Chapter 11: The Post Station and the Strange War
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This is already the nineteenth grave he has dug up.
They were used to bury the dry bones found in the town, and his plan was to dig twenty first, and then there would be no more than that.
"Excuse me, anyone?" the shouts from the wind made Li Yun stop moving, he jumped out of the pit, stuck the shovel into the soil, picked up the broadsword standing beside him, and walked out of the cemetery while hanging the scabbard.
Generally speaking, cemeteries and places of worship are built at the head of the village, and there are not too many such ones built at the end of the town, and from the perspective of location, pattern, scale, etc., it is obviously not very important.
When he reached the square in front of the town hall, he saw five men waiting there.
Six horses, two of which were sturdy horses, pulled a carriage, and the driver Li Yun glanced at it and knew that it was not a full-time job, but a temporary replacement by a warrior.
The rest of the four were dressed as typical guards, and they were standard. Among them, the only war horse and the rider's cloak style let Li Yun know that this should be the person in charge.
"Sarok Ather, Lightseeker, I'm just a passerby here. ”
The leader gestured, dismounted first, and the rest also got off their mounts, and before calling people, it was just polite that they saw Ethan tethered to the horse on the side of the town hall.
At this time, Li Yun's hair color and eye color have changed from pure black to blonde hair and blue eyes again, pure black is too eye-catching, Li Yun paid attention to this problem when he sealed himself.
However, even so, Li Yun's demeanor and demeanor are still not something ordinary people can have.
There is a saying that people who are accustomed to bowing their heads and looking up at others exude an air of humility all over their bodies.
This is a true portrayal of most people in this world.
"Hello, Knight Ether, I'm Karis, the chief warrior of Baron Kamaranman's family, and we're escorting the Baron back to the realm, what's going on here. The leader expressed modest humility and respect.
Generally speaking, if it is an active knight or nobleman, it will be the first time to explain it when introducing himself, Li Yun calls himself a light chaser, this kind of miscellaneous name, it means that he is a wild knight, but he has a surname, and he has a superior war horse, coupled with Li Yun's bearing, Karis judged from experience, the person in front of him should be true, so he still calls him a knight to show respect.
Li Yun didn't deliberately make a hypocritical correction, it would only show that he couldn't let go of his title and false name, he answered the question directly: "Evil has been raging here, and casting spells to hide the town. ”
"Impossible!" a slightly obsessive guard behind Karis blurted out.
"Kyle!" Karis snapped with his head sideways.
The obsessive guard shrunk his neck, "I'm sorry, vice." ”
"Apologize to Knight Ether instead of me. ”
Li Yun waved his hand and said he didn't mind, but Kyle still apologized to him seriously.
Li Yun nodded secretly, seeing the big from the small, the discipline of the Grohmon family is still okay, it is not a matter of apologizing or not apologizing, but knowing who to listen to.
The guards of small lords like this are basically promoted from the local peasants, and they have an instinctive fear of the nobles, and the most common mistake is that they will be afraid of any nobleman's reprimand, and they can cultivate these people with an attitude similar to 'the feudal lord of the feudal lord is not my feudal lord', which is the skill of the trainer.
He reckoned that Gromann should be an old nobleman and a good man to his subjects, so that the positions they appointed would have the authority to do so.
Being able to hide the entire town, a spell of this level, Karis was a little shocked to hear. If it's true, it's definitely a big trouble.
He was about to ask for more details, and he whimpered...... The howl of wolves in the cold wind made him change his face.
Li Yun also frowned, and the flash of inspiration in his mind told him that it was a wolf beckoning his companion.
The wolves were attracted by the fire, and this was nothing, but this town was not only a fire, but also a remnant of evil and dark energy, to which the animals were very sensitive, and would choose to retreat rather than catch up, and if they did, then most likely there was something wrong with it.
He reminded Karis: "The filth that has accumulated in the town will not be dissipated until at least noon." I'm afraid there's something wrong with these wolves. ”
Karis became more and more worried, "What can I do? ”
Li Yun pointed to the town hall, "It can only be guarded by this." ”
"Here ......"
Li Yun knew what Karis was worried about, and said, "Don't worry, this hall is clean." ”
Still a little hesitant, Karis subconsciously glanced at the carriage.
The door of the carriage opened at the right time, and a girl dressed as a maid jumped out of the carriage first, and then helped a young lady out of the carriage.
Dressed in black, with a black gauze, and white gardenias in her bun. This is the dress for the new funeral of a loved one.
Caris introduced to Li Yun: "This is my young lady......"
The woman answered, "Just call me Dinah." ”
"Well, please call me by my name, please mourn. As Li Yun said this, an indescribable sense of familiarity rose in his heart, as if he had experienced something similar.
"Thank you. ”
Dinah, a nun of the Light, has more say in determining special circumstances, and the group had planned to rest for the night in the town's sacrificial place, but now they chose to follow Li Yun's advice.
"Sharok, please advise me on safety. Dinah said, glancing at Karis.
Karis immediately said: "Knight Ether, we will fully cooperate with you. ”
Li Yun didn't shirk, and said directly: "Okay, there are a few things to do now, I'll explain them one by one......"
The task was quickly assigned.
A barely usable flatbed cart was retrieved from the town, and the horse-drawn cart was used to carry the town's gate to the front of the town hall to seal the side with the six side-by-side vertical windows.
These vertical windows are less than one meter wide, but two meters high, flat and pointed, from the outer wall, they are erected from the ground 1.5 meters high, the town gate is horizontal, it is not enough to seal the top, and there must be two doors that cannot be covered vertically, under Li Yun's arrangement, they chose to erect it.
Karis asked if he wanted to seal the other windows with wooden strips, Li Yun shook his head and said, "If it is an ordinary wolf pack, there is no chance to come in, if not, the wooden strips are meaningless, don't waste time on this, strengthen the town gate, strengthen it is worth strengthening." ”
The structure of the town hall, the ground floor is a Z-shape, from the main entrance is a small hall, the horizontal is a semi-open passage hall, and then there is a stairwell, you can go upstairs, you can go down to the basement, you can continue to enter the back hall.
The hall lies horizontally in relation to the three horizontal functional parts in front of it, and one of its long side walls is the back wall of these three functional parts, and on the opposite side of the long side wall is the outer wall of six vertical windows with spaced intervals.
On the east side of the hall, on the side where the stairwell enters, is a half-meter-high wooden platform, with a guardrail, a podium, and the cult is found on the podium.
In the hall, like a chapel, there are two rows of chairs from east to west, and at the westernmost point, at the corner of the same wall as the vertical window, there is a back door.
There is a large house and a horizontal aisle on the second floor, at the end of the aisle is a vertical ladder, which leads directly to a small bell tower, of course, generally does not go up, stand in front of the vertical ladder and pull the thick rope, the bell will ring, and it can be heard two or three miles outside the town.
It's not a problem that the big house on the second floor has south and west windows, but it's not as big as the ground floor, so much so that there are sloping tiled eaves, which is the problem.
Karis they were a little unimpressed, the town hall was built on a large foundation stone about 1 meter above the land, and the edge height from the ground to the eaves was more than 4 meters, what wolf could jump up?
Then Dinah vaguely pointed out before that they had to listen to Li Yun completely, so they had to complete the work to the letter.
All the chairs in the hall were smashed, and pyres were erected on the cornices, including the windows on the second floor, the largest at the main entrance, but none of them were lit.
By this time it was getting dark, but most of the town was burning, and I didn't feel how dim the light was.
The horses were all led into the hall, and this domesticated large animal was treated as an important property, even as a companion, and was very cherished, and often people did not eat, and they had to be served first, which is almost common knowledge in this world.
According to Li Yun's instructions, the two guards went to find water, they first called the well water, Li Yun paid attention to this, saw the water, cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood into it, and before the blood spread in the water, it turned green.
"The well is viciously cursed, and the water cannot be used. ”
The two guards were shocked and sweated, and the two of them almost couldn't hold back their thirst before, and they took two sips directly, it looked so clear that they were cursed.
"I went to the house and found the water tank and carried it over. ”
These people checked and confirmed that there was no problem, except for the people who drank and drank the horses, the rest were gathered together, and Karis thought that it was intended to be used for fire prevention, but they thought badly, Li Yun took some and asked Dinah if she could apply a blessing and make it holy water.
Dinah tried it, Li Yun dipped the finished product in his mouth and licked it, shaking his head.
"Sorry, it's not quite what it needs to be. ”
Dinah knew that Li Yun didn't mean to humiliate her, but she still couldn't help but blush.
In the end, Li Yun could only use his own blood.
Although he sealed himself, out of instinct, he still knew that for him, apart from the soul, blood was the most precious thing, and his strength and his life were all in this blood.
About half a bowl of blood flowed, mixed with water into a bowl, and then cast a spell with both hands, and a breath that silenced Karis and the others and made Dina creepy spread.
"Black, dark ......" Dinah was shocked and surprised, feeling that her cognition was a little subversive, she had never thought that the person who used the power of darkness could make her feel cordial without the slightest rejection.
Karis they couldn't discern the energy that wasn't obvious enough, and they were simply stunned by the aftermath of the overflowing power.
The biggest difference between knights and ordinary warriors is that ordinary warriors can only use the energy naturally generated in their bodies, while knights can absorb this energy from the outside world and use it in a more targeted and purposeful way.
Some places call this energy fighting energy, some places call it combat energy, some call it the Force, and some even call it 'qi', the customs and customs are very different, the names are different, but they are essentially the same energy.
With the infusion of dark energy, the bowl of water boiled on its own and gradually turned purple, and when it was boiled into more than half a bowl and began to glow, Li Yun stopped injecting.
"I am a Dark Knight, originally belonging to the Knights of the Holy See Dark Sword. ”
Several guards looked at each other, the Knights of the Dark Sword?
Dinah obviously knew some secrets, and said, "It turns out that the parishioners who guard the night, Sister Ira of the Sisters of the North County Sisters salute you. ”
Ira is Dinah's religious name, the Sisters are a branch of the Holy See of Light, but not a subordinate relationship, the Sisters of the North County is the most famous monastery in Nessreel, just in the cliffs and mountains north of the royal city of Nesmail, and its territory is directly under the royal family, called the North County.
"I'm no longer a member of the church. ”
"But I am confident that you are still following the guidance of the Light, and I can feel the light and heat of your soul. Dinah did not hesitate to praise her, apparently using the communicative skills of the aristocracy.
Li Yun smiled and didn't say anything substantial. He will not be held back by a few words.
Dinah is indeed demanding. Parents and brothers died one after another, leaving only the younger brother and sister in the family, her brother-in-law, and relatives of the side branches, all running to grab the inheritance, and now Groman is in turmoil, whether she wants to solve the mystery, shock Xiaoxiao, or stabilize the territory and realize her wishes, she needs strong power to back her up.
After some thought, she said solemnly, "Knight Ether, is it convenient to talk to you privately?"
"No problem, but I'm not going to stop, do you mind talking while you work?"
Karis interjected, "Knight Ether, if it's something we can do for you, please give me the right command. ”
"You are indeed needed, but my job is irreplaceable, to bring everyone together. ”
The four guards, in addition to the obese Kyle, also have a well-proportioned Ben, Beckett, who is a young man and has not faded his youth, and Luke, who is in his thirties.
In addition, there is the chief Karis, without any honorific title, only the type title, shield warrior, which means that this is a warrior who is good at protection, his T-shaped shield Li Yun has seen it before, inlaid with magic crystals, and the main material is black mountain steel, this kind of steel forged utensils have beautiful and mysterious water lines, so they are also called water pattern steel, and the price is expensive, it can be said that the value of this shield is more expensive than Carris's set of warrior armor. Based on this, Li Yun believes that most of Karis's art is in the use of shields.
Finally, there is Dinah's master and servant, her maid is called Leah, 17 years old, and has no combat effectiveness.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you meet a paladin or paladin of good character, he will most likely be a lone hero in the face of the coming battle, even if it is at the expense of himself. It's a pity you've met me, a Dark Knight. The Dark Knight has a sense of sacrifice, but instead of guarding, he chooses to attack. Of course, I'm not referring to rushing out into the wilderness to fight the wolves, that's brainless. I'm talking about offense as a mentality. ”
"Rest assured, Knight Ether, there are no bad breeds of men in Kamaran, and every man in Mann Territory is a good warrior. Brave the wind and rain!"
"Roar!" the four guards roared along with Karis, a motto from House Mann. It's also the default motto of the Mann Lords.
The corners of Li Yun's mouth curled, and he said calmly: "I have seen the character and beliefs of the Mann people, but this is not enough. The principle of the Dark Knight is: squeeze every ounce of power. ”
The last sentence is full of bitterness and cruelty, like an ice edge and a knife blade, piercing into the depths of people's hearts and making people feel cold to the bone.
Karis looked at Dinah, Li Yun's words revealed a hidden meaning of power binding, even domination, and it involved everyone, he didn't dare to be proficient.
Dinah gritted her teeth and pulled a pendant from inside her clothes to untie it, "Would you mind showing off your soul color?"
Li Yun understands that it is too difficult for people to entrust their lives and safety unreservedly to a stranger they meet in a dangerous place.
He originally arranged a joint contract, since the other party has the means to verify, it is better, and the trust will be greatly increased if it is passed, it doesn't matter if it is passed, the energy blood is not used yet, but his own words, these blood are about enough to survive this night.
Although it was the first time he had seen it, when he took the pendant with body temperature, he knew that the multi-edged gems in the pendant were several rare treasures. Because it really interacts with the soul.
Soon after the gem arrived in Li Yun's hand, a light like water flowed on the surface, and then it became transparent, emitting a faint blue glow.
"It turns out that you are a noble envoy of the Order Faction. We're willing to follow your arrangement. Dinah said this, and her joy was palpable.
Dinah understood the meaning of the glow of the soul jewel, the clear light, which was orderly, transparent, a divine messenger, belonging to the Holy Spirit, not a living being. No impurities, no dark spots, means that the character is trustworthy, although it has nothing to do with kindness, but it is by no means treacherous. Having said that she had never seen a person's soul clean like this, she could only blame it on the special spirit of the Holy Spirit. Of course, it's actually mostly because of the seal.
"You're bold enough, and such a treasure is not fit to be revealed to strangers. Li Yun said as he returned the pendant to Dinah.
"Knight Ether, if you can wish me through this, I am willing to reward me with this soul gem. ”
"Miss!" Karis and Leah exclaimed at the same time, this was a family heirloom of the Mann family, and it wasn't exactly Dinah's personal belongings.
Let's put it this way, the lady of the aristocratic family, said that a large part of the jewelry worn belongs to the family, and the family will have to take it back according to the situation in the future. Only the dowry jewelry that is married out is completely private.
Dinah said, "This is my decision. The happiness and safety of the people of Mann Territory is not comparable to that of a single gem. ”
These words moved the people of Karis very much, and they looked at Dinah with reverence and love.
Li Yun knew that there were invitations and motivating lord skills here, and even a more malicious elephant had set up a trap, and if he coveted the gem, he believed that Dinah would not even mind giving him this reward first. Of course, the time and place are carefully chosen, and once he gets his hands on the gem, he will be completely locked in the family feud of Baron Mann. Because this gem itself is the object of competing interests, and even has a special meaning, representing power or something.
Even after thinking about this, he still waited for Dinah to finish showing off his posture before saying, "Let's focus on the present." Are you ready? ”
After looking at each other, Karis said, "It's ready." However, can you choose my young lady?"
Li Yun put his hand on his chest and said, "You are humiliating a leader." ”
Dinah said impassionedly, "I'm with my people. ”
Li Yun secretly gave Dina a thumbs up and said loudly: "Blood War Paint, who will come first?" (To be continued.) )