The former undead didn't think that a human like Baldwin could suddenly wake up overnight, and his gaze swept over everyone, and then found a clue in the smile of the princess Leona.

When Adair's hands landed on Berdwin's shoulders, Baldwin closed his eyes, and Adair was not going to refuse him because ...... The latter is indeed an upright and good man, while he is a coward, a despicable man who does not even dare to face up to his own mistakes—and if Leona's angry blow had not brought him to his senses, he would probably still be immersed in ridiculous self-doubt and prejudice. He should not blame his knights and soldiers, they trusted Adel not for nothing, when they, their wives, children, and parents were ruthlessly banished from Thundercastle by the new king and Dylan because of their connections, and as their master, Baldwin was still in exile thousands of miles away from them, knowing nothing - it was not Baldwin's fault, but he did not take on the duties of a lord at that time- Was it Adair who led them in search of water in the barren plains, discerning directions, gathering herbs, setting up tents, digging traps, leading them to escape again and again from the minions of orcs and thieves' swords, and if Adele, how many Normans were able to leave the Highlands? hundreds, dozens, or severals? At that time, Adel had not yet been forgiven by Rosada, he could not pray for divine arts, nor could he receive the guidance of the gods, he was just an ordinary person with a crime on his face, and it was self-evident how much effort he was able to do this, as Leona said, he should not be jealous and hateful of Adele, on the contrary, he should love him. Thank him for the reward and trust he deserves.

It's not that he doesn't want to do it, Baldwin knows that his soul weeps late every night, but he just can't control himself, especially when he knows how serious Adele's crime is after he regains Rosada's favor. Isn't a blasphemy, a murderer, more terrible than dereliction of duty and negligence?How long has it been since the scourge of the White Tower? Two years or three years? His gods have forgiven him, but what about his gods? Why does Tyre, who is just and just, refuse to forgive him? He received from the dwarf a chain made of countless small iron rings, and the first thing he did when he woke up every day was to reach out and touch one of them, but Tyre gave him only disappointment after disappointment.

Is he not pious enough? Perhaps, look at Adelle, the reason why he was able to get Rosada's forgiveness. If Tyre had hoped and demanded the same thing, then he could have done it, and he could have given Tyre glory that no other god could have, and he could do it better than anyone else.

However, Leona's reminder is still quite timely and correct, after discovering his mistake, Berdwin will not stubbornly turn a blind eye or cannot put down his dignity to correct him, and Leona is not only his lover, but also his respected and loyal king. He immediately accepted the princess's correction, and the next thing just had to begin. Then it would not have been too difficult, and the end would always be happy—the knight Hun watched with joy as his lord stood up with his hands in the hands of Adair, took off his necklace and hung it around his neck, and untied his dagger and hung it around his waist, and the stone that had been pressing on Baldwin's shoulder and heart was removed as the knights and soldiers cheered from their hearts. Adele's hand is so warm and so powerful, he will be a reliable friend and comrade-in-arms like Xiu. Point your blade at your enemies and give them your back. That's what a follower of Tyre should do.

The Lich was noncommittal, he wasn't working for the devil, and when it came to Tyre, the guy didn't seem to have done anything good to him - he couldn't even put on a gray robe now.

Perrant gave them twenty days, in fact, these twenty days were mainly used for Baldwin's new arm, if he couldn't return to the Dragonfire Islands for the time being, then he could prepare everything except for the last step.

"Is there only one mage who can cast spells on it?" asked the princess, Leona, who had a mage among the Normans of the Highlands, as well as the merchants who clinged to the side islands, and who could hire outside spellcasters for the side islands if needed.

Dwarf McGee raised his eyes lazily, "Yes," he said, "Each caster's magic fluctuates differently, and although it's hard for us to notice, if the magic of the child belongs to one caster, and the mother caster belongs to another, even ordinary golems will fail, let alone quicksilver golems." ”

Leona hadn't thought of asking the merchants to hire outside spellcasters for them, strange mages or warlocks were unreliable, and they couldn't force the gnomes to accept a second caster, and now Cremar was enough to dislike them, and if it weren't for the fact that there were very few mages among the gnomes, at least not in their group, even Cremar wouldn't be able to interfere with the gnomes' work.

The gnomes exchanged their heads and ears uneasily, apparently thinking of what Leona had in mind, stamping their little feet, clutching the rune seals hanging from their chests, clutching their small swords, and glancing fiercely at the knights and soldiers around them.

"It doesn't matter," said Baldwin, "I was wrong before—even if I didn't have an arm, I'd still be Baldwin Donclay," he still felt heartache at the mention of the last name, and besides Dylan, there was also Old Donclay, who had failed the old man's instructions, though he believed that he would one day return to the Highlands Norman and return to Thundercastle, "Will my children refuse to acknowledge that I am their lord because I have lost an arm?" he smiled and looked around, "Will it?"

"You will always be our lord!" one of the soldiers immediately shouted.

"Our allegiance belongs only to the Highland Normans, Thundercastle and Donclay!" said the knight, who bowed slightly, and Leona bowed slightly, for she knew that for these people, the Highland Norman was not referring to the vast land, nor to the new king and his heirs who wore the crown at this time, just as he was referring not to Dylan Doncre but to Birdwin Doncre.

"We have returned to you," said the other knight, "and we will not leave unless you want to expel us." ”

"Unless I'm dead. Baldwin immediately said, "Otherwise, I will always watch over you, just as you are loyal to me." ”

The gnomes grimaced or vomited, they were selfish creatures. They also don't care much about land and surnames, and settle in the Dragonfire Islands only because they hate dwarves and elves, as well as ignorant mortals who are afraid of the machines they make, and even if the local rulers are willing to tolerate their presence for the vast wealth that the gnomes bring, it is difficult for them to continue their lives and work in peace if there are sanctuaries, temples, and mage towers not far from the gnomes. Because of the relationship between the gnomes and the rune seals that even mortals could use to create rune disks and rune seals from gems and runes, mages and warlocks believed that they were desecrating magic. The more temperamental mages would simply drive them away, and if they were in gray or red, they would either be reduced to worse tools than slaves or killed, and the priests and priests would all consider them hypocrites or unbelievers.

So they had almost no idea of the country, their duty, their loyalty, and the gestures of these humans not only did not move them, but to some extent blinded their titanium dogs—they did not believe every word spoken by the Normans of the Highlands.

And now both Adel and Cremar. Gavin is not here, they are even more unscrupulous, ordinary steel and fists can't hurt them.

"What's the matter with these gnomes?" said the knight, "Have you eaten anything bad?"

He grabbed the most serious-looking one with great ease, the Normans of the Highlands were much taller and stronger than the adult males of the continent, and many of the gnomes reached almost his thighs, with a young face, and they were so richly dressed that the knights looked like large glittering dolls in the windows of the royal shops. Seriously, his hands have been a little itchy. After finding an excuse, he didn't hesitate to mention one, and looked into it curiously, while pretending to pat the dwarf on the back.

The dwarf wanted to crush the rune seal on his body or pull out the small sword for him, but he was "supported" by the knight face down, in a posture similar to those tortoises held up by unscrupulous humans, whose short arms could not touch the small sword hanging from his legs. The rune seal hanging from his chest was pressed between his chest and the knight's palm, and the knight kept patting his back, and his eyes were black for a while.

The other gnomes, including McGee, watched carefully for a moment. Realizing that their people would not be really harmed, they ran away without hesitation, and then chuckled out loud as they watched their people in embarrassment from a distance they felt safe.

Birdwin couldn't help but laugh for a moment, and took the dwarf from Xiu's hand, "I think he's all right. He said solemnly that the dwarf was about to go mad, and as soon as he fell to the ground he pounced on the knight's leg and bit it, even forgetting that he still had a short sword and magic runes, and after biting a bite of the dust he fled with hatred.

The princess Leona was even more smiling crimson, she was more healthy and beautiful than when she was still in the royal capital, and the kind of admirable confidence and pride emanated from her body like heat, if the old king saw her now, he would definitely feel very relieved. "Kremar when are they leaving?"

"Tonight. "We still have Gavin, but Master Alva suggested that we keep this news hidden for as long as we can," said Baldwin. ”

"You mean...... Amos?"

"He's the lord of the Eastern Crown now," said Berdwin, "and he has the right to recruit any spellcaster who is willing to work for him," he smiled wryly, "Although Cremar has made a contract with him, there are omissions in any contract. ”

Leona had been the heir to a vast kingdom, of course she would not have any objection to this, in fact, even if Cremar was still on the side island, they would not be unsuspecting, the side island was too rich, and thanks to the volcano, the current Eastern Crown can be said to be full of devastation, for about several years, it is difficult to restore its former grandeur, the importance of the side island to the Eastern Crown Lord has risen to a new level, but for twenty years (a third or a quarter of a mortal's life) he cannot intervene in it at all, even with a tenth of the tax, it is an unbearable loss- If it were Leona, she would have tossed and turned, trying to figure out what could be used in the contract.

And the priests of Talos, although they don't know how the eunuchs around Amos intervened with them, to appease Talos's anger, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it with one or two great sacrifices - no one has mentioned it to Cremar or Kerryben, and the slaves who have survived the hot lava and dust may still be killed.

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Of course I knew, the lich thought, and maybe the outsider's soul did, but he also knew that it would take far more time to change this place than it would take to destroy it.

"You're not him. The embodiment of the fire elemental said, "she" appeared in an obsidian disk connected to the fire element, as slender and graceful as an adult female elf, her body was composed entirely of blue-blue flames, red and gold flames wrapped around her "body" like a transparent neon dress, her eyes were incomparably bright white, if she did not release the spell, even the current lich would inevitably be burned at the first glance.

"He's sleeping. The lich said, holding out his hands: "You should feel that he is me and I am him." ”

"No," said the fire elemental incarnation, "you are two souls. ”

"Then are you going to wait?" said the lich, "and tomorrow he will wake up." ”

The fire elemental avatar held out her hand, "It's strange," she said, "you're different, and you're the same. ”

"We are two souls. Said the former undead.

It's been a long time since the Lich danced, but he still remembered every step and movement, and his skill was exquisite, as the embodiment of the fire elemental recognized.

"But I still prefer which one. She said frankly, and then she was ready to go back to her plane.

"Wait a minute," said the lich, "I have a question for you. ”

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They left the side island late one night, dark gray clouds covering the nightmarish sea, and there was silence around them. (To be continued.) )