Chapter 30: The Northern Campaign (9)
In a fit of rage, Julian almost snapped the young man's neck, but the adjutant hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his arm to stop him from hurting the killer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Deputy Commander, be cautious!"
To be eligible to enter the palace and witness the emperor kill the high priest, this person's status is definitely not ordinary, and he cannot be killed.
Julian tilted his head slightly, and Ari subconsciously let go.
He had never seen Julian's crazy look, his face was expressionless, and his bloodshot eyes were no less than a blizzard brewing.
The released young man collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily, and his body trembled uncontrollably when he also came into contact with Julian's eyes, a madness he had only experienced once not long ago.
"Deputy ...... Captain ......" Ari called cautiously, hoping that Julian would understand the situation. If the chief priest is really a rebel, the first person he will get rid of must be Yurian, one of the candidates for the high priest in the northern fortress.
"You're in luck, boy. Ignoring the young man who was limp on the ground, Julian stepped past him and said two words to the trembling homeless man - on the road.
"Where are you going......" Touching his still sore throat, the young man struggled to squeeze out his voice.
"Find your way back to Brenda, or you will be trapped with us in this vast wilderness. Ari looked up worriedly, the northern sky had been day and night long after the undead landed, like the never-ending wind and snow, like the darkness of the night, which could never welcome the dawn.
The remnants of the outcasts set off again in a state of panic, no one spoke, and the dead silence continued until the camp, which was agreed by Julian at Eri's suggestion that the outcasts could not move on.
Luckily, the positioning magic failed, but the burning magic worked. As the scrolls were torn and put into effect, the timber collected from the broken wagons also came in handy, bringing some comfort to those who were hurrying in the snow.
"What will happen to us?"
"What's next?"
"Will you die?"
"Even they can't find their way......"
Almost self-talking questions came and went in the crowd, and everyone's eyes swept over Yurian, who was standing in the blizzard with his eyes closed.
A shiny armor, even in the dim light as night, it emits a faint fluorescence like the sun, but unfortunately, the person who wears it has a demonic heart of stone. Everyone was muttering in their minds, corpse poison is not just a matter of scratching and biting, long-term contact is also a way of transmission, what is the plan of this young commander to keep them?
"Deputy Commander ......" paced back and forth for a long time, and Ari finally couldn't help but stand behind Yurian.
"Do you want to ask why I took these people away? Julian knew what the adjutant wanted to ask.
"Yes. ”
"Heh......" Julian narrowed his eyes as he looked at the silhouette with a slight bulge on the horizon, "because I want to know what the undead want to do." ”
"What do you mean......"
"We couldn't find a way out of the blizzard for so many days, and then the blizzard weakened when we met them. ”
Following Julian's gaze, Ari noticed that the end of the vast wilderness was no longer endless snow, and the outlines of the undulating mountains could be seen, one of which was higher than the others, and the tree of life that supported the fortress against the undead.
Great joy is followed by great confusion, what does Julian mean by this......? From leaving the fortress to meeting refugees, it was a conspiracy of the undead?
"What do the undead want to do?"
"That's exactly what I desperately want to know. Glancing over the refugees and finally on the young man who was out of place even in rags, Julian squinted, this man was perhaps the key.
Royalty? No, not really. There is a unique ...... about him The indescribable, indescribable temperament is not just as simple as dignity.
As the deputy head of the Knight of the Dawn, Julian has a lot of contact with the royal family, and everyone in the royal family has seen seven or seven or eighty-eight, but there is no such person at all.
The illegitimate son of the emperor?
Scold...... This is even more unlikely.
The Silver Empire and the Order of Light originated from the same sect, coupled with many years of intermarriage within the clan, there is an indelible light divine power in the bloodline, and although this guy has a faint divine power in his body, he does not belong to the God of Light, but other gods.
There were too many doped for Julian to tell.
What is the use of a bastard who has fled from the imperial capital and mixed with at least three bloodlines?
It seems that the answer to the mystery will have to wait until Brenda to find out.
Julian was a little scratchy and didn't like the feeling of being kept in the dark.
The death of the High Priest hit him too hard, as long as the divine grace continued, even short-lived humans could live for three or five hundred years, although he was ambitious, but Julian did not think of replacing it with assassination or betrayal. He wants to be upright and upright, so that the world can clearly see that he is sitting in that position by strength.
Thinking of this, Julian couldn't help but clench his fists.
"Pull out the camp. ”
Ari let out an 'ah' and stood there in embarrassment.
"Why, as soon as the High Priest dies, no one will listen to my orders?"
"It's not...... Deputy regimental commander, it has not been long since he rested, they are all ordinary people, no better than us in endurance, and can endure long marches. Let them rest for a while, besides, most of these people are old and weak, women and children. ”
Julian didn't reply, and his eyes went straight over the adjutant to the shadow behind him, where a man stood at some point.
Ari looked back and was surprised, when did this man run behind him? he didn't even notice it......
"I wonder why you have an indescribable aura about you. Julian strode forward and grabbed the young man's neck, his tone filled with excitement and anger: "If it is an elf who is born to blend in with nature, everything will make sense." The son of Duke Blumberg, who caused a rebellion among the princes, a ...... Half-elf. ”
"What? he?" If it was just a little surprised before, then Ari was really surprised.
Archduke brought news of the rebellion of the southern princes, which was caused by the emperor's detention of the second son of Archduke Brumberg, who had traveled to the imperial capital as an envoy, and named the princess to marry the princess of the forest elves. After that, things became more and more out of control, in order to save her son, the princess went to the imperial capital alone at the request of the emperor, and then what happened is unknown, the final result was that the princess died in the palace, and the duke's son disappeared, which directly led to the rebellion of the Grand Duke of Brenberg, and the subsequent rebellion of the princes who affected most of the empire.
The young man's face immediately turned pale at the mention of Julian's identity, and the words of his mouth unconsciously broke through the events of a few months ago.
"Deputy Commander......" Ari stared at Julian's hand, afraid that he would strangle this special nobleman to death from his excitement for a while. The momentum of the rebels is too strong, not only containing most of the empire's troops, but even having the posture of approaching the imperial capital, if ......
As if telepathically, Julian also looked at Ari at this time, but his eyes did not reveal the same as his lieutenant.
"Your Excellency, you ...... Could it be ......?"
"You think I'm going to give him to the Emperor?"
Although the emperor killed the chief priest, it can only be done from the perspective of the overall situation. Quell the rebellion as soon as possible and concentrate on dealing with the undead. That's the real big problem.
"Eri, we've known each other for less than a day or two, and you should know my temperament very well. This boy, I will escort him safely to Brumberg, and I will slay with my own hands the rebels and the emperor who dares to defile the gods. Julian let go of his hand and smiled and saluted the young man he had carried in his hand like a chicken a moment ago, "It's rude, I haven't asked for your name yet." ”
"Orlando ......" touched the neck that was pinched for the second time, and the second son of the Grand Duke of Burrenberg looked at the knight leader who suddenly became polite to him with a neurotic look.
"Your Highness Orlando, I, Julian, in the name of a knight, swear that I will fight to the death to keep you safe until I see Grand Duke Brumberg. ”
The procession moved forward again, this time not in silence, but the discordant voices did not come from the resentful outcasts, but from the Knights.
"What is the deputy head thinking?"
"It is hard to believe that he should hand over the son of the Archduke Blumberg to the rebels. ”
"Aren't we enemies of the Empire?"
"It's crazy that the Order wouldn't do anything like that even in its heyday. ”
"Even if it is no longer what it used to be, the Silver Empire has always been the strongest in the human race, not to mention that they also have a knight chief. ”
The knights' eyes were stained with confusion, fear, and distress.
First the high priest was killed, the chief knight rebelled, and now the nominal supreme commander has to cooperate with the rebels, what will be their fate?
Listening to the discussion around him, Julian was upset and irritable when he didn't come.
"Shut up! Otto is the traitor who assassinated the High Priest, stop calling that guy an intrachal, he doesn't deserve it. Also, under the threat that the Immortal Empire may break through the fortress and go south at any time, and because of the greed for the beauty of the Grand Duke, the princes rebelled, such a mediocre and incompetent waste, do you still want him to continue to be the emperor who rules the human race?"
The rebuke did not suppress the doubts and anxieties of the Knights, and during the second break, Julian was rebelled against by his men.
He had always slept lightly, and he was going to take a nap, but his eyelids had just closed as if they were sticky, his head was dizzy, and the discussion that was high and low suddenly quieted, as if he had entered a static and closed space, and this dull feeling of silence lasted until the tear from his back came to an end.
The pain awakened Julian, and when he opened his eyes, he saw several knights who could not even be named surrounding him, their eyes full of fear, but more than that, the excitement that could not be concealed, as if they were about to capture their prey. (To be continued.) )