Chapter Eighty-Nine: Rumors
On this day, the lords were surprised to find that the lord had made another announcement. This announcement is much the same as the last one, and a powerful elven enemy has invaded, and the lord has to fight again.
As last time, the lord hopes that the lords will try to go out as much as possible during the war, and that if the enemy takes the town of Hammondal, there will be no panic, because that is only the lord's strategy, and the lord should temporarily pretend to submit to the enemy's rule to avoid being harmed, and wait patiently for the lord to drive the enemy away.
After the last battle, the lords, who had a great deal of confidence in the lord, did not panic because of the announcement this time, what should everyone do in normal times is still what they are doing, even the tavern of old Kobe is still open, and the whole town does not see the panic caused by the imminent war at all, but everyone consciously reduces going out.
However, what happened next made the lords a little incomprehensible, because the lord temporarily disbanded the lord's guard and militia team, and let everyone go home and stand by.
This is going to be a war, and it is when the army comes in handy, why does the lord disband the army instead? Everyone was puzzled.
A few people began to wonder if the lord was going to abandon his territory and run away on his own, but not many people thought so.
Most people thought that the lord must have come up with some bad idea to plot against his enemies, just like the last time he blew up the castle and buried the elven army alive.
And one detail also made the people choose to believe this speculation.
All the soldiers, whether they were the lord's guard or the militia, went home with their weapons, and according to some of the poor-mouthed militiamen, as soon as they heard the code of assembly, they were to assemble at once with their weapons in hand and wait for orders.
This inside information, which was revealed intentionally or unintentionally, made the people feel at ease.
Old Kobe Bryant once again made a remark about the elven enemy's bad luck again: "Look, maybe this time the lord can take down a giant dragon and bring it back as a trophy!" ”
No one believed that a dragon would appear in Hammondal, and no one knew that the elven kingdom had really sent a dragon to occupy their small town.
Early the next morning, the lord took the sorceress and the captain of the half-elf guard, and the three of them rode three silver flying horses, together with the high priest of Ryan and the four angel warriors, and flew out of the town of Hammondale in the morning glow.
The rest of the men were all disbanded, including Robert and Polly, and all went home to stand by, and the old butler, who had nowhere else to go, was temporarily borrowed from the house of the clerk Wendel.
Orison and more than twenty big-eared monsters lived in the house where the centaurs and dwarven prisoners of war were kept, and on the one hand, the lord was afraid that they would cause something outside and cause racial disputes, and on the other hand, he could guard the prisoners of war on the spot, killing two birds with one stone.
The reason why Jian Chen ordered the disbandment of these people was because whether it was the lord's guard, or the militia, or the big-eared monsters, or those prisoners of war, they were all the belongings that the lord had accumulated with great difficulty, and the lord didn't want to ruin all his hard work when the elves were fighting here.
To this end, he even arranged for Robert to surrender with the Lord's Guard if necessary. Anyway, as long as he can hold out until the empress's reinforcements arrive and win this war, then all the people will reunite under his banner as long as he gives the order.
What if it fails? I'm sorry, my lord, refuses to think about it right now.
After the lord left, a piece of gossip circulated among the people of Hammondale again.
The elves actually sent dragons to attack Hammondale this time, these terrifying creatures are not at all what ordinary soldiers can resist, in order to prevent the soldiers from dying in vain, so the lord chose to take a few angels and magicians, together with the legendary hero of the empire, High Priest Ryan, to go out to meet the army sent by the empire to ambush the enemy, wanting to destroy these dragons and other enemies on the road.
Only then did the lords know that the magician who had returned with the lord not long ago was actually Lord Ryan, the legendary hero of the legend and the high priest of the empire of the dual-line magic master.
This also explains why there are suddenly four more angels around the lord, they are here with Lord Ryan, and it turns out that the reinforcements of the empire have also arrived, with these powerful regular troops, it is no wonder that the lord will disband the army and only take Master Temple and the captain of the half-elf guard with great martial skills to fight.
The rumors became more and more outrageous, and finally it turned out that the Empress Catherine of the Empire had already taken the imperial expedition, and she took a large number of angelic warriors and overwhelming griffons to fly over the mountain roads blocked by heavy snow, and came to destroy those elven invaders who dared to invade the territory of the Empire, and the lord was going to meet Her Majesty the Empress with the hero of the Empire, High Priest Ryan.
This news made Hammondal's hearts flutter, and the topic of discussion in almost every household at this time was what kind of achievements the lord could achieve this time, whether he would be rewarded by the empress, and so on.
In their opinion, even if the elven invaders were to be helped by dragons this time, they would definitely be defeated.
Unbeknownst to everyone, these rumors were nothing more than false news that the lord had asked Robert to deliberately spread, just to calm people's hearts.
The lord didn't want his already economically difficult territory to be hurt in the war by the turmoil of the lords and the lack of cooperation with the invaders, because he was running out of money.
Although the endless mercury bottle is good, it is necessary to exchange the produced mercury for gold coins before it can be spent, and the money borrowed by the lord has bottomed out at this time after spending and paying off part of the debt.
On the orders of the Golden Dragon Queen, the Golden Dragon Beccaria took two other members of his clan and seven green dragons to the aid of the Elves of Turalion.
Before leaving, the Golden Dragon Queen summoned Beccaria to her, informing him that the lord of the small human realm might possess a powerful treasure from the ancient period, and also recounted the Elven King's guess about the possibility of the treasure.
The Golden Dragon Queen hoped that Beccaria would bring these treasures back, if they really existed.
Although these artifact treasures cannot be used by the dragon clan, they cannot be left out, and all the treasures that can threaten the life of the dragon clan should be strictly controlled by the dragon clan, and by the way, enrich the treasure collection room of the golden dragon queen in the dragon cliff.
When you have time, play with these magical treasures, in the eyes of the dragon clan is a very pleasing thing, this is quite popular among the dragon clan is a kind of elegant entertainment, and the preciousness of the treasure can reflect the taste of a dragon.
Receiving the order, Beccaria crossed the Turalone border with the nine-headed dragon as fast as they could, catching up with the Elven Pegasus Knights who had already set out for Hammondal.
The addition of these dragons boosted the morale and excitement of the elves, and some veterans of the last war recognized Beccaria, who had also fought in the war.
Alice, the elven master of the elven clan heroic spirit who led the team, also recognized Beccaria and greeted him affectionately, the two of them had fought side by side many times in the last war, and they were also old comrades-in-arms.