Chapter 003: Prelude
The Special Viceroyalty of Odo, which has the largest Odorian Plain in the Empire, Clarence once looked at the endless fields in the distance and said to his staff officers: This is really a paradise of war.
Of course, a little hilly and low mountain terrain did not affect the war.
"Silin, there's a high ground ahead, we can rest when we get there. Jesse said, pointing to a bump in the distance.
They had been on the road for a few hours, and although they were cavalrymen, they were on the road, not fighting, and even if they could stand such a long distance, the horses would be tired and laid down early.
"Well, Garr, inform everyone, rest ahead!"
Originally, Sirin's horse galloped to the front, Jesse and Gal were left and right, and Gal could of course hear Sillin's voice.
"Yes, sir!"
After speaking, Gal conveyed Xilin's order to more than a dozen people behind.
Cillin glanced at Jesse next to him, and slammed his feet on the horse, and suddenly the war horse under his crotch sped away again, and Jesse did the same, following Cillin to chase after him.
After about ten minutes, the two of them were at the place that Jesse had begun to point.
Turning over and dismounting, the two took out the prepared food and water, and sat down in a place not far away that looked like wild grass.
Their horses were all panting, and they were already a little tired from the beginning of the journey, and with this wild gallop, even the carefully selected horses could not stand such a toss.
The two horses were pacing leisurely, munching on the yellowed weeds, and making strange noises from time to time.
"Look at them, how good. Cillin opened the kettle, rinsed his mouth and said.
"Yes, they are always thinking leisurely, and then the war comes, and they are ridden on their backs, and when they fight, they rush at those damned spears like fools!"
Jesse glanced at the two horses, then turned back to eat the dry wheat cake in his hand.
"Huh...... You love war. ”
"I'm not a fool, a fool will throw his life on the battlefield, ahem....... Jesse felt his throat dry and quickly took a sip of water.
"Huh...... Seriously, we probably won't be able to get to Wiesna. Cillin looked at Jesse's choking and felt funny.
"Everybody knows we're going to die on a trail in Andus, and then we'll be pecked out of our flesh by those damn birds, oh, it's horrible. Jesse didn't seem to be so hungry anymore, but he still had a kettle in his hand.
"Jesse. ”
"Huh?"
"You know. ”
"Know what?"
"Well, I mean our emperor ......"
"Xilin!"
As Cillin was talking, Jesse suddenly interrupted him.
"You should understand that we can't talk about Majesty, can't, anything, at any time. Jesse started out a little loud, but then calmed down.
Garr they were in the distance, and they did not choose to come closer.
Seeing that Xilin didn't squeak, Jesse continued: "Your father died at the hands of the demons, you should be like your brother and kill all those ugly guys." ”
"Yes, demons. Xilin's eyes dimmed a lot, "Hehe...... My father and his five thousand warriors, all killed by demons, traded his own life for the lions of Osvia. ”
In the end, Xilin's voice actually carried some crying, what Xilin didn't say was that not long after his father died in battle, the emperor actually wanted to occupy his mother, he was hiding behind the closet at that time, and the scene in front of him made him lose all his good feelings towards this emperor and this empire, if it wasn't for the general who happened to come, I am afraid that the emperor would succeed, even so, his mother was also depressed in the later life until she died.
"We need to know that it is not His Majesty's fault, anything can happen on the battlefield. Jesse looked at Cillin's appearance and said comfortingly.
"Yes, our wise lion majesty actually wants to destroy the main force of the demon clan, it's ridiculous!" the corners of Xilin's mouth grinned, "150,000 demons, damn, my father only has 5,000 soldiers, hehe...... He should probably not be called a lion, but a rabbit, a timid rabbit chased by hounds. ”
"Cillin, we might be able to say something else, such as...... The girl on the banks of the Tuna River. Looking at Cillin's red eyes, Jesse really didn't want to talk about these unhappy things anymore.
"I'm sorry, Jesse. ”
"It's okay Cilin, I said, I need war. Jesse brought up what he had said when he set off in the morning.
"You ......"
"Plumton!"
"Spranton?"
"Huh...... Cillin, don't worry, Jesse is a general, hahaha. With that, Jesse laughed.
"Jesse, good brother. Cillin slowly stretched out his right hand and looked at Jesse gratefully.
"Good brother. Jesse looked at Cillin's eyes, and his right hand was clenched tightly.
"Haha...... Jesse, it's time for us to go. Both stood up at the same time.
"Ready to go!" Cillin shouted at Gal.
Hearing the sound, Gal and the other soldiers quickly packed their things and stood in front of their horses.
"If we hurry, maybe we can still see the violets bloom in the imperial capital, Odo is too cold. Cillin got on his horse and walked forward as he spoke.
Jesse glanced at Xilin, who had already gone, and at this moment, his eyes seemed to be more calm, like a battle-hardened general.
"We'll get to Wiesna, it's paradise, haha...... Drive ......," Cillin shouted to Jesse, who was already catching up behind him.
"Haha...... Yes, I want a hundred wars, and now I have only fought two battles. Jesse also laughed.
The dark clouds in the sky obscured the dazzling sun, the oncoming wind was blowing, and all that sounded in his ears was a huge whirring, and Garr looked at the sky, "My lord, I'm afraid it's going to rain." ”
"Well, let's see if there is a village in front of us, so we can go and take shelter from the rain. Cillin said.
"Alan, go see if there's a village up ahead, damn the hell. Gal said with a frown as he looked at the clouds in the sky.
A group of people rode horses and did not continue to gallop, these horses have been running for a day, although each has a secondary horse, but they are also tired enough.
"Cillin, you just finished praying yesterday, but you didn't expect it to be fulfilled now. Jesse said with a smile.
"Jesse, I said, you're a crow's beak, and I've been there every year when I say that. ”
"It's all me, isn't it, I remember you talking to Augustine once, huh...... The weather here is really weird. ”
"Your Excellency......" a horse in front of him ran quickly towards this side.
"Huh?" Xilin frowned, looking at the soldiers in the distance, feeling that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Jesse asked, looking at Cillin's expression.
"Not much, maybe we're in trouble. Cillin said, "It's really fast." ”
In the blink of an eye, Allen, who went to explore the way, had already arrived in front of him.
"Well, is there a village in front of you, or a place to shelter from the rain and spend the night. Gal asked as he turned to Allen in front of him.
"Back to my lord, there is a village ahead...... But, ......" Allen's face was green, like he had been soaked in grass juice.
"But what, isn't it haunted?" Gal was furious when he saw that his carefully selected subordinates were so obscene, and that they were still stumbling in front of Sirin and Jesse, and they hadn't even done such a trivial thing as pathfinding.
"How do you know?" Alan looked at Gal in surprise, he was really frightened by what had just happened.
"What I know, what the hell is going on?" Gal still didn't give him any good looks.
Cillin and Jesse glanced at each other, also sensing that this matter was unusual.
"Didn't the adults say that there are ghosts, there is a small village in front of them, and there are really ghosts there. Alan was still on his horse, but his legs were shaking terribly.
As soon as his words fell, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky, and bright lightning streaked across the sky, making everyone present nervous.
"Tell me about it. Cillin looked at him, it didn't look like he was pretending, it seemed that something was really wrong.
"My lord, the whole village, everywhere. ”
"What?"
"Limbs, broken limbs everywhere, and broken ...... ...... vomit"
Before he could finish speaking, Alan spat to the side.
Originally, these people were all people who had experienced the war, and they were all elites, and they were used to the cruelty on the battlefield, but to make such a person vomit when he saw it, the scene was really indescribable.
Cillin's brows furrowed terribly, Jesse was also thinking about something, Gal and the people behind him were silent, all they needed to do was obey.
"Let's go. With that, Sirin walked forward.
"Xilin. Jesse stopped him.
"Let's go, let's take a look, I don't believe that there are ghosts in this world, and the demons are not afraid, is there anything uglier than the demons in this world?"
Hearing Xilin's words, the people behind laughed, indeed, the demon race is the most fierce and ugly thing in the world, they call it a thing, not a person.
"Protect your lord!" Gal shouted, and chased after Sirin and Jesse, and the people behind him also screamed and galloped like a whirlwind, including Allen, who had already vomited.
The clouds in the sky are denser, because it is going to rain, so the sky is very dark, and the occasional bright light in the sky is even more strange.