Vol 5 Chapter 102: Warnings and decisions

"Are you really going?"
In a corner of the Barne Barracks, I accidentally saw a one-armed rider Lucien stepped forward and shouted at the figure who was about to leave.
On the fourth day of the fall of Silver Helmet Mountain, the entire army of Byrne received orders from the whole army to rush to the battlefield to rescue the main force of the besieged Poi army.
Despite the great controversy, Loren Turin insisted on his own way. The strange thing is that the ever-steady Anger, the Earl of the Castle of Fury, this time took the initiative to stand up and fully support the Duke's decision.
A few Earls of Byrne raised objections, but they were finally suppressed; it was the oldest Earl of the Rock Castle, who agreed in an outcry. It seemed that the Duke, who was so arbitrary and adventurous, was very fond of him.
"I should have answered this question." The vowed knight never looked back, and the soldiers and officers who hurriedly walked past the two, and the ears were filled with commanded shouts and noise:
"Sériel has been exiled to the void and cannot pose any threat in a short time ... I have no reason to stay."
"What's more, your master has an army of tens of thousands of people, and thousands of loyal knights have died for him, if not even you can protect his life ..."
He looked back slowly, glancing at the Byrne soldiers who were traveling between the camps in the muddy trenches, glancing behind him: "So what can a vowed knight change?"
"But you are different from others-they don't know what this war means, they just think it is no different from the past, the war between Poi, Byrne and Centaur."
Recalling those corrupted horror figures and everything I have seen in the Dragon King City, the expression of the gray pupil was slightly touched, and his eyes became firmer: "You ... and Lord Loren, you know behind all this not that simple!"
"Those centaurs are no longer the barbaric races of the past, but the running dogs of the 'Black Cross' Serel-how can you safely leave without destroying them ?!"
Looking at the urgent gray pupil, he vowed that the knight's face would not change color, but turned around.
"If everything is as you said, why didn't Loren Turin stand up and stop me?" The vowed cavalier asked.
"Then, of course, because ..."
"Because he knows that things are not that simple, and that even if I stay, I can't change too much. Instead, let me look for the clues of Serel's plan." The oath knight's voice was flat:
"He knows a lot, but he never told you."
Luis frowned, biting his lower lip and raising his eyes to stare at the oath knight.
After all ... still a child.
"I know what you are thinking, as a ... no, as an Elleman, your loyalty and trustworthiness have been impeccable." The oath knight raised his head and looked at him directly:
"Protect your master, although he is a hopeless villain who has no hope and no faith; but sometimes in order to fight against evil, we just have to resort to any means."
Gray pupil widened his eyes in amazement ... This vowed knight, would care about Loren?
"Also ... giving you a piece of advice." Ignoring Luisen's expression, he sighed and continued coldly:
"When an evil spirit tells you that you are his friend, he is willing to help you realize your wishes selflessly, and even prove yourself with action, and he will protect you at a heavy price, it only means one thing ..."
"You are part of his plan, and your existence fits his key interests, nothing more."
"Remember, they are not humans, and feelings for them is just a tool for pretending to defraud trust; you see them as no different from a chess piece."
As the voice fell, Lucien lowered his head, and his expression gradually became more complicated.
The oath knight looked at him plainly, took out a short blade from his arms, and handed it straight to the gray pupil.
"this is……"
The silver-gray pupil focused on the weapon for a moment, revealing a little consternation.
"The dragon knight of the dragon kingdom used only the tip of the gun." The oath knight slowly said: "I found it as a souvenir when I left the ruins of Niederhogg."
Lussien took the gun blade with both hands, gazing constantly at the streamlined blade-like blade ridge-at least hundreds of years old weapons are brand new and old, just a little more rust and wear.
However, even if it is just the point of the gun, the size is not inferior to the standard short sword, or even slightly wider; the shape of the point of the gun and the two blades are obviously designed for tearing off the scale armor and the flesh, the smooth lines are sharp, Grace and fierceness coexist.
The tip of the gun is only about one meter, and the overall length of the gun is probably not less than three to four meters; and it is just a gun, not a dragon knight lance actually used to fight the dragon.
What kind of monsters are the dragon knights in the era of Niederhogg?
"Dragon Knight's weapons are mixed with Mithril, and the forging technology is much stronger than the Empire and the Dwarves." The oath knight said: "A little repair, it should not be inferior to the sword you lost."
The gray pupil raised his head and looked at the vow knight with a complicated gaze, involuntarily speaking: "Why should I help me?"
The oath knight did not respond, just looked at him faintly.
"There must be some reason, it can't be for no reason, right? You are a vowed knight. If it is not for some necessary reason, it is impossible to help me."
Gently squeezing the blade, Lucien's throat choked with a sore throat: "Helping one ... 'Apostle of the Evil God'."
"I know you have tried to kill Lord Loren more than once, and only because he holds the Holy Grail of the Nine Stars in his hands."
He gave him a deep look and vowed that the knight turned around and turned his back to the gray pupil: "Because I suddenly remembered it."
"I ... seemed to have been an Allerman."
Ok?
Lucien was surprised, his expression froze.
What is the reason?
"Don't get to the bottom of me any more, it's a waste of time." The words of the oath knight came: "Keep your loyalty and protect your master ... if you are really willing to give everything for this."
The gray pupil didn't have time to say anything, and the other figure suddenly inserted between the two, interrupting the conversation.
"You! I remember ... you are the guard captain beside the Duke, is Lord Lucien right?"
The Earl of Lake City ... The Lord Ramallos who succeeded Bossivar?
The knight who was anxiously in front of him, with a double gun behind him, was taken aback. When Lusien recovered, he vowed that the figure of the knight was gone; helpless Lushen had to deal with two sentences: "Yes, please What did you tell me? "
"Dwarf, the dwarf of Silver Helmet Mountain!" This Earl of Lake City is remarkably popular, the words are simple and straightforward:
"They demand negotiations!"
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"Cisa Mihailo, head of the Silver Helmet Mountain Administration, chief execution officer, and leader of the Mihailo family."
The dwarf with thick beard and expressionless face was sitting opposite Loren; the tattered gown and messy hair, the irony complexion and the deep eye sockets all made him look very dismal, but the gesture of raising his hands and feet was still full of momentum .
As if at the moment he was not in the barracks of the Byrne Army, but in a formal suit, standing in the hall of a palace.
"Lorren Turin, Duke of Byrne." Looking at the other's serious expression, Lorren replied meticulously, "I don't know what I can do for you, Master Mihailo?"
The dwarf Mihailo sat upright and glanced over the knights of Byrne and Boye one by one, and finally stopped on the black wizard:
"Dear Lord Duke, there are tens of thousands of people in the Yunling Kingdom outside your military barracks. They have nothing but their clothes; no food, no clean drinking water, and no shelter from the wind ... And winter is coming. "
"We need your help to overcome the current difficulties, otherwise more than half of the people in Yunling will die in two days because of hunger, disease and cannibalism ..."
"Maybe you didn't notice that we are fighting each other, His Excellency Mikhail."
Eckert interrupted him coldly: "In the battle between Byrne and the Yunling Kingdom, is there a precedent for assisting the enemy?"
"Not to mention that we are an army, our soldiers also need clean drinking water, food, camps, and we also have wounded soldiers who need treatment-dozens of hundreds of people may still be able to find a way, but tens of thousands of refugees ... I ca n’t do what I can, and I do n’t have this obligation! "
silence.
The dwarf lowered his head, his cheeks were still calm, and he did not growl and rebuke loudly, accused the Bayern of "indecentness to the people of the Yunling Kingdom", and he didn't sneer. go.
He just sat there, his stiff face turning red.
This can also prove from the side, to what extent the dwarves outside the Silver Helmet Mountain are embarrassed.
If there are only dozens of dwarves left to survive, they may leave silently, or run their own things;
Replaced by hundreds or thousands of people, it will probably proudly persist to the end, rather die unyielding;
But they have tens of thousands of people. Under this huge number, all minor contradictions and problems can be instantly intensified;
Tens of thousands of people, but also maintain a complete social system ... In order to maintain the ethnic group, they will become easier than ever to compromise.
Of course, in a race that is so proud of dwarves, any compromise is absolutely limited.
For the dwarves, being able to admit that they need "help" is already a maximum compromise-even the former dwarf Paulis adheres to the principle of "cooperation" rather than "help". , And he did n’t let go until he died.
For a full minute of silence, the dwarf Mihailo slowly raised his head, his deep eyes looked at the dark-haired wizard with bloodshot eyes:
"Dear Duke, I know you have an agreement with Paulis Mihailo."
Loren's expression changed slightly, and Eckert's face was as heavy as water, but he also looked at him in amazement.
How did he know?
"I have always believed that by keeping promises, Byrne has always been a model for the principalities in the empire."
As the dwarf Mihailo silently spoke, the surrounding Bayern knights lifted their chests subconsciously, with embarrassed expressions on their faces.
"So ... if you think the Mihailo family has complied with the agreement, should you also honor your promise?"
Actor's expression stiffened: "This is not you ..."
"can!"
Loren reached out to stop the Earl of Fury, and his eyes signaled him to calm down.
"I can fulfill my agreement, please rest assured, Lord Mihailo." The dark-haired wizard said lightly: "But our agreement is limited to the Mihailo family and their relatives. This is my promise to Pauli. Sri Lankan. "
The dwarf Mihailo's eyes moved, and his expression was obviously different from the previous one.
"So if you and your relatives are just a few hundred people, I can ensure your safety; I can even draw a mountain in Bayern as your autonomous territory, but ... the entire Silver Helmet Mountain is tens of thousands Survivor, I ca n’t do it either.

What Loren said was absolutely decisive.
But the dwarf Mihailo saw some hope-he was the head of the administration of Silver Helmet Mountain, and the bureaucratic class in the entire ruling system was the best at understanding this "hint".
As long as there is no refusal, then everything is possible ... It's just a matter of how much it costs.
"Thank you for your commitment, Honorable Duke, but the Mikhail family cannot abandon the survivors of the Silver Helmet and live alone." Mikhail dwarf said in a word:
"So I would like to represent the people of Yunling Mountain in Silver Helmet Mountain and hope to reach a better agreement with you to save all the survivors of Silver Helmet Mountain."
"Never possible!"
The Earl of Fury stood again, interrupting the dwarf Mihailo: "I have already said that the Baine army does not have such sufficient supplies to rescue all the survivors of Silverhelm Mountain."
"What's more, the problem is not just Silver Helmet Mountain and Byrne-the traitor who took the Yunling Kingdom ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Where will the Supreme King of the Yunling Kingdom Cloud Summit be? To what extent did the alliance between the Kingdom and Byrne and even the Empire cause destruction ?! "
"All this can be explained and resolved; and the problem of the survivors of Silverhelm Mountain is imminent!" The dwarf Mihailo also stood up excitedly:
"Dear Lord Duke, I know that this will definitely bring you a lot of trouble, but it will also allow you to win the gratitude and loyalty of the entire Silver Helmet Mountain-the loyalty of the dwarf, only your loyalty!"
"So please tell me incomparably now, at what price, in order to make you agree to save the survivors of Silverhelm Mountain ?!"
The dwarf's impassioned words echoed through the camp tent, throwing to the ground.
Squeezing the corner of his mouth, Loren and Eckert couldn't help glancing at each other.
The dwarf of Silver Helmet, the Boi of Thousand Accounts, the Eastern Legion of Eastern Sakland ...
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