"Then I will raise my sword and face the demons. ”

- The Book of Illuminati, Matthews and Perne

"Toot-toot-" The horn of war sounded over the city of eternal night, and a flock of crows was startled, not to mention that it did not cover the sky and the sun, but it signaled death, and the Northridge battle horn had a special effect on crows, and some people thought that the sound of the battle horn disgusted the crows, so the station number remembered that the nearby crows would always rise in the air.

Others believe that it was the crow that heard the sound of the meal. In any case, war meant bloodshed and death, and Domt's army had been gathered, with a force of seven thousand men including fifteen hundred cavalry. This time, because they only brought a small number of troops to quell the rebellion, most of the rest of the people, except for a few lords near Eternal Night City, only brought a dozen or dozens of personal guards like Rhodok.

All the men of Northridge will be trained at their castle when they reach adulthood, and then most of the remaining people, except for those who go to the cold city, will return home to make a living.

Most of the people that Domt brought this time were people who could spare time at home and not affect their livelihood, if they poured out of the nest, Domt's troops should be about 20,000 to 25,000 people, and the total strength of the entire North Ridge was about 18 to 200,000, of which 20,000 soldiers were stationed in Hansai, and the full battle of Angry Horn could produce a team of 3,000 people, but it did not include mercenaries and pirates, who could be recruited at any time in this special area of Angry Horn.

The remaining 100,000 people, excluding the Kakamans, estimated 40,000 to 60,000 troops, were distributed in the fiefdoms of the twenty-six castles under the command of the Amber family.

Rhodok was guarding the king, and the queen was constantly wiping her face for the king. The king was in a high fever, and his cheeks were red, and he was in a coma. The old bachelor said that if the fever subsided, it would be fine, and if it didn't, the situation might be very bad.

Domt pushes the door in, accompanied by one of the King's lieutenants in Eternal Night, Pikes. And the king's younger brother, Grevor, lord of Bear Castle. Griver is tall, with a wide jaw and a thick beard, and two round eyes that look vicious.

The three of them saluted first: "Your Royal Highness." The queen nodded, looking at the two of them with a worried expression.

"How is my brother?" said the two of them, walking to the side of the bed and looking at the king on the bed, Grebe asked as he turned to the seated Rhodok.

Rhodok put his hand on his forehead, and after half a day's journey, he was very tired after a busy afternoon.

"Not so good. "The doctor said it would be dangerous if he didn't have a fever. ”

"He can't die. Grave frowned and looked at the king, "He doesn't have an heir yet, and if he dies, Northridge will be in chaos." ”

Rhodok looked up at Grevor, and Domt looked at him with a playful expression.

"What's wrong?" Grebe looked at the two of them with depressed eyes, stretched out his hands and said, "Some people won't watch me ascend to the throne, now is not the time for us to fight, not to mention that I don't want to be king." ”

"It's best if you think so. "I'm familiar with Grefrodock, and although I haven't seen him for many years, Rhodok can roughly tell who people should be trusted. In addition to the few people in the room, count the few lords in the hall.

"How is it going. Rhodok asked, looking at Domt.

"It's not good, we have less than 20,000 people. Domt shook his head and said, "Pikes has already asked people to recruit troops near Eternal Night City, and before that, like me, he only called for idlers at home, a total of only three thousand, and Pikes said that he should be able to gather about six thousand." Nearby Adam, Ajar, Gregor, and Archie had each brought two thousand men with them, but they had already sent people to gather more troops. Domt said.

"There are only nineteen lords who have come this time, two of them are sick, and five are too old to be suitable for long travels, and it is their children who have come. Several of them, including the lords who were closer to their castles, had already gone back to recruit troops in person, as they might need to help these people lead their troops. The rest wrote to their territories and asked them to start gathering armies immediately. Pikes continued.

"Pikes. Rhodok interrupted Pikes's narration and looked at him and asked word by word, "Why are there so many Kakamans at the banquet who are not lords and you don't find out?" There was no bitter hint of exasperation in his words, and he did not doubt Pikes's loyalty, but it was a major mistake in Pikes's work.

"I'm sorry, sir. Pikes bowed his head, "They all look the same, and they were all drunk when they came." I haven't seen many of the Kakaman lords either, and I'm sure of the ones I've seen that a few of them have deliberately worn the same hairstyles and beards as them, and I can't tell the difference between them. ”

Rhodok didn't speak, and Pikes was telling the truth, even if he was the last to find out.

The door was pushed open again, and the guards stood in the doorway and announced, "Lord Rhodok, someone is looking for you." "Get out of the way.

Rhodok saw that the old executioner was standing in the doorway, and the slight bulge under the clothes on his shoulders was the reason for holding the gauze. After the battle in the hall, Rodok asked him to bandage his wounds and took his men to deal with the remaining soldiers of the Kakamans, and he took the soldiers to deal with the wounds that the Kakamans had instructed their men to do their errands.

"Mance. In. Rhodok said.

The old executioner, still with the same cold face, walked in without saying a word, and there were still blood stains on his gray beard.

Mance walked in and brought back memories of the afternoon's battle.

"Good skills, Mans. Domt nodded at Mance and crossed the road, in fact, he had just heard Rhodok say that he knew that the old executioner's name was Mance.

"Well, it was a good fight. Gregor also said appreciatively to Mans.

Mance didn't speak, and nodded at the two, although his face was still expressionless, but he could tell that he was saying thank you.

Then Mance also looked at Pikes, and the two nodded to each other as if they had said hello, and then Mance saluted the king, who was sitting on the other side of the bed, "Your Highness." ”

The queen nodded with relief, seeing so many people gathered here to protect her husband, her heart was much more calm.

"Your Excellency. Mance said to Rhodok, "I have sent two men back to Angry Horn to ask the eldest young master to gather soldiers to fight in the city of eternal night, and the other to report to General Rolf. ”

"Well done. Rhodok nodded.

"Yes, we still have 20,000 of Rolf's best soldiers. We can't lose. When Grave heard Rolf's name, he suddenly remembered that there was such a general on the frontier, and he immediately felt a lot more at ease.

"Rolf won't come. Rodok shook his head: "Hansai is the most important fortress against foreign enemies, and once our side is defeated, it will also be our last hope." Rolf would not fail to understand this, and at most let his son come with five thousand cavalry. ”

"Then we will win, as long as everyone's army is gathered. We have twice as many people. Grave continued.

"Let's hope they'll wait for us to gather the army. Rhodok stood up, ignoring the simple-minded Grevor, and said, "Go to the hall." ”

The Kakaman's forces must have been assembled, but they must have been far away for fear of being discovered, but whether or not the few Kakamans who had escaped reached them or not, the army must have moved.

"Hey, I'm not stupid, don't use that tone, I just want to cheer everyone up. Grave defended himself, and Domt laughed and hammered him on the shoulder, and the group greeted the queen and withdrew.