Thick clouds cover the sky and block the blue at the top of the Thorny Continent. People in this season will always unconsciously move their eyes to the sky, cursing the damn weather while preparing for the first signs of cold. However, this year,
The sky seems to be a little different from previous years. On the sky route from Kaye State to Sarah Falco State, those who are careful may find huge groups of shadows slowly stepping through the clouds.
An inexplicable uneasiness will quietly pass through the hearts of these people, and then slowly spread to the ears of other people from the whispers among them. Finally, until it becomes something that can be discussed loudly and commented on in hotels and bars.
When reading the content, everyone quietly understood that this year's war does not seem to be planning to hibernate.
"Those big guys are airships from the Kayi State Prairie Airship Transport Guild. I saw them!" In a tavern in a certain city, a drunken old man said with a red face. "When they passed through the clouds, I saw the airships.
The logo on it is that right! Hiccup... Damn war, it's just a business guild, not a big family's war airship! According to me, this winter will be the same as in previous years, there will be no large-scale war
!”
The old man did not control his volume, so the diners in the entire tavern heard his remarks. Most people secretly nodded in agreement with the old man's words, although most of them had no way to verify whether the old man's basis was accurate. It's just that people in war always yearn for
Peaceful, but in previous years, winter has been the most stable period of war. Except for some places with permanent snow, most armies will choose to suspend their troops at this time - no commander likes his soldiers to fight before the war begins.
Half frozen to death.
Although winter has also deprived the lives of many hungry people, when the number of dead people is large enough, food will not be a problem. In other words, people's selfishness has nothing to do with people's love for peace. Therefore, residents who have food at home will spend this "peace period"
"In ", I chose to open the granary at home, but close the doors and windows of the house, and then enjoy the beauty of food without being disturbed.
Above the sky, the black shadows that were mentioned repeatedly were none other than the large airship fleet led by Mirok.
"Damn cold wind!"
Milok cursed in a low voice. The cold wind blowing in the sky cut through the surface of the airship like a knife. He could even hear the harsh friction sound. Now, no one dared to step out of the deck of the airship. The huge wind force was absolutely
They would not hesitate to blow them out of the airship. Moreover, even if they could stand on the deck, the cold in advance would freeze their bodies into ice cubes.
Therefore, in the three days since setting sail, Milok spent almost all of it in the small observation room of the pilot airship. He even felt that the huge muscles he was proud of had degenerated to nothing due to the inability to move.
Strengthened... As for the two axes beside him, although they were still as bright as new, Milok always worried that they might be dull every time he held them lovingly in his hands.
Milok opened his cracked mouth and wanted to curse this damn mission, but before he could say anything, he held it back in his throat. At this time, Milok's ears moved, and he seemed to feel that the wind outside the airship had become quieter.
Some, so the big man turned his head in confusion, and his sight extended outward through the circular barrier window.
The next moment, Milok jumped up suddenly, and his shiny bald head almost hit the ceiling of the observation room. He shouted: "It's falling? Damn it, what's going on, no, look what I saw.
After a three-and-a-half-day journey, the airship team led by Mirok finally arrived in Rios City.
A small row tower cannot accommodate dozens of large airships in the airship fleet, so except for the pilot airship that Miloc is riding, the other airships continue to move forward. They will land in a suburb not far outside Rios City, where it is just right
It was a temporary camp where travelers once camped, and it was now a flat ruin.
However, when Milok walked out of the airship confidently carrying two large axes, he did not see anyone greeting him.
"What are those guys in the Dawn Guard doing?"
Milok muttered dissatisfiedly, then took a deep breath, and suddenly shouted: "Sir, I'm here!"
"What are you yelling about?!"
An old man who was cleaning at the top of the row tower glared at Milok and cursed: "Who cares if you come or not? Stay where you can to cool down!"
It is winter, and the number of people using airships is gradually decreasing. There are only two or three airships landing or preparing to take off at the top of the entire row tower, and the rest of the airships are parked here. In contrast, there are many fewer people running around on the row tower.
You can count them all on one hand, but even so, the old man sweeping the floor and scolding Milok still aroused laughter from several noble girls who happened to be visiting the airship.
Without thinking, Milok's face turned red, not because of anger, but because of embarrassment. He immediately put on a smile and trotted to the old man sweeping the floor. He lowered his head and said, "Master, look, I'm not holding back on the airship."
It’s been a while, please ventilate..."
"Who is your uncle?!"
The old man sweeping the floor turned dark and cursed again.
"Crack!"
However, Milok slapped himself in the face with lightning speed, and the neat action made the old man sweeping the floor quite satisfied. Milok continued to apologize and said: "Look at my mouth, old gentleman, look, I have encountered something
Question, I arrived, but I didn’t see the person who responded... Could you please help me and tell me where the Dawn Guard is stationed?"
"Dawn Guard?"
Hearing this, the old sweeper was stunned for a moment. This word seemed to have not appeared for a long time, so it took some time to think of it. Seeing Milok's sincerity and knowing that he could correct his mistakes, the old sweeper replied truthfully: "Dawn Guard"
...I remembered! Oops, young man, you are late. They are no longer in Rios City. After defeating those iron guys, the Dawn Guard is no longer active here. But they did not take the airship, so I
I don’t know where they went.”
Before the old man sweeping the floor could finish his words, Milok's expression turned cold. The smart old man immediately realized something was wrong. As soon as he finished speaking, he went to the other side to clean up like a normal person.
Milok stood there for nearly ten minutes, and during these ten minutes, the ice on his face deepened layer by layer. When he looked up at the vast sky outside Rios City, it was already a heart-stopping gloom.
He suddenly realized that time was running out against the clock.
"Dawn Guard..."
The coldness in his tone was not inferior to this season, so much so that after the visit, several noble girls who were walking back accidentally shuddered when they heard his voice. The eyes that looked at Milok also changed.
The previous ridicule turned to horror.
Also on this day, the nominal recruitment task issued by Duke Kim Gates was still hours away from reaching the deadline. Old Follett had already sent people to count the cities that came to deliver the task, and almost all of them were under the jurisdiction of Kaye State.
All cities have delivered the task, of course, almost, because many things are always a little bit wrong, and this deliberately missing point is often the beginning of a conspiracy - the only city that did not come to deliver the task was Redfield.
The city of Enkara is governed by the family.
"Well, it is indeed these guys."
Aranza, Old Follett, and a group of members of the Thorn Mercenary Group were sitting in the conference room of the Lord's Mansion of Norland City. In front of them were items picked from the lush land of Hope in the north of the human land.
New tea brewed from tea leaves. Only the Field of Hope of the elves can still produce new tea in winter. Of course, Aranza will not enjoy it so much. These tea leaves were presented to Kim Gates when Deyun City handed over the task of recruiting soldiers.
A gift. After checking and confirming that it was non-toxic, Aranza took it out and drank it without any guilt.
After listening to the report of the messenger, Aranza had a cold smile on his lips and said: "Well, Encala City was originally the center of Kaiyi State. If they plan to rebel, they will probably take Encala City as the center. These
People... are still too easy to guess."
Next to Aranza, Old Follett had a straight face. Although he had been rigorously completing the tasks assigned by Aranza, he still opposed Aranza's conscription. Hearing Aranza's confident words, the old man just smiled lightly.
, said: "Perhaps I am overthinking. How can the strategies of those clowns be better than those of His Highness the Prince?"
Hearing this, Aranza also smiled faintly. Of course he knew that Old Follett's words were contradictory, but there was no need to go into details.
At this time, Hancock tapped the table with his slender fingers and said in a joking tone: "His Royal Highness, the wise prince, what are you going to do? Could it be that a few strong men from the Sanctuary killed a bunch of rebels again? Like this
Wouldn't it be too conspicuous? If some guys hiding behind find out, we will be in trouble."
"Well, of course not."
Aranza knew that Hancock's words were also contradictory to him. If possible, Aranza would not mind directly relying on the strong men of the Sanctuary to decide the outcome of the battle, but in the end, this could only be used for a short time. Aranza knew very well that in the Continent of Thorns,
In the era of the King of Heroes, there were only a few strong men from the Holy Domain in the entire human race. That was because the prosperous age established by the King of Heroes was no longer tempered by the flames of war, and in Alan
In this era that Sa lives in, news of the birth of new powerful men in the Sanctuary can be heard almost every time.
Therefore, Aranza knew very well what he would face if he used excessive use of the powerful saints on the battlefield to kill them long ago.
Faced with Hancock's doubts, Aranza smiled and explained: "If these nobles want to betray, their target can only be Noland City... My idea is, well, wait until they attack this place in full swing.
When I entered the city's main palace, I found that there was no one here. My army will take this opportunity to withdraw from Noland City and then surround it..."
"Well, then..."
Aranza made an impossible statement at this time: "Then, the Norland army only needs to delay for a while, block the city gate with heavy armored infantry and magicians, wait for the reinforcements of the Dawn Guard to arrive, and then attack Norland."