The process of annexing the Chert Territory was very smooth, and although it was unknown, it was already substantial. Most of the nobles of Lintonshire were dissatisfied, but at this time, the Celt Leader was a hot potato, even though they were greedy, they were not fools, so they had to watch.

During this period, some people also used crooked brains, such as playing a wave of bandits to rob or something, and some people really put it into practice, but the consequence was that they were directly wiped out, and the corpses were exposed for three days, and they didn't even dare to collect the corpses, which directly poured a basin of cold water on the nobles who were about to move.

For these Delai, they were all reported to Ryan, and Ryan just glanced at it and ignored it, letting Delai take full control.

By the middle of October, the weather has gradually become colder, and although the Gothic province borders the province of Grimm, the winter temperature is even colder, and there are even snowflakes in November.

The temperature has become cold, which means that the old rivals of the human kingdoms, the orc kingdom, are about to start showing their fangs again.

The Gothic Province is the main battlefield in the south facing the invasion of orcs, and the atmosphere has become very solemn during this time, and they are actively preparing for war.

Fortunately, the rebellion has been quelled, the lost territory has been recovered, and the nobles of the Gothic provinces can devote themselves to the battlefield against the orcs.

Ryan and other foreign nobles have finally left when the time has come, the military merits have been verified, and the rewards will come down after the year.

After fighting abroad for more than half a year, Ryan was worried about his territory and family, and led the team to embark on the return journey after raising food and grass as soon as possible.

Accompanied by Viscount Chels, Baron David Bella, and Baron John, the team has been much smaller than when they came, but the momentum has been completely different, and they have already been reborn after being tempered by the war.

This counterinsurgency war has been a huge gain for Lane, not only has he made enough feats, but also broken through his own bottleneck, and more importantly, he has accumulated a faint fame, so that more people have noticed the border territory of Canna......

The troops were mainly infantry, so the marching speed was a little slower, and the marching speed was only about forty miles a day.

At night, the army was temporarily stationed by the river, and blazing bonfires were scattered around the camp like stars.

Alan and Levi were leading the army for evening exercises, and Xiyue also got together with Tanya and the others, not knowing what they were doing.

Ryan broke away from the crowd and returned to the tent alone, and after making sure that there was no one around, he removed the Soul Eater Ring from his hand, his brow furrowed.

In the course of successive great battles, it had devoured tens of thousands of soul powers, and now it was beginning to change in an unknown direction.

His most intuitive feeling was that there seemed to be something more inside, and this feeling was especially strong in the last few days, and he could often feel the ring vibrating slightly, and just now it shook many times in a row.

"What the hell is it, is it really conscious?" Ryan frowned, and couldn't help but think of the sound he had heard before, similar to chewing, with some anticipation and a little wariness.

Carefully probing the spiritual power into it, the light cluster became larger, but this was not the focus of his attention, it was inside.

"Bang...... Bang...... Bang......"

As soon as he entered the sphere of light, Ryan clearly heard a dull sound, very regular and rhythmic, like the beating of the heart in a stethoscope.

It's a new change, and each one is weirder than the other, but Ryan doesn't feel any threat yet.

Ryan drove his spiritual power to swim around, and sure enough, he found a clue that in a corner within the ball of light, something was levitating up and down.

It looks like a silkworm chrysalis, but it is pitch black, only the size of a broad bean, and as it gets closer, the dull sound becomes clearer and clearer.

"This ...... What is this? The eggs of some kind of creature? Ryan suddenly felt that his IQ was a little insufficient, even if something similar to a machine spirit was born here, he wouldn't be too surprised, but what is this?

Ryan circled around it, and also tested it with his mental power, and found that there were indeed life fluctuations inside, although it was a little weak.

"Is this hatching? That's not right, the sound of talking and chewing I heard at the beginning was fake? ”

Ryan was puzzled, it was the first time he had encountered such a strange situation.

I stared at it for a while, but I still didn't see anything, I just didn't know if it was an illusion, the thing that looked like a cocoon seemed to have grown bigger.

"What's going to end up in this thing? Butterfly or moth? Ryan began to think about the serious question.

"Whoa......

A wind blew the curtain of the tent, and Ryan suddenly opened his eyes, only to see a figure standing in the doorway, quietly watching him.

"Merlan?" Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the person who came was actually Mei Lan, who had disappeared for a long time. Seeing that it was her, Ryan's tense body relaxed a little, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "This is a military camp anyway, is it really good for you to be so elusive?" ”

"Ahem, if I don't expose myself, no one here will be able to find me." As soon as Mei Lan opened her mouth, she coughed violently a few times, and said in a weak voice.

"You're hurt?" Ryan was shocked in his heart, he had a vague idea of Mei Lan's strength, at least he was also a great magician, and he was more likely to be an epic magician of the transcendent level, and he had the ability to shuttle through space, plus all kinds of powerful spells, someone could actually hurt her, this was to find a legendary magician to fight?

Merlin obviously didn't mean to explain, and walked in on her own, finding a place to sit, she looked very bad.

Under the light of the candlelight, Ryan could clearly see her pale face, and the aura on her body was also very sluggish.

At this time, Ryan was no longer in the mood of schadenfreude, and frowned: "What have you been doing during this time, how did you do this?" ”

Originally, he just asked casually, not expecting the other party to answer, but he didn't expect her to be silent for a moment before she spoke: "I'm going to grab the evil artifact." ”

"Oh...... Well! What? You repeat. Ryan's voice changed color a little, and he looked at Mei Lan with an indifferent face in shock, feeling that his brain was a little down, what was she talking about?

"I, go, rob, evil, god, weapon!" Mei Lan replied seriously word by word.

Ryan immediately made a gesture of silence, he came to the outside of the tent to look around, and only after he found no one nearby, he returned to Mei Lan's side, and said in shock: "You killed the overseer of the Holy See?" ”

His heart was as if there had been a ten-magnitude earthquake, and he was extremely worried, and no one dared to hide such a big event as the death of the overseer, so after the incident, Grand Duke Douglas informed everyone.

At that time, although Ryan was shocked that who had eaten the bear's heart leopard dared to touch the butt of the tiger of the Holy See, he was just curious, after all, he couldn't find his head.

And now Mei Lan actually said that she went to rob the evil artifact, why did the overseer die, and it wasn't because of the evil artifact? Combining the two, he naturally thought that Mei Lan might be the murderer.

It's nothing more than Ryan would think so, Merlin does have that strength.

Mei Lan saw Ryan's nervousness, and said flatly: "When I went, the people of the Holy See were already dead, and it was the other two forces that did it, I probably know who it was, do you want to know?" ”

Ryan met the other party's calm eyes, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you should keep this secret in your heart, there are some things that I should not touch." ”

What are you kidding, curiosity is curiosity, but knowing this kind of thing is not good for him, it is still a matter of dog's life. Just know that the overseer is not Mei Langa's fall, otherwise he is really afraid that the Holy See will come to the door and purify it with him.

The corners of Mei Lan's mouth outlined a trace of arc, and she exhaled like an orchid: "One side is the king's person, and the other side is the person who wants to bring down the king." ”

Ryan suddenly felt that his facial muscles were a little stiff, he looked at Mei Lan, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not interested in these." ”

Mei Lan adjusted her sitting posture slightly, and said calmly: "I think you can understand it, after all, this has something to do with you." ”

"I don't want to know if it matters." Ryan's tone was stiff.

"Are you sure? This may represent a major reshuffle of the nobility of the Tistan Kingdom, you are also a nobleman, you don't want to know at all? ”

Ryan was silent for a moment when he heard this, he looked into Mei Lan's eyes and said, "Why are you so persistent in wanting to tell me, it doesn't seem to be good for you." ”

"Indeed, it has nothing to do with me, so let's make a deal. I tell you the secret behind this, and you provide me with a place and resources to heal. Merlin looked at him without flinching.

"Alas......" Ryan sighed, he found that he was indeed moved, and from the moment he heard the king, he knew that he could not refuse.

Take a step back and say, Mei Lan has saved his life anyway, and now that the other party is injured and comes to the door, can he still drive her away?

Although he is not a good person, he can't do this kind of thing of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

"I'll arrange the healing for you, just say whatever you want." Ryan compromised, sitting in his chair and rubbing his temples.

"Do you know who the founding king of the Kingdom of Tistan was?"

Ryan looked at the idiot and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense?" ”

Mei Lan's expression remained unchanged, and she asked again: "The Kingdom of Tistan was founded by William I and has gone through nine kings. It wasn't until 80 years ago, when William IX was a young child, that his uncle and regent Constantine launched the 'September Rebellion', usurped the throne and proclaimed himself Constantine I......"

"Stop, stop, is the deal you're talking about telling me about the history of the Kingdom? Although this period of history can be diluted and hidden, it is clear to every nobleman. ”

Ryan quickly interrupted Merlan's words, he felt like he was being trapped.

Mei Lan ignored it and said to himself: "After Constantine I usurped power, he carried out a bloody purge, and the surname William was almost killed, which made him sit on the throne with peace of mind.

Among them, a distant uncle of William IX contributed a lot, and he became the only survivor of William's royal family, because his hands were also stained with royal blood.

And he was the grandfather of the rebellious Earl William. ”

Ryan frowned, he really didn't know about this, but what did it have to do with him?

"No one thought that Count William would rebel, not even the one who usurped the throne of William's royal family, because the other party has always been his most loyal eagle dog, leaving no room for the purge of the royal family.

And all this is just a façade, just a means for William to paralyze them, it seems that his hands are stained with the blood of members of the royal family, but he also succeeded in taking away the younger brother of William IX who is still in infancy.

During these eighty years, he raised the prince and used him as a link to form the Guardian Army, which aimed to overthrow Constantine's rule and re-establish Prince William as king.

They have been dormant for eighty years, and they have secretly amassed a huge amount of power, and once revealed, the entire kingdom of Tistan will be turned upside down in an instant, and this time in the south is only a way for them to declare their existence.

Since they dare to expose it, it means that they are fearless, and maybe they have already begun to implement their plan.

Although the southern border is not their base camp, as the granary of the kingdom, they also have a huge power dormant here, once they start an incident, how long do you think you can hold out?

You may think that you can choose to join them, but as far as I know, you have performed very well on the counterinsurgency battlefield, and the news of the arrival of the evil god is also provided by you, William is afraid that he wants to tear your heart apart, and you don't have to think about this road. ”

Ryan's face darkened when he heard this, there was really nothing wrong with saying this, if the Wei Wangjun really caused trouble in the south, he was probably the one who was killed first.

"They're just rats dormant in the shadows, even if they have some background, I'm afraid they won't be enough to subvert the entire kingdom, right?"

"Theoretically, yes, but there's something you can't see at your height.

The ancient kingdom of Tistan is like a giant in the sky, powerful but old. The country seems to be calm, but in fact, it has already been turbulent, and I don't know when this huge country will fall apart, and you naturally can't be alone in it.

I just want to tell you so much that I don't have much time left for you to prepare for your retreat early.

And I will tell you one thing, in the past few decades, there have been many outstanding young nobles in the Kingdom of Tistan, and there are many people who are better than you, but most of them have died unexpectedly, do you know why? ”

Merlan's tone was unwavering, but it made Ryan feel a chill rush to his head, she said it so clearly, he would be a fool if he couldn't hear it.

What died unexpectedly, it is obvious that someone is hunting these young and promising nobles, and the purpose of doing so can be thought of with your toes.

It's not that he is boasting, he can be regarded as young and promising at present, so does it mean that he will also be the target of these people's hunting?

For a moment, Ryan felt like he was in trouble.

But...... How did Mei Lan know such secret information? You know, no one ever doubted Earl William before he rebelled.

Who the hell is Merlan......

(End of chapter)