The mist parted the sea, revealing a protruding promontory ahead, and a ray of light shone through the mist onto the side of the Bisca. The sailors on deck recognized this as the navigation light, and hurriedly hoisted the sails, and the first mate issued a trumpet to let the helmsman turn the rudder, and at the same time waited for the pilot ship to come closer, and the captain Dai Lin stood behind the third mast with a pipe in his mouth and a wet trench coat, squinted his eyes, and turned his head to a sailor beside him, who hurriedly ran down the deck and went straight to the third cabin.

Ahead is the Greywind Harbor.

When Viscount Bernie got the news, he immediately informed Barbhan and Boimer, in fact, the two had already judged this information from the sailors running down the aisle, and at this moment the fist-sized rat was scurrying about the aisle of the cabin, but no one had the leisure to pay attention to these annoying uninvited guests on the voyage, several hatches were opened, and the wind and waves brought in from the deck poured down the stairs like a waterfall, and the smell of the sea came to the nostrils, and there was chaos under the cabin.

Viscount Bernie led Barban and Boimer against the sailors who rushed out, and all three of them did not say a word, their faces calm, as if they were carved out of a mold. The three of them walked all the way to the wooden door at the bottom of the cabin, which was locked by chains, Viscount Bernie turned around, exchanged glances with his two Imperial colleagues, took out the key from his coat, the key on the iron ring rattled, he grabbed the lock and clicked open, the chain lost its restraint and fell into the water in the aisle like a dead snake, but the three of them didn't even look at it, and pushed the door open.

Behind the door was an unused warehouse, with empty barrels and crates piled up on the outside, but at the very back was a single piece of golden crystal covered by a curtain. Viscount Bernie looked at the black curtain whose corners had been submerged in water. He asked, "Are you all ready?" Barbān and Boimer nodded in unison.

The fleet had to cross the Long Horn Strait and enter the Silver Bay of the Earth Temple, and although the Earth Temple's naval strength was almost negligible in front of the Empire, Viscount Bernie did not dare to take this risk, and chose the safer land route - landing from Greywind Harbor and crossing the Blackblade Barrier back to the territory of the Empire - the journey took about a week, and it would take another month to reach Rusturt after returning to the Empire. But it's much less risky than taking at sea. Thinking of this, Viscount Bernie can't help but sigh at the bad impact of the war on Ampesel, otherwise the Cecile family's mistakes, how could the empire completely lose its control over the southern border of Eruin. At the moment in front of him was the last checkpoint of the Eruin royal family in the north, the home port of the First Royal Fleet, Graywind Harbor, the harbor officer had been bought, but how to transport such a large piece of crystal off the ship without attracting attention was a troublesome problem.

It would be better to smash the crystal to get the man and the gun inside, but he tried it with his sword the other day. The magic sword was bounced off before it could touch the crystal surface and then broken into three, and his silver-level longsword cost thousands of Cruz gold coins to buy from a small nobleman, and he also used some means, but before it could come in handy, he had already died before he could be used. He didn't have time to feel heartache, although the hardness of the crystal was beyond his expectations, but he still had hope, and Boimer had already sued him. Babaan carries his family's heirloom Silver Dragon's Throat, a fantasy-level weapon that might be able to break through the surface of the crystal. He approached Babane, who was hesitant at first, apparently worried about hurting the woman inside, but Viscount Bernie scoffed at this, saying that if they could succeed in the mission, they would return to the Empire. Status with women, what not? I just want to be fascinated by a mountain woman.

Fortunately, that Babaan didn't look too rigid, and after some persuasion, he finally nodded in agreement. At this time, he looked back at the other man, and Babaan did not hesitate, since he took out the silver hand crossbow and began to fire. Then he held up the crystal that covered the curtain, and Viscount Bernie nodded with some appreciation, thinking to himself that this was a man of success, without any delay, and that Boimer was much worse than him, too timid. Thinking of this, he set his eyes on the latter, at this time, Bo Yimo seemed to wake up from a dream, and hurriedly walked up to lift the curtain, Viscount Bernie couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene, this guy is equivalent to putting himself in the weakest position of the three, and he will definitely not be the first credit in the future, in fact, he and Ba Ba N should have the same chance, this is the character determines fate.

Babaan raised his crossbow and pulled the trigger with a bang, and a silver light shot at the crystal smooth surface, and before everyone had time to react, the silver streamer suddenly reversed at a speed of a thousand times, piercing Baban's right arm holding the crossbow, shattering the bone of his right hand, and then the silver light burrowed into Baban's chest like a swimming fish, pierced through his back, and nailed to the wooden plank behind the cabin with a 'board', and the blood-stained tail feathers were still buzzing and shaking.

Babaan opened his mouth in amazement, his light blue eyes showing a light of despair and unwillingness, he stared at the girl who was sleeping like a princess in the crystal, and then kept this expression and fell on his back like a piece of wood, and fell into the water with a splash, and the water in the cabin was fainted with layers of light red colors. This qiē happened so suddenly that Boimer was almost stunned, and Viscount Bernie's face was gloomy, and he looked up at the crystal, which could not be found to be a single blemish. "What are you doing in a daze, get Ser Barbhan out!" He gritted his teeth and reprimanded. "Where, where?" Boimer's face was pale, and he wanted to say - Ba Baan was clearly dead!

Viscount Bernie looked at him hatefully, and said in a deep voice: "Sir Barbane was martyred, do you want his body to be soaked in water like this?" ”

Boimer suddenly grabbed Babaan by the shoulders and dragged him out of the water and into the cabin. "Don't, stop!" Viscount Bernie saw that Boimo wanted to take Baban's body back to the lower class, and stopped him, he almost wanted to stab the fool to death with a sword: "Don't take him back, take his body to the first class, are you a stupid pig?" At this moment a sailor passed by the body of Babaan and Beyemer, and he glanced at the two men with some strange looks. Then he came to Viscount Bernie's side and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency, the port has sent someone to tell us to anchor outside the chain of land, ready to be inspected. ”

"Tell them, this is the envoy fleet of the Cruz Empire, and it is not subject to inspection by other countries. And let them prepare a doctor or a priest and say that we have lost our lives against pirates, we need to arrange a decent funeral and not embalm him, we can't leave the warriors of the empire in a foreign land, go, answer them like that. Viscount Bernie replied lightly.

The sailor was slightly stunned: "Against pirates? However, he glanced at Boimer and Baban, and suddenly suddenly, nodded quickly, and ran out.

"Wait." Viscount Bernie stopped the sailor at the top of the staircase: "Go and prepare a box." ”

"Chest, Viscount, how big do you want it?" The sailor, standing barefoot in the rushing water on the stairs, turned around and asked. "Big, a box for horses." "There is no such box on the ship, Your Excellency the Viscount, you can only find the port side to prepare." "Then tell them that we have captured a gift for Her Majesty the Empress, and ask them to help prepare it." "Is that okay? Your Excellency the Viscount? "That's it, go ahead." Viscount Bernie nodded. It wasn't until the sailor ran up to the deck that he looked back at the huge crystal one last time, and a thought flashed through his heart:

"Is it only an artifact that can get this thing open?"

……

It had been two days since Flofa said goodbye, during which time Princess Magdal had woken up once, and Brando had waited in New Valhalla for the arrival of the young men of the Knights of the Folded Sword and the eldest son of the Cruz Emperor, but it seemed that Veronica had a lot to explain. She and Mangrove have yet to leave Gris Harbor. Packets of information from north to south piled up on his desk in the hall of the Trees in Valhalla, most of which were on the surface, and Brando read a few of them, which were nothing more than the movements of the northern nobles, and several of them mentioned that Count Jean Denel had completed his mobilization. An army was seen heading from the Makitan region to the south, where a long-prepared war was imminent.

As the combined forces of Lantonillan and Vieiro were heading south, the direction of the march was still under wraps, and Brando looked up at the map of Eruin hanging on the wall, and his eyes swept over the area of the Malloville area, judging by the time, this army should have entered this area. And let Denel and the Blood Staff still know nothing about their future and fate, and don't understand what is waiting for them, and now this war is only waiting for an opportunity, and this opportunity is the time when Tonigel's army will be launched, but Brando is also waiting for a time node to come, before this time node, he will definitely not act rashly.

Other sources mentioned changes to the undead in the direction of Butcher, which was expected by Brando, and even sent less information than he knew. Toniger's intelligence system is built on the first batch of adventurers of Natonigal plus a group of people from the Red Bronze Dragon Mercenary Regiment, these people have been screened after several foreign wars with Toniger, most of the remaining elites are loyal and reliable to him, but their ability is still slightly weaker, among which Ampesel is the most outstanding, and the north is slightly inferior, and as for the news of Madara and Cruz, it is purely just chasing the wind.

But Eruin's civil war is no longer the most difficult enemy in his footsteps, on the contrary, the shadow of the undead in the south is stronger day by day, that is the enemy of Eruin's life and death, and the northern Cruz Empire is also on the rise, Brando began to feel more and more weak in his intelligence network. First of all, it is still talent, both to ensure loyalty and reliability, but also to be outstanding, Antitina, Charles, Freya and even Roman are not talents in this area, but Brando suddenly thought of a person - Sue, her appearance in Ampesel is impressive, calm and composed, with an unusually clear mind, and not easily swayed by emotions, such a person is simply a natural intelligence talent, although Brando himself has no talent in this area, but it does not prevent him from discovering talents.

"Maybe we should find a time to get her from Charles." While thinking in his heart, he put the text he had read at the bottom page by page, and after reading more than ten pages, his brows furrowed again.

There was still no news of Akane that day.

It was as if the mountain girl had really disappeared from this world, and had not been heard from since the last sight of her in the Spiral Hall that day, not even in the civilized areas around the Dead Frost Forest. Brando suddenly felt a little upset and irritable. He put down the information heavily, it had been half a month, and he could have comforted himself a few days ago that there could be nothing wrong with Akane, but now such excuses are becoming more and more pale and weak, and sometimes Brando even wonders, is Akane already deciding to leave him? Or did she temporarily lose her memory because the concussions were too intense in the Big Bang? These ideas are not only bloody. And there's no way to explain the fact that no one has ever seen Akane since then.

Could it be that Milos's myth is really deceiving them? But it doesn't seem necessary for a deity.

He got up from his seat, then sat down again, his fingers tapping and pounding on the table, and for a moment he almost wanted to go back to the Dead Frost Forest himself, but he knew it was futile. He had a vague hunch that Akane might not be in the Dead Frost Forest anymore, and that she might have left earlier, but as for why no one had seen her, Brando was still a little puzzled.

He could only entrust Lantony to help him increase the scope of his search day by day. In fact, Archduke Canonon was already a little puzzled as to why he was so attached to a maid, but Brando didn't care.

At this time, someone finally pushed the door open, Brando raised his head, and saw that it was Kou Hua in a long white dress who pushed open the huge door in the hall and walked in, with long snow-white hair and light silver eyes, the younger of the two sisters, the kind Kou Hua. Behind her was her impatient sister. Dark Kou Hua glanced at him with blood-red eyes, his eyes full of provocation. In fact, Brando had no doubt that if she had the chance, she would have pounced on him directly and bitten him with her sharp canine teeth, and the hatred was undisguised. His gaze crossed over the sisters and finally landed on Nimesis - Senpai, no. Miss Knight had been able to go down the ground a few days ago, and now helping him do what he could in Valhalla was also considered rehabilitation, and her injuries healed quickly, making Brando suspect that this lady also seemed to have some special abilities.

Nimesis also glanced at him, and the meaning in her indifferent eyes was: I called someone for you.

Brando nodded at her. As a token of appreciation.

Then he looked at Sister Kohua.

"Lord Earl, we meet again today." The kind-hearted Kou Hua replied with a smile, this quiet girl is always so polite.

Her sister ended the greeting with a soft snort.

Brando didn't mind. He asked the Kouhua sisters to come today, to determine their relationship with Valhalla, and his territory, in the final battle of the Hibernator Temple, the dark Kohua finally abandoned the godhead of Milos and chose to preserve his soul mark, and did not choose to die with the body and divine fire of the giant god, her current state should be a product between the Heroic Spirit and some kind of law existence, but this state is not unacceptable to her, Because this is one of the ways in which the twilight species is manifested in this world.

But the problem is that in one way or the other way the Dark and Good Kouhua survive, they have in fact changed the history that Brando knows it to be. Isis's eldest daughter survived, so whether her other daughters would end up like in history, and whether her own ending would be the same as in the game, it was hard to say, Brando vaguely felt that he had touched another line in the world of Vaulnd, and the change in the fate of the history of the Cruz Empire was the beginning, so even though the trip to the Dead Frost Forest had come to an end, he still couldn't decide what to do with the sisters.

When he saw the twin sisters, he put the boredom in his heart behind for a while, and asked, "Miss Kou Hua, are you still used to living in the territory below during this time?" ”

"I like that the Earl's territory is peaceful, and that the people live and work in peace and contentment, away from strife. And Valhalla is beautiful, and I am honored to be able to live in this legendary fortress, and I am not dissatisfied. The kind-hearted Kou Hua smiled slightly and replied sincerely. Dark Kou Hua glanced at her sister, disappointed in this sister or rather her own weak nature, she pouted and said, "Hmph, anyway, I said that you are very unhappy and you won't let me go, hypocrisy, nasty." ”

"That's right, Miss Kouhua, do you remember what I said to you, that I won't kill you, that in itself it is a very risky thing, and you should understand that you are part of the twilight, and that your existence is itself a hostility to the civilized world. But you're kind-hearted, and I don't want to kill innocent people because of a possibility, that's not in line with my philosophy, but out of a responsible attitude, I hope you don't stay out of my protection, okay? Brando asked.

The kind-hearted Kou Hua nodded, "I can fully understand, Lord Earl. ”

Brando looked at this young girl whose mind was as pure as a pool of clear water, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, thinking that this was really the eldest daughter of the legendary Isis, such purity and kindness could already make most of the human race ashamed of themselves, even himself, and he couldn't help but check his own suspicions. However, this matter is very important, and Brando naturally will not change his mind because of a momentary emotion, he calmed down and looked at the dark Kou Hua on the side.

Dark Kouhua was slightly taller than her sister, Brando thought that this might be a reflection of her strong personality in her soul, she looked at Brando contemptuously with blood-colored eyes: "Is this why Lord Count invited us here, what a superfluous move, my sister and I are now weak girls who are powerless, Lord Earl, you can put us under house arrest here with a single order, not to mention this, even if you want to be beastly at the moment, we can't resist, so there is really no need to ask for our consent here." ”

Brando was almost not by this guy, what is a weak woman who is powerless, the strength of the kind-hearted Kou Hua is recovering day by day after leaving the Hibernation Temple, and now she is close to the peak level of elemental civilization, and she herself has suffered heavy losses due to stealing Milos's godhead, I am afraid that she will not be able to recover her vitality in a short time, this is purely self-inflicted, but now it seems that this eldest lady has put all the blame on him. He couldn't help but squint his eyes and glanced at the latter, and replied lightly: "I'm afraid you are a little mistaken, what you said just now was said to your sister, as for you, Miss Kou Hua, as a war criminal and prisoner, it is naturally impossible to enjoy the same high-standard treatment as your sister." ”

Dark Kou Hua frowned slightly, and asked with some concern, "What do you mean?" ”

"You took my things, so naturally you have to help me pay off my debts." Brando replied.

Kou Hua's eyes widened, and his beautiful blood-colored eyes stared at him in surprise and inexplicableness: "When did I take your things?" ”

Brando shook his head, looking at this guy and couldn't help but think of what happened in the first place.

…… (To be continued......)