Chapter 196: The Female Marshal of the Kingdom
The old man in front of him had a kind attitude, and he didn't have much Ling Ran's momentum as a person in a high position, and while he was speaking, the woman in armor who had her back to the door before also turned around and looked at this side curiously, Hao Ren found that this was a much younger woman than he expected, she looked like she was about twenty-five years old, with fair skin and a very beautiful appearance, but there was also a faint Ling Ran heroic spirit in her facial features, as if she had been on the battlefield for a long time and was not a flower shelf with a beautiful appearance.
Becky instinctively felt a little nervous when she saw the big man, and quickly folded her hands in front of her chest to make a special gesture and bowed deeply, her voice was hard: "Hello Your Excellency, I am Becky, a second-class mercenary, from Rumber Town, that ...... Ah, there is an important intelligence report! β
"Don't be nervous, I've heard," the Dictor of Gerton waved his hand to signal that Betsy didn't have to be polite, he glanced curiously at the few people behind Becky, and found that these people were neither saluting nor nervous, but with a subtle sense of detachment, so he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, but he didn't say anything about it, just turned to Becky and said to the point, "You just came down from the mountain?" Know about the giants? β
Betsy nodded hurriedly: "Yes...... Be! We saw that they had split off from a peak on the southern side of the mountain trail! β
"Split off from a mountain peak?" The old man's eyebrows twitched, and his cloudy eyes flashed with a look of surprise, "What kind of splitting method?" Tell me the details. β
Don't look at Betsy's usual smug appearance, she is not afraid of the sky, but she is a civilian after all, and a civilian with a deep-seated sense of awe for the Radiant Sect. For the first time in her life, she couldn't get out of the way when she saw a big man of the level of the rector, so she hurriedly told the old man in front of her what she had seen in the mountains. And mentioned the previous battle at the eastern foot of the mountain range.
"You dealt with the three Golems? It seems to be very powerful," the old man looked at the few miscellaneous troops around Hao Ren who didn't even bring weapons and armor in surprise. He didn't feel much of a warrior's aura from these people, not even a skilled mercenary, but he was surprised that this group of people could quickly find a way to take out that kind of difficult stone golem in the first contact, "You are also a mercenary group?" β
Lily jumped up on the spot: "A good name has made the dog a ......"
Hao Ren had already pressed this girl down for the first time, but sure enough, she still couldn't turn the tide, Lily's action was too strong.
The old rector sighed: "The mercenaries now...... It's getting more and more unlikely, how many silver hands and silver fists and silver eyes were when I was young, but now they have become a rare name. Young people in these years really don't pay much attention to fame. β
Hao Ren muttered: "A good name makes people take possession, why don't you say that the last mercenary group in the Silver Series is the Silver Knee." β
"We saw the situation outside the town just now," Vivien didn't want to dwell too much on the topic, and took the initiative to divert everyone's attention, "There was also an attack here?" How's it going? β
"In two attacks, the Knights suffered some casualties, but after finding the weakness of those giants, they still fought them back." The old man did not hide the situation here, and gave a general account of what happened this afternoon, and Hao Ren realized that those stone giants had attacked the town at the foot of the mountain as soon as they split off from the cliff. And attacked twice in a row.
The first attack had taken place three hours earlier, about an hour or so after the loud noise in the mountains, a dozen stone golems had rushed out of the mountain pass in front of the town, and most of the Order's casualties had been inflicted in the first attack. The powerful combat ability of those monsters is still secondary. The most difficult thing to deal with is their ability to regenerate as long as they touch the ground, which no one knew about at first, and there is no Golem town like Izax who can play with Golem back and forth to study weaknesses like Izax. As a result, the Knights fought hard, but eventually repelled the Golem's attack after paying a certain number of casualties.
The second attack took place an hour earlier. It was Hao Ren that not long before they arrived in the town, there were still more than a dozen stone giants rushing out of the mountain road. However, thanks to preparation, this offensive was easily disintegrated.
"It was a very sudden situation, and it almost caused those monsters to rush into the town," said the rector in a deep voice, "Fortunately, this is the last gate in front of the Holy Land, and there are many knights stationed all year round, so there are no major incidents." β
"According to the time reckoning, those stone giants must have struck directly towards the town after they split off from the cliff," the young woman who had spoken to the rector had not spoken until then, her voice calm and magnetic, "Your Excellency, what do you think about this?" β
The rector hung his head and pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke: "The Dragon's Back Mountain Range is a desecration built by the arrogant magic emperor of ancient times, every stone on this mountain range is a challenge to the authority of the goddess, every vision that occurs in it should be attributed to the motive of evil, and the stone giants that split from the mountain range are undoubtedly full of sin - I think their goal should not be this level, but ...... Beinz Sacred Lake. β
"I think so too," the woman nodded, "the disappearance of the Templar Orb, the movement in the Sacred Lake, and the appearance of monsters in the Dragonspine Mountains, and the fact that these monsters are now attempting to attack the Sacred Lake - this series of events is a clear, planned provocation. β
The rector was silent, he didn't like the words "offensive" and "provocative" very much, but the facts in front of him made it difficult for him to make a strong rebuttal, so he could only nod his head in the end: "Maybe those sinful souls of antiquity have not died yet, they are brewing some ......"
The woman in armor said word by word, "Elocan has declared war on the goddess, Your Excellency the Rectend. β
"It's too early to think it's a holy war," the rector seemed to insist, "and the authority of the goddess is not so easily challenged." β
"But the Ancient Magic Emperors did succeed in provoking onceβwe had to deal with them before they provoked a second time, or we wouldn't be able to tell the Goddess a second time."
The rector was silent for a longer time this time, and finally could only wave his hand helplessly: "...... Lord Oprah, remember that certain things are taboo and should not be mentioned frequently near the Holy Lake, and even without the Templar Orb, the Goddess can know what is happening in this world. Well, I will consider opening the holy coffin, but at least three months later, and hopefully you will be able to make the matter clear to His Majesty the King. β
"That's a wise move," the woman known as Ofhra nodded, then suddenly remembered that there were others at the scene, and smiled apologetically at Hao Ren, "I'm sorry I snubbed you guys by arguing." β
Hao Ren was still stunned at this time when he heard this, and Betsy had already jumped up in shock: "Wait...... Wait a minute! Lord Ofrah?! You...... You ......"
Ophra clasped her hands to her chest and seemed to find Becky's reaction amusing: "I'm Oprah, Marshal of the Kingdom, what's wrong?" β
Betsy thought about it and fainted with a slap.
Nangong May stood closer, and quickly helped the mercenary girl up, Betsy opened her eyes in a daze, and saw that the heroic legendary heroine was still standing in front of her, so she was ready to faint again, fortunately, this time before she fainted, Nangong May smashed a water balloon with ice ballast on her face.
"Are you so surprised?" Obrah smiled heartily, "I've seen a lot of funny guys, but it's the first time I've seen such a violent reaction. β
"I'm ...... I adore you! Betsy jumped up and tried to pounce, but halfway through her posture, she nervously withdrew her hand, made a nondescript stand, and began to bow in salute, "Your Excellency...... Uh, Your Highness...... No, Majesty xiΓ ......"
"Don't be like this, I'm not a royal family, and I'm not a prince," Ofra smiled and waved her hand away, as if the title of His Royal Highness made her very embarrassed, "I heard your name just now, it's Betsy, right?" You have made a great contribution this time, and you are an excellent mercenary. β
Hao Ren couldn't help it at this time, and came behind Betsy and asked in a whisper, "Who is this?" β
"Why don't you even know this?!" Betsy stared at Hao Ren as if she saw a monster, and then remembered that this was a "magician from the Northern Empire", but it was still a little incredible, "The Horner Empire should also know Marshal Ofrah, one of the three kingdoms and a famous heroine in the entire continent!" You're too lonely. β
"It's not that exaggerated," Ofra smiled, now looking approachable, not at all as aggressive as when arguing with the rector just now, "I just happen to be through a lot. β
Then she turned to the rectant: "Your Excellency, I will take my leave, I will let my knights take charge of the night defense, and tomorrow we will discuss in detail how to deal with the monsters that run out of the mountains - if the information of these mercenaries is accurate, we will face more than just the twenty or so rock giants." (To be continued......)