Chapter 11: Subordinates
"Bang!"
O'Faryl frowned, reached out and fanned the dust floating in front of him, and took a few steps back.
"What the hell are you doing, sir?"
"Good stuff. β
Yuren replied with the same gentle smile as he pulled the rusty iron armor out of the underground warehouse, but it looked a little funny considering the dirty clothes he was wearing at the moment.
It has to be said that the reputation of this so-called "Devil's Cursed Castle" still brought a lot of convenience to Yulian, after the previous master's gorgeous and weird hanging, his family members immediately left the castle, and in order to avoid bringing those weird curses to his side, his family not only happily gave up those beautifully decorated furniture, but even left a lot of armor - For those warriors, they are not willing to wear cursed armor to battle, even if it costs a little more, it is better than inexplicably dying under a curse.
And now, Yuren is dragging the armor out of the underground storage room, not knowing what to do.
They're all rusty!
Offariel stared helplessly at the dull, dirty armor, then at Yuren and rolled her eyes. She found herself increasingly confused about the lord's thoughts......... Grace above, what was he thinking? Since his resurrection, Ofariel felt that everything the young lord in front of him had done was contrary to his own ideas, and he didn't care about how to get rich to fill the void in front of him, nor how to develop - well, at least there was some truth to his strange "if you want to get rich, build roads" earlier. But now? What is this lord doing with this filthy, almost rusty armor out of the warehouse? He plans to use it himself? Considering that the lord always says that he is a knight, it seems a bit possible, but even if he uses it himself, he only needs one pair, and now look at it, he has pulled out ten pairs of armor from the warehouse, what is this going to do? Does he still want to try every set like he buys clothes?
"Alright, Kyle. β
You Lian clapped his hands, and then looked at the middle-aged carpenter who followed him out of the warehouse, there were only three male surnames in the castle, Yu Lian and Lao Bemba, and the hunchback Bemba was still pruning flowers and plants, and this kind of heavy physical labor could not be counted on him. That's why Yulian took Kyle, a carpenter, to the warehouse and rummaged through the cabinets for a long time, and finally came up with thirteen pairs of armor.
"Then these things are transported to the hall and carefully arranged, there are stands, and I believe it should not be difficult. β
"I see, my lord. β
With a hearty smile, Kyle nodded to Yuren before he turned around and pulled the ten pieces of armor towards the hall.
"Your Excellency?"
Ofariel's voice rang out from behind Yuren with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"I suppose we should do something more important in this situation, what do you want to do with all this tattered armor? If it's to decorate the castle, then you can do it anytime, right?"
Although she knew that Yulian should not be so bored to come up with such an idea, O'Fariel's mood was still a little bad, after all, she considered herself to be a royal princess, and she was a royal princess with considerable talent, experience and knowledge. When she was alive, she had contributed a lot to the royal family, and even made quite outstanding contributions to the development of the entire kingdom, Offariel was not a proud person, but she was also proud of her achievements. In fact, after her resurrection, Ofaril was quite confident in helping the lord achieve her wishes, and even in the current situation, she thought that she could overcome these difficulties by relying on her own strength.
But in fact, almost everything Yuren did was beyond Ofariel's expectations, she had no idea what the young lord was thinking, and in fact, until now, Yuren had not told her what she wanted to do. Is it to learn from those great nobles to become kings and become a faction, or to make overtures to the royal family and become a member of the inner circle of nobles? To say something rebellious, even if he intends to cooperate with the enemy country and destroy the country, he will have to do something, right? But now? They have so many problems to solve, and Yuren is tossing and turning these rags back and forth except for taking four servants and ordering the repair of the road connecting Twilight to the outside world. Although O'Farriel agrees with Julien's outlandish theory that "haste is not enough", he can't just sit idle and do such pointless things, and the mayor of the town said that it will take a month to repair the whole road, so is it true that in this month, Yuren is going to do nothing and stay in the castle and tinker with the?
So it's impossible to say that Ofariel is not dissatisfied, after all, she sincerely intends to help Yuren and serve him, but this lord doesn't tell her anything, I don't know if she trusts her ability or doesn't feel the need to let her know, no matter which possibility it is, it makes the former princess a little unacceptable.
Yu Lian blinked his eyes and looked at O'Faryl who was standing not far behind him, he was not an idiot, of course he could hear the dissatisfaction of Her Royal Highness the princess, in fact, Yu Lian didn't intend to hide it from her, but it was impossible for him to reveal his true identity to O'Faryl, after all, in the previous life, Yu Lian was also notorious, although in terms of the situation at that time, there was no mutual connection between him and the Kingdom of West, but after all, it was also very "famous" on the continent He is not willing to confess in this situation, in case this princess misunderstands something, then it will be troublesome. After all, competent adjutants are hard to find.
Beautiful and capable are even rarer.
"I'm certainly not doing useless work, Miss O'Faryl. β
Yuren shrugged his shoulders and patted the dust off his body.
"In fact, I'm implementing your advice. β
"My suggestion?"
Hearing this, Ofariel's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't think of when he had come up with a suggestion related to these tattered armors.
"That's right. β
But Yulian nodded with a smile.
"Don't you remember? You suggested to me that I materialize those geists and make them my men. And I said at the time that if there were enough materials, I would choose to do it. β
"What do you mean......... With that armor, you can materialize the spirits?"
Ofaril vaguely understood what Yuren meant.
"Of course. β
Yulian nodded.
"I see what you mean, Miss O'Faryl, don't worry, I'm not going to stay here all the time...... After summoning these geistes, we'll be busy. β
As he spoke, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.
"Trust me, it's going to be very busy. β
Night falls.
By the time the full moon rose into the night sky, the castle had become silent, and after serving Julien and O'Fariel for dinner, Erin and Marfa left the castle and returned to their maid's room to rest. Their lives had not changed in the same way as they had been in the castle, except that Julien had set a strange rule that no one was allowed to leave their rooms after twelve o'clock in the night without anything of special importance.
After all, those geists also need to be indulged, although under the care of Yulian in front of them, they will not take the lives of these servants as before, but if they see it, it will be a troublesome matter. Originally, it was carrying the sign of "Demon Curse", and if "Ghost Paradise" was added again, even Yuren couldn't imagine what kind of scratching it would cause.
At this moment, Yulian was standing quietly in the center of the hall, closing her eyes and recuperating, while Offariel was standing aside - also as a soul creature, in the past few days, she and those geists have already communicated and understood each other, although Offariel is ostensibly human, but her essence is still a soul creature, so it is not surprising that she will naturally move closer to soul creatures.
And right now, Offariel also wants to see for himself how Yuren materializes these geismas. After all, she was really curious about why a person who was not a priest or a mage could do such a strange thing over and over again. When materializing Ofariel, Yuren used a ......... Well, it's inconvenient to say it, in short, the way that makes the girl feel very cool and comfortable has completed the materialization. However, Yulian had also told Offariel that these geists did not have the same abilities as her, so what exactly he was going to do was also the focus of Offariel's attention.
However, Yuren did not act immediately, as Ofariel had imagined, but instead stood quietly in the middle of the hall, closing his eyes, then opening his eyes, admiring the sculpture in front of him, and then suddenly asked.
"Miss O'Fariel, you've been to this castle before, haven't you? β
"Yes. β
A hint of surprise flashed in Offariel's eyes at the question, and she lowered her head in response.
"So, I want to ask you, did you see the sapphire on this statue at that time?"
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Ofaril raised her head in confusion, she followed Julien's line of sight, and soon saw the statue carved in the center of the wall of the hall, it was a beautiful maiden, she was all **, wrapped in a tattered cloak, her arms stretched upward, as if she wanted to hold something- This is a very famous scene in the holy scriptures, a thousand years ago, a princess prayed to protect her country, she exchanged her life and soul for a great power, and with the support of this power, the princess pacified the war-torn country and turned it back into a place of peace and warmth, and at the moment of the end of the war, the soul of the girl who had fulfilled her wish left ** and went to the place of infinite convergence......... The sculpture in front of her depicts the princess when she obtains the power of the great Mana.
"Suspicious?"
Comparing the sculpture in front of her with the one she remembered, O'Faryl quickly discovered the problem, the original sculpture, the girl's hands were supposed to hold a blue gem in the center, but now, it was empty, without any trace of the gem.
"Strange, I remember that between the hands of the sculpture, there should have been a ......... of sapphire"
"I see, thanks. β
Hearing Ofariel's answer, Yuren said no more, he nodded, and then stretched out his right hand.
And with this action, a cold wind appeared in the warm hall. The torches burning beside the wall shook in unison with the cold wind, and Yuren's shadow shook with it.
It's strange to have such a cold wind in an enclosed space. But neither Yuren nor Ofaril cared.
Faintly, the call sounded.
Thin, illusory shadows slowly appeared above Yuren's head, and they flew and swirled, turning into a circle and constantly turning. These geists have their own way of communicating, and at this moment, they are listening to and responding to Yuren's request.
O'Faryl stood by and stared at the strange scene in front of him. Yuu didn't even do anything, he just raised his right hand and closed his eyes as if he were asleep, and the spirits just hovered above his head, not knowing what they were doing. Although Offariel is a soul body herself, her good education prevents her from trying to "eavesdrop" on the other party's curiosity.
After a few moments, the geists began to twitch, their spinning faster and faster, and then, several white shadows flew out of the circle, turning into a bright light and disappearing into the steel-armored figures beside Yuren.
This armor was originally intended as a decoration, and they looked like a doll made from a pile of armor. And with the flash of the geist, these steel armors, which were empty inside, suddenly began to tremble slightly. And at this moment, Yu Lian's expression became more and more serious.
Although the power of the Soul of the Last Knight, the power of the Indulgent Soul, is Yuren's most powerful killer weapon, it also takes a lot of energy, and it didn't take much effort to shape Ofariel's body before because of its huge and almost exaggerated reserves of illusory magic. But these geismos are different, and Yuren must use his power to fuse them into these armors, restrain their forms, and manifest them.
He shook his fingers slightly, slowly proceeding with his movements as if adjusting his performance, and with Yuren's movements, the geyers began to leave one by one, there were many of them, but Yuren only needed thirteen, and because of this, there was a battle between the geists for this position. After all, for these geistins, once they have a form, then they can leave the land and see the outside world. And in their soul form, they can only circle the land of this castle, and cannot leave. And now that they have the opportunity to be free, of course, these wandering spirits will not let go.
And all Yuren can do is to patiently wait for these geists to make a decision, and then steer their souls into the armor, after all, there is also a limit to his soul indulgence ability, if possible, Yulian doesn't mind giving all of these geist forms, but his strength is limited, and he really can't do it. Moreover, in the entire warehouse, there is only this armor that can be used.
The breeze of the soul blows.
The lifeless armor began to tremble, and then they took their own stepsβthe armor that had been put together seemed to have nothing to attract together, and moved flexibly and perfectly. Offariel looked at the scene in front of her curiously and in surprise, not knowing what to say at all.
One by one, the armor that had been fixed to the wall moved, and they left their original positions and walked behind Yuren, quietly and neatly lined up. It wasn't until the last armor entered the line that Yuren let out a long sigh of relief, and he lowered his right hand while wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead...... It's not an easy job for him.
"My lord, this is ..............."
"This is our men. β
Yuren smiled and said to a somewhat bewildered Ofariel, then looked at the armoured soldiers who stood silently behind him.
"That's all for today......... We're going to leave early tomorrow morning, Miss O'Faryl, and you should go to rest early, for we're going to be busy from tomorrow onwards. β
"Busy, what are you going to do? sir?"
"Actually, it's nothing. β
In the face of O'Faryl's question, Yuren shrugged his shoulders and replied lightly.
"It's just to kill some bad guys. β