The dungeon is damp and cold. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But Lance was exhausted. Gradually, my eyelids became heavy. After a while, he lay down on the straw mat and fell asleep.

I don't know how long later, at this time, a ray of moonlight shined through the small window and spilled into the cell where Lance was. It was night and the dungeon was silent.

Suddenly there was a "click", which woke up Lance all at once. Lance knew it was the dungeon door that opened again. Although they had not yet arrived, Lance knew that it must be the Duke of Aceh and Eve who had arrived.

Lance plucked the straw from his body and said, "Let my people come." ”

So Lance sat up and leaned against the wall of the dungeon, waiting for them.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Lance could hear them, one of them was frivolous and anxious, and the other was calm and calm.

"Looks like Eve is in a hurry. It's not in vain. ”

Just as Lance was talking to himself, Eve appeared, "Lance, are you alright?"

"Can't die. ”

Eve grabbed the prison and shook it twice, and the iron bar suddenly made a "clang" sound: "Jailer, open the cell door!"

So the jailer hurriedly opened the door. As soon as the cell door opened, Eve rushed in and hugged Lance, who was sitting on the ground, and Eve's delicate body fragrance instantly filled Lance's surroundings.

Eve choked up and said, "You idiot! You idiot!"

Lance smiled bitterly and said, "Eve, did you come to see me just to call me a stupid?"

Eve hugged Lance and said, "Yes, I'm here to scold you idiot! Why didn't you tell me?"

"Didn't I want to surprise you?"

Although he couldn't see Eve's face, Lance heard Eve cry and laugh and said, "Stupid, my joy is all scared by your surprise." ”

At this time, the Duke of Aceh appeared behind them and coughed: "Ahem......"

But Eve still hugged Lance greedily, ignoring her father.

The Duke of Aceh turned pale and said, "Eve, I still have something to ask Lance." ”

Lance also whispered into Eve's ear at this time, "Okay Eve, we will have time to talk in the future." ”

Hearing Lance's words, Eve reluctantly let go of Lance. But his hands were always on Lance's arm.

This intimate gesture made the Duke of Aceh very angry. But he held back his anger, sat on the wooden bench beside him, and looked at the two people sitting on the straw mat: "Lance, do you know the mistake?"

When Lance heard Duke Aceh's words, he smiled impatiently and said, "Duke Aceh, if you come to just say this, then you might as well kill me directly." Let's not talk about anything else. ”

"You!" Duke Aceh's face was full of anger, but he held back: "Lance, I can be regarded as a kind of acquaintance with you." I don't think you helped Eve save Isabella, but I still think that you are a talent and make you a knight. But do you know how to repay my kindness and forgiveness in this way?"

Lance sneered: "I said, if you are just here to talk about favors, then please kill me directly!"

The Duke of Aceh scolded: "Don't you have no favor?"

Lance retorted: "Who exactly is not human. Lord Duke, do you have a favor and will marry your daughter to someone she doesn't like?"

The Duke of Aceh refuted: "This is Eve's fate, this is God's arrangement, and this is what she, a princess, should do for the country." ”

Lance laughed and said, "If there is fate, then why would I succeed in winning the championship and stopping this disgusting marriage?" If it was really God's arrangement, would I still be able to win the crown of victory?, Lord Duke, all of this shows that this is not Eve's fate, nor is it God's arrangement. Don't comfort your selfish heart with these absurd reasons. You're just for yourself, you never thought about Eve. ”

"You!" the Duke of Aceh was already furious.

Eve hurriedly persuaded, "Lance, don't say it. ”

Lance said, "Eve, do you think I want to say it? I have said it all, and I will not talk about these things today. But the Duke had to talk about it. Then I'll have to talk to him. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about that. The Duke of Aceh tried to calm himself: "Let's talk about business. I've heard that Princess Miranda has signed a contract with you for reinforcements?

Lance deliberately pretended not to know and said, "Lord Duke is really well-informed." That's right, that's the way it is. ”

The Duke of Aceh said, "Why did she sign with you? and not with me?"

Lance said, "Lord Duke, don't you understand this point? Duke Miranda mainly wants to sign with you, and he has promised to send reinforcements when he was in the arena a long time ago. If you think about it, signing this kind of reinforcement contract with your ruler of Idiris, doesn't it mean that the kingdom of Hitivita is going to participate in the war against the demons? And this Miranda princess doesn't want to go directly to the war now. So he sold me a favor and signed a contract with me in a private name. This would allow both reinforcements to be sent and Hitivit to stay out of the way. ”

The Duke of Aceh laughed and said, "Lance, I really underestimated you. In front of you, it feels like this prison doesn't exist. Now that that's all that, what am I keeping you doing here?"

Lance sighed and said, "Lord Duke, you finally have something to the point.

Duke Aceh also smiled helplessly: "Lance, you are so arrogant, aren't you afraid that someone will harm you behind your back?"

Lance said, "Even if I'm not flying, I'm always in trouble. Then why don't I just live a little more freely, and as long as I have the art of checks and balances at all times, I think there will be many people who will volunteer to protect me. ”

The Duke of Aceh nodded in agreement: "Interesting." I want to see what it would be like if you were the ruler of a country. ”

Lance smiled, "Maybe there will be a chance in the future." ”

"Then I'll see. With a wave of his hand, Duke Aceh stepped forward and spread a map of Idris on the ground, which already marked the situation map of Idris and the demon army. It is clear that half of Idiris has fallen, and at present, on the plain of Clay, only Menice and Clay have not fallen.

The Duke of Aceh pointed to the map and said, "The reason why I have made up my mind to come to see you today. It's because your previous arrangement worked. As you can see, in the entire plain of Clay, only Clay City and Ménice have not fallen. And this Clay City did not fall because the city is high and the pool is deep. But Menice didn't fall, I'm afraid it's because of your previous arrangements for those Normanland refugees. ”

Lance glanced at the map, and then said: "Ménice did not fall, one is because the Ménice garrison has increased, and there are light cavalry to contain the demons. So as long as it's properly scheduled, it should be fine to drag it out for five or six days. The second is because the demons launched a blitzkrieg, hoping to attack them unprepared. When they met an effective defense in Menise. In order to prevent the miscarriage of the surprise attack plan, a detour will definitely be chosen. That's why Menize was able to hold on. But when they have their hands freed, sooner or later they will fall. I guess it's been a few days. ”

The Duke of Aceh nodded and said, "Well, I think so too, Menize is weak after all. Now there are 100,000 demon attacking troops, and we don't know how many troops there will be behind. The city of Clay now besieged had only four thousand defenders. And we Idiris, we estimate that we can only mobilize more than 10,000 people. Even with the addition of Hitivit's troops, it would not have exceeded 20,000 men. Lance, do you think we can win?"

Lance just looked at the map contemptuously and smiled: "Someone else is in command, you can't win." I'm in command and I'm sure I'll win. ”

(To be continued.) )