Chapter 16: The Knights of Starlight
1500 year in the continental calendar, late winter.
Three days before the anniversary of the descent.
The Duke's Castle at the end of Birch Road in Ill.
Caspar Rhodes' room was on the highest point on the outermost level of the castle, with the best view, the room of his half-brother Rodney.
It was demanded by their brother, Grex II, no less than ten times a year.
Each time it was rejected by Duke Casper.
Although extremely disappointed in his first successor, Duke Cosper still left Rodney a place.
When Rodney was captured one day, this room would be the cell where he would be imprisoned in the future.
The furnishings in the room, all the furniture items, Rhodes remembers very well, he was a half-grown child who followed Rodney's mother and clumsily helped with the decoration.
Rodney's mother was the second most popular woman he had ever met, the first being a mother he had never met.
The memory I have since I was a child is that I lived with my grandparents.
Until one day, a magnificent carriage picked him up.
Rhodes suddenly had a father, and one day soon after, he suddenly had a mother.
It was one of his happiest childhoods.
But then my mother had a little brother in her belly, and she had less time to play with herself, most of them played by herself, and my mother read a book on the grass in the distance.
After his brother Rodney was born, until Rodney was ten years old, he thought that he could continue this happiness indefinitely.
The gods are willing to make each of his dependents aware of the nature of the world.
Rhodes, who has grown into a big boy, discovers his true life experience in a chance conversation between his father and mother.
Later, Rhodes gradually went home less often, and devoted himself to the training of knightly skills.
Until the Duchess had an accident and unfortunately died.
Then King Rodney went to school, and when he returned, he traveled outside.
After a few encounters, the two brothers broke up unhappily every time.
The last time was two years ago in the gladiatorial arena.
During Rodney's assault on the Duke's castle, Rhodes was leading the "Knights of Starlight" to chase down a band of thieves who were robbing merchants in Caspar County.
He didn't want to get involved in the war between his brother and stepmother, and the reason for the Duchess's accident was unknown, but he didn't want Rodney to die outside the castle.
So, after receiving a recruitment order from Edfrien in the name of the Duke, Rhodes returned with the Starlight Knights.
With mixed feelings, Rhodes came to the square in front of the castle.
Here, fifty black-armored knights in full gear slapped the neat queue, waiting for Rhodes to give orders.
"My bravest knights, my friends outside the city must have been waiting for them to curse! However, what happened to Xiaopo Town, you who stayed in Il City must have already known about it, and today you will join me to shock the small people around Il City!"
"Uka!"
The knights slammed their right fists on their left chests, and the sound of metal clashing resounded throughout the square.
The gate under the tower opened with a screeching of gears, and Rhodes led the way out of the castle.
So, in the early morning of the next day, the entire Yier City and the villages and towns around the city knew the news of the return of the Starlight Knights, and for a while, the fear brought about by the tragedy in Xiaopo Town slowly dissipated.
"This is Rhodes's deliberate, on the one hand, it can warn the butchers hiding behind the scenes, and on the other hand, isn't it also a warning to me?
Rodney and Extraordinary wandered the streets, hearing the news of the Starlight Knights, and their faces mocked.
There was a sound of horseshoes behind them, and the two of them stopped directly in front of a street stall and picked up fruits.
When the two black-armored knights were far away, Extraordinary held a packet of apples, picked one up and rubbed it on his body, and gnawed it "click".
"If it weren't for your status as a magician under this linen dress, I ......"
"What, is there a problem with eating apples on the street?" Rodney, who choked on the extraordinary words, was speechless.
"By the way, I know the Knights of the Ears of Wheat, but why are the Knights of Rhodes called 'Starlight Knights'?"
Rodney, who had a black line on his head, couldn't move his hand on the street, took an apple, didn't wipe it, and took a bite directly.
"How many times have I said it, that's the pride of the Casper family, the 'Moon Spike' knight, not the wheat spike!"
"Good, good, good! Moonspike Knight!" said Extraordinary perfunctory.
The two walked into a sparsely populated alley, and Rodney confirmed that it was safe before speaking.
"The Starlight Knights are best at night fighting, especially in the dark night like ink, and you can't see your fingers!"
"However, they can see the reflection on their partner's black armor with each other, and through their partner's black lacquered plate armor, they can determine the enemy's location!"
Seeing that Rodney beside him was about to enter a state of reminiscence, Extraordinary quickly woke him up.
"I didn't expect you, a guy from the Qiao family, to know a lot!"
"Hehe, if it's anything else, I can't guarantee it, but there's really no one in the 'Starlight Knights' who knows more than I know!"
"Because, the name 'Starlight' was obtained by my mother, and this knight order is a gift left to me by my mother!"
"That ......"
What, extraordinary didn't finish asking, it must also be a sad past.
When the two returned to the Berman Hotel, they learned that the city guards and the black-armored knights had joined forces to raid the outsiders, but fortunately, with Guaril's cover, Dosta was able to hide.
The fat man took the paper bag that Extraordinary was holding, and after finding that it was an apple, he poured the bag directly on the copper stove for heating, and after a while, a sweet fragrance wafted out of the room.
Quickly grasp the two apples in his hand, regardless of whether they are hot or not.
Put one in front of Anna, and the other was about to put her mouth down, when she saw the extraordinary oblique gaze.
"My lord, there is indeed a group of people in the monastery, and in order not to startle the snakes, I only saw their wagons for food on the periphery. With only one silver coin, the coachman spat out the situation clearly!"
Attracted by Francis's words, Extraordinary also forgot about the baked apple in the fat man's hand.
"There are no less than thirty horses in it as far as the coachman sees! If it is calculated according to one person and two horses, there will be at least fifteen people! If it is more, there will be no more than fifty people!"
"In other words, there is a knightly order hidden in the monastery! As far as I can guess, it is likely to be the group that slaughtered Xiaopo Town!"
Peeling off the apple, Anna placed a whole baked apple on the plate in front of Extraordinary, and the fat man's eyes were hot.
"The most important thing is that these people are obviously tracking down your whereabouts, or the five of us will touch the monastery tonight and get rid of that group of brutes!"
"Brother Francis, it's six!" Anna dissatisfied.
Gu Lie listened to it for a long time and put forward his own opinions.
"Since Rhodes was an accident, so was the Knights in the Abbey, why don't we let the two 'accidents' touch each other?"
The Starlight Knights are looking for the criminals who slaughtered in the light, and the Knights hiding in the monastery are in the dark.
There is no need to provoke this light or darkness, as long as the extraordinary few people inform Rhodes of the things in the monastery, then as long as the two groups of people come into contact, they will definitely start a fire, and they will not care about Rodney's side.
The key is the timing of the message, not too early or too late.