On the 10th day of the month of Gaoyang (the 10th of July), the town of Laika appeared in the army that was about to go on an expedition, some of them were made up of the townspeople, some were made up of saints, some were made up of probationary knights, and some were themselves imperial armies.

This is the last battle to exterminate the bandits, and the mayor said just now that those bandits in the Cloud Forest are not ordinary people, and many of the bandits are members of the Stormcloak Resistance, and these people have been causing turmoil for the empire again.

This information made the originally disgruntled civilians dare not speak, and if they were involved with these subversive forces, the end would be much better than those who were burned at the stake for offending the Sanctuary of Dawn.

In the middle of the procession, there was a high-spirited aristocratic young man, who was dressed in a gorgeous suit of red armor and had an eagle with wings outstretched on his chest.

A little behind the aristocratic youth, followed by Kaidong and Fork, who were also wearing armor, but the armor on their bodies was only the standard armor of the Empire.

Among the crowd who saw off the team, many people shouted at the team, looking very excited. Especially those noble children, when they saw the team also composed of noble children, they almost couldn't help but rush forward to hug them.

"Count Dion Prio, I didn't expect you to be so popular when you organized a team to go to battle for the first time!It seems that you can build up a feats of merit that are no less than those of your ancestors!" Falk said to the noble young man in red armor.

It turned out that the man in the red armor was Dion Prio, and after listening to Fauck's words, he only nodded slightly, and did not respond further, but waved his arms at the crowd that called. At the same time, he was looking for something in the crowd.

Finally, when Dion Prio saw Angelina in the crowd, he immediately took out a rose from the bag hanging by the side of the horse and handed it to Angelina.

Angelina had come to see off Ivanov, who was not far behind Dion Prio, following Keno Richard, who wanted to make sure he returned alive from the battle.

Dieng Prio's actions silenced the whole scene, and then a few good people took the lead in shouting: "Accept, accept!"

Born in a big aristocratic family, and his appearance is very handsome and chic, this is simply a model of Prince Charming in a woman's heart.

There were already many aristocratic girls who began to look at Angelina with jealousy. Ivanov's face was as calm as water, and he couldn't see what kind of mood he was in at the moment.

Ingrid, who was not far from Angelina, shook her head when she saw Dion Prio's actions. Facing the roses stretched out in front of her, Angelina said: "I'm sorry, I already have a husband!"

Such an answer silenced the originally lively scene.

If the daughter of a commoner is favored by the nobles and is successfully with the nobles, it is not a bad thing. But if the nobility is rejected, it often ends up being a tragedy.

In response to Angelina's answer, Dion Prio frowned slightly and said, "That Eric Vincent, he is not worthy of you! You see, in this case, he does not dare to stand up like a real man!"

Falk and Caydon let out an exaggerated laugh at this time, and Fork also spoke: "That guy Erik, a pirate-turned-gangster, even if he knows some stories from nowhere, he won't be more emboldened. ”

"Oh, I wonder if Lord Fauck dares to say this to Lord Eric's face, but I've heard that you have been taught by Lord Eric more than once!" a lazy voice came from the ranks of the Knights of the Sanctuary on the side.

Fauck's face immediately darkened, but when he saw that the person who spoke was Bolzag, he only "snorted". He knew that this person was very difficult to mess with, and at a banquet a few days ago, Bolzag directly beat a group of nobles to the point that they couldn't take care of themselves, and not only did they have no trouble afterwards, but those nobles who were beaten were reprimanded by the city lord.

Bolzag didn't stop there, he said to Dion Prio: "If you look at someone else's wife twice in the Storm Empire, you will be crippled by her husband." It's not good to speak ill of people behind your back, and if you're a real man, why don't you throw out your family crest in front of Lord Eric?"

Throwing out the family crest is a never-ending challenge. Although there were no gladiators in the gladiatorial arena, this kind of drama was often staged, and many nobles solved the problem by throwing out the family crest.

"Bolzag, if you weren't a good teacher, you wouldn't be living so well now!" Dion Prio retrieved the rose and stuffed it into the horse's mouth.

Bolzag looked at Dion Prio with a funny expression and said, "Hahaha, I can still live without my teacher, but what about you? I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat by myself if I leave my family, right? What? You envy me for having a good teacher?"

Ignoring Bolzag, Dion Prio gave Angelina a faint look and said, "You'll change your mind!"

When Ivanov came to his daughter, he said, "What about that kid Eric? I'm going on a campaign, and he won't come to see him off?"

"I don't know where he's gone, but you're going to come back alive, this battle seems dangerous!" Angelina said to Ivanov with a smile.

As for Keno Richard on the side, Angelina didn't even look at him. Keno Richard, who was not noticed by Angelina, breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to be hated by Dion Prio, his future depended on the other party's face!

Ivanov laughed twice and comforted his daughter: "How dangerous can it be? What can you know, don't worry, I know better than you about the cats inside." I won't go with your mother until I see you get married and have children!"

Angelina, who watched Ivanov leave, was stunned when a sanctuary knight passed by her, and this sanctuary knight gave her a sense of déjà vu.

This Sanctuary Knight was Eric, who was wearing the armor of Dawn all over his body, and even wore a helmet, only a pair of eyes were exposed under the armor.

As for the original owner of the armor, he lay in the "world snake".

Although the "World Serpent" can't pretend to be a living thing, it's still okay to pretend to be dead. The reason why Eric is impersonating the Templar is not only because he wants to put Dion Prio in the "Serpent of the World", but also for another reason.

The reason for this is that Eric has taken on a mission in the Brotherhood of Thieves, and it is still a very dangerous mission. Beside Eric, he is followed by Jack and Crawford, who are also impersonating the Knights of the Sanctuary.

The armor on Dion Prio, a piece of his family's ancestors' collection, has a jewel set in the helmet part of the armor, which is a balanzia stone.

This armor usually does not appear in front of people's eyes at all, which makes Asimov, who had planned to take action in person, have no choice. Now the opportunity has come, but Asimov has gone to the snowy city because of something.

Asimov did not specify what the secret in the Balanzia stone was, but briefly mentioned that there was a message about the secrets of the Brotherhood of Thieves inside.

Without the special methods of the Brotherhood of Thieves, the secrets inside the gems are inaccessible to outsiders.

Eric is not the only team that has taken on this task, there have been many members of the Brotherhood of Thieves who have failed to steal gems, and even a few members have lost their lives because of it.

Dion Prio can come out wearing this armor with impunity, and there must be someone with him to protect him, so the best way to accomplish this task is with the help of external forces.

According to the Church's Inner Destroyer on the Villa side, the only remaining robbers in the Cloud Forest were hiding in the rock fortress.

The Rock Fortress is a place where wizards often stay, and wizards who come to collect materials in the Cloud Forest often rest in this place.

The fortress was built by wizards, and the terrain was perfect for wizards to fight, both for attack and defense. But not this time, the fortress has been tampered with by the internal annihilation planted by the church, and the time will come to take this place in one fell swoop.

Eric, who was walking in the ranks of the Knights of the Sanctuary, understood that this battle would not be so simple, there was no need to send this kind of lineup to deal with the bandits, and the enemies that the Empire and the Sanctuary of Dawn wanted to deal with were obviously someone else.

"Borg, do you think that after we make a contribution this time, will Morton let us regain our free body? We have done a lot for Morton over the years!"

Because Viscount Morton also took part in the battle with his manor guards, Borg and Balaire, who were Viscount Morton's servants, also appeared in the ranks.

"Freedom? Probably!" Borg felt a little depressed in his heart, if it weren't for his brother Balaire, I'm afraid he would have left here a long time ago.

In fact, with the strength of his knight chief, he was enough to break free from the shackles of Viscount Morton. But he couldn't do that, because Balaire's strength had not improved in the slightest, and he had married a maid from the manor, and even had children.

If it weren't for the fact that Baler's children were destined to be servants, Balaire probably wouldn't have thought of regaining his freedom. This time, Viscount Morton gave them hope that they would be given free as long as they could ensure the safety of Dion Prio.

Eric didn't know that there were these two old friends in the team, and his eyes were completely on the Emperor [***] team, which was simply the difference between the phoenix and the grass chicken compared to other teams.

All the way to the march, the emperor [***] team has been in order, wearing bright silver armor of the emperor [***] people, their team is like a silver ribbon, winding in the mountains, only the faint "rustle" footsteps can be heard, not even a cough can be heard.

The entire team exuded an aura of slaughter, which made those noble teams with no military discipline naturally keep a certain distance from the emperor [***] team.

Some of the Emperor's [***] team carried huge iris shields, the length of which could meet the protection from shoulders to calves. The rest of the Emperor [***] people carried strong bows on their backs.

All the Templars carried their own special shields, which were crowned with three papal heads arranged vertically, with a small semicircle in the upper right corner.

Unlike the luxurious equipment of the Emperor [***] team and the Knights of the Sanctuary, the other teams are much shabby, and it is good to have a piece of nail armor to cover their bodies, and the weapons are also very crude.

Suddenly, the commander of the Emperor [***] team, who was walking in front, motioned for everyone to stop. Then, a man in a cloak was brought to Pastor Savile.

When Priest Savile and the commander of the Emperor [***] team heard this man's report, they all laughed: "It seems that we don't even have to attack the fortress!"

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