Chapter 77 Hostages(1/2)
In Drodborg, the overall situation has been decided.
Baroness Drod and her eldest son Yadonis, with more than a dozen servants and more than twenty soldiers, drove out of the castle gate in two carriages.
As the only noble in the castle at this moment, Telligan had to escort them for a distance out of courtesy.
Corey watched them walk away gradually and sighed: "After working hard for so many years, Telligan finally got what he wanted and became a knight."
"Yes, even we are going to be Lords." Lerira gently stroked her belly, looked at the convoy walking down the hills, and said with emotion.
The child in his womb has a noble bloodline since he was born, which is more than he had to work hard to eat a full meal. I don’t know how much happiness I want.
"Haha, I really didn't expect that even we would have a day to become nobles." Corey's feelings were no less than Lerira.
When they followed Telligan and stayed at Leicester, they believed that Telligan was loyal and had a bright future. When Telligan could become a knight, the couple would enjoy the cool under the tree.
Unexpectedly, after a while, Telligan finally got his wish and became a knight, and the couple became lords. This surprise was so great - it was naturally better to enjoy the shade under the big tree than to be a big tree.
"When I officially awarded the title, I will build a big house in the territory, have such a large bathroom, and have such a large baby room. In the future, I will hire a etiquette teacher for my children, teach them aristocratic etiquette from an early age, and then hire a swordsman.
Then I will ask little Ander to help, and don’t let Brother Terligan teach you. Brother Terligan’s two-handed moves are not as good as little Ander now.”
Corey opened her mouth wide and described her happy life in the future.
He said, and from time to time he mixed his words with a few laughs.
Just as he said and laughed, his voice became louder and louder.
Lerira leaned gently in her husband's arms, gently stroked her abdomen with one hand, looked at the mountains, forests and farmlands in the distance, and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Yes, after so many years of hard work, not only will I have to have my own children, but I can also become aristocrats with Corey, and I will immediately have my own fiefdom - what a lucky life!
At the corner of the wall ten meters away from the happy couple, Ande, wearing a black cloak, quietly retreated back.
He was originally here to say goodbye, but seeing that the overall situation here has been decided, the character Ye Demon should leave.
However, seeing Uncle Cory and Aunt Larira snuggle together so happily, Ender decided not to bother them for the time being.
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The dust on the main battlefield has settled, but the struggle at the political level has just begun.
If the Leicester family wants to become a viscount family, in addition to having more than three baron territories to meet the territory needs of the viscount, they must also pass the approval of the Kingdom Elders' House.
But in a short period of time, these things have nothing to do with Ender.
The Night Demon played by Ender is a taciturn high-level assassin. Therefore, when he gestures to leave in the evening, everyone, including Telligan, Corey and Lerera, could only watch him leave the castle alone and walk into the night alone.
It’s not that no one wants to keep it, but that the other party ignores it and walks alone.
Here, no one dares to block the Ye Demon's path, even Lerira, who has been with Ye Demon for the longest time, is no exception.
In the night, there are more than one person on the way.
"Belle, do you want to take a break?" Bonter Reil asked the girl beside him with concern.
His huge figure was like an upright demon bear, while the girl beside him was only a little over 1.6 meters. Although he was tall, standing next to Banter Rayle, who was 2.45 meters tall, he was like a child who had not grown up yet.
"No, Brother Bonte, I'm not that fragile." The girl said this, not without confidence. The two-handed swords she carried behind her might not be able to use even adult men.
"That's good. We can't stay here anymore. We must escape into the Ixa Forest before White Fox Surrey fully controls the territory."
Bont Rael was lucky. After Baron Locoway died in battle that day, I wonder if the Storm Knight was also injured. Anyway, he did not continue to chase and kill the defeated soldiers under Locoway, but turned around the castle and did not come out.
The regular soldiers led by Locoway were seriously injured, but most of the thieves from the Brutal Bear Group on both sides of the military formation survived.
Bont Reil gathered the remaining defeated generals, hurriedly retreated from Leicester's territory, and ran towards the Castle of Locoway.
He was going to save the teacher's children, Gerald and Belle, whom he had been called brother since childhood, and he also inherited the bloodline of the surname Rocoway.
However, the remaining thieves of the Beast Bear Group did not think so. Halfway through, the Beast Bear Group, which had already suffered heavy casualties and wounded, split in the middle. Most of the thieves were unwilling to follow the two brothers Bonter Reil and Trik to confront the regular army head-on by Leicester.
After Bonter Rell irritably cut off the first subordinate who proposed "Boss, let's not go to die. Take advantage of the chaos of the army and get a vote." His thieves fled everywhere, and in a blink of an eye, there were not many people left.
Without Baron Locoway as the background, Bonter Reil could not hold these looting subordinates.
In desperation, Bonter Reil had no choice but to support the surviving soldiers with the will of death.
Fortunately, on the way, they happened to meet Gerald and Belle who escaped from the castle. After synthesising the information between the two sides, everyone realized the cruel reality and no longer had the fantasy of regaining the Castle of Rocoway. They decided to escape from here as soon as possible.
As for the path to escape, of course it is impossible to choose the main road. It is a relatively safe solution to pass through the relatively remote Droodian territory and escape from the forest to the Marquis of Ottor.
"Gerald, what are you going to do?" The rest of the people are all loyal to Baron Locoway, who are willing to follow Gerald Locoway to leave his hometown and find another way out in the distance.
Some soldiers were reluctant to leave their families and decided to stay in the territory. Banter originally planned to kill these people, but Belle strongly opposed it, so he had to give up.
"Brother Bonter, now I have only the title of nobles. I plan to go to the south of Pathleme Kingdom to see where I am going to war with the elves tribe. I will definitely need a large number of warriors. I will see if there is hope to establish achievements and revitalize my family."
Gerald is a strong and twenties young man. Although he was running away, he still looked calm and did not panic.
"Haha, okay, OK, Trek and I will help you together. It may not be impossible for us to work together to get a baron territory - we will call it Locove."
"Nonsense, what else can I call Locoveyor?" Trek interrupted in a muffled voice.
"If we go to the south, the road is far. We have to find a way to get some carriage and travel expenses." Someone made a suggestion.
"This is easy. Just after the war is over here, it's still messy. Let's just make a vote while the chaos is going to happen."
Although most of the thieves in the Beast Group fled, some people followed Bonter Reil and stayed. These people were very familiar with their family and were completely old.
"The village here is very poor. If we want to do it, we can do it with a big vote. Go to the town of Delod to see if there is any chance."
After saying this, Bont Rael thought about it again, turned around and said to Gerald: "You two should not show up, if you are recognized, it will be troublesome."
The Brutal Bear Group was originally a thief group, and it was natural to rob a family, but Gerald and Belle were descendants of nobles. If news of being thieves came out, it would be extremely unfavorable for future development. In fact, it is not rare for nobles to be thieves in this world, but it is always better to be avoided by others.
What's more, the Leicester leader must be searching for the brother and sister. It's best if they don't show up.
"Are you people from Locoway?" someone asked curiously.
This is a completely strange voice.
The source of the sound lies among them.
Even Gerald and Belle, after a few days of escape, their alertness has become very high, not to mention that the thieves of the Brutal Bear Group always put their knife under their heads when they sleep.
Suddenly, a strange voice appeared in the middle. Everyone separated from each other at the first time, highlighting and surrounding the people talking in the middle, and unscathed the sword as if facing a great enemy.
The person who spoke was a man in black wearing a hooded cloak and could not see clearly under the moonlight.
Logically speaking, this kind of dress is completely different from everyone's body, and it should attract everyone's attention as soon as possible.
However, it was not until he made a sound that everyone noticed that there was such a person here!
Bont Rael's face changed - he remembered it.
This person actually didn't appear suddenly. In fact, the other party walked over and joined the team openly, walking with everyone until now.
The most terrifying thing is that Bonter Reil clearly remembers that he saw this man coming over and joining the team to walk with everyone.
But he had no reaction at all at that time, as if it was natural for this man to come over and join the team.
If the other party walked with everyone for a while and left quietly, I am afraid I wouldn't have remembered that there was a strange character walking with me all the way.
Thinking of this, Bonter Reil looked at his junior brother Trek at his side. Trek was standing beside him, and he should have seen the cape man walking over.
Although Gerald and Belle are the teachers' bloodline, in terms of fighting, Bant still believes in his junior brother more.
As expected, under the moonlight, Junior Brother Trek's face was extremely ugly.
"We are the remnants of Baron Locoway. May I ask, are you—?"
Baoxiong Bonte asked with a thorn in the air. He quietly moved forward a little, blocking Gerald and Belle behind him.
"Well-- Recently, some people call me the Night Demon."
Although Bonte did not look back, he still heard a breath of breath behind him.
Night Demon is a name that has gradually spread among the four northern leaders recently.
Kill Baron Drood in the army, and enter the Castle of Drood alone, capture the heir of Baron Drood alive, and open the gate of the Castle of Drood.
Although there are not many of these deeds, each of them is shocking. When it comes to the ears of people like Bonter Rell, they know how terrible it is for those who can do these things.
"Mr. Night Demon, what are your requirements?" He held the battle axe in his hand tightly, and Bont Rael still did not dare to decide to start the war.
The terror of a high-level powerful man can be seen from the battle between the Wind Knight and the teacher, and this Night Demon is also a high-level powerful man in legend.
"I want you not to make trouble here."
"Hu—" Hearing that it was this request, Bont Rael breathed a little relieved.
"Please rest assured that we will not touch every tree and grass that Drood has led. We will leave here immediately."
As he said that, Bonte waved his hand and did not dare to turn around. Instead, he led everyone to face the Night Demon and slowly retreated towards the forest.
In that direction, there is a passage through the forest, leading directly to the Marquis of Ottor.
"Hiss--如!"
As soon as the cloak moved, the sound of the sword being unsheathed sounded. Under the moonlight, the long sword that was still bright in the sword body slowly stretched out of the cloak.
"Be careful!" Bonte roared, his whole body seemed to have grown a circle, and he suddenly crossed the battle axe and blocked the front.
This is how the teacher stood in front of him and his junior brother Trik. At this moment, the teacher's children were behind him, and it was his turn.
To be continued...