Chapter 86

In the rainy city, the streets of Muni are empty and deserted.

After separating from Elder Xiangli, Roy flipped on the back of the living treasure and let out a soft snort.

The undead unicorn shot out like an arrow.

The raindrops rushed towards him, and under the impact of Roy's exerted energy, they flew away in both directions. Immediately, he was thrown behind with the sound of the horse's hooves.

The speed of the living treasure was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, Roy had already gotten off the ramp of the Tiger Roar Slope block, turned at the intersection of the Strong Street, and sped away in the direction of the Golden Skull Auction House.

As he sped away, Roy pondered the current situation.

Although before returning to the Salvation Continent, he had foreseen this chaotic situation. However, he still didn't expect that the situation was far more severe than he imagined.

Lulian is located in the southernmost part of the Salvation Continent, more than 5,000 kilometers away from the Pompeii Empire's Mostock Province occupied by the demons.

Even from the northern border of the Solan Empire, it is more than three thousand kilometers.

It's still a straight-line distance. If you calculate the winding road, this distance is even longer.

However, in just two months, the effects of the war have crossed this long road and penetrated into every corner of Muni City.

Prices are skyrocketing, and people are panicking.

The only wish of the people at the bottom now every day is to be able to eat a full meal.

The black bread in the food store was snapped up as soon as it came out of the oven. Even the crumbs that fell, there were yellow-faced and skinny children scrambling to stuff them into their mouths.

The high-end pastries that used to be everywhere have disappeared, and meat and egg foods can only be seen on the tables of wealthy people such as nobles or manor owners.

Even the mercenaries who have never worried about their livelihood. Now being able to hunt a small beast in the mountains and forests is like a festival.

In the past, when performing missions, the hunted monsters such as the three-eyed bear and the spotted lynx were difficult to swallow because of the rough and sour flesh on their bodies. Therefore, they are all taking things like demon cores and skin bones, and they just throw them away.

And now, no matter how unpalatable the meat is, it is also devoured and sent down. The remaining meat is also carefully cut and smoked with pine and cypress so that it can be stored for a longer period of time.

The already fragile ecological balance was shattered with the invasion of demons.

All of them are qiē. Like dominoes, they are falling at a speed that has no time to react.

A large number of refugees are spreading from the province of Mostok in all directions. It is said that there were already civilians from the Pompeii Empire who tried to cross the border with Solan and seek refuge in the south.

The shortage of food and the emergence of refugees have also caused a sharp deterioration in the law and order situation.

Hordes of bandits left their original settlements, risking extermination. Appears all around the city. Like a hungry wolf, he kept a close eye on every convoy entering and leaving the city.

As long as you find a little bit of oil and water. They'll swarm up. Tear it to shreds.

In addition to these gangsters, who had already made a living by robbing their homes, many refugees also joined the ranks of looting because of hunger.

They are more destructive than organized bandits.

They hardly choose their prey, even if the other party only has a loaf of bread, they will rush forward with a knife. Even inside. There will also be bloody clashes over food.

The original social order is rapidly collapsing.

And the law, which is the cornerstone of order, has become a dead letter. The nobles and their armies who maintain order are taking care of themselves at the moment.

They guarded their castles and territories, carefully guarding the crops in their fields. They don't just have to be wary of passing refugees. To drive out the bandits, you must always be careful of the neighboring nobles.

Chaos is intensifying and turning into turmoil.

What is even more serious is that the upper aristocracy, represented by the Barnes and Nobles, used their selfishness and arrogance to make an extremely bad example of this already chaotic enough world.

They hoarded grain and all kinds of critical materials, raised prices, called for wind and rain, and took advantage of the chaos to make a lot of war money. In order to force the dwarves and other races to submit, they even openly launched attacks in an orderly city under the jurisdiction of the lord, killing people and setting fires, and all kinds of means were used to the extreme.

After talking with the dwarven patriarch and the elven elder, Roy deeply felt that these two races, which fought side by side with humans three hundred years ago, were extremely wary of humans at this moment.

If these stupid nobles are allowed to do this, there is no need for the demon soldiers to come to the city, and the scattered human alliance army itself has already collapsed.

"Perhaps," Roy thought worriedly, "I should talk to Adolf." Lulian is his domain. If he still sits idly by with the mentality of not offending those nobles, the future situation will be eroded by all ethnic groups, and if he wants to clean it up again, it will be extremely difficult!"

Thinking of this, Roy thought about the North and Banderz again.

Regarding the situation in Banderz at this moment, Roy has no bottom in his heart. He also didn't think that with one or two hundred knights in the bandit military region and more than a hundred elven ranger troops, they could play any decisive role in the conquest of tens of thousands of troops.

Compared with the familiar Lulian, the current bandit army in the north is a lonely army with no support.

Especially after they were condemned as heretics, if someone followed the vine and implicated the clues with the bandits, their situation would be even more difficult.

What's more, Malt is still an out-and-out dark elf.

The thought of this made Roy nervous.

This secret has always been a hidden concern in Roy's heart. It is also his most fatal point.

Before, he was careful to protect Malt, even the closest people, no one knew Malt'er's true identity.

However, now that he is not by Malt'er's side, if Mai'er's identity is exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Roy didn't know what choice Karenich, Percy, and Miki would make after knowing Malt's true identity, but he knew that the Holy See would pounce on him like a shark that smelled blood.

That's definitely not a disaster that a small Bendez can afford!

Thinking of this, Roy felt that his current strength was still too small.

Only grow big enough that anyone wants to pounce on it. I will first think about whether I will lose my teeth, so that I have enough strength to protect the person I want to protect. to be able to do what you want to do without being threatened and restricted by anyone.

And before that, you need time and an ally that is strong enough!

Now that the demons are heading south, their time is running out.

To protect Banderz. If you want to make a difference in this war, even if it is just a little bit of a voice in the imperial alliance that will resist the demons in the future, you need the support of a top nobleman of the empire.

And the best choice for this person is obviously Archduke Adolf.

Lulian's geographical location and rich land are destined for this principality, which will be a natural rear in the war against the demons. The fact that the nobles sent people to Lulian also proved this.

And for Roy, the most important thing is. The trust and friendship he had built with the people here in previous battles.

After returning to Muni this time, Roy found that even if he was condemned as a heretic, no one in the city really saw it that way.

Whether it's talking on the streets, or under church notices, or from the mouths of aliens like Tie Lao Er and Xiang Li. All he heard was people's almost stubborn defense of themselves and their doubts about the Holy See.

And the bandits and malt, who are closely related to themselves. Being able to avoid the investigation of the Holy See and leave Lulian safe and sound from under the nose of Heaven and go to Bandez, it is naturally inseparable from the protection of Sophia and Archduke Adolf. This is enough to illustrate a qiē.

Roy was not afraid that his identity would be revealed in front of Archduke Adolf.

He knew that Adolf would not give himself to the Holy See no matter what. This is the bottom line that this trustworthy old man will stick to at any cost.

The only thing he wasn't sure of was that. In today's circumstances, how much trust and support can Archduke Adolf give himself. After all, after becoming the Thunderbolt of the Dwarves and the Children of the Holy Spirit of the Elves, all he had to do was to destroy the plans of those nobles.

Once the problem of these two races has been solved on its own. Then, the plans of the Barnes and Noble family and other wealthy families that have joined forces with them can only go bankrupt completely.

And for Archduke Adolf, who is in the middle of it, it will be a difficult choice.

If he supports himself, what he is facing is to be the enemy of these powerful giants!

Think as you go. Before he knew it, Roy had crossed the Avenue of the Strong.

At this moment, suddenly, a sharp sword light flew from the roof of a small blue building on the side of the street, and hit his neck.

This sword was fast and yin, and Roy was thinking about it all the way, but he didn't notice it for a while.

Even if he reacted quickly. When the attacker's blade was less than two meters away, he flicked his wrist, and the Sword of Judgment slashed a black sword and stabbed it with his backhand.

When!

Roy only felt a huge force coming, and his body couldn't help but tilt on the horse's back.

The attacker, on the other hand, flew upside down, his body somersault in the air, and he had already landed on the roof, taking a few steps backwards, unable to control the strength of his feet, and clattered a few tiles.

In this fight, although the two sides were evenly matched, the opponent suddenly attacked and attacked in the air, and he was still shocked back by Roy's sword, which was obviously a loss.

Roy stared intently.

I saw that the person who attacked him was a man wearing black tight leather armor. After being repelled by his own sword, he was staring at himself with a surprised and hideous gaze.

At his feet, eight battle rings were spinning at high speed.

And on his breastplate, the red-winged bream coat of arms of the Bano family is impressively imprinted.

"The Barnes & Nobles!" Roy grabbed the living treasure, and while looking coldly at the glorious knight who had attacked him, he quickly opened the eye of the dead.

Through the Eye of the Dead, he found that a mass of condensed blood elementals was gathering in the nearby streets, speeding towards his direction.

In the small building on the side of the street, it seems that some residents have been awakened and are lying on the window to carefully investigate.

"No wonder the Black Snake died at your hands," the Glory Knight squinted, a dangerous glint flashing in his slender pupils, "It seems that you are not just a just knight. It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary just knight to take the sword I just had!" ...... (To be continued......)