The Eruin envoy was frozen in place by Brando's words. Count Roberon's fat and short hand moved in mid-air, but in the end he did not wave it down.
An eerie silence spread among the light mist in the forest. There was the bright or dim light of a campfire in the distance, and the sound of crackling charcoal burning could be heard.
The sound became so clear and audible in this environment where a pindrop could be heard.
Brando saw an incredible brilliance from the eyes of these people shining in the firelight. Roberon raised his hand half-raised, the female bachelor slightly covered her mouth, and Count Odin's hand dropped from the sword.
Everyone looked at the young nobleman as if he were a madman.
So Brando spread his hands, his expression was gentle, and his words were as gentle as the breeze in the night: "So, what are your plans next?"
The nobles' lips twitched.
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"Tch, those guys can't even control their own people, it's really useless." Faina held up her skirt and hid behind a rock, staring at the open space outside the forest with some dissatisfaction. Brando and Eruin envoys
Confrontation: "If this continues, the original goal will not be achieved at all."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but look back at Viscount Elman with a bit of complaint.
The young Viscount was not worried and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, the fun is yet to come."
As if to confirm his words, before Viscount Elman finished speaking, Brando suddenly turned his head to the side of the forest outside the forest, "Who?" He shouted sharply, and the Earth Sword in his hand was unsheathed like a ray of black light.
With a 'ding' sound, a crossbow bolt flew out of the forest.
The first target of the crossbow was originally Count Odin, but it was deflected a little and went straight to the female bachelor behind him. The noble lady did not react at all. If Brando hadn't taken action, she would have been splattered with blood at this moment.
step.
However, Brando was able to protect one person, but could not prevent more. Just as he took action, Count Roberon on the side was hit by an arrow. Fortunately, the fat man had some foundation in swordsmanship. Although he was already unfamiliar with it, he still managed to avoid it at the critical moment.
He opened his vitals and was shot in the shoulder by an arrow.
Whenever the pampered aristocratic gentleman suffered such an injury, he immediately let out a wail like a slaughtered pig.
"Who!" Count Odin's reaction was only one step slower than Brando's, but someone dared to attack them at this time, which made the general from the Northern Army shocked and angry. He immediately drew his sword and faced the direction of the attack.
Brando, who was on the side, had already looked at the incomplete crossbow arrow on the ground and frowned. He was so experienced that he had already analyzed a lot of things the moment he knocked off the crossbow arrow.
"At least this arrow is not the masterpiece of a double crossbow. From the strength point of view, it should at least be the effect of alchemy level or above equipment.
The Eruin people do not have the habit of equipping magic crossbows, so Brando first ruled out the ambush arranged by these guys in front of him, and he just felt clearly that the arrow was aimed at Count Odin.
Does the Eruin mission still have enemies here?
He turned around and saw a dark shadow in the forest.
Those shadows moved quickly, as if they had already formed a siege as soon as they appeared in the forest. Their number was at least several hundred. Brando squinted his eyes and saw the appearance of these attackers illuminated by the fire, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
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They were humanoid creatures with sturdy backs and shoulders, each with a lion's head, and gray-blond mane like beards hanging from the lion's face, falling to the inlaid leather armor below.
Their palms are also furry claws, but much longer than their four-legged cousins. They wear leather boots and carry a variety of weapons.
"Torquinin's golden-maned lion!" Count Odin had already called out the other party's origin.
Hundreds of golden-maned lion-men stopped, and then two burly golden-maned lion-men who were nearly a head taller than ordinary lion-men walked out. The guy in the lead had a long scar on his face, which was almost as thin as
Its eyes were split into two, and the one behind seemed to be its adjutant, who stopped one step behind him.
"Good morning everyone, I'm going to go to Rovac, please excuse me for a little while." When everyone present from the first Golden Mane Lion Team smiled slightly, the muscles on their faces almost twisted with the flesh-red scars.
"Torquining lions, what do you want to do?" The general looked gloomy: "Do you want to start a war?"
It's a pity that the golden-maned lion man Rovac ignored him, but raised his sword and pointed it at Brando: "Little guy, hand over the sword in your hand!"
Its move made the expressions of all the Eruin dignitaries present change. Although Rovac was targeting Brando, its arrogant move almost made Odin and Count Robron lying on the ground furious.
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They can cause trouble for Brando because they are nobles from Eruin.
And they can tolerate the Cruz people's instigation because of the great reputation of the Eagle Empire.
But who are these barbarians?
In the era when the Eruin Kingdom was established, the Golden Maned Lions were just a small tribe on the northwest border of the kingdom. Later, they fought with the Eruin people for many years, suffered a lot of losses, and were finally tamed and retreated into the mountains.
Although the kingdom has gradually weakened in the past hundred years, and the golden-maned lions on the border have made some changes, I did not expect that the other party has become so arrogant.
Not only did they surround and attack Eruin's envoy, they also acted with a fearless attitude.
The first thing Odin thought about was whether these beasts that had not yet fully evolved had found some support, but he could only think of the Cruz people, but this was obviously unlikely. Compared to Toquinin, at least Eruin still believed in the Flame.
The kingdom of the temple.
In the eyes of the Cruz people, these guys are real beasts, and they will never stand behind these beasts to support them in their fight against Eruin.
That is against the teachings of the Temple of Fire.
But other than that, the earl couldn't think of the reason why these beasts were so arrogant. Of course, he didn't act rashly. There were hundreds of people in the forest, and they came to Brando with only two or three people.
With ten guards, it's obvious who will suffer the loss if they start a fight.
He and Roberon exchanged colors. Although both of them believed that these uncivilized two-legged cats must be taught a lesson, a good man would not suffer an immediate loss. At least for now, he had to stabilize each other and return to the camp first.
He turned cold and asked in a deep voice: "Rovac, are you not worried about the consequences of doing this? Or do you think we are the only ones in the Eruin mission?"
Rovac squinted his eyes, as if he had just noticed the existence of others except Brando. He sneered and rubbed his paws, looking at it with the light yellow prismatic pupils unique to cats.
These people in front of me.
Indeed, it would not have dared to do this before.
However, before it came here, it had already learned an important piece of news from the Cruz people. Eruin in the outside world has now fallen into chaos and is unable to launch a war. What makes it a little funny is that these normally aloof people
The Eruin noble didn't seem to know about this yet, and he was looking forward to what the other party would look like later.
Tuoquining has been peeping at the rich land of Eruin for a long time, and in the past ten years he has finally waited for such an opportunity. Since he will break up sooner or later, he doesn't care if it is today or tomorrow.
What's more, the Cruz people also told them that the Sword of the Earth was in the hands of these Eruin people at this moment, and this news was even more important to them.
The Sword of the Earth was originally a sacred object in the wilderness. Legend has it that whoever holds this holy sword can unify the people of many mountains and the earth. The Golden Mane Lion originally thought that this sword should be lost in the Chongshan Mountain of Anwa.
Among them, they have been fighting with the dwarves for hundreds of years.
I didn't expect it to appear here.
They originally came here for the rumors of the artifact. Now there is no trace of the artifact, but it is a good choice to get the holy sword that has been searched for for nine years.
"Consequences?" Seeing the changing expressions of these Eruin nobles, Rovac couldn't help but sneered: "Decades ago, when you said this, I might still be worried, but now you don't seem to be worried.
Do you know what the situation is in your country now?"
Ou Ding was stunned.
"What do you mean?" someone has already asked.
"Your country is now divided into two, and the domestic lords are fighting with each other in full swing. That means you are free to explore and hunt for treasures here, right?" The tall golden-maned lion man smiled slightly.
Its words were like a bolt of lightning that struck the Eruin nobles present, making their faces turn pale.
Of course they knew what was going on in Eruin. When the old king asked them to go to the south to find the Lion Heart Sword, it was to save the fate of the kingdom, but they didn't expect that before they had done their best, the kingdom had already fallen into chaos.
What's going on? Is this really Lady Martha's will?
But just when everyone was in confusion, Brando finally spoke:
"Sorry," he replied softly, "I didn't hear clearly what you just said to me. Could you please say it again?"
Brando's hand holding the Sword of the Earth sank slightly, his face sinking like water.
He felt that the anger in his chest at this moment could burn the whole world. Brando was originally very upset by these compatriots who came to the door for no apparent reason to accuse them, and was about to take action to teach the future Princess Regent and Princess a lesson for these unclear situations.
guy.
But he didn't expect it.
At this moment, someone actually bumped into his muzzle. When the tall golden-maned lion pointed his sword at him and asked him to hand over the Earth Sword in a scornful tone, he almost missed it.
I couldn't help but cut this guy into two pieces with a sword.
Not to mention that the other party simply ignored him and mocked him as much as possible.
"Let me choke you, you think you are trying to attract hatred!" Brando took a deep breath. He thought that if this guy was practicing to attract hatred, then he had to congratulate the other party - it succeeded.
"I said," Rovac was completely unaware that the danger was approaching. In its opinion, how powerful can a young man be? It is a warrior of Toquinin, and it has possessed gold-level combat effectiveness more than ten years ago. Otherwise,
Nor would it come here to find artifacts for the sake of being appointed - so facing Brando's threat, it just smiled lightly and replied: "Let you hand over the sword -"
Just when the word 'hand' was halfway spoken, Brando had already shot a black line at it, and then the young lord raised his hand.
