Chapter 004: Knight Medal

Characters in this chapter: Alleyne, Suker, Manid, Harryk. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

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When he woke up, the sun was already covering the floor, and Alleyne sat up to find that he hadn't even taken off his leather armor when he slept last night, and he sat for a while before he came back to his senses, and his stomach was already rumbling.

After a brief wash, he went downstairs to find something to eat, and as soon as he turned out of the stairs, Manid greeted him: "Hey, our hero has finally appeared!

Arenn didn't bother to answer, and pushed him: "Didn't you drink? ”

"I didn't drink too much," Manid said with a grin. "Wiggins and Tea, they were drunk last night, and they're still asleep,"

Alleyne turned his head to see Camille sitting behind the counter, and took out fifteen Fell copper coins and handed them to her. "Cheese and broth, thank you. Then he sat down on the bench.

"No, you can eat whatever you want here. Camille said enthusiastically as she pushed the coin back and went back to the kitchen to get ready.

Arenn was no longer polite, retracting the copper coins from the counter, and then he found an empty table and sat down.

Manid sat down next to him and said with a smile: "After my unremitting propaganda yesterday, many people in Chanda now know your great name, and they all call you 'God of War Ellene'!

"Fifty against one hundred and twenty," Alleyne took a sip of the broth Camille had brought, "and that sounds like a miraculous result." But we were dealing with refugees who were forced to become religious, with little training, no decent armor, no decent weapons, and that's it. With that, Alleyne began to deal with the cheese on the plate with all his might.

Manid glared and said, "Come on, there are at least one hundred and seventy or eighty of them, and when it was over, I saw that there were at least thirty wounded in the cave! They ambushed the caravan and defeated more than forty caravan guards." I know you have said less about their numbers when you entered the valley, but you also saw how frightened the others were? I didn't dare to say it, in fact, I wanted to sneak away, but you actually put me in charge ......of the crossbowman, how could I be embarrassed to slip away? Your bravery and wisdom are beyond doubt, and there is no need to be modest."

"Sheriff, please come in!" Suke's voice came from outside the tavern. Harrick and Suke then walked into the tavern one after the other, followed by Jamila.

Suker saw Alleyne and Manid eating breakfast at a glance, so he immediately stepped forward and introduced Harryk: "This is Alleyne the hired knight, this is his companion Manid," and then introduced Harrick to Ellen, "This is Lord Harrick, our sheriff of Zenda." ”

"It's an honor to see you again. Alleyne didn't get up, and continued to stuff the cheese in his mouth after speaking.

Harrick didn't seem to care about his rudeness, nodded and said, "Suke told Count Arahas about your rescue of Fra****, Lord Count is very grateful for your great contribution to the townspeople, and will award you the 'Order of FreeFreedom' in person." ”

"No, thank you. Alleyne tossed the last piece of cheese into his mouth. Although it is said that Zenda is a free country, it is not advisable to stay for long.

"Lord Elleon," Su Ke hurriedly stepped forward, "Lord saved my sister, I have nothing to repay, so I will report to Lord Earl for his commendation, this medal is not an ordinary thing, it is like ...... It's like ......" Suke couldn't think of a way to describe it for a moment.

"It's like a bond," Harrick took it, "only those who have made a significant contribution to the town of Chanda can receive it, and your merits will be recorded in the annals of the town of Chanda, and in the future, you can use the medal to get the help of the town of Chanda when you encounter difficulties." ”

"Get Chanda's help?" Manid asked in surprise, "I remember legend has it that when the Holy King Leon founded the city of Chanda, he used the Freelancer Medal to reward those who had helped Chanda, and that was a good thing!"

Alleyne drank the last broth as well. "Please lead the way. "If the Count wants to see him, he can't hide.

Alleyne followed Harrick into the bazaar, and from behind Harrick he was not tall, but he was very athletic, and he walked with the momentum of a warrior's charge.

He had long heard that many of Chanda's officials had come out of Chanda's gladiatorial arena, and the idea of competing with him suddenly occurred in his heart.

The smell of blood from the fresh meat in the bazaar, the rancid smell in the ditches, the smell of the feces of all kinds of cattle and horses, the smell of the fishy fish, the smell of the sweat of the people who squeezed around, and so on, were definitely not a good taste, but Harrick seemed to be accustomed to it.

"Hey, Lord Harrick, will you take this fish back and taste it?" said the fishmonger, carrying a yellow croaker.

Harrick smiled and waved his hand in refusal, and continued walking towards the Inner Fort, looking around all the way.

One of the city guards saw Harrick in the distance and shouted anxiously, "Lord Harrick!"

Harrick squeezed through the crowd and asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

The city guard eagerly whispered a few words in Harrik's ear, and Harrik turned to Aryne and said, "I'm going down to the city first, come with me!"

With that, Harrick followed the soldiers out of the bazaar, up the stairs behind the smithy and up the eastern wall, and Alleyne followed.

The walls of Chanda are relatively wide and thick, and can accommodate four or five people in parallel, reaching a height of 55 feet.

By the time they reached the top of the city, Count Arassis, the Knight of Bolton, the Maester of Cordion, the captain of the garrison, Candida, and the instructor Kai were already waiting in the city.

"The scouts say they're coming from the east, about three hundred men," Candida said, "are we going out of the city to fight?"

"No!" said Count Arassis, "first guard the walls!"

Alleyne followed everyone's gaze to the east, but saw nothing, just a field, mountains and forests in the distance, and the wide river Yu that glistened in the sun to the southeast.

Suddenly, Alleyne felt that the city was noisy, and looking down from the battlement, there was a large tent camp under the city, and many residents were busily moving around, looking at the clothes that seemed to be Nords, and some were obviously Virgians.

The camp divided into two was busy packing up, with many ox carts and wagons full of parcels, and many city guards shouting commands.

"What's going on?" Alleyn asked, "how can there be so many inhabitants in the city?"

Count Aracis looked at him, "You are Alleyne?" The Count felt that the young man in front of him was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Aryne nodded, and Count Arassis said, "Our scouts have found a rebel army flowing towards Chanda, and these are refugees from all over the city - the war between the Kingdom of Vegia and the Kingdom of Nord has destroyed their homeland, and I am ordering them to enter the city to hide from the rebels. I've heard about you, and you've rescued more than a dozen of the townspeople of Zenda, and I'm very grateful for that......"

"Earl, they're coming!" Captain Candida pointed to the edge of the jungle in the distance, and a group of figures the size of sesame seeds appeared from the forest, "They have cavalry, they will soon be under the city, we must close the gates!"

The atmosphere in the city immediately became tense, after all, Chanda had been calm as a neutral city-state for too long.

Count Arassis frowned: "There are still too many people who have not come in, wait a minute!Harek, send someone to evacuate the residents of the city, suspend the market, and let them go home." ”

"I'll take people down the city to protect the gates and the refugees!" said the knight of Bolton.

"I'll let the crossbowmen cover you, don't get too far from the walls!" Captain Candida immediately commanded the crossbowmen to take position.

"I'll go too. Alleyne tried to go down the city with Kai, but was stopped by Kai.

"No, young man," said the Knight of Bolton, his eyes blue and deep, and though the corners of his eyes and forehead were deeply wrinkled, his back straight, and his body strong and thin, like a sharp sword. "It's my job, not yours. As he spoke, he led the soldiers down the city.

"Don't mind, Knight Bolton doesn't mean anything else. Count Arassis said, and Alleyne shrugged.

The city guards were equipped with spears and steel shields, and the inner side of the shield was also inserted with a hand-to-hand combat Chanda short sword, and the instructors Kai and the Bolton knights led 200 city guards to line up outside the city gate, forming a barrier between shields and spears, and the Bolton knights stood behind the shield wall to check the situation.

As Candida said, the cavalry of the rebel army came quickly.