In the end, the battle was not fought.

On the one hand, the eldest lady was quite strong, at this time, it was the night that made her combat power soar, coupled with the ability of the seed of life in her body to be reflected in the silver level, a certain unique power extension belonging to the god of nature in the human world perfectly offset the bonus of the Sike hussars in the mountains and forests.

The Vulture Vampires, on the other hand, came quickly.

The vast majority of terrain interference means nothing to these guys who can fly at supersonic speeds at night.

The rescued Thorns Clan arrived, but several of Count André's unlucky men were wounded, and his loyal servant Vesta was left behind to care for the wounded.

By the time Earl Baishan arrived with a sword in hand, the two sides had already shifted from saber-rattling to not peaceful conversation.

The Blood Vulture members of Issui hovered in the air to seal off the surroundings, while the hussars spread out to guard the forest, leaving room for conversation to the leaders of both sides.

The Earl of White Mountain was very decent and knowledgeable, he did not ask to sit in or approach, but found a good place to sit down and rest under Adele's vigilant gaze, and took out his book of poems to read.

In the middle of the woods, in the col below dawn, the eldest lady held the staff of the night whistle and stared at the leader of the hussars who had jumped off the tall horse.

The latter stepped forward and took off his helmet when he was seven paces away from the eldest lady, revealing the face of a rough man, probably forty or fifty years old, with short gray hair, sharp eyes, a standard Chinese face and beard, eyes not very large, but the facial features appeared very rough.

The most distinctive feature is the high forehead.

This is the most obvious biological characteristic of the Western Saharan barbarians in the Glacier Bay area, and as for the rugged face is a common characteristic of the mountain people, after understanding this, it is not difficult to understand why old Eugene would complain that Murphy's warriors do not look like mountain people at all!

How can there be mountain people in this world with as fine skin and tender meat as them?

The man in front of him, who is 2.5 meters tall, as strong as a bear, and exudes a wild and violent atmosphere from every muscle in his body, is the standard mountain people, okay?

But the most striking thing about this guy in front of him is the scar on his face.

In this war-torn age, it is normal to have a scar on the face, which is the most "gentle" memorial that the war imposes on life, but the scar is so large that it runs from the forehead to most of the face to the chin, even in this era of careless human life.

It was supposed to be some kind of sharp blade slashing through his left eye, perhaps nearly digging out his eyeball.

This guy is really fatal.

"Commander of the 2nd Wing of the Sico Hussars, Colonel of the Knights, Varand Vulture O'For! The last hussar commander. ”

The commander looked up and down at the eldest lady, who was only waist-high, and his eyes were as fierce as knives, and he introduced himself:

"What did you, the blood vulture vampire, come to the land of our ancestors for?"

"To regain friendship."

The eldest lady said unhurriedly:

"The hussar lords of House Lesenbra and House Sikomel were friends back in the first Black Plague, and this friendship lasted for 400 years, and it will not be severed by the threat of the gnolls, nor will we forget each other because of a war that will last for ten years.

Introduce yourself.

My name is Femis!

Femis Cecilia Lesenbra, leader of the Midnight faction of the Vulture Clan, Countess of Andelmar of Transancia.

I'm not here for provocation, and I'm not here for war. ”

"Friendship, that's a beautiful word, but you blood-eating vultures are also worthy of friendship?"

The eldest lady's words made the hussar commander in front of him sneer with disdain, and he spat to the side rather vulgarly, and said:

"Two years ago, when Sico City was besieged by the Pioneer Legion, we sent seven brave knights to Cadman City with a letter from Count Sico for help! We persevered in a desperate situation for three months, but what were we waiting for?

What are we waiting for when the shameless psionic plague jar of the Plantagenet Kingdom smashed into the city, when the skies of Sike City were dyed dark green, when our people were suffering heavy casualties and struggling on the edge of hell?

When the city of Sike was burned down and the century-old foundation collapsed, what were we waiting for?

It's been two years!

It's been two years, Miss!

Your father ignores us as if we never existed, and our initial confidence, to our longing and pleading, to our despair, makes us feel as if we are fighting alongside a fantastical friend against a foreign enemy!

So, why show such surprise?

Femis!

Of course I know who you are! The genius of the Blood Vulture Clan. ”

Varander sneered and waved his hand, and he said:

"However, anyone who speaks of 'friendship' in this land is smiling, and words that claim to help friends are not trustworthy. Now, get out of our mountains with the orders of your so-called new lord!

The moment the sovereign whom I have allegiated, the resolute Count Sico, dies in battle at Vulture Castle, we have nothing to do with you!

Maybe your lord wants to take the land, and he might as well try!

The arrogant dwarf on the other side has spent two years and countless warrior lives without stepping into this mountain forest, what strength can your lord use to threaten us? ”

"This."

Femis wasn't annoyed either.

Everything that happened in Sico City gave the colonel in front of him enough reason to be angry and refuse to communicate, but fortunately, she was tasked with finding the Sico Hussars, and she had already done so.

The next trouble is not hers, just leave it to Murphy for a headache.

"Let someone talk to you, I've never been very good at playing tricks."

The eldest lady threw an arithmetic orb over quite easily, then spread her wings and rose into the air and hovered in a delicate position above the knight's two heads in front of her, and politely leaned down to the vulture knight in front of her.

Within minutes, all the Blood Vulture Vampires were gone.

Not even nostalgic.

This deputy said that he was a knight of Valand, and his subordinates were all staring at each other.

Ha?

These midnight rats of the Blood Vulture Clan have changed their temperament?

When did they give up what they fancied so easily?

The vulture knight did not immediately mount his horse and leave, but instead stood in the middle of the forest protected by his ancestors, feeling the cold wind from the ice bay as dawn approached and the movement of the woodland was blowing. The wind mixed with the cold made his heart refreshed, and the call of the distant mountains in the Sachs region that could never be returned was still hidden in his heart and refused to be quelled.

The history behind these people is complicated, and it is not clear in one or two sentences.

But what is certain is that their homeland is much more than this Sico county in northern Transnesia.

Valander played with the orb in his hand, although Transencia was a closed place, he was also a member of the nobility of this land, and he naturally knew about the gadgets invented by the halflings.

The stout bear-like creature took out a snuffbox and sniffed it under his nostrils, staining his beard with a smear of gray, before the sturdy knight made up his mind.

He activates the Orb of Operation.

Soon, a communication request vibrated in his hand.

"Hello, friend across the street."

Murphy's gentle voice rang out on the Orb of Arithmetic in the phenomenon of psionic resonance across space, and he said:

"To introduce myself briefly, my name is Murphy, and I am the governor of Transasia, who is recognized by the kingdoms of Plantagenet and Nordtov and the Blooddland Clan, and the Count of Cadman of the Blooddland Clan. I'm a vampire myself, and I'm sure that the one you scolded me just now is my companion.

I must say that your anger is on the wrong target.

But that's not the point.

I'm going to take a little bit of your time and discuss two things with you, rest assured, it won't take more than five minutes. ”

"You don't look like a vampire."

The vulture knight sneered:

"It's like a sissy hiding in the distance! Don't you even dare to come and see us in person? ”

"Well, provocation! Very useful way of negotiating, but you obviously don't grasp the essence of it, you have to put forward your own ideas and demands first, and then use your various methods to reach them. ”

Murphy was not provoked at all, saying:

"A true decision-maker shouldn't be so reckless, and you've been in a stalemate with the Pioneer Legion in the mountains for two whole years, and you can't do that with strength alone, you have to have wisdom behind it, so I can judge that you are not the leader of the last hussars.

Or rather, you are just the commander of the army.

Well, I got it.

Convey my next words to your sovereign, knight!

This is important to you and to us.

You shouldn't have the right to refuse another lord's initiative in place of your sovereign, so listen up. ”

The vampire knocked on the table over there, and he whispered:

"First of all, the Black Plague is coming, and it won't take more than five and a half months at most! This has been confirmed by the Knights of the Blood Alliance, and if you still have a window to observe the outside, you should find that both the Plantagenet Kingdom and the Nordutov Northkee have already begun to prepare.

An operation of this magnitude cannot be faked.

The Confederacy of Portia was founded because of the Black Plague, and all those who live on this land have an ancient and sacred duty to the Black Plague! I don't care what you think of my new regime, much less what you think of my claim to rule over all of Transnesia.

I'm just telling you this!

You are defending your hometown and the mountains, but if you don't act quickly, you will soon have no home to protect.

That's what I'm going to say.

In addition, I am exterminating the local gnolls in my territory, and the next step is to defeat the gnollet warlord Kenpot, who has risen there in the Under Margard Hills.

If you're interested, I'd love to welcome the mighty hussars to join me on the battlefield for our ancient mission. ”

The vulture knight said nothing, but the equally sturdy and rugged female knight beside him, who was only a head lower than him, had already taken out her notebook and recorded the important news.

As for why the vulture knight himself doesn't remember.

Not because he was arrogant, but because he was illiterate.

Well, who said that a strong knight must be both civil and military? Do you have to be able to write poems to be worthy of being called a knight?

For the two sub-races, the mountain people and the barbarians, the greatest common denominator between them is that they do not regard writing and learning as necessities in life, and they also have the strength to ensure that their life choices are carried out to the end.

After all, in the face of that casserole-sized fist, no matter how beautiful the poetry is, it is difficult to soothe the aching face.

"You didn't refuse and didn't continue to insult me, and that's a good start."

Murphy laughed across from him and said:

"Now for the second thing, which is actually a continuation of the first, I would like to invite Count Sico, who is now in command of you, to come and meet with me at the Crimson Keep to discuss the division of power in the Translancian region.

I am the Governor.

But I do not refuse to refuse the continued holding of his power by Count Sico, which is also part of the old agreement.

Of course, I understand that you have concerns, so I can do that.

It's up to you to decide the time and place, and I can show my sincerity in this way.

It may take a little later, though, and I'll have to take out the Cadman Collar and the Gnolls of the Andman Hills first, no more than two at the latest. Well, a month and a half! ”

"Impossible!"

The vulture knight finally spoke, and he said:

"You don't have that many soldiers who can exterminate the gnolls in two counties in a month and a half, those dogs are simply too long to kill, and the order of the whole Translancia has long since collapsed.

Without your Blood Servants to exterminate them, it will only swell the number of Gnolls. ”

"Oh, let's make a bet."

Murphy smiled very calmly and said:

"If we get rid of the gnolls in a month and a half, you and your monarch will come to me, and if we can't, it means that my lovely Crimson Keep will be besieged and destroyed by the gnolls.

Naturally, you don't have to worry about an offer from a Governor who doesn't know what to say and can't do on his own.

You see, there's no risk to this offer for you guys, right? ”

The knight of Valand and his wife looked at each other, who shook his head at him, and he was about to reject the child's playful offer, but heard Murphy say to him:

"One more thing, I have asked for the production lines of Cico from the Capetian family in Anjou, the same ones they took from your city in the first place, and perhaps after a while, those lines will be returned.

I don't have a good place to put them right now.

I mean, if your monarch is interested in that, we can talk about it. ”

"That's the ancestral property of Lord Earl!"

The loyal knight scolded:

"You can't take possession of yourself!"

"Then come and talk to me, after all, I paid a lot to get back those things that were lost in your hands, and I can't afford to lose money."

Murphy Wen said:

"You know where to find me, so be it, I'm looking forward to meeting Count Sico. Good night, everyone. ”

"Ding"

He didn't give the Vulture Knight more room to play and cut off the communication.

Without any hesitation, the tall knight called his war horse to turn over and mount, and disappeared into the mountains and forests blessed by his ancestors with his knights.

In the office of the Vulture Corridor, Murphy put down the core orb with a smile on his face, and said to the Scarlet Archon Miriam, who was sitting opposite him:

"Yes, it's certain that Count Sico's legacy has not been broken, and the hussars still have their masters, which means you can start preparing for negotiations with them."

"But my head is big!"

The Scarlet Archon lay on the table and covered her head, looking like she was in a mess, and she screamed:

"I've been losing my hair for just half a month, and the emissaries of the Treasury of the Nordtov Kingdom have arrived in Batasin, and I have to go over and negotiate with them in person, and accept the captives they sent back by the way.

But I don't understand the economic theory you put forward at all, I try to understand but I'm really not this material, I don't inherit my mother's talent for business at all, and this knowledge from the other world is really obscure and complicated."

"You can pick a few people and bring them over."

Murphy said to his consul:

"Among my warriors are financial professionals, and I will let them serve as negotiators, advise you, and serve as your bodyguard."

"Uh-huh, this is good!"

Miriam nodded repeatedly, but then heard Murphy say to her:

"But the reward for this quest is out of your own pocket, and it's your personal quest, which makes sense, right?"

Miriam's face turned bitter again.

She still has to think about what to give to the warriors of the other world as a reward, can't she just take the money, right?

That's too insulting.

Soon, however, Miriam had a great idea, and she remembered that Murphy had given every important person in the Crimson Keep the privilege of selecting "Champions", and that she now only had three Champions, perhaps with this unique title as a reward.

In addition, the hammer guard in his hand seems to be very sought after by the warriors, and he has already obtained the blueprint from Mama Marianne, so it seems that this rare weapon blueprint can also be used as a reward?

She was about to get up to say goodbye when she heard a soft tinkling of Murphy's communication orb, which meant that a communication request had been triggered.

Murphy picked up the orb in surprise and looked at it, and then the voice of the vulture knight rang out from it.

This time with a touch of gloom, the mountain knight said:

"Count Sico thanks you for the reminder, Your Excellency Earl Cadman, who has asked me to report to you something important to serve as a basis for the rebuilding of mutual trust between our two sides, the Wolf Venom Clan has entered Transnesia!

This is the information we have been tortured from the Blood Vulture traitor hiding in our mountains and forests, who is the vanguard of the Wolf Venom Clan's re-entry into the continent, known as the 'Greyclaw' faction, led by a vampire named 'Klandor'.

They are now hiding in the Under Armour Hills.

Combined with the news you sent earlier, the Earl believes that the sudden rise of the Gnoll Warlord over there is likely to be something to do with them, and you should be careful, this is not a simple accident. ”

(End of chapter)