Chapter 406: War Fortress (1)
It was undoubtedly a good deal to be able to make the queen of a kingdom owe him a favor, and Ron recounted the story he had told Jack in the inn before, but this time, Ron ignored Merial's part, which was an internal matter of Wishal, and it was better not to let people from other countries know too much.
"I see, I didn't expect you to be a lord. Luna nodded thoughtfully, "Mr. Ron, you said earlier that you landed in the Northern Seas and saw a group of exiles, so there is such a thing. β
"That's right. Ron said, "Your Majesty, according to some information I have received before, it is said that after the emergence of a new king on the island of Bosriga, prisoners who have not committed particularly serious crimes will be forgiven, is that true?"
"That's true, but after all, they were once criminals who rebelled against the king, and this crime is beyond the scope of pardon. Princess Luna's face suddenly turned gloomy, "Although my father is dead, it doesn't mean that I can tolerate their rebellion. β
Ron hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty Luna, if the entire tribe rebels, then imprisoning them all is also being cleaned up, but among those prisoners, I have also seen many old people, children, and even pregnant women, these people should not be stupid enough to betray His Majesty the King and exile them to a desert island, is it biased? I am sure that if Your Majesty Luna had made such a treatment public, all the people of Bosriga would have sung the praises of your virtues. β
"Oh?" Luna had a thoughtful look in her eyes, as if considering Ron's claim.
"I believe that among these exiles, there must be innocent people, we have slept overnight in the camp of exiles when we logged in, and we have seen many civilians inside, they are not well clothed, they do not even have a clean water source, but they are the leaders of the camp, they have warm animal skin clothing, and clean food and water. Why do these people who have not sinned bear this pain in the place of the mastermind?"
Ron didn't speak fast, but every word was loud, and the room fell silent, and Ron didn't continue, believing that Luna was a wise king and a compassionate person.
"Sivir. Luna spoke suddenly.
"Your Majesty. Xavier immediately stepped up from behind Luna, got down on one knee, and said respectfully.
"You take this. β
Luna pulls out a round badge from her robe, and the light that shines through the lattice makes the whole badge shine.
"Is this, Chief Knight of the King?" Sivir's eyes widened, she understood the value of this medal, the previous Chief Knight of the King died on the battlefield a long time ago, this position has been vacant, the Chief Knight who serves the crown princes, can only take over this position after the master officially becomes the king, I didn't expect that when I was leaving, Sivir actually handed over this honor to himself.
"Even if you leave, this honor is still won by you, and with this identity, you can also deal with the affairs of those exiles directly. Later, I will make a proclamation of your succession as Knight Captain to the whole of Bosriga. β
"Yes. Sivir's face turned red, and his hands trembled as he took the badge, and Ron saw that Sivir's eyes were already a little red.
"I'll leave all these exiles to Sivir, and I'll trust you, Mr. Ron, to determine who should be killed and who can stay, and then you send them to nearby tribes, and I'll arrange a place for them. Luna's hand grabbed the muscles on the bridge of her nose and rubbed it, showing a rare tiredness on her face, "Hey, I don't know if I will ever see you again alive in the future." β
"Absolutely. Ron smiled, "I have already agreed with Xavier before, and when the matter on the mainland side is settled, I will bring her back." β
Rebuilding the royal capital in the ruins, Ron knew that Luna was not easy to be a king, and that the tired look just now could only be shown in front of their friends, and in front of outsiders, she had to restore the appearance of the cold and decisive king.
"Mr. Jack, since you are returning to the mainland, you have done me a great favor this time, and I cannot let you go back empty-handed, and, Miss Sephira, I am sorry for the sacrifice of your companions. Luna looked at Sephira.
"It doesn't matter, I have persuaded them before, they died in the adventure, and it is not considered an untimely death, we adventurers have long had the consciousness of sacrifice. Sefera said in a deep voice.
"Jack, do you have anything you want? First of all, I won't let you take anyone here except Sivir. β
"Your Majesty, do you have any gill grass here? Prepare me about a hundred gill grass, I don't want anything else, it will take a lot of money to rebuild the city. Jack said.
"Gillgrass?" Luna's eyes widened, "What do you want this thing for?"
"We still have a place to go, and we need gill grass. Jack replied honestly, "I won't tell you anything, the place we are going to is the ruins of the Siren." β
Jack tells Luna about the hidden treasures beneath the ruins.
"War Fortress! And this kind of thing!" Luna's eyes widened, "Even in the records of our royal family of Bosrika, there is no mention of this." β
"Of course, Princess Luna, I say something that you may not like to hear, at the time of the Demon War, the kingdom of Naga Island had been completely destroyed, and the natives, the humans of the continent, and the alliance of dwarves and elves who survived at that time were all taken in by you out of pity, so this kind of military secret, the leaders of your kingdom are impossible to know, and they are not qualified to know. β
Luna's face suddenly turned gloomy, even though she knew it was true, but Jack's words really made her feel a little embarrassed.
"But now I know. Luna said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, even if Your Majesty knows where the treasure is, you can't take it with you, I got this war fortress for no other purpose, but to go to the mainland to get back some things that should belong to me. Jack got up from his seat: " In fact, I don't need to tell your majesty what I said, but now we are friends, you used to be our employer, I trust you and Miss Sivir, I tell you these words, Miss Luna, there are no outsiders now, I'll just call you that, we haven't been together for a long time, but I believe that you are a smart person, you should be able to see that the cooperation between us is only good for you, there is no harm, there is this relationship between Sivir, the probability of my shot against you is infinitely close to zeroγ β
Luna suddenly sighed, and then leaned back on the back of the sofa with some helplessness: "You're right, I shouldn't be greedy, this time, I've got enough." β
"Fish gill grass, I'll arrange for someone to buy it from some herb shops in the city, you just have to wait at the hotel. Luna said as she turned her gaze to Sivir, "Sivir, you're going to stay here this night and talk to me, okay?"
Xavier was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with tears in his eyes: "Obey." β
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The cold wind whistled by, and the sound of the waves on the sea seemed to bring a biting cold, in the exile camp by the sea, a section of wood was suddenly put down, and then several middle-aged people wearing animal skin clothes ran down the plank quickly, and in their arms, there were still several cold corpses, these corpses did not have a piece of cloth for shame, or rather, these dead people did not need clothes, and there were many bruises and purple areas on the corpses, which were obviously frozen to death directly in the cold night, and now it was the coldest time on the island of Bosilica, and every night, there would be unclothed people who died of the bitter coldγ
The middle people threw the corpses in their hands directly into the sea, and the sea washed up to the shore, and in a short time brought the corpses back into the ocean.
On the edge of the camp, many exiles watched this scene with blank expressions, their faces without any expression, as if it was not their companion who died, a young pregnant woman, still holding her baby in her arms, and the baby's mouth was frozen purple** There were no more cries, their mouths were motionless, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive, but there were some exiles, who were wearing thick fur coats, and had sharp steel knives in their hands, and crossbow arrows stuck in the crossbow machines behind them, and their eyes were like eagles and falcons, and they were focused on these exiles, and they didn't react when they saw these people, and when the comrades who threw the corpses returned, the group of exiles returned to the cave in front of the camp.
"Click!"
Caesar S. Rhys clenched his fists fiercely, and there was a series of explosions between the joints, this is already the third group of civilians who have been frozen to death, old people, women and children who have not cultivated their fighting spirit, even if there is a bonfire at night, it is difficult to meet their body temperature needs, and what is even more terrifying is that now their leader Brooks, even the wood used to burn the fire has to be deducted, for the death of these civilians, Brooks seems to be indifferent, not so much worried, but rather looking forward to the death of these civilians who have no combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
"Be quiet. At this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded behind him, and a young man, who was also wearing only thin linen clothes, was standing on the edge of the wall, looking at the rough sea: "Don't let those guys hear. β
"What can you do if you hear that?" Caesar's voice was low, his fist clattering as he clenched.
"How? Do you want to be like Robb?"
The muscles on Caesar's face twisted, Rob was also one of his companions, and he was quite dissatisfied with Brooks's ruthless method of rule, however, Robb had not publicly expressed his anger, but complained when he went to the toilet, and was immediately heard by the guards arranged outside by Brooks, and that night, in the blazing bonfire money, Robb was directly shot into a sieve by the crossbow arrows sprayed by ten crossbow machines, and blood was all over the exile camp, Robb's head was also cut off and hung in front of the camp door for three whole days, and since then, no one dared to say anything about Brooksγ
No weapons, no fighting spirit, and in the cold, there are constantly companions falling, Caesar watched his companions' wills sink one by one, but he had no way, the cruel reality had smoothed out all the edges and corners of these youths.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in Caesar's mind, a man who appeared briefly in front of him, but left a deep impression on him.
Ron.
"Those adventurers, will they come back?" Caesar looked beyond the camp and subconsciously looked in the direction Ron and the others had left.
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"Ahh
Ron couldn't help but sneeze in the water, and suddenly a series of bubbles rose.
Ron, who was remembered by Caesar, had just taken the gill grass at this time, and followed Jack back to the ruins of the Siren.
After spending the night in the inn of the city of Bosliga, Sivir arrived in Ron's room early the next morning with more than 200 gill grasses, and Luna even performed a brief ceremony for their departure, and the group immediately said goodbye to the devastated city of Boslica and hurried to the ruins of the Siren.
The ruins of the Kraken are still the same as they were at the beginning, but there are many collapsed places in the cave, and there are three stone golems in the cave hall, which have been half buried by the falling stones, and the three stone golems who almost killed Ron are also crushed under the boulder.
After a short rest on the shore of the lake, everyone took gill grass and dived all the way.
Unlike Ron and Xavier, this time, Jack led them in the opposite direction, towards the entrance to the cave, where the lake was silent, except for the sound of the water rippling as they slid their arms.
Before the dive, Jack had already told the crowd that this time it was a long journey, and that everyone had been assigned a full twenty gill grasses, and for the sake of safety, Sefera did not bring the rest of the crew down this time, leaving them on standby at the entrance.
The scenery below the lake is quite monotonous, and in the dim light, even ordinary aquatic creatures cannot be seen. I don't know how long it took, a thick mountain wall suddenly appeared in front of everyone, Jack quickly made a gesture to dive, and a magic scroll suddenly appeared in Jack's hand, and soon there was an ice blue light, dispelling the darkness under the water. If you want to talk about "Shadow of Exile" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~