Sir Bair opened his mask, held the reins and slowed his horse, and he turned his head to look behind him. I saw that the long procession was marching forward neatly and slowly, the heavy snow layer in the forest hindered the speed of the army's advance, the infantry trudged through the snow dozens of centimeters thick, and even the tall and sturdy war horses were snorting from time to time, shaking their heads and moving slowly. Not to mention the carriages carrying the transport of supplies in the rear, if it had not been for the advancing troops to clear a road for them, I am afraid that these carriages would have been completely buried in the snow and would not be able to move an inch.

"Old man, is there any problem?"

Seeing the old knight's movements, a young knight next to him rode over, and hearing his inquiry, the old knight turned his head and glared at the other party coldly, and felt the old knight's gaze, the young knight shrank his neck, and then quickly changed his name.

"My lord, is there any problem?"

"It's nothing, I just think the march is a little slow, and now that the weather is nice, we should take the opportunity to pick up the pace."

Sir Bair shook his head and sighed. Then he raised his head and looked at the sky, blessed by the Holy Spirit, the weather was still relatively clear, the sky was cloudless, and there was no sign that it was about to snow. This is probably the only good news in recent days.

"No problem, old man, we have enough time to get to our destination, as long as the guys in front of us work hard enough, it won't be a problem."

Unlike the stern-faced Sir Byer, the young knight beside him shook his head and looked leisurely, with short light chestnut hair, and a slight resemblance to old Byer, and he was seen to be so laid-back. Sir Bair could only shake his head inwardly. His little son is good at everything, but the character of this hanger is really not good, old Bayer once sent this little guy to the army, and wanted to hone this unsuccessful guy, but he tossed for a long time, and the seriousness and discipline of the soldier were not learned. On the contrary, he learned the cunning of those veteran oilmen ten out of ten, which made Sir Bair really a headache, although this kid has also made a lot of achievements in the northern snowfield, but the old knight still stubbornly thinks that it is just this kid's luck. This time to lead the army to the fortress of the Land of Atonement to help defend against the invasion of the undead is a big deal, after receiving the order from above, Sir Baier began to prepare, if he could, he was not willing to take this headache brat with him, but unfortunately the other party learned that his fiancée Selina was also going to travel with him as a military mage, and he didn't know what was wrong with Lu Dao, and he wanted to come together. Old Sir Byr, who couldn't stand his pestering, could only nod his head and agree to let the troublemaker go with him. But this kid is also honest along the way, although his mouth is still not big or small as always, but he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary.

"We have a lot of responsibility on this trip, you need to restrain your faults and don't mess things up! Frederick. ”

Sir Bair pulled down his mask again to cover his face, and then said in a sullen voice. Hearing Sir Bair's words, Frederick turned away and grimaced to himself. Then he turned and leaned to the other side.

"That's right. Serena, what is the fortress of the Land of Atonement that we are going to, do you know the way? It shouldn't be a piece of dirt above the wilderness, the Holy Soul is above, if that's the case, it will be fatal. ”

"As a nobleman, you should pay attention to your conversation. Frederick. ”

The girl sitting on a white war horse and wrapped in a thick plush fur coat raised her head, looked at the cynical smile of her fiancé, sighed helplessly and shook her head.

"The Land of Atonement, though remote, is not a wild place. I have heard the merchants who did business there talk about a mighty, majestic, tall fortress. Although most of the rumors are exaggerated, I think that since the other party can withstand the surprise attack of the undead, then it is probably true. ”

"It's funny............ By the way, I heard that the famous 'Mercenary Lord' is there, Serena, you once participated in the Dragon Soul Sacred Scripture as a member of the Legate, you must have met that lord, how about it? Did he really look like a beautiful woman as those people said he would? ”

"You should really keep your mouth in check, Frederick."

Hearing this, Serena gave him an angry look.

"That lord is not a man of easy talk, I advise you not to make fun of his face, otherwise if something goes wrong, even your father will not be able to protect you."

"I know the way, I know the way, I just want to liven up the atmosphere."

Touching a nail that was neither hard nor soft at his fiancée's place, Frederick spread his hands very innocently and pouted.

"Alright, no kidding, Serena, what kind of person is that lord?"

Speaking of this, Frederick quietly glanced to the side, and soon saw his old man's war horse quietly approaching this side, it was obvious that this old man was also very interested in the young lord, but then again, who would be indifferent to this legendary 'mercenary lord' in the entire territory of Moon now? Not to mention the other party's performance at the Midsummer Festival, just by participating in the Dragon Soul Sacred Canon later, directly crippling the Demon Guide Knights under the Council of Light and relying on his own strength to block the surprise attack of the undead army, it was enough to make Rhodes famous in the entire Principality of Moon. Especially the latter, the raid of the undead legion almost made the entire Duchy of Moon disgraced, and those nobles and legion commanders with heads and faces were almost caught off guard in the face of the sudden attack of the undead army, although no one was prepared for the sudden incident, but after all, it was the territory of Moon that was lost, and this kind of thing was not glorious in anyone's face.

Even the Eastern Yamahara, which has the most experience in dealing with undead creatures, is in a stalemate this time, but they are better than others, the poor old man lord of the Silent Land is completely planted this time, I heard that Archduke Lydia is very dissatisfied with his practice of evacuating his own people first and letting the civilians flee, although the crime is not death, but depriving the nobles of their titles and degrading them to commoners is almost a sure thing.

Only Rod's Fort of the Land of Atonement did not fall. On the contrary, he also repelled the opponent's two attacks, which surprised many people, they didn't expect that a lord who had a territory for less than a year could do so well, and Rod's family history was seen by everyone, whether it was the Land of Atonement or Glen Bell, they were poor and remote places, and there were few people. Rhodes did have some mercenaries in his hands, but the nobles knew that they couldn't rely on mercenaries, otherwise they wouldn't need to raise private soldiers.

But just by relying on such a small number of people, he was able to block the attack of the undead army? That's a powerful enemy that even the Banner of Glory and the Glorious Sword Legion can't stop.

That young lord is so powerful?

Hearing Frederick's inquiry, Serena sighed slightly, and she turned her head away and glanced behind her. Not far away, several carriages and knights in well-made but completely different armor could be seen at their side, several other noble families, as well as representatives of some local legions, all of whom had traveled to the Land of Atonement to help defend and transport supplies, but Serena knew very well what these people were thinking, and they wanted to see for themselves how Rhodes fought the undead and how he repelled them. After all, for now. That's the most important thing.

I hope they don't get into trouble.

Thinking of this, Serena lowered her eyes. Then she looked at her fiancé and thought to herself that she must at least keep this guy under her sights anyway.

"It's the same as the rumors, Frederick, he's a great guy. Even among the younger generation of aristocratic children, there are very few such people. Although the lord was usually expressionless, he was not a taciturn person. Very knowledgeable and very intelligent..............."

Speaking of this, Serena couldn't help but think of what she said when Casablancarrod took them out on a "day trip", some of which they had heard of for a long time, and some of which they had learned for the first time, and had to say. That trip touched Serena deeply.

"But he's not a good talker, he has his own bottom line, and he will never be merciful, so I advise you to have a snack, and don't mess with anyone when you get there, and don't talk to ...............," Serena said, glancing behind her. Mixed with those people, we are here to reinforce on the orders of Her Highness Lydia, don't have any half-hearted thoughts. ”

Serena paused for a moment, then she looked up at Frederick.

"Put away your little bugs."

"I know, I understand, Serena, you're always so worried, don't worry, I know what to do."

Seeing Serena's eyes, Frederick couldn't help but wonder for a moment, and then he snorted and was about to turn away, when a majestic black shadow peeked out of the corner of his eye.

"Our last batch of reinforcements has arrived."

Rhodes stood on the balcony, looking at the mountain peaks in front of him and the black dots on the road that were moving densely, and spoke.

Among the reinforcements that Lydia promised to give to Rhodes before, this was the last group, that is, the troops of the local nobles and legions, but their number was not large, about fifteen hundred in total. A large part of them were crossbowmen, and the rest were knights and swordsmen. Of course, the reason why they came on foot instead of the floating boat was simple——— because they were also on the duty of escorting supplies.

These were written in Lydia's previous letters, and in addition to supplies such as food and weapons, there were also many logisticians such as craftsmen. It can be seen from this staffing that Lydia is obviously very familiar with the situation in Rhodes' fortress, which is not surprising for Rhodes, as a wise monarch, Lydia would really be a faint monarch if she didn't even know the situation in her own country. But Rhodes doesn't care, in fact, he took the initiative to reveal a lot of information about this, and now his identity is a citizen of the Duchy of Moon, it's okay to hide his strength from the enemy, but to hide his strength from the archangel is really to take the wrong medicine. And even if Lydia could pinch and calculate, she couldn't guess that Rhodes had a construction system to help.

"Marfa."

Rhodes leaned over and spoke.

"Go down and restrain those guys and keep them from getting into trouble."

"Yes. My lord, I'll go now. ”

The silent middle-aged swordsman nodded vigorously, then turned to leave. Rhodes turned his head and squinted his eyes again at the troops who were slowly moving along the mountain path. The reason for this order was given was because Rod knew that the composition of these people was very complicated, although it was said that it was reinforcements. However, only more than half of them were originally scheduled reinforcements. The rest are the "helpers" brought by the powerful nobles of various territories and some representatives sent by the legions, among which there are even a few mages and spirit masters. It's not that Rhodes has the intention to investigate, but when he submitted the list of legions, the other party reported his home, which is also a kind of etiquette among the nobles.

As a standard nobleman, Marlene saw through the other party's tricks at a glance, and she also reminded Rhodes that it was because he had performed so well in previous battles that he had already attracted the attention of all parties. Now these nobles and legions sent representatives here. One is to take the opportunity to show his attitude to Lydia, and at the same time, he also has the intention of probing Rod's strength and background, and there is no lack of intention to win over and investigate.

However, Rod is not afraid of what they see, and in fact, the arrival of these people is also deeply in line with his own heart, especially for the "998 Promotion Plan" that he and Qilian considered together, it is a better platform.

"Your Excellency."

At this moment, Marlene's voice rang out.

"They're already in town."

"Let's go."

Hearing this, Rhodes turned around. Looking at the girl standing beside him.

"As the host, it's time to greet the guests."

Subsequently. Rod spoke.

"Wow............!"

Frederick raised his head and looked at the tall city walls and magnificent fortress buildings in front of him, and involuntarily whistled, the rolling mountains merged with the city walls, looking impregnable. Even Serena, who was beside him, had a sparkle in her eyes, looking at all this with surprise and amazement. There was no sign of any fighting on the streets. There was not even the slightest scar on the building, and from time to time heavily armed mercenaries and soldiers could be seen walking around on both sides of the street, casting some curious glances at this army, but there was no scene as Frederick imagined in his heart——— he originally thought that this place was suffering from war and should be in need of reinforcements in the face of the threat of the necromantic army. More than once, the young man even fantasized about being warmly welcomed when he led the soldiers into the fortress. The soldiers who were covered in bruises from fighting the undead watched with tears streaming down their eyes as they and the others arrived, and even the lord who was originally worried greeted him with a smile of relief and gratitude, and enthusiastically brought himself and the others into the fortress...............

Unfortunately, reality and dreams are often opposites.

Instead of seeing the ruins of the walls that had been shattered by the war, Frederick looked so strong that the fortress seemed strong enough to hold on to the end of the world. And there is no scene of war and ruin on the streets, although there are fewer civilians on the road, but it looks prosperous, the smooth and wide streets do not look crowded at all, and you can even see the mountains on the other side from a distance.

"What a great place............... Hey, Serena, look! ”

But the chagrin in our young knight's heart only swirled in his mind and vanished, and then he looked around, and then raised his hand as if he had found something, pointing forward.

"There's also the Mage Tower, this Mage Tower looks so beautiful, Serena, do you know whose tower it is?"

"Drop your fingers, Frederick."

Seeing her fiancé's actions, Serena said with a smile in her eyes, and she hurried to Frederick's side and slapped his hand pointing at the Mage's Tower.

"Disrespect to the Mage Tower is a very serious crime, for a mage, the Mage Tower is a symbol of his reputation and status, and your behavior is as rude as a commoner pointing fingers at the family crest of a nobleman in the eyes of a mage! You don't want to be turned into a frog and fed to the dogs. ”

"Uh..............."

Hearing this, Frederick hurriedly withdrew his hand, and he even took out a handkerchief and wiped it on his fingers a few times, before turning his head and looking at Serena with a wry smile.

"This ......... Of course I don't want to, otherwise we'd get married. If it's not like a fairy tale, why don't you kiss me? ”

"you!"

Hearing this, Serena was angry and amused, and she glared at Frederick viciously, who smiled as if she hadn't taken it to heart at all.

And at this moment, a crisp, beautiful, but cold and bland voice came from the side.

"Excuse me, are you reinforcements from Shaafair?"

Hearing this, Frederick immediately smiled, and then turned his head towards the place where the sound came from.

"That's right, we are.................. Wow!! ”

The young knight was startled at this moment, and he almost instinctively pulled the reins back two steps, and at the same time, the shining sword "swished" out of its sheath, and it can be seen from this flowing movement that this young man is very good. But at this moment, the young knight was surprised, and his expression was as if he had seen a ghost. Even Serena, who was beside him, stretched out her hands to cover her mouth and looked ahead in disbelief. At this time, the surrounding knights had also noticed the abnormality, and they hurriedly swords out of their bodies, staring in the direction of the sound in front of them in surprise and confusion.

Agavi stood quietly in front of them like this, the girl's face was as cold as ice that would not melt for thousands of years, and the sea elf steward didn't even look at those sharp swords, but raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him.

"So, can you show me your documents?"

"This ............... This ..............."

"What's wrong? What happened? ”

At this time, Sir Byr, who noticed something unusual in front of him, also walked over from the crowd, and when he saw Agameve in front of him, the old sir was also in shape, and almost didn't fall off the horse.

"You, you're ..............."

"I'm Lord Lord's steward, Agamell."

The sea elf bent down slightly, and at the same time the tentacles at her side unfurled, and saluted the crowd in front of her like a lifted skirt.

"If I may, I'd like to see your documents."

"It's ............ Of course there is no problem. ”

Facing the strange creature in front of him, Sir Bair nodded although he was a little surprised, and soon, the old sir reached into his arms and took out an official document. Agameve stretched out her hand——— and with her movements, everyone saw that the tentacles of the sea elf's right hand suddenly began to stretch out, reaching out to the old knight in front of them. This scene made several knights next to them even nervous, and they all moved closer to the old knight, clenching their swords, and staring at the slowly stretched tentacles in horror.

However, Agapy obviously didn't care about this, and saw the tentacle take the letter from the old knight's hand lightly, and then slowly take it back. Then everyone saw the strange girl in front of them holding the letter with both hands, and the "hair" on both sides of her began to dance, and soon, two "hairs" protruded from Agapy's ear, opened the envelope, and took out the letter. I saw that the sea elf lady narrowed her eyes like this, carefully examined the documents inside, and then nodded, and then, the two "hairs" on the top of her head folded the letter again, stuffed it back into the envelope, and repacked it according to the steps, and then handed it back to the old sir again. The old knight who got the document back was obviously a little absent-minded, and he looked at the letter in front of him over and over again, with a look of surprise and confusion.

"Your Excellency has been waiting for a long time, please come with me, as for these soldiers, someone will take them to the place where they are staying later, thank you for your assistance from afar."

"This, this............ Hehe............ You're welcome..............."

Frederick replied with a dry smile, and then he couldn't help but glance at Selena beside him.

It seems that I came here this time, and I really came to the right place. (To be continued......)