"Coo!" Professionally trained pigeons can reach their target in adverse weather conditions, especially in an era where important information between kingdoms is largely communicated by similar birds. So, when the gray-white carrier pigeon flew into the house through the snowy window and landed on Heather's shoulder, the chief knight was not surprised. She was only a little puzzled, because judging by the fire paint on the letter carried by the pigeon, the letter did not come from the Duchy of the Hammer, or even signed by the Knights of the Kingdom, and the hideous lion head emblem with a flowery mane could only come from one place, and that was the royal family of the Grey Lion Kingdom.

Strangely, it stands to reason that although the plague was ferocious this time, the area affected so far was only a county, far from endangering the entire kingdom. At least on the surface. Then, at this time, even if the royal family wants to issue any order, it should first notify the Duke of Hammer, and then the Duke will issue it to Heather, so that it can be regarded as respecting the rights of the nobles. There are generally only two cases in which the nobles who cross the feudal feud and directly notify their subordinates, one is to notify the lord to whom the subject is loyal to the rebellion, and the royal family directly sends a killing order. Of course, this is completely unlikely, and the Grand Duke of Hammer has a lifelong friendship with the current king and is a staunch supporter of the king. Moreover, Heather has led the Knights of the Hammer for many years, and can also be said to be the confidant of the Grand Duke of the Hammer, and if the Grand Duke wants to rebel, it is impossible for her not to know.

Since this one possibility is impossible, it can only be a different case - a declaration of total war. Only in the event of an invasion that threatens the entire kingdom of the Greylion will the royal family issue such a mobilization order to the combat forces within the kingdom. However, the kingdom of the blue lion is located in a corner of the mainland, with almost no strategic value, and the territory within the territory is not fertile and rich, and there have been few wars for many years since the founding of the country. What's going on here?

With this doubt in mind, Heather tore the fire paint off the letter and unfolded the letter. The chief knight read the message on the letter, her brow furrowed. This commander, who can still maintain calm and command even when Cheese and others are out of touch, rarely shows his emotional side. Heather subconsciously slammed his fist into the table in front of him, and with a loud bang, the wooden table made of thick pine ended its mission. Frightened by the noise, the pigeon flew off Heather's shoulder in terror and slammed around the room, adding a lot of feathers to the room.

"Damn, which bastard instigated His Majesty to give this order!"

The knight, who was standing guard outside the longhouse of the female knight, was frightened by the movement inside the house, and quickly opened the door and rushed in, and then saw Heather's eyes staring at the letter as if it were on fire. Those who are not familiar with Heather are often fooled by the sweet appearance and calm determination of the female knight, but these knights who have followed Heather for many years know that there is a reason why their knight's title is the hammer rose and not any other flower.

Before becoming a commander, Heather had always been known for his fierce combat style and violent temper, you know, just at various large and small celebration banquets, the knight chief broke his leg because of his frivolous language, and the nobles were almost too many to count. It's just that because he served as the commander of the knights, Heather has deliberately controlled himself in recent years, and now seeing the female knight chief so angry, the two knights standing guard didn't dare to go up to dissuade them for a while, and could only watch Heather vent his anger in the room.

It took a long time for Heather to seem to calm down before the two knights dared to come forward and ask what had happened to make her so angry. Heather did not answer them, but threw the king's secret letter directly in their faces. The two knights hurried to check the contents of the letter, and unlike Heather's anger, the two knights reacted in shock.

"Is this true, sir?" asked one of the knights.

"Unless someone dares to forge the royal seal in the kingdom and succeeds in stealing specially bred carrier pigeons to trick me. Heather replied.

"But, my lord, if we had followed what I have said above, wouldn't we be in a very ...... situation now," the knight did not finish, but judging from his face, the contents of the letter were not very good for the current Hammer Knights.

"You two, circulate this letter to everyone, and then I'll give you a choice. Choose whether or not you want to terminate the chances of this mission. Taking a deep breath, the female chief knight ordered.

After the two knights were ordered to leave, Heather walked to the window and looked at the snow-covered Vale, her brow furrowed, even if she was ambushed by the rat army in the dark, she was not so upset. First of all, it was an official letter, apparently it was sent to the nobles of the kingdom at the same time, and Heather received this letter here only because the royal pigeon was really powerful. As for the king's secret letter, it can be summed up in two things. The first thing to do was to tell the recipient that the plague spreading in the county of Saron would turn people into brainless and twisted monsters, but the source of this information was not the Knights of the Hammer or the Kingdom Knights who had penetrated into the affected area, but the Apothecary Guild, which arrived later. These apothecaries exaggerated the ability of the plague to spread and the danger of the rat-men that followed, describing the plague as a natural disaster with no cure at all! If she hadn't participated in this mission, Heather might have accepted this conclusion, but the female knight captain knew very well that these apothecaries had only arrived at the border of the plague area for a few days, and she even suspected that these guys had made this conclusion rashly without carefully studying the situation of the infected. But if that's it, at least Heather still has the last hope of Cheese, the mage from the mysterious outer realm already has a certain understanding of this plague, and it is entirely possible to control the spread of this plague in time, or even cure it completely. And yet what did the pharmacists, after coming to the conclusion that it was incurable, advise His Majesty to do it!

In the second half of the letter, the pharmacists declared that because the plague was highly contagious, they recommended that all infected people be killed as soon as possible, and that all possible infected people should be controlled and culled as soon as necessary! As a knight, Heather could not accept such an order that was simply a matter of careless human life, and she vaguely felt that there was a big problem with this order, and she had the impression that the reigning king was by no means a monarch who would give such a cruel order so easily. Moreover, she could not imagine how much turmoil and panic this order would cause in the kingdom, not all nobles were as beloved as the former Count of Saron, and the kingdom was called moths, rats and scum abounded, and the issuance of this order was like handing them a knife that could do anything wrong!

Moreover, as a squad that has penetrated deep into the epidemic area, the Hammer Knights under Heather, as well as the Kingdom Knights who are still missing, are afraid that they will all become victims of this decree, although they will not be killed directly, but there are also many nobles who have been offended by these dead-brained knights who will be more than happy to push them. And the disappearance of the most important person at this moment, Cheese, also made Heather not miss the opportunity to stop this order, and the whole incident will develop towards the worst.

Of course, the female knight chief only thinks that this order will lead to the death of a large number of innocent people, if the cheese at this time knows about it, the mage will probably curse the person who signed this order with the most vicious curse on the spot, because the cheese who has seen the terrifying potential of the original nezumi understands that if humans really drive these nezumi to a dead end, how terrible the harm will be caused by the rat people who prey on and carry the plague unscrupulously, and who will die in this war between humans and rats may not be as simple as people think。