Howling Castle.

"It's hard to imagine that there is no one here...... Where have all the people gone here? ”

Milgan Kirik looked around in the ruined castle, not even a dog in sight.

"It is said that he was taken to Fort Kainie by the Knights of the Lion...... The Lion Kingdom gave up on this place and gave the castle to the Three Prophets, which is why I let you come here. ”

Inna replied, looking at the Temple of Order on the top of the hill in the distance, taking off his helmet and saluting silently.

"Aren't you devoid of faith? Why bow to the temple? ”

Milgan looked at Inna, puzzled.

"That's where I was born, and I just buried my mother's bones there two hours ago...... Mirgan, it's not that I don't have faith, I just don't believe in God. But I'm confident I'll still be able to enter Valhalla in the future – I've learned a thing now......"

Inna shook her head and smiled at Mirgan.

"What's the truth?"

Mirgan was even more puzzled, he clearly didn't understand what Inna meant.

"People need faith, but they don't need gods – in fact, it's the opposite of things, gods need people, they need a lot of people...... And they all need people to die for them, but in different ways......"

Inna spoke blasphemous words, and the word he used was 'they'.

“…… Inna, shut up, I think you're going to hell......"

Milgan was visibly a little intimidated, and he looked around.

These days these days, such words are basically tantamount to heresy, and they have hundreds of Heroic Female Warriors by their side—these female soldiers are the most devout believers in the Ice Sea Gods.

Fortunately, the female soldiers did not understand what they were saying.

"You probably don't understand, Milgan, but you're a person without faith......"

Inna smiled mockingly.

“…… I am now a loyal servant of the gods of the ice sea! ”

Mirgan was silent for a moment, a little annoyed.

"Yes, when you were in the Lion Realm, you were a servant of the Goddess of Order; When you arrive at Van Skerry, you are a servant of the gods of the ice sea...... In the future, if you go to the continent of Amara, will you become a servant of the Serpent Cult of Azi Dahaka again? ”

Inna grinned, "You believe in as many gods as the women you have deceived......"

Mirgan's face sank, but he was powerless to refute, and he was not angry.

Although Inna would taunt him from time to time, this 'provocation' Inna was so unlikable - in Mirgan's opinion, if it weren't for his long mouth, how could this handsome guy with good skills become a fugitive from the king's murder?

It's a good person, why do you have to have a mouth......

Alas, but now I need his mouth again.

"Winnata!

”

Suddenly, a female warrior shouted from the city wall.

All the Heroic Warriors drew their axes and looked out of the city.

"They say there is an enemy......

Inna gave Mirgan a translation.

"I'm already aware of this situation......"

Milgan quickly climbed the wall and took a look: "Is it Fieldsway's troops?" Hah, that's not an enemy, just ...... Inna, fly the white flag! ”

"Are you going to surrender to this force? This is not my father's troops......"

Inna also went up to the wall to take a look, but did not move, but shook his head.

"Of course we have to surrender, isn't that what we originally planned?"

Milgan pointed out of the city: "Although Lord Gondor did not come, this is the 'Red Sword' Earl Edin, a great lord who is stronger than your father, shouldn't you surrender to him?" ”

This was indeed their plan - to take control of Howling Castle and then defect to Fieldsway, with Inna's adoptive father, Gondor, the Doomseeker, as an introducer.

In this way, Milgan will be able to become the lord of Fieldsway, and he will also have the base of Fort Howling.

Although Changxiao Castle has no residents, at least the city defense is complete, and this is indeed the territory of the Three Prophets, so it can have a suitable explanation for the Heroic Female Warriors.

This allowed Mirgan to lead the warriors to 'search for the Three Prophets and lift the Queen's curse'.

As long as he has a soldier in his hand, and it is a female soldier, Mirgan is confident that he can turn back again.

"Oh? Surrender to Count Aydin, and then your life and death are up to him? That's what you're really going to do? ”

Inna shook her head with a smile: "Mirgan, you may not know that every time Count Aydin goes to Van Skerry Island, he sleeps in Queen Agnus's bed...... Oh, maybe he's never slept in that bed......"

"Shhh...... Is there such a thing? ”

Mirgan gasped, and although he was not politically sensitive, he reacted incredibly quickly to the affairs of men and women.

Since Count Aydin is also the man 'favored' by Queen Agnus, Mirgan must not surrender to Adin......

Does Aydin see himself as a rival in love?

Surrender to him, maybe you'll be cut off two taels of flesh!

"Prepare for war! Defend Howling Castle...... Are you sure your father will be here, Inna? ”

Mirgan asked Inna, a little uneasy.

He knew that Gondor must have nothing to do with Queen Agnus, after all, Gondor was not Van Skerry's man.

"Of course, my father will come in a day or two...... Milgan, let's change our gear, your blue armor is too conspicuous......"

Inna nodded, and when it was time to fight, he stopped mocking, but thought about Mirgan's safety.

Mirgan's heavy blue armor looked too obvious on the city walls, and it was indeed vulnerable to concentrated fire.

That's why Milgan has always relied on Inna.

In times of danger, Inna has indeed been thinking about Mirgan.

As for the usual innocuous taunts, it was just Inna expressing his true thoughts to his friends—that was the only thing to say to friends, at least that's what Milgan thought.

So Mirgan returned to the city wall, exchanged armor with Inna, and patted Inna on the shoulder: "Be careful yourself." ”

"I'm directing the female warriors in the back......"

Inna shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she would not go in plain sight.

Outside the city, Count Adin's forces had begun to accelerate.

I don't know what order Aydin ordered, anyway, all the troops began to climb the city and attack, and they didn't even say hello.

"Looks like Aydin really wants to kill me!"

Mirgan smirked, drew his sword, and stood at the head of the city.

In any case, he was indeed a brave warrior.

In fact, the battle was not fierce at all.

This is not because the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not good, in fact, the troops on both sides are elite and have strong combat effectiveness - Mirgan's side is the Heroic Warriors, and on the side of Count Aydin is Queen Agnus's guard.

The Queen's Guards are also all women, but these women are more tenacious than most men in battle, and they are known as the Queen's Guards bandits and are adept at wielding a variety of axes, including throwing axes.

The reason why the fight is not fierce is mainly because the queen guards and the Heroic Warriors know each other......

Moreover, the troops on both sides did not have bows and crossbows - there were no bows and crossbows in siege warfare, and they were all acquaintances, so naturally they could not be intense.

The Heroic Warriors shouted at each other, and soon stopped.

Mirgan saw that Inna had shouted for the female warriors with all his might, even exposing himself to the top of the city, but it still seemed to have no effect—the Heroic Warriors had instead descended the walls and stopped fighting.

At the head of the city, only Inna and Mirgan remained.

The queen's guards outside the city also stopped to look, and they seemed to be discerning something.

Later, it is unknown what kind of bitter hatred they developed for Mirgan, but almost all of the queen's guards began to throw axes at Mirgan......

So, Mirgan at the head of the city was faced with an overwhelming array of throwing axes!

The number of axes flying towards him made Milgan feel like it was getting dark!

No matter how good the skills are, no matter how thick the armor on the body is, there is only one result in this situation - being smashed by countless axes and covered in bruises.

“***！ This is ......."

Milkan is not dead for the time being, at least he still has the strength to scold his mother.

But he certainly didn't have long to live—he fell upside down from the walls into the city, with at least a dozen throwing axes embedded in his body, and three fatal wounds in his chest.

And Inna was unscathed.

“…… Why is that?! ”

Milgan didn't understand why those Guards were throwing axes at him alone.

"Mirgan, I'm sorry, I just did what I was told. You are the best at dealing with women, and now you are dying at the hands of so many women, which can be regarded as the best destination. ”

Inna stroked the dirt from his armor—he was wearing Mirgan's heavy blue armor.

"I'm ......"

Mirgan probably understood, but he couldn't finish the curse in his mouth, a large stream of blood came out of his mouth, and his eyes were glazed to see the gate still, his throat rolling, but he couldn't make a sound.

Inna turned around, the gates had been opened, and several of the Queen's guards had entered Howling Castle.

"That's right, they just wanted to kill me...... These are Queen Agnus's guards, and they don't dare to do anything to you. Your armor stands out...... But it's safe. Goodbye, Milgan. ”

Inna reached out and stroked Mirgan's round eyes down.

It's useless, and I still can't look at it.

Earl Aydin entered Howling Castle and nodded at Inna, "Good job......

"We must separate the Heroic Warriors and the Queen's Guards so that they don't talk too much to each other."

Inna also nodded at Count Aydin, "So, I'll get out of here for a while, Uncle Adin." ”

Aydin laughed and patted Inna on the shoulder, "That's right, you can go to High Cliff Castle to support King Vidis." You are now Lord of Fieldsway, Inna. ”

“…… King Vidis may not think so, Uncle Edin, but I do have to take the oath of allegiance. ”

Inna shook her head and summoned the Heroic Warriors to leave Howling Castle first.

A few minutes later, there was an exclamation from outside the Castle of Howling - the female guards had finally discovered that they had killed the wrong person, and that the Queen's 'favorite concubine' Mirgan had been thrown to death by them......

The guards must be homeless now......

They came out to find Queen Agnus's 'favorite concubine', but this favorite concubine died at their hands, and if they returned to Van Skerry, Queen Agnus might eat them!

And on the road outside Castle Howl, the Heroic Warriors sighed silently - Mirgin had brought them out to find the Three Prophets, in order to 'lift the Queen's curse'.

But now that Mirgan is dead, that means their mission is hard to complete!

If they can't complete the mission, they can't go back, they don't know each other well, so they can only think about how to survive under the leadership of Inna, and then try to complete the extremely difficult task of 'killing the Three Prophets'......

If nothing else, they won't be able to find any of the Three Prophets until they learn the lingua franca of Pande.

When they learn Pande...... It would take a year and a half, but would they still want to go back to Van Skerry?

Inner wasn't sure.

But he could at least be sure that in a year and a half, these female warriors would now have to follow him.

Because, inna, he really wanted to find the three prophets.

However, it was not out of love that he was looking for the Three Prophets now.

It's because of hate.

He already knew that his mother had died at the hands of the Three Prophets.

Although the Three Prophets claimed that it was a suicide, he found the skeleton of a nun's robes in the Temple of Order at Castle Howl, as well as the corpses of young children strewn all over the ground.

When he saw all this, he was with his own father, Ors.

Leon had sent Ors to Howling Fort to find out the truth - since discovering that the name 'Sercy' belonged to a fat cook who specialized in destroying corpses, Leon had stopped believing anything the Three Prophets had said.

And what happened in Castle Changxiao was very different from what the prophetess who called herself 'Sersi' said.

Mother Clancy did not fall off the cliff, and all the ribs on her chest were broken, all of which were broken inward, as if they had been smashed by a battering ram.

It could not have been suicide, it was a blow to the chest with tremendous force, and it only took one blow - only the Three Prophets could beat a man's ribs like this.

And Anna, the beautiful girl, can now be sure that her skin was used by the Three Prophets only because she was beautiful, and the identity of the noble orphan girl was easier to disguise.

Inna was now able to answer the question Leon had asked him - did you love Anna's skin or soul?

Vessel.

Yes, that's the honest answer.

Of course, there may be something else in it - maybe it's a natural mother-son connection, Anna was raised by Mother Clancy, and Inna may be able to see what her mother used to be from Anna.

That's why he fell in love at first sight, but that's not real love.

Now, Inna wanted to find the Three Prophets and kill them—he said the same thing to Mirgan and the Heroic Warriors.

He never lies.

Including to Earl Aydin, he did not lie, he did go to take the oath of allegiance.

However, the object of allegiance is not King Vidis.

Inna knew that he was not a smart man, but he could be sure that Leon must be a smart man, a man a hundred times smarter than his adoptive father.

After all, Gondor the Doom Seeker had struggled for half his life, and now he was only the lord of the Longbeard Stronghold.

And Leon, after three years of struggle, has become the Grand Duke of the Lion Kingdom - not even just the Grand Duke......

Inner now knows who she should follow—whoever shares her own aspirations.

Enmity with the Three Prophets, this is the common appeal.

The person he had truly sworn allege to was waiting for him at this time more than a dozen miles outside Changxiao Castle.

"Lord Leon, Count Aydin is actually a good man, if you can......"

Inna pleaded with Leon in a grove.

"Inna, I'm just going to trap Aydin with the least amount of troops, he's much safer than you. It's your adoptive father...... Are you sure you can convince Gondor? ”

Leon shook his head, a little undecided.

"After all, he is the father who raised me for more than ten years, and I know him...... Although he does not like King Ulrik, he will not have any bitterness against you and His Majesty Thornard. And he has no pursuit of territory, what he likes is life on the sea, he is a natural captain. ”

"You said you had a Mettenheim ironclad - he dreamed of being the captain of the ironclad!" ”

"Son, that's not what Lord Leon is worried about. Come, and we will go with you to meet the Doom Seeker. ”

Orth stepped forward and patted Inna on the shoulder.