On the evening of September 14, the city of Coennas, the Royal Palace.

A soldier being questioned by the king.

Princess Lucia was still sitting on the king's left side, her face was not so pale by this time, but her face was still sad.

As General Mandel had expected, after more than a month of siege, King Auston's psychological defenses were close to collapse. Yesterday, when he was discussing with Prime Minister Adrien the various arrangements after his surrender, suddenly, as if the divine grace had suddenly descended, the Thorn Army quietly withdrew.

For the rest of the day, the city of Coenas remained in a state of tension, and no one knew what had happened or whether the army of thorns would suddenly turn back again.

It wasn't until just now that a young soldier came to deliver the message.

The guards saw the soldier holding Dean Kane's handwritten letter and hurried him to the palace.

Abbot Kane's letter to King Auston is very simple, saying only that the siege of Tris has been resolved, and that the Rand and Triss legions are pursuing the Thorns.

"How many are there in the two legions mentioned in Dean Kane's letter?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there are more than 20,000 people. ”

"Twenty thousand men chasing a hundred thousand?" Auston asked, suspicious, as he looked at Adrian, who was just as clueless as he was.

"Your Majesty, under the city of Dorne, when the army of 30,000 thorns is annihilated, the Rand army will only have a thousand. The soldier replied.

But when Princess Lucia heard the name, she suddenly woke up, stood up suddenly, and asked, "The Rand Legion, why is it called the Rand Legion?"

"Why is it called the Rand's Legion? I don't know ......."

After listening to the soldier's answer, Lucia sat back down.

He's dead, it's just a coincidence, she thought.

"Rand Legion?" King Auston was also a little puzzled, the Empire had never had such a legion, and there was not even a province or a large city named after it. But he couldn't understand why his daughter would react so much when she heard the name.

"A thousand and thirty thousand?" how is this possible?"

"The Rand Legion uses a magical ballista, as well as five hundred mercenaries from the Knights' Federation. ”

"What about the ballista, and the mercenaries?" asked King Auston eagerly.

"Your Majesty, it's a new type of ballista, with an extremely long range and incredible power. I have heard that under the city of Dorne, tens of thousands of enemy troops died under such ballistas. Oh, and those mercenaries, they're so powerful, I've heard that their leader is at least a seventh-level knight!"

The guard continued, "Dean Kane said that with these ballistas and mercenaries, it is enough to wipe out the entire army of thorns!"

"Wipe out the entire army of thorns?" are you sure Kane said?" King Auston stood up in excitement.

"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that Captain Donner would have to lead them to the Gongta Grassland......"

"What? what did you say?" asked Lucia, standing up suddenly, her eyes wide.

The young soldier seemed to be frightened by Lucia's actions, "Your Highness Princess, I, I mean, we are going to lead the Thorn Army to the Gonta Meadow......"

"No, you just said, Commander Donner?" Lucia asked, interrupting the soldier.

"Captain Dona Venne of the Rand Legion, oh, he invented that magical ballista, and he invited the mercenary group...... Dean Kane said that he was the one who saved the empire. ”

"He's not dead, he's alive......"

"Princess!" Veronica stepped forward and hugged Lucia.

The princess had fainted.

......

On the 26th of September, the news came that the Rand and Tris had annihilated the Thorn Army in the Gonta Steppe, and the whole of Coenas was plunged into a sea of celebration.

......

On 1 October, with the exception of Kaz, who led 10,000 troops and the Black Temple mercenary regiment to various places to recover, most of the Rand Legion and Tris's Legion returned to Cohenas.

The heroes who returned triumphantly were greeted with the warmest welcome by the people of the city. Applause, cheers, flowers, streamers, swaying wine, fragrant barbecue, and warm embraces of the girls lined up from outside the city gates to the gates of the palace.

The first thirty-five members of the Rand Legion, as well as dozens of people such as Kane and Deves who had distinguished themselves in the war, were all invited into the palace.

By King Auston's side, Lucia's eyes were fixed on Donner, her eyes full of joy and love.

Abbot Kane told the king about the battle from Dorne to the Gonta Meadows.

As the head of the Imperial Knight Academy, Kane was extremely eloquent, and in the course of his speech, the king, princess, and ministers seemed to have experienced two thrilling battles.

"Good!good! the Empire will not forget any hero!" exclaimed King Auston.

"There's another hero here, Adrian, get him to be brought over!" commanded the king.

In a few moments, Quisal was taken over, his right leg fully recovered, and he was dressed in neat light armor, no longer looking like a prisoner.

"Quissar!"

"Donner! Mino......"

More than a dozen teenagers came up to hug him one by one, tears rolling in everyone's eyes, I don't know if it was the joy of reunion after the catastrophe, or thinking of those young comrades-in-arms who had been sleeping on the battlefield for a long time.

Prime Minister Adrien cleared his throat and said in a loud voice: "Good news for everyone, that old fool of Baird has been executed by the king!"

There was sporadic cheering in the hall.

King Alston continued with the Prime Minister's words: "The Empire treats everyone fairly, and Baird's stupidity has put the Empire in danger, and he is guilty of his death, but on a happy day like today, the first thing we should do is to honor the heroes!"

The reaction of the crowd was still flat, and King Auston continued to raise his voice and said with enthusiasm: "You are the best warriors of the Empire, it is you who have saved the Empire and defended the glory of the Empire, and each of you will receive the highest commendation from the Empire. ”

"Your Majesty," Dean Kane said suddenly, "there is only one person who deserves the most recognition." ”

The king had been trying, but he had not been able to stir up the atmosphere in the hall.

Dean Kane did.

Sarah Wesley and other young people from the Rand Legion were the first to start applauding, followed by Deves and others.

Dean Kane continued: "This young man, he saw through the enemy's conspiracy, and we didn't pay attention to it. He destroyed the enemy's logistics in the enemy-occupied area, and almost paid the price with his life, and the opportunity he got was wasted by us."

At this point, Kane looked at Sarah, who had told him the news.