"Grandpa Bloomberg assassinated?"

Sylvia's face was full of shock, sadness, and disbelief.

Now everyone is in a clearing in the forest, and the knights of the Silver Holy Crown Knights, who have actually been cut off for two days, are gobbling up the food provided by Geer and his party, and they can't see the momentum of the original battle-hardened soldiers at all.

"Yes, that's a nightmare......" As the commander of the army, Mankiqi looks rough and arrogant, but his behavior has a unique style of aristocrats, even if he is hungry, he is still straightforward, completely in line with the etiquette norms of the nobility, without any pretentiousness, it is very natural, showing that his background is extraordinary.

After drinking a glass of water, enjoying the sufficiency of the bread rising in his belly, a hint of gloom flashed across Mankizi's face, and it took a long time to tell the story of what he had seen.

......

For civilians, this year's Haysting is still living a prosperous and comfortable life as in previous years, but for the high-level leaders of the principality, the strangeness and unpredictability of the period make them always walk on thin ice, and they don't know which direction the future of the Duchy will be.

There are many people who think that it is safest to leave Bern, the center of Hasting, at this time, and go to the surrounding towns of the Duchy to wait for the final result, so as to avoid being caught in a whirlpool that they cannot compete with.

Although Count Bloomberg did not think so, due to the requirements of the situation and the secret order given by the eldest princess Saloras, this knight with a simple and hard life and noble character could only take the Knights of the Silver Crown to the eastern part of the duchy to fight the bandits who deserved hell.

As the guardian knight of Salorath, Bloomberg has watched Salorath grow from an ignorant child to the current powerful Princess Celestial of Bern, a knight who is nearly half a hundred years old and has always been the backbone of the Celestial Princess's family.

Now the Knights of the Silver Crown are stationed in the town of Kulos with Bloomberg, resting and waiting for the latest orders from Bern.

The atmosphere of the entire Knights is a little depressing, and the reason why these arrogant generals can be like this is naturally the defeat not long ago. The First World War lost nearly half of the Order's main strength, and this was presented to them in the blood of the Knights, which had always been thought impossible in the minds of the Knights, and this defeat was difficult for every warrior who was proud to be a member of the Order, and wine and prostitutes became a channel for them to vent their emotions.

Bloomberg's failure to stop his men was an incredible thing for a self-disciplined regiment commander who thought it was a blow to the decorated knight due to the defeat, but in fact Bloomberg knew that it was only because of his own guilt.

"Mankitsch, are the wounded lads settled?" said Mr. Bloomberg, sitting in his inn room, with a glass of water, a piece of white bread, and a handful of boiled beans on the table in front of him, his recipe for dinner. Just like his signature delicate mustache, it has been so for decades, almost never changing.

Mankizi on the other side has an unusual respect for the head of the regiment, whose hair has been a little gray and has begun to age, and he is also very clear about his recipe, which is to replace beans for apples for breakfast. For lunch, a piece of boiled beef was added, and this rigorous almost ascetic lifestyle and decent style made Mankiqi, who was also a noble knight, very admired.

"Yes. It's all arranged. Now that the best doctor here is taking care of them, it won't be long before these lads are back to killing their enemies alive. ”

"That's good. Bloomberg nodded, his emaciated face showing an irrepressible trace of sadness.

"Mankić, when I return to Bern, I will submit my resignation, and the Knights will rely on you in the future. ”

"Adult ......"

The old count waved his hand. Stopped Mankitsch's dissuasion. "Although this time it is to get rid of those moths, someone must bear the responsibility for failure, and I can only do it. And I'm old, so many years of fighting. I've long thought about going to the countryside to find a quiet place to enjoy life, the future of this world is no longer my generation's, but a great young man like you, Sally's matter will be entrusted to you in the future, she has been very hard over the years, she may be a little willful, you can help more......"

Sally is the nickname of Princess Saloras, and there are no more than a handful of people in the entire Haysting who can call this name.

“...... Yes, my lord...... "Mankizi knelt down on one knee and made a solemn salute to the old count,

As a close confidant of Bloomberg, Mankizi was also an important figure in the Salorath faction, and he also knew a lot about the insiders, and knew that the defeat was actually caused by the interaction of internal and external forces.

The Silver Crown Knights, as nominally the direct force of Saloras, are actually divided into many factions, and a large part of the people are infiltrated by various forces, and they do not completely obey the orders of the eldest princess. With the acquiescence of Avery II, the armies of the princes and princesses who had created their own power were faced with this more or less problem, which was also an effective means for him to maintain his imperial power.

However, after Avery II was seriously ill and had no hope of recovering this time, he gave those heirs a good chance to rectify their power to varying degrees, and Salorath was no exception, but because the problems faced by the Silver Crown Knights were more complex, it was difficult for the general method to work, so they took the opportunity of this crackdown on bandits to carry out a big purge, and at the same time covered Saloras's actions in Bern.

Of course, these two men did not know that the purpose of Salorath was to destroy Bern and even Haysting.

The people outside wanted to weaken Saloras's strength, and the eldest princess family also had their own purposes, although the two sides had no connection, they were very cooperative in their behavior and actions, and finally caused an unprecedented "fiasco" of the Silver Crown Knights.

"Let's go down. ”

Mankizi saluted and left the room.

Standing outside the door, Mankiqi stopped and was silent, and after a long time, he sighed and turned to leave.

Like Bloomberg, he had always wanted to be a pure soldier, but the reality forced them to take a different path that they didn't like but had to do, which made them feel depressed.

Now Mr. Bloomberg has stepped down from that position. What about punishment but not relief? In the future, Mankiqi will be left alone, and he will inevitably be a little confused about where he will go in the future.

However, before and after walking down the stairs and coming to his subordinates, Mankiqi regained the image of a brave and resolute soldier, and all his previous wavering hesitations disappeared like a cloud of smoke.

After exchanging opinions with his subordinates, inspecting the army garrison and dealing with some minor disputes, Mankiqi returned to the inn after stabilizing the morale of the army, ready to discuss the next move of the knights with the old earl.

"Wow!"

A long, murky howl came from the upstairs room. The frightened sergeants looked around for a moment. Didn't understand what was going on.

But Mankic, without hesitation, rushed upstairs at once, for he was sure that the sound was coming from the old count's room.

Knocking open the door and rushing into the room, Mankiqi saw the scene of the Count using his sword to support the ground, struggling to maintain his balance.

Mankiczy immediately stepped forward to save the Count. However, it was found that the Count had been deeply pierced in the lower abdomen with a sharp weapon. Blood and some internal organs spurt out.

The sharp weapon was attached to a severed hand, which was broken at the elbow, and the upper part of the wrist was covered with a blue coarse cloth, and strangely the amount of blood sprayed from the broken wound was unusually small, and the window facing the street was wide open, in the bright moonlight. The attacker was nowhere to be found.

"My lord!" Mankizi held the old earl, and found that his originally strong body was now light and limp, and he immediately understood the reason for this.

"Don't waste time, go. Let's go, don't stay here, go to Sally!" Bloomberg gasped and uttered the full words as quickly as he could, and his body suddenly softened, but his eyes were still fixed on Manchic.

Mankizi's armor flickered for a moment, reflecting the bright red luster of the moon, and the count's pupils lost focus forever at this time.

Before Mankiczy had time to grieve, the bright red light outside the window jumped up, not moonlight, but the light of a fire rising from the ground, and at the same time the shouts of killing and screaming sounded one after another......

......

“...... The enemy came from all directions, and it was impossible to tell how many people there were in the darkness, and the people of the Order had no chance to gather together, and only after running out did they find that there were only these few people left......"

Mankic's eyes darkened, and his fist wrapped in steel slammed into the ground.

"And what are you going to do next?" Gehr patted Sylvia on the shoulder, the little girl had already burst into tears when she heard the news of Bloomberg's death, and threw herself into Gehr's arms, and he was the only one to intervene.

"I wanted to go back to Bern, but I met some refugees on the way, and I knew about the situation in Bern......" Mankizi looked at Sylvia, then turned his gaze to Gehr and shook his head, "...... There is no need to go back to Bern, and Merzai heard that the situation is not good, most of the surrounding villages and towns have fallen, the whole area is in chaos, and Merzai is also under siege, I originally wanted to collect some strength to go back to support Merzai, but I was lucky, I happened to meet your ......"

At this time, Mankiqi set his eyes on the young Sylvia, and his meaning was also very clear, this is the responsibility that must be borne by those who have the blood of the Haysting royal family.

Gehr was silent.

He looked at the crying girl in his arms, and it was up to her to make a choice.

"Who is the enemy?"

Just after a long time, when Mankic's gaze began to become disappointed, a slight but unwavering voice was heard.

It's Sylvia.

"It's the Church of Slarkna, and the Gantt Empire should be involved. ”

"Slarkna...... Gantt ......"

The young princess turned around, and there was no expression on her face except for her eyes, which were still red.

"We will definitely take revenge!"

Sylvia stepped forward, picked up Mankizi, and then turned her head to look at Gehr, the slight slanting sunlight coming from behind her, as if gilding her with a layer of gold, and at that moment, in Gehr's eyes, she and Salorath's images seemed to overlap.

"Help Me, ...... Gehr" (To be continued......

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