After the chaos was over, the atmosphere in the camp became quite strange, and many people were suspicious that there were traitors in the camp, always keeping their eyes open on others, trying to find out who the culprits were.

Some believe that the members of the Holobol Scouts did it, as the militia and guilds in the city are now organizing a large number of troops into the mountains, and only by hindering the progress of King Nedamir's forces will they be able to obtain the dragon's treasure.

Some people think that Mage Dorigaree did it, because this guy is a lunatic who spent the whole day in the camp yesterday preaching the theory of the balance of things to stop everyone from hunting the green dragon.

And yesterday the fire burned so fast, the prisoner has not yet been discovered, ordinary people simply do not have this skill, maybe the mage can do all this.

Of course, there are also those who believe that it was the dwarven squad, the marauder brothers, or the Yennefer who did it, and they were so strong that as long as they kept the large army of people away, without the hindrance of King Nedamir, these people could go directly to the mountains to hunt dragons without much supply.

However, in the camp, because of last night's fire, it was not the ordinary people who were most annoyed, but the young King Nedamir.

In the ornate king's tent, the young king sat on a gorgeous chair and looked at Gillensteen who was kneeling on the ground with an angry expression, and the terrifying expression made the sweat on the fat chief's forehead drip to the ground.

"Bastard, because of your dereliction of duty, our operation has been completely ruined."

"Now that there is no food, no horses, how do you ask my soldiers to transport equipment and go up the mountain to participate in the dragon hunt."

Gillensteen wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced up at the monarch's expression, and asked tentatively:

"Your Majesty, why don't we hurry up and send someone to Holobol City to buy supplies?"

"It only takes a day or two to come and go."

Apparently not satisfied with this answer, Niedamir roared angrily:

"It's a free city-state, not my territory, I can't order them, and the guilds and militias in the city are also playing the idea of dragon treasures, do you think these guys will sell us horses?"

"And if it drags on for a few more days, maybe the dragon will already fly away."

Gironstien swallowed a mouthful of saliva and proposed:

"How about we throw away the superfluous things, travel lightly, and let the soldiers walk up the hill and settle this matter as quickly as possible, Your Majesty?"

When Niedamir heard this, he angrily kicked the fat manager and shouted:

"Do you want me to hike up the mountain like a farmer?"

"Without those supplies, if we have an accident in the mountains and are trapped in the mountains, it will only take five days, not just four days, and your king will be abandoned by hungry soldiers, and those nobles under my command will find another puppet to take my place."

"Retreat, withdraw all our men."

"I said a long time ago, no matter what, Mariel's throne is mine, and there is no need to run into the mountains and forests to hunt this damned dragon."

"I have three hundred cavalry and fifteen hundred infantry in Kagoon, enough to fight against their strength of less than a thousand. Eventually, they will recognize my rightful status. As long as I fight my way out, they will admit me. ”

"As for their princess, the fat cow, I won't grow old with her. As long as I borrow her belly to give birth to my child, I can get rid of her, using the old methods handed down in the court. We've said enough, Gironsteen, it's time to carry out my orders. ”

"Before we entered the Great Kestor Mountains, let our men withdraw, I shouldn't have listened to your offer to join this damn dragon hunt in the first place."

"But Your Majesty, the people of Marul believe in that prophecy,............"

Gironsteen, the fat steward, was about to say more, but was ruthlessly interrupted by the young king.

"Shut up, I don't need that prophecy, and I don't need the support of the people, just defeat their army, and the throne is mine."

"Carry out my orders, retreat now, and hurry, or I'll have the soldiers whip you hard."

………………

Although the young king was not very intelligent, he was not weak in action.

As his retreat order was issued, the originally mighty dragon hunting team left more than half of it in the blink of an eye.

Only eight of the Holobol Scouts led by Cobbrow the Shoemaker, the three Marauder brothers, the dwarf Yarpan and his bearded men, the Ike Knight of Denensler, Geralt, Yennefa, Dandrion, and the mage Dorigare, totaled just over twenty men.

These people are not in the mood for wealth, or fame, or for their beliefs, or for their own ulterior secrets, and none of them have any intention of opting out of the operation.

Without the drag of the large army, their speed increased considerably, and in less than half a day, they had completed most of the mountain road and came to a rudimentary stone bridge in the upper reaches of the Bula River.

Looking at the tattered and crumbling stone bridge, the three marauder brothers who were at the forefront of the team suddenly hesitated.

The eldest Bhutt looked back at the dwarf Yarpan, and said with some hesitation:

"Hey! Dwarven friends, doesn't this bridge look very sturdy? ”

"Can it bear the weight of horses and people?"

Instead of answering his words, Yarpan looked at Kozoyad in the scouting party, a shoemaker in his forties who had lived in the region the longest and who was probably the one who knew the most about the mountains.

Kozoyed thought for a moment and said:

"This is a stone bridge built by the trolls in the mountains in the past, and they want to rely on this bridge to collect tolls, but there are too few people coming and going here in the mountains, and the trolls have left."

"The bridge must be decades old, but the quality of what the trolls built should be okay."

Seeing the hesitation on everyone's faces, Kozoyad added:

"Of course, you can also skip this road and bypass the other road on the mountainside, which will probably add two days to the journey."

But after saying this, none of him and the boys of the reconnaissance team around him took the initiative to step forward to test whether the bridge was safe, after all, no one wanted to risk their lives to test whether the stone bridge was passable for others.

However, among this group of people, there is also a knight Ike who values faith more than life, and I don't know if he has heard everyone's discussion clearly, this tall knight with heavy plate armor and even his mount is a war horse in armor, he didn't think about it, and shouted:

"The gods will protect me, and good will triumph over evil."

Then he rode his war horse, took heavy steps, and rushed across the stone bridge at great speed.

His equipment is indeed not light, the horse's hooves directly trampled the stone bridge to a loud sound, and many gravel was shaken out of the cracks of the stone bridge, and then fell down dozens of meters deep under the cliff and continued to impact, and finally rolled down into the flowing water of the Bula River.

After passing through the stone bridge, Ike Knight did not stop, he rode his beloved horse at an unhurried speed, and slowly advanced towards the location of the target dragon's lair.

The knight had long since wanted to act with the others, and none of the people present in his heart were good people worthy of respect, either greedy bandits, evil sorceresses or mutant witches.

With the help of this obstacle, he broke away from them and challenged the justice in his mind.

The three Marauder brothers were terrified, but their hearts relaxed when they saw that the heavily armored Ike Knight could pass safely.

What they didn't know, though, was that the bridge had been tampered with by Wayne yesterday, and many of the places that supported the deck had been destroyed, making it impossible for anyone else to pass through.

This was both to prevent Niedamir from being reluctant to withdraw his army and insisting on going up the mountain to hunt dragons, so that he would retreat in spite of difficulties, and also to separate the others who wanted to reach the top of the mountain.

It's just that I didn't expect that Ike Knight didn't know if it was lucky, or if he was really blessed by the gods, and he was lucky to rush over with a high-speed charge.

Unfortunately, after he crossed the stone bridge, with the sound of squeaking and cracking stones, the stone bridge, which had been built by trolls decades ago, collapsed into many huge stones and fell down the cliff into the river below.

And this scene was also hidden by Wayne near the top of the mountain, and Borch and the two watched it.

Wayne turned to look at Borch and said with a smile:

"It's your turn, my friend, this Ike Knight is a man of integrity who admires knightly glory and values faith."

"Although he is a psychopath, he can also be called a good person."

"He's the first person you'll fight a dueling with, and he'll never refuse a fair duel with you."

"However, if you can, please spare him a life, after all, in this world, there are fewer and fewer good people."

Borch laughed, nodded, and said:

"You've handled it well, my friend, and those who still want to hunt dragons now deserve it."

"I've heard a little bit of this Ike Knight's reputation."

"Maybe he's a good guy for all of you northern races, but for those of the subhuman race, or other ugly-looking creatures."

"Knight Ike is like a ruthless killer, in his eyes, only a few races are allowed to survive, and the rest of them don't even have the right to live."

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