Chapter 223: The Flame of Death

The reason why Amy is so active is actually because she heard that a Bacchus beauty has come to Long River to ask for help from Leon.

So she walked with Leon all the way, basically not leaving an inch.

Presumably to keep a close eye on the lord's behavior......

However, according to her own words, it is called "keeping the Earl safe".

Leon is very helpless now, what kind of earl needs a princess to protect him personally?

And...... With Amy's skills, who protects whom?

"Leon, that Alina is really beautiful...... And she is the daughter of the governor of Justes, and whoever marries her will be a step up to heaven......

On the way to Karen Deer Castle, Amy looked at Alina riding a small white horse in front of her, and said a word to the lord.

"Ahem...... I guess Alina and Justes don't have the heart to think about these things right now...... Wendy! Come with me to the front and explore the way......

The lord rode his horse and looked left and right, intending to find something to do.

"Risadilan has already taken the scout to explore the way...... Speaking of Wendy...... Leon, do you think there will be humans and Noldor elves who will fall in love with each other in the future?"

Amy looked back and didn't find the elusive Wentilph, so a new question arose, which didn't seem to be related to each other, but it seemed to be a bit logical.

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future......

Leon was already sweating on his forehead.

"Definitely...... Teacher Vendatil said that there are already girl rangers who have fallen in love with Lord Leon!"

Wendy came out of nowhere, and followed behind Amy and laughed.

"Huh? Ha! Wendy, that girl ranger, could it be you?"

Amy asked with a dry smile as she glanced back.

"Huh? Ahem, I'm not an adult!"

Wendy replied dryly, then pouted and slipped away, not knowing which shadow to hide into.

"Uh...... Is Risa Dilan back? I'll have to ask about it......

Leon wiped his sweat and tried to run away.

"Wait for me, Leon, I haven't left the Lion Realm yet, what can I do?"

Amy rode up quickly, and really managed to protect her for a moment.

The two of them passed by Alina one after the other, running as fast as they could.

Alina turned her head to look at it, a little confused, "Is there some emergency?"

"yes, it's urgent...... The Emotional Chase between the Son of Prophecy and the Princess Knight...... I can write as a knight."

Wendy appeared out of nowhere again, appearing behind Alina.

"Princess Knight? Children of Prophecy?! Are you talking about Count Leon?"

Alina's eyes widened suddenly.

"Yes, the children of prophecy are everywhere these days, but only Lord Leon is the real thing."

Wentleph shrugged.

Of course, she knew that Leon was a descendant of Madigan, and that he must be a true child of prophecy.

However, the others didn't know that the lord had a relationship with Madigan, and the matter couldn't be spread everywhere, so she didn't mention Madigan.

After all, Madigan is a rebel leader for the Lion Kingdom, and he was hanged for it, although more than a hundred years have passed, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not have any effect.

However, Alina's expression has become a little strange now......

"Children of Prophecy...... It can't be such a coincidence......

She muttered to herself, a smile frozen on her face.

Alina had always used the phrase "I will only marry the Child of Prophecy" to those who urged her to marry, and she had told Emperor Marius not long ago......

Soon after, Leon and Amy returned to the marching group.

But the lord always felt backward

There is some chill in the neck.

Alina had been observing him frequently, and she was preoccupied.

Amy saw it in her eyes and became more and more uneasy.

A few hours later, Amy told the female soldiers to "be on guard" so that nothing "unexpected" might happen.

So a large group of female soldiers surrounded Leon and Amy - Amy had been walking with Leon all the time, and strengthening her guard was naturally tantamount to surrounding the two together.

The lord is not a dull fool, he is still very acquainted, not only happily accepted the "protection", but also sent Alina away......

In fact, it wasn't just Alina, Leon sent Wendy away with him......

He asked Wendy to take his guards and escort Alina to Karen Deer Fort first to explain to General Creon, so as not to cause any misunderstanding about his "attack on Bacchus".

This is indeed a sensible way to deal with it......

Amy, after seeing Wendy and Alina leave, became normal and relaxed almost instantly, returning to the way she used to be when she was a student with Leon......

Two days later, the lord arrived near Karen Deer Castle, just in time for the arrival of the grain convoy brought by Loris.

Their stop was in the village of Selen, between Karen Deer Fort and the Seven Forks Fortress.

The village has been desolate during the years of war between the Lion Kingdom and the Bacchus Empire, as most of the time it is a battleground between the two countries.

But now it has become a suitable place to stay, after all, there must be no Red Death in deserted villages without people.

This trip to Leon brought a lot of people, so you must be cautious.

Sir Lorris had previously set off with 600 wagons and more than 600,000 pounds of grain, which also meant that there were more than 600 dart masters - this was an overseas combat mission, and those coachmen naturally would not participate, and could only be driven by the dart masters themselves.

In the entire Pande Continent, probably only Li Ang can pull such a large-scale convoy at one time.

The elite troops that set off later included the Noldor troops led by Vendatier, the Noldor Ranger Guards led by Leon, the Pander cavalry led by the former Dusk Knight Jocelyn, and the elite female soldiers brought by Amy.

These are the most elite troops in the territory, with a total of more than 800 people.

In order to ensure the mobility of the troops, Leon also brought almost all the Gatumas with him to ensure that everyone except the dart masters could have one person and two horses.

In total, more than two thousand horses, fifteen hundred.

And the situation in Karen Deer Fort is probably much worse than the village of Buyulin that Leon and Amy had seen.

Alina and Wendy were already waiting for Leon in the village of Selen, and as soon as they met, they quickly explained the current situation.

Alina had already met with General Creon, and communication was actually going well, and Creon made it clear that he was willing to cooperate after seeing the Sword of the Eloquent.

But the problem is that more than a third of the soldiers in Karen Deer Fort have been infected with the Red Death.

Karen Deer Fort is now a military fortress with few inhabitants, and Creon closed the city gates and issued a death order early on, so the Red Death naturally did not spread.

As the sergeant major of the Radiant Cross Plague Ward, General Creon himself is very good at preventing the Red Death, but there are still more and more infected soldiers, and nearly 100 people have died.

So although Creon is willing to cooperate, he is not very easy to cooperate.

Creon wasn't worried about Leon's troops, he was worried that Leon would not be able to control the plague because he had no experience.

"My lord, I'll go first...... At the very least, the sick should be distinguished, and those soldiers who are not yet infected should be sent out of the city."

Anson took the initiative to step into danger.

"Okay, I'll take someone in with you......

Leon did not refuse, he knew that Anson would be very active in the face of his illness. Moreover, since he wants to become a Knight of the Radiant Cross, he will inevitably have to face the Red Death.

"Lord Leon...... I now understand why you value him so much, he is truly a knight......

The way Loris looked at Anson visibly.

"That's right...... He is a true knight...... Risa Dilan, we'll take the guards into the city with Anson. The others, following Sir Lorris, blocked all roads around the area. Alina, you are waiting here, ready to receive General Creon's troops......

Leon did not delay, and directly gave a series of orders, which were assigned along with the work of Loris and Alina.

"You want to go in? In case you ......."

Amy grabbed Leon and asked with some uneasiness.

"I must go in, or I'll probably clash with General Creon's men if only the Noldor Guards are inside. Don't worry, I won't get sick......

Leon reached out and took the mask handed over by Anson and patted Amy's hand, "Listen to my arrangement, Amy, you stay with Alina and let your female warriors maintain the soldiers who came out of Karen Deer Castle."

Amy glanced at Alina and didn't say anything more.

Amy then summoned a female explorer over, "You take a team of people to listen to Miss Alina's arrangement."

When it comes to business, Amy is indeed quite sensible.

Alina gave Amy a knightly salute, then reached out and took off the eloquent sword from her waist and handed it to Leon, "This is His Majesty's sword. If someone in the city doesn't listen to your arrangement, you can go straight to it, and General Creon will understand when he sees the sword......

Leon took the sword and nodded, "Let's get moving, everyone!"

……

Half a day later, more than seven hundred warriors of the Bacchus Empire came out of the city.

These were the soldiers who had been stripped of all their clothes by the Noldor Guards, and then confirmed by the Replenta and Anson that they were not infected.

And in the city, there were 400 sick Bacchus soldiers......

But the soldiers were quiet, and after Anson confirmed that they were sick, they walked peacefully to a barracks.

Leon was not able to use the Eloquator's sword, and Creon's soldiers were quite qualified.

"Anson, do you think they can be cured?"

Leon stood outside the barracks with his guards, and this was the barracks that the sick Bacchus soldiers had entered on their own, and there was a large pile of wood in the barracks.

"They'll probably have to carry it on their own...... My lord, I can only discern the sick people, but I can't do anything about the sick people......

Anson replied visibly sadly.

"Being able to distinguish between those who are not infected is already saving most people...... My lord, Anson, get out of the city, and the rest ...... Leave it to me."

Risa Dilan said calmly, without a trace of emotion in her words.

"Risa Dilan...... What are you going to do?"

Anson stopped the elven killer who was touching the hilt of his sword: "They're still alive!"

"Anson, you're a kind man...... But now, kindness can only make them more painful. Since it is destined to be cured, it is true mercy and honor to give them a good time. You're a doctor, and you know better than I do what the plague will do."

Risadilan shook his head at Anson, his tone still calm, as if he was deliberately keeping it without emotion.

「…… No...... You can't do that, my lord...... Don't kill them!"

Anson spread his hands and stopped in front of the barracks.

"Get out of the way, young doctor, you've done a good job...... We are content to get so many brothers out of this castle. This is their fate, and many of them have followed me as epidemic repellents, and they can understand the outcome of infection...... Get out of the way, the Noldor Elf is right, and it is true mercy and honor to let them get a happy ending."

At Anson's side, there was the sound of an urn shutting down.

It was a glorious Cross Plague Destroyer in a gas mask, General Creon.

Creon had sent the uninfected soldiers out of the city, and he himself was back in front of the barracks.

"No...... I can't cure it, but I'm okay with it

It will be curable! There is always a cure for any disease! Since the Serpent Cult can spread the plague, then they must have a cure for the plague, otherwise how would they have survived?"

Anson still shook his head firmly.

"We don't want to enjoy the Serpent Cult's cure for the Red Death...... Child, I've spent my whole life dealing with the Snake Cult. They saw the Red Death as a sacrifice to Azz Dahaka...... Sacrifice life, and eventually some people will survive, shed the flesh and skin of their whole body and gain great power, and become flesh and blood monsters who have lost their souls...... It's not much different from those fallen who believe in darkness...... I can't let my subordinates become the living dead like that......

Creon sighed, "Actually, the Serpent Cult can't make the sick people recover, they are just using the Red Death to select warriors. Those who are not affected by the Red Death will be transformed into viper-like monsters...... Covered in poison!"

"General Creon, what would you do with this situation before?"

Leon pressed the sword in Risadillan's hand and turned to ask Creon.

"Brothers...... Let the friends of the North see your sacrifice and let them remember how to deal with the Serpent Cult!"

General Creon didn't answer, but shouted directly into the barracks, and then dragged Anson away from the barracks gate.

"General, farewell......

"It's my honor to fight alongside you, General, I'm Marians......

"I'm Cronro......

"I am ......"

In the closed barracks, a series of voices were heard.

Soon after, all sounds died down, and a fire lit up in the barracks.

The light of the fire brightened under the mass of wood, and the fire gradually engulfed the wooden barracks, burying all the fearless soldiers in the flames.

With tears in his eyes, Creon kept his military salute unmoved.

Anson fell to his knees and wept.

And Li Ang knelt down on one knee and used the etiquette of meeting the emperor to bid farewell to these real warriors who raised fire.