"This is your manor?" Before setting off to escort the herald, Xinong came to visit Taoyuan Township in Aluca, "Poof...... Why does my estate have a dozen farmers, crops that grow well, and a three-story villa......"

Aluka replied unlovingly: "Because this is a world of faces......"

However, the truth is that he was manipulated by the Red Sect Pope...... The problem comes again, the Red Sect Pope should not know him, so there is a person behind the scenes who instructs the Pope. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info After thinking about it, there seemed to be no other answer than Catherine, after all, Duke Roland didn't have the ability to order the Red Sect Sect to do something.

Aluca speculated several possibilities in her mind: first, Catherine and Duke Roland had different positions, and she believed that Duke Roland's secret military intelligence transmission might have a conspiracy, so she mobilized the high-ranking killers of the Inquisition to protect herself and Sinon. Second, Catherine and Duke Roland are complicit, and these killers have other uses and can only ask for more blessings for themselves. Third, it's just that Catherine saw that she was unhappy and engaged in a few retired killers to disgust herself......

"Well...... I feel like the third possibility is the most likely......"

"What did you say?" said Sinon, stepping onto one of the red horses assigned to him by the Knights, "we're leaving to pick up the herald." ”

Aruka replied casually, stepping on his horse with the same agility. Presumably, in order to avoid accidents in the mission, the Knights assigned him a black prime-age war horse, which was very different from the manor and servants of the pit father......

The three Alexanders rode behind them, still wearing their butler's and peasant clothes, and had no intention of wearing armor. Killers are more flexible than mercenaries, and it is estimated that they will not survive any of their efforts when they wear armor.

As a result, none of these guys known as the "Knight Squad" wore armor, not even Xinong, and the [Atmospheric Chain Mail] he exchanged for in the temple was not known to be higher than ordinary armor.

Arriving at the headquarters of the Knights of the Burning Sun early, Aluka and Sinoon were led by a secretary to Duke Roland's office. His office was rather austere, with a low table in the middle with wine and four glasses, and a bench on each side, which was used for reception. In addition, there are no bookshelves, and it seems that he is a martial artist who doesn't like to read.

Duke Roland raised his hand, and the secretary bowed his head and withdrew, and then he said, "You should have learned your mission from the butler. However, I would like to remind you once again that this mission must not be missed, and the herald must be safely transported to the Duchy of Gay, where there will be not only robbers and bandits, but also the possibility of encountering the killers of the Hill Empire. I suspect that among the upper echelons of the Knights of the Burning Sun, who have infiltrated the Hill Empire's fine work, they may have learned of this military intelligence mission. ”

"Oh......" Arouca said meaningfully. The Duke of Roland did not choose to "protect the safety of the herald" in his wording, but said "safely send the herald to the Duchy of Gay". At first glance, it seems that the two sentences mean the same thing, but in fact, he didn't mention what happened to the herald after he arrived in the Duchy of Guy, which is interesting......

Xinon didn't hear so much, but asked strangely, "Since this military situation is so important, why don't you send a team of knights to escort it?"

Generally speaking, the knight squad is around five people, and the knight team is between ten and one hundred, and only the leader of the knight team can be called the knight captain.

"Obviously...... "because there is something unspeakable in the military intelligence." This content must not only be known to the enemy country, but also not even to our country...... Best, no one even knew it ever existed, am I right?"

Duke Roland frowned and said, "You can rest assured, I won't kill you." If I had only this amount of energy, the position of head of the Knights of the Burning Sun would have been someone else's. ”

"Oh......" Aruka said again, prolonged. You're not going to kill me, so maybe someone else is reminding me to be careful of the people of the Duchy of Gay?

That's what Arouca is...... As long as there is a little loophole in other people's words, whether intentionally or not, he has to study it.

"Don't get cranky, Aluca. Duke Roland was a little hairy by Aluca, "It's just an ordinary mission, but the level of secrecy is relatively high. ”

Aluka smuttered, "Ever since I met Master Henry, there has been nothing that is not highly secrecy. Could it be that I had a too leisurely life in the first ten years, and the goddess of fate is going to find me something to do? Forget it...... Let's meet the herald first, but don't be an old man, respecting the old and caring for the young is not my specialty. ”

"You can see that your specialty is to scare children to tears...... "Xinon muttered as he said.

The secretary left just now to call the herald, so the three of them didn't wait too long. From an institutional point of view, heralds belong to civilian personnel, similar to court officials. But in fact, it belongs to the Knights of the Scorching Sun, and the position is equivalent to a hundred captains. The herald to be escorted by Aluka had a mustache, was over forty years old, with a bloated body and a proud complexion, and should have been of noble origin.

The herald only glanced at his retinue, and then went to the Duke of Roland to talk about the military order, obviously not wanting Aluca and Sinon to hear anything.

After the Duke of Roland finished explaining, the herald beckoned and set off with the two of Aluca. At this time, Aluka suddenly asked, "Lord Hunt, have you ever heard of the 'accounting room'?"

Duke Roland was stunned for a moment, and replied without hesitation: "Of course I have heard that the leader of every underground organization in the slums has a record with the Knights of the Burning Sun. ”

"That's good. Aluka smiled, "Please inform Her Highness Catherine and ask someone to send five gold cenars to the bookkeeper, you must be honest...... By the way, it's best not to call people who are open-looking, so as not to scare people away. ”

"Hey......" Duke Roland is also a good person, and immediately thought of something, "What happened to Sir Bruno two days ago...... You can't do it, right?"

"No comment, no comment. Arouca smiled and left, leaving Duke Roland alone in the office with a headache.

After going out, Xinon immediately asked, "Why do you want to do this?" You should know that although the imperial court and the underground world do not interfere with each other, they are also like fire and water, and acquiescence is only to abide by the rules of the game. It's easy to find out where the money came from, and Her Royal Highness doesn't like to interfere in the affairs of the underworld, which breaks the rules......"

"I was a temptation and a bluff at the same time. Stretching out a finger, Aluka explained, "The bookkeeper and Catherine are both scheming people, but we will have to deal with them in the future. In this case, you have to know where their bottom line is, and slowly start with small things. At the same time, it can also give them a ...... We don't have the illusion that it's as simple as it seems. ”

Sinong didn't buy his account, but said solemnly: "I think you have other purposes...... I hope you don't get angry with what I say, you have to understand who you are. You're a commoner, and Your Highness the Princess...... It's royalty. ”

Aluka shook his head and said nothing, and Sinoon sighed and pulled him to follow the herald. As the so-called...... Chong Guan was angry and red-faced, and the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass.

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The sun and the moon have their own law in the book, so why talk about the details.

Let's start with the route from the Kingdom of the Rhine to the Duchy of Gay. As the first country to be invaded by the Great Army of the Hill Empire, the Duchy of Guy is naturally the northernmost of the thirteen southern principalities. If you put the thirteen principalities and the kingdom of the Rhine together into a whole figure, it is a pear, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the Duchy of Guy is the stalk at the top of the pear.

There are two routes to get from the Kingdom of the Rhine to the Duchy of Gay. The nearest route is through the Hermit Forest to the southern part of the Duchy of Gay, which is used to convey military information. As long as you are careful not to be besieged by wolves, the herald escorted by a squad of knights will not die in the forest. The other route is to bypass the Hermit Forest and reach the western part of the Duchy of Gay, which merchants would choose to avoid risk.

Aluka and Sinon are definitely more familiar with the Hermit Forest than the average knight, and under their leadership, there are no dangers along the way. Not only did it avoid the most dangerous timberwolves, but it also had a way to disperse poisonous snakes and insects, and avoided many traps set by hunters. As for black bears, forest cats, tigers, pythons and other beasts, they all like to walk alone, but they are not dangerous from timberwolves. Many skilled old hunters often die from wolves by one wrong step.

After more than 20 days of travel, the herald was also impressed by the two of them. The three killers from the Inquisition were unusually low-key, barely taking the initiative to take action, and Aruka estimated that he was hiding his fighting power. What is the use of concealing combat effectiveness from one's companions? The answer is obvious......

So he's been thinking about creating some danger and forcing out the true level of Alexander and these crazy people. Who knew that the plan had just come up with a prototype, and in the dusk of one day, the Ring of the Gods popped up with a hint:

[Please arrive at a no-man's land within twelve hours and silently recite "return."] If you do not arrive within the time limit, you will die. 】

This is the cheat, the forest is full of no-man's land, but you can't leave the party for no reason, right? And even if they leave the party, will others come to find them after a long time?

At this moment, the herald spoke: "Dusk is approaching, let us camp on the spot." It is only about ten days away from the Duchy of Gay, and the more you get to the end, the more you can't let your guard down. It's hard to say if the Hill Empire's spies have crossed the Duchy of Guy to intercept military intelligence and supplies. ”

Naturally, Aruka refused, and advised, "This place is close to the edge of the forest, so we can get to the nearby village before midnight and sleep peacefully." ”

The herald looked at Aluka with a "young man, you are too young" look, and said, "No, there is a better chance of encountering Imperial spies in the village, so we will camp here." ”

Sinon glanced at Aluca: What should I do?

Aluca looked back: Look at me, I can be kidnapped.

After making eye contact, Aruka sighed lonely: "It seems...... This is where I am buried......"

The herald was not happy, how could you be so unlucky, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Aluka beckoned everyone to dismount, gathered together, and said mysteriously, "You know, there is a legend about the Hermit Forest......

He looks like a strange uncle who runs to the kindergarten to tell ghost stories to scare children. The sky was dark, Lin Ying was longing, and he bent over with a strange expression, there was really a bit of atmosphere......

"It is said that five hundred years ago, this place was not called the Hermit Forest, but a separate land boundary, called Dongsheng Shensen. There is a boulder in this forest, moistened by the essence of the sun and the moon, and the nectar of nectar, and over time, a stone egg is born......"

Do you think this is Journey to the West? Then you are underestimating Aluca's brain......

"It was the day, the heavens and the earth changed color, the sun and the moon were not bright, the stone eggs were cracked, and a ...... popped out of them A giant snake! Its snake body is 100 meters long, as thick as a hundred-year-old tree trunk, with eyes like red fruits, with a total of eight heads and eight tails. The snake's scales are covered with moss, painted trees, and cedar trees, and its body can fill eight valleys and eight hills, and its belly is rotten and bloody...... forever."

Wood pinched his cigarette pouch and said nervously, "Isn't this size a little different from the description, it can fill eight valleys......

"Don't interrupt!" Arouca glared at him, "Do you want to hear the story...... Ah, no, legendary? It is said that this great snake was a drinker, and in the middle of the night it would crawl out of its cave to ask passers-by for a drink. If you don't have alcohol with you...... Hey...... You'll have to satisfy it with blood and life......"

After the ruffle, Aluka looked around at the crowd and asked, "Do you have any wine?"

The herald coughed dryly: "How can you drink alcohol when you are on official duty." ”

Neither did the others, but Wood said with a strange look, "I think...... It's just a legend, and even if it's true, we don't necessarily have to be so unlucky. ”

The herald, on the other hand, used one vote: "Needless to say, it is better to believe it than not to believe it, and to avoid anything that may threaten the completion of the mission." We immediately set out of the forest to find a village to live in. ”

The Lord had decided, and Wood didn't say much. At this time, in the eyes of the herald, this forest is tantamount to a tiger's den in Longtan, and every step is terrifying...... Whether the task is completed or not is secondary, and a small life cannot be lost.

When I arrived at the village, it was already dark and I couldn't see my fingers. Luckily, they managed to book a room in a hotel. Until this time, Sinong was still wondering in his heart whether Aluka was talking nonsense or if it was really something. However, with his character, he is not embarrassed to ask Aruca a question or two.

After returning to their respective rooms, Aluka returned silently in her heart. The white light flashed, drowsy, and he had returned to the familiar end.

But I saw ......