Chapter 127: Meeting
"General Fano," Roy asked Fano, who had accompanied him out, as soon as he walked out of the garden, "the Grand Duke said that Uncle Rook had led the men out of the city, and where did they go?"
"Out of town?" said Fano, shaking his head, "The report I received half a prayer hour ago only said that they were packing up and getting ready to leave the city. Right now...... I don't think I have left yet. You go to the barracks and have a look. β
"Okay, thanks. Roy smiled, said goodbye to Fano, unfolded his body out of the castle, and shot towards the south gate barracks.
A few minutes later, he was already at the barracks.
When I arrived at the station of the Knights of the Southern Cross, I saw people shouting and neighing, and it was a busy scene.
The knights are packing their bags.
Judging from what was on horseback, it was clear that this was more than a simple out-of-town exercise.
However, Roy couldn't care about that anymore, and he stepped inside.
Roy's appearance quickly attracted people's attention.
"Your Excellency. β
After a brief moment of stunnedness, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to salute Roy.
To be honest, although everyone confirmed through Fano that Rook was Roy's butler, before Roy showed up, Rooke's decision to pull the entire Knights out of Muni City for training still made everyone a little confused.
There is a feeling that he has not even come back, and he has followed people in a daze.
And at this moment, as soon as Roy appeared, everyone immediately had a backbone.
More and more knights noticed Roy's presence.
Everyone gathered around and saluted on both sides of the passage that had been set aside. Following Roy's footsteps, the noisy and busy station soon fell silent.
"Huh?"
In front of the station, the largest wooden house, is the meeting room of the Knights.
Rook, Shirakawa, and the others were arguing about something around a parchment map at the huge wooden table in the conference room, when they suddenly realized that something was wrong.
It seemed too quiet outside.
Luke walked to the window and glanced out, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said in surprise: "It's the young master!"
He walked quickly to the door: "The young master is back." β
As soon as they heard this, Bai He and the others only felt a stream of blood rushing to their brains. Everyone looked at each other and rushed towards the gate.
As soon as they went out, they saw the boy coming from the separated crowd.
"Young Master. Rook walked briskly over to Roy.
"Rook. Roy and Rook hugged and looked at the group of old knights under the eaves of the cabin.
"Young master, let me introduce you, this tall child is called Baihe...... This guy's name is Mishaw," Rook excitedly pulled Roy, walked up to everyone, and introduced him one by one, "This is Leng Jin, this is Monsoon...... They're all the same people who came out to find you, just like me. β
While introducing, Rook also told Roy about the experiences of these people.
"The place where Baihe went was the Tianxue Plateau north of the border city of Longmen. Where to stay for fifteen years. There is heavy snow for most of the year. But because it leads to the Central Warcraft Mountain Range, there are a lot of fugitives, and Shirakawa has been there to find out about you......"
"Michaud went to the underground city of Port Poto, on the border between Saxony and Sinasili. Where was the only way for many fugitives to go to sea to avoid trouble, and he opened a small shop there......"
"Monsoon went to the Murphy family, and worked for that family for eight years. Responsible for their intelligence system. Although the Murphy family is not well-known, they are well-informed and have a deep relationship with Ignorance. With the Murphy family as a springboard, Monsoon entered the Unknown Hall and became a third-level deacon......"
Listening to Rook's introduction, Roy's gaze swept over the faces, and his eyes were a little moist.
Although their experiences can be condensed into one or two sentences in Luke's introduction, Roy knows that in those few dozen words, it is their lives that are contained.
These eleven people are named Mi Xiao, Leng Jin, Ji Feng, Bai He, Zhou Dingbei, Zhang Hengyuan, Xu Nanxing, Ke Zhan, Zou Ling, Wang Zhenmo, and Shi Luhai.
Although it was only the first time in his life, he didn't know why, but he didn't have the slightest strangeness to the faces in front of him.
Because he knew that long before they met, the lives of these people and his own lives had been tightly bound together by an invisible thread of fate.
When they were on the run, they were looking for themselves.
When they hunted in the Warcraft Forest, they were looking for themselves.
While they were playing with Oliver, they were looking for themselves.
When they lay on their cots and fell asleep, they were still looking for themselves.
As they grow up day by day, they are also getting old day by day. In the past ten years, their time and their lives have all been invested in themselves.
Roy didn't know how torturous it was to wait and search for more than ten years, and how torturous it was to be lonely for more than ten years away from his loved ones.
But he understands that in his life, he owes them a debt that he can't pay off!
And the old knights looked at Roy's gaze, excited and hesitant.
With Luke's confirmation, Roy's identity is naturally conclusive. However, the face in front of me has nothing to do with the ones in my memory.
What's more, after more than ten years of hard searching, and now that they finally see someone, everyone has an unbelievable feeling.
As if he understood what everyone was thinking, Roy said, "Let's go, let's go in and talk." β
So saying, he walked into the cabin first.
The old knights followed.
And when Rook finally closed the door, Roy lifted the confinement armor from his body and changed back to his original form.
Looking at this delicate face, the eyes of the old knights turned red all of a sudden.
"Like, too much like the old master......" Michaud muttered, tears blurring his eyes.
"This mouth, this nose, is poured out of the same mold as the young head of the regiment. It's from our Hanshan family, you can't be wrong. Bai He grinned, wanting to laugh, but the voice came out of his mouth with a howl.
The old knight, who was nearly two meters tall and had a majestic physique like a big white bear, cried like a child when he made his voice.
Leng Jin stared at Roy deadly, as if he was reluctant to take his eyes off this face for a moment. He only muttered: "Found it, really found ......"
As he spoke, he slowly bent his knees and fell to his knees on one leg.
All the old knights knelt down.
They looked up at Roy, tears welling up in their eyes and falling to the ground in large pieces.
For more than a decade, they fantasized about this moment countless times.
But after a long time of searching and waiting, what I got was disappointment again and again.
Time is eroding life.
From the prime of life to old age, the days that passed silently are a dose of poison, and every time people look back, they are in pain.
And at this moment, looking at the young man in front of him, everything is worth it.
This boy who was caught by the poisonous dragon's saliva at the age of two, was chased and killed and wandered the world, has now grown so tall!
He was so handsome, like his grandfather, like his father, and like his mother. What's more, he is still alive, and he is standing alive in front of his eyes.
Here he is, then, past anger, humiliation...... What the Hanshan family and the Knights of Farrington endured didn't matter.
He is hope.
He is here, what should be returned will be returned after all, and what should be taken will be taken back after all!
Because he's here!
Tears flowed freely on the wrinkled faces of the old knights. Many people are in a state of agitation, clenching their fists with their hands, or clasping the ground, unable to help themselves for a while.
Roy's tears finally welled up in his eyes, and he hurried forward to help the old knights up.
Leng Jin grabbed Roy's arm, stared at him for a moment, and then hugged him fiercely.
The old knights poured up.
One by one, they hugged Roy, unusually hard.
Long ......
The atmosphere is solemn and warm.
Feeling this solid hug, Roy's nose was sour, but there was a warm current in his heart.
He surrendered in an instant.
The tenacity and ferocity that have been honed in the jungle of Warcraft since childhood, and the hard heart that is wrapped in layers like a beast, are completely vulnerable in such an embrace.
I don't know how long it took for everyone's emotions to gradually calm down.
Roy is back to Leo's form.
He walked to the wooden table, looked at the map, and said to Luke, "I heard from the Grand Duke that you are going to pull the Knights out of the city for training?"
Hearing Roy mention this, a group of old knights came to their senses and surrounded them one after another.
β...... Young Master, you still need to find someone else for your knight training? Isn't this a joke!" Zhou Dingbei said, "Leave it to us, and promise to return you an invincible knight order within three months." β
"That's it!"
"It's just that we don't know, and now that we know, why do we need to let others interfere?"
"Hey, if that's the case, we'll not be able to see anyone back in Farrington in the future. β
"Young master, your people let us train, not to mention compared with the crazy people at home, at least those bullshit knights of the three empires, few of them are our opponents. β
Everyone gossiped, as if they were afraid that Roy would worry.
They have been out for more than ten years, far from the war, and their hands have long been itching. Although I can't go back to Farrington now, I have such a team to train on, and I can't let go of it no matter what.
Roy waved his hand: "You train, of course I'm relieved." But ......"
"What's wrong?" Leng Jin asked.
"I'm afraid we don't have three months to train," Roy thought about the situation in the north, and said with a heavy heart, "I came back this time to prepare to go north as soon as possible......"
As he spoke, he told everyone about the current situation, emphasizing Bandez's current situation.
He originally thought that when he came back, the training here was almost over.
Unexpectedly, Adolf's side actually ...... This completely disrupted his plans.
The old knights all looked at each other.
They already knew about the demons going south.
And the young master of their own family also had a territory and an army in the north, and they also heard what Luke said.
But I didn't expect the situation to be so bad.
After thinking about it, Leng Jin said categorically: "Then let's not delay, just go north now and practice while walking!"
"That's right!" Rook's eyes lit up in agreement.
Roy was a little puzzled: "Practice while walking?"
"Young Master, our Farrington's Iron Cavalry has never been trained in the training ground," Bai He patted Roy on the shoulder, "but in the battle formation." β
"Yes, young master," another elegant old knight named Xu Nanxing said with a smile: "Just now we were discussing, where to find some opponents to hone our team, since you are going north, it is actually the best......
He tapped the map on the table with his hand: "From Lulian to the Land of Chaos, there are thousands of miles." Along the way, bandits were rampant. Let's just kill it all the way, and it's the best. β
The old knights all nodded their heads and said reasonably.
Looking at Xu Nanxing's smiling face, and then looking at the natural appearance of a group of old knights, Roy suddenly felt a little numb in his scalp.
He found that even after more than ten years away from Farrington, the killing had been deeply rooted in the bones of these old knights.
"From Lulian to the Land of Chaos, all the way through?"
If someone else made such a suggestion, I am afraid that he would have been considered crazy a long time ago.
But in their eyes, it is indeed a matter of course.
As long as it is good for training, they don't care how many people they kill, those bandits are just nutrients and whetstones for the growth of the Southern Cross Knights.
Roy is now beginning to feel sorry for the bandits.
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Three days passed in a flash.
Because of the strategy of setting the whole regiment to go north and train while walking, Leng Jin, who was elected as the chief training officer, simply ordered a two-day holiday to let the knights prepare their bags and say goodbye to their families at the same time.
After all, once you go for a long time, you don't know what day it will be when you come back.
In this case, the movements of the Southern Cross naturally cannot be hidden, and almost in an instant, it has already spread all over the city.
Of course, no one knows what the specific goal of the Knights is, only that this team, which has not even completed basic training, is now about to set off for the north.
The time to set off was even before many lords who had already prepared for it.
Everyone's reaction to the news was mixed.
......
When Renault received the news, he was already on the empty demon ship. Unfolding the information brought by the falcon, he was silent for a long time, his brow furrowed.
After a long time, he said lightly: "Sure enough, it's a young man." β
The tone is inaudible.
At that time, Ansel was standing by Renault's side.
This time he will follow Renault to the Imperial Capital and join the Order of Tomahawks.
In Lulian, the sideline has shown his courage and wisdom. Therefore, Renault believes that he deserves a higher starting point.
As for Lulian's side - since Renault had personally reached an agreement with Adolf, it was enough to leave Charles alone.
And Renault personally took Anse Air back, which was an attitude.
This means that there will no longer be anyone in the Renault family who will look at Anse Air with contempt, regardless of his origins or his strength.
Renault's attitude says it all.
Therefore, when standing beside Renault, Ansel's heart was full of excitement and gratitude.
For a moment, there was a sentence that was almost on his lips.
But he eventually swallowed it anyway.
It was Roy's secret, and he decided to keep it until it wasn't necessary.
......
Scott got the news before Renault.
He was training the Lulian army, his eyes narrowed slightly, he looked in the direction of the Knights of the Southern Cross, snorted coldly, and turned his horse's head.
"Raise your gun! Triangle attack formation, let's do it again......"
From the beginning to the end, he did not make any comments on this.
......
"Miss. β
Dressed in armor, Ralph pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword and stared at Scarlett who was quietly distracted on the garden swing.
Scarlett clutched a note in her hand, her eyes flashing.
His expression was a little shy and a little excited.
"Miss!" Ralph accentuated, trying to dispel Scarlett's thoughts.
The same look he had seen many times on Scarlett's face. But not once is a good thing.
"Ralph," Scarlett turned her head to look at him, her eyes pleading with a hint of pleading, but her tone was unmistakable, "you'd better follow me this time." β
Ralph's face turned pale.
"The prince will kill me......" he said, pausing, "Madame will too!"
Scarlett, however, had already turned her head.
She smiled, with a hint of fascination, and gently swung on the swing.
......
At the South Gate Barracks, a girl, led by the guards, walked to the gate of the Knights of the Southern Cross.
As they walked through the barracks, everyone who saw the girl was slightly distracted.
It was the prettiest and most delicate girl they had ever entered. The white robe, worn on her body, was far more exciting than the gorgeous dresses of those noble ladies.
Rondello was also a little distracted when he came out of the news and saw the girl.
"Afu?!"
Afu looked at him with a smile.
"Who are you?" said RondellΓ³, pleasantly surprised.
And behind him, those who got the news, Lake, Larry, the barbarian female warrior Tu Su, the dwarf warlock Lacios, the thief Franco, and others also poured out.
As soon as they saw Afu, everyone was very happy and surrounded her to say hello.
"Why are you here?" Tu Su took Afu's hand.
"Did you come to see us?" asked Lake with a smile.
Afu pursed her lips and smiled, "Where's Leo?"
"Look," cried the dwarf sorcerer Racios, "what do I say, this girl is the one who came to Leo......"
A snow bomb hit Racios.
In the laughter of everyone, Afu's white and slender little hands also danced a miniature ice and snow storm, and her cheeks were crimson.
"Alright, alright. Rondello hurried to stop Aph.
"Hmph. Afu pursed her lips, glared at Lacios menacingly, dispersed the storm in her hand, and asked, "I heard that you are preparing to go north?"
"Yes. Roundelo nodded, "Are you here to say goodbye to us?"
Looking at Afu, everyone was a little emotional.
The mercenary team that was temporarily organized to enter the abyss, except for Afu, is now in the barracks.
This makes everyone feel a little regretful every time they talk about Afu.
Everyone clearly remembered Afu's demeanor in battle, the dozen ice banshees she unleashed, and the overwhelming terrifying magic under her weak and harmless appearance.
It is no exaggeration to say that this team is able to perform miracles in the abyss, and Afu's credit is ranked second.
Especially the cooperation between this girl and Roy has reached the point of having a heart.
It often only takes one look to know what the other person will do.
It's a pity......
However, when the color of regret flashed from everyone's eyes, Afu already smiled and said, "I came this time to go with you." β
What the?!
Everyone couldn't turn around for a while, and they were dumbfounded.
"What, aren't you welcome?" Afu still smiled, looking soft and weak.
Boom.
Everyone jumped up and let out a cheer.
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