"Crusader..." Roland looked at the familiar flag and said blankly.
"Yes, it's the Crusaders...some of them actually survived!" Kaslo came to Roland and said with emotion.
"Those are... my people?" Nyx ran up with the staff given to her by Roland and immediately saw a familiar flag! The cross and redbud flag was dyed red with blood!
"Let's go out of the city to greet..." Ormsk sighed. With his eyesight, he could clearly tell that the number of this army would not exceed 500. In other words, only 500 people would survive the entire Crusade.
Remaining people.
"Creak!" The originally closed door was pushed open again, and Roland led everyone under the protection of the Knights to face the army that had disappeared for more than a month. The normally steady and dignified Archduke Nyx was thrashing like crazy at this moment.
He rushed to the front of the team with his war horse.
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"Lord Lavian, the city gate is closed! They seem to be guarding against something!" A knight exploring the road reported back.
"..." Huo Lin raised his head and looked at the broken flag fluttering in the wind beside him and grinned. Could it be that the defenders of Rapid City were guarding against people like him...
"No matter what, we have to go and see. This is the only remaining land of the empire on the mainland... We have no other home but here. I heard from those people that His Highness the Grand Duke is also here." Lavian thought beautifully.
After passing through the Tupt Forest and being discovered by Balder and his party, Balder, who had seen the cross and redbud coat of arms, took a closer look. After confirming that the flag of this remnant army was the same as that of Nyx, the soldiers
He immediately stopped the remnants of the Crusaders who were wandering around the wilderness like headless flies, and told them the current situation of Rapid City, and asked them to go here to find the last pure land of the Kingdom of Raglan.
"A knight is coming..." Lavian's face suddenly changed and he said excitedly. Looking at those heavy lances and armors, you can easily tell the difference between knights and cavalry. Lavian will never admit this.
"Dragon God! It's the Knights of a Hundred! The kingdom can actually organize a Knights of a Hundred!" Huo Lin exclaimed, pointing to the big flag with a thick tassel hanging down. You must know that when they learned that the empire had been downgraded to
After the kingdom had only one city, I felt uneasy. How many troops could one city support? Not all cities are called Lagrand City! Even if Rapid City is the capital city in the northern part of the empire, it will decline after experiencing turmoil, so once
The appearance of the organized Hundred Knights was definitely a surprise to everyone!
"Oh! It's His Highness!" Lavian was keenly aware of Archduke Nyx who was rushing to the front.
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"Oh God! Thank God! You are still alive..." Nicks gently covered Cherry's mouth with her jade hands and sobbed.
"Excuse me for your trouble, Your Highness... Fortunately, we can still stand here to see you..." Ravian said with emotion, and I have to say that almost none of these people will be able to come back...
"How did you break out?" Roland on the side couldn't help but interjected.
"You are... His Highness the King." Lavian was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized when he saw Roland's exquisite clothes with the golden holy dragon emblem printed on his chest, and he quickly saluted.
"It's okay, get up. You are all heroes of the country. Do you mind telling me your story?" Roland was very curious about how a fourth-level knight commander led nearly 500 people out of a desperate situation.
"Actually...it was the injured brothers who spent their lives to delay us...we are not heroes...the real heroes stayed on the battlefield..." Lavian stopped talking here.
"I understand... you are all warriors, and they will pay the price!" Roland patted Lavian on the shoulder and said silently.
"Do you have any plans?" Roland looked at the actual commander of the Crusaders, Lavian. It would be a lie to say that he was not interested in this force. After all, there are hundreds of people here! And Roland is not easy to be direct.
After annexing the army of this principality, they belong to the Grand Duchy of Nyx. The suzerain state has the right to order them to fulfill their obligations but cannot ask them to merge with themselves.
"This..." Lavian looked at the handsome Grand Duke Nyx standing next to Roland and hesitated. He actually wanted to complete his mission - to restore the country! But he knew that with the help of himself and others,
Strength is simply a pipe dream, but if you use the power of the kingdom to restore the country, it will inevitably be annexed. Even if you successfully restore the country in the future, you may not be able to break away again.
"Stay, Lavian. The Grand Duchy of Nyx has perished. Stop thinking about unrealistic things. We have shed too much blood. It's time to stop..." Nyx sighed.
She took a breath, her beautiful eyes were full of loneliness and reluctance, and Roland could clearly see the mist filling her eyes.
"Your Highness the Grand Duke..." Lavian wanted to insist, but he couldn't say a word in front of the facts. Any words seemed pale and powerless in the face of the huge power gap.
"Stay and fight with me. Although the Grand Duchy of Nyx has perished, the Kingdom of Lagrand is still standing on the mainland. What you are worried about will not happen. I have no intention of annexing the Principality of Nyx. From now on, I and
Nyx's children will inherit that land, and the Grand Duchy of Nyx will be re-established! This is my promise to all of you!" Roland said solemnly, then firmly took Nyx's little hand and embraced him.
In arms.
"Your Highness the King... this..." Lavian was stunned by Roland's operation! Not only do you want to recruit our army... but you also want to kidnap our Grand Duke? And then let your son inherit our principality? Now?
Are all the overlord countries so offline?
"Sir... this is probably our best choice..." Huo Lin came over quietly and said. Looking at the looks of the pair of nix and Roland, it was obvious that they were mixed up. Even his own grand duke was confused.
They "surrendered" to the enemy, and there was no point in persisting until the end. Could it be that Lavian himself became the Grand Duke? A knight who believed in chivalry would not make such a rebellious move.
"As you wish, Your Highnesses! All the Crusaders belong to us! Form an army!" Lavian took a deep breath and turned to look at the ragged army behind him but with firm eyes.
feel.
"His Royal Highness! The Crusaders invite you to review! The entire army should be 100,000 people! The actual number is 470! There are currently 20 professional Cross Bauhinia Knights, 30 ordinary duchy light cavalry, and 420 ordinary Crusaders!"
Wei An suppressed his grief and roared, and his heart was bleeding every time he said a word. After the original 100,000 people wandered for many years, only less than 500 people remained... After the death of the old grandpa, Lavi An took this team with him
The team wandered in the wasteland, and gradually he grew from a second-level knight to a fourth-level knight commander, while the original members of the Cross Bauhinia Knights continued to decrease, from 100 to 80 to 70...
There are now 20 people. Even the light cavalry regiment with thousands of people now only has 30 scarred and exhausted light cavalry... This army has been fighting for too long...
"Welcome back to the big family of the people of Lagrand... Warriors of the Empire!" Roland was also moved by the tragedy of this army.