Chapter 54: Loyalty and Betrayal

"Loyalty is not to others, but to oneself. ”

- Domt Ron

"Alan, our army is almost ready. Rodok sat at the king's bed, whose body was still weak, and his pale lips struggled to speak.

He was very strong, no need to say it, Rodok could see how tenacious he was, the wound had been hovering between getting better and worsening over and over again, Rodok was afraid that Alan was dead, he thought that Grave had died in Wolfsburg, and there were only two cousins left in the Amber family, and they were not enough to take on the big responsibility.

"Cooper and Greck have brought a lot of people with them, but their little people can't make any waves, and they don't know what they're hoping for, do they expect their little strength to control the situation when you die? Rodok smiled and patted the king's sheets: "Grebe has no news yet, we will try to find him, these Kakamans have no honor to speak of, I don't know if they will survive." ”

"Ugh. A hoarse voice came from the king's mouth, and he tried to say, "Come." ”

"Me?" Rodok smiled, gently soothing the king's hand that was trying to reach out, "I can't, the Amber family is the rightful ruler of Northridge, so you must not die, I don't want to call Cooper and King Greck in the future." ”

Pikes pushed the door in, looked at Rhodok, and whispered, "Count Clobois of the Boulder Collar has arrived. ”

"Clobois is here too. Rhodok smiled and said to the king, "I have been looking forward to the warriors of the Boulder Castle for a long time, and I will go and meet him." ”

Rhodok stood up and bowed slightly to the king, picked up his saber leaning on the table, snapped it to his waist, nodded at Pikes, motioned for him to continue to take care of the king, and then went to meet Clobois.

Pikes gave Rodok the door open, waited for Rodok to go out, closed the door, walked to the king's bed, and looked at the door again vigilantly.

"I've checked, it's business as usual at Angry Horn, Lord Rhodok doesn't see any intention of rebellion, everything he does is very reasonable, Domt contacted your guards to rule out whether there are any traitors, General Rolf is discussing the war with the lords every day, and the army is estimated to be drawn this month. Pikes whispered to the king.

"Go tell Cooper to take care of the logistics and stay at the Eagle Castle, and let Boris and Grek and the boy of the Lelia family be called by him?"

"Philip. Pikes replied.

"Let them all send people to stay behind, and try to transfer as many people as possible from the Giant Eagle City area and replace them with our people. The king's gaze became so bright and intelligent that he was a little puzzled by Pikes, who did not know what the king was watching out for, and it seemed to him that Rhodok had absolutely no intention of peeking into the throne.

"Clobois, my old friend, haha. Rhodok laughed and walked over to a tall, muscular man on a par with Grave, with a manly stubble on his vicissitudes and resolute face.

"Rhodok. The man reached out his hands and held each other's elbows with Rhodok, looked at each other, laughed and hugged. "I heard that you are now a war marshal, how is the king, can I see him. ”

"It's not bad, it looks like he'll get through, but don't go, he needs to recuperate now. As he spoke, he looked at Domt as he walked by, and introduced him to Clobois, "This is my cousin Domt Ron, you probably haven't seen him." ”

"Domt. After saying that, Rodoc introduced Domt who came to him: "This is Kloboys of Boulder Castle, he can't beat Grebe on horseback, and Greif is no match for him under the horse." ”

"The Boulder Fort infantry is as solid as a rock and has long been known in the Northridge. Domt said and shook Klobois's hand.

"You've won the prize, Duke Dommut. "Clobois and Domt don't know each other, and although Domt is not very old, his title is the highest in the whole of Northridge.

"Just call me Domt, I often hear my brother-in-law mention you, and I respect you as much as he does, so please call me Domt. Domt said with a smile.

"Okay, don't be so nervous two of you, you're all your own people. Rhodok smiled and said, "Rolf and Boris are at the camp in Deepwoodburg, you've seen the two of them." Boris now has an extra nickname, called Fat Lord. ”

"Why? Oh!" Clobeuis patted his head and smiled, of course, because he was fat. "I've seen both of them, and I've left my people to them. ”

"How many people did you bring with you. Rhodok looked at Clobois and asked, the infantry of Boulder Fort and the infantry of the Kakamans are all good at foot combat, the Cakarmans' splitting blades and tower shields, the short swords and round shields and throwing axes of the Boulder Fort soldiers, the blood boils when I think about the scene of these two groups of people fighting together.

"Four thousand, all good hands, the kind that can smash the Kakaman's tower shield with one axe. Clobois proudly said that the soldiers of the Boulder Fort used to hang two or three hand axes on their waists, and when necessary, they would change to axes to chop the opponent's shield array, after all, the iron shield is such an expensive and heavy thing that is basically useless, and it is still possible for several people to work together to quickly chop the wooden shield under the chopping of the axe.

"Haha! Well done!" said Rodok, patting Clobois on the arm. Looking at Domte, he found that Domt seemed to have something to say to him in private, and motioned to Clobois that he would not be with him, and Domut also politely nodded to the noble Clobois.

"What's wrong?" Rodok asked, following Domt to a nearby corner where no one was around.

"When I was examining the King's guards, I caught two people secretly following me and eavesdropping on what I was saying to the King's guards, biting themselves to death as spies sent by the Kakamans, and I cut one and the other came out in fright, saying that the Pikes had sent them. Domt looked left and right vigilantly and whispered.

"So what?" Rodok frowned and whispered, "It's an extraordinary time, you should return the people to Pikes, Pikes is the king's man, he should help the king watch out for us, don't you think we're too powerful now." ”

"But!" said Domt, who felt that his voice seemed too high, lowered his voice and said with a disgruntled expression, "but we have no intention of doing anything, in case, in case this is the king's will." ”

"No way, I go to the king every day, and he is weak and speaks with difficulty. As he spoke, he looked at Clobois, who was waiting on the side, and gave an apologetic smile, and Clobois smiled to indicate that it was okay.

"Okay, don't think about it, it's going to be pulled out in the near future, and there won't be so much to do when the war starts. Rodok patted Domt on the shoulder, motioned for him not to think about it, and led Domt towards Klobois.

"What's the matter, your wife took advantage of your war to steal people?" Clobeuis quipped with a laugh.

"Holy, that wicked woman eats people, Domt, your cousin is not much different from your mother when she started the fire. Rhodok also laughed to ease the atmosphere.

Domt thought about his mother's anger, a childlike expression flashed on his face, and nodded very approvingly, he had never seen his cousin angry, but thinking about his mother's anger, it was not ordinary, and the entire Giant Eagle City area would tremble under his mother's roar.

Ennis Feist is very old, but his body looks very strong, and Rhodok visited this lady when he first came to Giant Eagle City, and Henis has rarely interfered in the affairs of the Giant Eagle City area over the years. In the early years, the name of the Eagle Queen really resounded in the North Ridge, and this woman completely showed a stronger side than all the men in the North Ridge under strong pressure, and the figure of personally carrying a sword and leading a soldier to fight in the sea of corpses and blood is still in Rhodok's mind for a long time.

The three of them came to the council hall, the big sand table brought by Eternal Night City was placed here, the lords drank and chatted here every day to discuss the war, of course, drinking and chatting accounted for the main position, after all, the battle had not yet begun, and they and others should be as leisurely as possible, now is not the past, the king is bedridden, haven't you heard the rumor that there has been a Rhodok peeping on the throne.

"Clobois!" As soon as Clobois entered the door, someone jumped up and shouted his name, and the long-haired James laughed and shouted Clobois's name.

It can be seen that James is drinking on the head, but in fact, everyone is on the head, and a group of people have risen to toast Chlobois, saying the meat joke that someone just said, which made everyone laugh.

So far, basically everyone has arrived, and a large military meeting must be held, Rhodok has sent people to the army camp to summon Rolf, the fat lord Boris, Vincent, and his son Frodo, the giant eagle city is not far from the camp of Shenlinburg, it can be reached in half a day, it is estimated that it will be held tomorrow night, and then the army will be drawn.

Looking at the joyful lords in front of him, Rodok's mood also improved, is it finally about to start after so long, Rodok, who is holding his wine glass, has a trace of anticipation for the upcoming war, which is probably a big war that his father has not experienced, and at the same time, he also has a trace of worry when he looks at the lords in front of him.

Northridge has not fought for too long, most of these people have never participated in a real war, fortunately the enemy this time is the Kakamans, if it is the Rhine, then it must be more difficult, staring at the candlestick on the table, Rodok unconsciously fell into deep thought, until the happy Domt patted his shoulder, and then picked up the wine glass and laughed with everyone.

Looking at Domt, sure enough, he was still young, he was already in his thirties and still like a child, so quickly he forgot about the unhappy thing just now.