Chapter 26 Crisis
In March 345 of the Gregorian calendar, it was destined that the Nawei people would spend this month in turmoil. www.biquge.info After a thrilling battle in front of the gods, the whole spring festival ended in peace on the surface. However, on the third day after the holiday, the fuse was lit by the fate-changing medicine of Navi - Serre of Mebles was caught by Romedal while trading grain with the "Iberian Merchant Group", and a large amount of furs and other belongings lost after the attack on Otto's convoy last year were seized on the spot. Of course, the matter was brought to the National Assembly without hesitation, and Jayne attended the convention as a witness, although he was cut in the thigh by the men who tried to kill him in the previous confusion.
If it is simply revenge, then the actions of these people can be morally forgiven by the Navi people. But judging from the evidence, this time it is obvious that there is a motive to take advantage of the fire to rob, so it is very despised. At the conference, the prosecution and defense argued very fiercely, because it was Lisedar on Romerdal's side who came out to argue, coupled with Jayne's successful performance. In the end, both the elders and the audience unanimously found the defendant guilty.
According to Navi tradition, the convicted Serre could also fight Romerdal in a hand-to-hand duel, and if he could win, he would be exiled; If he fails, then only dishonorable death awaits him. According to the religious view of the Navi people, the death of dishonorable means that they will become wandering spirits after death, and no god's palace will take them in.
The duel turned out as expected, and Serge lost. Romerdal asked Serre to confess his accomplices and gave him three days to consider that if he agreed to cooperate, he could simply be exiled. However, then Romerdal will regret it.
On the night of his trial, Searle sat dejectedly in a makeshift cell made of a cave. He was regretting why he had listened to Ruhl's arrangement that day to pick up the grain and grass, and whether he had considered offering Ruhl and Simone to save his life.
Just as he was thinking about these gains and losses with his inflexible head, he suddenly heard a slight movement in the doorway. Both of the guards guarding him were knocked unconscious. He got up and leaned over to the fence and saw his brother and sister.
"Great, Ruhl, you're here to save me!"
"Shhhh Ruhl slammed the lock open.
"Alright, come out quickly, we have a horse for you, you must leave Navi as soon as possible, and never come back." Simone said impatiently, if it weren't for her own safety, she wouldn't want to save Serre at all.
"This damn place." Serge, who had just come out, raised his foot and was about to kick the cell door.
"You idiot, do you want people to know that someone came to save you?" Ruhl grabbed him.
"Let's go, put this on." Simone handed him a large linen cloak.
Shortly after the trio left, Romaidal and Gronchard went to check on their cells. Because Searle was handed over to the National Assembly for trial, the right detention was also assigned by the elders. Romedalal was uncomfortable with that level of care, but he couldn't interfere with the arrangements made at the convention, so he asked Gronchard and others to check on it from time to time.
Who knows, what he feared did happen. Romerdal called the guards up and told them to immediately inform the elders and his own people and organize men to chase the fugitives. On the one hand, he and Gronshire went to catch up first.
In the night, Simone and the others had already left the camp for some time, and they were about to cross the mountain and leave the Vol Valley. They looked back and saw the fire in the camp down the hill that was constantly concentrating towards the central square, knowing that the matter had been discovered.
"We have to hurry, or we'll lose the point of saving Searle." Simone said.
Just when the three of them were in a hurry, an unexpected factor appeared, and a torch appeared in front of them. The three of them panicked and wanted to find a place to hide, but found that there was nowhere to hide, and suddenly the three of them lost their minds. In the midst of the scramble, the man with the torch had already spotted them.
"Who?" The visitor asked.
Seeing that no one had answered him, the visitor took a few steps forward. And Simone actually knew the identity of the person who cameβthe old voice she still remembered, it was Grunholm, Gronchar's old father. Simone was stunned, she always looked nervous in front of people who had a relationship with Gronchar.
Ruhl nudged her, and Simone reacted stiffly, "It's me." β
"It's Simone." The old man recognized her voice, too, and quickened his pace to approach them, he still had a good impression of Tovding's daughter, "Who is next to you?" I can't look at it now. β
"Searle, do it!" Ruhl whispered to his brother.
Searle understood, and lifted his cloak and put it on the old man's head. Taking advantage of the old man's lack of reaction, Ruhl picked up a large rock from the side of the road and threw it at the old man's forehead with all his strength. Grunholm snorted and fell to the ground. Simone didn't react at all, and she actually watched Gronchar's relatives being plotted by her brother.
"Come, Searle, let's find a place to throw this old thing away."
Tovding's two sons put out the torches, lifted the old man's body up, and walked away, but in the darkness they did not notice something that had rolled from the old man's arms. Simone followed in a daze.
Coming to the edge of a cliff, the two put down the old man.
"Searle, be on the safe side, give him another ride." Ruhl commanded.
Searle was not ambiguous, stretched out his thick hands, and pinched the old man's neck for a few more minutes. He didn't stop until he saw that the old man was no longer snorting.
"Alright, let's drop him down and keep going, where the hell is the horse?" Searle got up and clapped his hands.
"I'm sorry, brother, there are no horses at all." Ruhl fumbled for something behind his back.
"What do you say? Now is not the time to joke with me. β
"I'm not kidding." Ruhl said as he lunged at the other man, and Serre glared at his brother in surprise, screaming in pain as Ruhl's hand stirred. The two held this position for a few seconds, and when Serge reached out to Ruhl again, the other man only gave him a gentle push, and he fell like a broken wall.
Ruhl wiped the blood from his hands, pulled the extinguished torch from Grunholm's hand, tossed it aside, and shoved the sharp knife in his hand into the old man's hand. Then, he just lifted his leg slightly, and the two corpses rolled off the cliff with a sound of "all the falling".
Ruhl turned around, Simone didn't seem to have recovered from the shock just now, and he walked silently towards his sister. As soon as Simone looked up, she recovered from her stupor, almost instantaneously, and alertly pulled out her tomahawk and pointed it at Ruhl.
"Ah, ah, don't be nervous, my dear little sister."
"Why did you kill them, didn't you say that you would let Serge escape and never come back?"
"If Searle lives one more day, we will always be in danger, so it is better to send him on his way early." Ruhr replied so lightly, "As for the old fellow, that's all he has to blame for his own bad luck." Don't worry, little sister, I won't say it, you won't say it. Who would know we did it? Even if they find it, they will think that it is an old hero who fought bravely and fell off a cliff and died. We'll be fine. β
"We? I didn't do it. Simone diligently denied it.
"If someone finds out, who will believe you didn't do it? Besides, if you watch me work, but you don't stop me, you can be considered an accomplice according to the laws of those so-called civilized people. I'm kind of a knowledgeable person. β
"No, no, it's not like that." Simone was trembling, it wasn't the first time she'd witnessed a killing, and she herself had a lot of blood on her hands. But those are what she thinks she should do, what she must do to avenge her father. And the incident in front of her not only violently impacted her morality, but also completely and ruthlessly stifled her insignificant, the only hope of masturbation.
"Don't be afraid, little sister," Ruhl comforted him with a smug assurance, thinking that she was afraid that he would also poison her, "if I hurt you, it will only cause me more trouble, don't worry, we will be in the same boat from now on." β
The last sentence seemed to pronounce Simone's death sentence, causing her to fall to her knees and sobbed softly.
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March 31, 345 Continental Gregorian Calendar, Mastar, Regina.
"Your Majesty, although it is already spring, you should still be careful of the wind and cold in such a situation. Please go back first, even in the April evening breeze is still very cold. Atalanta said as she draped the empress on her cashmere.
"I know, let me stay a little longer, wait for him to come back." Sigrani shook her close friend's hand.
"Your Majesty, let's go back, you have to think more about your baby." Cosette also advised.
Sigrani gently stroked her already bulging abdomen, in which the little life had almost completely grown into a world that could come to this world at any moment. Sigrani hesitated, straightened her shawl, and turned to leave the balcony of the palace.
"If you have any news, let me know immediately."
"Yes, I see, let Cosette help you back."
Just as the Empress of Mastar decided to give up the wait, the sound of the trumpet she had been expecting came from the distant gates - the Central Army had arrived in Regina.
"Atalanta." The Empress called out the name of her guard.
The long-standing understanding of the master and servant allowed the master and servant to use their words very sparingly, but Atalanta hesitated to reply, "But, Your Majesty, it is late today. β
"I know, but neither Leon nor I can wait, nor will the Heinels have the time to wait."
"I see, honorable." Atalanta owes a debt and goes first.
Leon and Hayszema were at the front of the line, and like the soldiers behind them, they were quite tired. The Central Army was rightfully pursued by the other side in its retreat, but in general the Marquis of Rossi did not have enough troops to stop the retreat of the Central Army. Most of his army was not yet in shape and was inexperienced. The several ambushes planned by Leon and Hayes also made him worried.
On 29 March, the 1st Central Army succeeded in luring the enemy's vanguard to the low-lying terrain and then inflicted a four-digit loss on the opponent by destroying part of the embankment of the Mose River. However, since Mastar was still in a dry period, the experienced Count Ancelotti was able to overcome the difficulties caused by the breach of the embankment in the shortest possible time. Of course, this was enough for the Central Army, at least the opponent would not have a chance to catch up until they reached Regina. On the other hand, Count Ancelotti also knew that the other party's donkey skills were poor. At the beginning of spring, if Sigrani wished to completely ruin her reputation, she could have done so a few more times.
Sigrani, supported by Cosette, slowly sat down on the throne in the center of the hall of the Regina's palace. Pregnant women in her period must be very careful in all their actions, and any negligence will cause unimaginable consequences.
At the other end of the hall, the ornately decorated door creaked open, and Atalanta ushered the two generals who had returned from Starry Night into the hall. Neither Leon nor Hayes had time to change their armor, so they shuffled into Higrani's sight with heavy steps.
"Now is an extraordinary time, so you don't need to be polite." Sigrani stopped the other party's attempt to exercise the courtesy of a monarch, "I'm not talking nonsense, what do you two think about the current situation. β
"Your Majesty, our situation is quite bad," Hayes saw that His Royal Highness the Grand Duke in front of him had no intention of speaking, so he preemptively said, "We need reinforcements, substantial reinforcements. If, in the next half month, we don't get a full corps to support us, I think it will be very difficult for us to hold Regina. β
"I know that, please continue." Sigrani struggled to stand up, and she noticed that Leon's beautiful blue eyes were staring at her bulging lower abdomen, which made her feel uncomfortable, so she used the previous movements to relieve the pressure she was feeling.
"We cannot extend the supply line of the other side and increase their supply pressure by continuing to retreat, this method does not seem to be able to achieve good results at present, the other side's advance route must continue north along the Morse River, because it is a water transport, so the difficulties caused to them by the extension of the supply line are almost insignificant. And in the short term, I don't think it is possible to have a more valuable target than Shurasa to attract the main force of the other side to fight away from the river. Hayes analyzed calmly, for he could already clearly feel the uneasiness emanating from Leon's body.
"I also know this, it is true that we can't go back anymore, there is no point in doing so."
"So we need reinforcements, real reinforcements, and so far we can't think of a better way to defuse the crisis in front of us than this. While Lord Redknapp can mobilize his Templars, it will take him some time to assemble his forces, and the Templars' strength is a drop in the bucket for the current situation. β
"It's true that the current state of affairs isn't very good in an orthodox way, so we'll need a lot of cunning......" Higrani replied, but Leon interrupted her.
"Your Majesty," Leon was visibly in a very unstable mood, "with all due respect, we don't have anyone here who can offer you a plan to surprise you with. β
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean it very clearly, why are we in such a bad situation? Who orchestrated all of this before? If I'm not mistaken, I'll give you the characters who had all the plans out there, and are now watching our jokes somewhere. I repeat, I mean it very clearly, we were fooled from the beginning. And we are in such an unbearable situation only because you believe the sweet words of a fellow......"
"His Highness Leon Field!" Sigrani stood up with a "scench", not paying any attention to her body, "Although you are my husband, it is now at the military meeting of the Imperial Palace, please pay attention to your words. β
"Hmph~" Leon sneered, "In the current situation, it is impossible for a stupid person like me to give you any brilliant strategies, so you'd better go to that person for help." Maybe he can give some good advice based on your past feelings and your current posture. β
"Rong Chen is rude." Leon shook his hand and turned to leave, and Hayes and Atalanta made eye contact before immediately following.
"Damn it!" Sigrani looked at her husband's back and suddenly felt a pain in her lower abdomen, which made her cry out. Of course, Leon, who had already walked away, did not hear it, and the close friends of the two empresses who were still at the scene immediately panicked.
"Cosette, help Your Majesty lie down, I'll go find the Imperial Doctor!"
On the other side, Hayes caught up with Leon at the gate of the palace.
"Your Highness Field," Hayes pulled him and took a breath, "Your Highness, with all due respect, your words and deeds just now are really not what a knight, a nobleman, or a man should do. If you are not Your Majesty's husband, as Your Majesty's knight I should propose a duel to you! β
"You're right, you're absolutely right." Leon cupped his forehead and began to reflect, "Lord Hayes, you are a man of integrity, and you are completely right about me. What the hell is wrong with me? I love her so much, but why did I do something to hurt her at this juncture, I was so dizzy? The devil must have controlled me just now. β
"No, it's not the devil," Leon continued, holding Hayes on the shoulder, "it's jealousy, it's inferiority. Watching her bother with these damn questions, I can't do what that man did to plan everything for her and protect her carefreeness. Lord Hayes, please help me. Really, please lend me your strength, and with the power of you and me, you and I will definitely be able to do things better, won't you? β
"Your Highness, I understand your feelings. Men also have a weak side. You're no worse than anyone else, you're a standout character. Please forget what I said before, Marquis Rossi's motley army will not be our opponent. Hayes heard the other man's confession and appropriately changed his position.
Just as the two men came to an understanding, they saw a panicked Atalanta at the same time.
"Your Royal Highness, please go and ask the imperial doctor, Your Majesty seems to have something wrong!" Atalanta shouted at them.
"What!?"
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