Chapter 168: Troubles After the War

Although reinforcements from the south helped the Crusaders win the battle, their actions after entering Anjitan were hardly favorable. The moment they passed through the gates, they headed straight for the docks, taking complete control of the place in their hands. The docks, the only way to the outside world during the war, and the only escape route, were now forcibly controlled by the newcomers, and everyone in the Crusaders was furious.

The armies of the two sides that had fought together to wipe out the undead had now been fighting each other near the docks, and although there had been no bloodshed, the strong smell of gunpowder was terrifying. No one wants the coalition forces, which have just achieved initial victories, to have infighting at this critical juncture.

The armed confrontations on the docks were all in Karin's eyes, and standing behind the castle window, she could clearly distinguish which of the opposing soldiers were Northern soldiers and which were Southern soldiers.

From the moment the Confederate entered the city, some of the original Crusaders immediately fell to the Confederate army, although it was only a minority, but this was not a good omen. Now the rebels, led by their lords, are glaring at their former comrades, and behind them are the soldiers of the Capetian family, who have planted their blue fleur-de-lis at the top of the dock to assert their sovereignty.

The Capet's actions were undoubtedly creating contradictions among the army, but now that they had arrived as reinforcements, they had no idea what the consequences would be. The soldiers' actions seemed to Karin to be the same as their young king's, crazy and unsightly.

In the past two years, Philip has left the image of a madman in the world, and during his two years of reign, he has been in constant war and foreign wars, and the inherited kingdom of Valois has provided him with a large number of elite soldiers, and the kingdom of Burgundy, which conquered his uncle by force, has provided him with a large amount of military spending, which has made him have crazy capital, and now he has 300,000 troops and does not know what kind of crazy behavior he will do in this holy war. To Karin, he is an unpredictable opponent as an enemy, and a disturbing ticking time bomb as a teammate.

But standing behind the window and watching the docks, Karin wasn't trying to understand her opponent, she was looking for a calming place to regain her old self from the nightmarish memories of the battlefield. However, the rare scenic spot has been wiped out because of the dispute.

Karin's first trip to the battlefield was extraordinary, not just because the enemy was undead, but more because of the brutality of the battle and her brutality in it. Recalling her actions on the battlefield, the sight of flesh and blood still flashing through her mind. Thinking of this, she would hold the ring in her palm tightly, this ring allowed her to survive from the battlefield and made her entangled.

"Princess Karin, what are you doing here?" Karin's sudden intrusion brought Karin back to reality from her bloody memories, and she turned her head to see Shirinya standing on the side.

Now Shilinya does not look like she has come down from the battlefield, the smell of blood is difficult to smell, her clothes have been changed into ordinary civilian clothes, and her eyes are flat without the madness and nervousness after the battle. It was not long after the war ended, and no one was in a hurry to bathe and change clothes, and soldiers and noble officers alike took advantage of this rare time to rest well.

But Karin was not among them, and she chose to use the time to wash her body in order to get rid of the disgusting smell.

"It's nothing......," Karin replied dumbfoundedly, she smelled the faint scent of Shilina's body, which was the smell of perfume after bathing, but she didn't smell the slightest bit of blood.

Rumors that Shirinya and her guards, with the help of her teacher, had turned the tide on several battlefields and captured the enemy leader had spread among the army, and Karin was puzzled that the other side had not left a trace of blood after such a hard battle. But on second thought, she could only classify this as her own.

"Eun......" Shilinya wondered what she was smelling from Karin, a smell mixed with a lot of perfume and blood, and the two very different smells were mixed with each other to torture the human nasal cavity. It seems that the other party wants to use a lot of perfume to cover up the strong smell of blood that can't be erased on his body......

"Princess Karin, are you worried about the army in the south?" Shilinya did not throw out the doubts in her heart, but said the most likely concern of the other party, and now the other party must be worried about this matter, right?

The every move of the soldiers of the Capet family outside the window entered Shilinya's eyes, the port was controlled, and the retreat of the northern army was cut off, and now as one of the high-ranking members of the northern army, it must be a headache for this matter.

"Don't worry, we're all fighting for the gods these days, and as long as this crusader doesn't disband, they won't do anything out of the ordinary. Because it puts them at a disadvantage, both morally and politically......" Shilinya patiently analyzed Karin, hoping to relieve her current sorrows.

"I understand Miss Shilinya's concern. Karin thanked her with a sincere smile, and the boastful talk of a girl who was two years younger than herself in front of her undoubtedly warmed her heart, but she was not worried about it now.

"Although Philip is doing all kinds of out-of-the-ordinary behavior, the king Karl who came with him is not like him, and King Karl is a man who knows what is important. Speaking of Karl, Karin's tone became strange, she was very disgusted by this person who suddenly entered the civil war, and the strength and ability of the other party made her feel jealous.

"By the way, I don't know how it was like for you to go to the battlefield for the first time, Miss Shilinya?" Karin immediately changed the subject, and now she wanted to find someone to compare with herself, hoping to know what kind of mentality she was at through the comparison. Is the other party the same as himself, and he got serious sequelae the first time he went to the battlefield?

"It doesn't seem like there's anything...... Shilinya slowly recalled the details of the first time she went to battle, the first time she went to the battlefield was the raid on Cold Creek, it was a battle of the tiger, and she was unconscious because of the self-detonation battle of Count William......

Shilinya told the other party the details of the battle in Cold Creek without reservation, and was happy to share her feelings after the battle. The strong smell of blood made Shilinya understand that the other party was undoubtedly involved in the battle, and she didn't know if her little care would be enough to help the other party.

"Master William!" Karin sighed as Shilinya talked about William, "I was fighting with him on the same line of defense, and if it weren't for him, I think I would have become a vampire revenant, and we were attacked by a vampire count with a giant sword......"

"The surrounding warriors were slaughtered by the vampire count, and only me and him, along with a few soldiers, survived. Thinking back to the battlefield now, Karin still feels thrilled, "William used the 'Incineration Fire' to completely envelop himself in flames and fight the vampires, if not his madness...... I also don't have time to give myself the ability to fight vampires......"

The final description of the words brought back Karin's bad memories, and Shirinya could clearly see the drastic change in the other person's facial expression.

"Well, are you alright?" Shirinya's facial expressions of horror and fear made Shilinya wonder what kind of battle made the other party show such emotion.

"It's okay......"

"It's better to say it, it's not good to hold it in your heart. ”

“......”

"Do you know this ring?" After a brief pause, Karin showed the ring in her palm to Shirinya.

This is a strangely shaped ring, the shank is made of green metal, this metal is carved into a spiral shape as if the designer did not consider the wearer's comfort, and the design of the ring is a square metal frame closed by transparent glass, under the glass is black pupils and white whites, this is a lifelike eye.

"I don't know. The eyes adorned by the ring were very vivid, and Shirinya felt inexplicably panicked by this one eye.

"'Red Tears', the name of this ring, legend has it that this is a ring that seals a ferocious monster, wearing it will turn people into crazy beasts that can only kill, the souls of the slain creatures will be absorbed by it, and the excess souls will become blood-red tears coming out of the 'eyes'......" Karin explained the role of this ring to Shilinya in detail, "Now, you understand why I was able to fight a vampire count, right?"

"I see...... But the effect, I can't believe it. Shilinya couldn't imagine that this ring had such an effect, and that she had never heard of it, and if it weren't for her trust in Karin, she would have believed that it was the work of bored bards.

"Forget it......" Looking at Shilinya's unacceptable appearance, Karin didn't say much.

"The night is coming...... Miss Shilinya, shall we go to the battle meeting tonight?" Karin was very irritated by the approaching night, and the battle meeting to be held tonight must have been very noisy because of the addition of the Southern army.

"Excuse me, Princess Karin. Shirinya immediately declined the invitation, because it was only now that she remembered her mother's order, "I have other things to do." ”

"Oh?" Karin looked at each other in surprise, as the host, she was not present at tonight's meeting?