Act Ninety-Three: The Great Adventure of Three Bear Children I
Brando parted the crowd and saw the 'man'. To be exact, I could vaguely tell that it was a woman, wearing tattered and charred clothes, which could barely cover the important parts, and there were extensive burns all over her body, some places had festered, and her right hand had almost turned into charcoal, especially the face with a beautiful face was covered with terrible bubbles, and half of her hair was burned off, and it was difficult to distinguish the original appearance. His first thought when he saw this woman was that she was still alive, which was a miracle, the other party's chest rose and fell weakly, this was the only indication that she still had signs of life, and in addition, Brando could feel the residual breath of divine magic in this woman, it should be Magdal who cast a holy spell to stabilize his injuries.
He couldn't think of a reason why she was still alive, but even so, it would be difficult for her to survive a few days, and organ failure would soon kill her.
This is not a member of the legations, and there are no women among the Cruz nobles, they should be innocent civilians in the town who have been affected by Malthus's attack, what a poor woman, Brando can tell from a few details alone that she must have been a rare beauty before she was injured, but the flames will not pity the jade, she can still survive for a moment in pain, but soon she will return to the dark abyss, the embrace of the goddess Elaine. Brando mourned for a moment in his heart, then turned his head and looked strangely at Magdal and the pale Dilferry, who was separated for a moment and found that he did not know each other, and did not understand why he had called himself, could it be that these ladies suddenly felt sympathy and wanted to hold a funeral for this woman here?
It was absolutely impossible, and even if he had compassion, he would not put more than a thousand people in danger for the sake of a dying woman.
"She's Delphien." Dilferry replied quietly.
Brando was slightly stunned, he had some impression of the name, but for a moment it was difficult to tell which owner it belonged to from the countless names in his mind.
"She's the prime minister's daughter." Princess Magdal added when she saw Brando's confused look.
Brando's sudden realization that it was her! He couldn't help but laugh a little. This woman had come to the fir collar half a year ago to trouble him, and at that time, because he almost hurt Freya, he got angry and locked her up in a water prison under the fir castle, but Freya was kind-hearted and secretly let her go, and asked Lady Veronica to send her back to the empire, and then he forgot about it. He could not have punished Freya for such a trivial matter.
He didn't expect to meet this lady in this way after half a year, although he thought that the prime minister's daughter had a little bit of a problem with his brain, but he was not narrow-minded enough to remember a woman's hatred, not to mention that Freya was only in danger after all, seeing Delphine like this, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that if he still had a number one holy water. can save the other party's life in the face of the imperial prime minister, but now, he is also lacking in skills.
Realizing that the identity of the woman in front of him was a bit special, Brando quickly adjusted his mentality, always beware of the prime minister's anger, he was very familiar with the famous old Prime Minister Nedwin, but he didn't know much about the temperament of little Niedwin. Giving birth to such a narrow-minded and paranoid daughter is really unrelenting. He looked at the others present and asked, "How did she come here, Sir Cooper, what does the Earl of Orcons think should be done?" β
Delphine is the daughter of the Chancellor of the Empire, so it is naturally the Cruz people who have the most power to decide her fate, and the highest position of all people at the moment is undoubtedly the Count of Orcons. Brando didn't want to get into trouble with the prime minister, but the count was not necessarily afraid, not to mention that the other party had no reason to shirk, the Cruz nobles wanted to save face after all.
But Brando didn't expect Cooper to look at him with a very strange gaze. He replied, "We have not yet told Count SΓΉ Orcons, after all, in the present situation, it is better for you to make a decision, Lord Earl." β
Brando was stunned, Cooper was a retainer of Count Alcons, when did he dare to make a decision on behalf of his lord? But when he looked around, he saw that everyone present did not seem to be surprised by this, and did not object to it. What does this mean, this woman has sinned against him in the past, but he doesn't seem to be narrow-minded enough to make people think that he doesn't even let go of a woman, even if he is a Cruz nobleman, he has to show a decent demeanor in the face of women's fashion, can it be said that he Brando is more unbearable than these nobles in the eyes of the world? Even Princess Dilferi and Princess Magdal were here, and in a sense, these two ladies were also their own people, and their attitude made Brando feel very hurt.
Cooper seemed to see Brando's confusion, but he didn't dare to speak, so he had to think that Princess Magdal on the side glanced at her, who sighed slightly before explaining: "Mr. Brando, Delphien is not here alone, your White Lion Guards have found her retinue and escorts, and after their 'questioning', it is already certain that they are actually coming for you." Then the nun princess slowly explained the ins and outs.
Brando seemed to be listening to the Arabian Nights, he never dreamed that the demon slayer spear in the elf's hand was originally used against him, but by mistake it saved everyone, and this prime minister's daughter really made him a little creepy, and he didn't know whether to say that she was too paranoid, or had perseverance and perseverance, but this crazy woman was also self-inflicted, she came all the way here to deal with him, but she didn't expect to attract the black dragon Malthus to make herself like this in the sea of fire, Brando glanced at Delphien, who was barely human, and didn't feel gloating at all, tonight was a little worse, and now he was the one who became like this, and there must have been more people present.
It's not just a game, after all.
He shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, these are all things that didn't happen after all, this young lady...... Take her with you, and if she can't hold it up, at least give her a decent funeral in line with her status. β
Hearing him say this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, especially Cooper, Brando's doing this was a face-saving gesture for the prime minister, and anyone who heard such a thing could only praise the Count from Eruin for his broad-mindedness, and the young Prime Minister Nedwin lost his position of anger. Aristocrats always have to pay attention to decency. Cooper was secretly even a little grateful to Brando, he knew that this Count Tonigel was not necessarily afraid of retribution from the Empire, but they couldn't afford it, Brando's toughness was notoriously, he even dared to offend His Majesty, the Queen of the Empire, and how could he be afraid of a single prime minister. Privately, therefore, Cooper felt that the Lord Count had said this to take care of them, and that the Lord Count had a great reputation in Eruin, and was neither flattering nor deceiving, and this statement seemed to be confirmed at the moment.
Brando, of course, didn't know that he was just a casual remark of sympathy, and that he had become synonymous with high character, and had earned an excellent reputation among these lower nobles. His idea was actually very simple, anyway, Miss Delphien was just struggling to survive, why should he go to the trouble again, why not be generous, so that the little Prime Minister Nedwin with an unknown temper would not find any excuse to trouble himself.
In fact, he was completely afraid of this prime minister's daughter, because even in the face of the supreme of the empire, at least the other party's behavior still has logic to follow, and this eldest lady is purely a madman, and the thoughts of a madman cannot be guessed by normal logic. It was terrible to keep such a man as his enemy, but fortunately, Mr. Malthus, who was of high character, drew his sword to help him when he saw injustice. Solved this problem for him cleanly.
Brando's private feelings were almost complete to a certain black dragon.
Since Greystone had been reduced to ruins due to the battle between the two dragons, the garrisons in the city - no matter which side they were, in the eyes of the dragons there was no essential difference between the cavemen and humans in Jogandigang, just as ordinary people would never distinguish between good ants and bad ants when they stepped on ants, and they must have stomped down and trampled them all to death - they had already fled from the desert, so Eruin's envoys did not encounter any trouble when they evacuated. There are also dragons in the city. However, most of them had already followed Malthus's departure, and the few who had fallen behind or fallen into the ruins and had fallen unconscious and awakened did not dare to come to trouble the hundreds of gargoyles in the sky, so they avoided it far away and hid in the nearby hills.
The Eruin and the Cruz walked through the ruined streets, and the whole city was in ruins as far as the eye could see. The rubble-strewn streets are littered with troglodytes, harpies, and even human corpses. The whole city was dead silent from above, like a ghost, Brando looked at the completely destroyed East City of Graystone Town, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart The destructive power caused by the battle above the Extreme Realm can be predicted, it is foreseeable that it will be difficult for this place to regain its prosperity in the next ten years, and it is more likely that this war will leave a shadow in everyone's hearts, and the refugees caused by the war may not even return here for a long time, and this place will be abandoned for a long time until decades later, The ruins and dead grass left behind will also tell passers-by about the qiΔ that happened here.
A story about the shadow of a dragon sweeping over the earth.
Brando's thought of the metal disc in Nimesis' hand, and he had a vague feeling that an era might have begun early, and that this holy war might evolve into a wider turmoil that would draw the whole world into a never-ending whirlpool.
In another period of history, he had witnessed this history with his own eyes, but the only difference was that in this world, there was also the existence of Eruin.
He turned around and waved at Charles in the distanceβ
Eruin's envoy was about to leave Greystone, but Sir Cooper in the envoy had other work to do, perhaps Brando finally persuaded him, or he also realized that bullying a little girl didn't seem to be a dishonorable thing, so he decided to let the elf go, but now that they know the origin of the demon slayer spear, they will never let this elf girl of unknown origin take the spear away, otherwise they are afraid that the Earl of Freud will settle the account on their heads, and the Nedwin family has already been offended, But no one wanted to add a Freuth family.
Under Brando's advice, Cooper decided to personally convince the other party to hand over the demon slayer gun, and then no one could care where she liked.
Unfortunately, persuasion did not go easily.
"Little girl, we're not trying to lock you up, but this gun belongs to us Cruz. As long as you leave it behind, wherever you want, that's your freedom. β
"It's clear that the elves saved you, but you want to take revenge, you're broken!"
"I admit that, and we can compensate you too. But the gun isn't your thing, and it's not ours, so it has to stay, get it? β
"Liar, you bully elves!"
Tears glistened in the elf's eyes, and Cooper suddenly had a head and two big, he didn't want to fall into the reputation of a bully of a little girl, but he had already said that his mouth was dry, and the little girl in front of him just didn't eat oil and salt. There were a few times when he almost ran out of rage. But he was embarrassed to use force on a little girl, not to mention that even if he had the heart, Brando might not allow it. In front of him, the elf was holding the demon slayer gun tightly, staring at him vigilantly, anyway, she didn't want to stay, nor did she want to give her treasure to this person, although the other party said it was crazy. But who knows if it's true or not, in her logic: what the elf picked up. Naturally, it is the spoils of the elves.
In the end, in desperation, Cooper could only drop a sentence: "Forget it, anyway, until you leave the gun, you can only stay here, and when you figure it out, you can sue us again." β
Let's talk about it. He left this damn place with a terrible headache.
After Cooper had been gone for a while, the elf said to the pseudo-dragon beside him with some fear, "Shanny, what to do, they're going to rob the elf." β
Shanny rolled her eyes, wondering if it was better that you had stolen someone else's stuff. However, as soon as she thought that the Demon Slayer Gun was the stuff of those bad guys who were going to come to arrest her, she didn't have the slightest obstacle in her heart, and replied as a matter of course: "It's not simple, they won't let us go, let's just sneak away." β
"Sneak away, but the elf's cloak has been lost?"
"It's okay." Shanny flapped her wings and said confidently, "Look at me." β
The elf's face changed: "Xianni, are you going to cast your terrible spells again, I, I think we should not leave, in fact, it's good to stay, that human sister is good to me, and gave me candy to eat, and I also exchanged names with her, she said her name is Enid." β
"Did you tell her your real name?" Shannie was startled.
"Of course not."
"And how do you exchange names?"
"I said my name was Elf."
"Fuck off, you damned bear child," replied Sunny, angrily, "Can you treat people with respect, exchanging names is a very sacred thing between friends." β
"Okay, I'll go tell SΓΉ what the elf is called now, let's not leave." The elf replied cautiously.
"Don't try to change the subject, my spell is terrible!" Xianni was so angry that she slapped the elf's forehead with her wings, "If it wasn't for my spell last time, when that bad woman was fighting that black dragon, the two of us would have fallen to our deaths." β
"But if it weren't for your spells, we wouldn't have been knocked off the clouds by them!" The elf retorted disdainfully.
"That'...... That's just the wrong mantra. Shanny retorted.
"What about this time?"
"Of course not this time! You don't even believe me, I'm never going to be friends with you again, damn elf! β
"Okay, okay, really?" The elf was startled and hurriedly reassured his companion.
"Of course it's true." Shanny patted her chest and promised, "Look at me!" β
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Brando was counting the casualties, the number of casualties of the White Lion Guards in this battle simply made him frown, the casualty rate was more than half within a few minutes, fortunately, most of them were not dead or disabled under normal circumstances, and they could be converted into acceptable minor injuries when he had holy water, otherwise he would really have to lose his hair, at the moment this White Lion Guards was his elite, the backbone of the future Eruin Basic Infantry Legion, one less would make him heartache for a long time, if it wasn't for the last resort, He never dreamed of using them against a dragon.
He listened to the numbers on Nimersis and Juta's report, and watched the envoys slowly pass through the gates west of Greystone, when he saw Cooper, with a stinky face, coming from behind the line, and seeing the other party's face, he knew that the other party's persuasion work might not be going well.
"Sir Cooper, how's it going?"
"Hey, don't mention it." Cooper shook his head helplessly: "I've told Lord Count to see the joke." β
"It's not a big deal, elves are naturally distrustful of humans, especially wild elves, although they often appear in human society, but they are actually more indifferent than wind elves." Brando replied, and when he said this, he couldn't help but think of the wild elf sisters in the legations, Flo could be said to be the kind of typical elves he had ever seen, and her sister Tia was more different, which probably had a lot to do with Tia's growing up in the human world: "You show enough sincerity, I don't think she will be unreasonable, after all, she is just a child." β
"The Earl is very knowledgeable." Cooper complimented, "But I'm not that patient, just a child, and she'll understand if you scare her, but the Earl doesn't have a problem with that, right?" β
Brando glanced at the guy, a little surprised that he was really a child, he shrugged his shoulders, and thought to himself, "Don't make a big fuss, Mr. Sir, I have elves among my men, and I think you should understand my attitude towards them." β
"Don't worry, it's just to scare her." Cooper replied, "It's just a little kid who can make a fuss." β
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud bang, and everyone saw a pillar of fire rising into the sky behind the team.
β¦β¦ (To be continued......)