Chapter 24: The Third Way
In the town of Tyre, the duel between the two brothers was still raging, and the crowd was cheering and laughing. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Since Jack's departure, the mercenaries of the Order have never had such a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, of course, thanks to Cedric's addition of oil and vinegar, so that these two brothers, who are always quarreling, bring this ridiculous excitement to everyone.
In the town hall of Tyre, the atmosphere was completely different from the outside, and the three of them sat there in silence, especially the appearance of Faennes with only one arm left, which brought a faint sadness to the people. But Faens didn't seem to care, his expression and tone remained the same, perhaps he was trying to comfort Tiara, who was already full of guilt.
Cedric thought for a moment, and was the first to break the silence in the room, "Why don't we go the third way?"
Looking at his self-righteous appearance, Farnes showed a puzzled expression, "The third way, tie you up and plead guilty to Moonlight City?".
"No, we might as well take all the supplies and seek the protection of some powerful lords, and don't look at the money without looking at the situation. ”
Cedric said leisurely, but Faense was even more puzzled, and a pair of bright eyes looked at him deeply, "You mean, let those cowardly lords take our money, then arrest us and sacrifice us to Moonlight City, and finally use our money to give us a funeral?"
Farnes said in a sarcastic tone, he never trusted officials and lords, Olga usually dealt with some officials, although they were close on the surface, he always cursed the greed of these people when he came back, which deeply affected Farnes since he was a child.
"Why are you always so pessimistic, do you think that a dozen of us can deal with tens of thousands of Starry Night Knights?"
"Okay, then who do you say we will turn to, to ensure that we will not betray us. ”
Faennes sighed and slapped the table gently, clearly reluctant to make the decision. Tiara, who had been silent at this time, pondered for a moment before speaking, "The south is absolutely impossible, no one dares to be an enemy of the kingdom, so we can only take refuge in the lords of the north, at least the location is remote from Moonlight City, once there is a disturbance, we will know immediately." ”
As soon as Tiara's words fell, Farnes immediately showed a look of admiration, and his eyes were full of surprise.
"I didn't expect it, Tiara, do you also have a calm side, tell me, who taught you. Faense said in admiration, but Cedric interrupted him, "Lord Faenns, don't ask for hardship, don't you know who taught you." ”
If Tiara was to answer, it would have to be Izzy, which is why Cedric said this, and Faense immediately understood what it meant, and he sighed softly and diverted the subject.
"There are only two lords in the north, one is Nevedon of Silver Spirit City, one is Curad of Prado, one is a person who doesn't do anything, and the other is a person who causes trouble everywhere, which one should we choose?"
"There's nothing to choose from, Culad is huge, he just broke through the Rose Swamp, if we choose him, we will definitely be tied to the cross and sent to the cathedral in Moonlight. ”
Tiara said without reason, and then Cedric nodded in agreement, and continued, "If we choose Nevandon, we may also get the same fate, although he will not tie us to the cross, we may still be buried under the cross of Silver Spirit City." ”
"What then? Who said there was a third way, or else, let's break up, because Cedric's guy is just going to pay lip service. ”
Faennes said angrily. Cedric didn't care, and sat back in his chair. "Looks like we'll have to wait for Izzy to come back, and if I'm not mistaken, he's on his way. ”
As soon as Cedric's words fell, Tiara suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly turned his head to look at him with a leisurely face, "Hey, Cedric, you calculate when Izzy will come back." ”
"How do I count?"
"Don't you have a friend of the prophet?"
"Alright then...... Cedric said, and began to pretend to close his eyes, folding his hands together in a meditative motion.
"Oh my God, that's enough, that nasty bastard has hurt us so far, and we need him now. ”
Faense said angrily, Tiara was about to defend him, but he didn't expect him to slap the table hard, and walked out angrily, "Spread it all ...... me" There was a roar from Faennes outside.
Tiara was about to get up and go to Faense when Cedric smiled and said, "Forget it, he'll understand one day." ”
Hearing Cedric's voice, she slowly sat back down and sighed deeply. Putting his arm on the table, holding his forehead, his silky blonde hair hung smoothly on both sides, and his white face was suddenly full of helplessness.
"Tiara, don't worry, Izzy is coming back soon, and he has a way to help us. ”
Cedric stood up, patted her on the shoulder, and after a reassuring word, walked straight to the door, "How do you know?"
"I'll count. Cedric replied without looking back.
Just as he was about to walk out of the door, a Order's mercenary stumbled in, his face full of panic, and he almost crashed into Cedric's body. "Hey, what's the panic, the money isn't with me, you want her," Cedric said, pointing to Tiara in the hall.
"No, a merchant brought a letter from Master Izzy......"
The Order mercenary said, reaching into his bosom and pulling out the letter. Cedric was about to reach for it, but Tiara heard the sound and rushed over, knocked Cedric away, and took the letter.
"I'll go, don't do it, big sister. ”
Cedric held on to the door, slowly stood up, and waved his hand to the Order mercenary, who retreated in a conscious manner. Tiara quickly opened the envelope, opened the letterhead, and read it in detail.
At this time, Cedric clutched his waist that had just been knocked into the door, and walked to Tiara's side step by step, "What did the boss say?"
As soon as Cedric finished speaking, Tiara turned around and looked at him incredulously, which surprised him, and his heart was full of curiosity about the letter, and he was afraid that Tiara would do something excessive. Seeing Cedric looking at him cautiously, Tiara quickly put away the letter.
"Cedric, can you introduce me to your friend of the Prophet?"
"I said, that's my nonsense, tell me, what's going on?"
“......”。
Early in the morning, Yeona woke up early and went straight to Izzy's room. She thought that Izzy was still asleep, so she didn't knock on the door, but gently pushed the door open, only to see that Izzy in the room had already woken up, sitting at his desk, as if writing something, and did not notice Yeonna.
Yeona cautiously walked in, turned around and gently closed the door. Slowly came behind Izzy. After a while, Izzy finished writing a letter and examined it carefully.
"What is this?"
Yanna's sudden words really startled Izzy, and he hurriedly put away the letter and turned around to look at it.
"Uh, Yeonna..."
"What's that, tell me quickly. ”
Izzy paused for a moment, then smiled and looked at Yeonna, who looked puzzled, "It's nothing, I wrote a letter to the town of Tyre, telling them that I was going back." ”
"Aren't you leaving, what are you writing about?"
"We're not going back to Tyre, we're going to Silver Spirit City, and I'll let them know if we need any help, and they'll be able to respond as soon as possible. Izzy said calmly and deeply, and Yanna nodded. She could see that Izzy was hiding something from him, otherwise why would he hide the letters, and thinking of this, Yeonna raised her cute little mouth.
"What's wrong? ”
"Izzy, I can see the way you deceive, and it's too late to confess. ”
Looking at Yeonna's serious appearance, Izzy couldn't help but smile "I'm telling the truth, it's really nothing" His words were steady and slow, and at the same time mixed with a hint of helplessness.
The attentive Yanna noticed his unnatural expression, so she pretended to be angry and turned to leave, when Izzy hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Okay, I said, I will explain to them, prepare the plan to attack Prado, and let Cedric meet with me in Silver Spirit City."
Hearing Izzy's words, Yanna stopped and turned to look at Izzy, with a lovely smile on the corner of her mouth.
"When are we leaving?"
"Go now, or it'll be too late. ”
Izzy said, repeatedly checking her belongings, ready to go, although Yeona was also ready, but now that she suddenly left, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.
"We haven't said goodbye to Lord Bai Ling yet. ”
At this time, Yiqi took Yanna's hand and walked out directly, saying as she walked, "Bai Ling came in the morning, and she won't send us because she's too busy." Izzy walked briskly towards the harbor with Yanna, afraid that she would stop and lose time. The reason why I hid the letter just now was because there was a large paragraph in it, which was addressed to Tiara, persuading Tiara not to delay her life because of herself.
The two came directly to the port, only to see that on the foggy port, a huge merchant ship docked on the shore, the workers were busy moving and unloading goods, and the merchants gathered together in twos and threes, chatting happily. Even if the goods were piled up as high as a hill, these workers still did not complain, they were lucky to work in Misty Island, at least the sun did not scorch them so aggressively, and the cool wind always relieved people's fatigue. Afra and the White Ranger were already waiting for them at the port. Seeing Afra waving her arms, Yeona hurriedly broke free of Izzy's hand and ran towards her.
"Yeonna..."
Before Afra could say anything, Yanna hugged her and gently rested her head on the armor on her shoulder, "Afra, I'm leaving, you have to take care of this place and take care of Lord Bai Ling." Hearing Yeonna's softly voice, Afra smiled and nodded.
"Well, don't worry, you have to pay attention to safety along the way, the last thing I worry about is you......"
At this time, Izzy behind him also strolled over, and gently patted Yanna who was lying on Afra's shoulder with his hand, "Don't worry, I will take care of her." When she saw Izzy's narrow eyes, a determined gaze, she smiled and nodded to him, and gently pushed Yanna away.
By this time, the workers had already finished unloading their goods, returned to the deck to rest, and waited for the departure of the merchant ships, and the merchants' money bags were also heavily bulging, and they looked like they had made a lot of money. And the captain looked helplessly at the handrail lying on the deck, looking at Izzy and the others. As long as he didn't get on the ship, the captain couldn't command the voyage, he was just an ordinary merchant ship, after all, he didn't dare to offend Afra, and he couldn't afford to provoke the white ranger behind her.
Seeing that everyone had already boarded the boat, Izzy grabbed Yanna, who was still talking, and turned around and waved his hand to Afra, "We have to go, don't worry, as long as we complete the mission, we will come back." After Izzy finished speaking, he pulled Yanna by the head and got on the boat without looking back. When the captain saw the two men on board, he hurriedly ordered the workers to put away the ladder used to board the ship. and hurriedly commanded them to raise the sails and prepare to sail towards the endless sea, for fear that Izzy and the others would regret it again......
During the period after the Black Prince Conses succeeded to the throne, the entire continent of Sapro was in turmoil. Because the black prince Conses was appointed as the general of the kingdom by the old king white-haired Sitis before he succeeded to the throne, and commanded the most powerful army of starry night knights in the whole of Sapro, the lords were afraid of this, so they had to obey the command of the black prince. Although they can't get used to his style, as long as they don't touch their own interests, it doesn't matter who is the king in their hearts.
Although some remote lords tried their best to denounce the black prince's dissatisfaction, their prestige was very small and had no impact at all, and even some neighboring lords, in order to curry favor with the black prince, were tense with these opponents, and the tense atmosphere in the Sapro continent heated up to the extreme for a while.
On the continent of Sapro, in the north bounded by the Ten Thousand Souls River, except for the northernmost part, there are only two large cities outside the northern part of the country that is covered by ice and snow all year round. One of them is the largest central city in the north, the Silver Spirit City, which is managed by Nivandon.
Silver Spirit City is the central city of the north, and all the merchants pass through here, so it has become more prosperous, even if it is not as good as Moonlight City, the capital of the kingdom, and some cities in the south.
Although the scale of Silver Spirit City is relatively large, Ni Vandong has always advocated a policy of elite soldiers, and the Cold Light Guards under his command are famous for their courage and good fighting, but because under such an elite soldier policy, it is difficult for some ordinary people to pass a series of training tests to enlist in the Cold Light Guards to become soldiers, so the scale of the Cold Light Guards has always been small, and more than 2,000 soldiers can only hold on to the city, and it is far from enough to attack the city and plunder the land.
The other city is Prado, run by the brutal Kurad. The location is in the direction east of Silver Spirit City, which is not too far away. Prado is a fortress city, under the rule of Kurad, with towering walls, guard towers, and many city defense mechanisms. Due to the large area occupied by the castle and military camp in the city, the residential area in the city is relatively small, but after all, it is a city, the population is definitely higher than that of the largest village, and there is also a relatively deserted market.
Already in middle age, Kurad started out as a robber before being captured by the Starry Night Knights. Later, he was appreciated by the white-haired Sitis for several wars, and finally was promoted to lord of Prado when he was at peace in Sapro. He has always been impulsive and irritable, as long as it is something that he is not used to, he will be extremely annoyed, as long as the officers and soldiers under his command say the wrong word, he will fight even more, often arrogant and unreasonable to make people fearful, so Curad is also named Prado Brutal.
After the Black Prince Conseth succeeded to the throne, due to his previous dissatisfaction with some Agni and Nivandon and others, he turned to greatly support the Black Prince's decision. After the Black Prince issued the secret law hunt and kill order, he strongly agreed. Although he did not kill the mystical mages in his territory, he ruthlessly expelled the arcane advisors who had followed him for many years, which caused the rest of the arcane mages in the territory to flee after receiving the news, and for a time all the arcane mages in Prado were displaced.
After the end of the Third Continental Council, Kurad received orders from the Black Prince to attack the Rose Swamp and destroy the remaining mystics, but he was not in a hurry to do so. After a period of time, Kurad waited for the supplies from the Black Prince, and then he ordered an officer who had followed him for many years to lead the Prado army of 6,000 men to the Rose Swamp in the western region.
When passing through Silver Spirit City, because Nivendon did not stop it, Prado's army quickly crossed half the continent and came directly to the Rose Swamp. The number of arcane mages is already scarce, only those who have magical blood and talent can join the Mifa Academy, so the number of arcane mages who have fled in the entire Sapro continent is less than 3,000, and the Rose Swamp, as a stronghold for the arcane academy to develop ancient ruins, is even more rare, at best, about two hundred.
When they heard the news of the arrival of the Prado army, the mages here were all shocked, in the face of dozens of times their own enemies, the mages were angry, they still launched a stubborn resistance, but under the surging attack of the Prado army, coupled with the weapons given by the black prince to fight against the mages, in less than half a day, the mages of the Rose Swamp were all wiped out, the corpses were piled up into mountains, blood pooled into rivers, and the swamp with dense plants was full of fire and frost.
Only a very small number of mages escaped from the war, and some mages were captured alive by Prado's army because of mana overdraft, but because the army commander received an order from Kurad before leaving, the captured mages were killed on the spot, and none of them were spared.
It was a war without suspense, and Prado's army did not suffer many casualties at all. As for why Kurad sent all his troops, it was nothing more than a much larger war strategy, and because of this, it eventually led to a great subversion of the northern part of Sapro......