16. New goals
"Knights and lords" Before the bonfire dinner, Rand called everyone again to speak, "After almost 10 days of trekking and hard work, we have finally come out of danger, and we can even say that our territory has a new development!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Rand!" "Thank you, lord!" The people smelled the fragrant mutton, and of course knew who brought it.
"I know that we are still on the Galloping Horse Plains, and we are still facing the threat of the barbarians,
But things are different now, and we've just proven that we can not only survive on the Galloping Plains, but also defeat the barbarians! Rand was also in high spirits at the moment.
"Good"
"Lords! With the protection of the gods of knights and magicians, I will lead you out of the steppe and back to the realm of galloping horses;
I will find my father and brothers, and welcome back our Baron of Galloping Horses;
We will eventually become the masters of the Plains of the Galloping Horses and restore the glory of our ancestors' Galloping Horse Kingdom! ”
"For the glory of the Galloping Horse Kingdom!" Several knights took the lead in setting the mood.
"For the galloping horses, for the galloping horses!" The people rejoiced again.
Looking at the cheering crowd in front of him, Rand even felt that his strength had also strengthened, as if it had been strengthened in his soul and his fighting spirit by all the lords and knights.
The lords kept repeating, and even after entering the follow-up meal, there were constantly demon supporters or demon-free lords who came to the rand to pay their respects.
"Rand? Come on" While eating, Albert called Rand to the main tent.
"Uncle, what's the matter?" Rand was a little puzzled
"You said you were going to save Huck and Ryan?" Albert asked.
"Of course, I suspect that once they are captured, they must be in some tribe of this galloping horse plain."
"They are most likely in the salt mines, and the barbarians need demon bearers to mine the salt mines"
"I know this, I analyzed it this way, father they may be in three places, the first is the camp of the barbarians south, the second is the small tribe on the plains, and the third is the salt mines.
First of all, the camp that went south could be excluded, so that the father would easily escape, and the barbarians would not let the father run away, so the best thing to do was not to let him follow the south, but to the north.
The second is the salt mine, according to our previous inquiry, if the Grey Goose Tribe wants to transport the Terran demon bearers to the salt mine, they need to ask a barbarian priest to assist in the escort.
However, there were very few barbarian priests, and there were few priests in the southern part of the Galloping Horse, and the gray geese would definitely concentrate the existing priests to assist them in their southward sweep.
So their best option now is to send my father and two older brothers to some relatively large tribes on the plains to take care of them, so that even if my father can escape, he will not be able to return to the dragon kingdom in time. ”
“。。。” Albert was silent for a long time, and it was clear that Rand had fully considered all the possibilities, and then analyzed them one by one.
Even Albert himself can't provide more advice and possibilities, and at this moment Albert even doubts whether there is a blood relationship between Rand and Huck, Huck is indeed a little clever, but has never shown such analytical ability
"You're right, so Huck and they are most likely in a camp south of the Running Horse."
"Yes, I think that if we scout properly, we have every chance of defeating the tribe of about 10 cavalry left, we can sweep east along the Galloping Horse, and if there are casualties, return to the west, and it is a big deal to return to the Barony of Galloping Horse from the original river." Rand has a plan in place.
"Okay, I'll tell a few knights about your decision."
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On the night of September 30, 996, the lords of the Barony of Rand and the Barony of the Galloping Horse were enjoying the rejoicing after their victory, while a hundred and ten kilometers to the east, several knights were enjoying a brief respite from their escape.
"Father, what shall we do now?" It was none other than Ryan Galloper, Rand's eldest brother, the eldest son of the Barony of Galloping Horse, the future Baron
"What else can I do, of course, head south back to the Dragon Kingdom," said Baron Huck Galloping, who had just escaped from a large barbarian camp.
"Father, you were so powerful just now, I didn't expect you to be able to use your fighting spirit here!" Rand's second brother, Obote, is relatively young, and he is still reminiscing about the battle just now.
"This is an ancient and expensive technique, which was explored by the former galloping horse royal family in hundreds of years of battles, and every time it is used, it needs to consume magic crystals, which can be said to be a kryptonite tactic" Huck was a little helpless, the two magic crystals in his underwear were his hole cards, even in the captured battle, he didn't use them, and now in order to escape, all of them are used up.
Now there are two horses to ride, but they really don't have any hole cards.
"Father, what do you say is going in the territory? Are Rand and Albert all right? Did Walker go back? "Ryan is the heir to the realm, so he is naturally very concerned about his future.
"We still have two days to go, don't think about these useless things. This time, we were betrayed by Bob Roth's cub, which led to the territory in danger.
As long as I can see the Earl, I am sure he will not let the Barony of the Galloping Horse revoke it! Huck said firmly, but there was no bottom in his heart after all.
"Really?" Now even Obote is starting to care about the territory
"Of course, you have to trust Albert, as soon as he returns to the realm, he will take everyone with him to the Great Forest.
We were ready before we set off, or we would be able to enter the forest in less than a day, I didn't take Rohr and Iron Cone with them at that time, just to retain some strength, "Iron Cone is another knight in the territory, and my son is also a reserve knight.
Suddenly, all three fell silent. At this moment, the hearts of the three of them are on the territory, but they know that they must rush to the Blue Magpie Castle now and join the Count's Knights, and only by making contributions in the battle against the barbarians can they offset the possible crisis of withdrawing the lord.
With the moon shining on three wheels, the father and son were riding black horses and galloping towards the mountain pass in the south.
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In the lord's room of the castle of Roth, the leader of the gray geese, Dama Jindao, sat on the lord's bed, and there were several women under him, they were all the concubines of Bob's former lord and his son, as well as the blood relatives of Bob's illegitimate son, these women were tortured by the gray goose leader in front of the illegitimate son for an afternoon, and now they have no strength to move.
Now the leader of the gray geese was looking with interest at the bastard on the wall opposite the bed, and at this moment the bastard was also beaten by the barbarian warriors for an afternoon, and he had no strength to roar.
"How? Got the idea? How do you open the circle in that secret room in the cellar? If you tell me, you and them won't have to suffer this sin."
The leader of the grey geese walked up to the bastard, looked at him playfully, and whispered in his ear like a demon.
At this moment, the bastard really wanted to use all his strength to die with this barbarian man who was half a meter taller than himself, but at this moment, he only had his sister lying on the ground who had taken care of him for more than ten years.
After 20 minutes, the Grey Goose leader and the High Priestess finally opened the door to the basement storage room of the castle.
Each powerful aristocratic family will build a magic storage room in the underground of the castle, which works very similarly to the magic sealing chest, but requires dozens of magic circles to be used.
Of course, the purpose of the room is to preserve magic items, and it can also prevent fire and theft.
Nobles usually choose a fellow demon bearer to be the head of the storage room, and Bob's bastard son is such a person.
A standard gold coin box of the Church of Fortune (a branch of the Temple Alliance) can hold 1,000 gold coins, a gold coin box is 10,000 gold coins, and a magic crystal storage box can hold 100 magic crystals, and now in front of the leader, there are 3 gold coin boxes, 4 gold coin boxes, and 3 magic crystal boxes.
In addition, there are dozens of magic plates, as well as various magic items, enchanted weapons, magic scrolls, magic tablets, magic books, and so on. Rao is the leader of the gray geese in recent years, and he was also dazzled by this golden and shining scene.
"This is... A human viscount ... of wealth? The high priest was stunned and speechless.
"No, this is the proceeds of the sale of black-scaled horses by our tribe for several years, and this crook has actually withheld so much!" The leader of the grey geese looked at the wealth, constantly holding his saliva, and he decided to use words to make it more logical to snatch it.
Of course, a viscount can't come up with 37,000 gold coins, in fact, most of the gold coins here are deposits for black-scaled horses ordered by various families in the royal capital from Lot, deposits for salt and pig iron purchased from Rot in several nearby territories, and deposits for several nobles to order enchanted iron armor.
In the coming winter, Viscount Bob will rely on the money to buy large quantities of food, rune plates, and alchemy items to be delivered to the Prancing Horse Plains in the spring.
Of course, the current leader of the Grey Goose apparently didn't know the difference between cost and profit, and even though he knew he would keep the wealth for himself.
"And what are we going to do with all this money?"
"Put it here first, you don't know our group of cavalry yet, who can resist such a temptation?" The leader of the gray geese knows his own people.
"And leave that bastard in custody?"
"Of course, who else can open this door?"
"And the women?"
"Give it back to him, I have promised him, take the girl he cares about the most with us, and leave a few people here to watch him."
"But this man knows too much," the high priest was not very reassured
"My High Priest, we didn't come here to grab this ticket and leave, we will get a lot of people like him in the future, we have to give them a little hope" The Grey Goose leader didn't understand how rich the viscount was, but he knew human nature.
"You're right"
"Let the cavalry outside not be idle, and immediately go to the various knights' territories along the border of the Roth territory, now they only have demon supporters, no knights, and we don't need to make a special trip."
"Okay"
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On the night of September 30, 996, the order of the leader of the gray goose was passed to dozens of barbarian cavalry, and these cavalry would leave for the various knight lords in the Roth territory early the next morning, and now several knight lords were like open storage rooms, waiting for the arrival of the gray goose tribe.
In the dim moonlight, many of the demonsless were ready to move in the many dwellings in the small town of Rot's Territory, and they knew that now that the barbarians were partying in the castle, it was the best time for them to leave to bring news to the lord's house. Many people quietly swam east across the Boundary River, towards Mane Wolf City, Elk Collar, and even Dragon's Tooth City.
At this moment on the outskirts of the imperial capital, the headquarters of the palace front division. The head of the temple was looking at the information gathered from all over the place, and the students in front of him were respectfully waiting for his instructions.
"It seems that the current progress is exactly as we expected," the chief said with a smug tone.
"Yes, teacher. Now that the Grey Goose tribe has eaten a barony and a viscount, our men have seen the barbarian tribes assembling on their way back to the salt mines, and once they have completed their assembly, they will support the Grey Goose front.
At that time, we will incite the ambitionists of the tribe to coerce the entire barbarian tribe into a confrontation with the Maned Wolf Knights. ”
"The barbarians and the maned wolf are both defeated, even if the Blue Dragon Legend arrives to avoid the fall of the maned wolf city, but the dragon kingdom will anger His Majesty with his subordinates watching the fire from the other side" The chief said the second half of his plan very cheerfully, but when he noticed the pages of information in front of him again, he was silent.
"What's wrong, teacher?"
"You..." The Chief pointed to a piece of material, "Don't you think there's a missing person's message here?" ”
"Oh, the student also looked at the material, the patriarch, eldest son and second son of the Galloping Horse family were all captured, only the fourth son of the knight apprentice managed to escape, and the bachelor of the territory?"
"Yes, Albert Galloping Horse" the chief seemed to remember something, "This man once went to the imperial capital to study, but he had no magician potential, and finally stayed in the imperial capital for a few years and then went back. ”
"This Albert is just a junior knight with no inheritance, and he can't afford to make any waves."
"No, you can't look at the problem too mechanically, Your Majesty and the Tower of Purity have been paying attention to the Galloping Horse Plains, which is what he has always been hurting about.
I remember when Albert came to study, he was received by a legend. ”
"Can you have something to do with a legend?"
"Yes, so don't underestimate these seemingly unimportant characters. Let the dark stakes of Maned Wolf City inquire about it immediately! ”
"Yes, teacher, what should I do if I find someone?"
"Let the barbarians find him and redeem him again, those related to the legend must be cautious!"
"Yes!"
"Also, is there any news from His Excellency Ben Kaul?"
"No, Your Excellency has been gone for quite some time, but we haven't been able to get in touch, and he hasn't left a message for our people."
"Looks like he still doesn't believe me," the Chief muttered.