Afu stood in the crowd. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today she did not wear her own mage robes, but a light leather armor covered with a loose linen robe. The slender waist is tied with a belt, and the lower body wears a short leather skirt, revealing slender and straight legs, and a pair of deerskin hunter boots are pedaled underneath.

It's exactly the typical safari dress.

In order to pretend to be more realistic, Afu even pinned two daggers to her waist, which looked decent, and no one would have thought that this female hunter would be a delicate mage.

Taking off the label on her body and freely changing different identities is a hobby that Afu has developed since leaving Lanris.

In the beginning, it was just for the convenience of the road.

After all, in this world, magicians are always the most high-profile people.

On the way south to Lulian, Ave was fed up with the awe-inspiring gazes and careful wording. Especially the banquets of the nobles along the way, which made her even more annoyed.

From an ordinary peasant girl, to a rich lady, to a female swordsman, an archer, a merchant, and a lady-in-waiting for a tax collector...... Afu is getting more and more energetic.

This change of identity has made her enjoy more fun. These were the pleasures she had never imagined in the Lanrith family.

"It's time to go back. ”

Before the procession into the city arrived, Afu leaned against the carriage of a carriage and thought quietly.

After coming out of the abyss, Afu experienced life and death, and had three more points of love and seven points of reluctance for this vibrant world. But she knew that this just meant that she should go back. Go back to the world where you have lived for many years and continue to be a little maid.

Afu didn't want to compare which kind of life was more meaningful, she only knew that her life belonged to that person. So is my own life.

Maybe it will be cold for many years in the future, so Afu, who likes to join in the fun, decided to join in the fun again.

"How is that guy going to fight back?"

Afu glanced around with interest. Beside him, there were all mercenaries dressed in different clothes. Among them, there are swordsmen with big beards and burly bodies, and there are also female thieves with petite and delicate bodies in tights. And more are knights wearing light chain mail and talking and laughing.

This is really a large collection of southern mercenary elites. It is impossible to see so many knights among the mercenaries anywhere.

These knights are not those country knights who are triumphant after cultivating one or two battle rings.

Among them, the most ordinary just knights are also official knights who can easily register in the knight's hall. There are also many Knights of Glory and Knights of the Great Light, who have their own titles of nobility. Some are inherited, some are bought, and some are former servicers in the army and have been honored.

But no matter what, they have the strength, the status, the status, and the money, if they are really not happy, no one can force them.

The so-called desirelessness is rigid.

They don't need anyone to give them a future.

So, Afu is actually a little worried about Leo.

In the past few days, Ave has not been in contact with Rundero and others. After all, if you are leaving, there is no need to worry about it. However, that doesn't mean she doesn't know about the war for mercenaries. On the contrary, as a bystander, she sees through thoroughly. On weekdays, she listened a lot in the hotel and in the tavern on the street.

Therefore, she is actually a little worried about Leo.

Especially when the nobles banded together to roast Leo on the stove of the narrow Entu, and then made the play of entering the city, she felt that the probability of Leo winning was already very low.

It has nothing to do with whether the mercenaries feel grateful for Leo's life-saving grace.

Growing up in the Lanrith family, Afubi knows how terrifying the influence of a family with a long heritage, a strong heritage, and endless glory can be. She even followed Augustus to the Holy Martial Hall and saw those fanatical geniuses.

It can be said that if the Langris family wants to compete with someone for a talent, they will be invincible at all.

No matter what kind of sky-high price the other party offers, the Langris family only needs to show a little expectation and respect to make people join the family without hesitation.

That's the power of the giants.

And this entrance to the city is the time to show this power.

Ordinary people may not understand it yet, but Afu can fully imagine how deadly the temptation is when these teams of wealthy knights appear in the field of vision of these mercenaries.

Of course, with Afu's understanding of Leo, she also believes that there is no way that guy will just sit still. Especially last night, I heard that Adolf invited hundreds of high-ranking mercenaries to the barracks. And today's entrance to the city, Adolf is even more abnormal, almost beating gongs and drums to support.

There is something wrong with all of this.

Afu was curious. Hidden in the crowd, she set her eyes on the viewing platform. On the stage, that familiar face was holding his chin and looking at the crowd below.

His gaze swept over.

I don't know why, Ah Fu panicked and quickly lowered her head.

Then, like a huge tidal wave, she heard a sudden burst of almost crazy noise from the crowd around her.

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The appearance of a hundred Heavenly Change Knights detonated the entire square.

In the stands, the nobles who got the news before were a little better, after all, they were already mentally prepared, and at the moment, their faces were just sluggish after the news was confirmed. And the aristocrats, who didn't know what was happening, were in an uproar as if they had blown up the pot.

This impact is too big for them.

Many had their mouths wide open and their eyes wide open. His eyes were full of extreme shock and disbelief.

Especially Gilbert and Luhe and other people, the blood on their faces faded away as soon as they brushed the ground, and they were as white as paper.

The foreboding finally became a reality.

No, not only that, in fact, although they had a hunch before, they didn't expect Lulian's counterattack to be such a way even if they wanted to break their heads.

A whole hundred Heavenly Knights!

How is this possible, where did Lulian get his disguise these days, and how can they still hide such a terrible army?

And under the stands, thousands of mercenaries were also dumbfounded.

The mercenaries who were invited to the barracks last night were only a small number of the major mercenary groups after all. And for fear of leaks, their mouths are tightly closed. This made the ordinary mercenaries in the regiment not mentally prepared at all. Many people come today, in fact, they just have the intention of watching the excitement.

In their opinion, if it weren't for the fact that Na Ao and these brothers in his own regiment had fought side by side, living and dying together, I am afraid that everyone would not need to hesitate at all.

A young boy around twenty years old, and dozens of wealthy families, does this still need to be chosen?

But they never dreamed that in this entrance ceremony, which was originally a show of muscle strength by giants from all over the world, Lu Lian would pull out a hundred Heavenly Transformation Knights to steal the limelight.

And to say that no one knew about the knights last night, even a fool wouldn't believe it.

In the crowd, many mercenaries immediately set their eyes on the regimental commanders they were familiar with and the high-ranking mercenaries in the regiment.

No wonder they all felt that since they came back last night, these guys didn't look right.

No wonder many people don't want to come today, and they are forced by the head of the regiment to come and see.

Originally......

However, no matter what the people on and off the stage thought, whether they were shocked or questioned, it did not affect the marching team for half a point.

Rows of knights in heavenly transformation costumes, under the almost dull gaze of everyone, passed in front of the viewing platform. A row of four riders, a full twenty-five rows. As each platoon passed in front of Adolf, it would turn its head to look at Adolf and ride its spear slightly oblique as a salute to the monarch.

And by this time, Adolf had also stood up.

He was not tall, standing proudly by the railing of the viewing platform, and his slightly raised jaw made him look extraordinarily powerful.

"Long live Lulian!"

At this moment, the people were completely boiling. Huge cheers, like a tsunami, crashed into the viewing platform in waves. It made the nobles on the stage dizzy.

A hundred knights passed by the viewing platform, and it was less than a minute before and after. However, for the nobles from other places, this minute was so long.

And what makes them even more uncomfortable is ...... Everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

Yes, Lulian's contingent consisted of only one hundred and eighty men. After eighty honor guards and a hundred heavenly knights, what everyone saw was the heraldic flag of the Lightning Knights and the Firefox Knights. Although the distance was a little disjointed, his own team still kept up.

But so what?

At this moment, no matter which family, when they see their own team of knights, there is still half a bit of pride.

Before the ceremony began, the nobles discussed Adolf's mood when he saw other armies flexing their power on his own land from the viewing platform. In their opinion, no matter how "generous" Adolf looks on the outside, he is probably not in a very happy mood.

This viewing platform is like a stove.

Every minute and every second of sitting here, I endure the scorching flames.

And at this moment, they suddenly realized that it was not Adolf who was really put on the stove, let alone those excited lords and generals of Lulian, but themselves.

After these hundred Heavenly Transformation Knights, is this ceremony still meaningful?

Without.

Look at the crowds, all chasing the Knights of the Lulian Heavens. From the South Gate Square to Shengli Avenue, it is already empty at the moment. When Lurian's knights passed by the viewing platform and entered the central square, everyone rushed over.

And what about their own knights?

They just mechanically walked along the empty streets.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, at this moment, these teams, which were originally proud of the nobles, look so bleak.

Their banners drooped listlessly, and the footsteps of their horses looked a little messy. Although the knights' backs were straight, everyone could tell that it was just a shell without spirit.

And the ritual has to go on. They were going to the central square. And he had to be set up on this damn stove and roasted until the end of the ceremony.

Turning their heads, the eyes of the nobles fell on the hordes of mercenaries. Compared with the boiling people, the mood of the mercenaries is much calmer.

Especially the hundreds of high-level mercenaries of the glory level, although their eyes were also glowing and their faces were also bloody, but it was not shock, let alone jealousy.

It's excitement and anticipation.

At this moment, even the most stupid person knows what happened in the Lulian barracks last night. Obviously, these mercenaries had already made their decisions long before today.

It's ridiculous that I still think ......

Bang, a muffled sound.

In the silence, Gilbert slumped into his chair, his pale face and his eyes straightened. And beside him, Lu He swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and a pair of small eyes that were a little cloudy wandered in a hurry. It seems that until now, he has not figured out how all this happened.

These two ...... The nobles shook their heads. An out-of-town nobleman whispered, "You say, are those Heavenly Knights real or fake?"

His question drew a disdainful snort from the people next to him.

This kind of problem is simply self-deception. Not to mention that the momentum exuded by the magic costume that day was so obvious, even if everyone couldn't recognize it, Adolf wouldn't make this kind of fake that would be exposed. His identity, his status, would not allow him to do anything like that.

"In that case, the real winner is Adolf. The nobleman turned his head and looked around.

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged heads for a while.

In this encounter, although it was on the ground of Lulian, at the beginning, their target was not Lulian, who had been excluded from the competition due to a great loss of strength, but the black-haired boy who was rumored to have a life-saving grace for those mercenaries.

It was precisely because of this kid's affection for those mercenaries that he intervened sideways that these things came about later.

But now it seems that he is also a loser.

It was Adolf who really won this silent war. A hundred Heavenly Knights, coupled with Lulian's superior geographical location, are enough for him to offset all disadvantages and become the first choice for those mercenaries to choose to turn to!

Thinking of this, many people looked at Roy and became a little pity.

From beginning to end, this kid who competed with everyone for mercenaries sat quietly beside Adolf, without saying a word or making any moves. It's completely a puppet-like existence, and it doesn't fit the image of an opponent of everyone present at all.

At first, people didn't know why.

Now, though, you know.

With an old fox like Adolf, this little rookie has offended so many people in vain, but he has not gained any benefits.

He's really just a puppet!

When the dust settles, everyone can be sure that there are few families willing to be enemies of Lulian in the future. But I'm afraid there will be no less family that will send fire to this kid. No, the so-called Count of Southern Cross will become the shortest-lived and most unlucky nobleman in the history of the Empire!

In the crowd at this moment, Gilbert stared at Roy's gaze, full of hatred.

He knew he was losing. And the one who lost the most out of all. Lulian had such important information as a hundred Heavenly Change Knights, and he didn't even know about it in advance, which not only pitted Locke, but also humiliated Archduke Congreve.

He could have imagined how Winia would be ridiculed when the news got out.

And all this because of this damn brat.

Just as Gilbert gritted his teeth and thought coldly about how to vent his anger on this kid after the end of the day, he saw Archduke Adolf turn his head ahead.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Adolf smiled with a slight arc on the corner of his mouth, "the show I prepared for you is quite exciting, isn't it?"

In the face of Adolf's smiling face, although he was extremely aggrieved in his heart, these nobles who raised their eyebrows reacted so quickly, their faces changed, and they laughed one after another.

"Wonderful!"

"Of course!

"Sure enough, it is worthy of the Grand Duke Adolf, with such a powerful team of Heavenly Change Knights, among the future alliances, Lulian will definitely shine!"

In an instant, the wind on the viewing platform had already made a 180-degree turn. Everyone smiled and congratulated Adolf, and the words were flooding, and the atmosphere was so warm and harmonious that it was impossible to see the previous antagonism.

Adolf was clearly prepared for this.

He accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, looked around, and finally set his eyes on Gilbert's face: "By the way, I forgot to tell you that tonight, the Golden Skull Auction House will hold this year's mid-year auction......"

The nobles all looked at each other, not understanding how Adolf had suddenly turned to something completely unrelated.

“...... If you look at it, you will know that there are several lots in this auction that are quite tempting. Among them, there's a set of Heavenly Transformation Patterns from our lone wolf Demon Pattern Master......" Adolf said, holding out his hand to Roy.

Roy stood up and smiled at the group.

A flash of light suddenly crossed the minds of the nobles, and everyone opened their mouths wide.

"This is a simplified version of the one I'm wearing on the Knight of the Celestial Change," Adolf said with a smile, "If you're interested, you might as well try it when the time comes......"

What Adolf said later, everyone couldn't hear clearly.

At this moment, all eyes were focused on Roy's somewhat innocent smiling face.

This time, though, there was no pity or hatred in their eyes. Yes, just an indescribable shock, and a heat that gradually heats up.

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。 (To be continued.) )