In the days that followed, Dilia was summoned by the crown prince every day to attend meetings, more often than the kingdom's parliamentary ministers, and seemed to have Charles's full trust.

There were several times when the crown prince took people to hunt outside the castle with her, Ed heard that there was a large hunting ground nearby, as well as equestrian competition grounds, gladiator arenas, knights' dueling arenas, etc., and little Eleanor bragged in front of him several times about how fun it was, but the time was too tight lately, and Ed did not intend to waste time on these entertainments.

André was in charge of the integration of the castle's external team and the liaison with logistics, giving full play to his ingenuity and doing a good job, which was appreciated by many officials who really did things.

Due to his lack of skills, Ed also asked him to help him get close to those supernatural people and inquire about their special powers, nominally for wartime arrangements, but in fact to satisfy Ed's curiosity.

Eddard, who couldn't get out of Hill Castle, accompanied the other knights to drink and have fun every day, and little Eleanor was known for enhancing his relationship, and after getting acquainted with everyone, he did recruit a few more psionic knights for Delia to join.

Many of them were suffocated in the castle, and some people took the lead and everyone wanted to go to the battlefield quickly, especially the younger knights, who were previously restrained by the family's high-ranking knights from going to the front without permission, and now they finally had the opportunity to join the regular reinforcements initiated by the crown prince to fight a dozen Ingirs, as long as their superior knights did not express obvious opposition, they could decide to stay for themselves.

The days flew by, and the date set by the crown prince was fast approaching, and the night before everyone was getting ready to make final preparations for tomorrow's expedition.

Ed is no exception, the progress of the cracking of the star spirit power in the engraving has just reached 6%, and there is still no hope in a short time, the reserves of the psionic group are quite enough, more than seventy are enough to support a few short-term battles, not to mention that there is no killing when it really fights, and the spiritual energy of itself is still short in time, although the growth rate is fast, the total amount is insufficient.

Fortunately, Ed drank during the day and did not relax his cultivation at night, he selected a lot of exquisite martial arts suitable for him from the engraving, and cooperated with the engraving to study and practice a lot, which was one of his advantages, and it could not be wasted.

There is nothing else to prepare for, Ed doesn't like armor, and the knights provided for the expeditionary army are some standard equipment, only to add star concentrate, which is worse than the old knight Bandy's, but there is no rare level weapon, let alone other more advanced weapons.

Ed can't look down on it, he still uses his own sword and gun, and the martial arts moves he has studied recently can also match these two weapons.

In the early hours of the morning, Ed got up early and practiced martial arts moves several times by himself, the routines are rigid, but they can exercise people's fighting awareness, and choose the most correct response method in time according to the opponent's attack in the battle.

After finishing the set, Ed asked the mark to correct a few of his unplaced postures, and then joined up with his companions who had gotten up to eat together.

There is a very elaborate set of ceremonies for the army to go out in the Roland Kingdom, although at this moment the land is occupied by most of the country, and even his own orthodox throne is not guaranteed, His Excellency the Crown Prince still has to listen to the advice of the old people, and is ready to spend half a morning to hold a send-off ceremony for the army preparing to go out.

During the ceremony**, Delia was the first to stand up and half-kneel before the crown prince to accept the ceremonial scepter representing the commander's power, followed by Ed, who swore allegiance, and the knights who were willing to follow the expedition to receive the salute.

Ed hesitated for a moment before kneeling down to receive the crown prince's blessing in a knightly salute, and he followed closely behind Deria, and outside the castle was the earth-shattering cheers of the people, who were celebrating that their country was finally sending troops to regain the lost land, and many civilians who had lost their land and wandered here had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Ed, who was half-kneeling, suddenly heard a discussion from the crowd watching the ceremony behind him, he didn't care about etiquette, and turned his head slightly to look behind him.

I saw Crown Prince Charles standing there embarrassed, and the attendants next to him were still holding a lot of ribbons in their hands that were ready to be awarded to the knights who were going to go on the expedition, but there were only three or five knights behind him, except for Tennison, and the other psionic knights who had originally said that they were going to go on the expedition did not appear.

The ceremony seemed to have been abruptly interrupted when it arrived, only a few knights went out on the expedition, what kind of army was it, and the crown prince's determination to rescue the city of Ovalé was only responded to by such a few people?

Charles's face will be angry red for a while, and iron blue for a while, he waited for a moment, but no more people stood up for the round, leaving him only embarrassment and mockery, and then he was angry, turned around and strode away from the scene, leaving the ceremony behind, what a hell of a departure ceremony, this is his own shameful ceremony!

Ed also quickly realized something, he ignored the rules, and turned around and tried to find the knights who had drunk with him and talked to him before, saying that his brother and brother had promised to go to the battlefield together, where would they be? Not a single one!

"We've been tricked!"

Tennison stood up angrily, he was the most irritated one, many knights he had called on to agree to join the expedition, and at this moment, there was no doubt that he had been betrayed.

This is a great provocation to a knight, and there is only one response to the betrayed knights.

"I'm going to fight them, you cowardly bastards, and the next time I see them, don't even think of slipping out of my weapons!"

Edra held Tennison, "You have received the blessing of the expedition and sworn to follow Deria to fight, and it will not be too late for those betrayers to clean up when we return victorious!"

Andrei also participated in the ceremony as an entourage officer, although he was also taken aback, but quickly calmed down: "Yes, don't be impulsive, I think this matter is still a bit strange, even if some people are timid and afraid of death and dare not go to the battlefield, but there will not be such a large-scale escape, maybe there is another reason behind it." ”

"Whatever the reason, this is a naked betrayal, and I will never spare them!" Tennison was still angry, and several of the most well-connected knights around him also spoke out to support their friends.

"Yes, these treacherous fellows, let's go find them now, and ask them where the knight's honor has gone!"

"Duel! Only their blood can wash away this disgrace, they are not worthy to call themselves knights!"

"Enough!" the commander of the expeditionary army finally spoke, and Delia grimaced, obviously the absence of so many knights caught her just as caught off guard as the crown prince.

"From now on, I am your commander-in-chief! Listen to my orders, the army will set off immediately, each knight will take your personal guards, Andrei will go out of the city one step first, and command the army outside the city to prepare for departure, and the rest of the people must not leave my sight for half a step until I give you the order to go to war. Violators will be punished as betrayal!" The girl's voice has never been so firm and weighty.

Delia fully showed everyone what she had recently learned to be handsome, and instead of being as angry as the crown prince, she quickly stabilized her feelings and issued an order to stabilize the situation, which impressed her former companions Andre and Ed.

"Even if we don't have ten knights, can we still go to support Auare? I'm afraid we won't even be able to break through the reinforcements of Ingier on the periphery, right?" looked at the few companions around him, and some knights questioned.

The ministers, attendants, and knights who watched the ceremony around also pointed at them one by one, the crown prince was gone, this play could not be carried out, and there was only one minister left in the highest position present, this very powerful knight looked at the farce in front of him, couldn't help but feel relaxed, raised his hand and touched his two beards.

"These people still want to break through Ingier's troops to rescue Ovare, they just laughed off their big teeth, this expedition is over before it starts, haha!" The knight lord next to him, who was in the same line as the minister, pondered his mind and shouted out loudly what the minister was not suitable to say.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and some of the knight lords who didn't know the truth were as deliberate as this one, and some were really worried that this expedition would be lost, and the last bit of the crown prince's reputation would be ruined, so they all spoke out and sang about the expedition.

"It's better to stay, wait until you gather some more knights and set off, this is obviously a death to go to the battlefield!"

"Tennison, don't say I didn't warn you, I said I wasn't optimistic about this new commander, you didn't listen, now you know it's wrong, come back quickly, let's go and kill that group of Inghirs together next time." ”

Delia ignored her surroundings, her eyes swept over the faces of everyone in front of her, these were her knights, and she would not allow them to retreat now.

"Like those who have not appeared, do you give up your way of knighthood because the future is bleak and there is little hope? Isn't the most important thing for a knight to be brave and fearless in the face of many enemies? If you give up before you go to the battlefield and don't even see the enemy's face, that kind of person is not worthy to call yourself a knight, now, shout to me, are you a real knight?" Diria reprimanded sharply, and for a moment her voice overpowered the doubts around her.

"Indeed, isn't it the same as those betrayers who have given up now? Is it just to retreat at this moment if we have received so much hard training since childhood, passed through one ghost gate after another, and finally activated our spiritual energy and become a knight?

Everyone who was questioned also questioned questioned in their hearts, and most of the people who watched the ceremony were knight lords with spiritual powers, who also heard the question of the new commander, and couldn't help but put themselves in the role of the expeditionary force in their hearts, and these questions also tortured the hearts of all the knights present.

The Parliamentary Minister's face changed, and he felt the power in the words of the little girl in front of him, once upon a time, he was also a knight with dreams and courageously pursued his glory, and now those nothingness have long been replaced by power and intrigue.

Seeing that everyone around him closed their mouths one by one, and a thoughtful look appeared on their faces, the important ministers around the crown prince had a premonition that something was not good.

"Yes, I'm a true knight!" a voice in reply rang out, followed by more people repeating the phrase, firmly, and louder.

Including Ed, everyone in front of Delia patted their chests and responded loudly to their commander, but the voices of the few people were deafening and resounding in the sky, making the hearts of every onlooker around them tremble, and they ran all over their bodies with enthusiasm, and couldn't help but shout after them:

"Yes, I'm a real knight!"

The Minister of Parliament turned pale, staggered back a step, but was fortunately supported by his attendants.

Delia walked to the door of the hall with the loud oath of everyone, and smashed the door open with the commander's scepter in her hand, and as the staff shattered, the heavy door was slowly opened, and the strong sunlight outside shone in, breaking the darkness and gloom in the room.

Delia casually tossed the broken scepter aside, now she didn't need it, listen to the cries of the knights around her, she was their commander, it didn't matter if there was a certificate from the crown prince or not.

"Follow me, charge forward, and we're going to drive those Ingier enemies back to their home across the sea!"

The high morale returned to the knights, who held their heads up and followed Deria towards the door.

Ed was one of them, he followed the girl closely, now she was his own commander, he didn't know much about what the knighthood of this world was, but he knew that no matter who the enemy was, he would not let anyone hurt his companions, this was the promise of protection.