Vol 2 Chapter 18:

Carrying the Holy Sword Roland, Li Yi ran towards the Duke's Mansion. When Li Yi rushed to the Duke's Palace, he found that it had been heavily surrounded by the cavalry of the Central Army, but the rebels in the palace had no fear, and they were fighting with the Central Army to the last moment.
At this time, there were no high-ranking officers on the field. They were all in the assault and rushed to the central army cavalry.
Li Yi didn't want to be wordy either. He found his troops in the cavalry, and then ordered an attack, launching a final impact on the already fragile Duke's Palace.
Other troops saw Li Yi's Second Cavalry's so fierce offensive, they all followed up and rushed into the Duke's Palace together.
But unexpectedly, this seemingly fragile duke's palace has such great resistance. The soldiers in the palace were the last cronies of the Duke of Vanessa, and these soldiers also knew that even if they surrendered now, they might be unavoidable and die. It is better to die in a dashing battle and not to disgrace the reputation of their soldiers.
The Second Knights led by Li Yi also encountered considerable resistance. After all, these people are cavalry. Although the Duke’s Palace is not small, it is not enough for them to charge on horseback. Therefore, the cavalry after dismounting the horse, holding a long weapon to attack, seemed a bit clumsy.
However, Li Yi did not take such consideration into consideration. He carried the Holy Sword Roland and rushed to the enemies, and Li Yi killed just like a fish. With his four-fold strength, rushing between ordinary soldiers, Li Yi will not be in danger.
I saw that although the soldiers in the Duke's palace were fierce, there was no decent command at this time. These soldiers were already fighting with a fierce force. Seeing this clearly, Li Yi was not afraid of falling into any trap set by the enemy. After pulling away from the Second Knights, Li Yi did not turn back to kill, but held it abruptly. Holy sword Roland, the single horse continued to kill deep.
All the way through the blood, Li Yi did not know how many rebels died. When he was about to kill him in front of a large room, Li Yi suddenly stopped. Although there are no enemy forces here, Li Yi stopped carefully.
Because Li Yi felt that there was a strong man's breath in this room, which was not only extremely thick, but also extremely angry.
Fearing an accident, Li Yi directly raised his sword and attacked, and a huge air blade slashed toward the door. The fragile door was smashed by the air knife, Li Yi also took the opportunity to see the scenery inside the house.
I saw that the Duke of Vanessa was hiding a little embarrassed, and his guard commanded Creo, glaring with hatred at Li Yi.
Seeing the two people in front of him, Li Yi smiled bitterly with his sword. After a confrontation for a while, Li Yi slowly said, "Master Duke, I didn't expect that we would meet again like this."
"Oh, yeah, it's just that the big ups and downs in life are too fast. I was able to spare you last night, but now I'm about to become your prisoner." The Duke of Vanessa was just evading Li Yi's blade. When he was chopping, he was slightly embarrassed. After sorting out a little, Vanessa returned to the previous calm, and said indifferently to Li Yi.
"Uh, Li Yi suddenly didn't know what to say in this case. To be honest, I didn't want to kill you. Whether it is from the national perspective, or whether you let me go last night. Face." Li Yi faced such indifferent Duke of Vanessa, suddenly did not know what to say.
"On the battlefield, there is no reason for killing. As long as it is an enemy, kill. This is a very simple truth, do you still need me to teach you." Duke of Vanessa still said with a smile.
"Of course I understand this, but I have never regarded you as an enemy, even now." Li Yi said helplessly.
"Li Yi, know why I didn't embarrass you last night, and let you go." Seeing Li Yi, Duke Vanessa said suddenly.
"Why." Li Yi asked curiously.
"Oh, to be honest, when Suzuran saw you for the first time, I thought you were a personal talent, and your training talent is really the best I have ever met in my life. At that time, I wanted you to follow me, and I fell in love. Talented heart, it seems that you did not choose to follow me, which is really a blessing, otherwise you can only wait with me to die now."
"Sorry, sir. I've heard enough of these words. Are you just letting me go last night because of this?"
"Well, that's true. If you don't want to believe it, forget it." The Duke of Vanessa said lightly, then sighed a long time, and then continued: "Li Yi, actually I envy you ordinary people. of."
"Well? Why did Lord Duke say this?" Li Yi asked curiously, wondering why the Duke of Vanessa suddenly expressed emotion.
"After I got the family's big seal from my father, I was told the family's biggest secret-our Vic family is the authentic Say royal family. In fact, really, when I first heard about this When I heard the news, I was really excited and happy. But when I heard my father talk about what our family needs to do in the Tianlan Empire, my heart was completely dead.
"What should I say, in fact, my father told me when he was dying, if he could choose, he really wouldn't want to be the royal family of the Say Empire of Rush. Our Vic family lived in the Tianlan Empire. For a hundred years, although the blood of the Sai Empire is carried, in fact, our people have fallen in love with life in Tianlan. The so-called royal blood is basically an ethereal thing for me. "The Duke of Vanessa said heavier and heavier, and finally there was a silence.
After the silence, the Duke continued to say, "I thought my life would have passed like this. Even for the royal family of Sai, I would help the family accumulate wealth and war. Just don't let me do what I don't want to do Thing. But two years ago, when the secret ambassador sent by the Sai Empire contacted me, I knew that it would be impossible for my old man to enjoy his old age."
"Master Duke, don't you want to rebel?" Hearing now, Li Yi finally asked.
The Duke of Vanessa looked at Li Yi and suddenly smiled bitterly, saying, "To be honest, if it really allows me to choose, I would rather choose the Tianlan Empire as my motherland. I am not a fool, I know that I This power can't compete with the entire empire, so I don't want to rebel at all. It's just that after all, I have the blood of the Sai royal family in my body. My father and my grandfather have all prepared for this day for so many years. I I don’t want to wait until hell, and have no face to see them."
Duke Vanessa sighed again, looking up at the sky in the distance, and said indifferently, "Why are there so many contradictions in life?"
Li Yi looked at the Duke of Vanessa in front of him, and at this moment Li Yi suddenly felt pitiful for the whole old man. It is the saddest thing that I cannot make a decision in my own life.
After being silent again for a long time, the Duke of Vanessa suddenly said, "Li Yi, I only beg you for one thing now. Can I help Cleo escape after I die. I know that Danny’s child was deliberately You didn’t blame him, he is a poor man like me. Now Creo is the only person close to me, Li Yi, can you help me this time?"
Hearing this, Li Yi looked at Creole in embarrassment and found that the other party's seriousness was all anger. I was really afraid that after letting him go, the man would revenge on Vanessa desperately. However, he didn't want to let the Duke of Vanessa's small requirements before his death fail to meet. Li Yi nodded stubbornly.
Seeing Li Yi nod, Vanessa smiled with satisfaction. After that, he stopped talking. After a while, the old man's expression suddenly stiffened, and then fell straight to the ground.
"Sir!" Creo saw the fallen Duke of Vanessa, he could not help but stepped forward and shouted in horror.
Li Yi was not afraid of what Cleo did to herself, but also hurried forward to check Vanessa's body.
"Alas, I didn't expect Lord Duke to take the poison." After the inspection, Li Yi said regretfully.
"Clio, let me find you a uniform of the Central Army. After you change it, you will be in the army and wait for the opportunity to escape." Li Yi remembered the request before Vanessa's death, Li Yi said to Clio .
"Oh, no more. Li Yi, when you promised your lord just now, I thought you were just to let the lord die in peace. I didn't expect you to be a trustworthy person. With this, I will serve you." Although Vanessa's death made Creo sad, but at this time he did not impulse to immediately start to Li Yi, but calmly said to Li Yi.
"No need to say more, I'll go find you military uniforms." Li Yi was afraid of delaying time, and while others from the Central Army rushed in, he couldn't help Creo escape.
After talking, Li Yi was ready to go out. But just before going out, Li Yi suddenly heard the sound of a sword. Looking back alertly, Li Yi discovered that Creole had committed suicide.
Frowning, he walked to the floor of Creo who was still dead. Li Yi asked, "Why not."
Creo, who was about to take a breath, smiled and said, "Being a man must have a beginning and an end. He has followed the adult for most of his life. Now that the adult is gone, I'll forget it."
Li Yi was silent and quietly watched Creo slowly close his eyes, but when he closed his eyes, the arc of Creo's mouth didn't disappear.
Not wanting to stay in the house again, Li Yi strode outside and sat silently in front of the steps, waiting for the arrival of the other central army.
While sitting, Li Yi secretly said, "Motherland, loyalty, what is it?"
"Head, why are you sitting here in a daze."
After Li Yi was stunned for a long time, the second knight's team also followed Li Yi's pace to the house where the Duke of Vanessa died. A soldier saw his head sitting blankly at the door, stunned, and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.
Upon hearing the sound, Li Yi woke up from his own contemplation. Seeing the brigade standing in front of him, he smiled and replied: "It's nothing. Kill here if you are tired."
The soldiers in the Second Knights are also accustomed to Li Yi's tough style, thinking that Li Yi is really tired and sitting here to rest, can not help but feel Li Yi's boldness. Dare to daze in the heart of the enemy, this is not a small skill.
"Head, are there no enemies in the room. We followed you from the door and kept killing you, and we did not see the old rebel from Vanessa, he would not hide inside the house." The soldier standing in front of Li Yi, Jokingly said to Li Yi.
"Oh, the old traitor was really hiding in the house. But when I arrived just now, he had committed suicide by taking poison. It is presumed that he felt that the general trend was gone, and he was frustrated." Duke, Li Yi said with emotion.
"Haha, so to speak, wasn't this day's credit worth the money received by our second knightly order? Oops, after returning to the imperial capital, Lao Tzu can have something to blow, the empire's biggest traitor in nearly a century, is Died in the hands of Lao Tzu's team." This soldier is estimated to know Li Yi's temperament, even if his chief is now in front of him, he still made a big joke.
"Totti, you're less stinky. What is your team, do you still think of yourself as the head of the Second Knights? If the sir hasn't spoken yet, you start to inflate yourself first. Did you just wipe out the big anti-thief, Vanessa, and you want to make a counter-attack against our leader. But seriously, little Totti, I support you mentally." Seeing the soldier named Totti It seemed that the officers and soldiers of the Second Knights behind him also joked casually.
"Hey, don't you dare, this is of course our leader. Our team is also our leader, of course, I am happy, I am happy." Li Yi glanced, Totti some Said guilty.
Li Yi is not the kind of rigid chief. Seeing that the war is over now, the soldiers in front of them all risked their lives before finally standing here. Now it is time to relax. With everyone laughing, Li Yi's mood gradually improved.
After making a joke, Li Yi got up and patted the dust on his butt, put away the Holy Sword Roland, and greeted the soldiers under his command: "The trouble has also happened, and it is time to work. Now Vanessa's body is in the house, Go take the body, and we will return to the camp."
"Oh, come back to camp." The officers and soldiers of the Knights cheered happily, took the body of Duke Vanessa, and followed Li Yi towards the outside of the Duke's palace.
There was no more decent obstruction along the way. Even if the rebels were determined, but after learning the death of the leader they followed, they completely gave up their resistance. Li Yi and his team were almost unimpeded, and successfully walked out of the Duke's Palace with the body of Duke Vanessa.
The soldiers of the other teams saw a lot of great success when they saw such a great achievement by the Second Knights. But the red eyes turned to red eyes, and some officers of the Central Army knew how much Li Yi's temperament was, and they all knew the fact that Li Yi was favored in front of General Luo Ning. Man's meritorious service.
The soldiers of the Second Knights surrounded Li Yi, and they went back to the Chinese army camp with the envious eyes of others.
Upon returning to the barracks, Li Yi saw that General Luo Ning had stood in front of the barracks and was waiting for the triumphant return. Stopping the noise of the soldiers under his command, Li Yi strode forward and after a military salute, said respectfully: "Report the general, all the soldiers of the Central Army fought bravely, and finally live up to their expectations. The body of the thief is here. Please look over."
After finishing speaking, Li Yi waved back and motioned to bring Vanessa's body forward.
General Luo Ning looked at the dead corpse in front of him, and became silent for a moment. After a long time, General Luo Ning slowly said, "O Lord Vanessa, you finally chose this step. Alas, why bother."