Heavenly Star.

It was still early in the morning, at an outpost on the border of the unicorn territory, a faint white smoke rose from the chimney. The door of the outpost opened, and the two soldiers, without even putting on their armor, yawned and walked out to the sentry post next to the outpost. The sentry post was on a pass, with a stone pile on each side. On the left is a unicorn flag, and on the other side is a shaved tree trunk that acts as an obstacle.

The pass through guò leads to the hinterland of the unicorn territory. However, this position is remote, and it is the most leisurely of many outposts, and there are occasional caravans passing by throughout the year, and the soldiers live a boring life of eating and sleeping and eating on weekdays.

Today is no exception.

A yawning soldier walked to the side of the road, unbuttoned his pants sleepily, and on the grass. As soon as the solution was finished, a gust of mountain wind blew from the front of the pass, and there was a rhythmic sound in the wind. The soldier thought he had misheard, plucked out his ears and walked back to the road post.

Another companion on the hill was holding the fire. The gun sat by the rocks, still napping. The soldier cursed and whispered to himself, and it was a kick in the past: "Stinky boy, be careful to let Captain Duner see it." We'll both have to be punished then, so don't you bother me, bastard! ”

"Don't worry, the captain is still sleeping. If the sun doesn't get to his ass, will he get up? ”

"But don't forget that Jì Hughes kid likes to snitch the most, and if he sees it, it's different from what the captain saw with his own eyes."

The soldier sitting on the ground patted his ass and stood up and scolded: "I have seen that kid unpleasant for a long time, and I have to find a chance to fix him." ”

"Come on, we're going to have to stay in this place where the birds don't for half a year before it's time for the handover. After going back, Lao Tzu has to sleep on the woman's belly every day. ”

"Just you? I'm afraid I'll die if I come here a few times. ”

"You're looking for death, that's what I'm talking about."

The two soldiers grinned and squeezed each other, and one of them looked intently ahead of the pass, and the smile on his face gradually froze: "Look, what is that?" ”

The companion next to him looked at it, and the morning fog had not dissipated, and it was a haze that could not be seen really. It's just that in the fog, I don't know when an irregular shadow appeared. As the sun gradually rose, the morning fog gradually receded, and suddenly a tall horse emerged from the fog. The circulating mist, reluctantly swept over the dark red tones of the war horse, and the style was calm. and the hideous heavy armor that was also dark red, with spikes emerging in many places.

The knight wrapped in heavy armor had a pair of sharp eyes, stabbing into the eyes of the two soldiers on the road like a sword.

My heart suddenly skipped a beat.

It was only when they saw more and more knights burrowing through the morning mist that the two soldiers reacted. The man on the left opened his mouth and shouted, "Enemy attack—"

Suddenly, the tail note turned into an abrupt tremble, and it turned out to be a strong arrow driven into his neck. The sharp triangular arrow at the tip of the arrow pierced out from the back of his neck, and the tail feather was still trembling, when there was a "whoosh" in the air.

I watched my colleague slowly kneel down, his head pulled to his chest. The rest of the soldiers ran back screaming, and soon the same powerful arrow took his life. The movement at the road post finally alarmed the soldiers in the outpost, and the captain, who had just gotten up from his bed and still had time to pierce his armor, rushed out with a long sword and more than a dozen soldiers. However, when he saw the black oppressive cavalry, the captain who was only level ten couldn't help but feel black in front of him.

The battle soon unfolded, and the battle ended quickly. The whole process took no more than ten minutes, and this outpost was knocked out. The knights, dressed in dark red armor, dismounted, threw the bodies of the dead soldiers into the outpost and set them on fire. More men cleared the barricades, and after the fifty knights were busy for a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded again in front of the pass. Another army of nearly five hundred men was marching along the pass, and in the middle of this army there was a splendid carriage.

The window of the carriage suddenly lifted a head, and the delicate face was full of resentment: "Hey, Unicorn Leader, I'm back again." ”

If Alan were here, he would recognize this as Lance, who had been banished by him in the Unicorn Castle, and was also the nephew of Count Rykede. One of the generals rode up to the cart and said, "Lord Reims, we will be able to reach Lake Porttilly in half a day's journey at most." However, there are too many of us, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hide the news, and the unicorns will soon find out about us. Next, it's mostly an uphill battle. ”

"Tough fight?" Lance screamed exaggeratedly, "Dear General Shiloh, you are the number one general under the Earl's command. It was because of the unicorn's previous disrespect to me that the Count sent you to conquer them, so that I could tell these hillbillies what real armies and warriors were. And now, the Unicorn Leader's army is long gone, and even Barre has been killed. I really can't figure it out, you add our elite blood wolf knights, and hundreds of blue wolf infantry. In the face of an army that has neither strong nor stronger than before, it still has to fight a tough battle? ”

The general known as Shiloh said embarrassedly: "If it's just the opponent of the Unicorn Legion, it's fine. But now, the unicorn leader and the baron are allies. Once they meet a team, they will definitely come to the rescue of each other. I have also studied the war case of the baron, and I have to say that he was a formidable opponent. Whether it is the number of the strong in the army or the su zhì of the army, it is completely not under our blood wolf knights and blue wolf infantry. ”

Lance stretched out his tail finger and plucked his ear: "Anyway, I don't know about the war, I just know that the Count's request is for me to be in charge of the Unicorn Territory." And you, on the other hand, are the guarantee of clearing a qiē obstacle. So what to do, it's up to you, General Shiloh, to decide. ”

After saying that, he got back into the car, and a hot woman in the carriage was sleeping with a quilt in her arms. The long, white legs sticking out of the quilt made Lance swallow. He slipped straight into the quilt, and then a woman's moan sounded in the carriage, and the moans grew louder and louder. Shiloh shook his head and rode away. He looked ahead, the morning light was just right, but in the general's heart, it was far from a bright Cheng dù.

On that day, the Unicorn Territory was invaded by the army of Count Rykerd. The Unicorn Legion and the Count's army confronted each other on the fertile field east of Lake Porttili. The young Viscount Onte quickly sent a letter for help to Castle of Dawn. The call for help was answered in the evening, and Baron Allen's army would be ready to go into battle tomorrow and two days at the latest. Upon receiving this news, Onte was relieved. Although the unicorn army is not as good as before, it is not a problem to hold it for two days.

As night fell, the Castle of Dawn was lit up everywhere. In the city lord's mansion, Edward put down Ant's letter for help and looked at the faces in the study: "What do you think?" ”

After finishing his trip to Ark Harbor, he took Roger back to Castle of Dawn first. Vera and Fr. Miró remained in the Ark Harbor to preach, and the young Count Gilles had become another Christian, but in Fr. Miró's words, the Count had joined Christianity not out of a strong faith, but for another purpose. As for what his purpose was, it was not difficult to guess, and when Edward was leaving, he planned to let Vera go with him.

However, the girl refused, and her reason was to use Gilles's identity to increase the influence of the church and allow the church to quickly take root in the new soil. For their safety, Edward left Willik and ten fire fighters behind. Before the crusaders of the Church arrived at Ark Harbor, they were to protect Vera and Father Priest.

The development of the church in Ark Harbor was quite smooth, and the news that Gilles was going to build a church for them had been reported in the past few days, which made Edward a little relieved. As for Allen's Viscount promotion, it has entered the review process, and the personnel of the Ark Harbor Supervision Institute have been frequently coming and going between the two places recently. Edward received the whole process, and gave these old men a lot of benefits openly and secretly.

I believe that it will not be long before the promotion document will be officially issued, and Alan will be an Imperial Viscount by then.

As for the management and development of the territory, Edward found that the Oriental man named the dragon was indeed unique. As for the origin of the dragon, Alan also briefly mentioned that Edward knew that he was a merchant. Therefore, when it comes to business management, Long seems to be very good at it. Edward simply asked him to work with Roger to speed up the business operations in the realm. At the same time, with the Weapons Workshop in the Far Lands re-entrenched at Castle of Dawn, Edward had to remind them to devote some of their energy to the production and sale of weapons.

It doesn't matter what age or planet. Arms are always linked to huge profits. In particular, Castle of Dawn and Sunset City itself have several mines of equipment raw materials, which solves the problem of raw materials to a large extent, eliminating the cost of middlemen and the time to purchase raw materials.

According to Edward's idea, Castle Dawn has been set aside for a planned expansion, and the expanded part will be an industrial base. A number of functional buildings will be built here, including a weapons factory, a material refinery, and an equipment processing plant. And this industrial base will directly create thousands of jobs for the territory and solve the work problems of a large part of the territory.

Now that this area has entered the infrastructure construction stage, it is believed that after Allen's return, this base will be able to start being put into use. But at this time, Edward received a request for help from the Unicorn Leader. Edward paid enough attention to this request for help, which was ostensibly an ally but was actually a vassal, and quickly sent back a message to send troops. But before that, he wanted to hear what everyone in the study had to say. After all, he was a newcomer, and he didn't know enough about the territory, his allies, and his enemies. In addition, listening to the voices of his subordinates is also a virtue that a manager should have.

Sir Olu, the owner of Dawning Castle, muttered, "I think this is a tentative move by the Earl of Rychard. He wants to know how determined we are to defend the Unicorn Territory, and if we respond, he can use this operation to find out the strength of our army. ”