When the silence of the night flowed away from the fingers, and people who had adapted to the darkness faced the light of the morning sun again, the rays of light crossing from both sides of the sky actually made them feel a little dazzling.
Alice Fortress in Aranza welcomed an unexpected guest on this day, the Dawn Guard - Caton under the command of Longstaed, the leader of the Crimson Knights. He had a dusty journey and was sitting in the spacious and gorgeous living room waiting for Aranza.
At that time, the servants who received him noticed that there were still a few drops of water on his body that had passed through the morning mist.
Suddenly woken up by the maid, Aranza had obvious anger on his face, but when he heard that the visitor was Caton, a flash of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes. He got up, put on his clothes, and quickly left his small building and walked towards
The central castle of Alice Fortress. When passing by the house where Cyril lived, Aranza stopped and called to a maid who happened to push the door open from there.
"Well, is she awake?"
Aranza asked directly.
The maid, who was feeling wild in her heart, lowered her head, but her eyes secretly moved up, and she glanced at the tall son of the Hero King, and replied nervously and quietly: "Let me tell you, Your Highness, Miss Cyril was awake last night, she just
I drank some water and fell asleep again at dawn..."
Aranza nodded and explained: "Well, if she gets up, tell her I'm receiving guests and I won't be here for a while."
Having said that, Aranza stopped staying and walked straight to the central castle.
Aranza pushed the door open and entered the reception room. Caton was still playing with some decorations in the room boredly. Aranza's appearance startled him, and he almost dropped an antique in his hand to the ground. Caton looked at Alan in embarrassment.
Sa smiled and quickly returned to his seat.
"Hehe, even though I have been awarded the title of noble, this is the first time I have entered such a magnificent place..."
"Well, that's understandable."
Aranza finished the meaningless conversation, sat down in front of Caton, and said, "Why are you here?"
Caton was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Aranza to be so direct, but it seemed that he was not completely prepared, at least not yet constructing what to say in his mind, so Caton could only say in a roundabout way: "I used what you left.
The magic teleportation scroll arrived at Noland City, but I found that you were not there, and you rushed over overnight..."
"Thanks a lot."
Aranza interrupted him expressionlessly again and said, "I'll have people prepare food and a place to rest for you later, well, but now, what I want to know is, what do you want to tell me when you come here?"
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For some reason, a few drops of sweat suddenly appeared on Caton's forehead. Perhaps it was the water droplets left when passing through the morning fog. He smiled bitterly, knowing that he could not avoid Aranza's questioning, and said: "In order to prevent the mercenary guild from becoming suspicious, we
You should also know about the demolition of the large magic teleportation array in Rios City... So your request for us to transfer our troops to Noland City, I'm afraid..."
When Aranza decided to recruit troops in Kaye Continent, she did send a letter to Ronstadt, asking him to deploy troops to the city of Norland to prepare for the foreseeable noble resistance.
After all, the Awakeners have withdrawn, and there is no point in the Dawn Guard stationed in the gaps in the mountains. And the Dawn Guard joins the Norland Army - if the Mercenary Guild is willing to accept this step, it can be said to be the restoration of the Thorn Mercenary Group and the Mercenary Guild.
If you are not willing to accept the good relationship, that's okay. Once Aranza takes control of the entire Kay Island, the mercenary guild will not be a difficult enemy to deal with.
"Well, I'm afraid the Dawn Guard can't join my Norland army, right?" Aranza's expression turned cold, and her eyes reflected cold reflections in the morning light, falling on Caton. "If it's just because of traffic problems, I
We can send a large airship to pick you up, well, that won't waste much time."
"That's true..."
Caton suddenly felt a dryness in his throat. This man who had always been close to the aristocrats realized that he had overestimated his eloquence. In other words, the order given by Ronstadt to Caton to negotiate with Aranza was too high.
I guess it's stuck.
The other party's looseness made Aranza unwilling to conclude too quickly, so she tried to say: "Well, if the Dawn Guard has any difficulties, you can just tell them and I will solve them for you... Of course, don't talk to me about the financial issues.
The raw materials of the large magic teleportation array that was demolished are worth a lot of money, so it’s a good thing that I didn’t ask for it back.”
Katon's eyes flickered, and he even forgot about Lonstader's explanation - his task was to reject Aranza without affecting the relationship between the two parties - this was difficult, at least not as simple as Lonstader imagined.
Caton hesitated for a while, then finally sighed and replied: "In your letter, we know that you requested that the Dawn Guard be incorporated into the Norland Army... But we hope that there will be a cooperative relationship between us and His Highness the Prince.
What's more, the Dawn Guard is an alliance composed of many knights and mercenary groups, and incorporating into a certain army cannot be decided by the Crimson Knights alone."
"Well, it was my mistake."
Aranza suddenly changed his pressing tone. He leaned over and poured Caton a cup of tea and said, "Haha, I meant cooperation, but maybe because of the tight schedule, I didn't pay attention to my words when I wrote the letter.
, please forgive me."
Hearing this, Caton was so happy that he even forgot to take the tea cup from Aranza, stood up and said: "In this case, I think the regiment leader will definitely be willing to cooperate with the Norland Army. I will go back and report to him now."
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"Well, this is the best."
The corner of Aranza's mouth curled up. He calmly put down the teacup in his hand, took out two magic teleportation scrolls from the Treasury Ring, handed them to Caton, and said: "I think I will need the help of the Dawn Guard soon.
, this is a magic teleportation scroll with no set coordinates. You should know the coordinates of your headquarters. Use this to go back. The other one is a magic teleportation scroll that reaches Alice Fortress. I hope to get a reply as soon as possible."
A magic teleportation scroll without set coordinates is different from a large magic teleportation array. The latter requires a magician to set the coordinates, but the former can be set manually by ordinary people, which also ensures the universality of the magic teleportation scroll. Caton will
He opened the magic teleportation scroll and pressed his finger on one of the magic circles. Even though the coordinates were set, he tore open the scroll and returned to the Dawn Guard headquarters without saying much.
He didn't realize that the moment his figure disappeared, the corners of Aranza's mouth suddenly raised a strange arc.
At this time, the traveler who had been waiting outside the door walked into the room. Aranza saw her and immediately said: "Well, capture the spatial fluctuations here and calculate the coordinates of the other end."
"Can."
The traveler answered succinctly. She stretched out her slender hand from under her wide cloak, and a faint magical light surrounded it. She had already begun to capture and analyze the fluctuations in space.
Seeing this, Aranza breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't expect that Carton would be so easy to deceive. There could be no clerical errors in the letter sent to Ronstadt. It was just an excuse randomly made by Aranza. Just because he needs the strength of the Dawn Guard now does not mean that he will need it in the future. If
This is the attitude of the Dawn Guard, so Aranza doesn't mind destroying it after the other party has no use value. In other words, if Ronstadt is unable to integrate the Dawn Guard into the Norland Army, Aranza plans to do it himself.
"alright."
In just a few minutes, the traveler will get the coordinates of the Dawn Guard headquarters. The coordinates of many important military locations are secrets that only a few people can know. There are even coordinates of a certain city that is often sold at a high price in the auction house. Of course, if
When the city's owners discover that the coordinates are leaked, they will inevitably make urgent changes. Some big nobles even regularly change the coordinates of the areas they control, but this also means that some magic teleportation scrolls with set coordinates will become invalid, so except for these few wealthy people,
Except for the great nobles, most people still would not change the coordinates easily. But Longstader would never have imagined that the coordinates of the Dawn Guard headquarters could be obtained by Aranza so easily.
The Dawn Guard's new camp is not in a gap in the mountains. Letters can be sent through the micro-magic teleportation array in a sequence. This will not leak the coordinates. Therefore, Longstader, who has been in contact with Aranza through the micro-magic teleportation array, thinks that the coordinates are not known.
It will be leaked into Aranza's hands. After all, after witnessing Aranza's exaggerated large-scale magic teleportation array tactics, whether it is an enemy or a friend, they will be somewhat defensive.
Although he had obtained the coordinates, Aranza had no idea of using them immediately. He asked the traveler to mark the coordinates, and hurriedly left the living room and rushed to the hut where Cyril lived.
He saw each other in the living room of Cyril's residence. The girl who was sleeping drowsily turned over when she heard the maid saying that Aranza was coming to find her.
"Well, why don't you lie down?"
Aranza asked the maids responsible for taking care of Cyril to leave, then sat down next to her, reaching out to stroke her long hair and asking with concern.
"You are coming."
Cyril's answer made Aranza dumbfounded.
However, the next moment, Aranza suddenly didn't know what to say. It was like there was something strange between the two people, which blocked the normal connection between the two people. Aranza could break it, but he didn't.
I don’t know if Cyril is mentally prepared. What’s more, after killing again and again, something like this is mixed with other things. If you want to break it, you have to spend more time and sort it out slowly in your heart.
clear.
The inner world is always different from the real world. Real things can be solved slowly, but in the inner world, I don’t know how much time it will take to sort out all the mess. It may be faster, maybe it will take longer. The only thing that is certain
, that is, between Aranza and Cyril, it can only be longer.
He could be decisive in other matters, but he hesitated in front of Cyril. Aranza wanted to blame Cyril for not leaving an escape route for herself when he attacked the city. If Ilita hadn't happened to find her, she would have been trampled by the iron hooves of the war horse.
He might be seriously injured. But when Cyril looked in front of him with an expression waiting to be blamed, all his words were stuck in his throat.
"Well..."
Aranza suddenly felt embarrassed by the lull in the atmosphere. He smiled and racked his brains before saying: "I just wanted to come over and have a look... As long as you're okay."
Unexpectedly, his appearance made Cyril laugh out loud, while Aranza could only say "hehe" twice, still not knowing what to say.