【Chapter 2】Final Warning
If Nevandon, in the end, the letter was really written by him, in fact, at the moment of Schanbolin's fall, it no longer mattered. Since Szambolin is dead, it is only natural that the five hundred Coldlight Guards will be under the management of Izzy, but they are all the elite of the army, they have received tenacious training under the command of Nivandon, and they are well educated, they have important responsibilities, they have honors, and more importantly, some of them still have families in Silver Spirit City......www.biquge.info
The next morning, when the sun was still shining in the city of Prado, the men went out of their homes one after another, carrying the necessary farm tools, out of the city gates, and down into the wheat fields, and began their busy day, while the women went to the bazaar, some went to the bakery and clothing workshops to do their work, and the children played happily and carefreely in the wide streets and lively squares.
Prado is surrounded by wilderness, so under the rule of Courad, there are vast wheat fields and farms, and if there is anything that Prado produces, one must think of Prado's whole wheat bread and unique flour. The storehouse had more than enough food for the soldiers, and in addition to that, Curad would trade the extra food with other regions, which would give Prado an extra income.
On this day, a man who looked like a farmer, led by the old mayor, came to the door of the hall of the castle of Prado. At this time, the farmer suddenly stopped, and the old mayor looked back at him suspiciously, "Why don't you leave?" I saw the farmer's eyes staring closely at the puppet that was randomly discarded in the corner, the puppet was stained with ketchup, and there were several hanging threads tied to its body, and its back seemed to be cut by something, revealing white cotton wool. "It's ......".
"Don't ask, it's none of your business. The old mayor seemed to warn him of something, but the farmer grinned instead, "Can I take this home?" The old mayor said with a puzzled face, and saw the farmer happy, as if he had picked up something cheap, "I want to give my little daughter, I want to go home and repair it will be the same as new." ”
From the look on his face, it can be seen that he is a person who loves his daughter very much, but from his words, he can hear the difficult situation in his family. The old mayor coughed helplessly, "Okay, okay, no one is robbing you, now come with me to see the adult." As he spoke, he led the farmer briskly into the castle hall.
As soon as she entered the castle hall, she was seated on the throne at the top of the middle staircase, while Izzy was standing sideways next to her, and the magnificent-looking Aidi was on the other side. Behind them, a huge Dawn Crusader banner hung on the wall, with a silver-gray sun motif that made one look divine.
At the foot of the stairs, Tiara and the others stood on both sides, except for Cedric, all of whom had a majestic and serious look on their faces, which made the place exude a solemn atmosphere even more, and also made the farmers and the old mayor who came in a hurry extremely nervous.
The old mayor dragged the farmer and walked quickly to the center of the hall with his head bowed. Just when the farmer raised his head, he saw Yanna sitting on the throne and smiling at him, which couldn't help but make him stunned, at least he had never heard of such a young girl being able to become a lord, not to mention that Yanna was the supreme Queen of Sapuro under the propaganda of Izzy.
The old mayor knelt down on one knee, saw the farmer on the side stunned, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to drag him, and the farmer came to his senses, knelt down in a panic, and saluted Yanna. "Lord Mayor, don't be polite, is there anything you have to do with this time?" Yeonna's voice was gentle and sweet, and it always lingered in the farmer's ear.
Hearing Yanna's words, the farmer stood up with a smile, and then the old mayor immediately glared at him, dragged him down again, and saluted Yanna again with respect, "Yes, Queen." The old mayor shouted tremblingly, and then led the farmer to his feet.
"Tell me, Lord Mayor, what's the matter. Izzy said with a serious expression. Then the mayor stepped aside and stretched out his hand to the farmer. The farmer hurriedly bent down and bowed deeply, "My lord, this season's grain has been produced, according to the previous system, we will keep five percent of the food, and sell the rest to the lord at the price of five silver coins per cart......."
As soon as the farmer finished speaking, Faennes on the side was a little dumbfounded, while Izzy pondered for a moment and smiled, "What about the food harvest this season?" "The wheat has been handed over to the workshop for processing, and the flour produced is a total of fifteen carts according to the quantity of thirty bags per cart, so ......"
"So I'll pay you seventy-five pieces of silver......," said Izzy, as he descended the steps and came to the farmer. I saw that the farmer lowered his head deeply, as if he had something on his mind, "My lord, big ......" The farmer said in a pit, it seemed that he was still not sure whether he wanted to say it or not, and the nervousness and hesitation at this time made him unable to open his mouth for a while.
At this time, Izzy patted him on the shoulder expressionlessly, making him look like an officer taking care of his subordinates, "No matter how difficult things are, there will be a solution when you say it." The farmer gritted his teeth and secretly made up his mind, but his head still did not rise, "My lord, seventy-five silver coins are not enough for the normal expenses of my farm, and these silver coins are divided equally among our hands, and everyone is busy for a year and cannot even save five silver coins, and the food left is only enough for us to feed and clothe...... I'm sorry, sir. ”
The farmer felt a little excited by his words, and quickly apologized after speaking. At this time, Izzy looked at him with a smile, "Look up and look at me." After the farmer slowly raised his head, he spread his hands, "Look at my hands, what do you see?" Izzy's words immediately made everyone around look at his hands curiously, but they didn't see anything.
"Your Excellency......" "This is also a pair of hands that have done countless heavy work, so I also know that it is not easy for farmers, from now on, fifty silver coins per cart, a total of seven hundred and fifty coins, just ask the mayor for it in a while." Izzy said as he turned and walked straight up the steps. In fact, the price of Izzy was not very high in the various territories, and even lower than in other cities, but these farmers had been oppressed by the Kurad for a long time, and the temporary change made him grateful, and his heart could not be at peace for a long time.
"Your Excellen......cy," before the farmer could thank him, Izzy turned around and looked at him with a serious face, "But you must remember that the Prado's food has always been abundant, and the food I buy must not be mixed with a trace of impurities, and the mayor must supervise this." As soon as Izzy finished speaking, the farmer and the old mayor immediately bent down and said yes, and the farmer thanked Izzy for his kindness.
"Thank you, sir......" The farmer bowed to Izzy with a shudder, but Izzy gave him a blank look and turned his head to look at Yanna. The farmer hurriedly looked at Yanna, who was sitting on the throne, with tears in his eyes, and knelt down on one knee again, "Thank you, Queen......" Seeing that Izzy waved his hand, the farmer walked out quickly, and his joy was beyond words, and the old mayor also walked out with a smile on his face.
"You've done heavy work?" Eddie looked at him suspiciously, and Izzy chuckled softly, "I nailed the stakes in Tyre. Well, that's not all, Tiara, Faennes. Izzy called out the names of the two men as he spoke. I saw Faennes standing at the foot of the steps, and waved his hand lazily, "Hmm." ”
Tiara folded her hands proudly over her chest," she said. "If there are outsiders present, they can be more serious, if they are together, these two people are like a different person, they don't care about anything at all, and Izzy can't help frowning when he sees this.
"Since these Cold Light Guards are temporarily under our command, so the two of you must train strictly, train as if we were our own, and do not have any slackness, and from now on they are officially divided into the Dawn Crusade, according to our establishment, the rank system must also become our own, I don't want to hear any words such as Captain of the Guard. ”
Seeing Tiara nodding silently, he continued, "Although, they are our troops, their loyalty will be questionable if they fight Nivandon......" "Are we still going to fight Nivandon?" Hearing Izzy's words, Yanna looked at him and asked softly.
I saw Izzy nodding silently, "I can't guarantee that we killed his officers, took control of his army, and set off a revolution in this Prado, I don't think he has any reason to let us go." When Yanna heard this, she reached out and dragged him down with some uneasiness, "Izzy, we can't do all this without Nevandon, you should talk to him." ”
"Maybe......" Yanna's words obviously didn't get his approval, but he didn't want to refute anything, just said it casually, which made Yanna a little unhappy. Seeing this, Cedric hurriedly looked at Yanna on the throne with a smile, as if his opportunity had come.
"Queen, don't worry, how can we fight with Nivandon, don't say that we are not the kind of people who cross the river and tear down the bridge, even if we fight, we can't beat him, first of all, the difference in numbers is doubled......" Hearing Cedric's words, Yanna nodded thoughtfully. But Izzy on the side glared at Cedric, and he didn't want Cedric to mess with any guarantees.
After all, in the current situation, even if he didn't want to fight, Nivendon would not agree. But what he never expected was that this was really said by Cedric. Just then, a soldier ran briskly into the castle hall.
"Report to your lord, a letter from Silver Spirit City!" the soldier said as he bent down and handed over the letter with both hands, and before anyone else could react, Cedric stepped forward and took the letter, and waved his hand, and the soldier retreated in understanding. "It seems that Nevendon is ready to declare war. Tiara said nonchalantly, but the others seemed unusually concerned about the contents of the letter.
"Cedric, bring it" Hearing Itch's words, Cedric quickly opened the letter "I'll read it to you......" Seeing that outsiders were not present, Cedric reluctantly stretched out his hand to him and waved a word of invitation, at this time Cedric had the letter in his hand and read it in detail, the voice was comparable to the voice of a man pretending to be a woman, standing there and speaking.
"Kassalond's battle in the Straits of the Stars was overwhelming, and it took less than half a day to annihilate all the enemy forces, and I would like to congratulate you on the positive results of this campaign. And I also heard about the Great Revolution of Prado, here I also congratulate Lord Izzy on becoming the new Lord of Prado, now the situation is urgent, in the direction of Moonlight City, the Black Prince will send a large army to attack the north at any time, I hope to meet with Lord Izzy in the southern mountains, we will work together to make plans for the future, if your army does not come, then we have to think that Lord Izzy regards us as enemies. Silver Spirit City, Nivandon respects. ”
After Cedric finished speaking, he saluted the crowd gracefully, Tiara immediately gave him a blank look, and seeing her appearance, Cedric smiled back to his place, "How can I read it? Is it better than some woman who doesn't know how to read?" "Come on, Cedric, I feel like a prostitute munching chicken feathers and giving a speech there." Tiara immediately hit back at Cedric's sarcasm.
Aidi, who was silent for a moment, looked at Izzy, "It seems that Nivendon doesn't want to go to war with us either. At this time, Izzy smiled and walked down the steps, snatched the letter from Cedric's hand, looked at it again in detail, and handed it back into his hand, "This is Nivandon's final warning to us, he described the battle in the Straits of the Stars in order to frighten us. Cedric, change the letter, and read it to the soldiers in the barracks. ”
"Good. This made Tiara on the side feel a little unbelievable, "Why do I want the soldiers to know?" "Didn't Nivedon already approve of us in the letter, although it was a kind word in our eyes, but it was different in the eyes of the soldiers. Cedric, just cut out the words about my name and the rest of it. Hearing Izzy's calm voice, Cedric smiled and nodded.
"It seems that Nivendon is trying to kill you in the southern mountains. Aidi's words again reached the point, but Tiara bowed her head unconcernedly, and played with her slender and slender fingers, "Let them come, just in time we can kill Nivendon and recover Silver Spirit City at the same time." "Tiara has never taken anyone seriously, so what she says is also domineering.
Tiara's words made Eddie look at her silently, "Tiara, have you forgotten that Kassalon is a holy knight?" "This ......" Under Aidina's reminder, she suddenly thought of a scene in Tyretown, and that powerful force was simply irresistible to herself.
Seeing Tiara hesitate, Eddie smiled, and the long hem of her skirt was scattered on the ground, revealing her incomparable nobility. A beautiful face makes it have an incomparable momentum. "So, in the southern mountains, we can't go, we should stay in the Prado, I don't think Nivedon will attack us in the short term......".
Before she could finish speaking, Izzy interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Southern Mountains, we must go, although there is a certain risk, but this is also the only chance to live in peace with Nivandon, I don't want the Black Prince, who is far away in the sky, to watch us fight each other like this, so that there is nothing to worry about." ”
"However, in the event of a sudden attack by Nevandon, we would already be far apart in numbers, and now that Kassalon is a Holy Knight, their combat effectiveness will be even more unstoppable. Eddie said anxiously, she could feel the power of the Holy Knight from Tiara's description, and she had seen those runic weapons herself in Misty Island before, they really existed.
"What if you're a holy knight?" "Hey, Tiara, do you think you're the goddess of war standing at the top of the gods? Don't forget what you saw in Tyre, I think Kassalon can blow you away with a slight flap of her wings. "Cedric, you!" Tiara's impulsiveness and haughty demeanor often gave Cedric a headache, and Tiara was unwilling to listen to him, and the two began to argue for a while.
"Enough! I've never believed in myths, and as I've said before, even if the gods stand in their way, they won't let them get in our way......" Izzy said loudly, and the stern voice immediately quieted the surroundings. He knew in his heart that Nivedon was also afraid of his desperate gamble, so he decided to take a gamble with Nivandon, betting that Nivendon would not dare to act rashly, so as to drag him into the water and make him have to fight the black prince.
At this time, Yanna stood up from the throne, a pair of clear and bright big eyes, blinked twice, and her cute little face also showed a worried look "Izzy...... And all the friends here, although I can't fight, and I don't know how to be a queen, I want to say...... Please be sure to come together, we can come all the way because we can believe in each other and care about each other. Since the fall of Misty Island, all of you here are my family, and we are all comrades-in-arms and relatives, so I believe in you, and please believe in Izzy's decision, no matter what the future holds, we will get through this together. ”
There was a hint of purity and innocence in Yanna's soft and gentle voice, which made Cedric and Tiara, who had been arguing fiercely just now, silently bow their heads, and then Izzy also turned around and looked at Yanna with a smile.
"Also, Izzy promised me one thing, I must do the right thing. Seeing Izzy's slow nod, Yeona also returned the favor with a gentle smile and sat down. Just as she was sitting on the throne with her hands on the armrests, she suddenly felt as if something was on the armrests.
Cedric smiled at Tiara again, "Hehe, then I'll apologize first, although you are still a crazy woman in my eyes." "Don't be ashamed, Cedric, you're a clown. The two of them said something that only they understood, but Izzy knew that this was what they called mutual apologies, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly at the thought of this.
At this moment, Yanna suddenly pulled up the lever embedded in the armrest, and suddenly the sound of gears spinning could be heard in the hall of the castle, and the banner of the Dawn Crusader at the end of the wall began to move faintly......