In the center of the camp was a huge tent, ten times the size of the other tents, and the fabric used to build it had intricate and ornate patterns.

Cresti, the owner of Blackpool Town and the lord of the region, is seated here, and it is precisely because of her that the demons have begun to attack the town, until now, Cresti has never stepped out of this tent, and naturally it is impossible for her to appear on the battlefield, but her influence has always existed, and it is precisely because of her that the soldiers can have the courage to face the terrifying monsters.

That's the role of a leader, and as long as he sits there, he can constantly inspire those soldiers to charge on the battlefield.

At this moment, a knight in light black armor hurried to the tent, as if he was in a hurry to meet Chrysti.

Perhaps he was in too much of a hurry, causing the soldier guarding the gate to not see who was coming for a while, and subconsciously raised his spear to stop him, and the knight instantly became furious.

"Daring, are you blind, dare to stop me!"

The knight roared, and the man's rough voice immediately frightened the guards.

The man looks like he is in his thirties, and he has a temperamental mustache on the side of his mouth.

"Ah, it turned out to be Lord Ares, I'm really sorry, the little one didn't see it clearly for a while, it's really damned." The two guards immediately fell to their knees.

"Tsk, if it weren't for the fact that I had something important to do, I wouldn't be able to spare you, get out of the way!"

Ares kicked one of the guards hard and then burst into the tent in a huff.

"Yes, yes." The guard grinned in pain, but didn't dare show it.

When Ares entered the tent, he was greeted by an old man, well-dressed and kind-faced, with a white towel in one hand and a silver tray in the other, apparently a waiter.

"Is Mistress Chrysti here? I have something to report. ”

Although he was in a hurry, Ares treated the old man with respect.

"Of course, Mistress Krysti has always been here, Mistress Ares, please come with me."

The waiter's demeanor was very elegant, and even though he could see that Ares was in a hurry, he did not panic at all.

The waiter's pace was not in a hurry, and Ares did not urge, after all, this was Chrysti's place, and there was still a basic respect for her servants.

The tent was larger than it looked from the outside, and was divided into many small rooms, the middle of which was the hall.

After a few minutes, Ares, led by the waiter, finally arrived in front of Christy in the hall.

The waiter exited the hall with great amusement, and when Ares looked straight ahead, he saw that there was a barrier there, and that Cresti should be behind it.

"Is it Ares?"

A majestic woman's voice came from the hall.

"Yes, my dear Mistress Christie." Ares said, getting down on one knee.

"Very well, how did that go?" Chrysti asked slowly.

"This ......," Ares hesitated.

"Why, it's not going to mess up, is it?" Kresti's tone was a little angry.

"Yes, yes."

Faced with questioning, Ares had no choice but to tell the truth.

Chrysti was silent for a moment before she spoke, "As expected, the nobles of the royal capital have abandoned us. ”

"No, it won't!" Ares hurriedly said, "We are facing the attack of the demons here, they will definitely send troops to help us, after all, Duke Raymond, the great nobleman of the royal capital, has made a promise, they ......"

"Oh? Are you comforting me? Christy interrupted him, her tone flat.

“…… Of course not, I'm just telling the truth. Ares denied it with some humility.

"Hehe, worthy of being the captain of our knights, I can accept your thoughts for my sake everywhere, but I'm not a little girl who doesn't understand anything, and some things can still be seen clearly."

"Yes."

Ares lowered his head, knowing that his mind would never be hidden from Chresty.

As far back as he can remember, Christy had been here nine years earlier.

According to the rules, twelve knights who won in the Empire's annual tennisal knightly competition could receive the title of "Paladin" and then become nobles and lords of a certain region.

Chrysti is one of the "paladins", she originally had the qualifications to become a nobleman in the royal capital, but due to her background, she was only crowned the most ordinary noble, and then sent to this remote town to be the lord of the city.

Most people in the Empire have heard of Chrysti's origins, and the lord who led the army to betray the Empire during the Empire's last civil war was her grandfather, Logan Pendes.

Even after the war ended, all the members of her family who had participated in the rebellion were imprisoned, but the label of traitor has been hanging over the family on the verge of decline ever since, and Christy has become the descendant of a traitor.

After that incident, there were only a few young men left in the Pendes family, and Christy was the best of them, and the elders rightly pinned their hopes on her for the family's revitalization.

Chrysti grew up under the high hopes and gaze of her clan, and in the end she lived up to expectations, finishing twelfth in the knightly competition, just in time to be chosen as a paladin.

She thought that with her great achievements, the nobles would change their attitude towards her and her family, but the truth was completely opposite, although the people did not dare to say anything, but those great nobles had always been prejudiced against her, and even openly framed her at the Paladin's Medal Conference, saying that she had used some kind of despicable means to win.

Although the knightly world recognized her strength, due to the interference of the great nobles, she did not get the treatment that a paladin deserved, and finally had to succumb to it.

Of course, she would feel aggrieved, because those mistakes were made by her grandfather, and her people were punished as they deserved, but the nobles of the empire still refused to let her go, and she seemed to never be able to turn over.

After this happened, the elders of the Penders family expelled them from the family for the sake of the younger generation, and then sold all their family property and became commoners.

Although Kresti gained nobility as a paladin, she was actually about the same status as Moswood, and could only spend the rest of her life holding a small piece of territory.

After recognizing her situation, Chrysti chose to accept her fate, and she swore that she would never associate with any nobles in the royal capital in the future.

However, because of the attack of the demons, Chrysti's weapons were not created, and seeing that the town would be breached by the demons one day, she had to break her oath and consider moving troops to the royal capital.

The king of the Elnos Empire died inexplicably a year ago, and then it didn't take long for the demons to attack, in order to elect the next king, the candidates for the throne accepted the proposal of the most powerful and influential nobleman in the empire, Duke Raymond, that is, whoever can destroy the demons will become the next king.

Since then, other nobles in the royal capital have begun to line up and choose candidates for the throne that they support.

Now that the demons are coming, Chrysti thinks that the nobles of the royal capital will never give up such an opportunity, and her own initiative to give credit may be able to change the nobles' opinion of her, so that she can return to the royal capital, after all, she is now the only one among the twelve paladins who is not in the royal capital.

Ares had a lot of respect for Kresty, so after receiving the task of moving the rescue troops from Kresty, he rushed to the royal capital thousands of miles away.

After three days and three nights of trekking, Ares finally reached the largest city in the entire empire, the royal capital of Castia.

But when he met those big nobles one by one, and then explained his intentions, he encountered the same result, that is, he was directly blasted out.

The attitude of the nobles is obvious, they do not want to actively crusade against the demons, let alone help the descendants of the traitors, Ares has no choice but to return first.

But now, it seems that Krestie's reaction was calm, and it seems that such an outcome has been expected for a long time.

"Mistress Chrysti, what are we going to do next?" Ares asked tentatively.

"Alas," Chrysti sighed slightly, and then said, "I can't help it, I can only hope for Moswood's forging, and the demons didn't use much force to attack this town, if I get the right weapons, maybe I can fight." ”

"Alright, do you want me to rush Moswood?" Ares proposed.

"No, no, just Juan, and Moswood offered to forge a sword for me, and I trust him."

"Understood." Ares nodded.

Silence ensued, and Ares was eager to share the pressure on Christie, but as a very ordinary knight, he didn't know if he was qualified to do so.

"If there's nothing else to do, you can step aside, Ares." Chrysti said suddenly.

“…… Oh, okay. ”

Ares saluted her and withdrew reluctantly.

However, as he reached the door, Christy stopped him again.

"Ares, thank you."

Ares was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, no matter what happens, everyone in the Order will always support you." ”

"Hmm."

Christie, who was sitting behind the barrier, smiled with relief.

……

After Ares left, Chrysti continued to worry about the affairs of the demons.

Although she had long expected that the nobles would not help, she still didn't understand, standing in the position of those nobles, in order to make the people she supported become kings, they should all actively crusade against the demons, how could they easily let go of this opportunity?

She couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and finally came up with a reason to make herself cry and laugh, that is, the nobles probably wanted her to be killed by the demons first, and then make a move, so that not only could they get rid of the people they hated, but also gain the support of the people by crusading against the demons.

"Hehe, it's really killing two birds with one stone." Chrysti sneered.

Now, she has no hope, remembering that she has put in so much effort to become a paladin, and has been on the verge of death several times, and finally her belief in revitalizing her family has made her survive.

But fate is so unfair to her, if she had told her that it was impossible to be recognized no matter what, then she would have given up as soon as possible, but those people must wait for her to stand at the peak of what she thinks is the peak moment to push her off the cliff, how cruel it is.

The more Kresti thought about it, the more angry she felt, she was so unwilling that everything about herself was inexplicably denied.

Gradually, a sinister thought crept into her mind, and she recalled the incident that happened a few months ago when the demons first appeared, a mysterious man wearing a hood suddenly appeared from the shadows and told her that if she was willing to trade, she could gain the power to turn the entire world upside down.

She knew that the other party was from the demon camp, and she also understood what the so-called deal was, but unfortunately she didn't know that her situation would be so desperate at that time, so she refused without hesitation.

Now that she thinks about it, it seems that there is only one way for her.

Chrysti was lost in thought when she suddenly heard footsteps from outside the hall, and soon the waiter pushed open the door and let the man in.

"Mistress Chrysti, your most faithful servant, Daniel, has come to meet you."

The man was dressed in the same armor as Ares, and should have belonged to the same Order, and he looked young, about twenty years old, handsome, tall, and graceful in his gestures.

Daniel gave Christy a grand knightly salute and fell to one knee with his right fist on his left chest while bowing his head for Christy's order.

"It's Daniel, you're still so straightforward, but I've told you many times, people in our Knights don't have to be so restrained."

"How can that be done, Lord Christie, you will always be the person I respect the most, of course I have to abide by the minimum of knightly etiquette, and please don't shirk it anymore." Daniel's tone was very sincere.

"Well, well." Chrysti sighed.

She was really not polite to her subordinates, and when she was not yet a paladin, she was always very casual and used to that kind of unrestrained life.

Although the elders told her that one day she would have to be bound by rules and etiquette, she never took it seriously, and prevaricated that the elders would wait until later to think about it.

But now, all the people of the Order were very respectful when they saw her, and they did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

In the eyes of the nobles of the royal capital, she was always a descendant of a traitor, but in the eyes of her own knights, she was a great paladin, and this huge contrast made her not happy at all, and she only felt that there was an invisible pressure that overwhelmed her.

"Get up, is there anything wrong with you?" Chrysti asked patiently.

"Yes, I would like to report on the casualties of our army in dealing with the monster raid last night." Daniel stood up and said.

"Oh, did the monster come again yesterday?" Chrysti said nonchalantly.

For months, the demons have been attacking this town every now and then, and judging from this pattern, it seems that they don't want to take the town directly, but just keep harassing it.

Kresti guesses that the demons want to show their presence and make humans nervous.

"Huh? No," Chrysti said, noticing the anomaly, "shouldn't the Commander report this to me?" How are you. ”

"Report to Mistress Cresti, the Commander was killed in that battle last night, so ......"

"Tsk." Chrysti frowned.

"But it doesn't matter, I'll report to you on the battle situation in the future, you don't have to do anything, as long as you stay here, we can continue to charge the demons."

"Huh." Kresti couldn't help but sneer.

What to say is constantly charged, how can she Christine Horde be worthy of them to die.

The monsters are tenacious, and after a battle, the human losses are always greater, and if this continues, the town's strength will be exhausted sooner or later.

Very few people were recruited from nearby villages, and most of them were stragglers who went to the battlefield only as cannon fodder.

She grew impatient with the situation, and if her death could save the town, she would not hesitate to rush to the battlefield and fight the monsters, even if she died on the battlefield, she would be worthy of her status as a knight.

But the current situation simply does not allow her to do this, if she insists on going her own way, she will only attract the opposition of the entire Knights, and even if she has great ability, she will not be able to withstand the siege of the Knights, even if they have no malicious intentions.

By now, she had figured out how to save the town, and then take revenge on the nobles who ruined her future.

It's a deal with the mysterious person from before, no matter what the cost, it's better than her giving up the fight.