Chapter 63: The Curtain of War Opened
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Since the civilian clash incident is likely to be a wedge for Francis's deliberate attack, there is naturally no need for Augustus, who continues to stay in Lorain Town, to return to the castle as soon as possible, and the two powerful retinues of Donald who came with him have already obeyed his orders, one immediately rushed to Donald's territory, and the other quickly went to Christopher's territory, which caused Augustus to sit in the coachman's position as the coachman of the gorgeous carriage, and as for the reason why he sent two attendants to leave in a hurry, even His Royal Highness Sophia, who was not very interested in these things in the wasteland, could see the clues。
Sitting next to Augustus, Her Royal Highness Sophia's delicate face was full of emotion.
I felt that the experience of being in the wasteland abandoned by the Empire in just one month was too colorful, first watching Augustus, the poor little devil, struggle to survive in the cracks of the lich current, and then witnessing Augustus's ally who had managed to trick him, Artelas— Sauron suffered a night of upheaval, his family was ruined, and then Augustus's dog-legged Count Francis successfully counterattacked, replacing Sauron as the number one giant of the wasteland, and finally Augustus, who inexplicably lost Christopher's friendship and got Donald's friendship, finally survived, but suddenly faced the new Count Francis who swore to chase and kill.
God, it's even more twisty than her favorite book, No Thanks.
Sophia looked at Augustus, who had always been calm and calm beside her, with a complicated expression, and finally couldn't help asking, "Just faced with a failed assassination, are you sure that Francis will soon attack again?"
Augustus, whose mind was inversely proportional to the skill of driving a carriage, struggled to control the reins, nodded, and said unquestionably: " This is almost a certain thing, I thought that the Count Francis in my impression was good enough, but I did not expect that he was even more skilled than I remembered, and this time his failure was due in large part to my personal underestimation, but at the same time, when he knew that the helmsman of Alfred in a wheelchair in his old memory had been pretending to be crippled and weak to confuse them, then he would not be able to let me grow up smoothly, he knew very well that he could not kill me this time, and after that, he could only wait for me to cut off his head. ”
Sophia, who hadn't spoken for a long time, had a strange expression, and the occasional glance at Augustus made Augustus puzzled.
Then Her Royal Highness Sophia, who had not been normal since the attack, returned to her true face, the little princess of Constantine, who had already regarded Augustus as a mature person and would no longer deliberately be cold and arrogant, suddenly laughed and said happily: "I feel that you are really pitiful, it is so difficult to find a chance to survive from the tide of the lich, but now facing Francis's immortality, it is too worthy of sympathy." ”
Augustus shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "It doesn't matter if it's pitiful or not, men, they were born to bear suffering." ”
Man.
Sophia rested her little head on her curled lap and looked sideways at the young man, who was not handsome, but had a well-defined face, and smiled thoughtlessly.
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The servants in the castle were accustomed to their young and kind master smiling at them in a wheelchair, and suddenly saw their master walking calmly on the grass, although he would still smile at them, but the visual and sensory impact was so shocking that they forgot the work in hand for a while, and forgot the most fundamental dignity, and even looked up at their master, and watched Augustus walk all the way to the castle and meet Elizabeth with a confused face, and they couldn't hide their surprise and hung their heads。
Elizabeth, who was well adjusted in all aspects, watched in amazement as her brother walked towards her.
It's not that I'm surprised that Augustus was able to get out of a wheelchair, in fact, he didn't hide it from Elizabeth as early as the first time Augustus stepped on the ground, and Elizabeth, who was even more surprised and excited than him, forced him to miss the scene when he was a child when he carried her around the castle, but considering that Augustus had to use his legs as a hole card, the location was later changed to the study; This logical speculation was validated by the blood stains on Augustus' body.
Augustus rubbed Elizabeth's little head, who was worried but endured without asking, until the latter was dissatisfied with the fact that his long golden hair was rubbed by him, and he smiled: "Don't worry, something is wrong." By the way, Elizabeth, tell the servants in the castle not to stay away from the castle during this time, and some people may come to inspect our castle and check the security of the castle's defenses. ”
What a witty statement.
Elizabeth met Augustus's smile, knowing that Augustus didn't want her to worry about these things, and she was willing to show that she was not worried at all, and asked casually, "Is it trouble?"
Probably just experienced the excitement brought by the power of the powerful and self-powered, even in the face of Francis's undying, Augustus was unusually not too worried, he smiled and shook his head, but before he could speak, Her Majesty Queen Terina's roar suddenly came from the door of the study on the second floor of the castle.
"Ahhhh
Her Royal Highness Sophia beside her suddenly restored her unique coldness and arrogance in front of strangers.
Augustus, who had a headache, hurriedly gave Elizabeth a look and fled from this place of right and wrong in embarrassment.
He knew that he was now competing with Francis, and he had to ensure the defense of Alfred Castle before Francis's next round of frontal attacks, speaking of which, if he was worried about this issue half a month ago, he would not be too worried at this time, because the current pressure on him from the lich is almost negligible, Queen Terina's deterrence is really strong, without the support of the Titans and Shamans, it is difficult for low-level orcs to resist the encirclement and suppression of Donald and Katieeni, which means that all he needs to do is to arrange the 50 knights left behind in the castle before Katieani or Donald's support arrives。
......
It's really a rush for time.
As Augustus expected, the first reaction of Francis and Stuart was undoubtedly deep shock when they received the news that the so-called wheelchair of the troublesome Alfred helmsman had always been a disguise, especially when it was almost certain that the two adventurers had died at the hands of the young earl, and the two of them were even more shocked and could no longer hide their horror and fear.
But at the age of 17, he has at least level 5 fighting strength?
It can be said that this troublesome little Augustus is already their biggest problem at the moment, even the Atars, who directly threatens them, can be put aside for the time being, and they must do their best to strangle this infinite aftermath in the cradle.
Stuart, who had been waiting for news for the past few days and had not left Sauron Castle, watched in silence as Francis made one decision after another, and when Francis finally lay down in the soft chair tiredly, he finally couldn't help but ask: "I also admit that we must destroy Alfred before the lich retreats and Katieeni returns to the castle; Staying in Christopher's domain, Mark and his knights rushed to Alfred's castle, which was theoretically fine, but why did Mark be required to go over? ”
Francis glanced up at Stuart, he knew the nature of Stuart's problem, after all, he only had Mark as an heir, no matter how much he hated him as an heir.
He didn't explain too much about this unimportant issue, but said casually: "Don't worry about Mark, that troublesome little guy is a smart person who has the means to forbear, and it is often difficult for such a smart person to do anything desperate, even if he fails, Mark will not have any problems, because he knows that once Mark has a problem, then he and we will have no room for relaxation, with his Alfred at present...... Even if the lich retreats, he will not be able to resist our full strangulation with the support of Donald. ”
After saying that, it seemed that his heir was still worried that his heir had failed to kill Artelas, causing the current Arthras to cause him a series of troubles, and he added with a gloomy expression: "Besides, if this thing is not done well this time, there will be no need for Mark and his knights to come back." ”
Stuart's last sentence of automatic filtering of Francis can only be angry words, no matter how you say that Francis, who is nearly 50 years old, has only such an heir.
He didn't speak again, and Francis didn't speak again.
They have arranged everything they can, and all they can do now is wait.
Waiting for the little guy who had just been attacked, he would not have reacted immediately, nor would he have guessed their determination and their intentions so quickly.
It's also the last chance for Francis to underestimate the damn little guy and cause them to miss the best time, and if they fail this time, they won't have a chance to change the pattern of the wasteland that will change after all.
Francis would not allow that to happen.
Thinking of this, Francis stood up abruptly, his narrow eyes narrowed, completely cold.