Chapter 007: Ordered

Characters in this chapter: Ellene, Count of Arassis. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

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Count Arassis finished reading the parchment and handed it back to Ellene. "Please come with me, I have something to show you. With that, he got up and walked down the stairs to the left side of the hall.

Alleyne wanted to refuse, but couldn't, so he followed Arassis up the spiral staircase.

They came to the room on the third floor, the study of the Count of Arassis, and by the window was a large Nanmu table, with a map of the continent of Calradia hanging on the wall next to it, and several intricately carved chairs scattered around. Behind the desk are two bookshelves crammed with books next to each other, and next to the bookshelves is a wardrobe and two large wooden boxes.

"Do you know why the Five Kingdoms are reluctant to recognize my title?" asked Aracis.

"I don't know. "Alleyne never thought about it.

Arassis motioned for Aryne to sit down, and from one of the boxes he took out a book more than half a foot thick, a yard and a half wide and two yards long, which made a heavy metallic sound as it was placed on the table.

Alleyne looked curiously at the huge tome, its cover, spine, and pages seemed to be all made of bronze, with the edges engraved with the pattern of sinuous vines and olive branches, and the "Holy Book of Freedom" engraved in the middle, and a line of small words engraved underneath: "In the name of freedom, swear to fight to the death!" The patterns and words are exquisitely carved, and they are very old judging from the scratches.

"The story of Leon, who was revered as the 'Holy King' by all nations and became the leader of the entire continent of Calradia, after the Holy King Leon led the coalition to defeat the Dark Legion, is known to the world, but what happened after that is rarely mentioned - he only served as the 'Holy King' for ten years, and died of illness after the construction of Chanda City. The holy king Leon, in order to show justice to the kingdoms in order to keep the peace, did not marry for the rest of his life. Before his death, Leon summoned the kings of all the kingdoms and declared that Chanda would become a permanently neutral free city-state, and that after his own death, another gladiator-turned-blacksmith Sarri would inherit the title of Lord Chanda. From this point on, it became customary that the title of lord of Chanda was always found by the old lord and passed on to the next person who could lead Chanda, regardless of his profession, unlike the hereditary nobility of other kingdoms. Count Arassis opened the lock, carefully opened the tome, and pointed it out to Ellen, "This tome was created by the Holy King Leon to order Sari, it records the origins and deeds of each Lord of Chanda, and it is also the only proof of the title of Lord of Chanda. ”

"The titles of noble lords are hereditary nowadays, so they don't agree with your titles, do they? Alleyne was straightforward.

Count Arassis nodded slightly and expressed his approval: "You are very right, first, Chanda is a permanently neutral free city-state, and there is no good reason to send troops; ”

"I beg your pardon," said Alleyne, "if I had been very interested in these stories ten years ago, but now I have something very important to do." ”

"I'm sorry, but I'm just trying to prove that what I'm saying is true and that I've been delaying you a lot. But I feel like this thing must have something to do with you because of the prophecy you carry. Arassis took out the letter written by Berners and handed it to Alleyne.

"You see, this is the news that my son has sent back in the Sea of Secret Words, that he has encountered a large fleet, not the fleet of any kingdom of Calradia, and its coat of arms is not the coat of arms of any nobles; The still flame is a harbinger of destruction, and the dark nightmare comes from the western shores', all of which ......" Arassis involuntarily became more and more nervous, and suddenly his gaze fell on Ellene. "They all seem to be a sign of something terrible - the Dark Legion may indeed be back!"

Count Arassis sat back in his chair and patted himself on the cheek vigorously: "In view of your excellent performance, I have decided to make an exception for you to call on the team of bounty hunters at will, which means that from now on you will have command over them. ”

For a moment, Alleyne couldn't say whether he was happy or sad. I think he was penniless at the beginning, fighting and killing all the way, and now he has finally become a commander who is not small!

"One more thing," continued Count Arassis. "The bandits near Chanda can't be eliminated, the mercenaries I recruited seem to be rice buckets, only you are a little more reliable. After all, you're also the one who fought with the water thieves, what do you think of the water thieves?"

Alleyne said with some disdain, "What kind of climate can those water thieves achieve? ”

Count Arassis had a look on his face that way: "I knew you would say that, and that's the biggest difference between you and Rogge." The water thieves were able to kill the sentries we had sent out? They also knew how to set up an ambush in the camp and take us by surprise? Wait until we thought all the people had come out, and then come with a group of ambush soldiers? They were even able to guess the code agreed upon by the soldiers? And the original number of more than 50 people increased to more than 100 in a short period of time? Beat my advance team to the point that the whole army was wiped out? Don't you think this is too strange?"

Alleyne was speechless, he just felt that his face was hot, he was so stupid, why couldn't he see this?

Thinking about the beginning, I only thought about how to be in the limelight in front of Rogge, and I didn't notice this at all! Just for my own vanity, I had already lost all my strength in front of Rogge.

Count Arassis seemed to see through the young man's mind. He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he said these words to provoke the other party: "Yes, you didn't think about it that much, but Rogge thought about it, this is the difference between a battle-hardened veteran and a fledgling recruit." After Rogge reported these suspicions to me, I used the intelligence network to do some investigation, and as expected, there were people behind the water thieves who were behind them. And you've probably heard the name of that man - the Pirate King Nabal!"

Alleyne didn't feel much when he heard the name, there were already so many things to think about this day, and one more was nothing.

Seeing Ellene's reaction, Count Arassis seemed a little disappointed: "The pirate king Nabal, the largest pirate leader on the west bank of the Yu River, once fought against the Nord regular army, and once fought the Nords abandoned their armor and fled in embarrassment. And in recent years, he has even extended his claws to the east of the You River, which I cannot tolerate. He started with the water thieves, and step by step turned them into his servants to fight against Zenda. That's why the water thieves showed extraordinary combat effectiveness, which made us suffer heavy losses. Yes, here's why!" he paused, swallowing, "and now, would you like to join us in the fight against Nabal, or will you face an even bigger storm when the bandits are over?"

Greater ...... Storm?the dark army in his mouth?Alleyne heard his answer, "Of course I do!"

Count Arassis spread out a map on the table and pointed to one of them: "This is the large map of Calradia, you can see the location of Sagos in front of my index finger." And now, my men have come back to report that Nabal is near a village not far from Sargoth, which is called Fenrad - since you are willing to help me, then I now order you, take your soldiers, and join the Free-Knight Rog at once, and go out again together!"

Alleyne immediately put his feet together and saluted in a dignified manner: "Yes, Count!"