Bran Capet sat on the sofa with a glass of red wine in his hand, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the many men and women in the hall hug and dance.

The temperature in the east is indeed higher than that in the north, and even the air is extremely comfortable to breathe.

And the city away from the war is particularly mild and romantic in winter.

This is my ideal Garden of Eden.

He paused, and gently placed the wine glass in his hand on the table, making an extremely pleasant crashing sound.

Some young girls had begun to notice him, but Bran was not surprised, for his handsome appearance and outstanding temperament were a powerful means for him to mingle with the aristocracy.

"Do you have a dance partner for tonight's ball?" Bran was first accosted by a fair-skinned girl with a slightly flushed cheek and a close-fitting evening gown that showed off the curves of her body very seductively.

"I'm sorry, miss. I'm waiting for someone. Bran shook his head.

"This ...... Well, I'm sorry to bother you. The girl felt a little embarrassed, after all, the feeling of rejection after mustering up courage was very frustrating, and she turned her head to look at her companions, only to find them secretly laughing.

The girl felt the area behind her ears start to heat up.

It's a shame.

......

"It's a pity. Yarrow sat on the sidelines and watched the girl come up and talk to Bran, and then Bran refused, he smiled: "A girl of this kind of posture is rare to see even in Swan Castle, and she is of the right age, in the best stage of her life, if nothing happens, won't she regret it in retrospect?"

"Yarrow, you're taking me for one of those sperm-in-the-brains in the pig pen. Bran glanced at Yarrow disapprovingly and tapped his finger on the table: "Don't forget, what did we come to Tallinn after crossing the dangerous war zone?" ”

"To be honest, I don't agree with you a bit, and if you let that lord know about your plans, I'm afraid he'll have the soldiers chop us both to pulp. Yarrow frowned, "Why don't you choose the safer way, such as leaving the Duke to speak to the Lord in your place?"

"My father doesn't care, and if I can't even do this kind of thing, then I'm completely out of competitiveness. Bran spoke.

A nobleman passed in front of him and raised his glass in his hand in a friendly manner.

Bran smiled and gestured.

"Until now, my father has never expressed the idea of letting me take over any army, and Ron's strength is growing stronger day by day, and you and I both know that with my current strength, I can't compete with Ron," Bran said with a pretended lightheartedness, "If Ron is in power, what will he do with a brother who is ambitious and once wanted to compete with him for inheritance?"

"I have to seek the help of other hegemons, both militarily and economically. ”

As soon as Bran finished speaking, from the steps of the second floor, several young girls in dancing skirts walked down, and the one who walked in the middle was a little nervous, obviously the first time to participate in such a large-scale party, and the companions beside her kept talking and laughing in her ear, trying to relieve her nervousness.

"So, your target, it's her," Yarrow spread his hands, "a woman who doesn't even have a developed chest, little ...... Girl?"

"Mr. Yarrow, please watch your words," Bran interrupted Yarrow quippingly, "maybe in a few months, she will become my wife!"

Well, Yarrow shrugged helplessly.

I just don't know if her father, Rob Norrington, the king of the East of the Iron Stream, would have a different opinion on this.

......

The sudden appearance of the demons made Rand stop his drawing work, the demons' bodies were different from ordinary people, and except for the little boy who was seriously injured, the other demons were just unconscious caused by too much physical exertion, and when their physical strength recovered some, their physical condition slowly began to return to normal.

What shocked Rand the most was the little boy named Shadow, who had never seen anyone with the same tenacity and willpower as he had, and Rand was able to understand it when he learned from Lightning that Shadow had lived with wolves for several years before joining the council.

It seems that the lives of the demon seeds in the past were very difficult.

"I picked a few of the soldiers who volunteered for the rescue mission, promising a good reward for each of them, but there were not many of them," Touron handed Rand a list, "barely enough for thirty." ”

Thirty men, if fully armoured, with muskets and rockets, would have a better chance of victory than seventy percent.

The demons are also flesh and blood, and through careful questioning with Lightning, Rand determined that there are no perverted abilities such as time stop or absolute defense among the demons of the Dark Council.

Then there's nothing to worry about.

Under the bombardment of artillery, Rand believed that no one could resist this epoch-making force, unless the enemy was strong enough to ignore the threat*, but then the demon seeds would have to huddle in the icy mountains for a long time.

"My lord, please make sure one last time, these thirty men will take away nearly half of the muskets and cannonballs of the Kongdu Territory, if the barbarians invade, can we really resist it?" Touron still did not give up on persuading the Rand.

"Do as I say. ”

As soon as Lightning's body recovered a little, he began to urge Rand to prepare for the rescue, and he was willing to act as a guide.

And Rand didn't mean to continue to delay, Snow and the other demon seeds could be in danger at any time in the dangerous Dark Council, and the sooner they arrived, the greater the chance of Snow's survival.

Otherwise, by the time his own people passed, Snow would have become a dry skeleton in the snow.

"Let the soldiers set out at dawn and be careful to avoid areas infested with beasts. According to the plan that Rand had already thought of, "The soldiers who carry out the rescue mission, in addition to the originally promised salary, everyone can get a piece of land!"

"The pay is a bit high, isn't it?"

"The danger is proportional to the reward, and I think the reward is a little bit less than the danger of throwing my life. Rand said with a wave of his hand.

......

At dawn, there was an escalator hanging on the wall of the fortress, and thirty soldiers and two demon seeds, without lighting torches, took advantage of the faint light of the sky, and set off.

The footprints in the snow were soon obscured by the scattered snowflakes.

Looking at the distant figure of the expedition, at the end of the horizon, a dark shadow quietly disappeared.