a dog and eat buns, and I will eat as much as you give, but if you want me to do something for you, it depends on the mood of the dog.

"Leclos, what do you think?" Haaland Greenfis looked at Lecro, who was silent.

"I'm sorry Lord Duke, I think....... This war should be ended as soon as possible!"

Porter suddenly looked at Leclos angrily, "Are you crazy Leclos, we haven't lost yet! Have you lost all your courage in one battle.......?"

"Enough..... It's over!"

The Grand Duke of Lucerne stopped Porter's anger and asked Leclow lightly: "Tell me what is in your heart, Leclos, what do you see clearly with the lives of six thousand soldiers?"

"Six thousand warriors?"

Porter looked at Leclos in surprise, he just knew that the Black Oak Legion had suffered heavy losses in the Blue Mountain Pass, but he didn't expect it to be so miserable, more than half of the legions of more than 10,000 people were killed, and if it was an army with almost willpower, it would basically lose its combat effectiveness.

"I see clearly the war potential of the Lorraine. ”

Lecro said in a deep voice: "Lord Duke, we are not only fighting with the Lorraine, we have received information that the Pruss have provided artillery mercenaries to the Marquis of Lorraine, it is ridiculous, the mercenaries have reached the level of the teaching team of the Brambaugh Artillery School......"

"In addition, we may have to face some unknown forces, I have carefully studied the battle of that night in the past few days, how can I not figure out how the city wall was blown down such a big gap, I obviously arranged a thousand of the most elite warriors outside the city, but how did so much gunpowder quietly transported to the side of the city wall?

"Unless....... A high-ranking Sage has joined the battle. ”

"Impossible!"

Grand Duke Luxon, who was sitting on the horse, waved his hand, "That Marquis of Lorraine may have mastered a new type of alchemy explosive, a saint-level powerhouse will not be bored enough to participate in this kind of war, even if it is crowned by Adele, he will not waste precious time and energy for an insignificant Marquis of Lorraine." ”

"And what if the Marquis of Lorraine is so good that it completely exceeds our expectations?"

Lecrow raised his head and looked at Grand Duke Lucerne, and said with some bitterness: "Is a twenty-year-old middle-rank transcendent worthy of his aunt's personal action?"

"Median-rank transcendent......s? Is it possible?"

Porter gave full play to his super talent for praise and asked the question in his heart for the Grand Duke of Lucerne.

"I've seen him unleash the Bow of the Moon Shadow twice in one minute, what rank do you think he is now, will this genius be given up by King Rousself, will he be given up by His Majesty Adele?"

Port: "........."

Grand Duke of Luxon: "........."

"Also, do you have any news of the Light Ascetic, do you have any news of the Engla hunter Djibün Bouchard?"

Port: "........"

Grand Duke of Luxon: ".........."

"If those two transcendent powerhouses are hunted, then what kind of existence are we facing?"